EPISODE 17: The Secret Night Job

As the night finally took over, Sebastian's siblings left them alone which finally they could a short alone time. But due to the tiredness spreading throughout their body, they both fell asleep as soon as their body touched the comfy mattress of their bed. But not at all.

Sebastian woke up when his phone began buzzing for a notification that he needed to do. "Can I have a nice night beside my wife?" He sighed dejectedly before he placed a kiss on his wife's head and slipped away from their bed.

He prepared himself to handle a certain night job that he hid from his wife. He was in the mode of being the boss of the S Empire.

His bodyguard respectfully bowed to him as soon as he opened the car door for Sebastian. "Empire's Villa," Sebastian said to his driver and they headed off.

It was just an hour's drive from their house and once Sebastian reached the S Empire's villa, he was greeted politely with his men. "Welcome back, Boss."

Sebastian didn't answer and just headed inside to prepare what he needed to do. "Silva, did you get it?" he asked.

"Yes, Boss, and here's your tracking device, your silencer, and your mask." he showed his new upgraded tracking device, clean gun, and his black mask. "And be careful, Boss, I heard that he was a sly man."

Sebastian scoffed. "I'm even worse." Silva smiled and bowed at him since he was all set.

As Sebastian headed to where he was supposed to go, he saw a black rider next to his car at the stop light. He studied the figure of the rider and he smirked to himself.

"A lady black rider," he commented. "That's something." then the motorbike drove ahead of them as soon as the light turned green.

In just a few minutes, Sebastian quickly got out of the car when he parked it at his usual spot. He collected himself and went into his serious mode to begin his hunt. He just wore simple but pure black clothing from head to toe. He covered himself with his hoody as he simply walked around the streets without being suspected that he was tailing someone until the prey turned into a dark corner.

Sebastian smirked beneath his mask. "Finally, alone." He muttered to himself and he began to move like a wind. 

Sebastian stared on making some noise that was echoing all over the alley where the prey took the path on. The prey started panicking and feeling creeping danger in the darkness of the night. To add more creepiness to the darkness, thunder began clapping and lightning slicing the night sky. The prey started running as the rain began falling.

"Run." A taunting low and raspy voice began on echoing throughout the darkness of the alley.

The prey went on running in the dark lonely alley until they started to break the silence around when they panted. But no one could hear their frightened voice as they danced in sweat. 

Tracking Prey Details:

Subject: Ruen Stellinski

Age: 55

Occupation: Government Official and Hotel and condo Dealer

DEAL: Underground connection for smuggled firearms & human traffickers.

Code Alarm: RED

Sebastian smirked upon recalling the details of the prey that he was hunting. He kept going after his prey who kept running in circles around the alley while looking for a place to hide yet, he couldn't. He was being watched.

"You can run but can't hide from the crimes you commit." Sebastian's taunting voice echoed, making the man pray for his life as he ran somewhere.

Sebastian in his hunting mode, coldly smirked and went to the other side of the alley. When the prey thought that he was already safe, he slowed down from his tracks which was very wrong to do. The snickering voice of a man echoed in the dark making the prey's fear hit him a thousandfold. He peed on his pants. 

He tried to run again within his might when he heard a taunting voice. "Your time is times up, Mr. Ruen Stellinski." In the right distance, with a silencer pistol, Sebastian shot his prey's legs and thighs.

Ruen screamed in agony yet it was cloaked by the thunder. "P-please, s-spare m-me." he pleaded while bleeding.

Sebastian coldly said. "Sorry, but you mess with the S Empire." he shot his prey to death and let his men clean up as soon as he left the scene.

At the same time of Sebastian's departure without waking up his wife, Veronica opened her eyes. She quickly got up from the bed only to see Sebastian's spot on the bed was empty. 

She sighed. "Maybe he's in the office for something urgent." She shrugged her shoulders and then went to her own wardrobe to access her hidden room.

"Val activate." Veronica coldly commanded her own AI system that she made with Asa and her wife who was good at creating a very high security.

'Evening hunt, mistress. What can I do for you?'

Veronica was putting a new layer of dark clothing on her silk nightgown."Show me the latest prey from Asa's report." she said while tying her hair up and putting on her usual dark lace mask.

'Mr. Ruen Stellinski had just finished his meeting with Mr. Pendelton and dropped by at the Savage Hub.'

