At the end of the small town was a villa, secluded from the main road and was covered with either bushes or trees. It was a one-storey bungalow, white in color. Although the area appeared to be solemn, there were quite a number of bodyguards around every corner of the house. But it seemed normal for a luxurious house to store some SP, it didn't take that much of attention from local people.
One of the guards was talking on the phone, he was just delighted when his girlfriend calls him. They have talked for almost 10 minutes without break and he wasn't paying attention to the surrounding. He went around circling near the back entrance while his eyes scattered everywhere, to the plant and the sky even. He was too happy to hear her voice.
"I'll see you next week. Yes.. I know. I will. Don't forget to take a break alright? I miss you too.", his smile wide to the ear, grinning like an idiot.
He noticed some weird sound and as soon as he finished the call, he looked behind only to be knocked down to the ground, unconscious.
"Hah.. this bastard really takes our time. He talked damn long on the phone.", a man with a grey jacket said, he sighed in annoyance. He was the one who hit the guard on his head.
"Let's get in, have the area secured within two minutes, got it?", he faced his men behind him. There were around five people.
Although they were small in number compared to the guards surrounding the entire house, no one could match with these five, since they were elites in the field.. the top among those underworld killers..
Not long after, the usual silent was replaced by the sound of multiple gunshots throughout the villa. It was loud but not enough to alert the locals since it was located near the forest. The firing sound didn't last that long either as the intruder was actually very skilled in shooting for a single head-shot.
They didn't bother covering their track and their goal was a half dead former chairman of Lee Group who was laying limp in the innermost room in the bungalow.
"We found him.", one of the intruders said, his voice calm and quiet. He was known as Nine, a codename granted for those elite assassins who worked for Q.
"Take him.", another guy in the team said, he was Six.
"I didn't expect we're actually taking the ACTUAL previous chairman in our hands.", Three mentioned, he smiled in the dark. Who didn't know of Silas Lee, a man to be feared in his prime time. Ruthless and merciless. He only did rule about 40% of the underworld, but he was actually so powerful.
"Well, if Q assigned us to work together and not solo, this being the reason then.", codename Two said while chuckling, he was amused. He didn't expect it either.
"Hahah, the once proud chairman is now in his death bed eh? And we're saving him. Talk about disgrace.", Six started to join the laugh too. They all seemed unconcerned regarding their situation at the time. Because they have gotten used to this killing, since it was not a big thing for them underworld fella.
"Alright, no more blabbering. Get to work.", they started to get into action.
Just in less than nine minutes, the old man Silas was 'abducted' successfully by Q. Casualty for them was none and for the guards Adamson had put there was 98%. They killed all the innocence too, including the assigned maids and attendants. The house was a bloodbath for corpses.
"If Q has already known his whereabout, why does he only take action now?", Nine faced Three, he was actually quite curious.
While Three could only shake his head slightly, he told Nine.
"What? Of course there's a reason, that now is the best time."
"The best time.. he'll sure gains something from this.", Two said. Their vehicle was now outside of city T. There were no ambush or counterattack from Adamson's side, that means they didn't have a clue about this or the news still hasn't spread.
"Of course he will."
•••
Aubrey woke up startled at seven in the morning when his door was slammed hard. He almost dropped his liver to the floor. What happened this early in the morning?
Before he could even question anything, he found himself in between the headboard and the fury Adamson. He looked like a grim reaper, ready to snatch his soul with his dark scythe.
"I knew it, I underestimated you too much Aubrey. I never thought you would be joining hands with that son of a bitch.", Adamson's eyes shot death. He was going to murder someone with that look.
He lost it the moment he gets the news regarding Silas Lee. The abduction was too smooth and was done in a short amount of time. All the useless bastards he put there were also dead. Only one of them was alive, the man who was first knocked out when he was talking with his girlfriend at the back entrance. He knew what it means, someone was deliberately keeping him alive to let him know of this.
Aubrey was still in a daze, he couldn't sleep well last night so he took the time to register what happened. After a long silence, he lifted up his face and he froze. It was a great sight.. he was so elated to see Adamson in this way. Without realizing, he smiled mockingly. Though he hated his touch right now, it gradually became insignificant in his mind to think of such mere parts of emotion.
What was he thinking.
He actually felt happy when Adamson was this angry. It was amusing to see his reaction.
Aubrey didn't say anything, he just smiled. A weird sense of satisfaction came flooding in his mind and soul.
"You won't say anything huh.. I guess it's time to give you your lesson like before.", Adamson said as he strangled Aubrey's neck with his bare hands. He called for the guards and two men came in.
Aubrey was almost out of breath but he didn't do any retaliation. His eyes gleamed with the brightest color. He didn't even flinch.
"Ah, you won't do anything. You want to die so bad right?!", Adamson landed a punch to Aubrey's face in which he didn't evade.
Aubrey fell to the floor, catching his breath. The punch didn't hurt him at all. His neck wasn't red at all. He started laughing.
Adamson couldn't stand his bizzarre attitude, he wanted to step on the guy until he crashes his bone. But he stopped when Aubrey got up almost suddenly.
Aubrey turned to Adamson as he wiped a faint trail of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"You see, this is only the beginning.", he said, chuckling. He couldn't stop himself when he saw Adamson's frustrated look.
He always thought he wouldn't be able to feel free after revenging, and that he should be as human as possible. He wanted to be as normal as he could because he now has Lucy. He didn't want to be like Adamson deep down.
But now..
It actually tasted pretty different.
And he liked it.
'So this is how you feel when you get an upper hand..', he sneered under the thought.
The switch of roles between them made Aubrey became strangely excited. He wanted to see Adamson suffers more.