Raymond walked to the car. He opened the door and sat beside Mayor Mount calmly. He maintained an angry face. He should know he was upset with him. He remained quiet without saying anything.
"I'm sure you didn't call me here to show me attitude. You must have something to say. And you better start saying it now because I am a man of limited time" he raised up his wrist to check his wristwatch for time.
"Your eyes and ears" Raymond used the exact words Reyes used. Mayor Mount was supposed to understand that.
"My eyes and my ears?" he touched his ears. "Is anything wrong with them?" he asked cunningly. He must be lying and pretending. He must have known what Raymond was talking about.
"Reyes told us. That wasn't good" Raymond let out. It showed jlhis lack if trust in them or he had another hidden agenda.
"If you are talking about my microchips in your base. Then, you will need to explain to me what you mean by bad" Mayor Mount knew what he was talkin
Grace removed the earpiece from her ear. She was angry at the same time frightened. Something bad might happen to him.Raymond could be foolish and troublesome some times. He was risking his life and thought it was fun.Grace had to do something but she was clueless right now. She went to the computers. Raymond must have left following its direction.She punched the keys on the keyboard like she wanted to break it into pieces. She just couldn't find anything. Raymond didn't understand computer so much but it seemed he knew how to cover his tracks.She wouldn't get anything if she sat behind this computers all day. She made a call to his cell. She would use that to track him if he had not separated the phone and its battery.She stood up suddenly, stunned. Raymond's phone wasn't on him. It was right here at the base. She could hear as it rang faintly somewhere near.Raymond had a death wish. He left without traces. That was a very stupid deci
Raymond mounted his bike and rode off. He remembered a pub close to the center of the city. It didn't use to be a crowded place unless it had changed recently.There would be a good place to run off to now that Grace had decided the punishment for going out was to go out.He got to the pub and looked at the surrounding. It was quiet as always. Serene, it was ideal for a place to spend an hour of someone's life. To waste probably. Because there was nothing serious he came here to do.He sat himself around a corner where he would be less disturbed by others. No one would noticed him there.A barman brought him a drink. He sipped that checking the time every time. He was already tired of the place.Grace had really changed to decide something like this. Sending him away. She might be trying to prove something. But at least, she should have let him know.He checked the time again. It was almost an hour. He should leave now. He wouldn't make it b
An hour earlier, Raymond walked out of the base looking back as he walked away. Grace took out her phone and made a call immediately he left."He is going out now" she said with his voice showing some traces of sadness."Do not worry. He won't be expecting him. That thing will only indicate after at least twenty minutes in the same place" Mayor Mount said on the other side.Grace could not believe Mr. Dallas could just leave Raymond to go without harming him.That made him search Raymond all over when he was still deep in his sleep. He found a chip on his belt.She thought it was a tracker. And if what Mayor Mount said about their base was true. Tracker wouldn't work there.Nevertheless she sent a picture of the chip to Mayor Mount who confirmed it to be a tracker but a special type of tracker.It could notify whoever planted it once it was thrown away or passed over to another person. It had a way of detecting that using some body fe
Raymond watched Grace as she dressed up at their base. She was getting ready to go out.Raymond smiled, she was still very beautiful maybe that was only to him. He smiled subtly and looked away not to let her see the smile."What?" Grace seemed to have seen his subtle smile."Nothing" he said quickly and changed his face to a more serious one. He stared at her again now without smiling."Whatever" she definitely knew that was a lie but it seemed she didn't care about what might be."So where are you off to, now?" Raymond remembered well he had been grounded until he had enough training which he had not gotten."According to the information extracted from your girlfriend by Mayor Mount...." Grace was not able to complete the sentence. Raymond had interrupted her with a finger pointed to her face suddenly"Girlfriend?" that was what had triggered his interruption. "Who gets to be my girlfriend without me knowing?" he knew who she was re
Mr. Dallas walked over to Raymond who was completely overwhelmed by fear. He held out his handkerchief on to his nose. He shook his head smiling at him."You don't want this? Don't worry. It won't be hard. You won't feel anything" he paused,staring at him all over."Why are you shaking like this? You're afraid of death?" he asked pitifully.Raymond was afraid but he could see clearly. Mr. Dallas was not just walking the way he walked. He had a defect in his right leg.Raymond smiled inwardly. He had found his weakness. He braced himself for his incoming hand. He caught the hand."If you really like putting people to sleep. Why don't you just get a kid, a baby?" Raymond asked to tease him.Mr. Dallas breathed heavily and then sighed. That definitely hurt him. Raymond smiled."Why do I get the feeling that you don't have a kid or you can't have a kid?" he pressed further."Shut up!" Mr. Dallas yelled."No. Let's talk about
