Princess: Nuance Of Love Book 1 (45 page)

She fell backwards clutching her cheeks
and cried. Blood dripped from the corner of her mouth. He grabbed
her arm and dragged her out of the room. "Even that little bitch,
would give up if your life is in danger."

Dewi realized that she was about to be
held hostage to force Paramita to give up. "She tried to fight him
off, pushing his hand to free herself. “Let go! Let go....." She
screamed.

Two guards chased after Paramita, she
ran through the door at the other end of the lobby, ending up in
the kitchen. They shouted at her to come out, threatening to shoot,
she quickly ducked behind the counter.

* * *

Ali and Captain Bags arrived outside
the gate. Ali hurriedly came down from the van and pulled out his
gun. There were two guards at the gate trying to stop him from
entering. Ali took out the gun and shot one guard on the knee
without hesitating, he moved forward and sent a high kick towards
the other, sending him falling to the ground, he used the back of
his gun to hit the guard's head leaving him unconscious. He opened
the gate and climbed back into the car, signaling for the driver to
continue into the driveway.

As they drove down a group of guard ran
in front of the car shooting at them, they evaded the bullets, "Run
them down." Ali shouted at the driver.

"My pleasure!" He replied while
pressing his foot down on the pedal.

* * *

The guards moved forward to drag her
out. They were surprised to find it empty.

"Hello gentlemen!" Paramita appeared
behind them, and used the pan in her hand to hit the head of the
guard on her left with all her strength, causing him to fall to the
ground. She side kicked the other guard aiming for his jaw. He fell
backwards hitting his head against the counter. Paramita took both
of their guns, slipping one under her belt and holding the other in
her hand. "I always wanted to shoot a real gun." She said talking
to herself.

Some more guards came into the kitchen,
she ducked back down under the counter.

"Give up or I'll shoot." A guard
shouted while giving a warning shot.

"Come and get me..." She shouted
back.

Chapter Thirty
Seven

The driver stepped on the gas and
turned the steering wheel stopping it close against a wall. The
three men quickly climbed out using the car to shield them. The
henchmen were shooting at them from behind the trees that grew in
the garden. Ali and Captain Bagas shot back at them, it was
difficult to hit them as the bullets hit the trees that cover the
henchmen. Ali was beginning to feel frustrated. The sound of
gunshots echoed from inside the building, followed by loud clanging
sounds.

Ali turned to Captain Bagas, "Captain
Bagas, cover me, I'm going to make a run inside." He
ordered.

"Yes, Pangeran.

Ali refilled his handgun, ran to the
edge of the wall and slipped to the other side, before carefully
inching towards the opened door. He heard the sound of shooting
from another room inside the palace. He peeked through the door, it
seems to be the laundry room. It appeared to be recently
abandoned.

Seeing that the coast is clear, he
entered the laundry room and headed straight towards the door. It
was locked. He shot the knob and pulled it opened, still covering
his body behind the wall. He saw a familiar body shielding behind a
marble counter, Paramita was occasionally shooting back at the four
men covering themselves behind the big wooden table. He saw her
throwing the gun in her hand and taking out another one. He
carefully crawled by her side. Sensing someone coming up beside
her, she turned and pointed the gun towards him.

"Easy now, are you that eager to be a
widow?" He whispered.

"Bang, you're here?" She said in
disbelief.

"Didn't I tell you to not go anywhere
without the guards?" He rebuked.

"Bang, this is not the right time to
nag me. Besides, it was your ex-girlfriend who lured me to the café
for Pangeran Bashir."

"So Dewi is involved with them?" He
asked.

"Eh-he"

They heard a rustle and turned around.
It was Captain Bagas crawling in from the laundry room avoiding
bullets.

"Pangeran, Puteri, are you both
alright?" He asked.

"We are, thank you Captain Bagas!"
Paramita responded.

"Listen, we should split up. Paramita,
you stay here and distract them, Captain Bagas, follow me, we'll go
around the table and subdue them from behind."

