Carl, The Mysterious Healer

Chapter 1

Carl adjusted his tie as he walked inside the hotel reception with a black suitcase by his side. He was putting on a black shade, which matches well with his black tuxedo suit.

He walked to the receptionist and tabbed the table to call her attention as she was already engrossed with the phone she was pressing.

"You are welcome. How can I help you?" She asked, smiling at him 

Carl, who wore seriousness on his face tried to return the smile but he wasn't good at it.

Instead, he cleared his throat and signaled to her to move closer. The lady obliged, wondering what was going on until Carl opened the briefcase for her to see 

She gasped and immediately closed her mouth with her two hands. The case was filled with dollars, which made her stunned.

Carl removed two packs of the money and gave it to her, followed by a question, "where is Alan?"

The poor receptionist hurriedly hid the money before another person could notice it.

"He is in room 202 with his bitch. Do you want to see him? Should I call him for you?" She rushed her questions.

"I've a deal for him as you can see. I would like to meet him there and surprise him. See you later" he answered, winking at the lady and left.

"How many minutes left?" He asked someone over the phone as he approached the elevator.

"Less than thirty minutes. His right hand man and others would be there in the next thirty minutes. You need to be quick" His friend, Richard replied over the phone 

Carl Maxwell was serving as a soldier from the country's special force. He was given two ranks within the space of six months due to his excellence and perfect work in catching the criminals terrorizing the country. He has a friend, Richard who was also working hand-in-hand with him.

Alan was the head of kidnappers, knowing to be kidnapping people for ransom. Carl's attention has been called to it for a while but he was busy with other work at hand. Now, he has time for Alan and after gaining all the useful information about him, he was working with his friend to arrest him as usual.

He walked to the elevator as she stared at his wristwatch. He had to be quick with the job.

After sixty seconds, the Elevator landed at the twentieth floor, where Alan was said to be enjoying it with his bitch.

Carl found a toilet, which should be the general toilet on that floor. He entered, then locked the door from inside.

He checked randomly for any camera which he immediately found.

"Gosh! Who put cameras in the men's restroom? Isn't that ridiculous? I'm sure there is nothing like that at the lady's restroom" he mumbled, bringing out a chewing gum from his pocket.

Chewing it for a few seconds, they threw it at the first camera which gummed at it almost immediately.

"Nice shot!" He praised himself then removed his suit, throwing it up to cover the second camera.

"It will take the security in the control room a few minutes before they get here if they notice something unusual. I need to do it quickly to avoid creating some unnecessary drama" he told himself, then unzipped the other side of the briefcase.

A clean blue shirt with the hotel's name written on it was there. He immediately put it on, then left the toilet.

He sighted a guy, wearing the same uniform and carrying a tray, which consisted of wine and two glass cups.

"Hey! Let me help you with that. The manager has been complaining lately that I'm lazy. "He approached the guy and took the tray from him, not giving him the chance to reject his request.

"Room 253" the other guy shouted while Carl waved at him, indicating that he had heard him.

After he was out of sight, Carl went to room 202 and pressed the door button.

Still checking his time to avoid interruption. The door opened, revealing a lady in her undies only.

"Room service," he said.

"Excuse me. I didn't ask for one, neither did my boyfriend did" she answered, already confused.

"Where is that boyfriend of yours? This is a new wine, giving to our VIP customers. I'm sure your boyfriend is one, that's the reason for this complimentary gift" he lied and instantly backed it to with a fake smile.

"Oh, really? My boyfriend is currently taking his shower. You can come in" the lady opened the door widely for him to enter, which he did.

"Darling, who is that?" Alan screamed from the bathroom.

"Room service " The lady retorted.

When Carl noticed that she turned her back on him to serve the wine, he hurriedly brought out a white handkerchief from his pocket, covering her nose with it and within five seconds, she fell asleep.

He carried her to the bed, then proceeded to the bathroom.

He opened the door slightly then let out a horrible expression upon sighting Alan's nakedness.

"Do you wanna join me?" Alan asked, thinking it was his bitch that opened the door.

Then he noticed the place was quiet with no response, he hurriedly washed his face and turned back.

"What the fuck!" He yelled,upon sighting Carl.

Before he could move closer to him, Carl was smart enough to shoot him with the gun that he was holding. The gun was not to kill me but to make him paralyze as he had to face his judgment from the court of law.

Alan groaned in pain. He couldn't lift his hands, talkless of his legs.

"You are arrested for kidnapping" Carl uttered as he handcuffed his two hands.

"I'm done" he notified Richard over a phone call.

"You have done well. We will be waiting at the rooftop" Richard responded.

He carried Alan across his shoulder and vacated the hotel room.

By the time he got outside, two of the hotel securities approached him 

Fortunately, he was done before they arrived.

He wasted no time in showing his Identity card and he was allowed to leave. 

He arrived at the hotel's rooftop and there was a helicopter waiting for him already.

Richard came down and took Alan from him 

"The other teams are working to arrest his guys. Together, we will bring kidnapping to the end" Richard said, giving his friend a side hug.

Both entered the helicopter and the pilot zoomed off.

****

They landed at the barrack, where their subordinate took Alan from them and carried him inside for questioning.

Both Richard and Carl were about to go when a group of four soldiers rushed to them.

"General Carl Maxwell, you are hereby arrested for conspiring with the kidnapers during their last mission " one of them said, Shocking Carl to the bone 

"What!" He exclaimed

Before he would be about to come out of the shock, they started putting handcuffs In his hands.

"Wait, what are you trying to do? Were you Blind when I went to bring him just now? Do you think I'll bring him here if I'm working with him? Remove this thing now!" He yelled at them but to his surprise, none of them listened despite that he was theug Senior.

"It's an order from above, which General Richard is also aware of" the one that handcuffed him replied

Carl Looked up to his friend to say something but he looked away instead.

"General Richard brought the criminal, Alan, to the barracks, not you according to the phone call that he made earlier. I will advise you to think of getting yourself a lawyer cos with the look of things, I don't think you are gonna come out of it" he added as he begin to take Carl away 

"Richard, what's happening? Ain't you gonna say anything? How did you bring the criminal here when it's obvious that you only joined me after I arrested him" he queried his Friend, who didn't look remorseful at all 

"Sorry man, only one person is to be given promotion upon his arrest and I can't miss this chance. I'll make sure to check on you later" he later mumbled, panting Carl's shoulder and left 

"Richard! You bastard! Richard!" Carl Kept calling as he was angry but there was no way out.

"Richard!" Carl yelled in annoyance, feeling betrayed.