Fuoco dismissed her thoughts regarding what she saw a moment ago in Zieve's eyes and brought her attention to the others present in the meeting hall. She scolded herself for imagining things and decided to concentrate her focus on her work at hand. She greeted everyone while finding a seat for herself to settle down. She spotted one across the large round table and quickly rushed to settle in, hoping that she don't interrupt the ongoing discussion. Once Fuoco sat down she looked up and realised.... she was sitting exactly opposite to Zieve. Her cheeks begin to heat up and turned light shade of pink as soon as she realised it. They were facing each other and as their eyes met Fuoco could feel her stomach churn. He was looking in her direction and she could feel his gaze even when she was not looking at him. She begin to doubt her decision of going on this mission when Zieve was also coming with them. She was worried how would she survive the trip when he would be by her side 24×7. She
The site that everyone has been referring to until now was near a small town of Wheatley which was somewhere around 300 km southwest from their current location. It was located near the coast of a prominent lake and was one of their major personal ports for exports. The stocks group of companies was a big company and it needed to dispatch a lot of goods on daily basis to different locations across globe. This transportation took place by road, air and water. They had their private planes, private trucks, private ships and even private ports for this purpose. One of such ports was located at this site and that made it an important issue to be dealt with, as soon as possible.From the past few days, their intelligence department have been receiving reports of attack on this site and their goods being looted by unidentified people. Not only did it caused their company some financial loss but also made it loose some face in front of their clients because of the delay in delivery of the
It was five in the morning when Zieve got up from his bed while Fuoco and Nick were sleeping soundly in their rooms. It was still dark outside as sunrise was two hours away. He finished his daily business and got ready without waking anyone. It was around 5:20 a.m. when Zieve was out of the house. He took some necessary gadgets and weapons with him, as he headed to inspect the site and its nearby area.Their troubled site was fifteen minutes away from their hideout and Zieve had decided to go on foot to avoid getting noticed by anybody. When he came back around 7 o'clock and it was still dark outside. As soon as he entered the house, to his surprise he was attacked by someone. Fuoco got up around 6 o'clock and after washing up, she went straight to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the three of them. She made omelet sandwiches and stuffed them with different vegetables. After taking her share of food, she left enough for Zieve and Nick, too. When she sat down to have her breakfast
It was 8 a.m. when the three of them sat together to discuss their next course of action. Zieve told the other two that he had found some information when he went to the site early that morning. He said that his findings could help them in deciding the starting point of their course of action.He took out his laptop and placed it on the table before them so that all of them could see the information being displayed on the screen. He took out a USB cable and then connected the laptop with a weird sports watch on his wrist.It was a modified gadget and Zieve was transferring the data collected on it to the laptop. He wanted to share it with the two of them including his remaining core team back at Dark knight club. Once the data was transferred, Zieve disconnected the two devices and put the cable aside. As Fuoco and Nick watched him silently, Zieve sent a video call request to a familiar address.Soon, the line was connected and Joe's face was visible on the laptop screen with George,
Earlier that day, around 6 a.m. when Zieve was roaming in the area around his site, a vehicle came and stopped at the same location where Zieve was present. A man dressed in all black from top to bottom got off from it. Only his eyes were visible and they shined as he turned the engine off and took out the car key. Zieve managed to hide in time, so that men failed to notice him but as a matter of fact Zieve also failed to see him. That men, walked for a few metres and then looked at the screen of his cellphone. There was a red dot blinking on it and as he looked at it, a wicked smile formed on his lips under his mask. He took out something from his pocket and then begin to walk slowly towards one direction. He was looking around himself from time to time to make sure that no one was following him. He was walking skillfully like a cat without making any noise. Soon, he spotted his prey and his eyes shined with excitement. As he neared him without him noticing, he was looking like a h
Before the trio left, they made sure that they took care of everything (from small to big). Every detail was double checked. Fuoco proved out to be really helpful in it and once again the team got a glimpse of Zieve and Fuoco doing great as a pair. Nick managed to take pictures of them but this time neither of the two were able to notice him.Once, Joe got a nod from Zieve, he called up Stephen to inform him and his team that they were sending a team of three people from their company to look into the matter of those eight warriors that were send to the site, earlier. Stephen was clearly shocked which was visible from his voice, when Joe told him that those people were already on their way to Wheatley and could reach anytime, so, they should be ready to recieve them. Zieve had instructed to keep their identity secret, so, Joe kept it in mind while informing Stephen about them. Although, Zieve's team was confident that nothing would go wrong, he was looking at Nick with a suspicious l
