Chapter 5 -New enemy

3 men now standing in my Livingroom. Hayden is shaking to the core. I immediate push him behind me. I instantly became protective of him

I look at Margo. She's looking towards the knives on the counter. I shake my head warning her to not make a move. These men are armed with guns.

"Alright who wants to get their ass kicked first" I yell out.

I hear a clap coming from behind the men. The separate apart as a taller man walks forward continuing to clap. His eyes landing directly on me. I stand confident and keep eye contact with the asshole.

I go to step forward but I'm stopped by Hayden's hand on my shoulder. He's afraid. I decide to continue protecting him and continuing this staring contest with this asshole who destroyed my living room. He decides to speak first while walking up closer

"Alena Pierce as she lives and breathes. I almost don't believe my eyes"

I tilt my head and clench my fists as he steps in front of me. Margo starts to move towards me not liking this guy so close to me. The four men raise their guns at her.

"Stand down! No one makes a move until I say so" He shouts at his men. He turns his attention back to me. He twirls a piece of my hair between his fingers causing me to immediately smack his hand away.

"My name is Alena Fields"

He shakes his head folding his arms "Lets not play games Alena. I know exactly who you are"

"Who are you? I ask curious

"My name is Gabriel Ellington, head of Mercury Corp" he says proudly.

"You act like im suppose to know you. What the hell is that?"

He laughs as he steps back walking towards the couch "Mercury Corp is the highest-level agency in the world, recruited with the most skilled assassins in the nation"

He flops down on the couch continuing to smile at me. Margo is on edge. She's been silent this whole time it's not like her. I was waiting for one of her legendary remarks. This is the first time I seen fear in her eyes.

I pull the gun that hayden had from my waist and aim it at Gabriel. His men ready to retaliate, he hold his hand out to stop them.

"Unless you want blood on your hands, I suggest you get the hell out of my house" I say, glaring at him.

"No can do sweetheart. See I heard a rumor the one and only daughter of Silas Pierce survived that explosion. I thought it was impossible for anyone to survive that"

He gets back up and walking back towards me "Not only did you survive. You became a warrior. After all these years you came back to eliminate Nadia Burrows" He says amused.

He starts packing back and forth. This man is insane. How the hell does he know about me and my family. He's been following me.

"Thank you for scratching her off our list. We were going after her next until we found out briefly she was taken out by Alena Fields. A mystery woman who just showed up in town. Just as I suspected, the one and only Alena Pierce back for revenge.

He keeps his eyes on me as if he's evaluating me

"I can only imagine what your capable of. We need that potential on our team. Your being recruited by Mercury Corp as our C Level Senior Agent. A normal agent starts from A level and work their way up. With your potential, your automatically upgraded to our highest level"

I shake my head and point my gun towards his chest "You got 5 seconds to get out of my house" 

Who the fuck he think he is. I won't become his puppet. He walks backwards and turns toward one of his men

"Kill her friend" He spits out angrily.

One of the men steps forward aiming his gun at Margo. She screams and puts her arms out in front her pleading. I reacted out of fear and squeezed the trigger. A bullet flying between the man's eyes. He drops to the ground.

"Oh my god Alena!" Margo screams out petrified

Gabriel looks down at the body of one of his fallen men smiling impressed. No. This is what he wanted. He wanted to see if I was capable to kill.

I only did it to protect my best friend. I'm not a killer.

"What a talent. You were born for this Alena. Don't fight it. If you want your friend alive, I suggest you pack your shit and come with me. You owe me." He says with a smirk.

What does he mean I owe him.

"How do I owe you, I never met you before" I ask confused. He holds out his hand to take my gun "Come with me and find out".

I have no choice. I hand him my gun. He signals his last remaining guy to grab me. Gabriel leans his head to the side and smirks seeing Hayden still hiding behind me

"As for you, you little shit. You disappointed me. Your Useless"  He points the gun at his head, causing me to block his aim

"Touch him and I go nowhere"

Hayden is breathing heavy, he's fingers digging into my arm. What has he done to this poor kid. Gabriel looks back in forth between us before lowering his gun.

"Fail me next time and I wont hesitate to kill you"

He holds his hand out for mine. I bite my lip hard and take it. His man walks ahead of us towards the door and Gabriel leads me with him

"Wait! Hold The Fuck Up Im Coming With Her" Margo says folding her arms.

Causing all of us to look in her direction.

"No she stays!" I yell back at her furious.

Margo runs from around the counter and stands in front of Gabriel "Asshole, if you think your taking my best friend to god knows where without me then your some serious meds . Wherever she goes, I go. Or no deal"

He looks down at her very amused. Dammit she's still half naked. "Fine bring the girl" He chuckles.

Margo's door opens as a tall muscular figure steps out her room yawning.

"Margo? What's with the yelling"

Paul the waiter asks, still half sleep. His eyes suddenly fly open when he notices all of us in the Livingroom.

'Dammit Paul go back to bed. I promise I'll make round two worth your while big daddy" She winks seductively.

He smiles at Margo as if she's the only one in the room

Suddenly Gabriel fires his gun.

I place my hands over my ears. It felt like a bomb just went off inside my head. What the hell just happened. I open my eyes, slightly light headed from squeezing them shut. I notice the smoke coming from Gabriel's gun.

Paul is on the floor. His lifeless body in the middle of the livingroom. I gasp loudly as Margo runs over to him.

"Nooooo! Paul come back to me" She screams out, crying on his chest. I rush to her side and hug her tightly

"He saw everything. Couldn't let him live. Now lets go!" Gabriel yells angrily, causing both of us to feel uneasy.