Mr. Dallas was very frightened as he walked into the Devil's palace. He had done something wrong unless that he wouldn't have summoned him.He couldn't remember what he could have done wrong. He had been obedience,responsible and fast enough in the best way a servant could be loyal to his master."Here I am" he knelt on one knee in front of the Devil's throne. The Devil was standing beside the throne south his back towards Mr. Dallas."Thirteen!" the Devil screamed."My Lord" Mr. Dallas answered quickly. He bowed down in extreme fear."I thought I could rely on you about this mission but I made a great mistake" the Devil was obviously angry for something he had done which he still didn't know what it was."My Lord. I have been nothing but a loyal humble obedient servant to you and I promise to remain so for the rest of my days. I think there is a mixup somewhere" Mr. Dallas had now affirmed in his mind that he did nothing wrong.And m
They started walking through all the places they had already checked. They both had iron rod in their hands checking the ground for hollow sound or hatch like the one at their base."Who the hell is that?" Grace yelled suddenly.Raymond quickly lifted his head up to look in the direction she had her focus. He couldn't see anything."Who is what?" Raymond asked as he couldn't see anyone."I saw a figure like someone just pass right now" she moved towards where she claimed to have seen the figure."Are you saying we are not alone on this forsaken island?" Raymond was already tired of this island. He couldn't think of it in any better way than qualifying it with bad names.He followed Grace who did not wait for him but hell bent on confirming on checking what she had seen."Wait, are you sure you saw someone. This place didn't look like someone had treaded them in months back." Raymond couldn't believe yet. The area almost seemed uninhab
Mr. Dallas came back to them. He looked at them angrily. He was obviously pissed by the way Grace had made noise."Do you want me to regret keeping you alive?" he asked to threaten them. Raymond exhaled calmly. He didn't have anything to say."We all know you can't kill us" Grace chuckled. "The authority to make that decision is far above your pay grade" she ascertained.Mr. Dallas looked disappointed. He was annoyed by her confidence. Grace was right. Mr. Dallas already told them the Devil needed them alive."But that doesn't mean I can't mutilate you" he took his threat to another dimension.Raymond was scared. He had already lost all hope. Except through miracle, they can not escape from this hole they were trapped in."It is just a pity. I'm very sorry for you" Grace shook her head. Mr. Dallas' attention was caught. Even Raymond was confused.It seemed Grace had a plan in motion."You are sorry for me?" Mr. Dallas repeated.
"You should feel better now" Raymond put the cup back on the table smiling."You mean the wine is good?" Grace asked, she was pretending she didn't know what he was talking about."No. Not the wine. I am talking about the daughter of the city" he had opened up straight, she wouldn't have a chance of turning his words around anymore."She's good, but her judgement is somehow different from mine" she complained a bit."Two different people can't do the same thing same way. There will always be a slight difference" he explained."I have nothing against her but I'm just thinking operating like this. The Mayour won't be able to back her" she was right about that."She doesn't want it too. And this evil people give more respect to harsh treatment like such" he added."I'm sure we are not here to talk about the daughter of the city" she was becoming boring with their conversation. She stared at her cup weirdly.They had come out to a
The computers pinged as Grace had said. Laura had been waiting for some time to hear that.She couldn't believe it at first. The pinging was not that loud but it was noticeable. She dashed over to the ammunition side and picked up the sword.She started feeling weird. She felt like she couldn't do this anymore. She stood there in front of the weapon. She wanted to take more than just a sword.But it would be useless to take what she wouldn't use. The computer pinged again. Time was going. She wanted to go but she was very much in need of a little push.Maybe she could just make a call to Grace. She would be helpful. They had become something like best friends.She hurried to get her and make the call. Time was no longer on her side. The call took like eternity to get connected, maybe that was because she was calling from an underground."Laura?" Grace said excitedly.There was nothing funny about this. It was damn serious but she had
Protocols were now being duly observed. Raymond and his accompanies were not allowed in until Reyes came out to them.He waved at them to come over."I'm sorry for the delay. Everything has changed since the attempt on the Mayor's life" he apologized as they walked over to him.They all walked together into the living room to meet Mayor Mount where he was comfortably seated."Raymond, Grace" he smiled to welcome them."And you, your face looks familiar" he pointed at Laura.Raymond was a little bit afraid. He wished Mayor Mount had not remembered when she tried to kill him."We met at their base" Laura said slowly."Yeah, I remember. You are that little girl that was in their base. You know I forgot what you were doing there that day" Mayor Mount seemed to have really forgotten. He was visibly trying to recollect."Actually, we are here because of her" Grace broke in suddenly. She was going straight to the point.
