As Rose and Alex continued their relationship, Rose couldn't help but feel that there was something Alex wasn't telling her. She noticed that he would sometimes receive calls in the middle of the night, and he would always step out to take them in private. She also noticed that he had a lot of business meetings that he couldn't talk about and that he always seemed to be on edge.One day, Rose decided to confront him about it. She asked him directly if there was something he wasn't telling her. Alex hesitated for a moment, then he decided to come clean."Rose, there's something you should know about me," he said after a lot of hesitation. "I'm one of the leaders of a secret organization in the city. It's a mafia, and we control a lot of the underground activities in the city." he sounds as casual as possible, cause he doesn't want her to know that he also has his way among the country's big shots. Rose was shocked. She had no idea that Alex was involved in anything like that. She felt
One day, while Rose was out running errands, she received a call from Alex. He sounded frantic and told her to come to his office immediately. When she arrived, she saw that his office was in disarray, with papers and files scattered everywhere."What happened?" Rose asked her heart racing, feeling something was off."We've been robbed," Alex said, his face grim. "They took everything - money, drugs, weapons, everything."Rose was shocked. She had never seen Alex so vulnerable and scared. She knew that this was serious and that they were in danger."We have to do something," Rose said, her mind racing. "We can't just sit here and do nothing."Alex nodded. "I know. But we have to be careful. We can't just go after them without a plan."Together, they began to strategize on how to get back what they had lost. They reached out to their contacts and informants, trying to gather as much information as they could about the robbers.As they dug deeper, they discovered that the robbers were pa
"wake up," "Wake up you sleepy head," Emily said, trying to wake Rose up. "Heyyyyy...stop," Rose said, sounding half sleeping. "You've been sleeping for like 5 hours now, Rose. Are you sick? Are you pregnant? Or is the new guy; what is his name again, Allen? Uhmmm... Alex? Yeah, it's Alex." She said smiling foolishly, "Are you dreaming about him or...." "Hold up"!! Rose suddenly yanked off the bed looking frightened as if she has just seen a ghost. She started murmuring to herself "Where am I"? "I was with Alex and he saved me from those bad guys?". Emily couldn't resist asking out in a loud voice "WHAT THE H*LL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Who are the bad guys?" "When did you go out with Alex that I have no idea of? " She asked, clearly alarmed. "is it all a dream? Am I just hallucinating? What's going on here? Can someone please tell ME?? "She screamed and fainted. After 15 minutes Rose woke up seeing worries all written on Emily's face. Rose looked apologetically at Emily as she gave
After what happened last night and the strange dreams, Rose has started feeling restless lately. Her life had taken a sudden turn, and she didn't know where it was headed. She had reconnected with Jon, her childhood sweetheart, and the feelings she thought were long gone had resurfaced. But now, things were different, and she was scared.As she walked through the park, she saw Jon with a lady. They were laughing, and Jon had his arm around her. Rose felt a pang of jealousy and hurt. She didn't want to admit it, but she still loved him.But her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a scream. She turned around to see a man lying on the ground, bleeding. She could see a figure running away from the scene.She rushed to the man's side and saw that he was barely conscious. "oh God what's all this" Rose said while trying to get her phone. "Sh!t!!! Where's this phone" she said feeling frustrated. After searching for like 30 secs she finally got her hand on the phone and started dialing th
Rose's heart was pounding as she realized they were outnumbered. The Scorpion Man grinned maliciously at them, and Jon was shaking with fear. Rose had to think fast."Where is the girl," Rose asked trying to muster up some courage. "Where do you think" the scorpion man answered while grinning maliciously. It was at this moment it dawned on Rose that they were led to a trap, a certain trap that she knew nothing about, not even the person that could be doing this. 'who is trying to kidnap me?' she thought "Who sent you?" she asked coldly, "I know you can't be doing this all alone because I have never met you before," she said glaring at him. "Does it matter?" The scorpion man answered while looking at them with a dark face. "Please, just let us go," she said, trying to reason with the criminals.But The Scorpion Man just laughed. "You think you can walk away from us that easily? You're in our territory now, sweetheart."Rose's mind raced as she tried to come up with a plan. She kne
~ At Jon's Apartment ~ After parting ways with Rose and Alex, Jon came back home and opened the door to his house. He put off his cloth and was about to sit down when he suddenly noticed an envelope on his dining table. "I didn't put this here when I was out and my keys are with me, who could have opened the door and dropped this here?" he asked while murmuring to himself looking confused. He walked up to the table and pick up the envelope. The front and back of the envelope were blank, and the envelope was white but on a closer look, he noticed that there is a kind of snakehead on the envelope. It was so transparent to the extent that he couldn't have found it if he didn't scrutinize it very well. He opened the envelope and found some strange words written in a strange language and an address, but he was confused and he decided to check G****e maybe he would get the language the words were written off. He picked up his laptop and started searching for it. After 15 minutes of hard r
