Love and Lies

"Prepare me my weapon. Inform the special forces to gather on the runway. Make sure to let them bring their new weapons with them. We have to kill someone."

Heinz seriously commanded. His brows were bended down as he heard the news from Sarah.

Could it be, an enemy perhaps playing with Erina's emotion as love and lies. Considering the said many enemies of Heinz. Their is a possibility of falsehood relationship.

Boyfriend? Money? Wealth is all but a facade. Heinz believed that this was all the dirty tactics employed from the enemy.

"She should have listen to me. Damn it! I never thought that Erina was already being baited in. I was careless, I'm an idiot! "

Love is like a toxic substance sometimes that once you are sprayed with it, your beliefs becomes clouded. Heinz thought.

But, Heinz was naïve as he did not know about her daughter's true feelings about him, as father. He did not know that Erina had enough of him.

As a father, who wasn't able to give the love for her daughter that she deserved. The freedom in this world.

It wasn't like this when Erina's mother was alive.

"I should have just lock her up. It wouldn't have reach at this point if I just had lock her up in the compound. I was supposed to protect her and I did not do it properly. Alecia was lost because of me and today its repeating again, I don't want that day to happen again with my daughter."

"Umm. Sir, maybe Erina brought us some help, we should trust her in this."

Sarah questioned.

Boom.

Heinz face twisted. His blood boiled. Anger bathed him.

"Shut up Sarah! I was not careful enough to protect my wife. And now my enemies' dog is right beside my daughter, my weakness and strength, my reason to live. They finally used my precious possession to eliminate me, by toying my daughter's heart and mind. Those cult pigs never had enough!"

Bang.

Heinz punch the table made of an expensive wood. His emotions finally came out of him like an exploding volcano.

The expensive desk was destroyed completely while Heinz palms bleed with blood as the shards of broken wood, stick to his palms like knives.

Nod.

Sarah as an employee could only nod her head. Sarah's expression was dull as he followed Heinz commands. It was like this ever since the Alecia, the madam was lost to someone.

Sarah came out of the office in a sad expression.

Huu. She blew away the distress accumulated within her.

"Mr. Heinz...maybe your wrong this time around."

She muttered. While walking away.

Morning.

A private jet landed in a privately owned asphalt runway.

Wezzzz. Kohoook. The tires of the plane kiss the cemented long asphalt landing strip. White smoke blew away as the friction of the tires and ground collided.

A minute after smooching the runway in friction the plane came to a stop in front of a hangar.

The plane's door opened its side, and a bob style black haired woman came out of it. She looked around and smelled the cold air. Her chest bulge out as she...

Inhale. Exhale.

"Good to be hom..."

Widen eyes.

"Sir Heinz? What is the boss doing here in..."

She ask in surprised. The first thing she saw about upon landing and opening the door of the plane was her boss in tactical armor while his right hand was wrapped by a black gauntlet and a black pistol at his left waist was seen safely tuck in.

Behind him was five strong men with assault rifles and also with gauntlets in their each right hands, their bodies are wrapped in protective gear. Exuding deathly auras.

"What's wrong Meredith? Please move away from door so we can come out."

Erina said in slightly impatient manner. As she furrowed her blonde brows.

"Your father came to greet you personally, look."

Meredith look back inside turning his head rightway to look at Erina and the man in red tuxedo beside her to answer their questioning faces.

Erina leaned a look. Her blonde hair fluttered by the cold wind.

Eyes narrowed.

Erina held dull expressionless face upon seeing his father who came to see her in suspicious outfit.

It's first time actually and it's quiet a surprise. As the parental experience that Erina have with his father can be describe as rock bottom. That even in her graduation rites a few years ago was ignored.

Erina wanted her father's love. Attention. And so she did everything to make him proud. By following all his father's command. And now that she disobeyed one of those commands his father seemed different as she look outside.

Shem look at Erina's change expression. He saw the aura of Erina seemed to be different than her usual confident and angry one. Its like her body lost its energy and spirit, it was replace with something about fear, disappointment, and endearment mix together.

Even her complexion change.

"Anxiety."

Shem concluded. He was a trained medical soldier back in his dimension and he knows about such psychological ailments base on analyzing facial and eye patterns. The change in body temperature and heartbeats as well as the behavioral changes. Of course it was provided by Shem's powerful sensors.

If the patient encounters the trigger the body would react base on the brain and the patient's memories of the trigger.

And so.

Shem pulled Erina back inside the plane. Shem held her delicate right hand. For emotional support. It was an instinct born out from the Warfield. A therapy.

"Hey Erina, remember the deal. Its your time to shine and make your father proud. Make a company greater than your family generations had made. It will greatly help you find your mother. Fulfil your dreams without restraints."

Shem said calmly. Although it was a little bit cheap talk it greatly alleviated Erina's emotions. It was also Shem's way to slightly distract Erina's attention to change her neural biochemistry, inside her brain.

[Hormonal restrictions commencing, nanites neuronal pathways control successful, Synapse interrupted.]

Eliza move, upon Shem's commands to her. She only told the nanites assimilated to the axons of the brain cells to stop the released of emotional hormones cause by Erina's anxiety diagnosis. It prevented the anxiety to escalate more and made Erina came back to her usual self.

"Ugh, right sorry Mr. Shem...its just... "

Blush. Facial Color back.

"I'm afraid my father would burst in anger again from doing this. It kinda feels like I'm betraying the family."

"But for the greater good. You are doing this for the greater good. Ms. Erina and as promise I will tell you more about your mother . So face your father with your head held up."

Erina came back in reality thanks to Shem's unusual treatment for anxiety of which Erina did not know that Shem found out.

