"Stella How have you been?" Lady Jean said through the phone
Immediately my jaw dropped when i heard that voice no words were able to come out of my mouth
"I know it's been years since we last saw each other and I know we are in danger . Let's meet up and have a chat shall we? " Lady Jean asks
"Of course … Lady Jean … "
" the usual Coffee house we used to go " Lady Jean replied and ended the call
Everyone looked at me and went back to eating again. I told Draken to drop me off at the coffee house tomorrow and the rest of them can head back home to rest. Everyone declined that proposal and said they will wait in the car for me and unfortunately I have no choice. They worry for me and told me to bring my gun just in case.
So the next day everyone was up in the morning , had breakfast and everyone got to the safe house immediately. We reached the front yard of the house and immediately Klye and Hans swapped positions with Matt and Xander who were on guard duty . The doors opened and everyone around the couch got down on one knee .
"Lady Stella," Skylar said with a half bow .
"I know Zoey's death is a sudden tragedy to everyone but rest assure she is in a happy place now"
"Thank you Lady Stella. " Victoria 2nd in command for 4th Division
I nodded my head and told them to rise and walked into the Room where Remy was on the second floor. I told the boys to stay outside and No one is supposed to come in under any circumstances. They nodded their heads and stood outside. I knocked on the door and entered the room with my head held high .
Remy was on the bed with an IV bag attached to her and other machines with her battle scars showing everywhere, she looked at me and faced the other direction towards the window. I dragged a chair and sat on her left side.
"I know you don't want to talk to me, Hate me for all i care but be thankful i didn't fucking kill you on the spot."
"What do you want" she replied.
"I want to take over your Leadership in Red Butterfly. "
"Impossible, i will never give you back the power you once had" She replied harshly .
" Law 8 Paragraph 4 section 3 If the current leader does not want to surrender its position one must call for a vote majority wins regardless of wrong doings."
"Like you remembered all the law of the red butterflies " she replied,
" Before i became Lady Red , Lady Jean made sure i remember each fucking rule before she made me Lady Red. So when it was my turn to hand it over to you I wasn't harsh enough wasnt i . . . regretted making you Lady red. Knowing you will have these crazy thoughts of killing your own captains and divisions, I should have seen it coming. "
" I am not crazy! Damien Made me this way! Ethan was just trying to help me gain more respect and loyalty. " She exclaimed and pushed herself to sit up straight.
"THAT'S NOT HOW YO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET RESPECT AND LOYALTY REMY! "
She didn't reply to what I said , she looked away instead.
"Damien and Ethan are crazy, you think I don't know what they are thinking? I have seen Damien and Ethan wanting control over other companies. They do it by force. RESPECT AND LOYALTY CANNOT BE FORCED REMY! Did I force you to respect me when you first met me? Did I ask for your loyalty? NO! You gradually gave me your respect and your loyalty together. By killing your captains makes less people respect you , they don't trust you and what killing 3 divisions genius."
"Then what was the real reason you left your position as Lady Red?" she asked.
" My company was growing , I needed to be there all the time and at that time I thought I was going to get married but I wasn't. I had my own other reasons"
"You met Damien by then didn't you? " She said coldly.
"I have not. "
" okay… Call a vote. " she said.
I nodded my head, got up and walked out the door and took the corridor and yelled for all the girls to be in the room. Everyone quickly rushed up and into the room. I took the chair and turned it around to face the other 149 girls who stood in front of the both of us.
"Okay girls. I guess I owe you an explanation on why Remy is in this state. And here's the reason: She is a submissive to an Enemy of mine which of course let us have a brawl the other day. I was alerted by Skylar that she has eliminated 251 other ladies which includes Zoey, Division 1, 3 and 6 knowing that -
"Skylar, I knew you were never loyal to me! " Remy yelled at Skylar
"Shut up , as I was saying with the law book in play Remy and I decided to call a vote and I want Captains and Vice captains to give me their answers first before we pull the ballot box out. "
"My vote goes to Lady Stella" Riley stepped forward and answered
" Stella " 2nd Division vice Captain Ash said and stood beside Riley
"Stella " 4th division Vice Captain , Victoria
"Stella" Luna, 5th division captain and vice captain Jem replied.
