Payback - Chapter 26 - Beyond Pacifica

 

Kyran shielded Del behind him as he faced the captain in the pouring rain.  His eyes shifted between the struggling boy and the man holding a gun to his head.  His brain ran through dozens of ways to end the stand off but none of them ended well.  He needed to get Pedro out of harm’s way before he could take down Velasquez.

 

Pedro twisted, pulled and jerked his arm trying to free himself.  He wailed and cried as he struggled.  For a split second, he locked eyes with Kyran, his eyes pleading for help.

 

“He’s just a kid!  Let him go!” Del shouted.  She took a step forward but Kyran held fast to her arm.  Pedro reached for her but Velasquez  jerked him back.

 

“You ruined my life!”  Velasquez turned the gun on Delphina.  “Maybe I make you and the kid pay.  Maybe I make you all pay!”

 

Kyran kept his eyes on Velasquez as he shifted the gun from Pedro to Delphina and back again.  He watched the captain’s white knuckled grip, his finger fixed on the trigger.  Kyran needed one second, one mistake.  Pedro stomped and kicked at the captain.  He swung his arm in desperation but Velasquez blocked with the gun and hit the boy across the temple with it sending him to the ground.  Pedro tried crawling away, his arm reaching toward Del but he didn’t get far.  Velasquez placed a heavy foot on the boy’s back to keep him close.  He reached down to grab the boy and Kyran saw his chance.

 

Kyran released Del and rushed forward.  Sparkles engulfed Kyran’s body as he moved toward the captain.  The man raised his gun but a strong ripple of energy tore the gun from his hands.  Kyran’s body changed and morphed to that of a great white shark launched through the air.  His teeth flashed white in the rain.  Captain Velasquez’s eyes grew wide in shock before the teeth of the great white snapped around him, pushing him overboard into the churning sea below.

 

Kyran pulled Velasquez below the water’s surface.  He released his hold and turned to face the man.  Other sharks began to circle the captain, two great whites and a tiger shark.  They bumped at the man as he clawed upward but to no avail.  Kyran gave the briefest of nods before he swam toward the surface leaving the sharks to their meal.

 

 

 

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Payback - Chapter 26 - Beyond Pacifica