5 are enough

Konny stayed silent a few moments, pondering on what Jamal and Volga just said to her before she opened her mouth to reply while pronouncing each of her words, " if I understand clearly, you're proposing to send only one team to deal with Phil's entire army? " She then completed without giving anyone the time to respond, " That's completely insane ".

" It's not exactly what I have said, " Jamal shook his head and corrected her, " my plan is to send a team to confirm or clarify our doubts about their number, their location, and the power of their army ".

She clapped her tongue in opposition, " that's almost what I have said, you're asking me to send our best warriors, alone, for some pieces of information. They would be doomed. It's as if you're telling me to sacrifice them. What kind of leader are you? "

Behind him, people started to whisper their indignation at each other and the complaints were becoming louder and louder, his colleagues sitting next to him started to worry as they, too, could hear those bad comments but Jamal still stayed calm, he understood exactly what she was trying to do and he didn't plan to let this situation persist.

" That is not the case at all, I think you have misheard some parts of the plan, those people are asked to come back safely so that they will lead the army in the final raid which will, by the way, get a higher probability of success, " Jamal responded while staring at Konny, the latter didn't get intimidated and supported his sight without blinking. " With such a short number, not a single member of that team would be able to make it alive, you have said it yourself, their number is not to be underestimated and Phil's must know this city more than anyone, once they would get in Phil's territory that would be finished," she said back to him.

The corner of his lips spread to reveal a nice little smirk, Jamal replied, " I don't know about the members of your army, " he spread his arms at both sides, " but among us, I already know people who can accomplish such a mission ".

At that moment, she was out of argument and Jamal could feel that. Jamal understood that, for some reason, she wanted to turn the opinion of the army, he was leading, against him by making him take the role of the bad man who wanted to sacrifice his comrades, however, she didn't have expected that he would be crazy enough to propose himself for such a suicidal mission.

Konny tightened her fist, very irritated while glaring at him for a while and suddenly, something changed in her eyes, she sighed and said, " alright, if you say you can handle that let's proceed as you want, but for my part, I don't have any soldiers who can do a mission like that, even I, I'm not sure I can make it myself ".

" So it's settled, I will take my team to go inspect that zone, " Jamal concluded, he continued by making another suggestion, " and how about carrying away that mission today so that tomorrow morning we can throw our attack and finish them in one blow? "

The atmosphere was quiet in the hall, everyone was staring at Konny, and the truth was that Jamal like particularly the fact that such kind of decisions was settled in a vote, but here the decision of Konny was so awaited that it gave him the impression that she was the only one to decide and only her opinion counted. It seemed that she was aware of that preference of his and as such, she was purposely prolonging the wait to irritate him, but it was not such easy to get him on his nerves as Jamal didn't let any of his emotions leaked out on his face, he remained serene until she finally spoke.

[ She got sick of waiting pointlessly, it seems like I have more patience than her in the end ] Jamal smiled in his inside.

" For such mission, I would have liked to do some more preparation and we have already started the other half of the day, I'm sure that mission will take time to be done and it may be problematic if the night catches you on the way, " Konny said and even though it was quite imprecise, it seemed she was more reluctant to let them go that day.

" I don't think there would be any problems, as long as it's my team and I who will be going, there is no need of many preparations and concerning the timing... I would say that such an hour will be perfect ". As everyone started to glance at him, curious, he went on explaining everything, " for this mission to be a success, the people who would carry it out must be quick, skillful, and very good at observing and analyzing. According to my estimations, it will be done more or less before the sunset, which will be perfect because, after the night would have replaced the day, our enemies will be unable to change their positions. Our information will be more precise and our attack of the next day will get more chances to succeed ".

Everyone started nodding in agreement and even Konny had to admit that it was a good plan.

" Alright, you seem pretty confident so I will give you this chance, " she said after she finished analyzing the odds. She raised a finger, " one more thing, I want to know who will be those brave 6 people who will go for this mission ".

The four of them volunteered themselves before Jamal responded. Volga, Carla, and Nelson had their hands raised in the air looking straight at Konny, full of determination, she turned her head and was surprised to see that even Sania, standing next to her, had put her hand in the air too. With a smile, Jamal added " and naturally I will be the fifth one. I was planning that you could do join us but... there is no help since you said that such a mission is too much for you. But it will be fine, the five of us will be enough ".

He enjoyed the angry of Konny while was doing her best to not fall for his provocation before he stood up and declared, " alright let's go get ready, we should not waste any more time ".

Slowly, one by one, people started to leave their places, as the reunion was over everyone, they headed out of the hall to return to their assigned residences, impatient to enjoy their free time.

Nelson didn't immediately leave the hall like most people, instead, he walked toward Sania, grabbed her arm, and said " we need to talk " while looking straight at her eyes. Sania turned her sight away and forcefully released her arm while replying to him, " I don't think so, as I have said I have nothing to tell you ". She took a few steps back, " who do you think you are? My dad? My husband? My owner? I'm free to do whatever I want, can't you just leave me alone? "

Nelson clenched his teeth, opened his mouth but no sound could come out, [ she's right, who I am to tell her how she should act? ] he started to think, [ in the end, for her I'm nothing but just a stranger ] he couldn't help but tightening his fists, angry at the fact that he couldn't do anything for her.

