"Master"
Ambrose looked at the guard who just entered the room.
"Master, Mr. Pride is here"
"Let him in" Ambrose said as he stood up.
A fierce looking middle aged man entered. The aura around him could be said to be ice cold.
"Mr Pride" is just a codename used in the Underworld... Not only him but every leader of each House is called by the name their House bear.
"Old friend" Ambrose said as he walked towards Pride and hugged him.
Pride was stunned, for his old friend to be like this shows how much he's been affected by the situation on ground.
"How is everything going?" Pride asked.
Ambrose sighed and said, "Lily and Denzell have been escorted out safely. No one will be able to find them. I also already disconnected and erased every trace of Denzell in this place"
"Good. Keep in mind it's for the best" Pride said as he pat Ambrose at his back.
"I know. I'm waiting for those b*stards to show up. I'll let them understand that you don't wake up a sleeping lion, worst come to worst I did fighting" The fire in Ambrose eyes said it all. He was not joking about this.
"Ha ha ha... Good job. That's the spirit. It's been a while we've fought side by side too. These old bones have been waiting for a day like this" Pride laughed.
Ambrose gratefully looked at Pride, he was so blessed to have a friend like this.
"I think Drake might be behind this" Ambrose broke this news silently. This news stopped Pride's laughter.
"Impossible" Pride said before continuing, "He's died. We killed him remember?"
Ambrose shook his head and said," Killed? Think about it, were we able to retrieve his body?"
Pride thought about it and said, "You are right, he's the only one who's reason is strong enough to orchestrate this as a revenge against you. If he's really the one behind it, we just have to..." Pride made a killing gesture with his hands.
"But this time for good" Ambrose said killing intent originating deeply from his eyes.
"Alright, that's enough about Drake" Pride said as he slapped Ambrose's back.
"Let's have a good time" Pride said as Ambrose nodded.
"They are here" Ambrose said as faint gunshots could be heard at the background.
"Anyone out there?" Ambrose called out as a guard came running in.
"How's all the preparation?"
"Everything is settled, Sir. We have mobilized everyone from the House of Pride to fight"
Ambrose fell silent, and looked at Pride.
"Same old?" Ambrose asked.
"Same old... haha" Pride said and laughed.
Ambrose smiled as he and Pride walked towards the door.
**********
Ambrose watched as everything around him became engulfed in flames. Everything was going well for them, till some of their men started to go lit... each of their men started to burn ablaze. The reason for this was currently unknown to him.
Pride has already come down for story building were he was actively shooting some people. Yes he was a sniper, one of the best.
Both Ambrose and Pride stay back to back, fully surrounded.
"Glad that we got to do that mate" Pride said.
"Me too" Ambrose said.
"Gbam Gbam"
Ambrose looked down to his shoulders, 'Shit' he thought.
"Ambrose!" Pride shouted as he held Ambrose falling body.
"Gbam"
Pride looked down to his shoulders also, 'Tranquilizers' he thought and fell down, before he was out, a pair of black shoes arrived at his peripheral, Pride looked up and said weakly "Drake".
"Ha ha ha" Drake laughed manically.
"It's mine, it's all mine. At long last, ha ha ha" Drake said with a bit of madness coupled with excitement.
"All hail True Master" A guard behind Drake said and bowed.
"All hail True Master" The remaining of the guards also joined in and bowed.
Drake basked in all the praise and honor, '20 years, I've waited 20 years for this' he thought.
'Now, I'm getting back what was rightfully mine' Drake thought as he looked down at Ambrose and Pride.
"Take them to headquarters" Drake ordered
"Yes, True Master"
"Search this place, find clues on where that little brat is, also on where my lovely third sister is" Drake said, his eyes filled with lust. All that filled his mind was how Ambrose would react seeing him f**k his wife right in his presence.
Drake licked his lips, relishing in his fantasies. He looked to his side and found that the guards he instructed were still standing there.
"What are you waiting for?! Go!!" Drake Ordered
"Yes, True Master" The guards said as the scurried away.
