Chapter 5

It's only been a month, and I've learned everything as quickly as I could. My classes were also not bad, thanks to Mrs Camilla keeping her word.

My life was turning into something else, and I couldn't believe it when I looked in the mirror. I truly have an old man to thank for everything and for allowing me to see things from a different perspective; I was previously in the dark.

I have some clients to meet with, and I don't want to disappoint my boss for the first time. She was nothing but gracious to me.

I exited my room and went to inform Boss that I was ready, but what I heard abruptly stopped me. I couldn't help but listen in. "Ma'am, we're out of girls; we need more of them right now." One of Mrs Camilla's gang members said.

"Have they taken the necessary part the previous time?" Mrs Camilla inquired. "Does she engage in human trafficking?"

"Yes, Boss and the newly transported ones were sold as slaves."

"I wanted to keep them first and foremost as prostitutes. Why did you decide to sell them?" Her voice was enraged as she inquired.

"Ma'am, the price was high, but I thought it was reasonable. I sincerely apologize for not seeking your permission." The man stated.

I couldn't return or knock because my feet were cold and my hand was numb. I was too stunned. This woman is not the ordinary person I had assumed she was.

I slowly raised my leg and returned to my room. What else should I be expecting? I always end up hearing things I shouldn't. The last thing I heard was a gun, a freaking gun. I couldn't believe she sold guns as well. I'm as stupid as she is.

I thought everything was about drugs, but Goddammit! That was just a bonus for her company. I had no idea I was about to cry until I heard someone approach me. It was Mrs Camilla. Should I end it here or pretend I never heard anything?

"Have you met your new client yet?" She inquired.

"I was about to say something, but you had a visitor, so I waited for you to finish."

"And what exactly did you overhear?" I was taken aback.

"Everything, including the purchase of new pistols," I stated flatly.

"So!"

I was perplexed by that; does she not feel any remorse after hearing everything?

"Would you like to resign?" I was perplexed when she asked.

"I'm sure you'll kill me even before I get my leg out of here," I admitted.

"Excellent,"

"Are you serious about gaining power from me?" She inquired, and I nodded. "Very good, you must be strong, you can't do it like this." Your father and mother were both murdered."

I couldn't say anything, so I just sat there and listened to her.

"Do you really want vengeance?" "Regardless of the cost?"

"That's why I started this whole thing; I really want to, So badly."

"If you're serious about killing this man, you must be capable of killing others." I was deafeningly silent as she spoke.

"I'll take your silence as a yes." "I remember murdering my husband four years ago." My head snapped out as she said it. "Why?" I asked the only question that came to mind.

"He wanted to betray me, he wanted to crumble what we had built together for the past 30 years and contribute to politics with our money. I stabbed him first and now control the entire empire. Isn't that incredible? In this world, our selfish desire comes before love." Her last statement made me reconsider.

"I believe that's everything you need to know about me." She added, "and turn the door."

"Won't you end up betraying me?"

I inquired because I was concerned.

"Cynthia, believe me when I say I would never do such a thing to you. I'm willing to have you right by my side, but only after you've completed your training flawlessly.

"Training?" I was perplexed.

"Yes, in order to be a certified employee of this organization, you must learn some fighting skills."

"When should I begin?" I inquired.

"The following week. Have a fantastic transaction with your client. I should leave right now because I have a meeting." She informed me and then exited.

I breathe out, that was a lot of information. I should leave too. 

~

He smell the white leather I gave him first and I smirked. Only if he knew how good that was, he will have even purchased more. He gave his bodyguard an eye signal and immediately came forward and gave me the money, it was a huge amount. 

"I hope to trust you," He said and I nodded, assuring him.

"Good," he said and stood up and the two guards tail behind him. My phone beeps an incoming message and I open it, surprisingly it was my boss. "Don't leave yet, he had a guard watching you over" was the message.

And I looked around slowly, I could not see anybody. This is truly a big game I put myself through. A message came in again.

"I will send you a new car, just get in and don't question the driver, let him do his job. You will be home after the stalker has been successfully fooled." And I reply with yes ma, before adhering to the information given.

That bastard asked if he could trust me, not knowing they were the ones who wanted to betray me first. 

I hissed and got into the car that was sent to me. Immediately I alighted from the car I removed my face cap and dashed into the boss office that was situated opposite the main building. 

"That was a narrow escape, you should be more careful next time" Mrs Camilla warned.

"Those scumbags" I curse as I fold my hand into a fist, ready to punch. 

"That was just a mere stuff Cynthia, you should always be alert." She said,

"Yes Ma'am, here is the deal," I said dropping the envelope on her desk.

"Very good, you should have some rest before your teacher returns in the evening.

"Yes Ma'am"

A week later, I started the training and dammit, it wasn't what I had imagined it to be. I was like a slave there. I was the only female fighter among them and they all took me to be their puppet. 

