Mercy held her hands up and closed her eyes, imagining a frigid air blowing on her pale skin.
James came to her and tapped her shoulder, using sign language to ask her ‘What are you doing?’
“Can you imagine it? In Indonesia, at night by the beach… Cold breeze drafting on me while I’m on a beach chair with the scent of the forest behind me?” Mercy explained her wildest fantasy. Then, holding her hand like she’s drinking, “With a glass of the native’s blood? Just 45 years more to go till I can retire.’
“Boss! Your guests are here!” Renfri yelled passionately, with Silver following behind her. A large group with them.
“Be quiet, Renfri. I want to relax as much as possible.” Mercy opened her eyes and saw the large group, scowling at the sight. “Why are there so much of you? I only asked for the leaders of each group.”
“As if I was going to enter vampire territory all by myself,” Rodriquez scoffed. The dark-skinned man with twist-outs grinned. Behind him stood his two only executives, Slash and Vesta.
Rodriquez was the leader of a criminal group willing to do any crime under the sun for the right price. They were known as Spaggiari.
“Although I don’t like the kid, he is right,” Naohiko made sure to include his dislike for the young man as he agreed with the notion. All of his executives were present, he was going to underestimate Mercy Turner.
Keizer, Josina, Elijah and Sharpay being there. Red Panda Mercenaries were also summoned.
“What did I do?” Rodriquez said with a playful grin, he knew what he did.
“Brat,” Naohiko bellowed and turned from him.
“Naohiko, you’re a long time business partner I wouldn’t,” Mercy said with a sincere look. They were all kids from the bee estate, which was a long time ago.
“Notice how she didn’t mention me?” Rodriquez nudged his executives and they chuckled lowly.
“Enough. Time is money,” Naohiko’s love for money brought itself, a haughty look came on his face. “And I am understanding you got some ready for me.”
Mercy sat around her table and her people quickly gathered around her. Her people being Silver, Renfri and James.
“I am offering the Red Panda Mercenaries and Spaggiari 1 Million credits each for the extermination of a lycanthrope pack in the slums,” She turned on a projector that shone on her office’s shades, showing images of these lycans wearing similar uniform and loitering around the streets.
“Isn’t this pack fresh? My group could take them on ourselves,” Rodriquez scoffed and his executives nodded. The best time to remove a threat is when they are new, they don’t have the numbers, experience and power at that point.
“What are you trying to do, kid? Scam me out of my money?” Naohiko glared at the young man. 1 Million dollar is no easy amount of money, only the Confederation or monsters like them would see numbers like that.
“I am saying an old man like you isn’t needed on this case,” Rodriquez haughtily mocked him. “Don’t you have a rocking chair still warm from your touch?”
In that moment, Mercy drowned them out again and imagined vacationing on a cruise, traveling along the Atlantic Ocean.
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“They are not supposed to be taken lightly,” A dark-skinned man proudly walked into the office. Naohiko and his Red Panda Mercenaries immediately recognized the man since he was recently the medium of a deal between the Conglomerate. Spaggiari didn’t know who this man was.
“I didn’t know you were hiding a monster like this, Ms. Turner,” Rodriquez muttered to Mercy and awoke her from her day-dreams. She groaned realizing the vampires’ greatest trouble maker was here, Micheal Axion. Rodriquez recognized this man’s great pressure and ability by his pheromones, “And why shouldn’t we underestimate them.”
“Because, he is the only one of my children to inherit my latent greatness,” Micheal grinned at him proudly.
“So? A wolf is a wolf, who has silver?” Rodriquez laughed and slapped Vesta’s large arm. Unbeknown to him, Michelal was about to kill him but was stopped by Renfri.
“You must look at the actual variable,” Mercy sighed and turned to slide image of the lycanthrope’s leader. A young man being surrounded by several individuals. They recognized a face amongst the individuals.
“No wonder they are growing so fast, that bastard is growing mutts now,” It was a face Naohiko hasn’t seen in a long time. To believe they would reunite like this. “I guess Dirty Flags got to his head.”
“So that idiot wanna show his face like this! He still owes me a drink, I will kill him!” Josina exclaimed. She didn’t think she would reunite with an old friend as enemies.
“Oh dear….” Sharpay muttered, wondering if she could accept killing someone she called a comrade.
“Tony Bruun…” Rodriquez recognized that man well. The man who was his mentor when his brother was gone. Vesta and Slash came to his side and stood firmly.
“Get rid of them and if Tony refuses to stand down, kill him too,” Mercy stated harshly. Although she dreams of a vacation, she knew that the Conglomerate wasn’t ready to be passed on to Silver so she handled it. Business will be business.
“Are you sure about that, we’re kids from the Bee Estate just like him,” Naohiko recalled their younger days. When all was peaceful before the storm.
“So was that man too,” Mercy muttered, reminding him of why exactly the Bee Estate ended.
“I guess you’re right.” Naohiko grinned bitterly, “Money is Power, I will get the task done.”
“Oh? So my brother-in-law was that important,” Micheal recognized the man. He always knew there was more to meet the eye about Tony, he got hints of why now.
The others listened to this carefully. That meant the Alpha had very impressive bloodline, having both Micheal and Tony.
“I got a question though, why do you suddenly want them hunted down?” Rodriquez asked with a nosey, mischievous expression.
“I gave you a mission and all the details you need,” Mercy responded with aggression. She couldn’t let their big groups know that they lost that much to them, 2 million credits to the wolves.
“I guess I will find out from the wolves themselves,” Rodriquez was spoilt, which was odd considering his origin. “Or did they call themselves Walpurgis.”
“You could do whatever you want,” Mercy muttered and spun her office chair, turning her back to them, “As long as the mission is completed as I requested.”
“The hit should be done tomorrow.”
~//~
“This fool better make this worth it,” Diane muttered as she prepared a report to be sent to the King of the Damned.
Nolan was skittish due to the recent events, from what Diane was seeing that man couldn’t trust anyone. Not even his proclaimed right-hand man. Nolan sent out 7 of Minohwa’s best Detectives to kill Luluwa Mauter and then Jason, beyond their will.
News was flying all over the office. Diane is retired but, information came running to her immediately. Count Earl was attempting to tamper with it, Jason must have told him to send ‘Minohwa’s best’ after them.
Diane saw Kayne panicking on school campus, the boy didn’t know that Luluwa was a wanted monster.
Diane couldn’t tamper with the mission since her jurisdiction is only with her school. And with Xitalli out of their call, it was left to hope.
Diane pressed to send button and immediately, her laptop screen changed. A red eye was on the screen with a black background.
A familiar, soothing voice spoke to her, “Don’t worry my love. I knew this would happen.”
“You seem to know everything,” Diane scoffed, trying to show how happy she was that he responded so fast.
“I wouldn’t be a called a king without wisdom,” The voice responded wittily, somehow the room was growing hotter from an unknown heat.
“Breakfast Club.” Diane used her abilities to surround her office in the strange fabric so their conversation was eavesdropped on. She got comfortable in her chair, “How are you going to solve this one?”
“I have a sword to call upon in a nation’s need,” The eye squinted a bit. The image then shifted to a video call, both of them happy to see their lover.
“Zebra Effect will deal with it.”
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