Chapter 4
They all stood up and rushed towards the entrance. There were three cars; a McLaren 720 which Theseus knew who was driving the car, a Ford Mustang, and a Camaro; dragging a large Nitrous tank that was attached by cables, and another car; a Honda CRX, following behind the tank. As the cars reached the entrance of the factory, one by one the cable snapped from their cars, letting the tank stop right in front of the others who were waiting.
"Alright.. another Nitrous stock for a month, ladies and gentlemen," said Theo, beaming at all of them.
"Where did you buy this?," asked Matt, even though he had a feeling he knew the answer.
"Oh.. We 'bought' it on the road," Leon laughed lifting both of his hands making a quote gesture.
All of the cars parked in the lot and more people exit from the car. Theseues spotted Zara instantly as she got out with another man from her McLaren. Ezra was in his Ford Mustang with a tall girl with blonde hair, while two brown hair couples stepped out from the Camaro. Shane and another man got out of the Honda CRX as the man shouted something to a person who just got out from another block of the factory. All of them walked towards the people who were waiting for them at the entrance and as they got closer, Zara noticed that they had company and she nudged Ezra. She looked at them one by one until her eyes landed on Theseus who was staring at her since she got out of her car.
That's when she remembered something, a memory that had been scaring her a few years ago.
"Oh shit," she mumbled.
"What's wrong?," asked Ezra quietly.
"It's him, the guy from the coffee shop," she whispered as she pretends to examine the sole of her Vans.
"Which one?," asked Ezra as he glanced at the four guests.
"The one that had a lot of tattoos," Zara whispered back.
"Fucking hell, Zara.. That's Theseus Balthazar," Ezra cursed as he held Sienna's hand to pull her back.
"Woah.. the ringleader of the Hunter?," Sienna whispered at both of them, "He's been staring at you since you came into the view, girl,".
Before Zara replied, Megan called three of them so Dylan could introduce all of them to the Hunters.
"Here goes nothing," said Zara slowly.
"May the force be with us," said Ezra darkly.
Theseus couldn't take his eyes from his Goddess and she pretended that she didn't notice anything as they stood in front of the group.
"Well this is the Phoenix twin, Zara and Ezra; our tracker and hacker, Sienna Watson;" Dylan start to introduce them before turning to the brown hair couples, "Our cousins, Miranda and Harvey Lewis; this is Karan Malhotra and Sam Parker; you've met Shane of course, and this is our other cousin Jackson Phoenix, he's in charge of tuning, repairing, and upgrading the cars, and of course in charge of the garage next door,".
"And now, you've met all of us," said Theo proudly.
"Just this? I thought you had a big gang," said Freddie.
"Nah.. We're kind of a close tight," replied Dylan, "Everyone, these are the Hunters, that's the chief, Theseus; and his close up men, Jake, Matt, and Theseues's cousin, Freddie.. There's more as you guys know since they have more like thirty men in your gang?,".
"Fifty to be exact," replied Theseus, he finally tore his eyes from Zara and nodded at Dylan.
Suddenly they heard the call of Muslim prayer from Theo's phone and Meera's eyes went wide.
"Oh it's time," said Meera and she quickly went inside followed by the others.
They all took their seats and Theseus watched as Zara took her place next to Sienna and Sam at the dining table before placing himself right in front of her, they waited for Meera to recite her prayer and let her have her first dish for the day to break her fast. The Hunters watched them in awe as they gave respect to their friend's religion and finally filled their plates when she had started to eat. Chattering and laughter were heard amongst them.
Theseus smirked at his Goddess when their eyes accidentally met and she frowned before continuing filling her plate with food.
'Got you, my love'
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They start to plan on the dining table while eating as Raven and Leon start to serve ice cream for desserts. Sienna had taken out a map for them to show the possible route that the police would use to transport the cargo to INTERPOL.
"The road must be secluded," said Sienna, "And we need eyes in the sky just in case they change their plan,".
"I got that," said Matt.
"What, you hacked the NASA satellite?," asked Sienna, "I've done that too but the INTERPOL had their own satellite and only the chief police have the access of the security,".
"First of all, why do you need the INTERPOL satellite?," asked Matt "And what kind of access?,".
"Because it's much more advanced, and they put a tracker on the cargo that was supposed to go to them," replied Sienna, "A tracker that only can be detected by their own satellite and you have to shut it down using a fingerprint,".
"Who's the police chief nowadays?," asked Freddie.
"Some guy named John Darwin," replied Matt as he opened his iPad and searched for the man.