"Fools" Drake muttered under his breath.
In few minutes time, the guards showed up and reported to Drake, "True Master, we found no trace of both the Madam and the Young Master"
Drake immediately looked towards the guard that just spoke
"What did you just say?" Drake said as he slowly advanced to the guard.
"We found no traces of Madam and Young..."
*Gbam*
He had yet to complete his statement when a bullet was drilled into his skull. The guard slumped and fell.
"I AM the TRUE MASTER, only my wife is allowed to be called Madam and my son, Young Master. Do you understand?" Drake said as he sent a dangerous gaze to the lot of them.
"Yes, True Master"
",Burn down everything since it's of no use. We return back to the headquarters" Drake said and turned his back to then and started walking towards the car.
"Yes, True Master" All the guards bowed their heads till Master Drake entered into the car and got out of site.
**********
*Splash*
'Cold' This was what Ambrose felt as his eyes sprang open.
He looked at himself, 'Tightly done' he thought again. His hands, feets, and have a whole body was tied with thick metal chains to a metal chairs rooted to the ground.
Ambrose looked across him and found that Pride was there.
He couldn't call out Pride's name as he mouth was taped.
*Ko kan ko*
Ambrose listened silently and the door to where they were was unlocked... Ambrose looked up and said, 'Drake'. But all that was heard was, "Mmnmmn"
"Oh dear, it looks like someone wants to say something" Drake said as he moved to remove Ambrose tape, but suddenly he stopped, "Wait why should I? You don't call the shots here. I DO!!!"
Drake was enraged to find out that his subconsciousness still regarded Ambrose as higher up in the hierarchy.
"You stole everything from me, EVERYTHING!!! You stole my Master away from me, I should have been the one to take over from Master but you just had to show up hun?!" He screamed, before his attention went to somewhat different and he smiled creepily. Medical tools were laid upon a sterile table...
Drake moved towards it and said, "Now, we can't have your wounds her Infected, can we?" Drake said he's tone completely changed. A person who doesn't know a thing will never associate him to the one who planned it out.
"We still have to wake Second Brother up"
"How are we going to do that now?" Drake eyes roamed the various torture equipments in the room. He built this room several years ago, imaging the day his two brothers will final be under his feets and this day has finally arrived.
Drake's eyes paused as his hands stopped on a particular instruments - The teaser.
Ambrose saw what he took and struggled fiercely against the chain, but it was all futile. Ambrose could only watch as Drake ordered someone to pour a bucket of water over Pride and as he electrocuted him with the teaser.
Pride convulsed violently as currents ran through his body.
Drake's laughter filled the entire room, Ambrose was not sure when tears built up in his eyes as he watched his friend pass through that ordeal.
"Now can you tell me where my good nephew and Third Sister is?" Drake nodded to the guard as he guard removed the tape from Ambrose.
"You b*stard! I'm never telling you"
*Slaps*
Ambrose face turned to the left as Drake delivered a slap to his face.
"You might think you've won. But without that, you and I both know that you can never be the True King of the Underworld and you will never be able to mobilize them. Although I failed to do that because I couldn't pass 'That', but I'm sure my son will definitely succeed"
Drake delivered another slap to his face, making it look symmetrical.
"You know why Master never trusted you? Or gave you the position?"
"It's because he knew you'd turn to this at the end of the day, because he knew you'd used the position and power to bring unrest and war in the world. You'll never succeed" Ambrose said and smirked.
Drake burst into laughter and said, "But don't you see, I have already succeeded. Now buckle up cause you are about to watch a once in a lifetime movie that will be on replay till you die. You see, Second Brother here is going to be tortured by me right in front of you everyday, of course I won't let him die. With this I will break your spirit and destroy your soul... ha ha ha" Drake laughed manically and nodded at the guard beside Ambrose, who then bowed.
"No! No! Noooo...." Ambrose mouth was taped as he watched his manaic senior brother move towards Pride.