Ballroom Waltz, Antecedent.

The Ballroom Waltz Arc,

Act one.

Alex, Steven and Claudia continued to work on their plan. They already had support from the family, so the equipment they needed had been taken care of. Feeling confident, they decided to follow through with the current plan, which had been transformed by a large margin.

They couldn't get the guest list, but Claudia was able to insert herself as a guest in the exclusive event. Alex was going to pose as her guest from Europe, and Steven had confirmed that it was possible to remotely hijack the electrical system and cut off power for a little while. 20 minutes were all they had, but they were able to make a plan that could easily be accomplished within the time limit.

The complete plan looked like this,

Alex was going to pose as young master of a European family. Claudia had also acquired an invitation for him, and she was going to act as an elder sister to him. Alex was going to play his part, and he was going to have poison darts hidden in his jacket. When the blackout will occur, Alex will proceed to use these darts to kill the 2 bodyguards. The darts were strings of cloth that become darts when they come in contact with a liquid, so they couldn't be hard to hide.

After killing the two guards, Alex would use one of the tranquillizer darts laced with Midazolam, the fastest-working tranquillizer in the world. Then, he would carry him along with Claudia, back to the van in which Steven would be waiting for them, ready to take the target away. The cameras will be disabled for the time they got there, So the van wouldn't be identified that easily.

They would come back with a concentrated package of Halothane and release it in the air through the vents, making sure that everyone is knocked out, including themselves. This was to make sure that no one would be able to accurately give a solid explanation against them, as phones were already banned from the venue. If everyone gets knocked out, no one would be able to accurately tell anything about the events that happened in the room, and seeing that they would also be knocked out, suspicions against them would be minimal.

All of this had to be done in 5 minutes. They still had to figure out the exact placement of the guards in this plan, but it would be easier to for one of them to just knock them out with more of those strings while the other one carried the target.

The plan had almost no loopholes. Except for the fact that there could be people on the street that could become witnesses when they were carrying the target back to the van. They couldn't kill people indiscriminately. Civilian deaths could lead to mass hysteria, which could then lead to their identities being exposed.

But the chances of that happening were minimum. They had already thought of a distraction, which would help them mask their identities.

MK-13(Not related to the real-life gang MS-13, just inspired by it.)

They were a Hispanic gang with some beef with the government, related to the crackdown on all of their hideouts on the U.S-Mexico Borders. The hatred had been increasing more and more, with most of their animosity being focused on the Senator. Micah was the one to propose this crackdown, and if they made sure to pass all the name to them, the rest of the process would be easy.

"The plan is done. Next, we need to get dressed up."

Claudia had become much more open after their interactions with each other. Alex didn't want to welcome this change, but it was better if she could openly express her opinions about the mission. So he let it slide.

The friend that She had brought with her, was a child actress who had become popular after working in a bunch of Hollywood movies, named Nadia Silver. She had become a household name due to her personality in her films and was good friends with Claudia.

Alex was okay with anyone, as long as they could work as an Alibi. Steven, on the other hand, was feeling jealous. Being an obsessed fan, he really wanted to meet her, but because of the incident that he caused last time when Claudia brought her to meet him, he had a restraining order against him.

And so, Claudia took Alex to the family tailor. The string dart had been invented by him, and he had been serving the family from the very start.

"Good evening, Grandpa."

It was the father of Lucius Grey, Hank Grey.

"Have you brought the kid?"

The bald old man who showed great resemblance to Lucius proceeded to wear his glasses, staring straight at Claudia. he paid no attention to Alex, who felt a bit bizarre to him.

"Bring the kid here. I already have his clothes."

Alex came in front of him, surprised. Nobody in the family had previously taken his measurements, and the father of the family head had never met him previously. How did he make a suit for him without even knowing what he looked like?

Claudia was enjoying the expression on his face. Her Grandpa was one of the most strict people that she had met in life, and he continued with the same tone to talk to people, regardless of their standings. Also, he was the person who had introduced Sylvia to her, so he didn't lack connections.

Alex took the bag from his hand and took out the suit. It was an elegant 3 piece suit, and the colour was a very dazzling shade of black. He was in awe of his handiwork because in all these years he hadn't seen such an eye-catching suit.

"Looks good, right? Put it on."

Hank was impressed by the young fella in front of him. He showed no arrogance, even after being ignored by a mere tailor, which was a testament to his temperament.

He continued with his act of arrogance and looked haughtily towards Alex. Alex felt a bit pressured by his gaze, so he decided to take the clothes and moved to the changing room.

When Alex came out, he immediately captured both of their complete attention. The suit matched him so well, that you wouldn't be able to keep your eyes off of him. The only word that could be used to describe his current appearance, was charming.

"Looks good on you. Now, a demonstration."

He picked out another suit for himself, and this was to show how the suit was going to be essential to this mission.

"The poison strings are on the left side and the tranquillizer is on the right. You can pull out one of the strings, and don't worry about it poisoning or sedating you. Until and unless you don't dip it in water, the protective film on the strings won't dissolve, and you will be fine. Also, remember to grab the string in the middle, and be cautious when handling it. The tips of the strings are the places where the substance is stored."

He plucked out a string, and then carefully used a glass filled with water to demonstrate how it worked. The string became stiff, and within a blink of an eye, turned into a sharp needle.

"Any Questions?"

"None. Thank you for making this for me."

Alex was truly grateful to Hank. This suit was super helpful to the mission.

"Just make sure to complete the mission and make the time that I wasted on it worth it."

Hank responded.