Chapter 111 Instant Kill, and Emergency Landing
If the terrorists acted and detonated their bombs as soon as Luke moved, he wouldn’t have a chance to launch a counterattack.
While taking action right now was dangerous, Luke had the initiative, which would be lost if he dawdled.
Sometimes, hesitation was the greatest mistake a police officer could make.
Thankfully, since there were much fewer people in first cla.s.s, Luke locked onto a bearded middle-aged man only ten seconds later.
While pretending to examine Mindy, Luke subtly whispered the man’s location to Damon.
Then, pretending that he had forgotten some medical instrument, Luke returned to the back of the plane.
His nervousness startled everyone a little; was the little girl his sister?
When he reached the back of the plane, Lopez greeted him anxiously and said, “I’ve informed the captain.”
Luke nodded and said, “Good. You stay here and don’t make a sound, alright?” As he spoke, he lifted the curtain slightly and looked outside.
It was Damon and his daughter’s show, now.
In this crisis, Luke wouldn’t be the only hero.
If Damon and his daughter weren’t strong enough, the operation would definitely fail.
However, Luke didn’t really have a choice.
Three against five, without giving the enemy any chance to react – they didn’t just need skill, they also needed luck.
Luck, in fact, would be even more important than skill now.
Soon, there were exclamations from first cla.s.s, but no one in economy could see what was going on because of the aisle curtain.
A few seconds later, Damon suddenly walked out from behind the curtain, distracting everyone’s attention in economy.
Damon cried out anxiously, “No, no, my daughter is cramping and vomiting. Is anyone here a doctor? Please help her! She’s only a child!”
Seizing the opportunity, Luke calmly and quietly approached a man in one corner of economy cla.s.s.
He wasn’t carrying any bombs, but he had a full view of economy cla.s.s from where he sat, so he was the lookout here.
Moving quickly and agilely, Luke squeezed into the tiny gap behind the man’s seat without making a sound.
He struck the lookout on the back of his head. Even the pa.s.sengers sitting right next to the lookout didn’t notice.
Luke now had 24 Strength. Despite the narrow s.p.a.ce, he was still able to knock the guy out.
The pa.s.sengers next to the guy were too distracted by Damon’s performance to notice that the guy had pa.s.sed out.
After all, he could see everyone else from this corner, but barely anyone would notice him.
After knocking out the terrorist, Luke quietly slithered back like a snake.
Damon had walked down the aisle to the center of the plane. Seeing that Luke had sorted out the guy in the corner, he clenched his fists.
Now was the most critical moment of their operation. No mistakes could be allowed.
Luke gestured at Damon, and Damon suddenly lunged at a man one meter away from him.
He headb.u.t.ted the man so hard that the man’s face cracked and caved in a little. Damon then punched the man again without any hesitation.
In the meantime, Luke flung out his knife, which instantly pierced the eye of a man two meters away.
The moment they attacked, the curtain for first cla.s.s was lifted slightly, and a dark shadow shot out past three seat rows to hit another man in the head.
The man immediately pa.s.sed out.
The five terrorists were taken care of, but Damon and Luke didn’t relax. They narrowed their eyes and scanned the pa.s.sengers.
The pa.s.sengers were all more or less shocked, and some even cried out, but n.o.body seemed to be acting strangely.
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Neither Luke nor Damon moved as they examined the pa.s.sengers.
As instructed by Luke earlier, Jennifer and Lopez began to calm the pa.s.sengers down as they explained that this was an emergency operation carried out by police officers.
Though scared, the pa.s.sengers were more or less convinced when they looked at the two silent men.
If they were terrorists, they would be yelling and threatening the pa.s.sengers now.
Comparing them with the appearance of the people who had been knocked out or killed, the pa.s.sengers became less suspicious.
Lopez approached Luke and asked in a low voice, “Now what?”
Luke whispered to her, “Tell the captain to land at the nearest airport. It isn’t safe on this plane.”
Lopez suddenly thought of a dreadful possibility, and nearly peed herself.
Luke patted her shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, they’ve all been taken down, but we should get off this plane as soon as possible.”
Half an hour later, the plane made an emergency landing at Des Moines Airport in Iowa.
A tremendous number of police officers, firefighters and doctors were waiting for them.
After the pa.s.sengers eagerly disembarked, the officers charged in to retrieve four suspects who had been tied up as well as the body of the last suspect.
Elsa watched the officers lead Luke away with complicated feelings. In the end, she sighed and told the officers hers and Luke’s ident.i.ties. Then, she was taken in, too.
Damon and Mindy were also taken away by the police with bitter smiles on their faces.
Mindy glared at Luke angrily. She was being arrested at such a young age, all because of him! He didn’t look like a kindhearted gentleman at all now! After this, she decided to hate him.
Luke smiled at Mindy and thanked Damon.
He didn’t feel guilty about pulling them in.
If they hadn’t gotten involved, everybody might have died together. On the other hand, it was true that they wouldn’t have to worry about being taken in like this.
Luke was delayed for three days.
Damon and Mindy were released on the second day. They even dropped by to see him before they flew to New York.
However, they didn’t leave Luke any contact details, which puzzled him.
Mindy did seem annoyed with him, but she didn’t really have to cut ties with him, right? Did Luke really do something so outrageous? No, it had to be a problem on her end.
Luke comforted himself that way.
On the other hand, his impression of Elsa had improved.
While he was being investigated by the FBI, Elsa volunteered to vouch for him, and even contacted Dustin to have him tell the FBI about their work trip to New York.