Konny stepped between them while facing Sania, " well well well, I think it's enough, he must have understood so no need to be rude ". She then turned around to face Nelson and with a kind smile, " you may excuse her, I think only I can support her bad bitch attitude, just kidding ".

But that false kind expression didn't convince him at all, " don't act as if you know her for decades " he replied coldly.

" Well, at least I can say I know her better than you, " she replied with a mocking smile. Sania pulled Konny by her sleeve, leaned toward her to whisper something, " alright let's go " the latter responded to her after she put a kiss on her cheek.

" Wait, where are you going? We have to go to our mission right now, " Nelson tried to stop them.

" I know, but all my stuff is at her place, I have to pass by there first " Sania responded, with an annoyed tone, as if she was talking to a child. Konny chuckled and waved her hand as she told them, " don't worry I will bring her back very soon, let's meet at the gate ". Then, the couple held each other's hands and headed out of the hall, leaving Nelson there speechless.

Jamal approached him slowly and landed a hand on his shoulder, " Hey, are you alright? " he asked with a soft voice.

Nelson moved to take his hand off and turned around to glare at him, " why didn't you do or even tried to say anything? You just stayed there silent looking at me pitifully as if I was crazy and now you are trying to act nicely, you're just a hypocrite... all of you ".

" Didn't you hear her, she doesn't want to talk to us, " Carla defended Jamal while trying to open Nelson's eyes.

" She's not in her normal state, " he responded to her while still facing him, " and I'm sure he knows that very well, am I wrong? "

" So what? What should I have done? Pulling her by her arm and ordering her to give us explanations like you did? Or maybe you wanted me to bring her back by force, huh? To knock her out and tie her down in a cave, that's what you wanted me to do? " Jamal pushed him with his words without losing his calmness. " Did you even think clearly about that? Without figuring out why is she acting like that or what put her in that state we can't do anything for her. That's why I'm asking you to stay calm and... "

" To stay calm? " Nelson repeated in disbelief, without letting him finish what he had to say, he put a hand on his forehead, " how can you ask me to stay calm in a situation like this? Are you not worried about what could happen to her? " he said while considering him before moving his sight to Volga, maybe hoping that she would intervene in his favor. " what am I saying? Of course, you're not worried, you don't give a damn about her since you have never seen her as your friend anyway. She's just a pawn for you, as long as she continues doing a good job you don't care more, am I wrong? "

Contrary to Jamal, Volga had difficulties staying cool before such a scene, she stepped forward to directly face Nelson " you are starting to be rude and particularly annoying, you better stop there before... "

" Before what, huh? " he cut her, raising his tone again, " What will you do? Letting me down as you have done with Sania? "

Volga reached her limits, she knew perfectly that she was about to do something she would regret all life but she couldn't help tightening her fist as, at that moment, it was too much for her. Hopefully, Jamal quickly caught the situation and grabbed her arm in time before she could throw her punch.

" I think it's enough, we have a mission to complete so let's avoid creating useless confrontations which may cause us to fail it," he said while trying his best to calm the atmosphere down.

Nelson pushed him. " You are not my boss. I will do whatever I want, " he said before walking away.

Jamal sighed while shaking his head, " just, what is going on? "

" What do we do now? " Carla asked the two people while bowing the head, ashamed by the reaction of Nelson. Volga patted her head as she felt her, " let's head back, we have to get ready for our mission ".

After being back to their attributed residence, they took less than 10 minutes to prepare themselves. Carla passed by Nelson's empty and sighed, the latter didn't accompany them to return back stayed at Konny's place to prepare himself, surely with the hope that he would be given the occasion to talk with Sania.

She went to join the two remaining and together, the of them left the house. The vehicles were waiting for them outside and after they got on, they began to roll toward the main gate.

Though they left the house while rolling close to each other, as they made half of the way, Jamal asked Carla to go ahead as he had something to talk to Volga. She didn't complain and executed herself, fighting her urge to spy on them and eavesdrop on what they were discussing. At a moment, she took a peek behind her as she was very curious, and though she couldn't hear them, just by seeing how worried Volga seemed to be, she could guess that it was something very serious.

A short time later, the group reached the entrance of the neighborhood and were surprised to see that Sania and Konny had arrived before them. What was more surprising was that they were with Nelson. Leaning over a big black paint jeep, he was staring at the ground while Konny was telling him something and pointing to Sania from time to time.

When the group reached their position, she suspiciously stopped her speech and just finished by telling him, " think again about what I told you, I'm sure when the time comes you will make the right decision ".

Jamal and Volga glanced at each other when they were getting off their vehicles, Jamal didn't try to interrogate him but instead, he enthusiastically said, " well if everyone is already present, let's go for our mission ". he got in the jeep and sat at the chair of the driver while Volga took the seat next to him, he waited for Carla, Sania and Nelson to take their place behind the before starting on the jeep. " We're off, see you in few hours, " he said to Konny who was saluting them by waving her hand at them.

" Good luck to you," the woman said before the car started rolling and slowly disappearing on the horizon.