"Kore!" Kore snapped out of her trance. Katrina was standing in front of her holding a broom. She wagged her finger at her "I let you have one day to do what you want, and you return just to stare off into space" she joked while poking Kore with the broom.
"I'm sorry we're slow Mrs.- I mean Katrina" Kore said smugly. Katrina laughed. "Go prim and de-thorn the roses honey" she gestured towards the back room. Kore stood up from her seat at the counter with a sigh. She grabbed a pair of gloves and headed to the back.
Bing! She heard as she entered the back room. She reached into her apron pocket and pulled her phone out. She received a photo from an unknown number. It was Aidoneus shirtless, brawling with someone. She blushed and quickly scrolled down to notice that it was Peter sending him pictures of his boss.
"I don't think he'd be happy you're doing that Peter" she texted with an angry emoji. Three little dots popped up; he responded with laughing emojis. She laughed, placing her phone back into her pocket. She reached out and grabbed a rose, wincing once she realized she grabbed it without gloves. Blood dripped onto the counter, splashing on the white roses she was working with.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed while grabbing a towel to wrap up her finger. Katrina heard the commotion and came to check on her.
"Kore are you alright?" she asked while grabbing her hand. Katrina knew Kore bleeds easily, it was the way her body was, it was one of the reasons why her skin was so pale. She was tested for everything, but the doctors were stumped as to why she bled and bruised so easily. "I'm sorry Katrina, these roses are wasted now" Kore winced at the pressure Katrina put on her finger.
"Dear, don't worry about that, they're replaceable. Let's get
your finger cleaned up so you don't get an infection" she walked Kore over to the sink where the First Aide was. Blood steadily flowed from Kore's finger under the flow of the sink. She didn't like that she was so fragile. She frowned. "Alright, it looks like it's slowing down" Katrina placed an antibacterial ointment on to Kore's cut and wrapped it up tightly.
"Imagine I had to go to the emergency room" Kore laughed "Finger amputated due to a thorn" she laughed harder. Katrina playfully pushed Kore.
"Throw those out and go back to what you were doing, silly" She smiled while leaving the room.
Kore tossed the flowers into the trash can, pulled the trash bag out to replace it and took the full one to the dumpster out in the back. She tossed it in, letting the lid slam close. She turned to head back inside.
"Hello!" a thunderous voice said causing her to jump. A large man turned the corner. "Kore, is it?"
Her eyes narrowed. 'Zen' she folded her arms and made a sour look towards the man.
"If you wish to purchase flowers, maybe dumpster diving isn't the best place to start, we have a shop full of them here" she pointed to the front. Zen approached; Kore stepped back making it known she was not accepting
his advancement.
"A little birdy told me you went home with my brother" Zen stopped moving forward looking down at the small woman. Kore didn't back down.
"What I do on my own time is none of your business" she took in a breath "And what Aidon does on his own time is his own business" She put emphasis on this name which made Zens eyebrows twitch out of frustration. She crossed her arms and stared him down.
Zen let out a thunderous laugh. His gut at the ball was right, there is something about this woman. Zen's smile faded as his eyes narrowed towards Kore.
"My brother has taken many.... ladies of the night home before, don't think you're special" Zen wanted to break her trust towards him.
"And?" she said impatiently tapping her foot, maintaining her stance. She knew what Zen was, and she knew how to deal with it. Zen scoffed.
"You do know he's set to marry Minithe, correct?" Zen noticed a slight twitch on her face.
"Whatever that green monster has told you..." She was abruptly
cut off.
"I arranged it dear. Her family combined with ours will be giant step for our company, what do you have to offer?" He questioned while putting his hand on his chin. He gestured towards the shop "Flower arrangements?" he
laughed. "Back off Ms. Catarino, or this
won't end well for you" His eyes glowed yellow.
"Excuse me?" she shouted, "Have her marry Hippio if she's so important to you, it's obvious Aidon doesn't want her. YOU DON'T OWN US!" vines started growing out of the dumpster as Kores eye's faintly flickered pink.
His jaw clenched as he saw a power start to awaken in Kore. His instinct was right, he needed to play his cards right if he was going to find more out about her. He turned and waved her off. "Suit yourself" he left
without another word and a slight grin on his face.
Kore leaned into the wall, completely exhausted from what just happened. Whenever she gets mad and her powers go off to this extent, she gets wiped out. Panting, she reached the back door just to pass out before she was able to open it.
