Literally Fishy

The next day, Bell and Bianca set off early to walk around the harbor. While Brylee and Briony went back to the small village where the convent is.

Bell is walking on the boardwalk alongside Bianca. Since they were working together and were both on a hunt, they decided to keep their communications open.

Brina set up a covert communication system so that the five of them could talk while working as if they were all together. She stayed in their private space to watch over them via the satellite.

"So, what do you guys think of Colonel Xander?" They heard Brylee's voice and asked them. They set off later than Bell and Bianca so they were just on the way to the village.

"I think he's hot and dangerous at the same time." Briony, who was sitting beside her in the passenger seat was the one to reply.

"Shut up, Briony! You are too young for him!" Brylee noted.

"What?! You asked what we think of him so I just said what I thought of him and I thought him hot and dangerous. It's not as if I wanted to claim him." Briony rolled her eyes at Brylee.

"Anyway, don't you think he is husband material?" Brylee continued wanting to hear a reply from a certain someone.

"Why did you suddenly think that, Brylee?" But it was Brina who replied.

"Nothing, I just thought that Bell is already 25 years old. She should be thinking of settling down. Yet, I haven't seen her date, anyone." Brylee replied while she continued driving.

"Hmm...I don't think so. Uncle Lorcan is 32, yet still single." Brina stated.

"Dear, I think it is different when it comes to girls. Some think that once a girl reaches 25 and yet still single, she should start looking for a husband or else, she's bound to become single for the rest of her life." Brylee pointed out.

"Where did you get that idea?" Briony said, sounding amused.

Brylee shrugged her shoulders. "Nothing, just my thought. Don't you think Bell and Colonel Xander would look good together as husband and wife?" She said in a playful tone.

All this time, Bell remained quiet but Bianca could sense her irritation. She would glance at her once in a while to check if she is still holding it in. 

When her sisters thought that she was too fragile for this kind of job, she dared to disagree. But when it comes to controlling Bell in her violent state, she believes that she is too fragile for that.

Brina is biting her inner cheek while watching Bell and Bianca strolling around through her monitor. She wanted to shout at Brylee to make her shut up but she thought that Bell would hear her too. So she took out her phone and sent a message to Brylee to shut up. Though she was not sure if Brylee could read it since she was driving.

It was Briony who was grinning widely at Brylee thinking of the same thing and refusing to shut her mouth.

"Are you even sure that Colonel Xander is not married yet?" Briony inquired.

"Oh, he is very much single. I asked Dad this morning." Brylee said with a giggle.

Brina and Bianca cursed internally. Brylee's inquisitiveness will get her into serious trouble one of these days. They both thought internally.

From the corner of her eyes, Bianca is watching Bell apprehensively.

On the monitor of her laptop, Brina's eyes were focused on Bell without blinking.

They both fear that Bell will explode at any moment.

Then Brina thought of a way to shut down Brylee and focus the topic on her instead. "Brylee, you are 23 yet you are not dating as well. Don't you think you should also start dating before you turn 25 and yet be single?" Brina never thought that one day she would talk about her sister's love life.

She much prefers to talk about science and technology, medicine and innovations.

"Oh, come on, Brina! What have you been sniffing these days? I'm telling you, you should get yourself some friends. It is not healthy to be alone all the time. The same goes for you, Bianca." Brylee said, sounding pissed.

"And FYI, I hate men, so I plan on staying single for the rest of my life." Brylee continued.

Briony looked at her with her mouth open.

Bianca looked at Bell who was also looking at her, they were both dumbfounded.

While Brina was laughing alone in their private space. Brina seemed to be extremely happy in successfully pissing off Brylee. She is not the type of person to piss off anyone, especially her sisters.

And to make matters worse they finally heard Bell's comment. "And I don't think Ryuu would agree to that."

"Shit!" They heard Brylee cursing and the next thing they heard was the screeching of tires.

"Oh my God! Brylee, Briony! Are you guys, okay?!" Brina called out worriedly.

