CHAPTER 9

There was a knock on the door and who ever it was, was persistent.

"Am coming!" Harry yelled, he was asleep before someone started knocking on his door. He was wearing only a singlet and a pair of green shorts.

On getting to the door he asked

"Who is it?"

"Hey yo, its Ralph" the voice said.

Harry opened the door and standing in front of him was a kid probably about 17 years old but looked older; he wore a grey sweater and had on him a camera.

"What do you want it's 6 in the morning"

"Just getting the latest gossips from the locals, you know the usual stuff"

Harry had meet Ralph when he first arrived, he was the paper delivery boy and he also wrote articles to make a little cash, he was also the person Harry paid to follow Austin around.

"Look kid, in case you haven't noticed am not the person to meet for gossip" he was about to close the door when Ralph said

"Wait, hold up..."

"What?!"

"Yo, isn't that rich guy suppose to show up today?"

"What rich....." Harry paused realizing he was right

"Yeah, but he might not get here till later in the day"

"Oh Ok. See you later then Mister" the kid took off, as he continued running towards an unknown destination Harry stood there watching him, as the kid crossed the road he noticed the road were more busier than usual especially since only the wealthy could afford such luxury. Soon the boy was out of sight and he was about to close the door when another voice said

"Excuse me Sir" Harry reopened the door and saw a delivery boy

"Yes, what do you want?"

"Are you Mr. Fisher?"

"Yes, any problem?" He stretched forth a box that was in his arm with a piece of paper on top and a pen.

"Can you sign here" he said, Harry took the pen and signed on the paper which the boy took.

"You know I wasn't sure I got the right address, I thought this place was abandoned" the boy said laughing.

"Right" Harry replied as he took the package and closed the door. He tore the package and a note was on it, it read '4pm don't be late" after taking out the note he checked the box and found a new uniform and a communicator, he didn't bother checking if the uniform was his size he dropped everything on the table and went back to bed.

At first it was a screech then it became more audible, Harry opened his eyes and realized it was the communicator, it was turned on all along.

"Hello, Harry.....are you there?“ said a voice from the communicator

"Yes" he replied still trying to regain full consciousness

"Where the hell are you, its already 4:27" Harry jumped from the bed at the mere mention of the time and got dressed hurriedly as he took to the street. Luckily, he saw a cab that dropped him off at the harbour; it was more of an airport by a sea port but since none of the planes work they were just seating there.

Harry could see a crowd of journalist and spectators waiting for the ship to arrive, agents were at every corner to ensure security. He brushed past two agents who were securing the gate, then saw where Joshua, Lucy and Eddy stood amongst the crowd; they were all moody except for Eddy who looked like he was trying to lighten up the mood, he saw that the ship had already arrived and was about to reach the harbor. Lucy spotted Harry and waved him to come forward.

"Quite a population we've got" Harry said on getting to them.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Joshua yelled.

"I was busy"

"Busy, of course" Eddy muttered.

"What did I miss?" Harry asked.

"Nothing yet, but you are just in time......here they come" Lucy said.

The platform came down and two security men came down first, the crowd was already getting excited more cameras flashed as the long expected visitor has finally arrived.

"All these for Noah?" Harry asked.

"No some came for their own people traveling in..." Joshua replied with his eyes fixed on the platform.

"....here he comes" everyone looked up and roars of cheers filled the air. A man came forth; he had long hair reaching his neck and he was dressed in a polka dotted coat that overshadowed the red shoes he wore

"Now that's what am here for" Eddy said, pointing to a lady coming down standing behind Noah.

"Really Ed?" Lucy asked chuckling.

"Who's she?"Harry asked.

"She, is my daily fantasy" Eddy said with a perverted smile.

"That's Noah's secretary, the only person he takes as family...." Joshua said

"....alright its showtime" he said as Noah made it down the platform and was now surrounded by journalists holding recorders all wanting to interview him.

"Sir, sir, how does it feel to be coming down to leave with the locals?" asked one.

"My dear, I grew up in district 5, me living here will feel like being in district 1" he replied, his voice was loud but sounded like he spoke slow as if he was carefully selecting his words.

