LEA'S POV
As soon as Enzo and I heard the conversation that the men were having in Russian outside of the bathroom, we both knew that the Morozov's were here for the necklace.
Enzo raises his gun in front of him and with his left arm he pulls me behind him. I lift my dress and take out my gun from the band that I had on my thigh. And I stand beside him, but he puts his left hand on my waist putting me behind me him one more time, his eyes never leaving the bathroom door when he whispers to me, "Ms. Cattani, stay behind me, please".
He tries to communicate with the other bodyguards quietly through the intercom, asking for back up, but they don't answer him. He tries a few more times, but his effort was to no vail.
I take a step backwards, staying behind him as he told me to, but his figure doesn't cover me, so I am still visible. In that moment the door opens and three Russians get inside the bathroom, Andrei Morozov following behind them.
"Lea! Is this a way of receiving your guest?" Andrei asks me with a smug expression on his face as soon as he sees Enzo and I with our guns in our hands, "Considering that you took the time to get inside the girl's bathroom, then yes." I tell him, glaring at him. "I just want to take a closer look at that gorgeous diamond necklace you have. It looks like it cost a lot of money." he adds chuckling, the sound of it runs a shiver through my spine, it sounds almost sinister, but I still don't show any sign of being intimidated by him.
Andrei walks towards were Enzo and I are standing.
"Do not take a step closer" Enzo warns him in a low voice, his gun still raised.
"You think you have a chance against us?" Andrei asks him with a smirk on his face. "It is four against two. It looks to me that the odds are not in your favor." he says with a smug smile, Enzo stays silent at his comment.
"Have a little faith" I say, amused at the fact that he thinks we are going to back down just because we are outnumbered, "I will have so much fun erasing that smug smile from your face." I taunt him.
And it looks like it works because he says, "And I am losing my patience here. Guys, get the necklace." he orders his men.
The three men charge at us, but Enzo's reflexes are faster, so he swings his right arm, the back of his gun hitting one of them in the head. While Enzo is busy fighting with him, the other two men get close to me, but I don't coward from them.
BANG!
I shoot one of them on the leg to slow him down, not giving any of the two men a chance to strike at me first, but he just screams in pain and continues walking towards me, slower than before, though. Now I understand why everyone says that the Russians are fearless.
The other man comes from my left side and he makes an attempt to take my gun from my right hand, I hit his face with my left elbow, but I lose my gun from the struggle that him and I were having, he yanks my hair and the other man that I shot sees that as a opportunity to charge at me with every strength he has left after the shot I gave him, but my reflexes were faster, so I lift my leg and kick him in the face with force my high heels scratching his face, he stumbles back towards the sink spitting blood in the process.
Meanwhile I am fighting the two Russians, Enzo is currently fighting Andrei and his other man, and he looks like he is struggling. But he is doing really great considering that he is fighting a Morozov and that alone is not an easy task. When I look at Enzo, I notice that his gun is nowhere in sight, he probably lost it in the middle of the fight.
The man that was originally pulling my hair tried to take my necklace when he saw that I was distracted looking at Enzo, but I grab his hand, preventing him from taking it. I walk us both backwards with all my strength and slam him at the nearest wall making him hit his head in the process, he becomes disoriented from the impact on his head.
Once I am free from his hold, I take that opportunity to go to Enzo and help him, I do a roundhouse kick hitting Andrei's face making him stumble back and I notice that my heel made a scratch on his cheek.
"I told you I would erase that smug smile from your face" I tell him with a smirk and he spits blood on the floor.
At the same time Enzo punches the other man with such a force that I think I heard the sound of his nose break.
The four Russians surround us, trapping us in a circle, making Enzo and I take a step backwards, the last step that we take made us put our backs together. Enzo extends his right arm backwards, reaching for my waist, I put my hand on his hand and squeeze it whispering to him "Are you okay?", he squeezes my hand as a responds, as if reassuring me that he is okay.
Where the hell are the rest of my bodyguards?!?!
"Lea, I really don't want to hurt that beautiful face of yours, but you are not cooperating with us and we both know that you are not winning this fight." Andrei says, he is currently in front of me.
"I might not win it, but I sure as hell won't retreat from it." I say to him sternly.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Andrei says charging at me, but Enzo with his fast reflexes spun us around, our back's still connected, but now I am facing the other side of the bathroom and Enzo is facing Andrei, whom punched him in the face, a punch that was suppose to be directed towards me.
