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Bored after waiting two hours, Enzo and Cesare took Gennaro's car for a joyride around the coastal temple pillars. Our practice lap was cut short by Isabella's screams as mountain bandits ambushed the ruins. Fighting through heavy gunfire with rifles, we reached the temple only to see the bandit leader forcing Isabella onto a getaway wagon.
Two long hours passed without any sign of Isabella or Gennaro returning from deep inside the ruins. Growing restless and thoroughly bored of standing watch in the quiet driveway, Cesare turned to Enzo and suggested they take Gennaro's luxury car out for a quick spin.
Enzo liked the plan as a welcome escape from the monotony. Stepping up to the front bumper, I cranked the heavy engine to life while Cesare settled into the passenger seat, initiating an interactive driving tutorial as I took the wheel and steered the vehicle toward the coastal temple grounds.
Impressed by how smoothly the car handled along the open dirt tracks, Cesare challenged me to a timed practice lap around the perimeter, setting up a course that required navigating precisely through five pillars.
Cesare urged me to go for a second, faster run around the ruins. Just as I opened up the throttle to complete the final leg of the circuit, a terrified scream from Isabella echoed across the courtyard, instantly cutting our joyride short.
Realizing the grave danger, Cesare warned that if any harm came to Isabella or Gennaro, Don Torrisi would have them both executed. Leaving the car behind, I drew my weapon and began picking off advancing bandits while Cesare provided direct suppressive fire.
The bandit force was far larger than expected, swarming the stone walkways and laying down heavy crossfire. Facing a wall of incoming lead, I had to fall back behind crumbling archways to recover health before pushing forward again.
Switching to my repeater rifle, I aggressively charged through the courtyard, carefully aiming down the sights to eliminate every rebel gunman that stepped into my line of sight along the ruined staircases.
Breaching the inner sanctum of the temple, we arrived just in time to witness the bandit crew overpowering the pair. The outlaw leader pinned us back with heavy gunfire as his men threw Isabella onto the back of a getaway wagon before speeding off out of the ruins.
To be continued.
