Part 19 — It's a Favor

Xin grabbed her knife from the knife rack. "Why is he so stupid? Jess is a bitch and he needs to realize that." Xin ran upstairs and grabbed her gun. She checked her phone to see the last text Zap had sent her. Doing my job. The fire extinguisher is near the sink. "He's so fucking dull..." Xin went to Azyra. Azyra. How are you? She turned off her phone, grabbed her jacket, and walked outside. "Knife here... gun here... perfect." She closed the door and checked her buzzing phone. From Azyra: Fine. You? She texted back: Good. Just need to do something. She put her phone back in her pocket. "Okay. If Jess if working with...what did he say? Samuel? Yeah. If she's working with Samuel, then she's at HQ...maybe I should thank Zap for handing valuable information, but then again, dating her was stupid on his part, so I won't do that."

Xin ran towards the HQ. Xin had stolen Zap's card the night before, so she used it to swipe through the security and enter the HQ. Reaching the top floor, she turned the corner to see Jessica and Samuel staring at a large screen. Xin looked up. It was a picture of Azyra. Xin quickly pulled out her gun. Azyra? What do they know about Azyra? She aimed the gun. She heard footsteps as she shot both Jessica and Samuel in the legs. Both of them fell. She turned around with her gun aimed at whoever had been running towards her.

"Xin...why did you do that?"

"I'm doing you a favor," she said, not putting down the gun.

"Why are you helping me? Shouldn't Azyra be your main concern?"

"So what if she is?"

"I think you just held back the investigation on her..."

"And?" Xin was getting impatient. What does Jess and Samuel have anything to do with Azyra?

"Apparently someone stole Azyra's phone and no-one can contact her...and she's without friends or family."

"Someone stole Azyra's phone?" She quickly checked her phone, putting down the gun. The new message:

Hey, can you come over to my house?

Xin stared at her phone. Shit...