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Vegas pulls the gun out from his holster, aiming it to the gang member who is still holding Caskey. The gang member's expression turns shocked, as he looks at Vegas's gun, which is pointing at him.
"Back off, or else..."
Vegas spoke sternly in a cold voice at the mafia member whom is trying to get his finger away from the trigger of the gun, which is pressed against Caskey's head. Vegas felt his heart beating so fasat, as he's doing so much effort to control his anger and the situation here.
Suddenly, he lost his composure as he panicked and froze when he saw a bullet that almost hit Caskey. Then he look to the side, seeing the gang leader walking in. "Well, well. Look who we have here. It's Vegas, the former member of Task Force 141." The gang leader says to Vegas with a smirk on his face. Vegas just look at him with resentment and anger in his eyes.
Vegas then feels completely enraged and helpless as the gang leader walks towards his son with his gun pressed against Caskey's head. As the gang leader has his finger on the trigger, Vegas felt super nervous, not knowing what could possibly happen if he ever pulls the trigger. His smirk is really pissing Vegas off.
"Back off. Now."
Vegas spoke sternly as his voice became slightly shaky at the thought of the trigger being pulled.
"If you want your son to be safe, then hand me all the intels that you have. You know I can't have my business to be crushed." Vegas were reluctant and the gang leader could tell.
The gang leader then pulled the trigger, but there were no bullets, which he intentionally did. Vegas gasps as he heard the gun ticked, and he breath heavily, feeling terrified.
"If you don't do what I asked, the next trigger I pull won't be empty." As the gang leader keep his gun pressed against the son's head, Caskey just look at Vegas as he cried.
Vegas's anger and tension is reaching its boiling point that he could feel his heart beats faster and harder. With one single wrong move, it would leave Caskey's life in serious danger. Vegas were feeling very stressed and anxious in this situation but, his eyes are locked onto the gang leader with a strong and fierce glare.
"You know I'm not the one who is in charge of those informations, and I'm not even part of Task Force 141 anymore." Vegas spoke with his shaky voice as he really don't want to lose Caskey.
"Oh, I think I need to remind you that you're a former member of the team, Vegas. You see, you do indeed have the power to dig the informations and probably destroy them before its in the hand of the CIA. I know you're not part of the team anymore, but I'm sure you'd do anything for your lovely son." The leader smirked as he press his gun harder against Caskey's head.
Vegas listened to what the mafia leader just said in a calm manner, feeling his anger boiling inside him. After a few silent moments, Vegas's face turns into an angry expression.
"I know what you're trying to do here. You're a fucking snake, and you're using my son as your only leverage right here. You think I'm going to side with you once I'm not part of the team just so I could save Caskey's life!?" Vegas's laugh sarcastically as he stall the time, giving the team captain and lieutenant some time as they came closer to the gang leader.
Once the captain got him, Vegas immediately shoot the gang member that were still holding his son. Caskey then rushes out and hugs Vegas tightly, feeling scared from the gun that was aimed at him a few minutes ago. When Vegas saw Caskey hugging him so hard, his face turns into a sad expression, as he put the gun down and wrap his arm around Caskey, comforting him in the most caring way possible.
"Hey, baby. Don't worry. Everything is alright now." Vegas give Caskey sniff kisses with a warm smile on his face.
"Papa... Papa..." Caskey cried as he called Vegas out, feeling terrified from what he had just experienced. Vegas's eyes became a bit teary when he heard his son calling out for him. It's so good to heard that word coming out of Caskey. Vegas wrap both of his arms around him and embrace him with the utmost care and love.
"It's okay, baby. Papa is here." Vegas says gently to Caskey before wiping the tears off from his cheeks. Then, he pick him up and get into the runaway van. He sat inside the van with Caskey on his lap along with his other former teammates, who are looking at the father and son. Vegas sense that they wanted an explanation as to how and why Vegas suddenly got a son out of nowhere after five years of sudden retirement at such a young age.
"...I guess this is the time when I have to explain everything, right?" Vegas smiled to the team, feeling slightly uncomfortable to tell them the explanation about Caskey, but they wanted to hear the explanation nevertheless.
