THE ISLAND WOLF - EPISODE 54

Avril burst out laughing and that seemed to put of Miguel. Why was she laughing?
“What? So I’m some sort of object that is being passed off from Mafia Lord to gangster now?”
“Is that how you see this?”
“Yes. And I will not take it,” she said with a deep frown. He smirked and rubbed his goatee. He looked out the window and Avril used that opportunity to do an eye language they used well in the Mafia. She glanced at Chidi and to Miguel, then back to Chidi. This happened between two seconds, and Chidi understood. Even Nana and Xiào Wéi understood.

Miguel looked back at Avril.
“You don’t have a choice. You should be glad I didn’t kill you and your friends too,” he stated.
“I would never forgive you for taking Alejandro away from me,” she drawled and he chuckled.
“What are you going to do about that?” I told you, he wasn’t part of the plan,” Miguel ranted.
“But he died because of you. Alejandro died because of you,” Avril gritted and he scoffed and got on his feet.
“We’ll be at our destination in a few hours. Make yourselves comfortable with the seats,” he cooed and turned around to go. Chidi waged up and grabbed him by the neck, her arm locking his head inside. He grunted and wanted to elbow her but Xiào Wéi kicked his hand and face. He groaned painfully. She kicked his stomach and Nana gave him a bad fall, by clearing his feet off the floor with her leg. Chidi stamped on his face with her feet and he screamed and turned sideways. Avril got on her feet and stepped over him.

“You underestimated us by not putting us in handcuffs,” she pronounced as she bent over him. He tried to get up but Nana and Chidi simultaneously held down his hands and stood on his palms, pinning them down painfully. Xiào Wéi had his legs twisted in a way he couldn’t move them easily.

“You think you can escape? The other van is behind us, men with guns,” Miguel spat out.
“Awwn, so cute,” Avril cooed and her girls chuckled.
“I just wanted to do something to you. Just you,” she added and pulled a penknife from her back pocket. His eyes traveled to her hand and he scoffed.
“You are just a weak girl. You can’t kill me,” he mocked.
“Awwn, weren’t you informed?” Avril asked.
“That what?”

Avril bent her head down to his head and brought her mouth to his ear. The penknife placed directly over his neck.
“That the same chocolate humans love, is lethal to dogs…like you,” she whispered. And with that, she drove the knife into his neck and twisted it. He shrieked and blood sputtered from the spot. Avril pulled out the knife and dug it into his chest too. She pulled it out and drove it into his stomach. She began to stab him all over, grunting angrily as she did.
Chidi grabbed her hand.
“That’s enough,” she muttered. Avril’s chest rose and fell angrily. She looked at the man who was getting swarmed with a pool of his own blood. She broke down in tears and palmed her bloodied hands on her face. Miguel was the very first human she killed. Alejandro never allowed her take a human life.

“May the blood of Alejandro Mateo be avenged,” Chidi mumbled.
“May the blood of Alejandro Mateo be avenged,” Nana and Xiào Wéi repeated.

Avril got on her feet and picked up the knife. She cleaned the blood on his clothes and walked to the door of the van, the one that led to the driver’s enclosure. She opened it and saw the driver driving, without a clue of what had happened behind him. The loud music he was listening to took the blame for that. Avril knocked him out and the van swerved a little. She took the wheel and looked behind her at the second van coming behind them. She looked at the passenger side and saw loads of guns under the seat. She called the girls and they each picked one. They opened the doors and began to shoot at the other van. Immediately, bullets began to rain on their van. But they continued to shoot back until they busted the other van’s tires and drove away.

After they drove long metres, Avril pulled over by a hill. They got down from the van and took whatever could be useful to them.
“We have to leave the van here, because they might trace us if we drive it somewhere,” she said as they closed the doors.

“Where are we going?” Xiào Wéi asked.
Avril looked up at the hill.
“Wherever that leads. Let’s go,” she said and began to climb up.
“What if they figure out we stopped here and climb the hill too?” Nana asked.
“That will be a long while from now. We’ll get to somewhere safe before then,” Avril answered and her friends began to climb the hill too.