Chapter 230 I want the jewel
Almost everyone's attention was on the hospital where the one space pirate who had escaped was had currently barricaded himself inside with two nurses and one elderly patient inside of a locked ground floor ward.
The other sixteen space pirates were either dead or captured. The captured ones were being lead away by some RGB officers and STK drones. Other officers tended to the wounds of the injured officers or mecha warriors as they desperately hoped that the situation would end so that their colleagues could get immediate medical care.
"Take the injured men to the governor's castle and request for help, there is a med bed in the castle, two actually." Captain Vangar told the RGB officers.
While everyone was trying to remedy the current situation, help out, or look for entry points into the hospital so that they could access the locked ward, Adler kept his eye on the unstable black tower which looked like it was about to close up with the way it was slowly beginning to disappear.
"What's wrong?" his brother asked.
"She is not yet out." he replied with worry in his voice.
"That's not good." Beord said.
"Fuck, fuck fuck fuck!!" Adler mumbled. "She never thinks about the consequences of her actions, so stupid."
Beord did not say another word but he knew that his brother was very worried, whoever this woman was, they had a past and it was one which had not been sealed tightly shut.
"I see something," Beord said, "Look, up there." he pointed.
While the brothers dealt with their own situation, Captain Zorl and Captain Vangar eyed each other, each of them wondering who was going to take charge of the hostile situation.
"Captain, what should we do?" an officer of the RGB who was less concerned with this authority contest anxiously said to Captain Zorl. "Should we make a forceful entry?"
Captain Zorl spun his head around and glared at that officer, "Are you crazy?" he asked. "Do you want to kill everyone in there. We have to ascertain that the mecha he has on does not have explosive power. Space pirates in mechas when cornered often take their lives of those of the people around them. This is common knowledge that all RGB officers should know."
Not deterred by the reply from his captain which sounded more like a rebuking, the officer replied, "So, what should we do?"
"We attempt to negotiate as we find a way inside that room." Captain Vangar replied. "You can take the lead, this is your home planet after all." he looked at Captain Zorl and allowed him to take the lead.
"The shoot to kill drone needs to analyze the mecha and it's components." captain Zorl said. "Is there a television in the ward, we can establish a direct line of communication with the space pirate."
"There is." an officer from a table which was being set up with many different gadgets said. "We have officers that have made entry into the hospital from above. The front door has also been pried open and everyone is being carefully guided out of the hospital by mecha warriors."
"I can see that." Captain Zorl replied. He appreciated mecha warriors for their speed and swiftness in such situations always. Suddenly, he saw Jelly and a news crew from BSTV.
News really travelled fast, they were already here, arriving faster than he expected. That woman really had no fear, others were locked indoors but she was out here risking her neck even though she had zero mental strength. The news crew was moving closer, and Jelly had her eyes on him it seemed. "Keep them away from the crime scene." he told another officer.
"Yes sir." the officer went running and he asked a few others to help him stop the reporters from going further.
"We have hard shelled thermal smart guns that can penetrate through the wall, go through the mecha and take out the pirate, just give us the word." Captain Vangar told captain Zorl. He pointed out to him the five mecha warriors who had already found the perfect positions for sniping. All they needed was a go ahead.
But everyone knew, until they established that the mecha could not blow up, it was best to negotiate.
An audio connection was established, and in the ward, the space pirate was contacted through a television which he was watching and monitoring the outside events.
"This is captain Zorl of the RGB, I am in charge of the negotiations right now. State your demands and we will do our best to fulfill them but first I am going to establish a video connection because I want proof that the hostages are not injured or we will forcefully engage."
The space pirate whose identity was unknown said, "I want to talk to someone with power, you are a worker, a rough stone and I want the jewel, get me the governor of your planet. You have two minutes or the old lady dies first."
The television had been hacked into by the officers outside, it was also connected to the star net which allowed for it to be used like a communication terminal. They could hear the space pirate and he could hear them.
"So we know he is male." Captain Vangar mumbled.
The video connection was established and captain Zorl, Vangar and the closest officers could see into the room. He thought the space pirate would say no because if they could see into the room, they might find a way in but that was not the case.
The space pirate even grabbed the nurse by her hair and dangled her in front of the television screen like a weightless little doll while she screamed. When he was finished, he threw her roughly on the bed and she banged her head against against the edge, screaming some more in pain.?The other nurse run to assist her friend while the space pirate laughed.
"Fuck!" Captain Vangar cursed, this one was ruthless and sadistic.
"Someone has gone to call the governor but in the meantime, what name should we use to address you?" captain Zorl asked.
"Don't waste your time captain, I already know that if you captured the others alive then their minds are being invaded and tortured for information. You will have my name soon enough. Just so that you know I mean business...." he broke off aimed the hand of his mecha at the elderly woman who was huddled in the corner and shot.
The force of the shot was so strong that the elderly woman's hand was shot clean off. She started screaming, crying and then she convulsed and collapsed.
Bothe nurses run to the old woman, despite being so afraid and checked her pulse. After ascertaining that she was alive but bleeding out, they grabbed medical kits and hurried to stop the bleeding and try to save her life.
"The next one goes in one of the two do gooders over here, that or I will simply tear them into two pieces with my mecha, don't waste my time captain, your governor has one minute. And if you are interested in knowing if I have any explosive power, yes I do." the space pirate laughed, and he pointed at his chest to a circular design close to the heart that was counting down. Ten minutes, that was all they had until the mecha went boom along with everyone in the building.
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