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The Shadow Man ANOTHER UNWELCOMED GUEST: PART II
Joe Black smiled despite the look on everyone's faces. He acted as if he was not bothered by their expression. He became even excited when he saw unexpected guests among the people gathered. "Joe?" Venus was startled when she saw the man. She would never dream in her wildest dreams that a man would appear on such an occasion. She became curious as to why he had come. "Venus, what a coincident." Joe Black stated smiling despite the looks some of the people were giving him. Samantha thought it was no coincidence at all. The man must have heard the news of the man being invited to her gathering. He must have made the trip knowing that it would be awkward in the end. Venus too, thought the same thing as Samantha. For once, both of them could actually agree on something. It was already awkward for her to be around, now it’s even more awkward because of the man. She knows for a fact that both men don't seem to see eye to eye. Even though no one knows the reason why the man doesn't want t
The Shadow Man ANOTHER UNWELCOMED GUEST: PART III
While the chef prepared the meal, servers started bringing all sorts of dishes and drinks to everyone. The party has finally begun after all the delay. A smile was finally on Samantha's face. She had thought that everything was ruined, and with Joe Black's appearance, the man would to leave for his unexpected appearance. Yet, she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the man happily conversing with her friends and everyone. Well, apart from Joe Black. "Have you found out?" Joe Black forces a smile on his face while he whispered his words to Samantha's ears. "Please, I haven't even had the chance to talk to him since you arrived." Samantha annoyed, fully replied as her plans to get to know the man better were all ruined by the two unwelcome guests. "Then, have you seen Venus?" Joe Black inquired, noticing the girl was nowhere to be found. "Who knows where she is. It's best if she doesn't appear again." Samantha didn't hide her disagreement with the girl and Joe Black didn't questio
The Shadow Man BEGGAR: PART I
Jacob walked toward the two. As he joined in on their conversation, he said; "It seems you two are having a blast. I haven't seen Red talk this much for a long time." "Ha-ha, Z, finally you care to join us." Red surprisedly said, acting all in shock to see the man coming along with everyone else when he had already prompted the man early that it was a good time to join in. "Ah, Mr. Z, what brought you here?" Joe Black didn't expect the man would take the initiative to join them. He had been thinking of all sorts of ways to approach the man. He didn't expect just sharing some few stories of his past which made the man laugh, made his friend right away be curious of everything. IF he had known, he would have revealed all his past stories. "Z, you wouldn't believe what this guy is saying." Red sarcastically said as he continues to laugh out what the man told him earlier. "Really?" Jacob acted all curious as he looked at Joe Black, who became startled when the man suddenly looked at hi
The Shadow Man BEGGAR: PART II
"What do you think you're doing sleeping here. Get out!" Shouted the manager of a luxury brand store where a beggar was sleeping by their door. The beggar looked at the man and made sure to not forget what he looked like. He grabs his things and walks along as he goes on with his day. The young man was hungry as another day had passed by already, and yet he still hasn't found a decent food to eat. As he walked along the busy streets, he saw people all dressed in luxury clothes and items. They were driving in fancy cars with a big smile on their faces, not worrying about tomorrow. While he had to worry about his food and where he'll end up sleeping again tonight. The life of a beggar is indeed hard. You never know where you'll end up and people will look down on you. They treat you worse than animals. As the young man roamed around, he passed by one of the big universities of the city. He looked at the students, who were all in their uniforms, as they headed inside. He desires to
The Shadow Man BEGGAR: PART III
Before the man could finish reaching his hand onto the woman, he cried in pain and agony when he noticed his hand was sliced up and blood started to flow out.AH!!!THE HECK!Everyone who was dozy and high looked shocked by what was happening. Before any of them could make a move, a gun was fired in the air."SH*T IT!"The man who made the gun fire walked up, and instead of punishing the woman, he kicked the man aside. "B*stard, what were you doing? Madam, I'm sorry if he had dirty your coat.""Get him out."The young man who witnesses everyone looked in amazement. He didn't know what was going on for a moment until he saw the man being dragged out of the room."You, clean this up.""Yes, sir.""Madam, this way." The man said as he escorted the woman into a private room.While the young man was cleaning up the floor. He kept watching the direction where the two went and wondered what could be happening. By the sound of the woman's voice, she must be younger than him.After half an hou
The Shadow Man MYSTERIOUS PAST: PART I
Venus gaze at the man and wonders how he'll react. Seeing as he didn't say a word at all, it made her curious of what he was thinking. "Do you believe me?" "I trust what you say, since Mr. Black's story is made up as well. Let's jsut say you are the woman in the story." He replied, keeping his serious yet cold expression on his face, despite how puzzled he is by everything. If everything Joe Black stated is true, and Venus confirmed it, she was the woman in the story. Then, they are likely the ring leader of the organization before them. Which means, the organization did not die at all. Those people he hunted down before were just nothing but pawns by them. If so, his real target are actually right in front of him. As he continues to wonder about Joe Black's story, he becomes curious about another woman's history. What was Samantha before? How did she become a member of the organization when she comes from a respectable family. Indeed, life is full of unexpected changes. Because
