_16_ (Andrea Jess Collins's Point of View)
I sat up and answered my phone when I heard it ringing.
[Meeting room,] she said and hung up.
I looked at the call history and saw that it's Lavalee who had just called.
I went to the meeting room and I saw that Chelsea and Irene are also there.
"Hi!" Lavalee's face flashed on the screen
"Why did you wake us up in the middle of the night?" Irene asked
"Actually, it's only 11:17 PM. Anyways, you got an assassination assignment." She said
"Us? You're not included?" I clarified
"Yeah, the three of you will be doing this assassination assignment without me." She said and then she flashed two pictures
"These are your targets," she said and we looked at the pictures and their labels
There are two targets; The Mafia Head and The Mafia Successor.
"If we're going to assassinate the head and successor, it would be the fall of that Mafia." Chelsea said
"Exactly. Your assassination assignment isn't just about assassinating the Mafia Head and Successor, though they are your main target." Lavalee said
"What exactly is our assignment?" I asked her and she smiled excitedly
"You're going to annihilate!" she said excitedly
"Annihilation?" Chelsea asked to make sure
"Yes! You'll be annihilating the whole Mafia! Isn't it exciting?" Lavalee said
"I'm excited," I said and she chuckled
"This is going to be fun," Irene commented
"Why aren't you coming with us?" I asked her
"Nii-sama doesn't want me to. I can't defy him this time." Lavalee said and I saw I glint of sadness in her eyes
"Is it because of your warning?" Chelsea asked
Wait, what?
Lavalee has a warning? Since when?
"Yeah. Nii-sama doesn't want to complicate things so we have to lie low for a while, it's alright for you three to do things you what you want to do, though." She smiled at us but I know she's hiding the pain
"You have your first warning?" Irene asked her
"Yeah, I did, but you don't have to worry." Lavalee shrugged her shoulder.
"Alright, where's the location?" Chelsea asked
"I sent the coordinates of the place to your iPad, Chelsea. As well as the mansion's blueprint and floor plan." Lavalee said
"What's the approximate number of enemies?" Irene asked
"Just about a thousand. You should pay attention to their features though." Lavalee said making us confused
"Why?" I asked her
"Well, the underlings are the ones whose faces are all covered with masks, the movie type of bad guys, you know? The higher-ups are the ones who are freely roaming the place without any disguise and of course, the guards are heavily guarded." Lavalee said
"Where did you get all this information, Lav?" Chelsea asked while scrolling through the information Lavalee sent her
"Well, I did a little research and it seems that their organization isn't that much protected and secret. Just a little chitchat and some gave us easy access to their files." She said it so casually like its nothing
"When is the assassination due?" Irene asked her
"Deadline? Ah, right, you only have until 2 AM to execute the plan. By the way, you can be as noisy as you want to." She said and shrugged her shoulders
"Bombs and explosives are allowed to be used." She added
"Won't it make any suspicions or cause trouble for us?" Chelsea asked
"Chelsea, I did my research, and guess what, that mansion is known to be loud too. Whenever there's a new higher up or whatsoever they would always fire up a firework to the skies." Lavalee said
"So, we'll use those as a diversion?" Irene asked and Lavalee nodded
"Exactly. I also have another mission for you three." She said
"Another assassination mission?" I asked her
"No. It isn't, right, Lavalee?" Chelsea said
"Yep, this is quite personal," Lavalee said while looking intently at us
"Personal? Shoot." Irene replied
"There's three of you that left so make sure that there's three of you who'd return. That's your mission." She said
"Roger that, Lavalee," We replied the screen turned black
We went to Mansion's underground and took our weapons.
Chelsea and I chose the shotguns while Irene chose the Bazooka and the explosives. I also equipped myself with the keyboard nails, and the contact lenses, all of us are dressed to kill right now.
I'm currently wearing a pair of black pants, a grey sleeveless hoodie, and black converse shoes.
We all have whips tied on our waists as belts and katanas on our backs, I have a set of shurikens and daggers hidden in my hoodie's pocket.
I also placed two guns on my thigh and a magazine on my body bag.