It was still dark when the masked men parked his vehicle in front of the abandoned buliding where he had kept those three warriors tied, earlier. After he opened the metal door of the building, he went and dragged that unconscious warrior out, who had escaped from that place. He threw him on his shoulder like a sack and begin to walk inside. His mask was hiding his expressions so, it was difficult to tell about his mood but looking at his bloodshot eyes it was confirmed that he was not in a good one.Once he walked in, he turned back and ran a quick scan of the outside environment. He wanted to get confirmed that there was no one following him. As soon as he got confirmed that there was no one, he closed the metallic door and locked it from inside. Once the door was locked he turned back and looked around. Then, he begin to walk inside. The inside of that building was dark but he was walking with confidence as if he could see in the dark, too.He walked a few steps and then stretch
In that dimly lit building, there was a large portion towards the end that was covered in darkness. It was not possible to estimate at what distance the wall of the building was from where the darkness begin. Neither was it possible to predict what was hidden there in that portion deprived of light. There was extreme silence and except for the sound of footsteps of that masked men, nothing could be heard. After a few seconds of walking in the darkness, the masked men went on to find another light switch and pressed it. This time two bulbs turned on but they were not in continuation with those three light bulbs that he had turned on, a few minutes ago. Infact, they were placed horizontally to those three bulbs and had enough distance between them. They were also emitting poor light and flickering from time to time. This time almost all of the building was visible except for the corners that were still dark. The whole building was empty and looked as if it was abandoned a decade ago. A
Stephen was clearly harbouring ill intentions towards Fuoco and now, he was showing it without fear. She was his hostage, now. There was no need for him to pretend to be a decent guy in front of Fuoco to impress her. As his truth was already out in front of her, he knew he had nothing to loose. He had been dreaming of having her since the day he saw her for the first time but he had to keep his feelings hidden because of Zieve and Nick. He was on cloud nine after kidnapping them and sending them there because he was dreaming of persuing Fuoco without any disturbance from the two of them. That's why, he was very happy when she approached him in the morning and he didn't suspect any of her moves. Little did he knew that Fuoco was much more than he expected. She acted as if she was just a showpiece and didn't possessed real knowledge. She hid her fighting skills so well and made him believe that she was no threat to him that's why he was angry and taken aback, when he saw her fighting wi
Fuoco's eyes become red with anger and she was looking at Stephen as if she would swallow him. She was not going to tolerate his insolence. She was waiting for one wrong move by him and that would be enough to take things under her control. Until then, she had to bear everything and keep her anger under control. Her face had also turned red because of anger and Stephen chuckled looking at how angry she was. He moved a bit closer and begin to move his gun that he had pointed at her head to her face. The Muzzle of his gun was sending chills through her body from where it was touching her soft skin. He moved it from her forehead to her cheeks and then.... touched her lips with it. Her plum red lips were looking very inviting to him and he was looking at them like a hungry wolf. Lust was clearly visible in his eyes and he could be seen trying his best to control himself. He teased her lips with the muzzle of his gun and Fuoco clenched her fingers so hard that her nails begin to dig into h
Fuoco was ignoring Stephen's eyes but she could feel his eyes traveling her body, which was making her blood boil. She controlled her anger but Stephen was not going to stop there. He begin to come closer and Fuoco begin to step backward. But, after two steps she could not move further as there was a wall behind her. She stood at her place and begin to wait for Stephen's next move. Stephen stopped just a few inches away from her. She could even feel his breath on herself. She clenched her hands into fists in anger but Stephen was still pointing the gun on her head, so, she couldn't act rashly. Soon, Stephen raised his hand and begin to move it towards her face. Fuoco turned red with anger."What are you doing?" she growled as Stephen reached out to tuck a loose hair behind her ear. She was taken aback. She was wondering what was going on in his evil head. Inside that room which was next to where Fuoco and Stephen were standing, Zieve's patience was giving off. He was thinking of break
