The plan

"Are you sure this is gonna work?", asked Marie

"Positive",said Leo

"Why didn't you try this before?",she asked

"Blimey girl! I was alone all these times! whom do you expect to shout out to them while I act dead?!", said Leo staring at her.

"Oh! Sorry sorry! My bad...",said Marie nervously looking down at her shoes,"Okay so.....I will shout now?"

"No wait,let us go through our plan once again because when you are nervous you are more prone to making dangerous mistakes and this is going to be our last chance",said Leo

" It is almost midnight I think ",he said looking out of the window,"So you repeat now what have I told you?"

"Okay ..... You will lie down here and act dead and I will shout on top of my voice that 'Mr. Leo is dead!' when the guards will come in I will try to sneak out while you are going to try and tackle them..... But how will you do it?" , asked Marie 

"I am sure only 2 guards will come in as it is midnight .I might need help but I think I will be able to tackle them down atleast. I am a black belt ,you know....",said Leo

Marie stared at him open-mouthed," That cant be true! Why didn't you beat them till now then?!",she said

" Ah what a silly girl! How could I do it?! They had canes and guns in their hands and I couldn't bring myself to show them I could fight them when they would be unarmed because they will avoid coming unarmt infront of me. When you shout, they will be shocked as it would be unexpected  and they would be afraid too that what would Mr. Ronald say if he found out I am dead. He would blame the guards. This is the only chance we have got!",said Mr . Leo

"So it is 2 unarmed and afraid guards against one black belt fighter?",asked Marie

"Yes precisely",said Leo

Marie started,"I don't know how to say it but....you are sort of- "

"Old?",Mr. Leo said, completing the sentence for her with a smile

"Well yeah...",she said shamefully

"This place aged me Marie... I am not as old as I look... You must have seen me when I came here from New Jersey.... It was just 5 years back...",said Mr. Leo calmly," But I believe I am capable of fighting them for sure, me and my son used to practice it back at home I always used to win but he loved the way I fought."

"My brother can fight very well too",said Marie remembering Sam

"That's good",said Mr. Leo ," Look we are straying away from the topic once again,come on now repeat the plan we had discussed"

"Ok so I shout ,the guards come,you fight and I run",said Marie playfully 

"Nice rhyming",commented Mr. Leo smiling

"But you are not running away until both  of them are unconscious",instructed Mr. Leo," Now continue"

"So you beat the guards and I will run home to my brother as I know routes of this building no one does, I will run home and tell my brother everything, I will tell him the plan and I will run back here again ....Mr. Leo I have a question..... If we get the chance why don't we just run away from here? We would be free! Why don't we do this? Why do I need to come back again?"asked Marie desparately

"I would love to go back home.... Don't you think I miss my home more than you miss yours? But what is more important now is to stop Ronald because if he succeeds the whole world is going to be finished and there would be no use of going back to our families because everything would be finished so to protect them we must do this....",said Mr. Leo 

"Why don't we inform the headquarters or the police?",she asked 

"We don't have proof",said Mr. Leo smiling," so I suppose now is the time"

"Oh godd! I am so nervous!!",said Marie desparately clinging to the table beside her.

"Come on girl! Don't spoil our plan with this last moment adrenaline rush! Take deep breaths everything would be fine !",said Mr. Leo

Marie took several deep breaths and said," I suppose you should lie down"

Mr. Leo nodded and lied down and closed his eyes and whispered,"Remember you need to come back! Stick to the plan and everything would be fine. NOW!"

Marie took a last glance at Mr. Leo ,her hands trembling she went towards the door and shouted,"HELP! HELP ! MR. LEO IS DEAD! HELP SOMEONE! I DONT WANT TO BE STUCK HERE WITH A DEADBODY! SOMEONE HELP! GUARDS!"

Marie heard running footsteps and her started beating fast. The door opened. Two guards rushed in and their eyes fell on Mr. Leo. 

"HE IS DEAD I THINK! CHECK IT! ", shouted Marie in the ears of the annoyed guards. 

One of them approached Mr. Leo , Mr. Leo opened his eyes a little and found one guard staring at his face . Leo kicked his foot and the guard fell on his face and mr. Leo slided sideways

The other guard was going to run away but Marie instinctively bit his hand and he shouted . They were lucky it was past  midnight and no one heard him.

Mr. Leo got up and punched the other one on his face , the guard held his bloody nose and aimed a punch a Leo's stomach but Leo was unbelievably fast and came behind him and kicked his back when he came forward to punch him. They were on the ground but not totally unconscious. Mr leo choked one guard by encircling his hand around his neck ,the guard was moving his hand to hurt Leo but Leo was as calm as Marie had ever seen him. He was choking one guard while the other got to his feet.

Marie shrieked as the other one got up and raised his fist at Mr. Leo.

She ran towards him and jumped on him . The guard was shocked at the sudden behaviour he was trying to pull her off but she was clinging to the guard's head like a monkey and was trying to get on his shoulders . She was trying to choke him but her thin arms were not as strong like Leo but atleast she had kept him busy while leo choked the other one unconscious . 

The guard pulled off Marie to find leo standing infront of him . The guard kicked his leg and Leo fell to the ground and Leo took advantage and pulled his leg and the guard fell flat on his back the guard kicked and but Leo had a firm grip on his legs and he pushed the guard  sideways who went sliding uncontrollably and his head hit the wall with a BANG!  and he fell unconscious . Leo checked his beat and it was still working both were alive but unconscious . Leo stood up and turned towards Marie and whispered, " Run!"