Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 252

With the death of Finley, his men's faces turned gray as they realized their bleak futures. They were all part of the underworld and had been on the other side of the law more often than not.

This time around, their arrest would lead to several years in jail, at the very least. For some of the men, they would have to be imprisoned for more than ten years. What made things worse was that they would be sent to a military prison, instead of just any ordinary prison.

Nonetheless, they considered this a mercy compared to what they could have been subjected to. After all, they had broken into a military base and tried to attack the General of the North Army.

Just as Franklin ordered his men to round up the criminals, another group of uninvited guests arrived at the gates of the base.

It was none other than Shane Larson and a group of outlaws.

After he had been humiliated at the party, he had used a small fortune to hire several outlaws in preparation to kill Cross for what he had done.

Earlier today, he had sent one of his men to follow Cross so he would know where the latter went. Now that he knew the man was at an 'abandoned pharmaceutical factory', he had brought the outlaws with him.

His assistant, Chase Li, stared at the hundreds of cars parked before the gates. Unable to contain his shock, he exclaimed, "Sir, why are there so many cars out here in the middle of nowhere? It's just an abandoned factory!”

Shane grinned as he replied, "It's the heir to the Zabinski family, Finley Zabinski, and his various followers' cars. I heard the Zabinski family had summoned all their followers to Channing, with Finley personally leading the charge to get revenge on Cross. With the presence of all these cars, I'm sure they're inside right now, beating the crap out of Cross."

Chase blinked in surprise before stating, "If the Zabinski family is already here to get their revenge on Cross then what are we doing here? We might as well head back and wait for news of his death."

Taking in how scores of soldiers seemed to be gathering the Zabinski family's men like cattle, Shane's legs nearly buckled. It took all his effort just to stop himself from falling to his knees.

With a face that was rapidly draining of color, he spun around, ready to flee.

Unfortunately for him, it was too late. Two teams of soldiers had already dashed over and surrounded him and his men, holding them at gunpoint.

Further away, two armored helicopters rose into the air, causing those who had wanted to escape to have second thoughts. After all, anyone who tried to run would have to outrun a helicopter. Even if they managed that miraculous feat, they would also have to be faster than the helicopters' high-speed machine guns.

As Shane and his men flung their hands up to surrender, he spoke in a trembling voice, "Sirs, there seems to be a misunderstanding here. We came to what we thought was an abandoned factory to have some fun, that's all.”