"Sir, is it true that you have been sent here to keep a tab on all the murder cases? I heard that you are the only surviving organizer who opposes Mr. Gin's rise to power"

He laughed for a while and said

"I don't think I have anything to worry about, I believe in the agency and I feel as safe as the average man" he had a smile that showed his clear set of white teeth and he seems to just know how to make it work with his long pointy nose.

"Sir,...."

"Mr. Moammi won't be taking any further questions" the woman behind Noah cut in; she was dressed in a white sleeveless dress with a black jacket and she had on sunglasses. Her long dark hair was held by a band and covered by a veil

"Mr Moammi, sir, it's an honor to finally meet you" Joshua who had finally gone past the journalists said, following behind him was the rest of his agent.

"The honor is mine" he stretched forth his right hand for a handshake, instantaneously realizing who he must be.

"You must be Mr. Junn......"

"Please just call me Joshua, sir" he grabbed his arm warmly.

"These are my trusted agents, she's Lucy, that's Eddy and Harry" he pointed at each of them so there was no mistaken identity

"Nice meeting you all, this here is my P.A I would expect you all to treat her like an extension of me" Noah said.

"Nice meeting you ma'am" Eddy hurriedly rushed forth stretching out his right hand, she looked at his hand and back at his face, then back at Noah's

"Are we going to stand here all day or what?" she asked.

"Right this way ma'am, we've prepared a living space in the finest part of the district and...."

"Wait, who's we?" Joshua seemed puzzled by her question.

"Myself and my agents" he replied.

"Why, Do we tell you we didn't have a place to stay?" she asked.

"I..I..I....surely you already know you are important people, I just wanted to make sure you were well protected" Joshua said, Harry and the others simply stood and watched the drama.

"Thanks for the concern but I'll be fine" he said and began heading towards the gate.

"But sir please reconsider, after the 6th death we can't afford another" Joshua said.

"Hold on, 6th?" Lucy asked with a tone of shock.

Noah looked at her and then back at Joshua

"It seems you have important things to discuss with your agents" he made a gesture to his accomplice and she followed him towards the gate.

"What do you mean by 6th?" Lucy asked again.

"Harry, could you please find out where they are heading to?" Joshua said, Harry nodded and started jogging to catch up with them.

"Wait, hold on" he said on getting close to them.

"What now?" asked the girl.

"So where will you guys be living?" he asked.

"I was told it was a building by..y...y..the green cottage....I think" Noah said and at the same time a car pulled up; it was a black Mercedes car and had no plate number so Harry could guess it belonged to him though he had no idea how the car got here before him.

As Noah stepped in he turned back and said

"You know what, tell your boss that you are all invited to dinner tonight,8pm sharp" he closed the door and the car drove off. Harry turned back he saw Joshua still trying to explain to Lucy where and who the rest 5 victims were, he saw that people were still coming off the ship and that most of the journalist were already gone. As he kept staring at people passing by he saw a familiar face, he looked closer and saw that it was scarface. What was he doing here? Harry wondered, he wore a black hood that covered most of his face and stood in the midst of people welcoming their relatives or friends who were still coming down the ship but he stood looking at Harry. Harry began walking towards him but as he drew close he could no longer see him, he turned round searching but to no avail.

"Harry!" Joshua yelled at him.

"Did you get the address?" he asked.

Harry simply nodded.

"What is it?" Lucy asked, noticing his searching eyes.

"Nothing" he replied.

"Well let's get out of here then....show's over" Joshua said.

"You guys go ahead, I'll meet you up at the green cottage"

"Why would we be at the green cottage?" Eddy asked.

Harry stared for a moment then realized he actually never told them anything.

"Oh, am sorry..Noah said he owns a place beside the green cottage and that's where he's staying. And we are all invited for dinner by 8"

"Right, and you would just tell us if we bothered asking, by the way where are you going?" Eddy asked.

"Personal matters" Harry replied and left.

"Personal matters? What's up with this guy it's like he doesn't know what his job his" Eddy said to Joshua as Harry had gone a few yards from them.

"Let's just go" Joshua simple said.