Raymond was coming down the stairs. He saw as Grace kept changing the TV channels. She seemed not to find the one suitable for her present mood.He skimmed down to join. He sat by her side without saying anything. She obviously had a lot running through her mind but she was obviously not going to tell him anything except he incited words from her."Maybe TV isn't what you need right now" he grabbed the remote,took it from and gently placed it on the table."What do you think I need then?" she folded her arms. it seemed she was not pleased with that."A good company like me,that has always been working even when you are stuck on the Millionaire Island" he joked.Grace smiled subtly. She was not enjoying the moment as she wanted."What are you thinking about?" he asked."That's my problem. I don't just know where to channel my mind" she shook her head."You really need that before you could channel the TV" he chuckled.She
Raymond was seated by the side of the hospital bed with a newspaper in his hand He wasn't really reading it. He kept checking Grace If she had woken up from her deep sleep.She would wake soon. She had been slept for a long time. She opened her eyes slowly and closed them back immediately like the lights were hurting her eyes."Raymond" she whispered. "Are you there, is that you?" she asked with her eyes closed."Why don't you open your eyes and confirm?" he replied her casually."I'm just confused seeing that in your hand. A publication? Really?" she had not opened her eyes yet and she was already taunting him."Are you okay?" he leaned towards her and asked."I feel better" she moaned. She opened her eyes and sat up."No, no. You have to rest" he quickly retorted. He felt she should be down there on her back.Grace was just looking at him with surprise. She didn't yield to his yearning."I guess I am still alive" she l
"Are you okay?" Raymond asked Grace. lied down on the floor. He gasped. He was exhausted."I have never been better" she said despite all the obvious pain she was going through.She also laid on her back breathing slowly to relax. Hugh sat and rested his back against the wall. He was devastated. It was definitely his first time to kill a man.He was seriously having a conversation within himself. He was raising his hand up above his every now and then.Probably regretting what he had done or he was trying to encourage himself that he had to do it."They say that is how you feel after you have your first kill" Grace chuckled and pointed to Hugh."He will surely get over it" Raymond said assuringly. He was sure of that. Hugh was a person with some facets of a bad guy. It shouldn't be so hard for him."Which makes me remember, Ray. You never had a moment like this. You never felt bad after your first kill. You are not very human" Grace r
Jansen had already heard a series of gunshots inside the building. Not long later, another shots were fired. He wondered what was happening.These guests didn't look like people who could shoot except the city hunter and his guy. And these guns were actually the guns brought by him and his men.He could denote that easily from the sounds of the rounds. He wondered why Dray or Morton or both of them would have been shooting like that unless the situation called for it.He was in awe what the situation could be. He was also having negative thoughts maybe his mem had been overpowered and subdued. He had to do something rather than waiting for them here.He brought out his handgun and headed towards the room. He waited by the first room and listened attentively. It was very quiet. He moved over to the door of another room.He was still trying to catch a sound with his ears when he saw bullets casing right ahead. He walked slowly aiming his gun forward.
Raymond and Grace had gathered all the others in Susan's room. The guests were definitely expecting to see this device they claimed to have found."I don't think we need to show them the real thing" Raymond whispered to Grace. He had already seen the hungry looks on their faces. The hunger to see what the device looked like."Let's just show it to them, to boost their confidence and make them trust us" Grace assumed. She must be thinking the guests might get annoyed if they weren't allowed to see it."They will be on to us soon, if we spent more time here without giving them a feedback" Hugh complained. It seemed he was urging others to hurry them up in handing over the device.He had been staring hard at Raymond and Grace as they had been having mouth to ear conversation. That seemed to have stirred up his anger."I thought you brought us on the fact that you have found this thing?" Mrs Summers said in her old weak voice. She must ha
Raymond and Grace walked along the hallway after everyone had entered into different rooms.Raymond attempted opening a door at room but Grace stopped him immediately. He was stunned."Things like this are not kept inside rooms. Vaults are built to house them" she explained."These people are not looking for treasures and not gold bars. It is something, like a part of nuclear weapon as one of them told me" Raymond argued."No one keeps nuclear weapons in a room also. They are hidden underground in most cases" she was still determined she was right about her opinion."Underground like basement?" Raymond felt she was making sense with what she said."Yeah" she moaned."Then let's get to the basement then" he asserted and walked forward with fast paces and Grace following him. He stopped suddenly."We won't get there unless we are outside" he said in regret."They won't let us go out. And we have to get this thing before th