Bianca looked at Bell with a frown but Bell just shrugged her shoulders with a smirk.

"Damn it, Bellona! Fuck you!" They heard Brylee scream. They really cannot hide anything from Bell. Even their deepest secrets.

"Brylee, language please!" Brina and Briony said at once.

Briony and Brylee were fine. Brylee just stepped on the breaks in panic. They thought that with Brylee's constant teasing, Bell would explode in anger. But they didn't expect Bell to come up with unexpected revenge.

It takes a moment for everyone to calm down. Bell and Bianca continued to roam around the harbor.

"Brina, have you monitored this place?" Bell asked. They are looking at a row of townhouses overlooking the harbor.

"Yeah, it was just an apartment. Nothing suspicious. I've never seen anyone suspicious getting in and out of there. Just some couples, kids, and elders." They heard Brina say.

Then Bell looked out the harbor. She studies each ship, boat, and barge, big and small, that is docked there. She closed her eyes and inhaled the air. "Fishy," She said. "Literally."

"Uhm...over there," Bianca said in a soft voice making Bell look in the direction that Bianca is looking.

They saw a man haggling with a fish vendor on the street. The man is wearing a black bonnet, a gray and white hooded sweater, and worn-out jeans.

"Brina, send me the photos of the members of Bedelia Gang," Bell said.

"Okay." Came Brina's reply.

Bell and Bianca took out black sports sunglasses and wore them. After a while, they heard what Brina said. "Sent."

Their sunglasses were smart eyewear that looked trendy on the outside when in fact, they were jam-packed with high-tech features. It includes a microcomputer that is connected to the internet making it able to receive and send clear data. It is also equipped with GPS, Bluetooth, and HD video cameras.

It was something that Brina invented herself. When she had learned everything about hacking, her interest shifted to making tools and gadgets that they could use and innovating them.

Pushing a small button that looked like hinges on the temple of the sunglasses, Bell and Bianca saw the photos of the Bedelia Gang sliding from left to right until they found what they were looking for. 

"He's one of them," Bell mumbled, then she turned off the images on her sunglasses but kept them. Bianca did the same. 

They were standing at the boardwalk facing the waters but in the corner of their eyes, they were watching the member of the Bedelia Gang who was still haggling with the fish vendor.

After a couple of more minutes of haggling with the fish vendor, he looked around then they saw the man walking away with a plastic bag of fish in his hand. 

Bell and Bianca discreetly followed the man while chatting and looking around pretending to be a tourist from a cruise ship that is docked not far away from the harbor.

Bianca is wearing a white spaghetti strap blouse tucked in khaki shorts. She also has a blue silk scarf hanging on her neck. She wears oversized square sunglasses and her blonde hair is tied in a ponytail.

Bell on the other hand wears a striped shirt, faded jeans, square sunglasses, and a wide-brim hat.

They stayed a few meters away from the Bedelia Gang member that they were following but still enough to keep him in their vision.

The man takes a few left and right turns. Bell and Bianca noticed that they are getting deeper away from the boardwalk and the place has fewer people. They saw the man stop, making them stop as well, and pretended to ask one of the passers-by for directions.

When the man started walking again, Bell and Bianca waited a couple of seconds before they started walking as well. 

"Guys, the place looks dangerous. I think I can take over from here." They heard Brina speak.

Bell and Bianca stopped walking and saw the man take a left turn. 

"Are you sure?" Bell asked.

"Yes, in fact. He already stopped walking and is now knocking on one of the houses there." Brina said while looking at the monitor of her laptop. 

"Make sure that it is the place," Bell said without moving from their spot.

Brina zoomed in on the video and saw that the door opened revealing another member of the Bedelia Gang. She was sure that he was one of them because she had already memorized their faces.

"Okay, I have visuals of three members of the gang. One opened the door, one got out and another one got in. I think this is the place. But I'll keep on monitoring the place." Brina said.

"Okay, let's get out of here. We'll return at night." Bell said to Bianca.