For his day at the hotel, Richard's room was a big one, a big suit. He spent his night in the suit.
Not like he had no room for him, but the room given to him, despite being close to Richard was even smaller than the living room in Richard's suit...
Plus, he got to play cards with the other bodyguard, Miles.
They took turns at night even when they were still in Aether, Miles was used to this and Mike had an image to keep for himself.
Also, he had experience in staying sleepless for some days.
The next day, they went to the airport and left. This time, they used a private jet again, as expected.
But Richard had to get a pilot and co-pilot, so the jet, despite being a little smaller than the one he used when following Rose, felt not very empty.
The travel took some time, they left the airport in the early morning.
Richard directly used the time to sleep, Mike was surprised at how quick some people can sleep,
More if that person sleeping already had a good rest before.
It was morning after all.
The travel was really slow even using a jet.
By the first hours, he chatted or played cards with Miles.
The next hours felt so boring that he even went to sleep.
And when he woke up, they were already over Aotheles territory.
It was afternoon and the travel took quite some time, Aotheles Union was big, but the place they were supposed to go first was not too deep into the territory.
They soon landed and went to common procedures, despite being his bodyguard, and a special bodyguard at that, problems quickly started.
The man inspecting them was doing the right procedures in Aotheles, inspecting the weapons, tools, and so on.
-"Dam, you are not even inspecting the luggage correctly... Man... oh, someone's doing that? As expected from Aotheles then..."-
-Sir, your weapon, I am afraid is not legal to hold it here - Said the man, he was pointing at the special antiPhySEC pistol.
On the side, Miles had the same problem.
-And also, that sword... - He looked at the sword, not knowing it was more special than it looked like.
Mike started to think of an excuse, he could not lend his loved/sword to another person, especially since he could not use his ability to attack without it.
But the next words helped him to be free of worries -It's ok I guess, is just a sword, and doesn't look like antiPhySEC material anyway-
He was lucky, being an officer from Aether he would get his sword stolen even when it was legal.
Mike had no worries giving the antiPhySEC pistol and ammo, on the other hand, it took some time for Miles.
How can he have that weapon if he never got the license for it? Easy answer, he worked for Richard Stone, nothing out of the ordinary in Aether or Redzen.
They took their antiPhySEC weapons (except for Mike's sword) but let them their normal weapons and antiPhySEC protection.
Yes, protection. Richard had a protection vest for PhySEC-related attacks.
-"Doesn't he have enough with bodyguards? Does he wear that thing regularly or is it just because we are at Aotheles?... tsk tsk... smart man"-
They left the airport later, lucky pilots who got their way easily out of problem.
But the pilots left for their own way, they were contracted by Richard, but still had nothing to do with him during his business here.
They stayed in the hotel for the evening, ate, did their usual things, and then... nothing, just morning again.
Richard was being guided by some kind of assistant when he arrived, the same man that was guiding him today again.
It didn't look like Richard was in problems, for Mike, it was just the typical political rules, the order to do things,
Simply put, politics made him keep his life. Even politicians from Aotheles can't get rid of rules if they want to make the right decisions.
The two bodyguards followed Richard for the day, it was mostly simple meetings and very few businesses.
Was Richard taking a little vacation or was he here for business? It seemed the first.
Night soon arrived and Mike was eating dinner in the hotel, in the room, he saw Miles clicking his tongue, he seemed annoyed.
-Is something not going right? - He asked, and Miles kept using his phone while talking.
-The pilots are not responding, none of the two-
-Maybe they are without WI-FI around? Is not like their number will work here, right? -He asked innocently.
-They have numbers that work in this country, that's why it is strange, if none of them answers by tomorrow morning...-
-What will happen? -
-Not much, we would need time to search for another pilot so I better hurry and sleep so I am not tired tomorrow-
-Sure man, not a problem _ "Bastard, don't tell me you are using an excuse to not take a night shift? I will wake you up tonight anyway, fucker"- Mike cursed while looking at Miles leaving,
Miles' bedroom was just in the same suit as Richard's, it was quick to answer any emergency that way, also Mike's bedroom was too in the same suit.
After finishing the late dinner he went to the window, in there he saw some of the cars that followed them today, looks like Richard could not be arrested easily, but still they had some people following every step.
But then, Mike noticed something not too far away.
The cars that followed them all day since arriving were more far away...
-"Then those cars closer... I hope is just a coincidence"-
Mike tried to keep calm but also took a note of it, he got his sword behind him, hanging on his hip, and made a quick check at the ammo in the gun.
No move was being made outside, so he just used the time to practice his ability.
He sat cross-legged on the ground and used the invisible Bloody Hand to search around.
Since improving every day and his ability advancing to the next phase, the distance he can reach is more than before.
He started going around 10 meters around him, he soon reached the wall and went past all things around, reaching the window,
It was closed and had no intention of opening for now; the night was cold, and the suit was warm.
He kept moving his ability and reached a door, he was about to keep going but felt like he could pass his Bloody hand below the door.
He could usually not do it since it was hard to control when going through small apertures. But after all the training he tried to do so, it would not be that hard.
Indeed, he got the Bloody Hand to the other side of the door and notices that doing so reduced the maximum distance of the hand.
He would usually go at a maximum of 15 meters when training slowly, but this time he got stuck at 12 and would not go further without exhausting himself.
He found the window of the room anyway, barely. It was Richard's bedroom; he knew it before in any case.
But the window had some kind of unusual vibration, and he could not find the reason, maybe wind?
He then remembers the cars outside and gets up calmly, not wanting to show any look of alarm.
Wandered around but getting closer to Richard's room door, that way his ability could reach the window, and indeed there was something strange.
He went to the window in the living room where he was already, and changed his mind and opened the window, he didn't take his head to see outside, towards the bedroom window,
But instead took a look at the cars outside, he thought he saw someone alarming but acted calm, and used his ability to feel what was the movement on the other window.
In there, he quickly forgot to not show alarm and ran towards Richard's bedroom.
The door wasn't locked, and as soon as he got inside, he took his pistol and aimed at the man passing through the window.
It looked like they were cutting the crystal without making noise and planned to get Richard without making any sound.
-Stay still! Don't move! - Mike's voice was high enough to wake the people in the suit.
The masked man reacted quickly and ran to cover, he didn't want to surrender so quickly.
Mike pulled the trigger, not wanting to give the other the chance to counterattack him.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* if someone was not awake already, the pistol would wake them up.
He shot quick without even wanting to give him a chance, even the other person was surprised at how quick he thought, but sadly for Mike, the bullets failed.
Three bullets, all failed? Mike's aim was not bad, to fail three shots.
The other person was already covered and Richard ran towards Mike, he already judged the situation quickly,
And Even Miles was already entering the room.
Then Mike understood something.
-"That's not the person I saw when using my ability at the window"- He looked up and, in the window, there was someone else.
It all happened in the blink of an eye. It took them so few moments to quickly prepare to attack, the one that was inside had already got his pistol, and the other...
The one in the window was holding the rope that made him stay outside the building without problems, it was not like he had no way to get his gun in hand,
But showed a strange confidence there.
Soon, the man inside started answering the fire, Mike reacted and got to cover Richard, passed him to Mile's hands, and could not stop thinking that he was the one defending the terrorist here.
Was he the villain in front of the other people's eyes? But again, if he failed his mission, wouldn't that bring shame to his reputation? -"Life is hard even for the bad guys huh?"-