In A Secluded Place

Disconnecting her phone, Jennifer started unpacking her bag.

She sighed as she sat on her bed.

She wondered how long she would be lying to her mother. Every time she had to go on a mission, she would lie to her mother, though she didn't want to.

It had now become her habit. She would always give a reason about going on a business trip, but she very well knew that her mother wasn't someone easy to fool. 

She had a hunch that her mother knew about her lying, every time she would give some random excuses. She did wonder sometimes that, why her mother never questioned her?

She hadn't dwelled on this matter until today, but now as she thought about it, there must be something that her mother was hiding from her, or was there some other reason?

Getting up, she decided to check her bedroom. 

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"Sis Amy, why are we going to stay here tomorrow, when we plan on taking them down today? Are they that difficult to handle?" 

Alissa flicked George on his forehead, "Do you think that sis Amy can't defeat such small fries, she must have her own plans, right sis?"

[A/N: Jennifer is also called Sis Amy by her fellow mates.]

The five of them were now sitting in Jennifer's room. A map laid on the table between them, which had small red dots marked on it.

"Yes, we will be taking control over the main functioning unit of Italy and then head to Los Angeles," answered Jennifer.

"Great!" exclaimed George.

"But how will it be possible? Are we five going to attack them or what?" Louise asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Who said we need to attack them physically to take control of the unit?" Jennifer had a smirk on her beautiful face.

"What do you mean?" George asked as he munched down on his chips.

"Alissa, you know what to do, right?" She turned towards the blonde hair girl, who was busy playing with her laptop.

"Yes, sis Amy. I have taken care of everything. All I need to do is to start this software," She showed them the complicated codes running on the laptop screen, "Once their system is attacked by the virus I have created, their main data will be displayed here on my laptop screen and they will never know that their information is getting stolen by us. For them, their computer will function properly, but we will be able to see all the information here and also we can handle it as per our wish." Alissa explained enthusiastically.

"So that means even if I change something in their system, they would never come to know that their software is hacked?" George asked excitedly.

"Yes, they wouldn't know, as their system would operate smoothly like before. Even if they do doubt that their system is hacked, they wouldn't be able to track us easily, since we will be watching their every move. We will be ahead of them." Alissa said feeling proud of her work.

George started daydreaming of how his days would pass if he were to handle the main unit of Italy.

"Ouch...who hit me?" He screamed when someone hit him on the head 

"Stop daydreaming, you will never have access to the laptop in your whole life, fatty." Louis teased George as he began running around the room, chased by an angry George.

"You dare hit me, you rascal. Come here you coward!! How dare you call me fatty! You just come here, I will show you what this fatty can do."

Ignoring the two idiots, Jennifer turned towards Alissa and gave her an admiring look, "Good work. It's time to entertain our first target." An evil glint flashed in her eyes.

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It was past midnight, the sky was dark and the rain was pouring heavily. Amidst the heavy rain, a black van was parked in the corner of a shade. Five people covered in black clothes were sitting inside the van, four of them had different weapons in their hands. 

If one were to listen carefully, they would be able to hear slight whispers coming from the van. But the heavy pouring rain swallowed down the whispers.

Right ahead of the van was an old secluded place, which was used by the Sherman gang unit. It was their base, from where they would conduct all the illegal work.

The unit was surrounded by numerous different trees and poisonous snakes.

Just like every gang had their unique weapons, the Sherman gang had one too. They took advantage of the fact that poisonous snakes were surrounding their area. 

They used poison as their main weapon. Hence the members of the Sherman gang always carried some bottles, which contained venomous snakes in them. They were all well trained in handling snakes and were immune to poison.

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Inside the van,

"Which route are we supposed to take now, sis Amy?" The chubby man asked.

"The second one." 

Ahead of them were two roads for entering the unit, the first one directly through the guarded area and another through the deadly forest.

"Sis Amy, why are we taking this route when we can just go by the other?" asked Louis looking in the direction of the deadly forest.

"I have my plans." 

Poor Louis had to shut his mouth after hearing the determined voice.

"When are we going to attack them, Jen?" asked Jason.

"At three, the guards will have a shift, so we need to sneak in between those five to ten minutes. And as per my calculation, we will at least need half an hour to pass through this forest unscathed."

"What do you mean by unscathed, sis Amy? What is there in this forest?" George asked as he tried to look out through the tinted window, attempting to find the reason behind Jennifer's words.

"Nothing much except for some poisonous snakes. Don't tell me that you are afraid of them." Jennifer raised an eyebrow.

"Eee… I hate snakes sis Amy," Alissa confessed in a frightened tone.

"Why don't I lock you with some snakes, when we go back to Paris? Maybe you will start liking them after spending some time with them. You will gain some more friends too." Jennifer smiled at Alissa, who gulped after hearing her.

"No, no, I am already happy to have you all as my friends, why will I need more?" Alissa forced a laugh and then immediately went back to work on her laptop.

"Have you contacted Leo, Jason?" Jennifer turned towards Jason who was quiet all along.

"Yes, he has reached there and has checked through the whole unit. The information related to the Carmel project is missing. Seems like the Sherman gang wants to seize back the Carmel unit."

"Tsk tsk...they would never be able to take back what I have already taken from them. They sure are daring, trying to steal my things- thieves."

While scratching the back of his head with a puzzled look, George asked "Sis Amy, but I remember that we were the one who stole Carmel from them, so basically aren't we the thieves who had robbed them. But why are you saying that they are trying to take what is ours?"

Jason glared at him and Jennifer's face turned gloomy. 

Noticing the sudden change in her mood and the daggers coming from Jason's eyes, George shivered, and immediately altered his words trying to smoothen the atmosphere, "Hehe… but sis Amy is the rightful leader of the Carmel group. Our sis is just great. Am I right, sis?"

Jennifer just ignored him, as others silently chuckled at his buttering up tactic, just then a light flashed through the forest.