After Denella freed them, she gave her mom a big bear hug. "Mom, I'm so sorry about what I said yesterday." she apologized.
"No, Ella. It's my fault. You shouldn't be apologizing. I shouldn't have kept that from you. You were old enough to know the truth, and I was the one who lied to you. I'm sorry, and I just want you to know that I'm really proud of you." Her mom said with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes.
John walked up to Denella. "Another job well done, Oakley," he complimented, "Thank you . . . for always doing what you do and for saving me."
John stretched out he arm to shake her hand, but she gave him a big hug instead.
"You know I'll always do what I do. After all, it's what I do best." Denella smiled. "Now, let's get out of here."
"You're not going anywhere." A voice said from behind them.
T.E.R.S.E. Headquarters, Belle City, 8:27p.m
Two men had attacked Raphael but were now laying on the ground moaning and crying out in pain. Another one came at him and pulled out a knife. Raphael grabbed his gun from his belt and pointed it towards the man. Raphael stared the man right in the eye. The man stared Raphael straight in the eye and had a smirk on his face. Behind Raphael, one of the men gripped on his knife and was about to stab Raphael in the back. Without taking his eyes off of the man who was watching him like a hawk, he held his gun with one hand and used his other arm to give the man behind him a bloody nose with his fist. The man went flying back on the ground and fell on a man that was already on the ground. The injured man shouted out for help, but it was no use.
Behind him, Raphael could see Judy struggling to get lose from the man's strong grip on her, but she couldn't managed to break free from his huge, muscular arms. The man with the knife stopped staring at Raphael and attacked him. One of the men of the ground got to his feet and it looked like he was a toddler learning to walk all over again, but that didn't stop him from knocking Raphael's gun out of his hand. Raphael tripped him and reached down for his gun, but the man kicked it away.
Suddenly, Raphael heard a female voice coming from his pocket. The voice was saying something, but he couldn't hear it clearly. He tried focusing on the what the voice was saying. Distracted by the whispers from his pocket, a man behind him punched him, and his nose began to bleed. There was also blood coming out from his mouth when he coughed.