'What did I tell you? Never trust too easily. Now my feeling has been confirmed. Alexander and Mell are part of the Black Wolf's Clan. Mell was the mole in the Clan. And I have the feeling that Alexander came in our life to become the Balck Clan spy.' Ash instinct suddenly voiced out as they were investigating the evidence gathered at the crime scene.
'You have a point. But with Alexander, I am still not that sure about it. Don't get me wrong, I am starting to raise suspicion on him. He helped me solved the case and it seems he really have some knowledge of crime and mystery. But it made sense, if he was Mell childhood friend and he was forced to be in Mell way of living, then he would surely adapted Mell ability. We all know Mell is one of the best warrior in the authority.'
"I guess one way to find all of these mysteries out is to befriend and confront our enemy, don't you think? Now, I dare you take risk, give him some infor
It was past 8pm when Ash felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He was taking a sip of his coffee in an attempt to calm himself after the nerve-wracking deciphering of code and mysteries he'd done a while ago. And, most of all, he'd decided to take a little break, as he knew he would be partaking in a human chess game sooner or later. He tried to ignore the vibration of his pocket as he thought of a strategy on how to confront Mell and Alexander without them actually suspecting him of his true motive or being insulted by what he was about to do. He really didn't want them to feel offended, as if he were accusing them of a crime wherein he didn't have any concrete evidence.He didn't want to become as judgmental as the authority.The phone in his pocket let out a series of vibrations once again and Ash finally decided to just take the call. He could tell this might be important, seeing as the person on the other line was still trying to get
"Rose, wait!" Ash shrieked into the phone, making his sister hiss in pain at the sharpness of his voice."Really, Ash. I'm still here. I can hear you perfectly fine.""Oh. I'm sorry, Ash. But, is- is ell still there?" He tried to sound nonchalant about it, but deep inside he was silently praying that Mell was still there."Yes. In fact, he's still chatting with Alexander. You know what, Ash, it's really weird seeing Mell so carefree. I mean all this time he's been tense, uptight and too serious about everything. Plus our meeting in the afternoon wasn't really pleasant. But after all of that drama and us heading off to the coffee shop, the tension quickly evaporated and we were surprised to see another side of Mell," Rose explained and Ash could sense both the delight and amusement in her voice."I see. Well, I guess that's a good thing. I bet everyone shows their carefree and true self with the people the
30 minutes later, Ash heard a series of knocks on his door while he was organizing the documents he'd collected and examined a while ago. He set his laptop on the couch as he stood up and headed towards the door. When he opened it, the smell of hot pizza made his stomach grumble as Rose waved it ever so slightly before his nose."Good evening, Ash!" Ash group greeted with grins on their faces. Ash stepped aside to let them into his apartment. The group immediately crashed inside, running through the dining room and opening the pizza. They grabbed a handful of bites while Ash, Mell and Alexander were still by the front door. Normally, Ash would scold them for their behaviour, but he found himself not caring. He knew it was kind of a tradition of theirs. Even though they'd say they'd bring Ash some takeout food, they would order extra pizzas for themselves.Ash stared at the two men outside his door. Alexander smiled and leaned closer to him,
"So, what do we have in here,Ash?" Mell inquired as he sat down on one of the chairs while Alexander moved towards Ash and joined him in seating on the couch. Ash leaned forward as he gave the first four photographs they'd gathered from the Black Clan' attack on Los Angeles and the most recent ones from the city another glance over. He asked Mell to interpret and decode the mysterious notes while watching his reaction. And, as expected, they reached the same conclusion."I see. It seems Alexander really was right. Your deductive skills are pretty impressive. It's no wonder you became an elite solider, Mr. Fraze.""Thank you, Ash. You're very talented as well, seeing as how you deciphered it in just, what? A day? That's pretty awesome." Mell smiled as he tried to please the young man in front of him. Ash only nodded in affirmation. He suddenly stood up and walked to the side as he leaned on the wall, making the two men turn their heads to loo
The City's secret gate has a three-phase locking system. The first phase is composed of an ordinary gate with a key. The second phase of the security system projects a virtual screen to key in the required security code for access. The third and final phase of the security system is a list of high profile authorities who have been granted permission to enter by the authority. Their faces and biometrics are recorded in the central database for the program's basis to finally grant the trespasser access or not.The last phase of the security system is strictly confidential information. Only the lists authority side butted in as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.''Fantastic'your face. Do you have any idea what danger we're in right now? You just blatantly told the enemy that we have our own program running to gather the confidential and secret information from all across the internet. You just revealed to our
"Fuck!" Mell screeched as he slammed his hands on the armrest of his throne. Rage and anger was written all over his face."Fantastic! My Donna is one smart cookie!"Alexander said in delight as he raised his wine as if having a toast with Mell. He then wore a wicked smile as he took a sip on his wine."I want to kill that bastard!" Mell yelled as he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. He could feel his jaw beginning to ache from the anger that rose in him. His vision was clouded with red and he desperately wanted to slit Ash throat and see him bathed in his own blood."I'm afraid you can't do that Mell. For one, he's our Donna. And Ash friends and the world would suspect us if we killed him right away. Seeing as we're the only ones who knew the whole truth. And I know he already set a trap for if we ever decided to get rid of him.""His damn last line. Tsk," Mell replied as a realization dawne
Ash sighed as he sat down on the bench in the waiting area of New York Penn Station and shoved his bags beside him. He glanced at his wristwatch and checked the time. It's already 7 pm in the evening and still there's no sign of the rest of his group. He wanted to call and tell them to hurry up before they missed their train tonight, but he supposed he couldn't blame them if they chose to have a quick break and enjoy the busy streets and the urban life of New York. After all, this will be the last day they will set foot in their home city for a while, this was also the very first time they would travel interstate during an actual mission.Throughout their life, they've never been to another state or country for an actual mission. Sure, they've visited different countries and states, but they only did that whenever they were on vacation trips, field trips arranged by the warrior Academy, and those times when Ash was having his internship. He has been on several warri
The past week had been such a wreck that Ash even managed to let the confrontation slip from his mind. They've been looking through the internet for transportation and accommodation options to be able to travel and stay in Wausau, Wisconsin where they can save the most money. Aside from that, they also had to bring some gadgets, maps and other tools they needed for investigation. Not to mention they needed to prepare for their basic needs, like food, personal expenses and weapons for fighting, and some extra medical supplies in case they got injured during the middle of the mission.Fortunately, Seth managed to convince their parents to give them some money to support their mission. It was never a problem reaching out to their parents for support as they loved their children more than the authority. But the hardest part was to give some support to them, without the Authority knowing. It was hard when all of their personal savings, accounts, assets and pr