10. Alex

"I should have slammed it into his face!" Alex growled as he kicked his bike in the dark street. How dare he touch Ella, he seethed in rage with the thought

Alex was riding too fast, he was trying to clear his brain a little. The road was blazing with life as if it was set to flames. His speed was similar to a bullet shot by a rifle. There was no stop. His mind felt like it was on fire, too chaotic. He was putting the weight of his thoughts against the accelerator, driving the bike to its limits.

He has never realized how much he has hated Danial until this moment. He could not even bear the sight of him with her.

Alex was sure that Ella didn't think of Danial more than a friend but it was not enough. Danial was manipulative. He is the reason why everything happened.

If Alex failed to keep her away from him, he would ruin her life.

Danial was not a normal human being.

Lost in the thought of a plan and firing the engine till it went dead, Alex reached the building of Eclipse.

He stayed on the bike even when he was at the personal parking spot. He practiced some deep breaths because there was another wrecked thing waiting for him in the building.

After a moment, he held his helmet under his arm and walked inside.

Eclipse was gigantic. It was located in an enormous mansion. It was an Elite club for rich ass people but not many people know what is behind it. The business includes drugs, kidnapping, human trafficking, money laundering, technology theft, and the list goes on as long as someone can read.

"Are you out of your fucking senses, Hawk?" Jeo welcomed Alex with a fair curse. Alex behaved like Joe wasn't standing there

"Why did you bring Phineas here?" it was Mark, shouting in the same voice just to get ignored by Alex as well "Hawk! We are talking to you!" Mark yelled again "I am in a shitty mood right now. It would be better if you stay away from me" his eyes flared with anger as he stared at the two of them. "You have made a mistake, Hawk. Jasper would be on his way with his men to take his brother" Luke's voice was nothing like the other two. Alex knew he had made a mistake.

He knew no matter what he say he can't fix it now. He ignored all of them and went to his room.

Alex had no choice but to kidnap Phineas. The mission was to kill him, not to kidnap. But he was bound to take the risk because of one single reason.

Alex can not kill someone.

He could beat a person to half death or torture someone just to listen to those melodious screams but has never in his entire life murdered a person, unlike everyone around him.

Alex had enough reasons to kill Phineas yet he couldn't. He was the person who broke into the building of Eclipse and killed ten of their people. Alex still could not forget that night. The attack was sudden and by the time they realized what happened, it was too late. He knew that Phineas deserved the death at the very least but when he held the barrel at him, he dropped the gun.

He remembered the time when he fired a bullet for the first time. It always happens. The memory always stays with him and he fails to kill.

Alex decided to kidnap him and planned to hold him hostage. But it was a dumb idea and deep down he knew it

"Fuck, Man!" Alex screamed to himself as he smashed the door to his room. He was well aware that he should be expecting another attack tonight by Jasper.

He knew he should be planning on it but he just walked to his secret room and put the headphones on. He was running away from his duties and for a reason he couldn't care as he saw her.

Ella still seemed startled by what he had done. She must have been afraid of him till now. Alex didn't really hate making her terrified of him. She looks pretty innocent with fear on her face.

She was sitting on her bed while looking at the widow as if there was a ghost. Just after a second, Danial came into view again.

Apparently, he was so worried about Ella that he went out to buy her comfort food.

Danial sat on her bed, right beside where she was sitting. "Are you okay now?" Alex's hands turned into punches and if he didn't have that mere hold over himself, he would have punched the camera screen. "I am fine, Danny" Daniql touched her on the face to check if she was okay but this time Alex didn't feel anger.

He unexpectedly smiled.

Alex noticed something. It was Ella's eyes. They were different when she looked at him "Have you been okay, Danny?" She used to have a shine of trust and care when she looked at him but now it was confusion that her eyes held. "I am fine after seeing you" Ella's smile lacks that hint of happiness. Something has happened. Something had changed.

