14 Chapter 13

Once the Phoenixes were out on the main road, all of them had taken out their phones which were cleared from everything since last night and threw them in the woods while they were driving. They took out their earpieces and did the same thing like their phones and continued driving until they reached a roundabout where four of them split up.

They were quiet for a moment as Zara drove and Harvey kept checking at the back to see if they were followed. They reached a small village half an hour later where there was a beautiful lake and surrounded by beautiful yellow trees and birds chirping around. There was a maroon Honda HR-V waiting for them and when they parked next to it, Jackson stepped out from the driver's side. He nodded to them and opened the passenger's door, pulling out a blindfolded Carlos with his hand tied. 

Harvey grabbed his backpack and threw it inside Jackson's car and helped Carlos stand in front of the Dodge. Zara silently entered the Honda HR-V with her own backpack and sat at the backseat watching them. 

"Count to hundred, and walk forward ten steps," said Jackson to Carlos, "Do not take off your blindfold until you finish counting, I have people watching you right now and if you open it before you finish it, they'll shoot you,".

"Start counting.. NOW," said Harvey, and both he and Jackson went inside the HR-V while Carlos started to count.

They drove off and were quiet for a moment.

"So.. What did you do with my McLaren?," asked Zara, breaking the tension.

"I parked them in my safe house," replied Jackson.

"Have you heard from the others?," asked Harvey.

"No.. I threw away my phone in the ocean," replied Jackson. 

They were quiet again as they drove past the countryside.

"They're going to be fine, right?," asked Zara again, leaning her head on the window.

"They will, kiddo," replied Jackson, "Right now, let's focus on your safety,". 

Worries were still stuck in Zara's head as she thought about her family, especially on Leon and Raven. They're only seventeen, she thought to herself. They drove for another hour until they reached a signboard that said Eurotunnel.

"I'm sorry," mumbled Zara.

"For what?," asked Harvey, turning his head to look at her.

"For making us leave England, leaving our home," she replied guiltily, "Separating all of us,". 

"Home is not a place," Jackson murmured, quoting a scene from Thor: Ragnarok, "It's the people,". 

"He's right," replied Harvey, "Or Odin's right. But right now, it's just us, our little family,". 

"No matter where we go, we have each other," said Jackson glancing at her through the rear mirror, "Alright?,".

Zara nodded and gazed back at her window. Jackson got his car in line as they lined up for passport checking and by the time they reached the checkpoint, they all handed the fake passport that they got from Ben.

"They're all in order," said the customs service in uniforms, "You may go,".

Jackson took a deep breath and drove inside the tunnel, leaving England, their home, hoping that is not a permanent goodbye. As they entered France an hour and a half later, the French border officers took their passport in the checkpoint.

"Bienvenue chez vous, monsieur Dubois," smile the officer reading their passport. (Welcome home, Mr. Dubois)

"Merci, officier," replied Jackson, accepting his new name from the passport. (Thank you, officer)

They entered France, making it their temporary home before making another journey to another secure location, praying that someday they will come back home to England. 

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By the time Theseus and the rest of the Hunters arrived in Phoenix's safe house, the cargo container was successfully removed from the entrance of the gate. 

"Still no signs of the Phoenix?," asked Theseus, frowning as he looked at the Hunters who were panting after removing the cargo.

"No sir," said one of the Hunters, "Not one of them arrived here except for the team that pulled the cargo, but they left after letting go of the container,".

"Red Five.. Red Five, are you there?," Matt tried again in his ear piece, "Millennium Falcon? Star Destroyer? Razor Crest? Anyone?,". 

Jake shook his head.

"They better not double cross us," Theseus growled as he walked towards the cargo container to open it, "Freddie, check if there's a tracker,".

Freddie nodded and started to climb on the container while Jake walked around to look if there's a sign of a tracking device. Theseus opened the container using his fingerprint and he was relieved when he saw all of his cargo were still inside. 

"The INTERPOL tracking devices are still off, but there's a letter taped on it," said Freddie from above and he threw down a brown envelope to Theseus.

Theseus quickly opened it with Jake stood by his side to read it and Freddie climbed down from the container:

We've done what you want. You can keep the other five million. Thanks for trying to double cross us. Yeah.. WE KNOW what you were planning, try anything you want but you'll never get our sister.. (There was a picture of a Phoenix on the bottom of the letter)

"FUCK!!," Theseus yelled and threw the letter to Jake who read it again, "They took her.. They took my Goddess,".

"They knew," whispered Matt, "But we never saw the sign,".

"They're good at hiding it," said Jake quietly as Theseus trashed around angrily. 

The Hunters tried everything to track down the Phoenix but they never did. They managed to trace down their phones after a few days but all of them were wiped clean, every app and social accounts were gone and even their iClouds were empty. Matt tried to track down their bank accounts and security cameras but everything's gone. He even tried hacking down Zara's classes in her college but the administration website informed him that she had graduated early with excellent grades. 

Theseus was never the same, he grew more colder and crueler, murdering everyone that got his way. There was nothing that the Hunters could do except following all of his orders as more bodies piled up in their bloody hands. 

'I'll find you, my love.. Even if it takes me hundreds of years.. I will find you again'.

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