Page 102 of Bound By Fate
The timer’s countdown felt like it was going faster, but it was steady. My heart was the one that was racing.
Slowly I inserted the scissors on the knife. There was only a few millimeters between the timer and motherboard. Touching either of them could set it off. The scissors were bigger than the flat of a knife, but once I hit the wire I didn’t know if I’d be able to slice through it with the blade.
Sweat trickled down my face, and I could feel my hands starting to get clammy from the heat. One fucking slip, asshole. Focus!
Eighteen seconds ticked…
The scissors only in about a half an inch.
Sixteen… Fifteen…
I had another inch and a half to go. Fuck, time needed to stop.
I kept going, my fingers ready to snap as soon as I had the wire in my grasps. My hand jostled, and I stilled.Fuck, did I hit it?When nothing happened, I sucked in a few calming breaths only to look at the timer and see seven seconds.
That one slip up cost me so much precious time.
The woman I loved was inside this car. The woman I thought of as a sister was in this car. And my brother was still next to me under the car.
Six…
Five…
I moved touching the wire with my scissors, but not getting it in-between the blades … fuck.
Four…
I tried again…
Three…
Two…
I sliced the wire, and the timer stopped.
“Son of a motherfuckin bitch,” I said, laying down, my arms falling to my sides.
“You’re tellin’ me. Let’s get these women out of here.”
Micah held out his hand and pulled me out from the car, righting me. “How the fuck you gonna do that?” Micah nodded to the far end of the parking lot and the tow truck from Banner Automotive was on its way.
“Jaws of life are the only thing openin’ that door,” Micah told me as he looked in on his woman.
“Next fuckin’ car you get has to have a way to get the fuck out,” I ordered him going around to Katie’s side and putting my hand on the glass. “You’re gonna be okay, Wild Kat.”
From around the building, Deke, Ax, Raid and Booker all came, each one rubbing some part of their body.
“Where the fuck were you?” I barked at them. They were supposed to be protecting the women.
“Fucker had a tranq gun;” Deke said, pissed as all fuck. “He did me first and before I could grab my gun, these two fuckers were hit and we were all goin’ down.”
I looked to Booker.
“He got me right here and must’ve dragged me to the back with these guys.”
“Who the fuck is this he?” I asked everyone. Katie banged on the window, and my focus went back to her.
“It was Danny.”
