Eight
Cruise
Fuck me! I was in love and had no way out. This woman was it for me. She fucked me so good, that I had no choice but to give her my heart on a platter. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t just pussy whipped. We had spent the entire day together and I never wanted it to end.
Aja Monroe was amazing. Her smile, her body, the way she smelled were everything. However, her laugh did it for me. She had such a joyful spirit and a sweet kindness about her. I wanted to give her the world and would, if given the chance.
She fucked me so good that I fell asleep. Me, a trained operative, who knew better. I couldn’t believe it when I woke up and realized I had lost a few hours. The only thing that woke me was the dream I had. I kept hearing a voice in my head telling me to wake up because something or someone was coming for us.
I sat up in bed, startled by the dream. After shaking my head to get the blood flowing, I reached for my underwear and pants and pulled them on. As soon as I had my Glock in my hand, I heard footsteps outside the door. But where was Aja? She wasn’t in bed next to me.
“Aja, where are you?” I asked in a low whisper.
I didn’t want the men in the hallway to hear me. When I didn’t receive an answer, I scanned the room to find it empty. Fuck! My laptop was gone and so was she. That’s when I heard a door shut in the hall, followed closely by men running. Shit! They were chasing my woman. I had to save her.
After throwing on my shirt and snagging more weapons and ammunition, I set out to find the beauty. There was a tracker on my computer that I accessed with my phone. She was moving quickly, which let me know she was in a vehicle. I broke into a random car on the street, and hot wired it. Following the tracker, I realized Aja was returning to her hotel. After driving like a maniac, I found that I wasn’t the only one in hot pursuit of my lady.
Aja had company, and they were not the good guys, by a long shot. These men were my enemies. They were the men that actually wanted to ruin the Olympic Games and take over the world. Aja had been given information to send her to me, but the truth was, I was working as a double agent. My mission was the same as hers – to thwart a world domination plot and prevent the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
I asked the GPS on my phone for a faster route to the hotel and veered off to follow the new instructions. I ended up at the back entrance. The dumb asses that followed Aja were ruthless enough to file into the hotel via the main entrance. That would be their demise. I rushed to Aja’s room via the staircase. Luckily, she was only on the third floor. When she entered the room, I was standing there waiting for her.
“Cruise!” she screeched in surprise, as the door closed behind her.
“Listen Aja, we don’t have much time. There are some very dangerous men that followed you here. They want my computer and will have no problem killing you to get it. I need you to come with me if you want to live.”
“Who the hell are you, the Terminator? Come with me if you want to live. Really? I think I’ll take my chances on my own.”
“Fuck, Aja! Don’t be stubborn. I’m not who you think I am. Those men are the real criminals. They will use the program in that computer to set off explosive devices during the Olympic Games and cause chaos. Thousands will die, unless you listen to me.”
She looked as if she wanted to believe me. Before she could say anything, the door burst open, and three men rushed inside. One grabbed Aja from behind, held a knife to her throat. The other had a weapon trained on me, while the third man snagged the computer from Aja’s lovely hands.
“If you hurt one hair on her head, I am going to make sure you are burning in hell by the end of the day,” I called to the fucker who had his hands on my woman.
The three men burst into laughter, before the asshole with Aja licked her face. Rage that I had never felt surged inside me. His hand that was wielding the knife moved in a slashing motion across her neck. Before he could finish, a bullet was in his meaty head and his body collapsed onto the floor.
The man closest to me lunged at me and received the same fate. But the man with the computer ran. I was torn between making sure Aja was alright or saving the world. All my training said I should save the world, but I was in love with the woman who lay at my feet bleeding.
“I love you, Aja.”
Her eyes were weakening, and she was unable to speak, but she pointed at the door making the decision for me. I planted a soft kiss on her lips and then did the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life. I left my woman and chased the bastard with my computer.
Apparently, the asshole wasn’t smart enough to realize there was a tracker on the device he had stolen. He was hiding in the staff lounge, attempting to disable my passwords when I found him.
“I believe that belongs to me.”
“Fuck you, asshole. I’ve almost cracked your security and once I do, the world will be mine!”
Why were villains always so damn stupid. They always had an insatiable need to taunt the hero. That’s how they always end up losing. Today would be no different. As the man gained access to computer, he threw his head back in a laugh that echoed throughout the room. It was the last thing he heard besides the whisp of my bullet leaving my silencer. The hot piece of lead left a small hole in the center of the asshole’s forehead.
I retrieved my computer, entered the sequence to permanently disabled the incendiary devices and lock it again. As soon as thus was done, I hauled ass up those three flights of stairs to find my woman. She was lying in a pool of blood, unconscious. Why the fuck did I leave her. This was all my fault. How was I supposed to live without her?
After wrapping her limp body in my arms, I sat rocking her back and forth. Why was the world such a cruel place? The woman I had waited for all of my life was no longer here. I had patiently waited only for this to happen. I placed my weapon at my temple, but just as I was about to pull the trigger, I heard the one word that could stop me.
“Cut!”
I turned and saw George DeLeon standing there with the biggest grin on his face. It was a rarity to see this, which caused me to smile, as well.
“That’s a wrap ladies and gentlemen. This movie is finished. Great job everyone. Aja and Cruise, you two put in Oscar worthy performances. I wouldn’t be surprised to see both of you with several nominations this award season.”