"Okay... so, how do I explain this..." Vegas sighs. "A year before I retired, I... hooked up with a woman named Anna, who's about the same age as me, back in those early days. We were never really in a relationship, yet I never expected her to be pregnant with our son, which is Caskey, who's now is my arms. Anna unfortunately died from the complications that came from the pregnancy. So, since she passed away, it's up to me to raise him, despite my job in the military. That's why I became a father to Caskey. Now you guys know why Caskey is my son."
Vegas finishes telling his former teammates about how Caskey became his son. They all stay silent for a moment, with their expression looking slightly surprised. He then leans back on the seat and pull Caskey's head into his chest as he stroke his hair gently.
As all the teammates including Vegas fell asleep in the car, Caskey suddenly woke up as he heard something.
"Papa. Papa wake up. Papa. Papa."
Vegas immediately woke up, feeling Caskey shaking his shoulder. Then, he look at Caskey, seeing him trying to tell something. "What is it, baby? What's up?"
Caskey points to the long rectangle shape sticking on the van window, which has a red blinking and a timer. Vegas turns around, and he realizes that it's a time-bomb.
"What the heck!? A bomb!? A fucking bomb!?" Vegas's words made everyone in the van went on full alert as they heard the word bomb. They can't believe that they didn't even notice the time-bomb being stuck onto the car's window. The driver stop the van and everyone immediately rush out of the van and run far from it.
Vegas were still holding Caskey's hand as they run away together from the car. "Caskey, come one baby! Run with me!" Vegas yells with a worried expression as he kept an eye on the time-bomb that was planted on the car.
Caskey tries to keep up his pace with Vegas, but due to his small size, he was affected by the explosion impact as it threw him back. Vegas saw how Caskey were thrown away from him by the explosion impact, which makes Vegas feel worried and panicked.
"Caskey! Caskey!! Where are the hell are you, baby!?!" Vegas panickly searched for his son amidst the burning scene. It seems like the time-bomb has made an impact on everyone. Vegas's heart stopped as he saw a tiny arm under the van's blown door.
He lift the van door with all of his might and carries Caskey far from the explosion site. "Caskey!? Are you with me, baby!? Come on, baby. Come on!" Vegas began doing CPR as he saw how lifeless Caskey looked, with no movements in his chest and blood dripping down from his head.
"Caskey, baby!? No- no, please, be alright!"
Vegas keep doing CPR despite the captain trying to pull him back and ordering the whole team to get to immediate safety.
"NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! I'M GOING TO SAVE CASKEY." Vegas yells in anger and determination as he does CPR on Caskey continuously, desperately hoping that Caskey is still alive. Vegas's face was full of tears, worry and desperation as he pray to every single gods in terms to save Caskey.
After all those constant, non-stopping CPR, Vegas felt tired and exhausted. He just kept doing it with his head hanging low and still kneeling on the ground, feeling sad that the CPR isn't working to save his son.
"No... no... NO!" Vegas did one last hard CPR while yelling out, feeling sad that his only life is no longer with him on the earth. For one minute, he felt like everything inside him is destroyed.
Out of a sudden after the CPR, Caskey suddenly gasps from the CPR and Vegas's shouts. He immediately cry as he became disoriented and terrified while calling out for Vegas. "Papa... Papa..."
Vegas were suprised to hear the sudden gasps in front of him, and he immediately hug Caskey tightly while caressing his hair. His eyes are still full of tears, but he's glad that Caskey is still alive and breathing now. "Baby- my baby. You're fine. You're okay. You're my whole word in my life, and I can't have you die, do you understand?" Vegas cried as he hug Caskey.
Upon arriving at the nearby military base, Vegas left the medical room for the doctor to treat Caskey. He immediately hug one of his teammate as he let his guard down and cry so hard, thinking back about how Caskey died for a minute in his arms. His face shows a lot of fear, regret and sadness.
He kept thinking about what would happened if Caskey were gone in his arm. Vegas would never forgive himself if it happened, and it would be his life's biggest regret for failing to save his son.
"It's alright. Caskey is alright now. You saved him. You saved your life."