Chapter 22 - Field Work

The first field work of Jason and Alicia finally arrived. They didn't want to go out together at the same time so the other members of her department wouldn't notice, that was what she wanted although madam Jane was fully aware of it. They were to meet at a coffee house before heading to the custom officers hideout.  Alicia did some investigations and found out their hideout, she also asked Kelly who had some connections with the military for help since they were dealing with hardened criminals. They had to go there to get them to confess who they are working for is or capture them and hand them over to the authorities for interrogation if they act stubborn. 

She wore black jeans, shirt and a black boot, then she tied her hair backwards and wore a black cap. She saw Jason stepping into the coffee house from the transparent glass door, he wore the same thing too but he had a nose mask to avoid people from recognising him. He was the brain behind their outfit today, " this man wants me to look boring just like him, he should add colour to his clothes as well as his life ", but when she saw him from a closest view, she immediately took back those words because the man before her looked so damn hot, he looked like a mafia on a killing spree, although his face was covered everyone was still awestruck at how handsome and well built he is. She too gained much attention, and she saw some women there looking at her with envy and when she looked at the cause of all this, he kept his usual nonchalance face. " It seems he is used to this attention, since he doesn't care ", Alicia muttered to herself, she was feeling giddy as he entered, when he saw her mouth slightly opened as she stared at him, he smirked and he sat close to her. Coffee was served to them, after he took one sip he told her " close you mouth and will you stop drooling over me ", " You are one hell of a narcissist, I wasn't drooling because of how you look " she replied as she cleaned her mouth to check if she was actually drooling, " you are really a bad liar ", Jason said surprised at how naive she is " this wild  cat has so many shades of her " he thought and after they were done drinking the coffee, he paid and they left the place. 

They entered Jason's green ferrari, Alicia wondered why the car didn't have a carplate, her lawyer's instinct kicked in " what if something happens it would be difficult to trace us because you don't have a car plate, or is your car not registered? " she asked him,  Jason sighed because he gets stressed out answering her questions but he has to in order to shut her up from asking more, " The only thing I would tell you is nothing bad will happen to you while you're with me, you don't have to get all worked up ".  She knew he wouldn't give her the answer she wanted so she tried putting on her seat belt. Jason put on his seat belt and saw that she was having difficulty in putting hers, he leaned over to help her,he was doing so, she inhaled his scent and was loving it. When he was done she thanked him but got no reply as usual, then he drove to the hideout. 

Jason and Alicia arrived at an isolated and abandoned looking warehouse, they sneaked into the building after Jason parked his car far from the warehouse to avoid suspicion. They jumped through the open window, when they were in, three armed men guarding the door saw them and came towards them to attack, they  looked at each other and Jason signalled her to take one while he fought the other two. Alicia went first, fought one of the men and took his gun after defeating him and that's when she noticed that Jason just held their hands and they pass out immediately, " It seems this man isn't just an ordinary man cause he is doing something to them making them loose consciousness and defeating them without breaking a sweat, wait...a minute, this can't be, oh now I know what he's doing that needle he is injecting them with is the ancient Chinese stringe I read about about used in making people weak and default their brain cells at first contact with the skin, but it's already extinct so how did he get hold of it? " she thought. She was then asked by Jason to stay there while he go up alone and get the custom officers knowing well that it is very dangerous because upstairs was heavily guaded by armed men and to add that he refuse to take a gun with him. Surprisingly within five minutes she saw Jason coming down with the custom officers handcuffed.  He still looking breathtaking without breaking a sweat, his hair was still neatly arranged and his bangs didn't even move from its position, she was amazed but was still very curious of how he did it because she knew that the stringe wouldn't sustain him when fighting with over thirty heavily armed men.

Jason knew what was running through Alicia's mind, he was actually counting every second they spent there, his every move was well calculated because If he wasted any more time,  someone would be leaving there dead since the people these men were working for are from the underworld and he doesn't want to risk her safety.