The Same But Different You

”B1? B1! Fuck! ” Raulf was worried, but he was sure they we
e already dead.

Raulf sprinted towards the elevator, rapidly clicking on the button hoping it would descend faster. It slowly descending into the depths but he was prepared having a smoke bomb with a detonation timer. He went ahead and hid himself at the top, as the terrorists pointed their guns towards it.

Then the door opened, showing no one, but one ball. There were no signs of people inside, and they took a breath while trying to wonder what is the ball. It looks like a small toy but suddenly exploded.

A smoke appeared from the elevator as they couldn react and started coughing after getting the smoke in their lungs. The smoke slowly faded showing no one was there, but it was too late. Suddenly, a grunt came from behind as if someone was killing them off one by one.

It was a pitch black room having the only source of light in the elevator, and they had a chance to survive with their flashlights but Raulf was too fast and knows how to navigate in the dark with his portable pair of night vision goggles. They were startled and didn know where he was, leading them to start shooting at each other only backfiring as they ended up killing each one another and the other children along the procedure.

”Ah.. shit ” Raulf looked around him while he wiped his knife on his pants. He found some generator switches and turned on the lights to find children everywhere. Some were injured and a lot dead. He hated himself for not being fast enough but there were too many. Only 7 children, including the prime ministers daughter, survived the aftermath out of 30.

He took out his gauge with him along with some alcohol in his pockets and started treating the injured. The children screamed in agony but Raulf didn remove the strings so they can endure the disinfection.

He took his radio to convey the message, barely sweating from the ambush. ”This is Black Ghost, A1 the daughter has been secured along with other children. Wait for me on the first floor and we can escape ”

”Right on our way ”

Raulf untied the children and released them after they were treated. ”Its fine.. its fine.. ” comforting them while he was working. He looked at the ground before leaving, such a red floor that no children should have ever witnessed. This is surely a traumatizing experience for them, forever making them remember what had happened here.

The boss has gotten news from his member that a squad tried to rescue the children. They were already wiped out, but the information given was already outdated. Raulf was the one who sent the information on the radio after the fight.

He looked at the prime minister, smirking at him for his foolishness. But continued to play with him as he buys time for them to kill the squad that he dispatched.

While at the elevator, Raulf was hearing a ticking sound that started. He looked at a nervous child where the ticking started to sound louder. He ripped through his clothes as a bomb was strap to his chest.

”FUCK! THEY DIDNT INTEND TO LET THE KIDS LIVE! ”

He quickly looked at it but he doesnt know how to defuse bombs, but here was only 2 minutes left. The time the elevator reached the 1st floor was about a minute and 30 seconds. There were children looking at him with such a nervous face. The kid was pulling him, asking to just throw him away.

”No… Theres no way I or you die from a **ing bomb. ”

He started looking ways to unwrap the bomb, but it was too dangerous without tampering it. He called on the radio, asking for help.

”Does anyone know how to defuse a bomb!? There is a minute and 30 minutes as we speak. It will go to 30 once we reach the first floor. Its **ing strapped to a kid ”

”We need proper equipment along with necessary substances in defusing it. 30 seconds isn enough, I suggest that you leave the suicide bomber, the goal is to save the daughter of the prime minister. Not some stranger. ”

”Shit shit shit… ” He started thinking twice, He knew leaving him behind was the correct decision.

Raulf was nervous but he was too focused on the task, he started to look at the bomb not knowing what to do, but the man was right, if he doesnt leave this child here they will all die. This rescue operation is a pain. Now he truly regrets it but started to analyze the situation but couldn think of a way.

The elevator door opened as the squad quickly took the other children with them. Raulf carried a child with her broken legs as they started running to the exit. But when they were about to escape they were ambushed again as they were trying to buy time until bombs exploded the building.

The first bomb detonated as it came from the elevator far away. Raulf saw the explosion feeling bad on what had happened, and the second one was above them right above the entrance. The others left as Raulf bought time for them to escape as he threw the child towards them. He bought more time by shooting the terrorists while the building collapsed.

A glimpse of home he was about to reach the exit but another bomb exploded right underneath him.

The whole building came to ruins as the streets of Paris was cover in debris and dust.

”GHOST! ” A member of the squad shouted as the whole squad of A1 escaped successfully but they saw ”The Black Ghost ” died in front of their eyes.

News spread quickly, as the Prime ministers daughter was saved successfully and the terrorist was captured along with his men. Mourning his death along with the other mercenaries that died in battle.

***

Raulf thinking he had died, finds himself in a hall with 10 chairs. He sees someone with a mask sitting and besides him is a rifle, a spear, and a knife in the arm rest. He looked at it, seeing the rifle clearly as the same as his model, the HK416F along with the same attachments. The spear has a cloth wrapped around the spear, looking like its already worn out from countless of battles, and the knife that the man is playing with, keeps switching into different models.

All that he can say that this man is has experience in killing. Maybe thousands, no a hundred thousands, his eyes filled with killing intent a normal person can handle.

”So this is how you die, Raulf? ” The man slowly walked up on him, pats him in the back, and gave him a glimpse of what could have been his death. Thousands of scenes of him dying in multiple ways flashing before his eyes, as the man went back and sat on the chair laughing.

”You may be wondering, why are you here? Do you think this is the after life? No, this is where we prepare your trail. ” The man grabbed the book on the desk as the pages scattered in front of him.

”Pick one ” He smirked as he reached out and sips a glass of coffee, awaiting on what he is going to pick.