Stephen ignored her demeanour and the look she was giving him while crushing those gadgets. Fuoco's eyes were clearly filled with the intent to kill. Once, she was done Stephen told her to go back to her place and stand with her hands up behind her head. Fuoco did as was told and went back to her place. She begin to wait for his next instruction but it never came. Instead, he kept standing in front of her with a gun in his hand pointed towards her. Stephen smirked when he saw Fuoco obeying his instructions obediently. He was staring at her and his eyes kept traveling from her head to her body till her toe. Lust was clearly visible in his eyes and he looked divided as if he was not being able to decide what he should do. Fuoco could feel goosebumps as Stephen's eyes travelled and scanned every inch of her body. She could feel him scanning her but she didn't looked back at him. She ignored him as if his presence was nothing to her. She was just thinking about how to snatch the gun from
Stephen and Fuoco were standing facing each other. Fuoco could now see his face clearly and confirm that he was Stephen. He stood in front of her with a gun at her forehead at a distance of point zero. She stopped in her tracks and stood at her place motionless. Stephen smirked wickedly at her reaction and begin to come closer. He stopped when his gun touched her forehead. Fuoco could feel the cold metal and an electricity ran through her body. Her sixth sense told her that this man was not going to be an easy one to tackle. She had no fear of her own life but it was just not her but her friends were there too whose lives she couldn't put at risk, so, she decided to play along. Stephen commanded her to raise her hands in the air. Fuoco did as was told and showed him her hands to confirm him that there wasn't any weapon with her that she was hiding. Stephen asked her to take off her jacket and put it aside. Fuoco was taken aback by this command but she didn't had any option other than
"You hid yourself so well... didn't you?" said that man in a familiar voice. Fuoco stopped struggling for a moment and tried to look back at that man but he tightened his hold on her neck to stop her from turning back to look at him. Fuoco begin to struggle as soon as his grip on her neck tightened because she was feeling difficulty in breathing. She was even trying to speak something but was not being able to because of the choking. Fuoco was very much capable of freeing herself but she wanted to play along as it was not her life alone but her friends lives too were at stake. Although, that man loosened his grip a little as soon as he saw her struggle for breathing. Fuoco begin to cough vigorously as soon as the grip around her neck was loosened. After a while, when her breathing returned to normal she spoke," What do you think i hid about myself, Mr. Stephen?" After listening to Fuoco's words, a wicked smile appeared on Stephen's face. Fuoco had recognised him by his voice, despite
Fuoco was held by someone from behind and a gun was placed against her forehead. Her sixth sense was telling her that someone was behind her but when she had looked back at that time she found no one. She decided to go and check it later after tying that man she had knocked unconscious and that was where she made the biggest mistake she shouldn't have done. If she had left that work in the middle and had gone to look around to check if her doubt was correct or not, it would not have happened. Now, she stood there feeling helpless because her one wrong move would have put her live as well as the lives of her friends in danger. She decided to stay calm and wait for the right opportunity to attack this unknown person and free herself. The way she was grabbed from behind and the amount of force that was used to do so, Fuoco guessed that this person who was helding her was a man and he was a little taller than her. She begin to wait for that person to speak so that she could identify, who
As soon as Fuoco realised that there was a possibility of involvement of any of those three old groups that his uncle had mentioned and she had forgotten about them, she decided to use this man fighting with her as the source of information to reach those masters behind him. She had by far identified the fighting techniques he was using and she was trained to tackle as well as defeat such an opponent by her Uncle Shera. So, without wasting much time she dodged his attack and did an overhead flip to jump towards his backside. Now, she was facing his back and before he could turn towards her or anticipate her next move, she used both of her hands to attack him. She aimed towards the right side of his neck and with her one hand attacked it with lightening speed while used her another hand to attack one specific place on her lower back. She had attacked specific points of his body with a specific goal in mind- to make him loose his consciousness. Her attack was so swift that the man in bl
Fuoco had recognised the fighting style of that man in black. Both of them were giving a tough fight to each other and now, that man had begin to slow down because he had used a lot of his energy. He had therefore received minor injuries following Fuoco's attack on him that he couldn't dodge timely. He was feeling weaker while Fuoco on the other hand didn't looked tired at all and this was because of her regular training and healthy diet. She was trained to keep fighting for long hours, without getting tired, by using moves that saved a lot of her energy. Her training was monitored by both her father and Uncle Shera since she begin training as a child. Luckily, despite being in coma for seven long years her body hadn't forgotten any of the training she received in her childhood before that uneventful night. As a result, she was able to make a come back in such a short span of time. Fuoco didn't seemed even a bit of flustered and was looking cool as if it was a game of children for he