Pandora had just finished on typing some important files on her laptop. It was a very hot afternoon and the scorching heat has been getting hotter than the usual. The damsel thought it was because of the ozone layer getting thinner cause of the amount of smoke being released at the Vitalis City. She has been sending these files to Wilhevit, thinking that she is sending the files to Dante. She has no idea that the receiver is Wilhevit, and Dante does even have the slightest idea about the situation. Piero suddenly went out of his room only to see his little sister doing her stuffs again.
Cause of Pandora was named after a Greek entity, the latter had taken the career to secure very important files in her laptop that has the ability to ruin everyone's reputation, to cause chaos and more. Not even Pio could hack her laptop, nor Gamma; Pandora was dubbed as the greatest known stalker in the Mafia, next is Daniella then Giusto. Due to this, she also almost know everyone's secret, that includes Dante's whom she has a crush on. Piero is aware of this and that's the reason why he didn't let his sister join the Branch 1.
Pandora is 3 years younger than Piero who is currently 25 years old. She's way more smarter than her brother, she's very fond of her uncle who left the Mafia years after the House Acerbi and House O'Rourke had left the Mafia. His name is Julius Andrianakis, the one who had taken care of the Fabbri siblings after their parents died. The date of their death was Pandora's date of birth, her mother was pregnant when the accident happened caused by the people from House Battaglia. Their uncle Julius gave her the name 'Pandora'.
"I've heard that Karui asked you to go on a date with him.. will he come in here?" Piero asked while eating his ice cream.
"Yes, he will come." Pandora answered while sitting on the couch.
"I see.." Piero smirked as he stood up. Showing his sister a deck of playing cards that he had bought.
The doorbell rang and the timing was too great, Karui is standing infront of their door, bringing a bouquet of flowers for Pandora. Piero opened the doorknob and pointed his index finger at Karui.
"It's time for... d-d-du-d-d-du-duel!" he yelled while flexing his playing cards infront of Karui.
"You stupid—" Pandora yelled embarrassingly at her brother.
"H-huh..." Karui was either clueless or confused on what the hell is happening.
"I shall challenge you to a d-d-du-d-d-du-duel before dating my little sister!" Piero yelled at the poor lad.
"W-what the actual f—" Karui confusingly screams.
After everything that happened, Karui and Piero looks down while Pandora is menacingly looking at the two.
"As your elder brother.. I should be the one who's standing right now." Piero raised his arm.
"You see... We're not going on a date you dolt. Gamma told us to gather some infos about what's happening inside the Vitalis City. Also, you, why the hell would you bring a frickin flower here?!" Pandora scratched her nape cause of frustration.
"It's a gift bruh.. I..uh.. my mom told me to bring these flowers.." Karui looked away.
"What a lonely virgin.. I'm sure your mom is frustrated cause you still don't have a girlfriend yet. Tell her not to hit on me." Pandora heaved a sigh.
"Its not like that.. my mom really wants to give my girl buddies a bouquet of flowers. Its more of a gift rather than a sign of me courting a girl.." Karui looked at Pandora seriously.
"I see, tell her thank you then." Pandora sat on the couch before rebooting her laptop.
"So anyways, we've been told to check the Vitalis City's condition and situation. Just in case that we can locate Delta and the others. Ever since Dante asked Pio to hack the robots' system, the latter lost connection with them." Piero stated while drinking a can of soda.
"If we're gonna do that then I'm done. I have located Dante and the others, currently residing in the outskirts of Vitalis City known as the Wasteland. I've been giving them information about the Vitalis City's situation." Pandora boasted while grinning at the two.
"Then, how about the situation at the Vitalis City..? As a whole." Karui asked while taking his notes.
"Well, according to the data I received from Ruggero and Ilario, there's a huge crisis that the government is facing right now. About the occurring holes that acts as a spreading quicksand. Dumb people thought the cause of it is because of the chemicals they throw off." Pandora stated before drinking a can of soda.
"Are they dumb or just overthinking? Those are sinkholes!" Karui pointed out.
