Kidnap (The Billionaire Series) (2 page)

“Yes, a paediatrician.
You know, a child doctor.”

As a more relaxed Saki
turned back towards Rachel and
Tylanni
, Donald
discovered that the coolest room in the property was theirs as it benefited
from the sea breeze. It was also by far the most comfortable. With this
knowledge in mind, he traipsed back to Rachel to deliver the news that was
going to ensure his wedding night would be a lonely one.

“Right, Donald, Saki, a
side each please,” announced Rachel on hearing Donald’s news. “Take
Tylanni
to our room. I’ll stay with her and you two can
share the other room.”

Both wanted to protest,
both wanted to be by their wives’ side but both could tell from Rachel’s tone
that any protestation would be futile.

Both would later live
to regret their decision.

Chapter 4

Saki woke up instantly.
He checked the clock glowing on the bedside table. It was 3.53 a.m. He listened
for nearly a minute and heard nothing more. As he turned over to go back to
sleep, he heard the noise again. He immediately got up.

Saki moved across to
Donald’s bed. He wanted to wake him up without making a sound, so he covered
Donald’s mouth with his hand and whispered.

“Donald wake up,
there’s somebody moving around outside.”

Donald woke up and
instinctively struggled against the hand over his mouth. Saki repeated.
“There’s somebody moving around outside.”

He motioned for Donald
to whisper before removing his hand.

“I’m sure it’s just
somebody who’s forgotten something,” said Donald. “It’s nothing, go back to
sleep.”

“No,” said Saki
listening out for more sounds. “There’s more than one person and they’re highly
trained soldiers.”

“What the hell are you
talking about?” said Donald almost too loudly. Saki motioned again for him to
whisper.

“I can hear them
moving, very carefully, not wanting to be heard and one at a time, as if one is
covering the other. Trust me, I know these things.”

Donald stared at Saki
as he tried to compute in his half
asleep
state, just
what the hell was going on. Rachel had spent the evening nursing
Tylanni
while Donald had spent the evening trying to keep
Saki calm. It was a very different Saki who stood before him. There was a calm
quiet confidence that had not been there earlier. He was talking about trained
soldiers outside and was completely unfazed. Saki also exuded a raw power that
Donald had not noted earlier. With his shirt off, the slim young man had
transformed into one of the most toned and defined bodies Donald had ever seen.
Donald realised that this was the real Saki. The young man panicking about his
wife was a man who was used to being in control and who knew that he was
powerless in helping his wife when it came to childbirth.

“What do you think they
want?” asked Donald as he fully wakened.

“No idea, but I must
get to
Tylanni
,” said Saki.

Donald saw Saki
disappear from the side of his bed and reappear at the door, moving so quickly
and quietly it defied belief. Saki paused
momentarily,
cautiously opening the door just wide enough to check the coast was clear
before disappearing into the night. Donald quickly followed. By the time he
reached the doorway, Saki was already way ahead and almost at the women’s room.
Donald couldn’t help but wonder just who Saki was. His English was perfect but
he was a local, having lived most of his life on a small island to the North.
All Donald knew from looking at Saki move was that he was delighted to have him
on his side.

***

Rachel had not slept at
all. She had sat up watching
Tylanni
and was becoming
concerned at her rising temperature. There was nothing else for
it,
they would have to go to the hospital immediately. Just
as Rachel reached her decision, the door handle turned and the door opened.
Rachel was
relieved,
Saki and Donald could get the
Land Rover while she prepared
Tylanni
for the
journey.

***

Delta and Charlie
slipped into the dimly lit room. They could make out the two targets, one was
sitting in a chair facing away from them and the other was asleep in bed. This
was going to be the easiest $100,000 they had ever made. Delta moved slowly and
quietly towards the chair as Charlie moved towards the bed.

As Delta reached the
back of the chair he silently raised his Blackjack,
a leather
wrapped lead weight with a coil-spring handle which could kill with one blow.
In one smooth movement, he swung the weapon towards Rachel. He had selected a
spot on the side of her head just above the ear. It offered a 90% likelihood of
an outright kill and 100% certainty of rendering her unconscious.

Chapter
5

As Saki turned the corner of the guesthouse, he saw two men
disappear into the women’s room. He sped up and entered the room just as the
Blackjack was making its deadly trajectory towards Rachel.
 

Sensing some movement behind her, Rachel turned to see what was
happening. As she turned, she instinctively flinched. The Blackjack, which
should have killed her, missed its spot just grazing her forehead. Her chair
toppled and she fell to the floor. Although relatively unharmed, she was dazed
and as far as Delta was concerned, she would be dead before she knew what had
hit her. Although a gun would have been easier, the Blackjack offered a ‘clean’
bloodless kill.

When Saki entered the room, he evaluated the situation instantly.
There were two threats, both lethal. From the intruders’ movements, he deduced
that their only intention was to kill the girls. He calculated what was
required and sending signals to individual muscles in his body, he began the
movements needed to eliminate the danger. Nobody was better than Saki. Even on
Penaraja
, he was the best.

Charlie made his way silently to the bed. He had heard the
commotion behind him as Delta failed to deal with the woman. The sleeping mass,
whom Charlie assumed was Donald, would be easy to deal
with
as he remained sound asleep. Charlie raised his Blackjack and, as he swung the
weapon towards his target, Saki had already begun his silent assault. The first
kick landed in the small of Charlie’s back, arching him backwards and
dispatching the Blackjack over his head and away from the sleeping
Tylanni
. A punch landed a micro second later, sending
Charlie into the full force of Saki’s kick. The timing was perfect, the force
of Saki’s double impact manoeuvre shattered Charlie’s spine, killing him
instantly.