The Shadow Man MYSTERIOUS PAST: PART II
As the night deepens, some were already fast asleep while others were trying their best to keep up with the rest. The man, whom they thought was already drunk, was far more energetic than they expected. They know believe what the man mentioned earlier about him acting everything for their attention."How is he still alive?""I can't even stand anymore, my eyes are on the point of shutting down.""Man, I haven't even had the chance to talk to Mr. Z."Those who wanted to form a connection with the man felt exhausted and unlucky. They didn't expect that the man himself would be so energetic despite he had driven and been drinking as well.Eventually, the night ends when the host herself has reached her point. When she checked the time, she realize it was not long for sunrise."I'll go ahead first, please ask the servants if you need anything." Samantha said, who hurried to her room as if she was trying to avoid something.Both men got up as well and headed to the room they'd be sharing t
The Shadow Man MYSTERIOUS PAST: PART III
Early the next day, Samantha watches as Joe Black leaves her residence by her window. It annoyed her that the man even dare looked up at her window to know she would be checking on him. "All I need now is to get rid of the other one." As she sat down in her bed, she started thinking about the stories Joe Black told. Their mysterious past indeed some kind of entertainment to other. However, for them it's a nightmare. For her who wanted to forget her past and move on, it seems unlike to be happening. Seeing as she couldn't go back to sleep, she decided to go down to the kitchen to prepare herself some warm drinks. On her way, she coincidentally bumps into someone she didn't expect. "Z?" "Morning." He replied still with the cold expression on his face. Jacob looked at the woman and notice the concern on her face. He woke up as he heard the door next-door open meaning Joe Black must have left. He wanted to see if he had indeed left, not expecting to meet with the woman whom he became
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Red was busy discussing with the team what they needed to do. While Jacob on the other hand had already left to go after Venus. Jacob had no clue what would happen and he went after it unprepared. Right now, his biggest priority is to get both women alive. "What do you mean the enemy has both of them? Wasn't Venus with you guys?" Joker questioned as he found it impossible for anyone to attack them. "Venus ran away." Red said with such a gloomy expression. "What that's impossible, we specifically told her not to go running around.""That's right she even promised us tha tshe wouldn't do something rickless.""They sent this." Red said as he handed them the photos that caused Venus to run away without a single word to them. "How did this happen." Everyone was in so shock that something like this happened under their noses. They didn't expect the enemy would have full control over them now. It seems it was impossible for them to rescue both women without losing any lives. "Z told m
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THE HUNT: PART IV
When Jacob and Red finished their discussions after a few hours. They were surprised to not see Venus around. "Did she go somewhere?" Red i quired as it is strange that she didn't tell them at all that she was leaving. "What's those." Jacon said pointing out at the selected photos on the floor. But before they could look and check, someone came knocking at their door. "Sir, we're sorry to bother you. But, you see…" The manager paused as pulled a man over to present to them. "This man insisted that I bring him to you. He said that a woman told him to look for Z. The woman mentioned, ``her life can only be saved by you." "Sir, I'm not lying. She was wearing a maids uniform when she got inside my van. I found it strange and she was crying so badly. I told her we should go to the police instead of going where she needed to go. But she kept telling me that even the police have no power over that person. However, she said that you can save her. Also, she said if she comes out alive
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THE HUNT: PART III
Venus was over in tears as she rode a cab to her destination. "Miss, are you alright?" The cab driver asked as he worriedly checked on the girl through the rearview mirror. "I'm fine, no worries." Venus said as she tried to force a smile on her face and wipe the tears away. Earlier, Venus overheard a conversation between Red and Z. When someone came knocking on their door. Since she was dressed as a maid, the person at the door didn't find it strange seeing her in someone's room so early in the morning. When she received the parcel and flowers. She quietly placed them on the table. While she was admiring the flowers, she was curious of what the envelope contained. Of course, since the items weren't for her, she didn't touch them at all. However, whilst she was admiring the flowers, she noticed a familiar name on the card. Without any hesitation, she hurriedly opened the envelope and inside were photos of the people she had been worried about. Her hands became all shaken as she dr
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THE HUNT: PART II
