He took the picture and started staring at it, feeling kind of awkward.
“Preet Marcus, she was kidnapped from her parents some years ago because she has the same face as Preet Kay, Enzo’s daughter….. Enzo asked to adopt her immediately he set eyes on her, but her parents were not in support of it, that’s why he killed them to take her from them, she was trained in Italy till she grew up, and then sent to Russia for a mission, no news about her since then” Pierce read from his screen.
“Russia?” Romanio said, trying to ponder.
Something in his head is telling him that she’s a known person, but he can’t pinpoint, and it’s crazy.
Same thing is happening to Rosario right now.
They looked at each other before leaving the room, then they made their way to the cell vaults.
Rosario opened the first door with his boot, and Sakura came to view.
She was tied to an electrocuting chair, and she receives shocks every one hour.
They’ve been doing that to her together with torture for the past four days, and she’s as good as dead right now.
Her bald head is red with blood, same with her face.
Romanio planted a bullet in her arm, and she screamed out as pains shot through her.
“Devils!!!!!!”
“The bullets will continue ramming into your body till you answer this question” Rosario said, holding up her chin.
“You work with the Imperium, you should know the location of the two Preets” he said.
When she kept crying without talking, Romanio removed one of her nails with pliers.
“Kira said she’s in itaewon in Korea!!, Her last location was Korea!!!, She ran away from Enzo because she h@tës him!!!” She cried out.
“Which of them?” Rosario asked.
“Preet Kay, Enzo Kay’s daughter” Sakura replied.
“And who’s Kira?” Romanio asked.
“Enzo Kay’s worker who has been going after Preet Kay for months now, I’ve only met her once” Sakura replied.
“And where’s Preet Marcus?”
“No one knows!, Kira said Enzo has been saying she’s on a mission but no one knows where she is except Enzo, Mary Kay and Blood!” Sakura cried.
Romanio dropped the pliers and left the room immediately, Rosario followed him.
“I won’t be going to mission Gum with you, I have to fly to Korea first thing tomorrow morning” Romanio said.
“Will you be fine alone?” Rosario asked.
“Sure, and keep a close eye on Maddona” Romanio replied.
“Why?”
“Just in case” Romanio replied and left.
*****
DEEP FOREST**
“Whoa!!!!, We kept coming across rivers and I love it!” Beryl shouted when they got to the bank of another river.
This will be the tenth river they’ll be coming across since they started journeying through the forest.
They’re already lost, so they planned to keep going till they’ll come out of it one day.
“So clean!, I feel like bathing!” Beryl shouted again, playing with the water.
Thanks to Leenox, her thigh healed fast, and she can walk on her own already.
They’ve been surviving on wild fruits and the few edible foods in Catalyst’s bag, though it’s hard but no choice for now.
“Whoa, nature is gorgeous” Catalyst said, drinking from his liquor.
“LiquorCat” Beryl teased, and he laughed.
“I told you to stop calling me that…. crybaby” he said, dropping his bottle.
He yanked off his shirt at once, and Beryl quickly turned her back, facing Leenox.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing!”
“I’m gonna bath” Catalyst replied, and as if planned, Leenox took off his clothes too.
“Stoop!” She screamed, closing her eyes.
Leenox smiled secretly and entered the river with Catalyst.
They were already bathing before she opened her eyes again, and she took Catalyst’s liquor.
She was about to start drinking from it when she noticed a weird movement at the far end of the river, she stopped moving immediately, looking at it more closely.
She strained her eyes just to get a clearer view, then she saw the most terrifying creature she has ever seen.
A giant water snake raised it’s head and returned it to the water, then it started swimming to them.
“Leenox!, Catalyst!, Snake!!!” She screamed, and they both stopped bathing immediately, facing her at once.
“Water snake!!!, Behind you!!!” She screamed, and they both looked back at the same time.
“What the f*ck!” Leenox shouted.
“Holy crap!” Catalyst said, and they both ran out of the water.
Beryl was already shaking so much as Leenox grabbed her right hand.
Catalyst grabbed his liquor before grabbing her left hand, and the three started running fast down the slope.
“It’s gonna swallow us right?, It’ll swallow us” Beryl said fearfully.
“Shut up” Leenox replied, and a dried tree stem almost fell on her…
Leenox made to hit it away but Catalyst was faster, he hit it with his arm, and it left a big wound.
“Catalyst!” She shouted fearfully.
“Calm down and just run” he replied breathlessly.
“I don’t think it’s following us” Leenox said, looking at the wound on Catalyst’s arm.
They all stopped and looked back, truly it’s not following.
“Catalyst your hand” Beryl said, wanting to take it so she could check it out, but Leenox was faster.
He took the hand and shook his head.
“You should have been more careful” he said.
“It almost fell on her so I had no choice” Catalyst rolled eyes, drinking liquor.
His eyes suddenly caught something, and he stopped moving.
“I swear we’re dead” he said, looking at that particular direction.
There’s a rusty old signboard, and on it… HAUNTED FOREST was written boldly.
Their eyes widened together, and when they heard a roar on their left, they faced that part…
“That’s the sound of a lion” Leenox said.
“Run!” Catalyst said, and the three took to their heels at once.
****
UNKNOWN LOCATION**
Blood came in and smiled darkly when he saw Enzo and Mary Kay in the living room, they’re both sniffing cocaine.
He sat with them and got a roll of weed which he started smoking.
“No greetings?” Enzo said.
“It’s not necessary, any news on my sis?” Blood asked.
“Preet Kay is not a plaything yunno, Kira kept losing her” Enzo replied, looking up.
“Preet Marcus’s mission will soon be done, I’m waiting for then, we’re killing her after she completes it” Blood said.
“Of course, my daughter will come back after she hears about the death of her lookalike whom she loves so much” Enzo laughed.
Mary Kay kept quiet, she’s Blood’s mortal enemy, so they don’t roll.
*****
SAME NIGHT★FALCONS EMPIRE**
Mary has been suspecting that someone is following her since noon, but she has been keeping it to herself while before careful.
She’s on her way to Rosario’s mansion right now, and she’s getting suspicious of a tail again.
She suddenly walked faster than before and slipped into a corner, then Bullet passed by.
She got her gun and came out of the corner, grabbing Bullet’s neck as fast as flash.
She pinned him to the wall and started choking him while placing the gun on his head.
“Why the hell have you been following me!” She demanded hotly, and Bullet’s eyes rolled, his mouth won’t close as he continued struggling to break free.
“You’re…. you’re… Preet Marcus…. aren’t you?” He stuttered under her strong grip
A sinister smile spread on Mary’s lips, and she raised a brow painstakingly slow.
“Now that you know my true identity, what should I do to you?”
TBC
