Leo's POV

Blair and I leapt behind our truck, ducking low, as another round of machine-gun fire was sent our way.

We breathed heavily pressing our backs against the armoured metal.

The bombs laid on the roads and around the border had all been detonated by the first fleet of Martinez's men meaning now there was a free passage for hundreds more to flood in, all trigger happy and ruthless.

We were struggling to hold them back and chaos had quickly gripped the entire territory as we lost countless good soldiers, including every man in my patrol except myself and Blair. It was now just the two of us against a group of about a eight of Martinez's men and only a short distance away, we could hear the fire and shouts of other patrols as they fought just as we were.

"Any word of Martinez?" I asked Blair as I looked over to him.

He shook his head, "No sign of him. But division three have some prisoners. They might find something."

"Fuck," I cursed, as the machine gun rain continued, "We both know what Martinez is like with information. His men don't know shit."

"So what do we do?" Blair asked, "This is already a blood bath."

"All we can do is keep fighting," I replied, "And hope the bastard shows his face at some point."

Just then, the machine-gun fire finally stopped and I gripped my gun, "Good luck," I said to my Beta with a nod before marching out and firing ruthlessly to the enemy men desperately trying to reload the machine-gun.

With a combined effort, Blair and I had them all dead in seconds.

I glanced around, checking for any more before lowering my gun and taking a deep breath.

But just as I was relaxing, thinking we'd killed them all, I heard the clapping of a pair of hands only metres from us.

"Bravo, Leonardo," A voice said, "You're good with a gun."

I snapped my eyes over to the voice to see a tall, dark-haired man carelessly stepping over the bodies of Martinez's men, prodding their lolling heads with his foot.

"What the fuck..." I muttered under my breath, "Why is it always you, Luciano? Why do you always reappear unannounced?"

He let out a short laugh before he looked at the death and destruction around us.

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