Ted was not a fool—and one thing he cherished more than anything was his life.
He could see the look of madness in the eyes of the woman and knew that if given the excuse, she wouldn't hesitate to kill him.
Also, another factor that scared him was the kid Peter.
He was not sure how the kid took him and his lackeys down and captured them but all he knew was that he should have listened to Freddie earlier and kill the kid when he had the chance.
"Where's the hideout?!" The woman screamed as she pressed the dagger close to his throat.
"It's deep in the woods and you need a tracking device to find it"
"And I suppose you have one?" The woman pointed out as she glared at him with hatred.
"Yes I do.....it's in my jacket" Ted sighed as he said.
The woman placed her hand into Ted's jacket and pulled out a black square shaped object.
This object looked like a mobile phone, but having only one button.
As she pressed the button, the screen's backlight came on to display a digital map of the forest and a flashing arrow icon that gave directions.
After inspecting the device and being satisfied with it, the woman then brought her gaze back to Ted who shivered in fear due to the look in her eyes.
In a swift motion she slammed her hand at the side of his head, which made him to pass out immediately.
"Let's go we don't have much time"
She said to Peter and turned to leave when her eyes rested on the dead body of a man not far away.
Coming to kneel before his body, choking gasps of sorrow escaped her throat.
"Who is he?" Peter asked.
"He was my....my partner"
'He was more than that' Peter thought as he caught the deep emotions in her reply.
"Let's keep moving" she stood up and said after she had ransacked the dead man's body for weapons.
Few minutes after they had walked into the woods, she pressed the tracking device as it's flashing arrow icon began giving them directions.
But after some minutes of walking, Peter froze in shock as a group of golden words appeared before his eyes;
{Multiple hostiles detected}
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Meanwhile some minutes earlier.....
In a room that was filled with boxes and most noticeably a long table that was covered with a white powdered substance—a group of girls in their bikinis were standing roundabout this long table as they packaged the white powder into nylon materials.
A young man with a bushy hair walked across the room and approached a middle aged man whom was smoking a cigar and playing cards with three men on a circular table.
"Boss we have a proximity alert"
"Hmm?" the boss answered as a result of the cigar in his mouth.
"An unknown woman and a teenager just entered our premises"
The middle aged man removed the cigar from his mouth and glared at the young man.
"Do I have to tell you everything?—kill the woman and capture the teenager!"
"Yes boss" the young man bowed with evident fear in his voice.
Walking away rapidly, the young man spoke into a mobile device;
"All units prepare to engage"
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"What the–?"
Geoffrey was quite shocked to find four men whom were tied up and gagged as he arrived at a certain spot in the woods.
In his early years—when his father was still alive—they would both go on hunting trips and his father would teach him a lot about hunting, especially the tracking aspect.
At age eighteen, he was even able to track a snake through the forest!
Using his tracking skills and testimony of eye witnesses who saw Peter go into the woods earlier, he was able to track his way to this spot.
Getting to this area, he noticed that there was a sort of battle that took place here especially with the shell casing of bullets scattered all over the forest floor.
But what unnerved him was that there were no dead bodies.
Seeing only one dead body and four men tied up, surprised him greatly.
As he was trying to get his thoughts straight, Geoffrey suddenly heard screams and gunshots some distance away.
As an experienced hunter, his senses were quite sharp.
As he ran towards the source of the gunfire and screams, he had various thoughts running through his mind;
'What the hell is going on?!'
'Is this all related to the missing children?'
'Or are a group of gang members fighting in the woods?'
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{Multiple hostiles detected}
Peter stared at the words of warning from the ethereal voice as he began glancing around in alarm.
The police woman—noticing his strange behavior—had to stop and turn around as she glanced at him in confusion.
"What the heck are you doing?—we are almost there come on"
As Peter was about to reply, he saw a group of men with rifles aimed at them stepping out of the bushes.
The police woman obviously saw them too as she pulled out her gun and frantically waved it around.
"Drop the weapon...now!"
One of the men said as he glared at the police woman.
{Fifteen hostiles analysed}
{What are your orders?}
Peter stared at the floating group of words as anxiety welled up within him.
He had earlier witnessed the staff beating up four guys.
But he was not sure if the staff could handle fifteen guys at once.
'You can handle them can't you?'
Peter asked mentally—hoping to hear a whooping yes from the ethereal voice—but all that answered him was silence.
"I said drop it!!"
The man from earlier roared at the police woman which made her to drop her gun in fear.
She knew she had no chance in surviving if she began a shooting contest with them.
Number one reason was that they were more in number.
And they were all equipped with military grade rifles.
At this point, she glanced at Peter with sorrow and pain etched on her face.
But Peter didn't return her gaze as he was busy with his own thoughts.
He knew there was no way in hell he would allow these men to capture him.
So therefore...
'It seems we should see what you can really do yes?'
Peter glanced at the floating staff and gave his orders.
'Attack!'
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"The monkey king?"
Master Ye Chang gave Mocheda a puzzled stare.
"Why do you want to know about him?"
"Because what I am looking for centers around him" Mocheda simply stated.
"Huh....really?"
"Yes master"
"Hmm....." Master Ye Chang caressed his beard thoughtfully as he spoke.
"The monkey king or Sun Wukong—as we Chinese like to call him—was a very mysterious and unpredictable creature whom was said to have emerged from a forgotten piece of rock and began his rampage through the heavens...
"His was at first seen as an inferior creature by the gods and was ignored, until one day, he sneaked into one of the mountains of creation and wittingly stole two great treasures....."
"What were the treasures?" Mocheda asked with great interest.
"A fruit which was said to have fallen from the single most terrifying mountain of creation and a weapon that was crafted from said mountain"
"Was the weapon a staff?" She asked suddenly.
"Yes..." Master Chang stared at her with slight surprise.
"You know the story?"
"Not really...." She replied with a smile.
"I've just read one or two topics concerning it"
"I see....well yes the weapon was a staff and it became Wukong's most prized possession.....
"And can I tell you something interesting?"
The old man leaned forward and whispered.
"What?" Mocheda leaned forward as her eyes flashed with great curiosity.
"Wukong was very much known to possess the ability to take any form or appearance he wished—one time he was even alleged to impersonate the king of the Gods!"
As he said this, he began to laugh heartily.
Which made Mocheda to join in as they both laughed.
"Yeah he was quite naughty...." Master Chang said as he cleaned his eyes.
"But at most times, he preferred to appear as a young boy who....."
His words were suddenly interrupted as the door was pushed open by a young Chinese girl who seemed to be in tears.
"Master..." She came forward and went down on both knees as she sobbed.
"Yang Su?—what happened?"
"It's martial brother Yaozu" the girl said in between her sobs.
"He has been severely injured by a student of the dragon fist dojo...and they said that they wouldn't leave until you handover the ownership of our dojo to them"
"Hah..." Master Chang sighed with a sad look on his face.
"Forgive me Mocheda.....but it seems like trouble have come knocking on my door"
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The police woman was so shocked as she saw the first armed man being thrown into the air and crashing heavily on the floor in an unconscious state.
Every one froze in shock at what just happened, but their shock was barely over when another armed man was knocked flying against a tree as he fell to the floor unconscious.
"What the f**k?!!" Someone exclaimed as pandemonium descended on the area.
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