Chapter 14

I followed the man into a narrow alley. I reduce my aura so he won't feel my presence.  I don't know if I needed to do that for he's just an ordinary man, but I still did. The man's figure mixed up with the crowd in the busy road of the city. It won't be easy to identify him by sight, but not by smell. I was still able to follow him until he rode in a taxi. I know he's heading to Tucky Corporation. That ride will take him several minutes, and I just need seconds to teleport to reach there. This time, I know I don't need to follow him anymore. I stood by the side of the pavement and watched the taxi moving along with other vehicles.

"Akira, where are you?" Hunter spoke to me using our mind link. 

"Nowhere," I answered.

"Come see me." There's urgency in his voice.

"Not now, Hunter. I'll just go back to you after I'm done with something." I told him.

"Alright, but I hope you connect with me soon. This is urgent." He said helplessly.

"Okay." 

I wanted to find out what Hunter has to tell me, but firstly, I need to save Catherine and Isabel. I can't teleport here because lots of people are passing by. So I walked a little more steps until I reached an uncrowded part and immediately disappeared. I emerged in front of a huge warehouse. Nothing looks different here. I hear some worker's voices while doing their job as well as the grinding sound of different machines. A group of workers is coming my way so I hid in between the tall piles of sacks. These sacks contain pig feed. Tucky Corporation is one of the leading companies in pig feed production. I took a peek at them and saw eight men in their worker's suits. 

"I'm not kidding, I heard grunts from the room at the far end of the warehouse." One man said.

"Dude, we produce pig feed but we don't raise pigs here. There's no way you'll hear grunts there unless it's some other grunts." The other man said and laughed sinfully. Other men laughed with him too.

"Crazy. But whether you want to believe or not. I heard something there. There were even cracking sounds like there's someone in there."

They continued talking and laughing while their silhouettes faded my sight. That must be where Catherine and Isabel are. I went out of hiding and walked inside the warehouse with big strides.  Some sacks are piled neatly on both sides giving a narrow passageway that would only fit for one vehicle. However, when I was already inside, I saw a spacious space in the middle. I immediately hid again when I realized that someone was in the receiving area. Thankfully, he did not see me. I wandered my sight and saw a forklift and some other types of raising and transporting vehicles. This is like any usual warehouse but is much wider inside than I thought. If I heard it right, according to one of the men, there's a room at the far end of this warehouse. I have to check it on myself. I glanced at the side and found a narrow passage between shelves filled with sacks. I overheard some of the workers talking at the other side of the tall pile of sacks. My pace is very careful. I don't want to catch their attention. I walked for around twenty meters and stopped when I heard someone coming. Not far from where I stand, I see rows of rooms and read the signage for each of them. There are offices of different departments. Another room at the far end caught my attention. It is locked up with chains and big padlocks. It has signage that reads "Unauthorized person not allowed". 

"That must be the room that I am looking for," I told myself. 

When I was already sure that no one is around, I made my way towards it. I held the chain and padlocks in my hands. How will I destroy these without making noise? I tried to use my strong olfactory senses but smelled mixed-up things. The rusty smell of the chains made me sneeze. Luckily, no one seemed to hear me. I wiped my nose with the back of my palms.

"Mmmm, mmmm,"

I heard the sound from inside like there's someone who wants to scream. Must it be the women? I must find out. Just when I was about to teleport when I heard an angry baritone voice of a man. 

"Hey, what are you doing here!? Are you a new employee?" 

I turned around and saw an armed man. He must be the one guarding this room.

"Didn't you see this signage!?" He pointed to the signage I read a while ago. 

"I'm sorry I can't read," I answered him flatly. 

He scorned before giving me an examining look. "You're a pretty woman yet you can't read? What a disgrace. How were you able to get a position in this company?" There's a sound of indifference in his tone. 

"You know what, you've got a problem with your tongue." I looked and gave him a sardonic grin.

The man's face went pale and he looked irritated by my remarks. As I have expected, he moved forward and held my right arm. 

"I don't care what you think of me. You get out of here before I lose my temper!" 

He dragged me away from the locked room. We are already ten feet away I stopped walking. He too had stopped. 

"How rude of you treating a woman like this!" I scolded him.

"Ah, you want me to treat you gentlemanly?"

A devilish smile flashed his lips. He bent as if he would carry me but I was quick to slap him. Slapping is a very weak act. That's so feminine, but I want to practice my acting skill and more so, to infuriate the man.

"Sorry, but my hand is unrestricted, so it's easy to slap your ugly face," I said with my lips curving into a teasing grin.