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The Shadow Man CHESS PIECE: PART I
Meanwhile, that same afternoon, Jessica just woke up from an empty bed. Joe Black had just left after an adventurous night with the girl. See smiled happily, seeing the card that the man left on the bedside table. It was proof that she had done her part well last night."Ah, where should I go today?"Jessica got up and headed to the bathroom to fill the tub with some warm water and rose petals. She wanted to relax as she had received everything.The fact she'll be taking part in a project with Director Gordon, means her path to Hollywood has been set. Even if Joe Black is to toss her in the future, as long as her career as a celebrity is smooth, she didn't card, as she would find another man to support her.At that moment, Jessica's phone was ringing endlessly; however, since she was in the bath, she couldn't hear it at all.Back in the mall, Stella was ringing Jessica's phone non-stop; however, the girl was not responding at all. She was so furious of what had happened she needed Jes
The Shadow Man CHESS PIECE : PART II
Moments later, the person Chairman Blake called arrived. The man looked shocked to see the house all in a mess. The handsome man who cared about his face a lot, had a scratch on his face. It made him wonder what was going on."Today, Jacob and Leslie were indeed out and visit the luxury store. The man did used a black card, and we are still investigating if he really is the owner of the card. Since President Sy came to defend him, we all think the card does belong to Mr. Wayne. Both President Sy and Mr. Wayne talked for a bit, but only asking the man to visit his family. Nothing was further discussed between them…"The man continued explaining everything. From the food they ate, to the different shop they visited, the items they brought, and finally heading home in the luxury van.Everyone in the room apart from Jessica, was shocked by what the man was saying. They couldn't believe a word that man reported.If Jacob Wayne was that capable, does that mean he had always been capable of
The Shadow Man CHESS PIECE: PART III
Jessica left her home and ran back to her apartment. As she saw the empty apartment, she realize what her brother had said could indeed be true. The apartment felt cold and not homey at all. There was no sign of love between them; not a single picture of her, and the man was laying around the house. Indeed, she was just a piece; the man didn't love her at all.As she collapsed on the ground, all in tears, she had realized how much Jacob had cared for her. Despite he was sleeping in a small room, their wedding picture was framed on his bedside table. The man would always prepare meals for him, make sure the garden was beautiful. She regretted not listening to herself and taking the man for granted. It was all too late, now, she had given the real gem to someone else."Ha-ha, Joe Black, your dare used me, then I'll use you till I have no use for you!" Jessica had lost her mind; she felt like everything was the man's fault. She thought that she had not made any mistake. Everything was ev
The Shadow Man BLACK SNAKE: PART I
The next day, without even bidding the girl goodbye, Jacob left, leaving only a note for the girl. When he stepped outside the apartment building. Someone was already waiting for him downstairs, as it was still early. The people assigned by the Blake were still fast asleep.Jacob glances at the person, asking him if there were any people around.The man answered back by shaking his head, giving him hand signals that they were free to move out.The sun had barely risen; the street lights were still lit. Not even the road cleaners were up yet to clean the roads. Only Jacob and the man were walking down the empty streets.As they reached the subway, Jacob went down to purchase his ticket. The man then handed him his luggage and a small bag."Everything is all inside Sir. Good luck and welcome back!" The man said as he made his way parting with the man to avoid people from noticing them.Jacob waited for the train to arrive before checking what was inside the bag. As he waited, his though
The Shadow Man BLACK SNAKE: PART II
"Hello, who's this?" James, who was resting in his office after a long surgical operation was half asleep when he answered the phone. He has been staying in the hospital for the past two days and has been quite busy. His eyes could barely stay awake when he answered the call."It's me."James woke up after hearing the serious tone of voice. That tone could only mean one thing. "Brother, where are you? Are you leaving again?"Jacob, who was on his way to board the plane, called James despite knowing the man would be busy.But, he needed to at least warn someone. "Be careful, I've set some people to watch you all. Inform everyone about my plans, but make sure to be discreet and not let anyone notice.""Wait, brother, what is going on?" James panicked as he couldn't comprehend the severity of the situation. "Does this have something to do with Jasper? I received his gift as well.""Hmm, I'm not sure yet." Jacob replied, already expecting that their brother would have let him know as well
The Shadow Man BLACK SNAKE: PART III
"What's taking him so long?""Came down, the plane just landed idiot."As the man walked out among the crowd, he already noticed the people waiting for him. But, he didn't approach them as he went the other way."Hey, there he is.""Huh, where is he going?"Both Joker and Red quickly chased after the man."Jacob, hey.""Is something wrong with him, didn't he see us?"Jacob continues to ignore them. He really didn't want to bother with the two. but, the two eventually caught up with him and pulled him back."Hey, Jacob, didn't you see us."Red looked at Jacob, who had an indifferent look on his face. He sighs as he realizes what happened. "He saw us, he just didn't care about us.""Hey man, why do you do that? Didn't you receive our message that will pick you ip." Joker acted all pitiful and sad that the man ignored them.Jacob responded by taking his phone out and showing them that it was turned off. He had intentionally turned off his phone as he knew the two would contact them."Oh?
The Shadow Man ESCORT: PART I
"Here are the reports you ask last time." Red came to visit Jacob in the hotel he was staying at. He also brought some things the man would need to complete his mission."Will she really be there?" Jacob inquired curiously of the reports that his target does attend the gathering all the time."Yeah, she's always there. I'll be strange is she doesn't show up. She's the host of the party." "Even the host can sometime not attend."Red was speechless as what the man said was indeed true. "She'll be there. We've been keeping an eye on her for over six months now. She hasn't miss at party."The so-called party is more like a gathering of underground leaders. The target would normally host a party using it as a cover-up to invite the leader and discuss their plans. Not only that, they'll have their dealing done during the party as well. Exchange all goods, such as drugs, organs, and sometimes human beings.That's right, the organization has secretly kidnapped people turning them into slaves
The Shadow Man ESCORT: PART II
Jacob returned to his hotel room and Red was there preparing all the things he had asked of him."Where's Joker?" He inquired as he didn't see the man at all."He's crying somewhere." Red sighs as he didn't know at all where the man went as soon as he vanished.Joker must have felt guilty for what had happened and hurriedly went to search for the previous owner of the car. He worried, that the owner might be targeting his friend. If so, he needs to make sure that the man does not get a step ahead of them."Hmm, leave him be." Jacob replied, as he went to look at the things he prepared. "Am I really waring that tonight.""don't you want to look like a normal friend visiting her, I mean, dressing up like this is normal as well." Red said, as he showed him the different suits he had prepared. Technically, the man should be used in wearing such cloths. However, he has been living such a shabby life for the past two years that he has gotten used to just wearing trouser and a simple t-shirt
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DEATH: PART I
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
