CHAPTER-09

CHAPTER-09

"GETTING READY"

Ace started to read the file that Alex gave him carefully sitting on his couch at night.

The Mafia was getting more and more powerful these years and it had began to threaten the authority of the central agencies in the Europe.

Well, not only in the Europe,Ace read some reports that was sent from the agencies of central Asia and some from South America.

"Who is this Mafia King?" Ace thought as he continued to read the file.

Maintaining more than fifty mafia gangs all over the world and ruling those powerful people,who much the powerful the King actually was.

How could someone single handedly control all these things?

Ace was getting more and more interested to meet this Mafia King.

But the identity of the Mafia King had been a great mystery for last five years.

No one knew who the King was.Or how did the King looked.

Ace went to sleep very late that night.

Then,went back to the CIA headquarters in the morning.

"Good morning,man,"Joey greeted them with his usual cheerful laugh.

"Good morning,"Ace greeted back with a small laugh. He liked Joey.

"Want some coffee?" Lyla asked.

Ace nodded and looked at Alex who was sitting on the chair busy reading something.

"What is he reading?" Ace asked Joey.

He really felt uncomfortable to talk to Alex himself.

"A drug dealer was killed on the road two nights ago. He is reading the reports about that," Lyla answered and gave the coffee cups to Ace and Joey.

Ace remembered the eyes he seen once again.

He saw that murder happening that night.

"Is it related to the Mafia?"Ace asked.

Trying to not sound much interested as he sipped on his cup of instant coffee.

"He thinks so," Lyla replied.

"Well,the MO matches. The man was shot in his forehead, between his eyes," Joey said.

Ace knew that. That was the signature MO of ehe the Mafia King.

Ace's heartbeat got faster thinking that maybe that night he saw the Mafia king actually.

"Al is obsessed with the Mafia King,"Joey said.

"Why?"Ace asked.

"He thinks that the Mafia King is an interesting and powerful character. He wants to psychoanalyze the King," Lyla answered.

Ace didn't say anything but he kinda got it.

"Ok, let's get started now. Ace, from now on, we'll call you Mason so that you can get accustomed with the name and don't seem surprised when someone call you that," Alex said as he stood up and sat his papers aside.

Ace nodded in agreement.

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One month passed away really fast for Ace.

Ace stopped running and waited for his heartbeat to get normal.

He went out for a run after waking up this morning.

For the last month,Ace had been doing everything necessary to get used to his new identity.

He even had to leave his apartment and shift to another one that the team had chosen for him.

It was in a cheap and old neighborhood rather than his own high security neighborhood.

He got fimiliar with the neighbors too.

One old couple and one divorced woman in her early thirties.

They all knew that He was Mason Hunters,ex miliary currently unemployed and looking for a job.

Ace also was practicing poker and other card games with Joey and Lyla.

Lyla was good,not that impressive though.

Joey was really good.

Ace was defeated him few times but he hadn't play with Alex with yet.

Alex told him that he needed to be better than now to be able to play with him.

Everyday,Ace would go to the headquarters in the morning and stayed the whole day with Alex,Lyla and Joey.

He would talk to Alex about the Mafia and how to fake his identity and lie while not even beating his eyelashes.

Well, it's more like Ace would hear Alex's lecture.

Than,he would practice his fight with Lyla.

That woman was a hell of a fighter. She almost kicked Ace's butt.

Ace felt good while fighting Lyla.

He also practiced his shooting in the shooting range.

At the evening,Ace would join Joey to the bar and casinos around the city.

He had met many people there,some of Miller's friends too.

But,he hadn't meet Miller yet.

He had met people from the military and also from the Mafia.

Ace was surprised to find out how many ex military were in the Mafia.

"They have spy here too,"Alex said one morning.

The Mafia also had their spies among the agents of the agencies.

"We need to be more careful. We can't let anyone find out your identity,"Alex said.

Ace thought he was right. Of course, there would double agents.

Ace walked in a cafe and bought some coffee and cream rolles for breakfast.

"Hey,Mason," Ace heard an old voice calling him.

"Oh, Good morning,Martha. Would you like some cream rolls?"Ace greeted his lovely old neighbor with a smile.

Martha and her husband were sitting on the bench in the park near their neighborhood.

"Are they fresh?"Martha asked.

Ace laughed watching the greedy look Martha was giving the cream rolls.

"Have one, darling," Ace gave them one each and sat beside Martha.

Ace liked how Martha smelled like old books and woods.

Ace never had anyone liked grandparents in his life. So he liked to spend time with Martha.

Tonight was really big for Ace. He would go to the casino where Miller go for betting.

Their whole mission was depending tonight.

The mission would go on smoothly only if Ace could attract Miller's attention and went inside the Mafia.

Ace took a bite of his cream roll and a sip of his coffee.

"They're really a delight,"Ace heard Marth saying.

Ace smiled.

It wasn't a bad here too. No one knew who really was. No one wanted to impress him so that they could have favours from his father.

He didn't have to act like someo

ne that people would like see.

He could just be himself.

Ace liked it and he was ready to go on his mission now.