Aidoneus stepped out of
the shower, adjusting his hair into position as he heated up the room to dry himself off. He wiped the steam off of his mirror as he brushed his teeth. A knock came at his door.
He spat the contents of his mouth into the sink and rinsed his mouth out. He quickly slipped into a pair of black suit pants and grabbed a button up shirt. He answered the door while throwing his shirt on. It was Adrian. He had the documents of the case that they were looking into.
"Thank you o fílos mou" he finished buttoning up his shirt, took the files and went back into his room to finish getting ready. He threw on a tie, his suit jacket, grabbed the files he placed on the bed and exited the room. He flipped through the files as he entered the kitchen to make coffee. Peter trailed after him.
"You're with me today?" Aidoneus raised an eyebrow while taking a sip from his cup. Peter nodded. Aidoneus placed his cup down. "Take the day off o fílos mou, I feel the need to be by myself" he strode towards the key rack and grabbed a set of car keys off the wall. Peter raised an eyebrow in silence.
"Don't worry, I'm a big boy" he joked, Peter smiled and turned to leave. Aidoneus grabbed up the files and headed to the car garage. Bing! A text message popped up. He opened his phone, his face pulled into a frown to see it was from Zen. All it said was "We need to talk".
"Gamísou!*"! he exclaimed while shoving his phone into his pocket. He wished it was Kore texting him. The last text he received from her said that she arrived at work safe. He clicked the unlock button on the keys, a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, all matte black blinked its lights on.
*Bugger off/ fuck off*
Aidoneus adjusted the seat and turned the car on. He inputted an address on the GPS, as much as he
wanted to visit Kore, he needed to go to Hippio's office to see what information his brother had. He put the car in the drive and smoothly exited the garage.
Aidoneus shot a text to Iris as he neared the offices of his brother. He wanted to make sure he wouldn't be bothered by any unwanted employees. As he pulled into the parking garage of Technologia, he received a response from Iris. Aidoneus rolled his eyes. 'Of course,' he sighed and parked his car, grabbed the files from the passenger seat and headed out.
As he neared the elevator his phone went off again. "I tried sending Minithe away, but she knows my Tricks sir, sorry" Iris wrote apologetically. Aidoneus didn't respond. It wasn't Iris's fault Minithe was such a snake. 'Ding" he stepped into the elevator to head into this meeting from hell. He was greeted by Iris immediately. She bowed "I'm so sorry
sir." She was immediately shoved out of the way by Minithe.
"Aidon!" She had her arms outstretched heading towards him. He ducked out of the way, completely ignoring her. He hastily headed towards Hippio's office, Minithe trailed behind him pleading for him to stop and listen to her. He stopped, causing her to run into him and fall to the floor. He took a deep breath and stepped into Hippio's office, slamming the door in Minithe's face. Hippio sat there with papers in his hands, he tapped them on the desk.
"Adelfós*, you know you're supposed to call before you are to show up here." His eyes narrowed towards Aidoneus . "We have a reputation to uphold here, if our expensive clientele sees you here, what would they think?"
He cocked an eyebrow towards his brother while setting down the papers he was
reading through. Aidoneus clenched his
jaw and spoke through gritted teeth.
*brother*
"I don't want to be here either adelfós, but this matterconcerns the whole company" , he stepped forward and placed the files in front of Hippios. Hippio let out a frustrated sigh, leaned forward and grabbed the
papers.
"The Hyperion family is involved?" he questioned while flipping through the papers.
"Yes, I was hoping we could use our cyber security team to keep tabs on their internet activities, maybe we will be able to..." he was cut off by Hippio.
"No, if they find out we did that without consent there will be an uproar, and our reputation will be ruined." He pulled a drawer open and pulled out his phone directory.
"However, I do have someone who works outside of the company
that might be able to help you" He wrote the number down and handed it to his
brother, he snatched it back before Aidoneus could grab it "I cannot stress this enough Aidoneus". His eyes narrowed onto his brother "Be discrete." He flicked the paper onto the floor.
Aidoneus dug his fingers into his hands, he bent over to pick up the paper, his brother did that on purpose. Hippio would create any opportunity to embarrass his brother. He stood up, slightly bowed and thanked Hippio. He turned to exit the room, Minithe was
pressed up against the door, she fell backwards, flustered that she was caught
ease dropping. Aidoneus scoffed at her
and headed towards the elevator.