Early the next day, Jacob was out walking around the empty streets. So many police were out on patrol and on guard. Due to the chaos happening all of the sudden, everyone is on high alert to when they'll strike again. However, since most of the higher officials were involved in the chaos and the underground organization has been captured, the government has slowly taken control of everything."What do you think happened? i mean, to think that Councilor Jones was involved in all of this. Didn't is wife divorce him like a few years ago. Could this be the reason why?" I can't believe so many people are in this. You can never trust anyone anymore. Thankfully the police have finally taken action." "You guys are all idiots! I been telling you all for a long time soemthingis up yet none of you beleive me! Now looked what happened to our beautiful city!" A lot of the beggars on the street were yelling letting people know they'd known everything all alone. Of course, they knew since they not
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THE HUNT: PART I
When Jacob arrived back at his hotel, he was dumbfounded when he spotted a maid cleaning around. Instead of asking what was going on, he ignored the person and just went directly to his bedroom. "What was Red thinking." He said as he removed his clothes and hurriedly went to the bathroom to freshen up. Not long when Red arrived annoyedly that the man had just left them. Instead of heading back to his hotel, he decided to discuss with the man about what had happened earlier. "Oh, Venus, you're here already." Red said noticing the woman right away despite being dressed in a maids outfit. "Hmm, yes..." Venus replied curious of what just happened. The fact she had to move in with the man meant the problem that just arose had something to do with him. "Is everything alright?" "Ah, don't worry. Everything is fine. We just dumb into some trouble along the way. As you know, the city is currently in chaos." Red exampled without fully telling the woman the truth of the situation. "That's t
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CAR CHASE: PART IV
Jacob notices an office building in which it's the employees where heading out. He took the opportunity to park his car in front of them. Seeing the fancy sports car, the employee who just came out of the building stopped to mezmirized at the car in front of them. The male employees were all excited to see such a car, they started talking about how special the car was. Such as its interior and exterior design of the car. While, the ladies were excited to see who the driver was. They were hoping it was on by a man, if so, they will try to get to know the person."I wonder who owns such a car." "I beat its a man, it has to be." "Why you ladies always suspect that only a man can own such a car." "If it's own by a woman, then it could only mean she someone mistress." When the men heard what the woman were saying, they were hoping too that the person owning the car was a man. Frankly, they'd rather see a man come out than someone mistress. However, not far was the car following Jacob.
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CAR CHASE: PART III
"What's going on, where the heck is Joe?" "Damn it! This has to be someone plot. It's impossible for Joe to betray us." "That's right, isn't his family company bankrupt now. So it's impossible this is all his plan." A few loyal followers of Joe Black have been gathering as they plan out what to do next. As some of them have been captured. While some tried to escape but it was futile in the end. "For now, all we can do is wait for Joe. He must have a plan." "What plan, my whole family will die waiting for me. I can't stay here any longer." "His right, it's best if we either give up or find another way about this problem." As they continued to ponder on the situation, they couldn't explain at all how such a big scale cleaning had occurred. They thought someone must have planned this for years for it to be so successful. "Everyone! Everyone! I just received news the Black family has cut ties with Joe Black."WHAT? Everyone's faces looked pale as they realized everything was going
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CAR CHASE: PART II
Meanwhile, the restless Venus sat on her bed pondering things. She notices eaerlier that the man has been avoiding her question in regards to Samantha. It made her wonder if something had happened to her. As she was about to get out of bed to get her phone, she was startled when someone came knocking on her door so late that night. "Who could it be?" Venus said as she cautiously went to check on the person knocking on the door. As Venus approached the door, she looked at the small hole to check who it was. To her surprise, it was the men who had come to rescue her before. She hurriedly unlocked all the chain locks and opened the door, "Is something wrong?" "Your in danger, we need to move out." The man said right away without hiding the truth from the girl. "Got it, let's go." Venus said already expecting such news as there was no reason for them to look for her so late at night. It could only mean someone has noticed her and is after her life. "Let's go." The man replied as he s
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CAR CHASE: PART I
The smile on the man's face was reaching for the moon. He was overjoyed by the trill he was getting being chased. He suspected that the person chasing him must be the real Joe Black. Seeing he was skilled enough to keep up with him. He was trained by professional racecar drivers so his skills were on par with them. That could only mean, the person after him is either a well trained driver, a racecar driver, or Joe Black himself.But, he already suspected it to be just a well trained driver."Let's see how good you are." Jacob said as they were arriving at the intersection which they'd be seeing far more cars on the road soon. Earlier, they were able to race as fast as they could as they weren't a lot of cars. Even when the police patrol saw them, sadly they didn't chase after them seeing the chaos in the city could only mean getting involved with them meant death. Jacob looked ahead as he tried to avoid and overspeed all the cars in front of him. He was dogging them so easily and smo