"Yes sir." He replied.

Paramita shot towards the henchmen,
taking care, not to accidentally shoot in the direction that Ali
and Captain Bagas are crawling.

Ali and Captain Bagas reached the area
behind the men, Ali jabbed one of them, leaving him gasping for
air, with both hands he hit him behind the neck making him fall.
Another man came up to him, with his fist ready to punch Ali. Ali
blocked the punch with his left arm and threw a double punch to his
face. The henchman kicked him on his thigh, Ali attacked back with
a kick to his stomach.

Seeing that the shooting had stopped,
Paramita moved forward to where Pangeran Bashir's Guards were
fighting Ali and Captain Bagas, she sensed movement from her left
side, and could see that the two guard from before were beginning
to come to. She took a large pot, ran to them, and bashed the pot
in her hand against their heads one by one. "Go back to sleep." She
said.

She ran to Ali and Captain Bagas.
Seeing that Captain Bagas was being attacked by two men, she ran
behind him standing back to back. "Need help Captain?" She
asked.

"Puteri, I'm sure I can take care of
them." He replied.

"Don't be shy." She said while straight
punching the guard in front of her. The guard got pushed backward,
after getting back his balance, he charged forward ready to punch
her. Paramita jumped sideways catching his lower arm. She twisted
it behind his back, grabbed his hair and banged his head five times
against the table. The man fell to the floor.

"Stop playing around, guys." She
shouted at Ali and Captain Bagas. "Take them down
already."

Ali was still fighting off the other
man, seeing that she was standing there, he pierced the man's
sternum with his four fingers, twisted his hand and banged his head
against the wall.

He looked at her then looked at the
three guards who fought with her, "You are a very violent and
sadistic woman, aren't you?"

Paramita lifted her shoulder. Captain
Bagas finally succeeded in leaving the henchman
unconscious.

"Come out here niece," They heard
Pangeran Bashir shout from the outside, "Come out or I'll shoot
this woman, you wouldn't want her blood on your hands would
you?"

"Dewi." Ali gasped while heading to the
door.

"Wait," Paramita said. "Don't go out
there, it's a trap."

"But he's got Dewi and he said that
he'll shoot her," he argued. "This is a man who's trying to kill
his own niece, what would keep him from shooting her?"

Paramita looked at him with an uneasy
look, then smiled ironically. "Okay then, I'm going out, maybe I
can swap myself with her if that makes you happy."

"No wait, Mita. That's not what I mean,
it's not about her...." Ali tried to explain, but she already ran
out the door. He quickly looked at Captain Bagas, and signaled him
to circle out the back, before following her out.

"Well, look what we have here, a bonus,
the Crown Prince, here to surrender his life for free."

"Bang Ali..." Dewi shouted in happiness
seeing him.

"You can't harm him. I've changed my
mind," Suddenly Jonathan shouted from behind Pangeran Bashir. "I
don't want to get in trouble with my father. . .”

"Shut up! We all have to make
sacrifices to achieve our goal. Besides what better way to destroy
the throne line by eliminating the successors."

"I won't allow you!" Jonathan
insisted.

Pangeran Bashir shot him on the leg.
Jonathan fell to the ground holding his injury. Blood was seeping
out from between his fingers.

"Uncle Joni." Ali shouted.

"Bring them all to the library." He
ordered his men.

They walked up the stairs just as the
front door opened and the henchmen walked in with Captain Bagas as
prisoner. "We caught him outside Pangeran. There was another guy
too, he's dead." They said.

"Lock them all up together!" Pangeran
Bashir ordered. "Be careful with that witch niece of mine. Pay
extra attention to her, whoever lets her escape will be shot on the
spot." He said again.

One of the henchmen who had an
encounter with Paramita on the street grabbed her upper arm and
dragged her, putting his gun against her waist.

