Chapter 5: Answers!

The night was dark with the only light coming from the half-moon and a poorly lite street lamp as Seth Mendez walked towards the motel room Clair Rain was staying in. The light inside just went off and Mendez saw his opportunity to move in. Creeping along in the shadows, he came to her door and softly wiggled the knob. Locked, of course! Like that would stop Mendez, he had a contract to fulfill and he was NOT going to fail. Especially since Clair had foiled has big payday many years ago when she stopped him from stealing the Tonbokiri Japanese Legendary Spear.
Pulling out his lockpick kit, Mendez fiddled with the lock for several moments before he heard something click. It’s unlocked, time to send Clair to Hell! Mendez thought. There was a slight creaking sound as the door opened. Hoping that Clair didn’t hear the creaking, Mendez slowly walked over to the bed and pulled out a silenced pistol and pointed it at Clair’s head. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Clair’s eye shot open. Seeing a dark figure standing over her, Clair tossed the covers of her bed at him before rolling to the other side and off the bed.
Once on her feet, Clair ran over to the dresser and grabbed her katana and .9mil before twirling around, holding her handgun straight out and her katana towards the side. “Who are you?!” Clair stated.
Having regained his footing, Mendez ripped off the bedsheet and pointed his gun at Clair again. “You should have stay asleep! It would have been much better!”
“Mendez?! Why? Why are you trying to kill me?!”
“Why else because I was told to! You upset the wrong person this time Rain! I’ve wanted to do this since the Alexander venture!”
“Killing me won’t be that easy!” Clair said as she ran forward and swing her sword in Mendez’s direction. Mendez of course dodged by binding backwards before firing another burst. Clair too dodged by backflipping and twirling in mid air as she returned fire. Mendez quick grabbed the door and blocked each round. As he opened the door again, Clair was right there, Mendez raised his arm to fire again but Clair was quicker and with one swipe of her sword, removed Mendez’s right hand and forearm.
“AHHHHHHHHHHH!!” Mendez screamed as he grabbed his bloody stump before dashing out and into the darkness. Clair fired three more rounds at him, but he had already disappeared. Clair walked back into her motel room, throw her gun on the bed before grabbing the sheath to her sword. She sat down after securing her sword and grabbed her phone. Scrolling through the contacts, she found Chase’s name and hit ‘call’.
The phone rang for several moments before a low tired voice answered. “Hello?!” he said in a yawn.
“Chase it’s me, Clair. Come to my motel at once! We need to talk!”
“Clair? What’s wrong?”
“Just come. It’s important.”
“Yeah, sure. Just let me put on some pants”
Hanging up, Chase pulled his covers back and sat up as he rubbed his eyes than glanced at the clock. 2:04AM? Clair couldn’t this have waited to the morning? Chase thought to himself as walked over to the dresser for a pair of jeans.
Grabbing his phone and wallet, Chase headed out and got into his rental car. He drove for a good five ten minutes before he came to Clair’s motel. There were several cop cars with flashing lights parked out front as he pulled in. “What the hell?” Chase said in a low voice as he parked toward the end of the lot and got out.
Walking towards where he clocked Clair, he saw that she was talking with a local police officer. From where he was, Chase could faintly make out what they were saying.
“So you have no idea who it that attacked you, correct?” inquired the officer.
“Yes, I was trying to sleep. You see I’m an American archaeologist working on a newly discovered section of Chichen Itza.”
“Ah, I see. Well, your Passport information does check out. I do ask that you stay within contact as we conduct our investigation…”
“Clair?!” said Chase walking up.
The officer quick turned around and moved towards Chase hold out his hand in a ‘stop’ sign. “Halt! This is a closed crime scene!”
“That’s my friend and colleague. We’ll traveling together.”
“I’m sorry, but you cannot pass!”
“Officer, it’s ok.” Clair reassured as she ducked under the police tape. “Come on, Chase. Let’s go back to your motel.”
“Ok, but what happened?”
“Mendez attacked me.” Clair said looking over her shoulder in a low voice.

[more coming soon]