Cold-blooded Killer

"Let's go look for'em."

The emperors arranged for all their goods to reach into their houses. Then they set out to Benzua. The place that changed their lives. The place that turned them into what they are now. The place that left them with nothing. It was the place that changed Hogman's life too. Though in a different way.

They were thinking about their past on their way to Benzua. Everything was too quick. Their transformation from innocent mages to cold blooded killers, Hogman's advent into higher level of magic.... everything. All of these began at Benzua. They were thinking about their friendship and happiness. Now they donot even know what that word meant. They had a deep sense of loss. Yes, they lost something valuable. Something that meant their whole life. They were diving through a pool of emotions.

Hogman's disappearance meant a lot to them. He was their best friend. Maybe, the only friend. They drive through the lonely road to Benzua. Who would have thought that they would have taken such a close spot for hiding? After the whole world searching for them even in haystacks?

Ha! No one would have thought so.

Anyways they going to search for them personally so that it would not effect Hogman if if was something serious. But they still did not approve of Hogman's idea to go underground with a kid. And that too such a controversial kid. Both of them let out a deep sigh.

Louis was driving. Edward took out his phone and dialed a number. Somebody from the other end picked up the call.

"Have you done your job?" Edward asked as soon as the person picked up.

"When do you plan to complete it?"

"I don't want to hear your fucking excuses. Do it fast."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"Find those people fast and shoot them down."

Louis was a little uncomfortable with killing people though he was the best at it. Eventhough he was known as ruthless around the world, he still had a warm heart. A heart that only Edward knew of.

"Edward..."

"Mmm..."

"Do you really mean to kill them?"

"Why? Yes."

"But... they haven't done anything wrong."

"So...?"

"Maybe we shouldn't be that harsh on them."

"Don't forget Louis, they can be dangerous if we leave them alone. What if they cheat us and give away that location to people who might harm Daniel? We cannot let that happen, can we?"

"That's true... we are just not taking any chances right?"

"Exactly. And... you needn't be so friendly and kind-hearted. We are meant to be tough and rough."

"Alright. But killing people still gives me those creepy vibes.

"I'll take you to a psychiatrist then..."

"Eh? For what?"

"To turn you into a cold-blooded killer."

Louis opened his mouth in shock.

Edward had a playful smile on his thick lips.

"GOD!!Just kidding! Why are you so naive? This will cause you a lot of trouble. You trust all the people you see. It won't be good for you. Be firm. Have a stand. I'm sure you would have been kicked out of the mafia as trash if I was not there. You are easy to manipulate. Brother, be careful."

"Mmmm..."

Then there was an awkward atmosphere in the car as the two men drove in silence. The reached the foot of the mountain. They parked their car in a safe spot where no one would spot it. It was a place filled with bushes so they could hide it well. Still they called one of their men and asked him to remove the car from that spot. They even ordered someone else to kill that guy after the car reached their garage.

"Do you ever trust anyone?"

Edward gave an awkward smile and nodded his head indicating a 'no'.

They walked through the forest paths. As a result of the attacks on New Year day, the forest had burned down a bit. They walked silently towards the deep forest. They really didn't know where their friend was. But still they walked on.