"Don't touch my wife!" Ali growled. He
was about to move, when three other men pointed their guns towards
his head. Paramita lifted her hand signing to him that she was
alright and for him to calm down.

They were pushed inside the library and
the door closed locking them in. "I can see you've been here
before. Queen of destruction." Ali said to Paramita while looking
at the shards of chair on the floor.

Paramita smiled at his attempt to
lighten the situation. She walked to Jonathan who was sitting on
the chair and took a look at his wound. "The bullet went straight
through." She said. "I doubt it hit any arteries, it's not gushing
out that much blood." She reached out and on purposely yanked off
his tie, to apply a tourniquet on his leg.

"So Uncle Joni Boy, tell me what
contract is Pangeran Bashir promising you, in exchange for killing
me?" She said pulling the tourniquet hard making him
squirm.

"Uncle Joni, is that true?" Ali added,
"You were willing to take part in killing my wife to get a
contract? Have you gone so low for money?"

"Somebody like you will never
understand." He said while grinning in pain, "It's not easy being
an underdog, so if I have to do what it takes to succeed, then I'll
do what it takes." He suddenly yelped in pain as Paramita tugged
the tourniquet

"Are you sure you want to announce that
I deserve to die with me just centimeters away from your wound?"
She said then poked near the wound with her finger. "Now, you
haven't told me what contract it was that he promised
you."

"Ah...stop that hurts." He wailed, "The
contract was for the construction and management of Trans Wirakarta
Toll way."

Paramita looked up at Ali, he nodded at
her and she got up and stepped away from Jonathan. "When we get out
of here, I'm going to look into Pangeran Bashir's and all the other
Princes involvement in government project contracting."

"Bang Ali, I'm happy to see you again."
Dewi said softly to him latching on to his arm. "Bang, you don't
blame me for what I did, right? I did this because I love you,
because I'm angry at her for taking you away from me. Pangeran
Bashir said he can help me with my citizenship, I want to get
Jothar citizenship so I won't be far from you."

Paramita rolled her eyes up and sighed.
"Bang Ali, you never strike me as the type of man who prefers dumb
women. Hey lady, Raden Hamza is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he
could help you more than that old geezer on your citizenship.
Hello, immigration is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
I doubt Raden Hamza would refuse to help you. If you were to
conspire to kill me, you should have done it for something more
significant than just a recommendation letter."

"Enough, Mita! You're crossing the
line! Don't joke with your life like that" Ali rebuked. Paramita
stared at him with anger, Ali avoided looking at her, feeling
uncomfortable he shook Dewi's hand off and walked to the door to
observe it. "Captain Bagas." He said, "The hinges of this door are
on this side."

Captain Bagas came to the door. "You're
right sir, if we can find a sharp metal object to yank it up, we
can probably get out of here."

"There nothing on the desk or the
cupboard. I can tell you that, I searched there when I was held in
here the last time." Paramita said.

They were surprised to see Dewi cry,
"Look, under the door!" She pointed. "Smoke!"

"I knew he planned to burn me alive."
Paramita mumbled, she looked around the room, trying to find
something to prevent the smoke from entering while the men were
looking for anything they can use to pry out the hinges. She ran to
the curtains and pulled them down hard. The curtain came tumbling
down with tube and all. She pushed it against to bottom of the
door.

"We're going to die here, it's all
because of you!" She said pointing at Paramita, "If you hadn't come
into our lives, this would never had happened."

Paramita just looked at her and shook
her head.

"Bang, promise me that we will be
alright, Bang Ali promise me that you'll save me." Dewi cried while
shaking his arm.

Ali just stood there without any
reaction. Paramita felt uneasy seeing Dewi holding her husband's
arm and he didn't attempt to make her let go of him. "Captain
Bagas, why don't you and I try to get us out of here, while this
Romeo and Juliet get it on?" She said sarcastically. She picked up
a curtain tube and observed the end," Look, this is flat and it
looks strong, maybe we can use this." She said.