SQUAD 3 Meets BlackArmies

"F*CK! That was close!" Scarlett muttered as she rested her back on a car trunk. She had just mugged a diamond jewelry from SKY. As if it agreed with her,the darkened sky let out a rumble of thunder. It would soon rain.

" That would be some real money at the black market." She thought as she wore back her female clothes and carefully concealed the stolen jewelry and started walking away from the car park.

"Hey! Stop right there!" A cold voice sounded from her back. Scarlett clutched her pockets subconsciously as she halted.

"Let me see your face!" The voice roared again causing Scarlett to turn slowly. The bodyguard then approached her with his triggered pulled ready to shoot if she made a move.

"Bruno,do let the young girl go. She can't be amongst the suspects." A colder voice said approaching the black sedan which Scarlett had leaned on before. Scarlett looked over. She hadn't seen the man before but he must be someone influential to be followed by military men of high rankings.

Scarlett watched as an officer respectfully opened the door for the Young Lord to enter and how he respectfully closed the door after him. Soon,the military cars sped across her with their sirens blaring loud.

"The rich are always getting richer." She muttered as she walked along the pedestrian lane when she suddenly felt an umbrella over her.

"You're?" She asks.

"My Master wants you in the car." The guard looked nonchalant.

"You can walk in the rain if you enjoy it so much." The guard added immediately not giving her a chance to speak. Scarlett looked at the angry sky. She didn't have an umbrella.

"Lead the way then." Scarlett replied trying to be nonchalant as well. She was however dumbfounded to see that it was that Black Sedan which drove past her that had stopped to pick her up again.

"Thank you." She muttered as she locked the door but the man sitting near her didn't bother to spare her a glance,she didn't care either. That was just etiquettes after all.

"Those are the CCTV photographs of what the thief looked like. A young male chap of about 21 years with blue eyes and curly hair. He stands about 4.3fts tall." The man who sat in the front near the driver explained. Scarlett took a glance at the photos the man was scrutinising on his iPad. That was the photos of her in the boutique where she had mugged the jewelry. She didn't care about that until she heard the man's next sentence.

"Old Williams, your sight must be bad. The thief was a girl not a boy and the colour of her eyes isn't blue either. From my observation,she seems to have slightly purple eyes which are rare and could be easily noticed. So she went for contact lenses."

At once Scarlett's hairs stood straight. The fact that this man could recognise the real gender of the thief and the colour of her eyes means he could as well know she was the one.

"What should we do now? Cases of stealing had filled Lancashire." The man called Old Williams replied in agitation.

"No need. She must have flown out." The man replied placing his head on the headrest.

"How did she manage to overcome the airport's security?" Williams asked again. He was getting frustrated getting dribbled by a person only! Valuable items of gold, diamond and even some confidential information pertaining certain things in the government sector had been missing for sometime now.

Scarlett couldn't pray less for the driver to speed up even faster lest this man should notice something.

"Old Williams are you really fit to be a senior FBI agent? She must be a professional in IT related stuffs so as to alter her details."The man said shutting his eyes.

"This is really absurd!" The man murmured.He wanted to say more but upon seeing the man's closed eyes,he kept his mouth in his pocket.

The rain continued spilling incessantly accompanied by thunder and lightening and even Old Williams slept off. Scarlett was jolted up by the notification that popped up. It was from Michelle.

📩 "Doll what's up? Scorpion has been waiting for the goods.He is developing a foul mood and you ought to return early."📩

Scarlett let out a small sigh which got the man glancing at her.

"Feeling discomforts?" He spoke in a neither light nor heavy tone.

Scarlett sighed inwardly. There were always errands to run. She wondered how many errands she will run before getting admitted fully into that organisation. She had never wanted to be part of it either but one thing led to another anyways the man shouldn't know about the real reason.

"It's just my girlfriends. They wouldn't let a day pass without partying and it's frustrating. "Scarlett replied heaving another sigh to make her excuse look real. There wasn't any reply from the man again.

"I am alighting at Crescent Street." Scarlett said. After all, that was the street closest to the alley where her house was located.The car slowly came to a halt and Scarlett came out elegantly. The car waited until she had disappeared into the rows of houses before speeding off.

{Devil's Alley}

"Girls, I'm home!"Scarlett yelled as she pulled off her shoes by the door. Sensing no reply,she dragged herself into the sitting room where she saw a tattooed man who didn't look friendly with some men who looked like underlings.

"The goods?" He questioned roughly.

"Who are you and why should I give them to you?"Scarlett asked in reply.The man sneered as he walked towards her until Scarlett could feel his abs on her chest.

"Newbies are always headstrong."The man snorted as he her jaw with one of his hands. "Who are you to question the Black Scorpion?"

In reply, Scarlett kicked him in his groins causing him to release her and slumped on a nearby sofa to tend his wounds. His underlings who were trained mercenaries charged towards Scarlett who immediately took them down with the help of her friends Michelle and Danielle.

"You don't really hurt a member of the Squad 3 and go scot free."Michelle reminded one as she broke his arm. Loud shrieks filled the room as Black Scorpion watched in horror. Those were trained mercenaries while they were women! Ladies!

"Erm! Black Scorpion"Scarlett remained unfazed as she poured 4 cups of Vodka "our first meeting shouldn't be like this you know. Although we are newbies in your own words,we should be accorded respect besides Squad 3 was already a mercenary group before you came to poach us."

"And on a serious note,you should show us a prove that you're from BlackArmies before we give you the goods. " Danielle chimed as she collected a cup from Scarlett.Black Scorpion had no choice but to show them the tattoo on his back.

"Here you go."Scarlett said giving Black Scorpion a cup of Vodka. He was truly from BlackArmies and should be accorded respect. Scarlett made a sign at Danielle who brought over a sack.

A mercenary from his side checked the bag for business and security purposes before nodding at Black Scorpion who immediately transferred money to Scarlett's account.

"To our future business negotiations." Black Scorpion initiated a handshake.

"To future."Scarlett replied taking the handshake on behalf of Squad 3.

"We'll be waiting for our admittance." Michelle added as she threw a candy into her mouth.

"Sure."

{BLACKARMIES CASTLE}

"Squad 3 is capable than I think." A man in black coat spoke as he swirled his glass of wine.

"They even managed to get hold of the Derojameda¹ we couldn't get. Impressive." Another added.

"And my most prized Diamond Jewelry."A woman whose lip was painted with bright red lipstick said picking up the jewelry which Scarlett mugged.

"What do you think? Are we taking them in?" One asked. He was evidently referring to the woman who wore red lipstick.

"Just after one test. Old Spencer, we'll be needing Lin Feng and the Whitman's Case. Squad 3 needs to see the world. " The woman said walking away which signified the end of the meeting.

*Derojameda: coined name for a rare drug in this novel. Please note,it isn't real.