Maybe it was the most obvious thing to happen. Danial has ignored Ella for three months. He can't expect their relationship to stay the same after what he has done. "You haven't taken care of yourself much, Ell" Ella nodded her pretty face up and down "I am fine, Danny. It's just studies and things" she lied.

"You should be taking care of yourself more" Ella didn't feel comfortable with the way he was touching her hands and so was Alex. But all he could do was to look through the camera screen and Spy.

Alex was nothing in her story and he could do nothing.

"Look what I bought for you!" Danial barked, excitedly

"What?" Ella tried to sound excited and then he passee a Ben and Jerry's chocolate fudge brownie to her.

Ella's expressions were not the same as they always were after seeing that ice cream. Alex wasn't enjoying it much himself as the memory of the day hit him. He touched the bruise on his forehead and when he looked at the screen, Ella's hand was at her forehead as well. Alex's gaze went softer. She looked guilty.

"Come on take it" Danial barked again. Ella shook her head and then took the ice cream "Thank you" she didn't open it right away, scoped the biggest chunk, and then ate it with a face that described peace. She just held it and put it on her side table. Ella was silent for some moments. Danial didn't mouthed anything either and then she started to speak "I need to tell you something, Danny" She said and at that instant, Alex wanted to beg her to stop before it was too late.

"What is it, Ell?" Alex held his breath. He held onto the headphones tightly, he was afraid "Ummm… it's about the case-" and then by some sort of miracle, Danial's phone rang.

He took it out and by the way he looked at it, it seemed something important

"Let me take this call" he said, Ella replied just with a nod

Daniel walked a few steps away. He wasn't in the camera range and Alex couldn't hear him talking.

After about a minute he came to the view again "I am sorry, Ell but I need to go. I will be here soon" he said with a hint of urgency in his voice "When?" She did not ask anything else. It felt like an ache in his heart. She had no one and she just wanted him to not disappear again.

"In some time" his voice felt like a lie. Maybe Ella realized it too and that was why she didn't reply.

Alex was looking at her sad face when the neighboring screens started to buzz with alarm.

Something was happening in the building. Just after a second, he heard screams of his name at the door "HAWK! OPEN THE DOOR!" he recognized the voice. It was Hanz, who was from the Eclipse security team. The situation must be too bad because Hanz would never just come out of the camera rooms and bang on his door.

Alex stood up in a flash, threw the headphones off and ran to the door.

As he opened the door to his room, he found Hanz, devastated. His blond hair was ruffled, round glasses in his hand and he was filled with sweat

"What happened?" Alex asked. His voice showed a ray of worry as he anticipated the response.

"Jasper is on his way to Eclipse," Hanz said, hardly catching his breath.

"Fuck" Alex's brain froze for a moment. He ran a hand through his face, pinched his eyes, and drew exactly one breath in.

An instant later, he ran to the wall next to his door and pushed a button.

The Alarm started to ring the entire building. "Emergency! Wolves, gather in Arena one. Emergency! Wolves, gather in Arena one" The voice traveled through the air in the entire building.

Exactly two minutes later the sound of boots echoes in the building. Every smash to the ground was in a precise manner.

Alex was now dressed in his uniform as well.

Black military jacket with trousers of the same color. He was wearing gloves to grip the guns well. An earpiece was in his ear, ready for issuing commands, while his face remained exposed, unshielded by any protection.

Hanz went back to the camera rooms to check the situation and he was standing by him now.

"Have you informed Eagle?" Alex asked as they took the stairs down

"Yes, he must be on his way to the building"

"Good. Engliten me with the Situation now" Hanz shifted his focus to the iPad he was holding. "Twelve cars," he said, "Estimated sixty people," said Alex, Hanz nodded "Exactly. I can't see Jasper's car so there is a good possibility that he is not with them"

"He is a chick and he won't be" Alex skipped every other stair as they walked down.

Arena one was in the basement. It was the place where Alex had been trained for his entire life.

It made him what he is

"They would be here in ten minutes," said Hanz as he stopped at the door.

No person was allowed to step into the Arena one other than the Wolves

"Get ready for the war"

He said as he stepped into the Arena one