She was putting her dagger on the stealth that she was wearing. "Hm, he's a fan of alcohol," she commented but wondered as soon as she was done. "And heading to where?"

'One of the darkest alleys as a shortcut to get back to the next cherry blossom park.'

Veronica nodded. "Then I'll be heading out and make sure to record everything. I will check it later."

'Understood, Mistress.'

She halted in her tracks when she recalled something. "Don't forget to shut it off as soon as I leave the house but secure it." then she left as soon as her security system responded.

On her way, she was not riding her vintage car but she did use her black Harley Davidson until she stopped at the lightstop. She glanced to her left and saw a very well-tainted car.

Veronica studied the tainted car beside her, "Nice, Lexus." she muttered and went back on driving as soon as the light turned green.

She drove to the designated area without being tailed by anyone. She parked her motorbike in a hidden place not far from the Savage Hub before waltzing in the shadow of the night. She blended on the busy street when she found the tracks of her prey but she began to notice something.

With curiosity kicked in Veronica. "Who was that man?" she followed their tracks while walking casually on the street until the prey went to the corner. "Hm, interesting." She decided to head in a different direction but still in the area.

Veronica carefully followed her prey as it was being followed by a man in a hood. She wanted to hit the man but it started raining and her prey began running in a circle.

She chuckled slightly. "What a stupid man." She muttered to herself as she watched on the roof of the facilities around the area. "Oh, that man was fast," she commented when the man on how he catch up with her prey.

'You can run but can't hide from the crimes you commit.'

Veronica's attention was caught when she clearly heard the voice of the mysterious man in the hood. "That voice sounds familiar…" and the prey began running again. "Indeed a stupid man."

'Your time is times up, Mr. Ruen Stellinski.'

In the right distance, the hooded man appeared before her prey and shot his legs and thighs. "Ohh, that hurts." Veronica chuckled at her prey's stupidity.

Ruen screamed in agony from the shot he received yet he still managed to plead. "P-please, s-spare m-me." It was making Veronica chuckle but she stopped when she heard what the hooded man told her prey.

'Sorry, but you mess with the S Empire.'

Hearing those words, Veronica's attention began to watch the hooded man carefully but amused. "So, he's also the S Empire's prey…" she smirked.

Then Ruen Stellinski, Veronica's prey was now gone before her eyes. She was not the one who killed it but somebody else. She watched the hooded man carefully standing up and a simple gesture of waving a hand felt somewhat familiar to her.

"Well, whatever, at least my prey was already dead." Veronica waved that thought behind her mind. "Let's head home before my hubby notices me missing." She decided to head back home.

On the way home, she passed the same tainted Lexus car on the road but she ignored it. She just focused on her drive to make sure that she'd be home before her husband noticed that she was gone. But on her drive, she began to hear some horns and blasting sounds from gang riders.

She clicked her tongue in annoyance when they tried to catch up and race with her. "Stupid Horse Rider gang." She began accelerating her drive as the gang thought of racing with her.

But the route that she was taking was starting to get weird for the riders. She was swerving on the road as soon as they hit the highway. They were still racing with her until she pulled her drive slowly making them almost lose their balance before she drove again into a different route which they could not follow anymore. She passed a very isolated field before hitting the road again which was close to the residential houses.

"As if they could beat me in a race." Veronica scoffed and headed back to her tracks back home.

In a few more minutes, she noticed the same black and fully tainted Lexus passed her. She shrugged her shoulders with the thought that it might be her neighbor and just head home. Arriving at the house, she made sure everything that she was using at her night job was overly hidden in their backyard parking space. But getting inside the house, she noticed some car headlights heading to their garage.

Veronica clicked her tongue. "Oh shit." She hurried at her pace as soon as she noticed that it was her husband's car. "Did he go out?" she wondered but she snapped her thoughts when their main door opened. "Yikes, let's hurry." 

She quickly ran to their bedroom and as soon as she entered, she quickly removed her night job clothing before throwing them at her hidden room which automatically locked. She was supposed to feel relief when she began to hear the familiar footsteps of her husband who was clearly coming closer to their bedroom. 

"What to do?" Veronica's heart rate increased as she walked back and forth thinking of what to do. "Veron, think." she cursed herself until her eyes went wide when the door started to open. "Fuck it."