Finding Lyra

"She's not picking her phone." Devin sighed. Lyra had a habit of leaving the phone to ring even if she were around it. But this time, Devin had tried thrice and she still wasn't picking up. Ryu relaxed into the soft leather couch as he took a drink from the nearby servant. 

"We are five minutes early. Maybe she'll be driving. Who knows." Ryu took a sip. 

"Not if Zeke is with her." Devin was starting to get concerned. He tried for the 4th time. His frustrated sigh told Ryu that he was going to call Zeke this time. But Ryu held his palm out to him, gesturing him to hold. He was calling Zeke instead.

Zeke was inside, all alone and frustrated on what to do. Lyra hadn't picked up for 10 minutes. The movie must've been over by now! What if Ryu finds out about how he let Lyra leave alone? Speaking of the devil his phone rang and Zeke almost got a heart attack. It was him! 

"S-Sir!" He picked up, panicking. Ryu knew something was up the moment he heard his trembling voice. 

"Now something's up isn't it? Where's Lyra?" Ryu creased his brows. 

"Before I tell you this, please acknowledge the fact that I am in no way responsible,  Sir. Big sister forcefully held me at knife point and threatened me if I didn't let her go." Zeke took a deep breath after saying all that and wiped his sweat. He heard complete silence from the other side. Maybe his fate has been sealed, he thought. 

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Darah had tried to run to the highway hoping that someone would help her but she was shocked to see that one of those men had already caught up to her, blocking her path. 

"Move! " She grit her teeth angrily. When the man smiled and approached her with his hands on her shoulder, she instinctively pulled up her knee and kicked him harshly in the groin. 

"You bitch! Get her!" Darah was running into a narrow route to avoid running into both of them. This was how girls died in movies, Darah thought. Was she going to end up the same way? She couldn't even get to see her sister one last time! She kept running as far as she could but the more she ran, the darker it got. There was little to no light except for the light from the city and a bunch of old broken cars. She hid behind one of them and sighed in relief hoping that she had finally gotten away. Suddenly a loud voice echoed through the air. It was that of a woman. 

"Let me go!!! " The lady wailed but before her voice could even gather strength, a man had cautiously covered her mouth and put tape over it. Darah was watching with horror from one of the old car's windows. She looked closely. That shiny dress! It was that lady at the movie before! Think Darah think! Don't be scared or she might end up dead! 

Darah quickly pulled out her phone and put it on the lowest brightness settings. She immediately dialled for the police but before she could give out a call, a name popped up on her screen with loud music. Serena Chen! Her sister again!! Darah cut the call immediately but it was too late. Before she could turn around, her hair had been roughly pulled by one of the strangers and pushed to the open ground. 

"Oh my what a pleasant surprise. We didn't notice an ant among us for all this time? " The stranger chuckled dangerously close to her face and held her by her chin. He dragged her closer to where there was light so as to see her clearly. 

"Not an ant but a gem of a woman. She's young too! I think we can take this one for free!" The man laughed as he dragged her by her hair. Two more men joined from behind. They were the ones who were chasing Darah. Her eyes widened as he dragged her closer to the woman who was tied up. They both had an expression of recognizing each other from before but couldn't say a word. 

"Your name sweetheart?" The man tightened his grip on her hair. 

"D-Darah… " She whispered in fear. 

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Ryu had set his eyes carefully on the phone. He knew something was wrong the moment he saw that the tracking device was stuck on one position. Aldric had once gifted Lyra with a custom made watch that had a tracking device in order to spot her in a matter of emergency. Ryu was the only one who knew of it.

"Take a sharp turn to the left. We need to surround them from all directions. Kill them on spot..." Ryu muttered through his mask to the rest of the team while loading his gun.