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Chapter 16 - CHAPTER 16

We held our guns ready and got ready . We had to hide the gun because we were also going to try and ask for what we wanted in a nice way . Nathaniel opened the door while I took in a sharp breath . It was different , being partners with Nathaniel . I would've felt more confident if I was with dad but there was no turning back now . I entered the room following Nathaniel from behind .

The chattering we heard before opening the door stopped . There was almost 20 people sitting around a long , rectangle shaped table . All 20 people were muscular , and not one was there with a shaven beard or moustache . They were all wearing black , fit clothing's . The room was brightly lit , unlike other rooms . The décor was different too . It was still dark paintings but all the more acceptable now . Among these 20 men , a man , the boss , sat at the start of the wide side . He was a middle aged man who had started to get wrinkles on his face . His straight , blonde hair was till his shoulders . He wore a black suite , with a white petty coat .

All of them were staring at us for two seconds , before the boss started talking ."Why are you young people here ? Did the bodyguards let you in ?" His voice was raspy and deep , planting his foundation as the most highly ranked of all the people that was present in the room .

Even though his voice almost made me want to stutter , I didn't and completed what I wanted to say confidently , causing small murmurs from among the other people . "Sir , my boss , Jed have been missing and I wanted to see whether you had any information on where he would have been ."

He fidgeted and moved in his chair , letting me know that he knew something about this . "Sir ,if you don't tell us what you know , I'm afraid that I will be forced to use force on you ." This made the silent whispers EVEN louder , probably because they have never seen someone stand up like me to their boss .

But when I slightly threatened him , he scoffed and replied back Impetuously , "My troop that you are seeing here is the acme of all my years in this field . You sure that you would be able to even touch my long hair?"

All I wanted to do right then and there was to make the air send a powerful punch in his face but I wasn't supposed to use my powers that carelessly . So instead , I simply stood my ground and asked Nathaniel for the papers .

I slid the papers from my end of the table to the boss's end and said , "These papers contain all the proof of what you do behind the police's backs after promising to not do certain things . Once I submit this , you're done for ."

He looked calm and went through all the papers . He was as white as a sheet when he finished . His eyes were wide open and scared because it was then that he realized that all the cruelty that he had perfectly hid , was about to be unleashed to the whole world . When he saw me walking over to collect the papers , he frantically took the papers and tore them into shreds . All I could do was laugh at his foolishness .

When he looked at me confused , because he had expected me to turn hopeless at the sight of the torn evidence , I cleared it for him . "Did you really think that I would simply hand over such an important piece of information to you knowing how you would react ? I already have a copy of all these evidences . But wait ! oh , you don't know me . There's no use trying to find me through police resources either cause I won't be found in them . I hide myself you know , unlike you who assigns others to clear your mess up . "

Even if I looked like a maniac who would do anything to get what she wanted , I was actually interested as to why he still didn't tell my where Jed was . Was the information he had that important or was he just not telling a simple information being scared of Jed since he was considered as the big boss in the mafia industry ?

I came back to reality when I heard him shout , "Kill them !" to the other people . In an instant they were all marching towards us . I looked around . The room was big enough to hold in a fight that was 20 vs 2 . I thanked god tat they were weaponless then because if they had weapons , we would have had to abort and run . I hated running back . But they had nothing but their fists and all the 20 people simply couldn't attack all together because then they wouldn't even be able to see the target .

Nathaniel and I went towards a corner of the room to get better vision of our opponents . Nath started his move by swinging me in an arc shape when almost 6 people came marching towards us together . They flew off because of my large feet . I wasn't supposed to but I laughed , thinking of all the time I cursed my feet because of it's huge size and now , how it helped during a situation like this .

The men that fell looked at me as if I was some monster . "Hey! Don't you accuse my legs like that or you'll regret it ! Got it?" This made them scatter themselves and move back to the opposite corner of the room .

"We have a lot more to go" I said , wanting to just break them apart .