??: Don't say a word.
Jessica (murmured): Who are you?
The man finally opened his mask. Jessica was shocked to see him.
Jessica: You?
??: Yes. As I said, I'm here. As your brother, Rylan Kline.
Jessica: Ryan, are you sure about this?
Ryan nodded. Rylan's Jane's long-lost brother, the same person whom she lost years ago. This was just a storyline to their disguise.
Ryan: Yeah. Moreover, the agency wants me to keep an eye on other things as you're sometimes busy with Maverick.
Jessica: But how are we gonna make them believe that you're Jane's brother?
Ryan: Does Maverick know about Jane and her brother?
Jessica: Nope. Only about mom and dad.
Ryan: Great job!
Jessica: How did you enter here? What about those guards?
Ryan: I'm not Agent 001 for just like that.
Ryan went away after saying that. Jessica kept looking at his silhouette till he went out of the room. She smiled, wickedly.
*Next morning*
Jessica woke up from in the department room. She went downstairs and there she met Peter.
Jessica: Good Morning
Peter smiled at her and wished her 'Good Morning'.
Jessica called Maverick but he didn't receive the call. She was pacing up and down near the entrance of the building when suddenly she heard a commotion outside.
Jessica: What happened?
She went out and ran towards the source of the commotion.
There was a man, a year or two older than her, fighting against the security guards.
???: My sister's here! Lemme enter!
The man was shouting. One of the guards hit him on the leg and he fell. Jessica ran to him and helped him get up. Maverick had reached by then. He pointed his gun at the man.
Jessica: Mark wait!
The man looked at Jessica and put his hand on her head. He looked very tired and weary. It looked like he hadn't eaten for many days. There was a deep sadness on his face.
???: Sis?
Jessica frowned.
Jessica: Who are you?
Maverick held the man by his collar.
Mark: Who the fvck you are? Don't you lay your hands on her!
Jessica had never seen Maverick lose his anger like that. She tried to remove his hand from that man's collar.
Jessica: Mark, wait. Listen to him.
???: Sis, I... I'm your brother. Rylan Kline.
Hearing the name, Jessica's eyes widened.
Jessica: Call Alex!
In no time, Alex came to the spot.
Alex: What happened?
Mark: Did you find anything about Jane's brother?
Alex shook his head.
Jessica: It's because no one knew about us. I got separated from him when I was two years old. It was the same day our parents had died.
Ryan: Sis, don't you remember me? Your brother, the one whom you loved so much?
Jessica looked at him.
Jessica: Why should I trust you? You can be someone else, right?
Ryan: What about the mole which only our parents and you knew?
He opened his shirt and turned around. There was an elephant mole on his back.
Jessica: Many people have this kind of moles.
Ryan sighed.
Rylan: Fine.
He didn't say anything for a few seconds. Maverick was looking at him as if he'd kill him at any moment.
Suddenly, Ryan started to sing a song. Jessica was stunned to hear that.
It was the same song Rylan and Jane used to sing. Rylan taught her the song.
A teardrop fell from her right eye.
Jessica: Rylan? Brother?
She hugged him tightly and started to cry.
Jessica: Where have you been all these years? Where did you go that day? You never came out of that shop? What happened to you?
Everyone was looking at the pair with shocking faces. Maverick was confused.
Ryan: I'll tell you everything. First, come with me. Why are you staying with these people? They're bad!
Jessica held his hand.
Jessica: Rylan, they aren't bad. They look bad but deep inside, they're very nice.
Jessica walked up to Maverick, her eyes teary.
Jessica: Mark, will you do a favor?
Maverick looked at her, his face expressionless.
Jessica: Mark?
Mark: What?
Jessica: Will you let my brother stay? With us?
Mark: Why? I don't trust him.
Jessica: If you don't trust him, it means you never trusted me, Mark.
Mark: How can I be sure that he's your brother?
Jessica: The song. It was he who'd taught me when we were together. Sixteen years ago.
Everyone agreed with that point.
Mark: What use would he come to me? Or my gang?
Jessica: He can take Sean's place. If you agree.
Maverick looked at Ryan.
Jessica: Mark? You love me, right?
Mark: Rylan Kline. You may come with us.
Jessica smiled widely. She hugged Maverick tightly.
Jessica: I love you, Mark. I love you so fvcking much!
Maverick finally smiled.
Jessica surely knew how to play with a person's emotions.
Maverick took Ryan and went away. Jessica turned to Alex.
Jessica: Can I ask you something?
Alex looked at her.
Jessica: Will you teach me hacking?
Alex: Why?
Jessica: I just wanna learn.
Alex: Fine
The two went inside. Alex took her to the third floor. He entered Room No. 315.
There were a lot number of computers in the whole room. And there was a giant screen on one wall of the room. There were a few red dots here and there.
Jessica walked near the screen and looked at a particular dot. She let out a laugh.
Jessica: So, I'm under your eyes, huh?
Alex: I don't trust anyone. Boss may, but I don't.
Jessica turned to him.
Jessica: That's good. Never trust anyone. I can see that you're tracking Mia also. And...
Jessica pointed to a red dot that was far from the gang and its headquarters.
Jessica: What is this?
Alex: DDIA
Jessica chose to be silent.
Jessica: Since you're tracking me, it means you also track my phone, right?
