Next afternoon
"Boss! Intruder alert!" Trent's henchman said to him.
"Let him in. We need him." Trent said.
Lionel was coming in, in his Shirogane warrior armour, with cowl, and a scabbard on his waist.
"Come brother, come. Welcome to Trent's cavern." Trent said. "You came for them right? Come over here. They are here. (To his henchmen) No shooting. Brother is a man of words. He never goes against Shirogane Code, unlike Jane."
When Lionel reached near Trent, he saw Madelyn and Erik enchained, unconscious, and brutally beaten. Probably beaten before Lionel arrived, as Erik's wounds were still fresh.
"I know you have several questions brother and I would love to answer you." Trent said.
"Why?" Lionel asked.
"Ah brother you're so predictable." Trent sighed and begun, "Well, have you ever focused on their surnames?"
Lionel shook his head saying no.
"As expected" Trent sighed again. "Well you know I won't go against you without any reason, the reason I conspired so much, creating a fake murder scenario, giving you hints to come here, letting my man live so that you reach here. There must be a big reason I must've done this. Right brother?"
Lionel nodded in yes.
"Well look carefully at her." Trent said pulling Madelyn's face, making Madelyn open her eyes. The moment she opened her eyes, she was shocked.
"You recognise her now brother?" Trent asked.
"Hey stop! She's getting hurt." Erik screamed out of nowhere.
"Shut up you dog." Trent said punching Erik's face. "You're a Lycan, a Werewolf, a man converting into wolf, right? Bullshit! I'll show you how an actual wolf is!" Trent said before he started torturing Erik again.
"You mean her?" Lionel whispered with shock clearly understandable in his voice and face. Trent stopped and started grinning.
"Yes. They are them." Trent said with an evil smirk.
Lionel fell on his knees.
"Ah! the shock, the pain. Doesn't it ignite the fire of revenge brother?" Trent said. Lionel was silent.
"What is that thing that made him so shocked?" Madelyn thought. "Moreover who is this guy?"
Suddenly, Trent looked back. "You seem confused kid. Want some answers, don't you?" Trent said with a mocking tone. "Well since I'm going to kill you, you at least deserve to know the reason you are being killed."
"Well you see" Trent begun, "I'm your uncle."
Madelyn's eyes went wide with shock.
"Shocking right? Your mother Jane had only one brother. That's me. As you see, your mother and Lionel, your captain loved each other a lot, and our fathers decided that after they were stable, they will marry each other. Back in those days Lionel was a weakling, so he went to become stronger for the sake of my sister. She promised she would wait for him, while he promised he would return stronger, but guess what. She became pregnant with another man. Moreover, she called Lionel a worthless man, and she even dared to insult our clan."
Madelyn couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"You couldn't believe it right? While Lionel was in war, Jane made you with your father. She wasn't even an adult then when you were in her womb. When I protested, she kicked me, her own brother out. She fought for that playboy, Edward. I swear I would've killed him on sight."
Tears started filling Madelyn's eyes.
"Moreover Jane even "emancipated" herself from our father, while our father loved her the most, more than me." Trent paused for a second. "When this all was happening, Lionel returned from the war, all weary, still struggling to come all the way to meet her, to fulfill his promise he made to her, only to know that she cheated on him. This man no more smiles, or laughs. He hasn't been seen smiling anymore. She stole his smile away as well."
Trent's eyes started filling with tears.
"At that time, we should support him, he took us to his home, and even called my father, as no one was there to take care of him. He adopted us, took care of us, even after what Jane did to him. That's Lionel Ambrose, son of Killian Ambrose. One of the greatest Shiroganes. My brother, the Captain of Spec Ops."
Trent said with a proud tone. A tear left Madelyn's eyes.
"Can you see the same man on his knees after knowing you are Jane's offsprings? I bet he too would want to kill you."
Madelyn was shocked again. Her eyes went wide.
"Shocked again? I bet you're afraid of death." Trent said with a smile.
"Come on brother. Execute them." Trent said.
"No." Lionel replied.
"What?" Trent asked.
"Whoever they may be, they are my soldiers now. Its my responsibility to protect them." Lionel takes out his sword, "And I will protect them."
Trent sighed. "I expected this might happen. (To his henchmen) Bring them in."
Three of Trent's henchmen brought in Naomi, Aaron and Ciaran.
"Your foolish act brought them in danger brother." Trent said with a victory smile. "The man you took yesterday had a mic in him connected to me, I heard your plans before you killed him."
Erik shouted, "Captain don't worry about us, save them."
"Shut up you dog!" Trent exclaimed.