"Well, I don't know man, you see, those people are always overthinking. Its like they've never seen one. Well, I never seen one actually." Piero muttered while stretching both of his arms up.
"What has humanity had become...?" Karui deadpanned.
Meanwhile, Filippo, Giusto and Nunzio focused more on Rosa's case about the Luckster's Incident. They have been looking through the files and stumbled across one that may lead to something that they can use to clear their Capo's name. The three visited the House Quattrocchi, they immediately saw the person they are looking for.
"Pio Fiore. I knew we could find you here, slacking off again from being the kids' caretaker?" Nunzio stated while looking at him.
"Nah, I ain't slacking off. Arturo needs me here.. despite of what's happening right now in the Mafia, were currently facing a huge problem at the moment." Pio countered while gazing at the three.
"Then, who's guarding the kids?" Giusto asked.
"Daniella and Father, I have no idea why did that old man returned, looking very upset and sick." Pio answered.
"Were actually here about the Luckster's Incident. We need to ask you things about you, Fausta and Rosa." Filippo spoke up.
"Oh.. that one. Jeez... This is the only thing I can tell you: Cannibalism." Pio sighed before shutting the gate.
"Cannibalism.." Filippo whispers while looking down.
"Maaaaan... I feel like a reporter desperate for an answer." Giusto groans before walking away.
"Delta.. is a vegetarian right..?" Filippo asked the two while rubbing his chin.
"Yeah, why though?" Nunzio asked back.
"She ate Fausta's corpse, that's why the polices didn't found the half of the body in the scene....just a theory." Filippo sighed as he followed Giusto.
"That's a f*cked up theory, but damn, that's possible." Nunzio muttered.
"But, shouldn't be the bones were left?" Giusto asked.
"Thats why it's still a theory, we don't know where would Delta would hid the bones.. unless.. she burnt it." Filippo came to a realization.
"There's a lot of holes, it's impossible." Nunzio muttered while walking before them.
"How many days did she spent on the dark room? I'm sure she used the bones as a torch or something. The fire will be her light and also to cook the meat. I have also noticed that she doesn't use any perfume at all, do you know what she smells like?" Filippo explained while looking at Giusto.
"She does smell like gasoline... Wait, is she bringing gasoline everyday!?" Giusto exclaimed.
"Yes, she does. Under her skirt.. I've seen it thrice.." Nunzio rubs his chin.
"You creep, why didn't you shared the sight with me!" Giusto yells as he shakes Nunzio.
"Why would I?" Nunzio pushes him away.
"Stop it you two, we are here to think, not to fight over a sight under Delta's skirt." Filippo deadpanned. "Also... Do you know when will they be returning...?" he sighed.
"I don't know man. I kind of miss Flavio and Dante..Salvatore too.." Giusto frowned.
"Let's just hope that they will comeback sooner or later without one of the dying." Nunzio pats Giusto's shoulder.
"Oh right, speaking of dying.. Marco is still alive and kicking." Filippo pointed out that made the two stopped walking.
"Wait... WHAT—?!" Nunzio exclaimed.
"That motherf*cker faked his death?!" Giusto yelled.
"Y-yeah... I still don't know the exact situation but, he ruined the hearing and carried Delta like a bride while riding a helicopter." Filippo stated while scratching his nape.
"I feel jealous of him... Firstly, he got to shake Delta's hand on the first time we were formed as a group, then Delta's been always looking at him, then he got to use her lap as his pillow, then the worst of all.... FLAVIO TOLD ME THAT THE TWO HIT EACH OTHER ON THE BATH WAY BACK IN GAMMA'S REST HOUSE—!" Giusto scratches his head while looking down.
"Bruh." Filippo looked at him.
"What can you expect from Delta's biggest simp?" Nunzio muttered.
As the sun started setting in the sky, the darkness swallows the sky. The starts can be barely seen twinkling and the moon has been seen shining. Letizia was staying outside of the House Drago while waiting for Gamma who called out someone for a meeting. Inside of his office, Teodora stood infront of him bearing an expression of seriousness.
