Chapter 60 - M.D.B 60: Romanoff (1/2)
Chapter 60: Romanoff
Saint nodded again. With battle possibly erupting around them any second now, flying with Colleen was no longer a good choice. He tiptoed and vacated, and before flying away, he said to Colleen: ”Be careful! Don't act too rashly!”
”You too.”
Using Ki Sense, Saint flew to the nearest apartment building to him, barging through the window and drifting into an aisle on the third floor, in which there was an active confrontation.
”What the hell?”
With some of them exclaiming, six members of SHIELD's special tactics teams were surprised by seeing Saint, and then pointed the barrels of their guns at him.
As he stared at their guns, Saint instinctively released Ki out of his body, enveloping it in a beating flame. With his body protected, he ignored the now frantic SHIELD agents and turned around to face their opposition.
On the other side was a man with a black Katana, wearing a black and red Ninja Suit, and a black and red mask on his face. On the edge of his blade was the neck of a little 10 year old girl, who he held with his left hand.
From his uniform, Saint could recognize that this was a member of the Hand. In fact, that was to be expected, as Chaste by now remained only in name. While their small army might not be completely annihilated, all that remained were just a few who were also being ambushed by SHIELD. With them almost gone, there was only the Hand left to face.
The Ninja holding the hostage closely tightened his grip on his Katana, and compared to the nervous SHIELD agents, his eyes were very calm. Immediately, he tried to negotiate with Saint: ”You, whoever you are, let me go! I promise that after leaving, I will not hurt this child.
”I believe you!” Saint nodded, raising his arm and extending his palm as if asking the Hand fighter to relax. All of a sudden, his hand recoiled: ”But I don't negotiate with terrorists!”
The next moment, the Katana flew out of his sword and went into the air. The Hand Ninja watched in horror as his right hand holding the sword fell along with it. He had to do something, anything! All he could was trying to threaten Saint by chocking the girl with his remaining hand. However, before she could even feel the pain, Saint who was fairly distant from him flickered before the Hand Ninja's eyes! The latter only felt some head pain, before everything faded to black….
Saint grabbed the unconscious one handed Ninja and threw him in the direction of the SHIELD agents, making him slide on the floor for the last few feet. And then he said: ”He's all yours!”
A young agent squatted down and checked the Ninja's pulse, and then looked back and said: ”Captain, he is still alive!”
On the other side, Saint was also squatting to pat the little girl's head: ”Hey little sis, don't be afraid! You're safe now!”
”Ginny!” At this moment, a white woman of about 30 years old suddenly rushed out from the corner, stumbling her way to the little girl and holding her tightly. Tears, fear, hope and joy mixed up and she innocently mumbled: ”Thank God, you are fine… you're alright...”