Jaden left the school compound with Desmond ten minutes after Shawn left, he was on the phone with Mia when he noticed Shawn's Tesla parked by the road side,
"That's Shawn's car, why's it parked here" Jaden said after hanging up the call,
"I think something's wrong, let's go check it out" Desmond replied then parked the vehicle, they both got out the car and walked towards Shawn's car, Desmond checked the driver's seat and saw that Jimmy wasn't there, he then noticed Jimmy and Shawn unconscious with the two men in black pointing a gun to their head at the back seat, he immediately brought out his pistol then opened the back door and pointed the gun at them, the two men then turned their attention towards Desmond and Jaden, they pointed the gun at them instead, Jimmy regained consciousness and saw what was going on, he immediately knocked out one of the men, Desmond saw this as an opportunity and shot the other guy on the hand making him drop the gun, Austin who had been watching this became very furious while Hart got up from the floor with his hands crossed over his chest,
"You were saying?" Hart said confident,
"(adjusting his suit) this isn't over Hart, you were just lucky today but you won't be so lucky next time" Austin said then left Hart's office, Hart immediately phoned Jimmy to check if they were okay and to his relief, they were fine, they only got knocked out,
"Take those men to the station, I and the others will meet you there but first make sure the kids are home safely" Hart said to Jimmy,
"Yes sir" Jimmy replied the hung up the call.
*****
"I don't see how this affects us Gabriel, it's your family issue so why bring us here to tell us this, you're just wasting our time" the prime minister said,
"It's not my family problem any more Godfrey and you know it, you all have seen the news, you've all heard about the killings so it's also your problem, we're losing our citizens, it's spreading through all of Victoria" Gabriel argued,
"You're still not making sense Gabriel" the minister of defense replied,
"(sighs and leans closer to the table) you all have lost a member of your family member because of this secret gang, do you think I am not aware about it, I am, so does the whole of Melbourne. Look if this continues then we'll lose a lot of money" Gabriel said hoping this would work,
"And how's that" The prime minister asks,
"People pay tax to us, the more people we lose the more money we lose, some of our companies are out of service because some of our employee's has been killed and no one wants to come back to work because of the fear for their lives, of course you ministers are not excluded (points at the other ministers in the room), your affair might be different but it also affects you, we lose money if we don't have laborers, we lose money if we don't have farmers and so on, hope you all understand" Gabriel said studying everyone in the room then he smiled to himself when he noticed he was getting the upper hand then he continued,
"We need their money but we can't get it if they're all dead, the more citizens we have the more money we acquire, do you now understand how this affects you too" Gabriel said leaning back in his chair,
"You're right" said the vice president
"So, what's your plan" the minister of defense asked, just then Gabriels's phone rang, it was Hart calling,
"Please excuse, I have to take this, please do think of what I've just said" Gabriel said then walked out of the room to take the call,
"We managed to get two of Austin's men" Hart said immediately Gabriel picked up,
"Who is Austin, I'm kind of busy, if it's not important then it can wait"
"Hold on, Austin is the mastermind, he's Andrew's identical twin brother, he's the one behind it all, I and Tom are on our way to the station to see them"
"Wow! Andrew was innocent all along, anyways I'll catch up with you guys latter, I'm trying to convince the board to give their support so we'll talk later"
"Sure, but you should know that the two men had tattoo of their gang on their neck"
"Okay goodbye" Gabriel hung up then went back to the room,
"Sorry for that ladies and gentleman, so according to recent update, two men from the gang has been caught and they both have a tattoo behind their neck, so I'm
guessing
all members of the gang have this tattoo so that'll be easy for us to detect them. The plan now is this, minister of defense, this is where you come in, you'll mount soldiers in some parts of Melbourne, like the airport, malls and so on, the soldiers will check everyone for the tattoo and if we find any of them, we take them in, I will make an announcement, I'll try to convince the citizens that all is well and they should return to living their normal lives. Hopefully this will put an end to the killings if not we'll go on lockdown, so that's about it ladies and gentlemen, should I go ahead and make the announcement or you're still against it"
"It's actually not a bad idea, I approve of it" the vice president said,
"Anyone against it?" Gabriel asked looking at the ministers on the table but no one seemed to be against it,
"Okay then, I'll make the announcement, thank you for your time." Gabriel said smiling then left the room. Jaden and Shawn were asked to stay at Mia's house with Livy while the fathers went to the station, as usual Shawn and Mia didn't say a word to each other, Mia was up in her room and didn't come out until Livy called out to her,
"Mia come down to the sitting room, you got to watch the news" Livy called out,
"(sighs) I'll be there shortly" Mia shouted back in return, she got down stairs and found Jaden Shawn and Livy seated together waiting for her, she took her seat opposite the tv while Livy turned on the tv,
"Just on time" Livy said as Gabriel appeared on the screen,
"Good afternoon citizens, I have a very important announcement to make concerning the recent activities going on in Melbourne. There's a secret group, $LÅZENGER, that's been causing havoc lately, they've been killing innocent lives and taking over their properties, many of you live in fear because of this, some of you have refused to go to work, some of you have withdrawn your kids from school due to fear of never returning home. An incident happened in the Wayne's house but it was overlooked because we thought it was a family issue but it's more than that, more lives and properties are being taken so I had to hold a meeting with the cabinet to find a solution to this issue because we've lost too many lives. We decided to tighten the security, we'll have the police and military force in operation, they'll be planted in public places like the mall, museum and so on. We recently caught two of the gangs' members and we noticed they both have tattoo of a panther at the lower back of their neck so if you come across such person report to the police immediately, we'll have the military and police force at the airports as well, they'll check everyone for the tattoo and y'all are to cooperate. Anyone found suspicious will be taken in by the law but we won't harm you, we'll only keep you hostage until we find you innocent. So basically, we have tightened the security in Melbourne so the killings won't affect all of Victoria, y'all can now freely move around cause we the government will protect you, thank you" Gabriel said as he ended his announcement, Austin who had been watching the news became furious,
"What are we going to do now sir" a man in his fifties said,
"We lay low for now and wait for everyone to forget we ever existed, once our case has been forgotten, we strike and this time we'll attack the cabinet and everyone who makes up the cabinet. Tell everyone to get rid of their tattoo, good thing I made it temporary, I knew a day like this would come. We'll live normal lives especially since no one knows our face"
"But sir, Mr. Wayne knows your identity" the man said,
"That's not a problem, I won't move about much, you're dismissed" Austin said then the man excused himself,
'They're really out to get me' Austin thought to himself smiling.