The vacation home was a little far off the city. Hector drove a few minutes before he got to the edge of the city where the vacation home sat, nestled between the valley and a little beach. Leon stared at the beach with longing, the water would be nice. "We're here," Hector said as the car rolled to a stop beside the bank and Tracy looked outside. "I think this place is tightly secured," she mentioned. Leon looked at the gate, it was nothing but a small iron casting that would give away with one thrust but he could see men dressed in black inside the property. "I should go talk to them," he said and was about to get out of the car but Tracy stopped him with her palm on his arms gently, "I think I should do that, my father had brought me here once and I think they might still know me," she said and left the car. Leon was a little uncertain, he didn't want them to harass her but she insisted. Tracy walked to the men and after exchanging a few words, they nodded with a bow and

Everyone was panicked as the man lay on the floor, lifeless. "What's happening, Dr Armstrong?" Hopkins asked in disbelief as he heard about a heart attack. "Hurry, call the ambulance!" Armstrong ordered Lily and she hurried over to grab the telephone at the corner of the conference room, quickly calling the company clinic. "You never told me your cousin was ill! I told you to bring me a rich man who could help me and you bring a fucking dead case?!" Hopkins snapped angrily. Armstrong was upset at the insult and although he was worried about his cousin, he spat at Hopkins to get lost. "You should be glad that my cousin even offered to help you! You aren't worth his money or his prestige! Do you know who Mr Drake is?" Hopkins huffed but looked away, not even making any move to help. He was greatly disappointed that his meeting which he'd spent too much time and resources to set up was being disrupted because of a heart attack. Lily turned to Leon, "Please, sir, you will h

The light of the camera flashed as well as the cellphone facing Leon, he turned to the men that surrounded shum fiercely and Hector began to laugh, "It's time for you idiots to pay for this disrespect now," he sneered at them. Leon was as fluid as the winds itself, he moved like he was weightless. From the first man that charged at him, he grabbed a hold of his neck and flung him to the road swiftly, picking up the second person and doing the same. The men pulled out the bats and chains and began to attack him vigorously. Hopkins was happy that he would soon be overpowered and he could show the whole world what a weakling he was. "Let the world see him for what he is! A freaking weakling!" He snapped. At once, Leon turned to the next man and grabbed hold of his bat, snatched it off him and knocked him out with just one blow. He spun so quickly that he appeared like a blur to their eyes as he grabbed Hopkins and brought him right to his knees in front of the camera. "Who's a w

Hector was already in the car with the engine rumbling as Leon marched out of the building. "Hopkins isn't budging, as a matter of fact he's counting on me trying to rough it up, make me appear as the typical monster he's already painted me as," Leon said in irritation. Hector sighed, "I'd thought so too, boss. I noticed a few CCTV outside the building and I can tell he didn't invest much in the right men to protect him, he's hoping you try to take him out and he proves to the world that you're a barbarian," he agreed, "My guess is he has the cops or some solid security team on standby waiting to swoop in and help him if anything goes wrong." "I'm not dumb enough to do that," he replied and leaned on the leather seat. Hector glanced at him from the rearview mirror, "What do you suggest we do, boss? Professor Xavier is still blowing up the phone lines and Lily has started calling from the office again," he said. Xavier groaned, "Didn't we get XLT settled? I told those old men I

The next day, as early as the sun was up in the sky, Leon was already navigating the highway leading to the small town whose location had been sent to him the previous night. Leon finally understood why Miti had said that Alex couldn't be found and that the only way to get to him was to let him find you. A few hours after he had returned home that night, with his head still buzzing with countless thoughts, Leon had managed to call the man he'd been told about and he didn't get any response. He tried again and sent several blocked mails. Truly, he was an enigma and very hard man to find. There were several Alex Renee but none fit the description he'd managed to get off one of the bouncers in the club for a good wad of dollars. "He's a sneaky man, the boss has worked with him once or twice and no one ever reaches hin, he changes home like a freaking bird and he can't be found in one place for a long time," that had been the description that he'd gotten from the doorman. Almos