With realization dawning him Alex ran over to Natalie to inform her about his findings.
"I think I know who's behind this." He said as he approached her.
"Who?" Natalie asked.
"Crawford steel, they are a rival to Harrington steel. I remember Cassandra telling me that they were known for their unethical practices."
At the mention of Crawford steel Natalie's face paled. " If it's the Crawford's we need to move immediately." She said as she ran up to the car while yelling her orders.
"Some of you stay here and the rest come with me."
The policemen immediately realized something was wrong and split themselves into two and followed Natalie.
They piled into their cars and drove to Crawford's mansion, which is located at the other side of the city.
"I hope we are not too late." Natalie muttered.
"Why? Are they that bad?" Asked Alex, confused at Natalie's adverse reaction.
"Yes, they are…"
Eleanor gritted her teeth in frustration hearing her mother.
They reached the mansion in an hour and barged in directly without any warning.
"Police! Put your hands up!" yelled one of the guys at a servant.
Alex nor caring about anything else, grabbed the servant by his collar and growled, "Where is your boss?" He asked as he activated his ability 'eyes of truth'.
"W-Who are you? The boss isn't here."
'True'
"Where did he go?" Asked Eleanor standing beside him.
"I-I don't know, the boss never tells Where he is going." He said terrified. "But the boss went out a few hours ago with some of his men."
'True'
Alex's stomach churned as a bad feeling crept through his heart.
He walked out of the mansion, thinking about what he was missing.
Natalie and Eleanor walked out of the mansion and approached Alex. They looked at him with a concerned look as they saw how much effort he put in finding the girl Bella.
"Alex-" Just as Natalie was about to console Alex.
[Ding!]
[Urgent quest!]
[Save Bella and Cassandra]
[Time limit: 2:00:00]
[Description: Save Bella and Cassandra from the clutches of Theodore Crawford.]
Alex fave paled as he read the system's message. With trembling hands he took out his phone and dialed Cassandra.
But no matter how many times the phone rang she didn't pick up the call.
He looked at Natalie and said, "We need to go to Harrington mansion immediately, Theodore Crawford is there with Bella."
"How did yo-" Natalie was about to ask how did he know that Theodore is at Cassandra's house but Alex cut her off and said,
"We don't have time for that, I will explain later." He mumbled as he got in the car.
Without any option Natalie and Eleanor got in the car. They drove to Cassandra's house at very high speed and reached it in 20 minutes.
Alex swiftly got out of the car and sprinted into the mansion.
BANG
Alex kicked the door with a bang but was shocked to see Cassandra kneeling under a man. The man had a foot on Cassandra's head. He had a sinister smile filled with pride on his face.
Theodore looked at Alex and frowned, "Hey! Who are you?" He yelled.
But Alex didn't reply, instead he just stared at the kneeling Cassandra.
Theodore then looked at one of his men and said, "Take care of him."
The thug whom Theodore ordered, walked over to Alex while calling, "Hey! Who are you?"
But Alex didn't reply. He was still staring at Cassandra.
The thug reached him and asked once again "Hey! Are you de-"
The thug's voice cut off. Alex snapped his neck.
Theodore's eyes widened in shock as he saw Alex kill a person as if squatting a fly.
"All of you…" Alex muttered, his voice sounding like that of a hungry beast. "...will die."
As he finished his sentence he ran over to the nearest thug at a speed impossible for a normal human and punched him in the face.
The thug fell down as soon as the punch landed on him. Alex then stomped his foot on the guy's neck, choking him.
The rest of the guys were frozen stiff in fear. Their hands and legs began trembling.
The guy under Alex struggled for a while but couldn't get out of Alex's grip and drew his last breath.
"K-kill him!" Yelled Theodore.
The rest of the guys ran towards Alex, knowing that they would lose if they went alone.
One if the thug tried to punch Alex in his face, but he dodged it and punched the guy in the gut.
He then turned towards the second guy and kicked him in the stomach before punching another guy in his chest.
He punched the guy repeatedly on his chest, the guy died due to the great shock his heart had taken. Alex then turned towards the guy he kicked in his stomach and threw an uppercut at him snapping his neck.
He then looked at the last thug standing, his menacing eyes, frightening the thug to his core.
The thug tried to run but Alex caught him and sent a kick to his chest. The thug's chest caved in *Crack* his ribs broke and pierced his heart, killing him.
Theodore fell Where he was, his gaze lingering on Alex. "P-Please, don't kill me. I will give you whatever you want." Theodore begged.
Alex however ignored him and walked past him towards Cassandra. He crouched down towards her and called her out.
"Cassandra?"
For the first time since she kneeled, Cassandra looked up.
"A-A-ALEX!" Cassandra stuttered, not believing her eyes.
Alex hugged her and said, "yes it's me, it's all over now." His voice, smooth and reassuring.
Theodore, noticing that Alex is distracted tried to run however Natalie stood in front of him holding a gun at point range.
"Hello Mr. Crawford, do you remember me?" Natalie said, with an amused smile on her face.
Theodore paled as he noticed Natalie. He couldn't accept his fate. But there is nothing he could do about it.
Bella, noticing that Theodore has been caught, sighed in relief. Her hands and legs turned red due to the ropes, but she didn't care.
'The most important thing now is that me and my mother are safe.'
...is she?