I wrap my arms around Margo prying her off of him "I know. I know im so sorry Margo but we have to go" I plead, tears steaming down my eyes.

I can't believe I'm putting her through theses tragedies. She looks back at him "Im sorry Paul" She whispers.

I hold on to her tightly as I reach the closet and pull out a tshirt and jeans to cover her body.

I hear Gabriel on the phone mouthing to one of his mean to come remove Paul's body. He's smirking the entire time. That sick fuck.

He opens the door and moves aside. His right-hand man walking behind pushing us ahead. I notice his name -Vick- engraved on his jacket.

We start walking down the stairwell. Margo and I hold hands as we continue down the staircase. Hayden is in front of us. He holds the door open for us as we reach the ground floor.

As we step outside, 2 suburban trucks are parked in the parking lot. The driver steps out and opens the door for us. A sudden thought hits me.

"How long will we be gone for" I ask, looking back at Gabriel.

He puts his hand around my waist continuing to lead me to the car. I remove his hand disgusted

"Until I say so" He says with a smirk. I want to kill him so damn bad.

"I need 30 minutes"

He reaches for his gun in his back pocket. I place my hand on his stopping him

"No need for that Gabriel. You can trust me, only 30 minutes. Just give me that please" I plead, looking into his eyes.

He glares at me debating if im trying to play him.

"No"

Margo notices my desperation and speaks up "You can trust her. Let her go and Ill stay here until she gets back"

I shake my head, I don't want to leave her alone with these monsters.

"Fine. You have 29 minutes. One second after and she dies" He says without hesitation.

Pulling her into the truck. She looks back and whispers "Go".

I run down the beach fast as I can. The only thing that I care about leaving behind is my Khar. I know we havn't known each other for that long but I feel like I known him my whole life.

There is just an instant connection as if our soul's have met before. It pains me that I have to leave like this. I won't let him and his daughter get caught in this crossfire. These people are dangerous. I have to protect him and his family

I reach his bar in 9 minutes. I have exactly 10 minutes to see him one last time. I reach the door but it's locked. I pull out my phone and dial his number. It goes to voicemail. SHIT.

9 minutes left.

"Khar!" I yell out. Praying he would hear me. His light turns on from his bedroom. Thank God. He opens his window and looks down at me.

"Alena? Wha..." He mumbles before he closes the window shut.

I stand there, anxiety raking throught me. 7 minutes left. A nervous Khar runs to the door prying it open as he pulls me into his arms

"What the Fuck Is Going On Alena???

Why are you shaking" He questions as he pulls me inside.

He looks around outside suspiciously as he locks the door. I burry my face into his bare chest. I just noticed he's shirtless. His muscles on full display.

He rubs my hair and holds me tightly. It feels like nothing in the world could hurt me right now. 5 minutes left. I look up at him and touch his face

"I have to go away for a while"

He shakes his head. "What the fuck are you talking about. Your not going anywhere. Is someone trying to hurt you? Tell me right now" He demands.

I look away to the side. He pulls my face back to him  "Alena talk to me. It's Me. I will protect you I promise. You have to talk to me" He begs.

I place my hands against his "I can't. I just can't be here right now. I don't know when I'll be back. I just had to come tell you"

He pulls away from me in disbelief "Fuck Alena! We literally just said how we would never leave each other not even 5 hours ago. Don't do this to me??" He says painfully.

It feels like knives stabbing in my chest. I can barely breath. I havn't felt this way since the night I lost my family. My heart is breaking all over again. 3 minutes left.

"Alena your leaving?"

I hear my sweet little angelic voice from the bottom of the stairs. Amberus looking down from the top staircase. I run to her and hug her tightly and kiss her check. I look at her eyes as they fill up with tears. I place here small hands in mine.

"My sweet brave Cassie. I have to go away for a little while. But I'll be back soon as I can" I try to reassure her.

"No" she yells out, throwing her arms back around me. This moment broke me. I'm bawling my eyes out.

"I'm so sorry princess. Please be strong for me and take care of your mom and dad" She runs back upstairs in anger, jumping into Amberus arms.

I look back at Khar as he continues to shake his head. His expression is cold. It's like he's lost his soul. If only he knew I lost mine too.

1-minute left. I look up at Amberus.

"Alena stay" she whispers concerned. I know she's worried about me. I blow her a kiss "I'm sorry Amb"

I run towards Khar and reach up to hug him but he backs away. My heart shredding even deeper

"Khar please"

I reach out for his hand but he moves out of my reach and opens the door for me to leave. Tears stream down my face as I step outside.

I look back towards him. I lean against the glass door and place my hand against it. He lifts his hand and instantly puts it back down.

I stare into his eyes. The man that means everything to me

"Goodbye Alena" He whispers as he turns away. My heart completely devoured. I pry myself from the door and run back up the beach to my penthouse.

2 minutes left, I can see my penthouse in the distance. I'm running like a fucking trackstar on the sand. My dark red hair flying everywhere as I feel sweat dripping down my face.

30 seconds left, I'm almost there. I run faster, my heart beating erratically. I can barely breath. I'm going to pass out. I'm not going to make it. Just as I was about to fall over, hands reach under my legs pulling me up into a pair of arms.

I look up with blury vision and see Gabriel smiling down at me "Good Girl, you passed your first test. You earned my trust for now"

He carries me to the truck. My vision going in and out. I can't stay up any longer. Last thing I hear before I'm placed in the truck

"If she's hurt, I will slice every tiny dick in here!" Margo yells frantically.

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