"I don't need to save them." Lionel replied.
"What do you mean?" Trent asked, while Erik was shocked.
"Don't look towards me, look there." Lionel said. Trent quickly turned his head towards Naomi and all.
"It-Its impossible!" Trent cried.
The henchmen who caught Naomi, Aaron and Ciaran removed their cowls. They were Jacob, Selena and Parker.
"You may be stronger now Trent. But I remember what tricks you can use. Remember I was your teacher as well." Lionel said.
Flashback
"Good." Lionel said and broke his neck.
"Damn Lionel, I think you went for the over-torture." Parker said.
"I don't care." Lionel replied.
"Listen everyone! This is the plan." Lionel called everyone to discuss the plans.
After discussing the plan, Lionel signaled everyone to be silent. Everyone was confused. Lionel took out a shuriken and threw it at the man's dead body. The body got electrocuted. Lionel went near it to examine it and found a mic.
"Trent and his old ways." Lionel said. "Anyways whatever I said was a trap for them, original is what I say now."
Present time
"Brother!" Trent grunted.
"Face me like a true Shirogane now brother." Lionel said.
Trent threw away his cloak, revealing his Shirogane armour.
"Alright. (To his henchmen) You all defeat them." Trent said.
A battle started while Madelyn and Erik were still enchained. Madelyn was still caught up in the tempest she faced now, the Captain's identity, the Captain's past, her mother's relation to Captain.
"The man of my dreams, is none other than, Captain?" she asked herself, "And he was about to be my mother's husband before my mother cheated on him and I was in her womb?"
"Am I the reason Captain is leading such a life?" Madelyn whispered to herself which Erik heard.
"No you're not Madelyn. It was our mother's fault. Not yours or anyone's." Erik said. "She wasn't loyal, that doesn't mean you're responsible."
"But..." Madelyn was about to say something with tears rolling out of her eyes, when she was cut off by Erik, "No Ifs not Buts."
Meanwhile in the battlefield, "You should've let me kill them brother." Trent said.
"That would be wrong, they are nowhere responsible for what Jane did." Lionel replied.
Meanwhile, Aaron, Ciaran, Jacob, Naomi, Parker and Selena were fighting Trent's Henchmen.
"Damn, they have guns, we have swords, they are at advantage." Jacob grunted.
"Listen my plan." Aaron said.
"I agree lets go." Parker said.
"Even though in our clan, Bats are considered strongest, but today I'll show how the Bat is defeated." Trent said.
"Your lust for revenge has blinded you. You leave me no choice." Lionel said and went aggressive, making Trent defensive. Then somehow, by force, Lionel catches Trent off guard and threw him on ground.
"Brother!" He exclaimed.
"You haven't improved this yet. You need to learn Trent." Lionel said, taking out a rope made of special material.
"Is that?" Trent said.
"Yes. This is the rope which has electrical charge. Since our suits are electric resistant, they won't affect us. But if you try to touch them bare handed, you will experience a great shock. Moreover, if you have perfect equipment, it still would take some time." Lionel said while Trent.
"But why me brother?" Trent said with a defeated, broken tone. "I fought for you only."
"I appreciate that, but the route you took wasn't right. Now don't interfere our work until Tyranny is over. I'll give you remaining lessons later. Remove all false charges. Now I'll punish you, but not that harsh." Lionel said.
He lifted Trent and aimed his grapple gun to a hole few meter overhead.
"One more thing. Bats and Wolves, both might be mammals." Lionel grappled above getting launched to the air, tossing tied Trent away in the jungle river below. "But bats are the only mammals that can fly." Saying so, Lionel spread his cape and started gliding towards down, entering the cavern again.
"Ah there's Lionel." Parker said.
"Captain! We took all of them down, thanks to Aaron's plan." Jacob said.
"Really Aaron? That's good" Lionel said. "Selena, Ciaran free them." Lionel ordered.
"Yes sir." They said and went to unchain them.
"Captain! I found these keys." Ciaran said.
"As usual Trent. (To Ciaran) Toss them over here." Lionel said.
Ciaran tossed the keys. Lionel caught them.
"There must be vehicles around." Lionel said.
"Probably this way Captain." Aaron said.
"Alright. Take this key Jacob. Drive them back to the camp since you all are exhausted and Madelyn and Erik need medical attention." Lionel said, "I take the motorcycle, first clear off the charges and then come to the camp."
"As you say Captain." Jacob said.
While Lionel was leaving, Madelyn saw him leaving, she saw what no one present there didn't see.
Grief in Captain's eyes.