Confrontations: A Wolf Pretending To Be A Sheep, Part 7 - Gun To Gun, Part 6

Aaron had recovered enough that his life was no longer in danger. Both suppressing his emotions and maintaining such a high level of focus for extended periods was not only mentally exhausting but physically devastating when combined with the enormous strain he was placing on his muscles and organs by forcing them to perform at peak function.

Aaron had Gog run a final check on all his vitals and he was about as fit as he could be given the circumstances so he made a final check of his preparations because he couldn't afford any mistakes now.

With a deep breath Aaron spoke to Gog through their link., "Everything's Ready On My End... How Are Things Up Stairs?"

"As You Predicted Father... The Enemy Is Preparing To Send A Ten-Man Squad Down To Root You Out."

"Perfect.," Aaron replied with a smile., "Alright Now I'll Need About A Minute To Get In The Proper Mindset For What Happens Next So I'll Leave The Rest To You."

"You Can Count On Me Father."

"I Know I Can... Do It Just Like We Discussed."

"RIGHT!," Gog replied happily if a bit too forcefully.

Aaron had taken one of the radios that Gog was currently jamming from one of the dead gunmen and since it required a code to use he came up with a plan for Gog to break through the encryption and use it to make his next move.

"I Have A Hammer In One Hand and A Handful of Nails In The Other So Rile Them Up For Me Gog and Bring Them To Their Coffin.," Aaron thought with a venomous sneer as he watched the radio on the bar in front of him.

Upstairs on the fifth floor, A Ten-Man Squad armed to the teeth were preparing to raid the fourth floor and kill everything that moved including our Dashing Hero when the radios that they had turned off and discarded after being unable to defeat the jamming suddenly switched on but instead of the music from before they heard Aaron's voice speaking to them in a variety languages but he was saying the same thing in them all., "So I'm Feeling Lonely Now That I've Killed All Your People Below The Fifth Floor So Why Don't You Goat Humping Sons of Rabid Camels Come Down and We'll Play A Game of Cards. If You Can Beat Me I'll Slit My Own Throat That Is If You're Through Pissing Your Panties and Jerking Each Other Off Up There."

The radio then immediately started playing KC and The Sunshine Band's "Shake Your Booty":

♫ Ah, Everybody... Get On The Floor... Let's Dance ♫

♫ Don't Fight... The Feeling.. Give Yourself A Chance ♫

♫ Shake, Shake, Shake - Shake, Shake, Shake ♫

♫ Shake Your Booty... Shake Your Booty ♫

♫ Oh, Shake, Shake, Shake - Shake, Shake, Shake ♫

♫ Shake Your Booty... Shake Your Booty ♫

Aaron could hear the sound of radios shattering against the walls and floors from downstairs along with angry cursing in multiple languages and truth be told be would be laughing his ass off right now if it hadn't been his voice that Gog was using to send the insulting party invitation to the gunmen upstairs but it was just too surreal hearing himself say things he hadn't actually said.

"Interesting Choice of Songs Gog But It Should Do The Trick. If They're Not Pissed At Me Now They Soon Will Be When I Start Trimming Down Their Numbers Even More.," Aaron thought with a slight smirk thinking of the song that Gog had picked out. Apparently it was a classic from the 1970's Disco Era. Aaron preferred the works of The Classical Masters but Gog had pushed him to expand his Musical tastes and he had to admit that she had a ear for music metaphorically speaking that is as she didn't have ears in the conventional sense.

Ten minutes passed when he heard Gog through their link., "They're Heeeeeeere!"

Like someone flipping a light switch all of the emotion disappeared from Aaron's face and his eyes flicked like candlelight in the dark as he began dealing out several hands from a deck of cards he found when he was looking through the apartment.

"Come On In The Water's Fine.," Aaron yelled through the door to the Men about to kick it it.

Aaron watched as the lights on the devices he had placed on the door when he first entered the apartment begin to beep rapidly., "It Appears They Didn't Even Bother To Scan The Door For Traps... What A Pity.," Aaron thought as he watched the rapidly blinking lights., "Even After I Killed So Many of Their People... They Still Don't See Me As A Threat."

Aaron's pupils constricted into tiny slits before a loud noise reverberated through the room.

One should never underestimate their opponent... Wise words to be sure and because they weren't taking Aaron and the threat he posed seriously three Men were dead from the explosion that resulted when they foolishly attempted to **** the door from their side. Aaron saw the explosion through his satellite, The instant the Gunman in front of the door tried to kick the door in it activated the explosive devices Aaron had attached to the door and on either side of the door frame which created an instantaneous and extremely focused explosion directed outward, killing the Man in front of the door and the Man at either side of it with sheer explosive **** to say nothing of the wood and metal shrapnel but of course they were already dead and thus spared the very painful experience of feeling their insides torn and shredded by wood splinters the size of pencils and molten metal. A kindness they obviously did not deserve.

The other Men were surprised and more than a little bit pissed if I'm being honest with you and why shouldn't they be after seeing three of their team ripped to pieces right in front of them but they didn't immediately rush in.

"It Seems They're Wary of Me Now... Well, It's About Time.," Thought Aaron, continuing to deal and shuffle the cards in front of him and funnily enough there were only seven hands dealt out aside from Aaron's own.

"That BASTARD Is Toying With Us Let's GET HIM!," One of the gunman growled as he tried to rush into the room but was stopped by a fist to the solar plexus., "Are You STUPID?!!... He's Just Waiting In There For One of Us To Blunder In Like Those Three Idiots.," The smarter Gunman stated irritably while gesturing toward the broken bodies of his three squad mates., "If We Just Rush In There's No Telling What Kind of Traps He Has Waiting For Us... We Have To Be Careful."

