Bounty

Lorenzo's face darkened looking at the man in front of him, he set aside the documents on his mahogany desk and opened the locked drawer on her desk to pick up something. Its a picture frame of Helena on her 17th birthday, she looked different from the year he brought her to The Cabal, she had gained weight and her eyes lit up with happiness, now Helena is like a walking shell, empty...

The price has been placed on Helena's head, but no one knows what she really looks like, it should be able to give them some time to eliminate any threats.

Daryl has returned from his mission, he has grown a beard from the previous mission where he infiltrate a biker gangs known to be involved in human trafficking. He despise human trafficker the most, he will never let them off easily.

He took a seat in front of Lorenzo and crossed his legs.

"You can try sending people to eliminate attempts to approach Helena.. but you know she won't keep quiet, she has her own crew and probably already knows the bounty on her head"

"I know, but it won't make me calm down, i raised her like my own, i regret bringing her to The Cabal, i thought i be doing her a favor.. but it reminded me I actually denied her a normal life."

Daryl grimaced after hearing the verse Lorenzo spoke, he held tightly to the arm rest of the chair and his eyes stared out the window behind Lorenzo, drifting onto his past leaving the Cabal for a distant and dangerous mission, to stay away from Helena.

After hearing that Ethan was given an injection to modify his memory to forget Helena and manipulate it by hypnotherapy to replace her with Miranda Teo, on the agreement of Lorenzo Reyes and Christopher Teo in exchange of information regarding James Walter that took them 2 years to compile it before terminating him.... he came back to make sure Helena is fine..

Daryl can only watched Helena from a distance and his heart pounded as he saw Helena hand tremble injecting the serum of her creation to a man she loves.

FLASHBACK:

Helena rubbed Ethan's forehead and kiss it tenderly, he was still lying hooked on the wires and the medical monitor beeping showing his vital signs. she sat on the chair next to his bed and held his warm pale hand. she kissed it and spoke..

"I like Spice girls, you asked me if we can go out dating like other people..so I told you now, that I like spice girls, I like milk coffee.. i work as an assassins' and a scientist, they name me Lilith.....they said its not assassins' but an agent for the shadow government, but i like assassins' better.. I only have an appetite when I'm with you dear, you will forget me soon, and i will be okay, so don't be sad, this doesn't hurt, because I'll bear all the pain of this memory alone, you'll be free ... I hope you find someone who loves you like you love me...I love you .... goodbye my love ,i will remember you forever " she let his hand go and clenched her chest and lean on the wall crying..

Daryl saw it unfolded from the cracked of the ward door, he turned his back and slowly leaned on the wall.. seeing Helena breaking, he broke too...he cant stand it anymore and left....

A moment later, Helena staggered out of the room and fell in front of Raymond who stood there.. he bent down and looked at her eye level, her mouth open and quivered.. she broke down in tears and hugged Raymond..

"He will forget me Ray..i really do love him.." her tears like a waterfall smearing her mascara that melt together and rolled down her cheek.

"It hurts over here" tapping her chest.." why its more painful than being shot or stabbed" she asked him like a child hooking her arms and leaning her head on his chest while still on the floor sitting.

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Daryl snapped from his flashback and clenched his fist.

"I will protect her even if I have to trade my life, this is what I owe Helena."

Daryl stood up and bowed respectfully to Lorenzo and went to open the door and left, his mission is over and time to face Helena. He sends orders to deploy his men so that they protect Helena from afar, without her knowing, and to inform him if she leave the city.

On his new cell phone screen given by The Cabal, is a picture of him, Helena and Raymond together when they were still in their early 20s, Helena made a smirk and Raymond rounded his mouth mimicking kissing on Helena's cheek and Daryl was indifferent crossing his arms. They were partying in Thailand since they just graduated with their respective bachelors degree, Cabal take educations very seriously.

He locked his cell phone back and put it in his pocket before going to Raymond's computer room to meet his old friend and catch up.