"Wait my love! We need to tal-" he quickly turned, placing his hand up to stop her.
"ENOUGH!" he roared "We are done, we are never, I repeat NEVER going to be what you want. You used me!" he hissed "You used me to get to my brother! You are a snake!" He adjusted his tie and turned back towards the elevator. Iris snickered at how red Minithe turned, she was humiliated in front of everyone, her dirty laundry aired out for everyone to see.
Aidoneus popped his collar up, looked at Iris, he tilted his head towards her, in an approving way.
"Have a wonderful day o fílos mou" he smiled gently at her, turned his gaze to Minithe and scowled. The elevator opened, he entered and flipped off his brother while the door closed.
Aidoneus pulled his phone out, there was no service till he hit the parking garage. He placed it back in his pocket, tapping his foot while he impatiently waited for the elevator to stop. 'Bing' the elevator popped open.
Aidoneus started to chew the inside of his lip as he grinned. There were several men dressed head to toe
in all black. "Pragmatiká*? "Tilting his head and adjusting his tie.
*really*
The men had tire irons, while another had a pistol pointed at Aidoneus.
"Stop investigating these cases and we won't hurt you" One of the men stuttered. The security camera blinked on. Aidoneus glanced at the camera. He had a wicked smile plastered on his face. He turned his head towards the men, his eyes turned
turquoise.
"I pray the guards aren't here in time" he smiled sinisterly, loosening his tie as he headed towards the men. The one holding the pistol shot off a round that hit Aidoneus in the shoulder. The metal on the elevator groaned as he manipulated the heat around
him. The bullet was pushed out of his shoulder, falling to the floor making a metallic
ting. Aidoneus dodged right as one of the men swung the tire iron, they reared up for another swing. Aidoneus snatched the weapon from the assailant, bent his arm backwards till it made a sickening snap. The garaged echoed with the
screams from the man. Aidoneus grabbed
him by the neck and snapped it in one fluid motion.
The other assailants charged, while the other kept shooting off rounds. Aidoneus's ears were ringing from the sound echoing throughout the
garage as he smashed one of the men into an idle car, causing its alarm to go
off. He snagged the other by the throat
and used him as his own personal shield. Blood splattered onto his face. He tilted his head, smiling devilishly the whole time, it was a haunting image, this was the last thing the dying man saw. The last two assailants stopped in their
tracks.
"What's the matter" he coyly said tossing the limp body to the side. The blood on Aidoneus was vaporizing in front of them. The men shook where they stood, the heat emitting
off Aidoneus's body started to melt the soles of their shoes, his clothing started to let off smoke as he walked slowly towards them. He slightly leaned forward, stretching our his arms like an animal.
"YOU THREATEN ME! AIDONEUS DOUKAS!" he roared with an animalistic roar
that echoed through the garage, sending fear into the men.
"FUCK THIS!" the men turned and ran; they were stopped in their tacks as Aidoneus was already in their
way.
"Tóso lypiménos*" he grabbed both men by their necks and lifted them off the floor. Their skin burned off where his hands held them. Their screams bounced off the walls, the smell of burning flesh filled the air.
The security exited the elevator pointing their weapons at Aidoneus , the guards stopped in their tracks. The pure joy on Aidoneus's face sent chills down their spines. He cocked his head as a look of slight disappointment rolled across his face, he snapped their necks effortlessly and dropped them.
*So sad*
The guards stood there dumbfounded. They'd heard of the stories of
how monstrous Aidoneus was, but no one had ever seen him in action. They backed away from the scene as Aidoneus tightened his semi brunt tie, the remaining blood
quickly steamed off his face. He looked at the guards.
"Just in time" he grinned as he headed towards them. The guards
put their guns up panicked, Aidoneus waved them off and bent down to pick up the
files he dropped. The edges were slightly burnt. He looked up at the camera and
flipped it off as he turned to head towards his car.
Hippio's sat in the security room, seeing everything unfold. He
purposefully held back the security team, as he was tired of Aidoneus disrespecting him. He put in a USB drive,
uploaded the footage and headed back to his office, Minithe trailed behind him.
He stopped just before entering, turned towards her and handed her the drive.
"You want my brother back?" he looked down at the pathetic woman
who nodded. "Upload this, once the world sees this my brother will be back
where he belongs, and that woman will leave him" he handed her the drive,
patting her on the head "Then you'll have your sweet Aidoneus ."