"I guess you're right. What'll we do Captain?," The gunman who took the unexpected punch to the stomach said with a cough.

"First... Yan."

"Sir YES Sir!," A member of the squad stepped forward with a salute.

"Be Careful But Look Inside and Get The Lay of The Laid."

"Sir YES Sir!," Yan replied without hesitation and made his way along the wall to the doorway and quickly peaked inside before moving away from the door.

"What Did You See?," Asked the Man from before to which Yan replied., "That BASTARD Is Sitting At A Bar Playing Cards."

"PLAYING CARDS?!," One of the gunman stated incredulously as the remaining members of the squad looked at each other.

"Yeah, And That Isn't All... He's Dealt Out What Looks Like Seven Hands."

"Seven Hands?!"

Yan nodded.

"That Pasty Skinned Bastard Is Making Fun of Us!," One of the other Men roared before he burst into the room only to have his brains promptly blown all over the hallway wall to the shock of his comrades in the hall.

"Why That Son of A...," Was as far as one of the other Gunman made it before the Man that had punched Yan earlier grabbed him to stop him from entering., "You Saw What Happened Zeyf... We Can Take Him But We Can't Get Careless."

Aaron smirked as he continued to deal another card to each hand on the bar top., "It Seems At Least One of Them Has Some Brains But Unfortunately... I'm Still Smarter."

The remaining Men in the hallway, not wanting to wind up like their comrades followed their Leader's orders and lobbed several tear gas grenades through the door and waited but when a minute then two and finally four minutes went by without any signs of movement in the apartment or even so much as a cough they began to wonder... then from inside they heard a eerily calm voice quietly whisper., "Are You Finished?"

"Shit It Didn't Do Anything!," Growled one of the gunman while another grumbled., "Yeah If Those Other Bastards Hadn't Hogged All The Good Stuff We Wouldn't Be In This Mess. That Prick Would Already Be Dead!"

[Smack]

"OW... FUCK! What Was That For?!," One of the gunman said as he massaged the side of his head where The Leader had hit him., "You Damned Fool... Don't You See What He's Doing?!"

Now you might not believe this next part but I swear... One of those stupid fucks actually scratched his head like a fucking moron. I actually laughed until I pissed on myself but anyways back to the story.

[Smack]

"What The Fuck Are You Doing Scratching Your Head Like An Imbecile?!," The Leader snapped angrily., "Need I Remind You That Those Bastards Are Dead Now So I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT SHIT DIDN'T DO THEM ANY GOOD!"

"Just One More Tiny Little Push and They'll Close The Trap Themselves.," Aaron thought as he let out a cruel chuckle., "This Must Be What It Feels Like To Be An Anime Villain..," A twisted smile spread across Aaron's lips., "... No Wonder They Always Look Like They're Having So Much Fun."

Without even bothering to stand up, Aaron extended his left hand which held the deck he was dealing from and using his right hand he flicked three of the cards toward the door while saying., "If You're Not Going To Come Play A Hand With Me Then At Least Try and Keep It Down."

"WHY THAT DIRTY SON OF A BIT....," Was as far as the gunman closest to the door on the left got before the first card, The Ace of Hearts in case any of you were wondering sliced through the wall as if it were made of paper and then ironically enough horizontally bisected his heart before exiting through his chest to stick in the wall. Those closest to him were understandably shocked and at least one of them pissed their selves when they saw his heart in two pieces still beating for several seconds before stopping. The wound was smooth and clean to the point of surgical precision, 5 inches wide and clear through to the point a person could easily stick their hand right through without a problem.

As shocking as that incident was only 5 seconds later the second card, The Three of Clubs cut through the wall with an audible ping as it cut through some wiring and piping before cleaning cutting through the muscle and bone of the upper right arm of the Man next to the first just above the elbow with equal ease before sticking in the wall next to The Ace of Hearts.

The Men to the right of the door were so totally caught off guard that as the team member carrying their med supplies scrambled to grab the med kit out of his pack to help his teammate, The Three of Diamonds came hurtling through the doorway before turning sharply and proceeding at a diagonal and through the heavily armed Medic's leg just above the ankle. There was a blood curdling scream and a loud thud as the Medic lost their balance and fell. Funny how losing a foot will do that to you.

"Hey, Medic You Better Patch Yourself and Your Friend Up Before You Both Bleed To ****!," Aaron yelled to the Men outside without looking up before dealing another round of cards to the hands on the bar top., "I'll Give You Ten Minutes and Then If You Don't Get Your Asses Up and Come Play The Rest of This Hand I Will Kill You Where You Are."

Now some of you are probably wondering why Aaron is acting like a psychopathic nutjob who is toying with the people trying to kill him. The reason is rather simple... Aaron is suppressing his emotions while heightening his focus and reflexes to very high levels which is in essence the problem because in this state Aaron has been transformed in a very real sense... into a Predator and as we all know Boys and Girls from watching The Discovery Channel, Not all Predators kill their prey immediately but toy with and torment them for sport.

That is the price that must be paid for forcing Aaron into a corner.

Body Count:

For Those of You Who Are Interested In The Number of Bodies Dropped By Aaron But Don't Want To Go Too All The Trouble of Pulling Out A Tally Sheet and Keeping Track Yourself:

• 5 Confirmed Kills (5/10)
  
• Unconfirmed Kills: None
  

Insider Trivia:

Each of The Playing Cards Used In The Attack Were Chosen Specifically:

1. The Ace of Hearts is a rather obvious one.
2. The Three of Clubs because the word 'Arm' has three letters and you kinda need one to heft a club. I know not that kind of Club. Lol.
3. The Three of Diamonds, This one is because the Ankle is made up of three main bones – The Tibia, Fibula, and Talus.
4. There was also a Poltergeist reference in the chapter above. Did you see it?