"The rest of you take a piece of paper , write down your vote and put in the Jar you see on the table "
Everyone quickly got to it , nobody dared to make a single sound , I had my legs crossed and my arms crossed while Remy was fiddling with her IV tube. . . When everyone was done voting Skylar brought the box outside and went to ask one of the boys to count together with her and only came back 20 mins later she held the piece of paper on her hand and opened it and stood between Remy and i and she took both our wrists only to raising my wrist in the air everyone cheered as i got back my leadership position.
"Welcome back Lady Red." Skylar got down on one knee so as the remaining girls as well
"Rise ladies, As much as i want to banish this young lady i certainly cannot do that. Recently it has come to my attention She has been working with an enemy or rather my ex dead boyfriend. I shall not banish her but rather I will require her help as well as yours. How does that sound? "
"Yes Lady Red!" Everyone replied , i dismissed everyone and dragged the chair and sat facing Remy with my legs crossed and my arms crossed
"I don't care if you want to give me an answer but I'm sure you won't disobey my orders will you? "
"No … Lady Red" She lowers her head slightly and i nodded my head with a smirk on my face
I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me and told the Matt and Xander to look after her they will on rotational shift looking after her and the girls they nodded their heads and got straight to work i headed down to the living room to be greeted by Victoria the Vice Captain for Division 4 i took a glance at my watch and called her to follow me out to the garden at the back
"How have you been"
"I'm alright lately… still grieving over Zoey's death to be honest … '' Victoria said letting out a sigh after
" Understandable … I am still grieving her death as well… Welcome 4th division Captain. "
Victoria's eyes widen and looked at me trying to process what i just said to her , her lips parted a little and with no sound coming out tears from her eyes started rolling down like mad
"I can't Lady Red , Zoey has always been a captain i'm just her vice " she kneeled down on the floor with both hands on her knees , i crossed my legs and sat down in front of her and lifted her face to see mine
"I believe she would want to see you grow and take a higher position too, Welcome 4th Division Captain. " i ruffled her hair and stood up left Skylar came running to me and asked me is there something wrong and i just told her that Victoria will be the new 4th Division Captain and left with the boys to the cafe to meet Lady Jean
In the car with Draken , Charlie and Baji the whole ride was silent and deadly … when we arrived at the cafe the boys stayed in the car while i went in on my own , i entered the cafe to see Lady Jean seated at the corner holding a hot cup of coffee on her hand
I walked towards her and sat in front of her
"Ahh you came " she spoke and place the cup of coffee back on the table
"Of course , my apologies for being late."
"No worries . What would you like?" she asked
"Nah i'm good i just coffee this morning , another one would make me go crazy "
"Alright. "
"How did you know i was in trouble"
"Let's catch up first shall we?"
So we talked and talked for the next few hours and when i realise the boys must have passed out in the car i called Baji and let him know they can head back first since they have been waiting for a while now and they said they will continue to wait till im done which i guess it's alright.
So at 8pm Lady Jean and i walked out of the cafe and we decided to take a walk towards the park that isn't too far from the cafe, i dropped the boys a text and left with Lady Jean . . . we took that walk and ended up walking into a very quite park with little to none people around, we decided to sit on the bench by the lake and continue our conversation .
"So Lady Jean , I think that's more than enough Catching up right? Since there are 0 people here, why don't you tell me how you know I was in trouble?"
"I have heard of course silly girl , I have known you for more than 10 years of your life and you think I don't know how you will act when you are in trouble?" she replied with a smile
"Come on , that's not related to what is the issue at hand here lady Jean"
"By any chance does the name Damien ring a bell?" she asked and looked at me.