Alex stayed quiet.
Jessica: Fine, I'll take it as a Yes. Yeah so back to what I came here for. When shall my lesson start?
Alex: Tomorrow
Jessica smiled and went out of that room.
The rooms on the third floor were made for hackers and students. Every room comprised thirty students and two teachers. But Jessica would be learning from their Boss, Alex Smith.
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Ryan was taken to the house. Maverick was still angry. He had decided to spend the night alone with Jessica in the house. But now, he has no choice but to let Ryan stay with Jessica. Moreover, he doesn't know if Jessica would share a bedroom with him or not.
Maverick took him to Sean's room.
Mark: This is your room. Your sister also stays here
Maverick was about to turn around when Ryan caught his hand.
Ryan: Do you love my sister? Or are you using her?
Maverick let out a laugh.
Mark: Your sister isn't like other girls with whom I've slept in bed. Your sister is different and hence I respect her decisions.
He yanked his hand away from Ryan and went away.
Now Jessica has two men competing against each other to be her partner (≧▽≦)!
Maverick, unwillingly, told Ryan about the finance, and foreign affairs of the gang after Ryan freshened up.
Meanwhile, Jessica maybe didn't have any feelings for either of them. No one knew what will be the fate of the three.
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Jessica was in the planning department working on a project she was assigned. It was almost time.
Peter: Psst...
Jessica looked at him.
Peter: Wanna go to the fighting department after this? (whispers)
Jessica nodded.
Albus: Okay, everyone, I guess it's time. I want to see your work tomorrow sharp at half-past seven a.m. And one must not be late. I hope you don't wanna meet the same fate as Mr. Bailey.
Everyone nodded and left. It was almost midnight.
Peter led Jessica out of the department but she was stopped by Albus.
Albus: I heard you've joined the hacking department.
Jessica: Any problem?
Albus: No, but I don't want you to give any excuse when you're asked to submit your work. I don't tolerate late submission no matter how many things you do.
Jessica nodded and followed Peter.
The fighting department was on the ground floor. It was dark there, the walls painted in dark colors. The corridors were smelly. In some rooms, there were women and men in a drunken state.
There were torture rooms where people were tied and beaten cruelly. Jessica saw everything.
She heard a man crying loudly, begging for forgiveness. Soon, a scream was heard, and then complete silence from that room. Jessica crossed that room only to spot bloodstains on the walls.
Peter: This is what you get when you betray the gang
Jessica saw him smirking.
Jessica: What did he do?
Peter: Thought it'd be easy to leak our information to our enemy without getting caught. Huh? Born Killers are the most dangerous gang in the whole of America, North and South combined.
Peter kept walking till the end of the corridor. He opened the door to a large room. Jessica heard the sound of someone punching the punching bag. Jessica followed him inside and closed the door.
There were men with heavily built bodies. Some were wearing tank shirts, some even barechested. Peter opened his shirt and Jessica saw his six-packs. He started to do some warm-up exercises.
On the other corner of the room stood Daniel wearing a tank shirt, his arms crossed looking at the pair fighting in the ring.
Jessica was surprised to see this side of Daniel. At the house, he looked so soft, but here he was just the opposite. His biceps and triceps were popping out.
Jessica walked up over him.
Daniel: Welcome Princess
Jessica: Princess?
Daniel: Yes. Or should I call Future Queen?
Jessica chuckled.
Jessica: Call me Jane. I'm comfortable in that only. By the way, you worked out a lot. Your veins seem to pop out
Daniel: What did you expect from the fighting Boss of Born Killers?
Jessica: I didn't think you to be weak, but your physique surprised me a lot.
A man walked up to them smirking.
??: Peter, did you bring a meal for us?
Born Killers, like other gangs, isn't a clean gang where everything's pure. There are a lot of prostitutes who are hired to pleasure the gang members plus dealing drugs is normal for them.
Daniel looked angrily at the man. He slapped him hard and the man fell to the ground.
Daniel: Don't you dare look at her in that way! Filth.
Jessica almost flinched. She looked at the man on the ground, passed out. Then she looked at Daniel with awe.
Jessica: Woah! My heart almost skipped a beat!
The other people looked at Daniel. He was angry. No matter what, he always treated Jessica as his sister, though they're not blood-related.
Daniel: She's not any other woman whom you use for pleasure. She's Maverick's fiancé. So, think twice before laying your filthy eyes on her.
The men looked at each other and whispered. Soon, their lustful eyes turned into puppy eyes.
???: Princess, please tell us the tale of how you met our Boss
Jessica looked at Daniel who was grinning.
Jessica: It must be you
Daniel nodded and burst out laughing.
Jessica: My name's Jane. Please don't call me Princess. I have a name. So call me by that name.
The men nodded. Daniel grabbed a chair and Jessica sat on it. One by one everyone sat in front of Jessica wanting to know about their tale.
Jessica smiled at them.
A moment ago they looked like dangerous people who can scare the shit out of one's mind, and now they're looking like children who wanna listen to grandma tales at night to fall asleep.
How come the agency's after this gang? Yeah, the gang is full of criminals but I don't see anything wrong with motives. They fight for justice, for the poor people.
Isn't it what we, the citizens are supposed to do?
" I wish I could stay here forever"