~Mr. and Mrs. Collins's house, Ocean Breeze Villa, Arizona. ~ "Hey babe! Where have you been for a couple of hours now?" Mr. Xavier Collins asked when he saw his wife opening the front door. "I've been trying to reach you but to no avail." Mr. Collins said, putting on an angry face but if you take a closer look, you would discover his gaze when looking at his woman, Mrs. Grace Collins was full of love and tenderness. "Sorry hubby," she replied "I was caught up with some matters at the Green Valley." Mrs. Collins said apologetically. "Ok, darling. I was just worried about you." Mr. Collins said. "Stop treating me like a baby, I can take care of myself you know," Mrs. Collins said smiling at her husband. "Are you sure you're not my cute baby girl?" Mr. Collins asked with a teasing smile."I'm your mother" she retorted."Haha!!" "Haha!!" They both burst out laughing their eyes off. "Honey, it'd been a couple of days now you know." Mr. Collins said while taking a step closer to his
"I saw them, the reason why we were hunted down before we came to this city" Mrs. Collins said with a pale expression "God damn it" Mr. Collins yelled with an enraged face ~ a few hours earlier before Mrs. Collins got back home ~It was during the daytime when Mrs. Collins was out running some errands that she saw some strange men in black suits. But that wasn't the strange part because there are a lot of people wearing suits in Arizona. But the strange thing and what sent a chill down her spine was the red scorpion badge on their left chest. And the scariest part is that she saw those men walking straight in the direction of the store she was in. "I know these men," she exclaimed inwardly. Then she began to remember where she has met these men before. ~ 10 years ago, Harbor Heights, Florida. In a secret underground room ~ "Bro you're so happy today, what's up?" Two men could be seen sitting down on a luxurious royal armchair, the room was screaming luxuries, and the architectur
~ Earth ~ Three extremely beautiful women were seen in a beautiful black car as the car was making its way toward Mr. Benjamin's estate. Rose appeared to be in deep thought as she was thinking about the conversation she just had in the restaurant. But soon her gaze started changing, it seems as if she has already made up her mind. Elena appeared confused as she was driving the car, she has tried so many times now to know what exactly they'd discussed but Aunty Elena will always dismiss her by saying, "It's a personal matter little girl, you don't have to worry yourself too much on it." 'First of all, who is she calling a little girl?' 'From her beautiful face, I could tell she's not even up to twenty-five years old, heh. And why did she always talk to us as if she were some big sister?' Elena grumbled inwardly as she continued driving but she soon noticed Aunty Elena staring at her with a strange smile on her face. "Oh, shit! Why is she looking at me like that? Did she hear my
~ Atlantica ~ Jon sat cross-legged on the ground while looking at old man Feng with a stunned expression. He was amazed by how vast the world is and how powerful some ancient beings that have roamed the heavens are. Old Man Feng picked up a green jug on the table that was filled up with spiritual wine and poured it into a little green mug on the table. 'GULP!'With a gulping sound, old man Feng gulped down everything. He took a deep breath and smiled slightly. "Here! Take a look at this manual." Old man Feng said. With a wave of his hand, the old scroll appeared again and it mysteriously floated and landed in front of Jon. Jon watched as the Ancient scroll landed and picked it up. He wiped it with the back of his hand while holding it. "What is this?" Jon asked curiously. "That's a cultivation method for a low-level mage like you." old man Feng replied. "You still have to build your foundation and make sure you get used to channeling and controlling the energy of heaven and ea
Lady Lilian looked up and asked. "Which room?" "According to one of the servants we inquired from, she said it's the fourth quarter on the fifth floor." one of the two guards said. "What about that old man? Has he noticed anything?" Lady Lillian asked softly. "We have no idea if he has already noticed but I know he would have been alerted and he would want to investigate the matter. Maybe the expert in that room on the fifth floor was doing something or was enraged and his powerful spiritual energy suddenly burst out." the tall guard said. "Hnn, that should be the case, you can go now. Let's see if it's some experts or it's a treasure." Lady Lilian said while picking up her Zither again. Both the guard nodded and immediately went out of the room. "Interesting." Lady Lilian mumbled softly with a smile and then continued with what she was doing. ~ Earth, 8:15 am, 2053 ~ "So why did you change your mind?" Rose asked while examining Aunty Elena warily. "And that's where my questi