Delta had hardly moved. He had noticed the sudden movements out
of the corner of his eye but such was Saki’s speed, he did not appreciate what
was happening until he heard the sickening snap of Charlie’s spine.

As Charlie fell to the floor, Saki was ready to eliminate the
second threat. A roundhouse flip propelled him quickly and quietly across the
room towards Delta. As he prepared to land, he threw out his trailing leg and
unleashed an almighty kick catching Delta in the solar plexus, propelling him
ten feet backwards. Delta smashed against the wall and fell to the floor,
already dead. The force had been equivalent to that of a
train
hitting
Delta at full speed, his internal organs exploding from the
force of the strike.

Donald burst into the room, having heard the almighty bang as
Delta hit the wall.

“What the hell?” he shouted as he entered, surveying the room.
“Oh my God, is everyone OK? Rachel, are you OK?” he shouted as he rushed to her
side.

“I’m fine, not really sure what happened. Not sure I’ll ever
know, it all happened so quickly,” she said, looking at Saki.

“WATCH OUT!!!” Donald screamed, diving towards the window.

Chapter
6

While Charlie and Delta had made their way to the bedroom, Alpha
and Bravo had made their way to the Kennedy’s Land Rover. Their task was to
drive the Land Rover down the coast where they would meet Charlie and Delta
after they had disposed of the bodies. However, they had spotted Donald
clumsily making his way towards the room Charlie and Delta were in. Realising
that something was seriously amiss, they abandoned the Land Rover and made
their way around the building and onto Rachel and Donald’s terrace.

Alpha had arrived just as
Delta was being
struck by Saki
. Alpha had seen some amazing things in his time but
nothing compared to the power of the kick delivered to Delta. Alpha then
noticed Charlie lying in an impossibly contorted position; he was clearly dead.
Alpha raised his Heckler & Koch MP5SD silenced sub machine gun.

“What the hell are you doing?” whispered Bravo, grabbing the
barrel of the gun. “This is supposed to be a clean kill.”

“They’re both dead! Charlie and Delta are dead! The Kennedys are
still alive. If we don’t kill them, Zulu will kill us!”

“OK, OK, you’re right. Just don’t make too much noise. We’ll need
to clear up before we leave,” said Bravo as he released his hold on the gun.

Alpha raised the gun and aimed. As he couldn’t see Rachel, he
assumed the body in the bed was
her
. It certainly
wasn’t Donald as he had just burst into the room.

Donald was looking at Saki when he noticed a small movement
through the window. It was dark outside and the men were dressed in black.
However, the gun’s nozzle, glinting in the moonlight, caught Donald’s eye and
he instinctively dived towards it.

Donald was too slow. The bullet left the gun and began its deadly
course towards
Tylanni
. Saki had reacted to Donald’s
warning and also moved towards Alpha but spotting Bravo behind him, he
recalculated his movements to deal with both targets.

Although Donald had failed to reach Alpha, he hadn’t failed to
reach the bullet that grazed his hip causing it to deviate from its intended
destination,
Tylanni’s
heart. Nonetheless, after
grazing Donald, the bullet continued to hurtle towards
Tylanni
and hit her in the leg instead.

Saki was not faster than a bullet but he was quicker than the man
who pulled the trigger. As the first bullet left the gun and Alpha prepared to
pull the trigger again, Saki struck. A double kick landed squarely on Alpha’s
jaw rendering him unconscious. Bravo reached for his gun but had moved less
than a millimetre when Saki delivered a blow to the back of his neck which
ensured he would move nothing more than his lips for the rest of his life.
 

Donald watched as Saki then landed deliberately next to the
unconscious Alpha. He saw him deliver a slight but distinct blow to the head,
putting Alpha into a permanent vegetative state. Death was too good for the man
who had shot his wife.

Chapter
7

All attention turned to
Tylanni
and
Donald. Donald brushed off his injury as nothing more than a flesh wound.
Rachel quickly recovered and jumped to
Tylanni’s
side. The bullet had gone straight through her thigh and fortunately missed the
femoral artery. However, she had lost a lot of
blood which
weakened her considerably. Rachel stemmed the blood flow while Donald made some
calls.

Within ten minutes, a major rescue operation was underway. Donald
was a personal friend of the Malaysian King and so no expense was spared on
their rescue. A helicopter rushed
Tylanni
and the
rest of the group to the best hospital in Sabah. The chiefs of police and the
military were tasked with hunting down and finding any further assailants. Over
200 crack troops were ordered to protect Donald, Rachel, Saki and
Tylanni
.

On arrival at the hospital,
Tylanni
was
rushed to Intensive Care where it became apparent that an emergency operation
was needed to deliver the baby. Saki and Donald were again left alone. As Saki
paced up and down Donald’s room he began to talk, he needed to do
something,
the more he talked the more Donald’s jaw dropped.

“I should probably explain,” started Saki, “our islanders speak
English as their first language because we were colonised and saved by the
British many, many years ago. A British doctor saved us from a plague that
would have surely wiped us out. As a result our leader at the time swore
allegiance to Britain and as such we are governed by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth.”