Chapter 15 - A Mighty force

Kenny, Jake and Sandra have climbed the theatre building via the fire escape stairs and made it to the roof. Now they had to enter the building and to make it quietly. Kenny approached the door leading to the main staircase of the building and opened it slowly. Jake and Sandra entered and Kenny followed in.
- “Where did they say he was hiding?” Jake whispered to Kenny.
- “They didn’t. We’ll have to find him.” Kenny replied.
- “That means we should be alert as he could be on the ground floor or on this one.” Sandra warned.
- “Precisely.” Kenny confirmed.
The three of them held their guns steady and began looking around the top floor of the building. It had several small studios here. Those must’ve been the rooms for actors. It seemed quiet. The three of them then went down the same stairs to the next floor. It had a few more of those rooms, as well as an entrance into the balcony of both stages in the theatre.
- “Be aware. We would be easy to spot here.” Kenny said.
- “OK, we better not go on the balcony then.” Sandra said.
- “Then how will we find him?” Jake wondered.
- “You two stay here. I’ll take a peek.” Kenny said.
So Kenny alone entered the balcony in the crouched position and looked over to see the stage number 2. It was empty. He then quietly walked along the balcony to reach stage number 1, and as soon he looked towards it he saw lots of tied-up people sitting on the ground and a menacing-looking man walking around and what looked like talking to himself. Kenny quickly ducked out of view and quickly but quietly went back to Jake and Sandra.
In a meantime Rob and two of his partners entered the theatre building through the back entrance. They were in a little corridor there. It was one of those hardly used entrances which still had maintenance happening in. It led them into the basement of the theatre.
Suddenly all three of them heard someone’s angry roaring.
- “What on Earth was that?” one of the cops asked Rob.
Rob was terrified. He never heard anything like this. The next second the two of them heard screams of the third cop who was being dragged around the corner by something. Both of them saw that and ran after where he was being dragged, but once they looked around the corner he was nowhere to be seen.
- “Please tell me what this is.” Rob’s partner asked him.
- “I really don’t know, but whatever that is, it’s bloody scary.” Rob said with fear.
The two of them carried on through the basement and at all times checking their back so that no-one is creeping up on them. They saw the stairs leading to the ground floor and began ascending them. However at this moment one of the steps broke and Rob’s partner fell into the floor.
- “Hey, are you all right?!” Rob shouted down into a dark hole.
But all he heard in return was blood-gurgling sounds. Something was up and he didn’t know what it was. He quickly ran up the stairs and found himself on the ground floor by the front entrance. He could hear someone’s heavy breathing, someone’s teeth scraping, someone’s footsteps. He kept on looking around and all he saw was empty hallways. Someone’s eyes were watching him, but he couldn’t see who it was.
Kenny finally reached Jake and Sandra. They knew that he saw something and so Sandra asked him:
- “So? Where is he?”
- “He’s in the first stage and he has too many hostages. We can’t risk with their lives.” Kenny replied.
- “Chill. We won’t fail.” Sandra calmed him down.
Three of them then descended the stairs even further a couple of more floors until they reached the ground floor. The next double doors led straight into the main hall. Kenny looked through the glass bits in the doors and it seemed clear so three of them stepped into the main hall. Jake then saw something by the exit doors. He got Kenny’s and Sandra’s attention and said:
- “What is that?”
The three of them walked closer and saw it was a dead body. When they got even closer they saw it was Rob. He had teeth marks in his neck and lost a lot of blood.
- “Damn! Someone killed Rob.” Jake panicked.
- “More like something.” Kenny corrected him.
- “Guys, we shouldn’t stray off the mission.” Sandra suddenly told them, “It’s horrible what happened to Rob, but we need to stop that crazy guy.”
- “Sure, you’re right.” Kenny agreed.
All three of them then headed for the stages. They walked up to the doors of the first stage and slowly opened them. These doors were at the very back of the room and so Rabid Wolf didn’t see them come in. Suddenly Jake and Sandra lost their consciousness.
- “Guys! What’s happening to you two?” Kenny whispered to them.
No answer came. Jake and Sandra were lying motionless on the ground. They were still alive, but completely knocked out. Some mighty force must’ve done it and Kenny was yet to discover what it was and why it hasn’t affected him.
He stealthly headed for the stage when he revealed himself. Rabid Wolf was still turned to him with his back, but then he saw nearly all of the hostages looking somewhere, so he turned around and saw Kenny aiming at him with his gun.
- “Don’t do anything stupid.” Kenny said.
- “Ah, it’s you.” Wolf said, “I’m surprised you actually made it here alive.”
- “What are you on about? And what is killing all my friends?”
Wolf laughed manically.