Head Quarter

6 Years ago, …

The bell rang; it's time for the student to go back home.

Stephanie walks out of her school with her head down, keeping herself conservative and not wanting to talk to anyone. However, her eyes gleam as she can't wait to go home. She can't wait to practice some moves with Nathan.

She has no friends at school. She only has her family, which is her dad and everybody else at home. Wondering how she would exchange moves with Nathan and need to feed her three well-trained dogs.

Stephanie kept on walking, head staring at the cement pavement. Her pace stopped by two grown men, all wearing black suits.

"Stephanie Spring," Guy #1 said.

She stares at him, not saying a single word, and continues to walk.

"We know your mother." Guy #2 continued.

She stopped her movement and looks at the guy with interest. A smirk is more likely. Her personality changed 180.

"Identify yourself," she says.

"City R." Guy #2 replied with a thick accent voice.

"Our boss is waiting inside the car."

"Call him out. Cause I'm not going in there." She said.

They nodded. Soon a guy with expensive tailor suits comes right and sits next to her.

"I need you to do a job for me." His rough voice said out loud.

"Why would a high school student pique your interest? Don't you have your men? You're a creep. I'm still in school." She asked.

"…"

"I just need you to delivers something to your dad." He said.

"Deliver it yourself. Creep." She said.

"Get her." He said and walks back into the car. The two guys immediately grab her and try to carry her back into the car.

She instantly uses the martial art skills she had learned since growing up, knocking down both men and runs away. As she was running away, her eyes shine when she saw her car, but what awaits her is her two bodyguards; one got his head on the wheel, another knocked back towards the seats.

Her two bodyguards were waiting for her in the car. They got killed but a silencer that when straight into their head.

Another guy came out of the car and pull out a knockout gun, like an animal running from the hunter but still unsuccessful; she got knocked out from the shot on her back.

She did not understand what was going on.

Who are these guys? Her clan enemy? What do they want from her?

They capture her and put her into a full cemented room.

"Are you sure she is the key?"

"Yes. I heard this Flower is her good friend."

So she's the bait for the Flower? Are they crazy? Who is a friend with that myth person?

"You guys are crazy. Let me out. I don't even know this Flower girl."

The men outside the room all turn their heads towards the door.

"Ignore her. Now get ready because she might be here soon, or in the next two weeks. We never know." The boss said and walked out.

~Cell phone rings~

"The meeting." A deep voice said from the phone, and it hangs up immediately.

The boss sighed. "Prepare a plane to City J. Make sure to be prepared for the battle to come. Do not underestimate is myth girl. I'm sure she will come sooner or later. Kill the mother if needed. I'll be gone for a week."

The assistant nodded his head and when straight to arrange everything.

"Call the general in for this." The boss said.

"Yes, sir."

.......

It's been three days. The General and his men are all bored, sitting idle. Besides playing cards and drinking, they don't know what else to do. They are all waiting for this girl named Flower.

They wanted to capture the girl by the name of a Flower. Nobody had ever seen The Flower's face, or if they did, nobody lived to tell tales. It is in the black society lullaby and nursery.

'If you witness the flower girl, may God bless you souls and live to tell tales.'

'She's a beast.'

'She killed anybody and everybody.'

'She killed 50 men in the Silent House.'

'I heard that if you see her, you'll be cursed.'

'She's not normal.'

...…

At the same time, Sir Valend in City O had lost his daughter for three days already. He had been super restless. He sent Nathan and a group of his best men to search for her. His daughter is kidnapped, and he got the meeting in City J.

He is sure that one of the chairs is involved with this. There were no leads and worrying over his daughter's well-being. With heavy burden, he decided to really contact her. This is his last resort.

"I need your help." He said.

"Of course." A sweet voice replies.

"Stephanie is gone. Do you know where?" He asked.

"City R. The R clan. I heard a rumor. Would you like me to get her back? But I will lose you, Sir. I don't want that too." The voice echoes.

"My daughter is my life. Please get her back. I'm leaving her and Nate with you. Thank you, Flora." He ended the call. With a heavy expression, he walks out of his office.