My eyes widen up and looked at her
"Are you -"
Everything happened so quickly i heard a gunshot and my body started to hurt like a bitch i looked down on my body and realise i have been shot looking back up at Lady Jean she was the one that pulled the trigger she dropped the gun and started crying before i knew it she herself had been shot by someone else
I couldn't see who shot her but i'm certain must be Damien's hitmen my eyelids were starting to get heavy flopping off the bench i laid beside Lady jean she looked at me and managed to place one hand on my face with her last few breaths
" I'm sorry kiddo, Damien (sigh) he made me do it (coughs out blood) . Take revenge Stella " with her remaining strength she managed to pull out a smile and dead tears started rolling down and i can feel my body starting to fail with my eyes half open hearing voices behind calling my name and passing out . . .
All 6 bodyguard followed Stella and Jean secretly to the park and waiting if there something was about to happen and Rin only dug out the information at the very last min seeing that Jean's husband owes Damien debts before Rin could tell anyone about it the gun shot had been fired and only realising Jean could have shot Stella all 6 of them quickly rushed over to them before they knew it another shot was fired and checking themselves first before Draken started yelling for a 3 by 3 formation , 3 running to the guy hidden in the bushes and the other 3 running to the girls .
Rin, Shane and Charlie ran after the guy in the bush while Draken , Baji and Izzy ran towards the girls
"Boss! Shit! " Draken yelled and carried Stella bridal style
"Draken the other's one dead" Izzy said and carried her bridal style too
"No, her heartbeat is faint!" Baji said and smacked Kyle on the head
"No, there's no heartbeat!" Izzy said
"Enough the 2 of you , we get to the car first text the 3 to meet us at the hospital once their done chasing down the guy " Draken said and ran off with Stella in his arms back into the car
The 3 of them drove to the Hospital asap and handed both girls over to the doctors but unfortunately Lady Jean was pronounced dead on sight with no heartbeat to be found and with Stella in the operating theatre the boys are hoping she can make it through surgery and through the night
"Fuck this is all my fault" Baji cried out
"This is nobody's fault , nobody knew what could happen so stop blaming yourself Baji " Draken patted his shoulder
"Draken, Charlie said they brought the guy back to the basement and coming over to the hospital now " Izzy said
"Okay , now let's just hope that Boss actually survives through this surgery … " Draken sighed and let out a sigh…
The boys waited and continued to wait even 30 mins have past the other 3 joined them in waiting outside the operating theater but no long after a nurse came out dashing which alerted them they quickly stood up and asked her how is their boss doing and all she could say was
"Im sorry she is losing too much blood we are trying to save her"
She ran off to god knows where and returned with like 4-8 packets of blood and rushed through the door
"Is she going to be alright?" Baji said and slammed his head against the wall
" She will be , we have to believe " Draken
And the wait continues . . . time ticking away . . . some of them even began to fell asleep on top of each other till the doors slammed open at 3am in the morning the doctors and nurses came out walking with tired eyes the boys rushed over to the Doctor
"Are you Ms Stella's family?" Doctor asks and everyone shook their heads
"Well how is she?" Baji asked
" She's safe, don't have to worry anymore , the bullet missed her heart by a few centimeters but of course she still needs to be monitored for the time being , we will transfer her to the VIP ward on the 20th floor you guys can head up there first." the doctor said and bowed slightly before walking away
"Thank you " everyone said to them and started walking like zombies to the lift and headed for the 20th floor .
Everyone slumped on the couch and waited for Stella to arrive and when she finally arrived she looked like she has been in so much pain , Baji dragged a chair and sat beside her holding on to her hand
"Why didn't you bring your own gun with you . . . why won't you let one of us sit down with you … " Baji cried for the first time in his life shocking everyone else in the room
"Baji stop crying" Charlie punched him in the back causing him to whine in pain
"She's not dead Baji " Draken smacked Baji's head
Draken walked out of the room and god knows to where somewhere quite maybe slumped against the wall and started tearing up wiping away his tears crying out
"Thank god your safe, i'm not ready to take over everything from you"