I shadow walked straight to the guy, blocking his trigger with 'Telekinesis' then slapped him in the face so hard his neck broke. The two other guys reacted, but they couldn't shoot, as their weapons seemed to be jammed. Again, it was my fault.

I wanted to ask them about Vato, but then I realized it was pointless. They wouldn't answer me anyway, so why should I try if it might me unnecessary?

I used 'Eyes of the Void' to scan through the vicinity. I noticed several people around. Three were tied up and kept in one of the inner buildings. In the next one were another two, also tied up. Above was another group of three people, but they were clearly free. Walking and talking. Well... two were walking, and one was sitting

This discovery made me so happy, that I immediately dealt with the two still alive. Then I made a little surprise and yelled at the top of my lungs.

- Vato! Come out!

He came, followed by the two others, just to discover big 'Hi!' written on the floor with the bodies of his other underlings. I'll leave how I did the dot as a mystery, just gonna point out that the background was red.historical

There was no talk, as they pulled the guns, but there was no shooting. Two minions immediately burst into fire. Screaming they were moving around like headless chickens. The guy who seemed to be Vato, had to dodge them, so there was no way for him to shoot at me. Even if he tried, I was already hosting the gun's trigger with my powers.

Like that I shadow walked upstairs, grabbed him by the shoulder, using fancy footwork tripped, and shoved him back inside.

He lost his balance and fell. I used it as an opportunity, to completely take the gun from him using 'Telekinesis'. Then I picked him up, slammed him into the ceiling, and kept him there with my psionic powers.

It was a tiny space with a desk next to the back wall, and with a single chair behind it. Further was a painting with a beautiful mountain view. Both left and right walls were covered by tall pieces of furniture. It looked very much like an office.

I wanted to sit down while I had a chat with the guy, but instead, I blocked his mouth, before he started screaming, then shadow walked down to check if the three people kept hostages were indeed my family plus John.

I wasn't wrong. The three of them sat down on chairs and tied up to those, which also were tied together. Their mouths were blocked, so they couldn't scream, but I saw signs of relief as soon as they spotted me.

The room was painted completely white. There were no windows, but a lot of light inside, coming from a single dome-shaped lamp under the ceiling.

- Oh! Fancy meeting you here - I threw to them, then with a few very fast moves, I cut the ropes, making them free.

Tihana was the first to take all the cloth from her mouth.

- I kept telling those idiots they will die for this! - she said immediately.

She didn't seem scared at all, more pissed off.

- Thank you - said Celestine, as soon as she also could speak.

- Thank you - John joined them. - I-is it safe outside?

- Outside? - left my mouth, as rather gruesome writing popped into my mind. - Uhm...

- What did you do? - Tihana asked like she was reading my mind.

- Nothing. Absolutely nothing... I just wrote something - I confessed.

- Wrote? - Celestine seemed confused.

- Should we close our eyes if we want to get out? - Tihana continued asking.

- That would be a good idea, but just for safety, I'm gonna escort you. It seems like there are more hostages kept here, so wait a moment. I'll free them too - I informed them, then shadow walked to the second room.

That space was identical to the one I just left. The only difference was two people tied to chairs. A young boy. Maybe twelve if I were to judge by sight. And a teenage girl. She was pretty. Very developed for her possible age, whit natural wavy hair, a gorgeous face, and dark brown eyes. Very slim, yet busty.

By their clothes, I thought that they were not kidnapped for money. It looked much more like human trafficking.

- Do you speak English? - I asked.

The answer was loud and completely not possible to understand. I sighed, then started by rising my hands to calm them down since they seemed to be very much in distress.

- Wait here. I'll free you in a second - I said after a second of thinking.

It was better for Celestine or Tihana, to help them, instead of me, so I shadow walked back to room nr 1. I immediately summoned hundreds of my shadows. The small ones, and made them storm out, then form a corridor for the hostages.

- There is another place like this, just next door, and two people are tied there. Free them, then use the corridor formed by my minions to go to mister Wo. He has a car and will take care of you. I still have things to do.

- I'll handle it - said Tihana, then rushed outside, followed by a slightly hesitant rest.

A wall of shadows was blocking the gruesome writing on the floor, so I wasn't that concerned about freaking everybody out, and returned to my new friend upstairs, still held under the ceiling, waiting for me, to have a chat.

- Hi, friend - I said to him, then slowly walked to sit down behind the desk. - Let's have a chat. Well... It wants really to be a chat. I'm gonna ask you questions, and you will be answering them. If you fail to answer, I'm gonna break a single bone in your body, then ask again. You have plenty of bones in your body, so there is much room for failure, so by all means, disappoint me.

Then I have him the nastiest smile I could possibly come up with.