At once, pictures of John Darwin start to pop out inside the screen. There were few pictures in his uniform but one picture caught Matt's eyes and he showed it to the people on the dining table. The picture showed Darwin in a nightclub, between two girls with tight short dresses who were caressing his chest, sitting on a leather sofa.
"Check this out," said Matt.
"Click on the picture," said Sienna, "We could locate the IP and there might still be more pictures of him in there,".
"I'll do it on my laptop, much more easier," said Matt and Sienna nodded in agreement.
"Try to find out which club is that and when was this picture taken," said Zara, "I have a feeling that he's a regular in that club,".
"How do you know that, love?," asked Theseus, staring directly in her eyes.
"Because they way he act in the picture, it's like the girls know him, and he's kind of used to them," Zara replied as she took a spoonful of her ice cream and looking at the screen at the same time, "If there's more pictures of that, check the time and date pattern, and Sienna, the club must have a CCTV right? Try to get access,".
"On it," replied Sienna and she quickly stood up and went towards the meeting room to start working from there.
Dylan smiles proudly as he watches his sister giving out ideas to them. One thing that only he knows about his sister is that she has a photographic memory, and her IQ level beat all of them, making her the youngest in her class. He knows this since she was three and decided to keep it to himself so people won't take advantage of her.
"And we need a few more cars though," said Ezra, "I'm not risking my Mustang on this job,".
"Same here, we're talking about INTERPOL," Zara nodded in agreement, "There's another race this Friday, we could win some cars,".
"I'm joining then," said Theo, "We need something fresh to pull a heavy cargo,".
They finished their dinner and started to help to clean up while Megan and Meera who had cooked for their dinner decided to go to another block of the factory that Dylan had explained to the Hunter that it was renovated and turned into an apartment complex.
"May I set up my laptop in there too?," asked Matt at Dylan.
"Yeah sure, you can have access with the WiFi too, just asked Sienna for a password," Dylan replied.
"Thanks, man," said Matt and he quickly carried his backpack and headed to the meeting room.
Theseus, Jake, and Freddie head to the Common Room with Dylan and start discussing how to get the police chief's fingerprint. Fifteen minutes later, they were joined by the others when suddenly both Matt and Sienna burst out from the meeting room.
"We found the club and you were right, he's a regular," said Sienna, grinning at Zara.
"Where?," asked Dylan.
"In Hackney," replied Matt, "A club called The Strive,".
"And apparently, he went there every Thursday night," said Sienna, "Which is tomorrow,".
"Well looks like we're having a Girls Night Out tomorrow then," Zara smiles before looking at Dylan, "Permission to execute a mission, brother,".
"Permission granted, baby sis," Dylan smiled back at her, "But who are you taking?,".
"Sienna and Miranda," replied Zara.
"Hang on.. What about me?," asked Raven.
"You're too young, honey," said Megan as she entered the Common Room with Meera following her from behind, "You and Leon are the youngest in the family, so Dylan and I decided that you will start doing missions when you turn eighteen,".
Raven pouted while Leon chuckled and pulled her to sit on his lap.
"We need a few sleeping pills though," said Miranda.
"I have a few bottles," Jackson's voice was heard for the first time since they were introduced.
"Err.. Why do you have them, bhai?," asked Karan warily. (brother)
"For a good night's sleep," he replied, taking a seat on one of the ottoman.
Jackson was there when his uncle who was also his godfather, Henry Phoenix, was shot dead that night. He cradled his uncle's body while Dylan chased and killed the man who shot his father until Henry breathed his last in Jackson's arms. Since then, he always had nightmares about it and Dylan even paid for him to see a therapist to help him move on.
"Well we better get back," said Theseus.
"Oh, I thought you were staying until the heist," said Dylan looking surprised, "We've already set up a place to stay for you guys in our apartment complex next door,".
"We'll come back this Friday, we want to watch the race," replied Theseus, his eyes were fixed on Zara who were chatting animatedly with Ezra, Matt, and Sienna.
"Okay then, I guess we'll see you on Friday," Dylan nodded as he and Theo stood up to walked them out to their car, "Or we could just gave you the location of the race and we'll just meet you there, then you can come back with us and prepare for the plan,".
The Hunters went inside their car and as they waved their hands to say goodbye, Theseus bore his eyes on his Goddess, smirking at the same time while she pretended to wave at Matt.
"Did you get it?," asked Theseus looking at Matt.
"Oh yeah, here," replied Matt as he gave his phone to Theseus, "I had to come up with stories about security cameras in the club before getting her number,".