THE BAD BOY OF MANHATTAN
Chapter 8. The Silly Mission

"Wear your headgear, quick!" noah commands Elric, Ryan and Michael who are standing in line behind him.

Noah prepares his senpis behind the jacket and covers his head with a black mask mask. His eyes were observant watching a supermarket that was deserted by the visitor. Seen from the glass wall, a male cashier was busy tidying up the table.

"Now (now)!" noah exclaimed as he gestured the three teenagers to enter the supermarket.

The four head-covered youths went into the supermarket. Noah pushed the glass door violently and pointed his gun at the cashier who immediately raised his hand.

"Give me the fucking money (give me the money)!" snapping Noah while throwing a backpack on the table and moving his senpis made a signal for the cashier, a man of middle eastern descent in his forties, to immediately comply with his request.

"Take something else, anything!" noah commands Elric, Ryan and Michael who just stand around him. He was still pointing his gun at the cashier who was putting dollar bills into Noah's backpack.

Elric took a quick step towards the shelf containing bottles of alcoholic beverages and took some of them and put them in the backpack he was carrying. Then he moved to the shelves in the next row that contained snacks from various products. Elric didn't really care what he took. But, spurring adrenaline and tinkering with danger is a very pleasant thing. He felt himself and detached from his attributes as the son of Nathaniel Bradley.

Bang.

Elric was shocked when he heard one gunshot from the direction of the cashier's desk. Then it came back with another gunshot.

But now he felt the heat on his thighs. His brain had not been able to digest what had happened when he heard the screaming sound and found the cashier crashing into a shelf attached to the wall while one hand held a senpi, and the other hand squeezed his bloodied shoulder. "Oh, shi t!" elric Maki. An overwhelming heat and pain were now running down his thigh.

"Elric! Your shoulder's been shot!" michael's exclamation made Elric gasp and spontaneously examine his thigh. His blue jeans are now covered in blood.

"Oh, no! Noah! Elric's shot!" Now Ryan yelled at Noah who was about to fire one more bullet at the cashier.

"Come, go!" noah exclaimed as he rushed towards Elric who was being swept by Ryan and Michael.

Noah helps the two teenagers get Elric out of the supermarket. The four did not realize that the cashier had called 911 to request an ambulance and also reported the robbery he had just experienced.

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GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN.

Nathan walked back and forth in the living room while occasionally checking the phone in his hand. While Alya who was sitting on the sofa shook her head to see the anxiety of her husband.

"Elric just sent me a message, Nathan. He said he was going home late" Alya said, trying to calm Nathan down.

"His phone is off, honey ... What time is it?" Nathan returned to call Elric's number, but there was no answer.

"Maybe he's staying at Michael's house" Alya said.

The ringing of the house phone shocked Nathan and Alya. The two throw one another a look. Their chest instantly beat fast. Something must have happened. Suddenly Alya's body was like being stung by a high voltage electricity. He looked at Nathan who was talking on the phone with a trembling body.

Alya's face immediately turned deathly pale when she heard Nathan mention a hospital name. Oh, my God, Elric. What the hell's going on? Even to ask Nathan what happened, he was unable to. His tongue feels ugly.

"Pablo!" call Nathan as soon as he hangs up. "Pablo!" his yell.

Pablo, who was always ready whenever his employer needed him, came out from behind the door. "Yes, sir," he said.

"Our ear to Bellevue Hospital Center" Nathan said as he approached Alya and grabbed her shoulder. "Come on, Baby."

"Honey," said Alya softly as she looked at Nathan. "Elric ...." Only that escaped his lips.

"She's fine" Nathan entertains while guiding Alya to follow Pablo to the car parked in front of their mansion.

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Nathan stared intently at Elric, who was lying on a hospital bed with his thighs wrapped in bandages. The look in his eyes showed that he was currently wrathful. Frightened to hear from an officer standing guard outside the inpatient room, Elric was shot while helping with a robbery at a convenience store on the outskirts of Manhattan. He did not understand why his son, who had everything, could do such a shameful thing. Nathan is forced to ask Garry, Hellbound's manager to silence the media, somehow. He also asked Garry to take care of everything at the police station.

The other with Alya. He was crying incessantly for Elric, who was lying on the bed. He could not imagine if he had to lose his only child.

"You don't have to overdo it" grumbled Elric guiltlessly.

"Be quiet, Elric Arthur Bradley! What exactly is your problem, young man? You're really letting my patience run out!" hardik Nathan growled.

Elric rolled his eyeballs. "Yeah, yeah .. It's up to you."

"Nathan!" Alya grabbed Nathan's arm as he reached for Elric's collar.

Nathan growled furiously as he clenched both of his palms. He caught his hunting breath.

"After you get home from here ...." Nathan's still breathing. "You have to explain everything to me."

"And .. don't think you won't get any sanctions for your shameful deeds!" Nathan warned.

Alya shrunk her tears. He stroked Elric's head gently. But the boy tried to avoid his mother's touch by moving his head to the side making Alya gasp. A small movement, but able to make his heart ache.

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