Chapter 13: Bloody Fight

Kate was stunned. They were besieged, and there was no way to escape. It was a remote place, far away from downtown. A few passers-by fled when they saw the scene. Kate reached her pocket for her cell phone. John was outnumbered and was soon kicked down on the floor, as sticks and feet came down on him. Sarah turned pale and screamed like a siren. Seeing John in danger, Kate shouted, "Stop! I've called the police. They're on their way." However, her words did not threaten those people at all. After a pause of a few seconds, sticks continued to rain down on John. Kate intended to help John up during this pause but felt a strike on her back during the chaos. She became dizzy and suddenly fell on top of John. John held his head with both hands and cried in panic, "Kate, are you OK? Son of a bitch! How can you beat a woman…?" John roared with anger and rose up, about to put up a desperate fight. Ed was watching the fight with his girlfriend in his arms. The moment he heard the name, he got startled and tilted his head to find the one on the ground that was the idiot girl. The other men with weapons also stopped for a while, as they had not seen a girl trying to protect a man. At that moment, a siren sounded from somewhere in the distance. Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that the girl had really called the police. Ed waved his hand and ordered them, "You guys go first." His bros were loyal to him. "Ed, we cannot leave you down here. We will stick with you, even in jail." "Cut the crap. Just go. You guys staying here would screw things up. I can handle it myself." Obeying Ed's orders, his bros got their weapons and scattered into the darkness. Only two men and three girls stayed where they were. The police car stopped next to the scene. Kate got on her feet with John's help. She opened her hazy eyes. "Are you OK?" Two voices sounded simultaneous. The other voice came from a face leaning out of the window of the police car. A young face. Kate focused her eyes on him. She was slack-jawed at first, but then recognition flashed across her eyes. "It's you," she said in a low voice. She struggled to stand up straight. John immediately lent support to her. Two front doors on both sides of the police car were opened at the same time, and two policemen in uniform stepped out. "What's the matter?" Ed held his girlfriend in his arms and walked to them, and said respectfully, "Hello, Sergeant York and Sergeant Pierce. Here's the case. My girlfriend was having fun inside the bar. These three guys beat her up." He lifted his girlfriend's chin and showed her face to them. "You see, her fair face was ruined. This is beastly." The sergeant called York swept his eyes over him. "Edward Lockwood, Security Manager of Chasin Group?" "Yeah, that's me." Ed smiled and stretched his hand out to Sergeant York. Sergeant York ignored him and looked at the scratches on Ed's girlfriend's face. "Who did it?" The bangs girl pointed to Sarah in anger. Sergeant York frowned and then pointed to Kate and asked Ed, "Then why did you beat her?" Sergeant Pierce added, "Right. We saw you and a group of people beating this girl. It didn't look fair." Ed responded casually, "You must have made a mistake, sergeants. There are only five of us here. I didn't touch her." John, who was lending support to Kate, snorted. Sergeant York swept his eyes over them and finally rested his gaze on Kate's face. "Go to the hospital first and get checked out." Kate waved her hand hastily. "Don't bother. I'm OK." Sergeant York was stupefied. Kate continued, "I fell to the ground just now." John mumbled aggrievedly, "Kate, are you stupid?" Sergeant York walked up to Kate and gazed at her for a few seconds. Then he suddenly reached out his hand and pressed her back. She soon cried with pain. Sergeant York frowned. "What if you have a fracture or injury on your spine? Go to the hospital first. It is my call." York said firmly and sternly. Kate was intimidated into silence. She kept her head down while being helped into the police car by John. Sergeant York ordered his company to take Ed's car, "You go with them. The scratches on her face also have to be treated in the hospital in case her pretty face is ruined."