Chapter Three

Onice and Diamante stood in front of the old performers that they rescued. They were able to help eight, including James and Andrew, to escape. Onice felt proud of himself. Thanks to Diamante, they can rest easy knowing that they had skilled performers to do their bidding.

"As you know, we saved you for a reason." The performers look at each other in pure confusion. Dare even to try to speak or even ask why it isn't going to be an option.

"Your skills and your excellent strength can help us all. Today, you are no longer Performers, but rather very sophisticated leaders who will help us to climb to the top." The leaders start to murmur in excitement. They are euphoric to have such a high status. Onice grins.

"Our goal is to destroy the current state of Quenoy Commerce. The company and its partners are led by ruthless tyrants who want nothing more than to see people suffer." The murmurs halt as the leaders listen to everything that Onice says. At best, this is a vigilante organization whose job is to eliminate the corrupt companies that have the government on their side. But at worst, it's a suicide mission. Onice doesn't care; he knows how to handle these situations.

"The first thing we need to do is prepare. You must bring people who are desperate for money and give them to us. They will be paid to follow our instructions, and the leader(s) who brought them will receive gifts." The leaders' bodies relax as they hear his offers. Because of how mistreated they were in the circus, they will now be given a substantial amount of money.

Onice dismisses the leaders, and all leave, leaving Onice and Diamante alone. As soon as the door shut behind them, Onice rushes Diamante into his room and closes his doors.

"We are not safe," Onice sees Diamante's eyes fill with pure confusion before her eyes flashback to the fire at the circus. Onice nods his head to confirm what she's thinking. Diamante starts to panic.

"Did you see them? Which one?" Diamante's eyes fill up with tears when Onice does not answer. She starts to grind her teeth angrily. Once sighs as he tells her everything.

"It was the twin with the power of ice. I went to retrieve file #437; he was already there wearing the uniform. He somehow got the key to the classified files, took the EXACT file that I was looking for and was about to kill me. Luckily, I caught him off guard and used the ancient nerve pinch."

Diamante takes a deep breath as she feels the gravity of the situation. The twins are still alive, and they have infiltrated the authorities. Now, they are probably angry at them for reasons unknown.

"I swear, if thou does not have a good plan, then thee will be sorry," Onice starts to like the look of fiery revenge in Diamante's eyes. He can see how the twins should be on her side and how they owe her for being set free. Her anger is what he needs to fuel this operation.

Onice takes the stolen data from his desk and hands it to Diamante. She looks down in confusion before looking at the first page. Her eyes widen as she sees the dates, receipts, and bank statements that the Du Quenoy Commerce has. From its origin to its future projects with the current owner, Mauvais Sélérat.

"I have prepared the best way to destroy the companies. We are dealing with three main companies, including the Du Quenouy Commerce. The other companies are Baccarat and the Frontenac Enterprise. The Baccarat company is the country's bank. It holds the stock as well as the wealth of the companies in France. And the Frontenac Enterprise operates the military weapons that the French Army and Navy use."

Diamante nods as she flips through the dates of particular events. She also sees the plans for future projects.

"We are going after Frontenac. Frontenac has industrial factories all over France. Because of this, workers are given small amounts of money to work for a twelve-hour shift. It is notorious for the death of its workers because of exhaustion. The current owners are Alexandre and Arthur Legrand. Slave owners who use females as sex objects."

"So how shall we destroy these puny flies?" Onice almost laughs at Diamanté's innocent question. But to be fair, Onice is the organizer of this operation.

"You shall redirect the fear of the people towards us. Have them worship our every step. Make sure that not even the authoritative force can stop us. Rule over these desperate idiots, and be the name that brings fear to everyone.

Your leniency will make you look weak as a feather, stupid as a rock, and will make the people look down on you like the dirt on their shoes." Onice warns. Diamante nods and gives the file back. She walks to her bedroom and goes to sleep.

*****

The knock on her bedroom door wakes Diamante up. She opens the door and sees Anastasia and Nikita. They both alert her that they have found someone willing to negotiate with her. Here goes nothing; this conversation is going to change Diamante's entire dynamic.

Diamante follows the blond, Russian siblings into the main room. There she sees the frail, older woman in old tattered clothes. They sit across each other, and the silence is deafening.

"I need help with my store. People are stealing my vegetables, and I need someone to protect me." Diamante rolls her eyes at her sob story. The woman's tears do little to nothing to help sway Diamante.

"If you want our protection, you will pay fifteen percent of your profit." The woman's eyes widen at Diamanté's statement. She can't believe how much money this little girl demands from her. She stands up from her chair and points a wrinkly finger in Diamante's face.