Every expert in the large Inn looked up in horror and awe, surprised by the strange yet horrifying burst of energy. Inside the fifth floor. "Young master, young master, you have to control yourself." The old man shouted slowly while looking at Jon with eyes filled with horror. Jon was oblivious to the commotion that he was causing as he sat cross-legged, caught up in the new surge of life and energy that was coursing through his veins and the superb changes that were going through all the parts of his being. 'Wow, this is how it feels to be a mage? This energy…'He was surprised and started checking himself but the high cry of someone in the room suddenly snapped him out of his trance. "Young master, young master…" Jon opened his eyes when he heard the panicked voice of the old man and quickly looked at him but to his surprise, he saw the old man trying to stand up with sweat pouring down from his body. "Old man Feng, what happened?" Jon asked when he noticed that something was
~ Atlantica ~In a large luxurious mansion that was filled with different types of luminous sea rocks, a young man stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the exuberance field in front of him. The young man stood tall and was adorned with a blue robe. He was extremely handsome but his aura wasn't of humans. An elderly man walked up to him and bowed slightly while waiting in silence. "What happened?" the young man asked in a deep baritone voice without looking at the old man. "I receive a message that Mr. Alex has already arrived in our world and he is on his way here." the old man said respectively. "Oh? That kid is here already? I wonder what he is doing in our world this time around. I thought he was assigned by the master to be in charge of our organization on Earth." the young man mumbled to himself with a slight smile and then he said. "Tell him to come, I'll be waiting for him." "Okay, master." the old man said and then he turned and walked away. It would be surpri
~ Atlantica ~ Alex and his group moved closer to the guard at the front of the city's gate. "50 thousand ordinary Seastones to enter into the city." The guard said. Alex nodded and dropped two Earthsea Stones for the guard. "Here! You can have this." Alex said while looking at the stunned guard. "Oh…yeah, yeah, you can go inside the city now. Welcome to our world." The guard bowed slightly and made way for Alex and his entourage. But what happened threw everyone, both the few humans and the Atlanteans into a frenzy. "What? He just dropped two Earthstones?" a beautiful Atlantean lady exclaimed in surprise. "Oh, my God! Who is he?" another person asked in amazement. "Those must be very influential humans in the human world for them to be able to get their hands on many Earthsea stones like that." another person said. ******The guard looked at Alex and his groups as they entered the main gate with a smile but his smiles suddenly turned shrewd and he turned to the second guard b
~ The next day ~ "Ugh… agh!"Rose woke up with a slight headache, her eyes swollen and red. It was evident that she didn't get a good sleep last night. "I couldn't get enough sleep last night, argh…" she muttered irritably and stood up from her bed, going straight into the bathroom to freshen up. Ten minutes later, she came out and checked her phone. [6:30 am] I have to quickly take my bath and meet this person that told me to meet her at the Heavenly Palace Restaurant. "I wonder who it was and how she knew about Jon or even my number," Rose mumbled skeptically. "Should I call the police or something? Should I tell my Dad about it? No, no one can kidnap me in Heavenly Palace Restaurant, after all, I will have to go alone and find out what this person is up to." she said with resolution and immediately went inside the bathroom. 'KNOCK! KNOCK!' Rose's door room was knocked and Rose immediately yelled from inside the bathroom. "Who is there?" "It's me, darling" Mrs. Benjamin's v
~ Earth. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin's house ~ Rose and her parents wore grim looks while they were listening to what Rose was saying. "But I have a suspect" Rose suddenly said with a cold face and both her parent asked in unison;"Who is it?" Rose took a deep breath, looked at her parents, and said, "I met a guy named Alex when Jon and I had a misunderstanding and I thought Alex was everything a lady could ever wish for, unknown to me, that was nothing but a facade. He was handsome and hot but not as much as Jon. We got together pretty well as friends but not until I had a terrible dream about him." she said. "And what's the dream about?" Mr. Benjamin asked curiously. "He was a leader of a very strange secret organization and he was ruthless. It was as if I'm seeing the real side of him and I was scared. It felt so real." Rose said with a pale face. "Oh darling, dreams ain't meant to be trusted most times you know, you don't have to worry yourself about that." Mr. Benjamin said while
"Even though we Atlanteans tolerate humans in our great realm, that doesn't give them the audacity to be making impudent assumptions," Adrian Maris said with a cocky face."I wonder who asked him now?" someone whispered among the crowd of people. "His arrogance knows no bounds," another person said slowly. "Don't you know the Maris noble family? They are all full of themselves" "I see...!" Both the Atlanteans and the humans started whispering among themselves. "Next?" A grim voice was suddenly heard from the front of the line and the next person quickly moved to the front of the guard. "50 thousand ordinary Seastones to enter the city," the guard with the stern voice said with an emotionless face. "What???" "50 thousand ordinary Seastones?" "This is fucking daylight robbery" The people at the front of the gate started complaining in a loud voice, clearly against the high cost of entry into the city."I could eat my fills and even feed 5 grown men with 20 thousand ordinary