With Enzo's sudden move I came face to face with the man that I shot and he slapped me so hard that I lost focus for a second giving him the opportunity of grabbing my left elbow twisting it behind my back making me groan in pain, he pulled me close to his chest, my back facing him and with his other hand he put a gun to my temple, my own gun to be specific.
I watched as Andrei punched Enzo while he was kneeling before him on the floor, one of Andrei's man is holding Enzo's arms behind his back, making him unable to fight back. Enzo's face is covered in sweat, and blood is streaming down his face from the cut on his left eyebrow due to Andrei's punches.
The third man is at the door, guarding it now that both of us are at their mercy and not able to fight back.
Andrei stops punching Enzo and instead he comes to me, the expression on his face far from happy, and that might be from the roundhouse kick I gave him.
I struggled against the man holding me, but his hold only tightens by the second, gun pressing harder on my temple reminding me that it is still there. Once Andrei is face to face with me he makes an attempt to touch my chest, but I kick him between his legs making him bend down in pain, groaning from the kick, and that puts a smug smile on my face.
"You are a great fighter, Lea. And that makes you more attractive than you already are," Andrei says standing up from his previous position, "And I'll admit that diamonds really do suit you, but I am afraid that this," he puts his hands behind my neck to unclasp my necklace, "Belongs to me now." he finished his sentence admiring the necklace that is now on his hand.
"Boss, we have to go, her security are coming here." the one at the door informs him.
"Let's go, I have what I came for." Andrei orders them.
The man holding Enzo punches him on the face one more time before getting up and he kicks him on the stomach taking his breath away.
The one that is holding me never releases his hold on me, instead he takes me to the door, Enzo gets up to reach me and snatch me from the man, but said man releases me once we are at the bathroom door, I don't try to fight back this time, instead I turn around meeting Enzo half way.
"I am so sorry, Ms. Cattani. I was not able to protect you." he says regretful.
"You have nothing to apologize for, you did everything you could, so don't talk nonsense." I say to him my voice soft but my gaze cold, my coldness is not directed at him, but at the situation instead.
A few seconds later, Max enters the girl's bathroom with Damiano and three bodyguards, "Lea! Are you okay, baby?!" Max says hugging me for a second, once he releases me from the hug he scans my body trying to find any injury.
"The Morozov's run away with my necklace" I say to no one in particular, "Go find them!" I order to the bodyguards and they run from the bathroom without a second to spare.
"Lea?" Max asks me one more time, since I didn't answer his question, "I am okay, Max. Enzo was here to protect me. I don't have a scratch on me, unlike him." I say to him coldly.
Damiano notices my tone of voice, a tone that I would never use on Max, so he asks me carefully, almost as if he is afraid that I will snap at him if he asks the wrong question, "What happened?".
"They took my necklace," I say turning my head to look at him with a stern look, "They beat Enzo," I say walking away from Max and taking a step closer to were Damiano stands, "They slapped me and held me at gunpoint," I took another step closer, Damiano squirms under my gaze, "Not a single bodyguard was here for back up," I take another step closer to him, "I shot one of them with my gun and yet no one heard. Curious, isn't it?" I say with sarcasm mixed with anger. At this point I am close to Damiano, the 6 inches heels that I am wearing are making me look taller than normal, so I am able to look at Damiano eye to eye, "There are cameras outside of this bathroom. There is not a single blind spot or at least there shouldn't be," I say to him, never breaking eye contact, "Enzo's earpiece did not work at the most crucial moment." I am getting angrier by the second.
I am giving Damiano a piece of my mind since he is the one in charge of our security, "I want everyone. Every single member of our clan at the second headquarter." I tell him sternly, his gaze is not stern or cold like mine, but instead there is shame shining in his eyes, like he is silently telling me that he is sorry for what happened.
"The Morozov's escaped, boss" one of the bodyguards says through the walkie talkie that Damiano has in his hand.
"I want to know what the hell everyone was doing while Enzo and I were here fighting with the Morozov's, Damiano." I say to him, rage clearly in my tone of voice, but I am still not raising my voice at him.
"Call a Code BION Meeting, we have a mole inside our organization." I say with so much rage showing in my eyes and my calm voice making me sound more deadly.