We rode our big bikes and drove towards the coordinates that Lavalee sent Chelsea.
"Guys, are you ready?" Chelsea asked from the earpiece.
"Ready," I answered
"I was born ready," Irene replied
"Turn on your locators. I'll send you the floor plan and where you are so you'll know if you're near the targets." Chelsea ordered
I parked my big bike several meters away from the target mansion.
I walked slowly and climbed up the posts, making the cable lines my zipline.
We're now near the perimeter of the Mafia mansion, according to the locator.
It doesn't look like a home for mafioso actually but beneath that good-looking mansion is an underground base for their underlings and mafia members. Not that it's surprising, even we have those kinds of mansions.
"On three," Chelsea said
"One," I said
"Two,"
"Three," We said and I immediately dashed towards the back gate, there's an armed man on guard at the back door and several men are also checking the perimeter every thirty minutes in intervals.
"AJ, the security checks are vacant for five minutes every thirty minutes. Execute the plan swiftly." Chelsea informed me
"On it," I replied and snuck up my shot gun to the walls
When the security checks disappeared I shot the guard in the head and climbed up the wall while holding my shotgun.
I shot the arriving security and opened the back door.
I saw how everyone in the mansion panicked when they heard the loud explosion.
I shot them one by one.
"I'm on the second floor, the Mafia successor's dead," Chelsea said
"I'm on my way to execute the Mafia Head," Irene informed
"AJ, You know what to do," Chelsea told me and I smirked and unsheathed my katana
"Annihilation," I whispered and then went out from where I was hiding.
I ran and jumped around slashing my katana at everything and everyone who was blocking my way.
A little later, the marble floor's already flooded with blood from the Mafia's underlings.
"Mafia Head executed successfully," Irene said and then I saw them walking down the stairs.
Irene was placing explosives on the walls of the mansion, it was her most anticipated part after all.
"Get out of there now. You have 3 minutes before the lockdown sequence commences," Chelsea told us
We ran out and a little later fireworks were seen from the sky and debris of the fallen mansion of the annihilated mafia. The smell of burning flesh lingered in the air and it makes my stomach churn.
It's damn disgusting!
I ran to my big bike and drove away.
This is how we do things like this.
The moment we arrived at our hideout, Chelsea showed us a folder and what was inside made us realize who the fuck was behind that Mafia we'd just annihilated.
A former gangster council member.
Lavalee won't like to know this.
Suddenly, the screen turned on and Lavalee's burning auburn eyes greeted us.
"Executed," Chelsea said and Lavalee clapped her hands slowly with a smirk on her lips and it sent shivers down my spine.
"I guess you got the file, eh? That's a piece of concrete evidence so, Chelsea, I trust you with that." Lavalee said seriously
"Okay, I'm on it," Chelsea replied
"You should take a rest, you know. It's already 2:17 AM, though but that's okay I did see the report Chelsea sent exactly at 2 AM." She said and smiled at us
"Your eyes are drowsy, Lav," Chelsea said but Lavalee sighed and smiled
"I'm fine," She said and we were surprised when she was suddenly electrocuted
"Time's up, young Lady." We heard a man's voice from the background say, and Lavalee smiled at us
"What's happening?" we asked her but she just smiled at us
"Don't worry about me, I'll be back in a while." She said but we saw a red fluid flow from her forehead.
I thought it was just because of her hair but no it was darker, crimson.
Blood.
She smiled before the screen became black.
"What's happening to Lavalee?" Irene asked
"She'll be alright," Chelsea said and glanced at the screen
"She'll be alright? But that was blood trickling from her goddamn forehead, Chelsea!" Irene exclaimed
"She wouldn't want any of us to interfere, Irene. If we try to interfere, we'll only be putting Lavalee in more danger." She reminded us
"But, Chels..." we trailed off and she looked at us intently
You know Lavalee will never let us face any of the Palace's punishment, right?" Chelsea said calmly
"She's undergoing the Palace's punishment? But she's the first freaking lady of the palace!" I said in disbelief
"She is, but the weight of her sin was kind of no joke. Let's just let Lavalee handle these because our interference will only make it worse." Chelsea said