Men with inverted tattoos are of higher rank o a Mafia hierarchy. They hold great command to their subordinates and are quite hostile. They are well-trained assassins as well as well since most of them are spy in the field.
Alejandro thought a lot of what Lellouch revealed to him. If the higher rank Mafia has posted assassins to spy on Lellouch, that means they know that she holds a huge amount on her head. But is it enough to become a young heiress of the underworld society to cause much the investigation? They could have kidnapped her right away and asked for ransom. If not for ransom, maybe for revenge. Unless, they knew something more important about her – not just an heiress.
"How long have you noticed these men lurking around you?" his eyes narrowed when he asked.
"The entire College days…" She answered innocently "although, they are getting few in the Foundation. I've been observing them as much as they've been observing me."
"I thought you had a bad vision?" Alejandro joke.
"Men would have an inverted cross-tattoo on their nape while women have them on the chest." Lellouch continued disregarding his jest.
"So, you had your own investigation as well." He asked.
"Yes, all through the years… and I saw one today." Lellouch stated and only a few seconds after her statement, a loud explosion was heard in the entire mansion. Alejandro embraced Lellouch to protect her from the blowing sound. Lellouch flinch hearing again another explosion and the sound of is getting closer.
"Who was it?" he asked.
"The maid whom I asked to bring me some tea."
"Shit!" Alejandro cussed. No wonder he was quite suspicious of the woman as she reported how Lellouch have disappeared. If she truly is a maid of the mansion, she could have familiarized all the rooms even the bathroom behind the huge mirror.
Alejandro's phone vibrated, it was Lucas. Seeing the caller, he answered right away.
"Master, we have insiders." Lucas reported as gunfire can be heard from his background. They are currently on a difficult situation.
"How many are they?" Alejandro asked in a low voice as he gesture more silently towards the switch, turning the lights off in the closet.
"Quite many, most of them are the maids."
"Lellouch noticed them ahead of you that is why she hid right away." Alejandro chuckled.
"What?!" Lucas was dumbfounded. "Unfortunately, they have killed all the staff and this is one of your mansions which I am not familiar with. Now it's quite difficult to find an exit for the both of you."
"Worry for yourselves, we'll manage. Make sure to meet us at the airport." Alejandro responded in an energetic way that left Lucas in confusion then he hang-up the phone.
How can Alejandro sound thrill when they were attacked? As if they don't need protection from them at all, Lucas thought. He shouted at his men to make sure no one left alive from the attackers. Though they are quite hard to exterminate.
Meanwhile, Alejandro asked Lellouch to change in much comfortable clothes. She was still going to wear her shirt when heard a loud bang coming from her room. Both of them stare from each other and quickly drop on the floor. Footsteps barge on the room and started shooting as if someone was there hiding. They started crawling towards the huge mirror as the footstep are getting closer towards the door of the closet. As soon as the door opened, Alejandro have pushed Lellouch inside the bathroom, locking the huge mirror.
Lellouch heave a long sighed as she smiled full of excitement towards Alejandro. She had never been this electrified before. She feels being on those action movies she has seen when she was younger.
When they thought everything was fine, after a minute a loud bang can be heard behind the door. The insiders are trying to break the mirror door!
Lellouch instantly paled while Alejandro surveyed the entire bathroom. He noticed that the indoor pool was directly connected towards the beach.
"Can you swim?" he asked seriously.
"Y-yes, a l-little" Lellouch answered nervously when she thought what Alejandro's will be as he looked intently at the pool.
"Can you hold your breath for too long?" he asked with concern in his tone.
Lellouch look at him with panicked while the mirror on the other side was getting smash. In less than a minute, this room will be occupied by attackers.
"Not that long!" she answered with certainty.
"Leave it to me. Take a deep breath and will jumped. Hold my right hand tightly, as I do the same. Remember, do not let go. Just keep swimming." Alejandro instructed as she obliged but she wasn't able to do it much since Alejandro pulled h into the waters.
Underneath they can hear the door totally opened and gunshots followed them under the water. Lellouch tried her best to kick and swim but it is still far and she started to loss her breath. A little more, she though. She gave her all and before they could reach their destination. She passed out.
By the time they reach the nearby shore, Lellouch fainted. Alejandro turned her on her back, tilt her head and lift the chin to open her airway. He noticed she was no longer breathing and so he started resuscitation. Two more try of CPR and finally she vomited ample of water – coughing so hard.
Alejandro clasp her face as he checked on her. "Hey… You're okay now." He smiled as his thumb nibbled her lower lip. "You're so brave lately. That's my girl.
She didn't respond as she was still catching her breath. She leaned on Alejandro's chest, feeling his heat. When her nerves calmed he took her in his arms and started walking.
Inside the mansion, Lucas was getting annoyed of the scene. In front of her is the slutty assassin who pretended to be the maid who served Lellouch the tea. Good thing, the Young Princess is smarter than he thought and discover that this woman in front of him was an insider.
The slutty assassin is peppering Lucas with insults, but he just looks tired. He tells the men among the insiders, "This is your last chance to walk away," then predicts that even though there's quite many of them, they wouldn't definitely give up when they see the beating he gives the first three. Although he thought about the last two guys, they always run.
Lucas smirked. He used up all his bullets and now he ends up fighting with his fist.
"Start praying since you'll never get to see tomorrow." Lucas hissed. Seconds later, few men started attacking him – throwing punches at his face, which Lucas easily dodges while sending a series of rapid shots to his opponent's face.
Instead of letting the man collapse to the ground, Lucas holds him up and repeats reassuringly, while dodging other men's attacks from his back. The punch landed on the man he was holding and totally knock him down. Facing the rest of the insiders, whom he realized were skilled assassins, he shook his head and started drawing an attack.
What make Lucas so dangerous is when he started enjoying the fight, his addiction surfaces – that is to mercilessly kill his opponents no matter how numerous they are. His sinister smile would dominate his face and he would attack like crazy.
When his subordinates noticed him that way, they started to alarm the rest of their comrades to leave the area as soon as possible so as not to get attacked as well by Lucas. His immense power, once unleashed is uncontrollable that even him couldn't handle. And so, all his subordinates abandoned the area. And as soon as they did, a loud explosion was once heard in the mansion, causing his men to run further. When smoke has ran out, they saw Lucas walking with heads of the assassins he killed – throwing them on the foyer before he passed out.
His men observed him, making sure that he is already asleep before moving closer to him and took him in their arms. The rest of the men went inside the mansion to check for survivor but no one survived. Blood scattered everywhere like the bodies were crashed on the wall. All was left are the limbs of the victims and their clothes. They hurriedly went out, to abandon the mansion.