"Tell me the truth... Are you an enemy or an ally?" Gamma asked the lady infront of him.
"I am neither of those.." Teodora answered in a monotonous manner.
"Then what brought you here..?" Gamma asked her again before stirring his coffee.
"It's about the House Battaglia's threat to assassinate Letizia. I figured out that I should tell this to you, you cared about the kid too much. I also cared about her." Teodora looks at him.
"I see, so you still care about the people in the Mafia." Gamma stated as he drank his coffee.
"I only hold grudge against the Quattrocchis.. not the whole Mafia." Teodora turned around before walking out of the office.
"You should hurry, before the others would cut your head off." Gamma muttered as Teodora closes the door.
While walking, Teodora encountered Letizia. She only smiled at her before proceeding on walking away. Letizia wasn't clueless, she is aware on what is going on, knowing that her friend might lose her head if the others will find her. She then entered Gamma's office with a worried facade on her face, "When will big bro Salvatore returning..?" she asked as she sat on a couch.
"We are still trying to find them..for now." Gamma reassured her.
"Do you guys have any leads?" Letizia asked.
"We already have one." Pandora and Karui barged in the office, "Good evening sir! We have a good news!" she exclaimed with a smile plastered on her face. "G-good evening sir.." Karui hid behind Pandora while waving his hand at Gamma.
"Spill the news.." Gamma sipped his coffee.
"The Team has been staying on the outskirts of the Vitalis City, in the middle of a desert of metal scrap and junks: The Wasteland. The good news is, we found them; the bad news is, we can't just grab them there. You see, they already joined the Revolutionary Army who's planning to destroy the Vitalis City's government. Their wanted posters are scattered across the city too." Pandora reported, filled with enthusiasm.
"Have you contacted them?" Gamma asked.
"Ahh.. ehh— y-yeah... Hehehe.." Pandora averted her gaze away.
"That's great..." Letizia broke into tears while smiling, "I feel reassured.." she added as she wiped her tears.
Pandora's expression softened a bit, "We can contact them right now if you want to.." she muttered.
"Well... You are quite soft.." Karui whispered.
"Shut up!" Pandora smacked him.
"Thats...a really great news. You are a life saver, you two." Gamma smiled at Pandora and Karui.
"Sir! We have a good news!" Giusto barged in the office.
"Well that's unusual when it's coming from you." Gamma deadpanned at him.
"Well... Uhh.. it's still a theory!" Filippo exclaimed nervously.
"I don't want to hear that—" Gamma covered his ears.
"Aww men.." Filippo sighed.
"Also, Pandora, prepare the devices. We will be contacting the others." Gamma gazes at the maroon haired girl.
"Roger that, boii! Karui, let's go!" Pandora exclaimed as she grabbed Karui and ran away.
"Wait, contact who?!" Giusto asked.
"Big bro Salvatore!" Letizia smiles widely.
"Wait, does this mean... We will able to see them?!" Filippo yelled.
"Yes, if Pandora would able to do it." Gamma muttered.
Meanwhile at the Wasteland, Wilhevit was peacefully looking at the sky, gazing at the stars twinkling on the sky. Her younger brother, Flavio is sitting beside her. Both are drunk and tired from the situation.
"Wally... Would you think that a guy would like the likes of me who's literally an assh*le?" Wilhevit muttered while gazing on the stars.
"I dunno sis.. but what if Doro finds out we assassinated her family... I bet she'll never like me again." Flavio sighs as he looks on the ground.
" 'us' to be exact." Wilhevit corrected her brother.
"I never thought that being an assassin is this tiring... Being a member of a Mafia is very stressful.. I thought it was awesome, badass, cool! But man! It's frustrating me..." Flavio whines before drinking a shot.
"I never thought you guys will end up like this...." Dante stared at them while playing a game on his phone.
Suddenly, Wilhevit's phone started ringing. Dante picked it up and answered the call, it turned out to be a video call.
"Dante!" Giusto smiled while waving his hand.
[End of Chapter]