Chapter 137 - QK (1/2)
The travel to the Blue Gang was unusually quiet. Henry and the old man Hesse were only watching from the windows without making a single sound.
Even their heartbeats were in silence.
”Boy, I will tell you something before we part ways.”
The old man took out one piece of paper, it was yellow as if it was one page from an old book and had been torn apart from the cruelness of the old man's hands.
”The missions are not the only way to recover your memories,” he gave Henry the paper and went out the car still moving. However, just before Henry could stop him from falling, the old man had already disappeared.
That day had been shocking to Henry, he didn't understand how the old man knew everything about the missions, the demons, Mellie, and even more, his own dėsɨrė. His deal was a secret between Mellie and him.
”What is going on?”
He opened the paper and saw a symbol. There were two letters, QK, it seemed to be a pretty old paper and the letters were vanishing. 'What is this?'
Henry frowned.
”Young Master?”
The poor driver was almost having a panic attack. He saw how the old man had jumped from the car as if he was not an elderly man that used a cane to walk.
”Go on,” Henry ordered without minding the almost shocked man in the front seat. ”We have to arrive in seventeen minutes.”
”Yes, Boss!”
The man recovered his wits and pressed the pedal. They were already a bit far from the main base of the Blue Gang, and the team was already in position.
** ** **
”I am bored,” Beth was walking around the second escape room. There was a screen with numbers, some hints were on the left side and many cameras with the view of her school friends were on the right side.
The poor kids were alarmed and in panic. Some of them were even crying for their moms.
”Oh, don't be cowards!”
”Beth, is that you?”
They can hear her, ”Why did you put me here?”
”I didn't do that, Jenny,” Beth took one snack to her mouth, ”I was also taken by some devious people.”
”What?!”
”Yes, I am locked in an escape room and I can see everyone from some sort of cameras.”
”Then, you should find the way to let us out, right? Or... we are going to die like the SAW movie, right?”
”Maybe...”
”Noooo!”
******
”Why do I have the honor of having you here, Young Master Mills?”
Billie didn't answer, his voice was in no way even near the one of Henry. So, he signaled Mateo to continue.
The man before them was an attractive man with long white hair and blue eyes. There were other people surrounding him with big guns in their waists and angry-looking faces.
”We came for business,” Mateo stepped forward and put a portfolio on the table. ”We hope you can comply with our request, Master White.”
”What do you have in mind,” the man signaled his Secretary to open the portfolio.
The man was showing serious and calm behavior, but inside he was excited. This was the first time the Mills Manor had reached to them, a gang of the worst reputation to make business.
Well, not the first time, because the uncle of Henry had tried to create connections with them, but he failed every time. He didn't even have the power within his own house, how dare he do chew more than he can take.
When the portfolio opened, the thing inside was a precious gem, a white gem, pure white. He knew what that meant. That thing was only a sample, a good and powerful sample of the thing they needed the best. White gems to boost their underground lab of illegal substances.
”What do you want in exchange for this, Young Master?”
”A seat on the Auction,” Mateo answered.
The man with long hair smiled and nodded, ”consider it done.”
”Good,” Billie nodded and signaled his men to go outside.
”Wait,” the man with long hair stopped them, ”why don't you stay for the party before the Auction, we can't let you stay away in this cold weather, right?”
Billie looked at Mateo and nodded. That was their mission, after all. An opportunity to infiltrate the White Gang Base to look for the treasure.
****
”Beth, how much we will have until our fate finds us?”
The little girl Jenny was on the floor looking at the ceiling. She was still trapped inside that room and Beth was doing nothing after fifteen minutes.
”I know you don't like me that much,” she said with a contained sob, ”but I thought of you as a dear friend, a companion. I am also in love with chocolate cakes, but I always left them to you... most of the time.”
'This can't be that easy, right?'
She pressed some digits and suddenly the room where Jenny was staying started to tremble.