"This is outrageous! I'm not giving you my profits" Diamanté finally snaps. Diamante stands up from her throne, walks up to her, and backhands the frail lady. The poor lady almost immediately falls to the ground and looks up at Diamante in fear.

"You came to me so I could protect you. Pay me or get out of my house." Diamanté looks down at the older woman with pure anger. The woman slowly nods her head. She reaches into her pocket and gives Diamante the small bag of silver coins. Diamante snatches the load from the woman's hands and shoos her away. Diamanté watch as the older woman slowly gets up and leaves. Diamanté holds a smug look on her face; this is the start of stating her legacy.

Diamante enters her bedroom's vault with her small briefcase. She opens it and smiles at gems, jewels, and coins that shimmers and gleam inside. She fills two bags with them and closes the trunk and locks the vault. After filling up the bags, she goes to the kitchen, where she finds Nikita.

"You did a fantastic job. Here are your portions. Every Tuesday, you and Anastasia have to see Madeline Pierre. Make sure she pays you. If she doesn't, you know what to do." Nikita nods his head as she gives him his and Anastasia's share.

Nikita and Anastasia are renowned acrobatics from the Novella circus. Because of how they are of Russian descent, people have always been intrigued by their good looks. But they are also super flexible and great, especially for getting what they want.

Diamante feels someone tap on her back. She whips her head around and sees Charlotte. The little girl with skin as dark as the wealthiest chocolate is shaking in fear. Diamante looks up and down as she notices the bruises and fresh lash marks all over Charlottle's arms.

"How can I help you?" Diamante asks. Charlotte starts to pull on Diamante's dress and take her outside. There Diamante sees the three men. Two of them are holding bats, while one of them was holding the whip.

"Give us the negro. You wench." The obese man with the whip commands. Diamante is now resentful. However, these fucking pigs are doing her a favor. She's going to teach them not to mess with Diamante Stanzolio.

She starts to walk outside the Manor, but Charlotte pulls her dress in protest. Diamante stops walking and turns around. She kneels to Charlotte's level. She stares into Charlotte with eyes that hold reassurance and security. Charlotte immediately nods her head in understanding and runs back inside.

"If you want her, you have to go through me first." The scarred of the three men smiles maniacally and swings his bat towards her. She grabs the iron rod and kicks him hard in the gut, making him fall to the ground.

The other two immediately run towards her, the man with the whip manages to get a few lashes on her face. It is even able to hit her eye. But without hesitation, she grabs his neck. She smiles as the man falls onto his knees, desperately trying to catch his breath. But soon, he stops trying and falls to the ground, unconscious. While Diamante's strangling the man, the last man starts hitting Diamante's back repeatedly.

She lets go of the unconscious man and turns around.

Her shiny, silver eyes are bloodshot red, and she is shedding dark crimson tears. The man now stands up with complete fear; he can't do anything as Diamante slowly limps up to him.

"What are you?" Diamante laughs at his question. That laugh soon turns into a roar; the man does not know what else to do, so he throws the bat at her. She dodges the bat with ease and continues to limp up towards him.

The man starts walking backward, but his foot trips over, sending him down to the ground. Diamante keeps on limping towards him. And soon, that limp morphs into a confident stride. Her cackle dies down as she kneels in front of his face that full of terror.

"My name is the diamond demon. So, if you want to live, you have to leave and never come back." As soon as she is done speaking, the man scrambles onto his feet and runs away.

Diamante takes deep breaths. She walks over to the silver bat and picks it up. After that, Diamante slowly walks towards the scarred man. She waits until he begins waking up.

She then raises the bat in the air with all of her power before slamming it hard against his skull. The delicious crunch of the man's head is satisfying to her.

But it isn't enough. Diamante continues to batter and beat the body until the crunches turn into soft squishes. The man's face is now an unrecognizable mess.

Diamante Stanzolio. She's a young girl who is the daughter of Mariaisabelle and Emerenziano Stanzolio. She grew up relatively normal, except for the times she will torture animals in her free time. Diamante will only ever harm pests like rats and raccoons. To her, they deserve it for finding refuge in places where they didn't belong.

After Diamante's done, the woman limps her way back inside the Manor; Diamante ignores Charlotte and gives Onice a look. Immediately, Onice calls out Andrew and James to dispose of the bodies and bring the weapons.

Diamante is now in the kitchen; she opens the cabinet and takes out the mille-feuille. She finds Charlotte and hands her the sweets. The little girl smiles at her before walking into her room.

Diamante needs the leaders to stay by her and Onice's side. The only way for that to work is if they are all a part of a family. If a leader is to get hurt, Diamante will make sure to let the perpetrator know who will come after them.

And NO ONE messes with the Diamond demon.