"Thanks a lot Mr. Shem, although its awkward looking back to our first meeting and this sudden changes of event I feel like I owe you now."

Erina was very much change when Shem shared a lot of information to her back in the boat. It was the first time that someone was able to give her what she really want the most, her mother. Even if Shem injected her with the medical nanites with an unknown origin. Even if Shem Abeles is a total stranger to her, Erina trusted Shem. A level of a friend.

Smile.

Meredith took a look at the two person in front of her. She clearly misunderstood the two person's atmosphere. Enough that she forgot about the monstrous Heinz waiting down below the plane.

'Ah. Love, the most mysterious thing in the universe.'

Meredith said on her mind. She then came down the stairs of the plane. Followed by a blonde shoulder hair cut and with blue eyes, in business attire. Behind her was a man wearing a black pants with red suits and black t shirt under the tuxedo suit. His hair was black and had handsome Asian islander face came out of the plane.

"Erina come down from the plane! This instant! Hurry dear."

Heinz shouted. As his right hand prepared the gauntlet in his hand.

Meredith saluted to Heinz. She then walk away from Erina and Shem in a formal manner. She then stand alongside with the awaiting soldiers behind Heinz and painted her face with a serious expression.

"What's the deal of bringing weapons?"

Meredith thought. As he observed the fully armed other Hidden knife members.

'Sister Sarah what is this all about.'

Meredith with questioning face look at the secretary of Heinz behind the back of the armed soldiers.

The latter only sighed and turned his head sideways.

Erina walk in front of his father with her head held high with a calm expression. When she reach his father to greet him something happened abruptly.

"I have... "

Slap.

Heinz slap her daughter's left cheek. It was so strong that her beautiful face had a red hue on her left cheek, born from the strong slammed of Heinz's callous right hands covered with a black gauntlet.

Inflamed cheek.

Erina went down the asphalt ground. Not in pain but she was painted with bewilderment.

"We need to talk later after I finish this bastard here. Its for your own good Erina. This person here is an enemy's dog."

"No father you misun... "

Heinz pointed at Shem. Ignoring Erina.

Heinz look at Shem with an angered expression. While Shem was a bit surprised upon what happened and the sudden change of situation. He could not understand but it seemed Heinz was angry to him.

Misunderstanding.

But why?

Shem was also perplexed and a bit angry at the same time as he saw what happened to Erina being slapped by his father. Shem could have stop it but he had to respect Erina's family and her father. He is an outsider to this area afterall. He was not like those idiot gentlemen on some romantic stories.

'Right I am an investor. I had big plans to fulfill.'

Shem thought.

He did know everything about Erina's current family info. But the internal emotions mix in was far from Shem's digital intrusion and hacking, as emotions cannot be describe through zero's and one's. So he did not know such emotions inside the family are in this quite high level.

Who was he to be involved with, in the first place anyway?

But still.

"Kill me? Your enemy? What's that supposed to mean. I just came here to invest with the help of your daughter. I know nothing about of what your saying sir. Miss Erina I think your father is quite rude here."

Shem said while seriously locking his eyes towards Erina's father, Heinz blue eyes in the other reflected Shem;s dauntless expression.

Stare.

"Huh? Haha. Do you think you could lie your way boy! You dog of the fucking church, wake up your in my backyard. That façade of yours will not fool me again! You damn pagan cult believers!"

Heinz shouted. He then brandish his right arm and activated his black gauntlet wrapped around his right hand. It slowly activated and produce a sticky black substance that wrapped around Heinz body.

Wook. Wook. Wook.

He was slowly covered with black plates of metal looking thing and then finish with a black armor covering his entire body with smooth surfaces.

The armor look like a symbiote in Spiderman but the design was a bit mix in with modern and historical armor designs of a knight.

"Endeavour armor activated."

In Heinz quinque gauntlet was an attached electronic interface. The system controlling the armor announced upon Heinz activation. In digital characters.

"Spear come forth."

Heinz said.

A black sticky liquid came out from Heinz right arm and then it formed a black long spear. As Heinz commanded.

Stiffened.

Shem widen his eyes. A quinque that can wrapped around the body? It shouldn't be existing now it would have to be made in the future. How come Heinz have this technology in Rc cells bioengineering.

"Ah. Right this world is different and furthermore this country is different from that damn anime."

Shem clench his fist and prepared himself.

Heinz buried his feet and jump as he thrust the spear towards Shem.

"Die!"

Bang.

Shem smiled. While Meredith, Sarah and the other soldiers gasp and froze in shocked.

Widen Eyes.

Heinz jump back, as he was confuse. He was supposed to strike a kill towards Shem's vital parts. But, when the edge of the spear was a meter away from stabbing Shem. A black armored humanoid appeared in front of Shem and block his spear. With arms cross. Like wonderwoman.

"Erina! What are you doing my dear?"

"I'm protecting an asset father. A hope that you wouldn't understand."

Surprised. Anger. Hope or was it because of love and lies?

"Erina the love that you feel towards that bastard are all but an illusion. Trust me please."

Misunderstood.

"Huh? What are you talking about father, I told you he is an investor a benefactor for the family. I know that the company is now bankrupt and your currently restructuring the assets remaining. With his help we could start again!"

"Shut up Erina and get out of my way!"

Huu.

Erina sighed and extended her right arm. Earlier when she saw Shem was about to be stab. She instinctively pulled the gauntlet of a soldier beside Sarah and Meredith. She then activated the armor, like she had known the technology for a long time.

"Sword come forth."

A black sticky substance came out from Erina's arms and formed a long sword. She then held it and then pointed it at his father.

"No, father you get out of my way. Listen to your daughter's words for once."