The Worthless Son-in-Law Is the Undefeated God of War

CHAPTER 3

Rain poured hard. Jack was walking down a dark street alone in Lower Manhattan. His coat was wet.

His scar hurt a little when the cold wind hit it.

Mike’s voice came from the small earpiece. “Commander, twenty snipers red dots on rooftops. All looking at you right now.”

Jack kept walking. He did not look up. “Let them look,” he said.

A black SUV drove slowly past him. Mike leaned out of the window. "Boss, get in. They will shoot.”

Jack stopped under a broken street light. He looked directly up at the sky.

Red laser dots moved on his chest. Twenty little lights. Twenty guns ready to fire.

Jack made sure to speak loudly so that all of the snipers could hear him clearly through their earpieces.

The Legion had already hacked their radios. “You have ten seconds to choose. Drop the guns and live. Or pull the trigger and die.”

Silence. Only rain. One second. Two seconds went by.

A gun fell off a roof and made a loud noise on the street. Then another. Then five more.

The red dots disappeared one by one.

Mike's smile widened. “They chose smart.”

Jack kept walking then his phone vibrated. It was a message from an unknown number.

A picture of Emily inside the dark Hart mansion. She sat on the floor. Her hands tied. Mouth taped.

Under the photo, was written:

“Bring the Legion codes to the Brooklyn Bridge in one hour. Come alone. Or else you don't get to see her again.”

Jack's eyes became icy and cold. Mike saw the picture. “They got Emily?”

Jack crushed the phone in his hand. The glass cutting his palm. Blood dripped into the rain.

“No one touches her,” he said, getting into the car. “Drive.”

The SUV drove very fast in the direction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Inside the Hart mansion, the lights were still off.

Victor sat on the floor, crying like a baby.

“My money… gone…”

Victoria held her cane tight. She stared at the old letters Jack left on the table.

Alex tried to crawl to the door. One of the Legion soldiers kicked him back. “Don't you dare.”

Suddenly, Five masked men with big guns burst through the windows. Glass flew everywhere.

Bang! Bang!. The legion soldiers fell.

One pointed at Emily. “Grab her!”

They pulled her out of the house after re-taping her mouth and cutting the cuffs off her hands.

Victor let out a scream. “Emily!”

“AHH!” A gun hit him in the head. He became quiet.

Victoria made an attempt to stand up. One of the masked men pushed her down. "Stay out old woman."

They ran out with Emily and dragged her in a black van. The Doors slammed behind them and they were gone in seconds.

The Legion soldiers still alive called on radios.

“Commander! They just took your wife!”

Jack heard it in the SUV. His fist hit the dashboard hard that the metal bent.

Mike drove faster. Tires screamed.

They reached the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge was empty. Police had closed it.

Rain made the road shiny.

In the middle of the bridge stood one man.

Darius Kane.

He wore a long gray coat. His hands in his pockets.

No sniper this time. Just him.

Jack got out of the SUV. He walked slowly towards him.

Mike wanted to follow. Jack raised one hand.

“Stay.”

Darius smiled. “You came fast. Good dog.”

Jack stopped ten steps away. “Where is she?”

Darius pointed behind him. Emily was tied to the bridge cables. Her mouth taped. Her eyes widened with fear.

A big bomb sat under her feet with red numbers: 00:29:59… 00:29:58…

Darius held the same dead-man switch in his hand.

“If I open my fingers, boom.”

Jack looked at Emily. She shook her head fast. Her tears mixed with rain.

Jack looked back at Darius. “You want the Legion codes?”

Darius nodded. “Give them. I will let her go.”

Jack pulled a small black tiny drive from his pocket.

He held it up. “Here.”

Darius reached for it. But Jack threw it high into the air, over the side of the bridge.

The drive dropped into the deep, dark water below.

Darius's face turned red. “You!”

Jack smiled coldly. “Oops.”

Darius pressed the dead-man switch hard. Nothing happened.

Jack spoke calmly. “I cut the wires two minutes ago. Your bomb is useless.”

Darius looked at the switch. Then at Jack. He dropped it and pulled a long knife.

Jack also pulled his own knife. The rain fell harder.

The two men ran toward each other. Metal hitting each other as the sparks flew.

Darius slashed fast. Jack dodged faster.

Jack kicked Darius in the knee. Darius fell to one knee.

Darius swung the knife up. Jack dodged it. The knife only cut his coat.

Jack punched Darius in the face. Blood ran out of his nose.

Darius laughed through blood. “You still fight like the old days.”

Jack grabbed his coat. “You still lose like the old days.”

He head-butted Darius. Hard.

Darius fell back.

Jack ran over to Emily. He cut the ropes with the knife.

Emily ripped the tape off her mouth. She cried hard.

“Jack!”

He helped her get up. “Go to Mike. Now.”

She ran.

Darius stood up slowly. Blood on his teeth. “You think this ends here?”

Jack turned.

Darius pressed a button on his watch. Every light on the bridge turned off.

Then red lights flashed under the bridge. Ten speed boats full of armed men appeared.

They started climbing the cables like spiders.

Mike’s voice in Jack’s ear. “Boss! Retreat. They are too many!”

Jack looked at the boats. Then at Darius.

Darius grinned. “Tonight you really die.”

Jack spoke into his sleeve. "Legion. Set them on fire.”

The sky opened up. Suddenly, black helicopters appeared out of nowhere.

Spotlights hit the boats. The machine guns began to fire.

Tat-tat-tat-tat!

Men in boats fell into the water. Some of them tried to shoot back.

Legion soldiers dropped down from the helicopters

Fight erupted on the water and on the bridge.

Jack grabbed Darius again.

This time he lifted him off the ground.

Darius kicked hard. Jack threw him against the cable. The metal rang.

Darius slid down, coughing. Jack stood over him. “Any last words?”

Darius looked up, rain hitting his eyes. “You can’t protect everyone, Jack. I have more men. More bombs. This city will still burn.”

Jack looked down at him. “I don’t need to protect everyone.” He leaned close. “I only need to kill you.”

Darius's eyes widened.

Suddenly, headlights flashed. A big truck sped straight toward them.

Jack turned but it was too late. The truck hit him.

Jack flew ten feet and landed hard. Pain coursing through his body.

Darius stood up and laughed. The truck door opened. A new man stepped out. Bigger than Mike, his face covered with a metal mask.

He grabbed Jack by the neck. Mike screamed from a distance. “Commander!”

The masked man spoke using a robotic voice. “Good bye.”

He threw Jack off the bridge.

Jack fell into the water. The wind screamed. Water rolling too fast.

Emily screamed from the bridge. “JACK!”

Darius walked to her. “Your hero is fish food now.”

He looked at his men. “Take her. We are not done yet.”

The helicopters kept shooting. But Jack was gone.

Under the black water on the other side, something moved. A hand broke the surface. Then another.

Jack pulled himself onto a small Legion submarine that was waiting under the bridge.

He was drenched.

Mike’s voice came out of the earpiece, full of joy.

“Nice fake-out, boss!”

Jack coughed out water. His voice hard as he said, “Get me a gun. The real fun starts now.”

Darius's helicopter rose up again in the distance. He looked down at the dark river and smiled. “Sleep well, Jack Ironheart.”

But a red light blinked on his watch and Jack’s voice came through every speaker in the helicopter. “How bold of you to think that I'm sleeping.”

Darius looked up. Jack was outside the window, hanging upside down with a gun in his hand.

The window exploded and the helicopter spun.

And the night screamed louder than ever