"Sir, the plane is ready." His right-hand man said.

"We lost the battle. Ask everyone to prepare everything. They will come right after left." He said.

"Right away, Sir." The man said with a heavy heart. It seems like they lost. But at least Stephanie and Nate will be okay.

Walking down the stairs, he sees all his trusted men, his eyes turn teary for the first time in front of them.

"You are all dismissed. I'm attending this meeting alone." Sir Valend said.

"We will follow you." They said with a strong voice and a glint of hope in their eyes.

....

Meanwhile, the R Clan thought maybe if the Flower girl is true to her tales, they might be able to capture the beast of the underworld by using the well-known bait, Stephanie.

After capturing this Flower girl, it would be easier since the beast will be under the council's surveillance.

Later did they know their foolishness and greed faces a huge consequence.

Stephanie Spring, daughter of Sir Valend Spring. A great pawn. Involves the whole clan in City O and chair #6 of the council.

The General suddenly feels bored,

"Bring the old woman out. Need to do something fun here. The boss said to kill her if needed. Three days had passed with no movement. It's now needed. Bring the pawn out too." He said with a lazy voice while rubbing his ears.

They took Stephanie out and hang her from the first floor. Letting her see another old woman get dragged out with a ragged appearance. But from her silhouettes, Stephanie's heart starts to jump.

Is this her birth mother? Growing up without one, how longing she is for the warmth of a mother. Growing with all guys in the house, it's not helping the case here.

The old woman saw Stephanie hanging from the first floor, eyes widened, and she started to scream and struggle.

"What are you doing to her?! Release her!"

The General got annoyed over the noises the old woman make.

"Let her sit on the chair."

The seated the old woman, and the General let out a cynical smile toward Stephanie.

"Hey Spring, you like red, right?"

Before she can even retort, blood gushes out right in front of her eyes.

Everything happens in slow motion right in front of her eyes.

He slit the throat of her mother.

"Better now. That was so noisy," he said.

She loves the color red flowing, the expression people made before their last breath while she watched her clan tortured someone. All different emotions combined. Their regrets, their pain, their anger…etc.

But now….

After seeing her mother's throat slit right before her eyes, Steph was in a rage. She screams and struggles from the rope hanging from her wrists above her head.

The men quickly pull her onto a chair. They were all focusing on the blood on the floor and Stephanie's crazy reaction.

In all of a sudden, the doors, the windows were all broken. Glasses were shattered. Someone has intruded on the R clan protective warehouse headquarter!

All Steph sees with her blurry eyes was a figure walking in front of her. The figure came closer and told her that she's going to be safe. And she had no idea who he/she was.

The figure is Flora. She was walking in the warehouse where they had kept Steph. Flora was feeling sad because she was too late.

She just walks into the warehouse-like she walks into an ordinary young girl's bedroom. Ready to sleep. Wearing nothing but her pajamas and her white sneakers. The men were perplexed. Their attention was on the windows and the door. Once, they saw a girl was telling Steph that she's going to be okay. They were more than raged this time. How dare a girl dressed in pajamas telling her that's going to be all right?!

Could it be? The beast? She looks anything but a beast. Is that why they called her Flower?

The girl then smiled at the men. What she said was unexpected. She bowed. "Please let her go. She just wants to be free."

The men all laughed. The General kept laughing. Maybe he can turn this girl into one of his mistresses. Besides, she got quite a beauty. Okay No. Once the general glanced again, he was awestruck with her. She's gorgeous. Even though she's in her oversized t-shirt, bending down and begging to let Steph go, her beauty is making the men groaned in the warehouse.

The General goes to her. He leaned closer to her face.

"I'm sorry, babe. I can't. So why don't you go off to your room and go to sleep with your teddy." While he said that, Flora looked up at him. She then smiled. The General was still perplexed his mind with the beauty in front of him.

"Oh dear general, you didn't know that your action is your death wish."

With that, the General's face dropped. He heard his men were yelling. "BOSS!" "General!"