That was my new house, and I was asked to do the dishes, pick up all the cloth they scattered on the floor and endure all the pain. It was all part of the skill. 

I was to spend three months here, but a week was becoming terrible for me. I had myself all wounded even before I fought back. 

One day, I was humiliated and I cried out my heart, it was so painful, I felt abandoned and I badly wanted to end everything just right at the moment but then I look back at how my dad was killed mercilessly and all the weakness in me disappeared, I was back to being that girl who wants to revenge. I went to the gym and exercised. I punched the boxing badly as if I was punching my fathers killer. I punched until I felt blood cosy out of my knuckle. 

I remember what the boss told me, my first time. In fighting, "You need to attack their vitality, temple, upper lips, chin, solar plexus and genitals. Just their vital point and you can incapacitate your opponent." Was her advised. And I wish to hold onto that forever. 

"You this asshole, bring your sexy ass over let me fuck" I heard one of the guys say and I ignore, as I walk back to my room. It was a small room that contained just an iron bunk and a lamp with a mattress. There were about thirty of such rooms altogether.

I felt a hand wrap around my breast and I felt like an electric shock into my body system. That was the first time someone held me that close, not even an old man ever held me like that. I felt anger shoot through me and I didn't even realise I was already punching him to death until I was dragged out. 

"You just let me finish that bastard, he deserves to die, perhaps he might be my first victim," I said as I wiped his blood out of my face.

"Just watch until I finish you," he bragged.

"I hope to see that very day," I said and spat out on him and left the crowd in astonishment.

"Fuck you" I heard.

~

The final day was here, the day that determined how far my skill was. We were all given partners to fight with and the winner got to leave this damn place. 

I was anxious because I was scared of my opponent, he has everything it takes to fight. I can imagine him just bringing me down already. 

"Start" I heard as they blew up the whistle. Mrs Camilla was not left out, as they all sat on the high table and watched us.

I could remember her telling me never to let my opponent figure weak me, that was just an empty body. I had a smile at that. Back to reality, my opponent attacked me first and punched me right on my face. I was still getting used to the punch, then I felt another one on my abdomen. I looked up at my boss and her face was vague, it didn't show she was either happy or sad. 

I was nearly falling and my opponent was already happy he had brought me down until he felt a punch right on his genitals. I didn't allow him to recover and throw another punch in his face. I look at my boss and she had a little smile on her face, that was all I needed to finish this scumbag. 

I grabbed him from the shoulder and gave him the last punch and surprisingly he fell and I won. Everyone clapped for me and I felt that satisfaction. I was very happy again when Mrs Camilla clapped too. That was an achievement to the mystery adventure.

"Miss Cynthia, congratulations, you will now have your final fight with Mrs Camilla before we call you the winner of the day" I heard from the microphone and I looked up immediately. "This is not happening right?" I asked Mark, my new friend, about the skills.

"That's the rules, after winning." He said.

My boss came forward into the boxing ring and I became weak suddenly. "I can't do this ma," I said sincerely.

"You can't do what exactly Cynthia?"

"I can't fight with my boss, you're a mentor I look up to one day."

"You don't have an option, if you can't fight me, then trust me you are not ready to kill your fathers killer. Imagine me as one of them and fight with me" and I nodded.

I didn't have the confidence to fight back at first but her words triggered me. We started, and I didn't look at her as my boss but as a villain that killed my dad.  

She punched me hard on my chest and was about to fall. When I attacked her back and punched her on her nose, I didn't stop until I saw blood coming out of her lips.

"Stop," the microphone said and I quickly came to a halt. 

"Congratulations Miss Cynthia, you've truly won."

"Congratulations," My boss greeted me and hugged me. 

"I can't believe you could bring the boss down, that was the first record you break," Mark told me as he handed me a bottle of water. 

"Seriously?" I asked surprisingly,

"You know, the boss is the strongest woman I have ever come across, even at her age she could not be taken down. But you did it, you defeated her." He said.

"That was because she made me too, I could not have imagined that myself."

~

Early the next day, I was informed to have breakfast with the boss after I returned home. The dining table was full to the brim with a different variety of breakfast. Have never seen a table full like this. 

"Wow, are there any visitors today?" I asked because the food could contain 10 people or even more.

"Not, this all for you,"

"For me?" I asked again.

"Yes, you can go on and finish it if you can. I have a surprise for you in the next one hour, after you must have finished having your breakfast" The Boss announced. 

"I'm curious," I said anxiously.

One hour later, I was thrown into a dark pit. The hole was very deep and I could hardly see a thing from up. I was given five days to come out by myself without food or water to survive on. "And if I can't make it out before the five days?" I asked my boss.

"Then I don't have an option other than to kill you" Was her only response to me before she left. 

Day one passed by, in a twinkle and I could not come up with an idea how to come out yet.

What should I do?