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2024-10-29 19:42:56When I got to the house, the lights were still on, that meant I was right one time. I was greeted by the sound of talking and laughter as I approached the kitchen.
"hey Cole, what's up man" Conny was the first to see me as the others turned their heads to face my direction welcoming me.
"welcome home cupcake " for some unreasonable reason Julian had been calling me that for the past weeks after our little cupcake picnic. It was really frustrating to get him to stop calling me that.
"hey buddy, you look beat" I always trust Harry to notice little things like this.
"yeah, I am"
"aw, poor cupcake, why don't you have a seat while I fix you a plate of burritos "
"thanks Julian, I'd like that "
I took my seat opposite Harry while Julian was fixing my dinner. I wanted to look at Harry's face while I was eating, I wanted to see if there was any
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I've been running for the past three hours, away from the mad dogs and uniformed men chasing after me. These dogs were as relentless as a demon, not giving me a single chance to breathe. You may be wondering why dogs and uniformed men are chasing me. Don't worry I'll explain it as briefly as I can. <rewind to two weeks back>'I can't take it anymore' 'I have to leave or I'll go crazy' 'I must find a way to escape this goddamned place, it's sickening'Those were the thoughts flowing through my mind as I laid on my bed trying to find sleep. Officially a year and three months since my parent's demise and I've been transferred to yet another orphanage. I guess Mrs Kowalski got tired of my disassociation from her and the other staffs as well as the other kids at the orphanage so she reported me to the authorities.After wh
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The next morning, Harry and the other guys had already left the house before I woke up leaving me and Julian alone in the house."good morning cupcake " he greets me as soon as he sees me entering the kitchen."good morning.....where are the others? ""they had a delivery to take care of ""oh " I eyed the time. My goodness! I had slept in!"why didn't anyone wake me! Ah! I'm going to be late for work""don't worry about that, you don't have any work to do today so Harry said I should let you sleep in for as long as you want""eh...is that allowed to happen? " I asked shocked."is what allowed to happen ""Harry deciding for me to stay back at home ""haha, of course, he's practically Nico's sword. So he gets to make decisions of his own, as long as he doesn't interrupt Nico's busines
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The silence was very suffocating but it was shortened as Julian came out of the kitchen to announce that dinner was ready. We all sat at the table eating in silence. The earlier tension still clear in the air. Even Mike who was usually a chatterbox at the table was extremely quiet.Guess the situation is really aggravating. I just hope they solve it soon.I looked at everyone as they ate, they were all in a sour mood. Jeez! This wasn't how I envisioned a night with a full house. I have to do something to lighten the mood. "aaahh, why the long faces guys? " they all looked at me with confused looks as if expecting me to say more. So I did,"it's a good thing the guy was caught right?""yes, it was " Julian started, so why the long faces?! "but the damages has been done ""what damage?""the
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The rest of us sat still until Julian left to make breakfast. Jeff left afterwards to help Julian.Later on, Mike and Conny left, leaving me and Harry."are you up for it? " Harry asked. It took a while for me to comprehend the question before answering."yeah " I said playing with my fingers."nervous? " I look up to find him staring at my fingers. I had almost forgotten that I play with my fingers whenever I was nervous."I am ""don't work yourself up ""I'm not. It's just.... ""what? Conny? "I didn't say anything so he understood."look, Conny may not be the most exciting person to hang out with but I'm sure of one thing, he's the best partner you'll need for this mission ""why can't we be partners? " that came out before I had the chance to stop it. I was starting to f
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"Cole! ""Cole?! ""Cupcake?! "His teammates caught up to him just as he rounded the corner where they were. They rushed to his side asking if he was okay, but he was too shaken to make out anything they were saying, so he just stared at them blankly.Oscar had timed the whole thing perfectly. He knew the time Cole's teammates would get to the nearest area closest to his hideout. He had watched their every step from the moment he had their location pinned. It was easier also to get Cole there since he was still in the shock phase.They hurriedly moved him to the car, worry evident in their tense bodies. They worried that something terrible might wrong with their friend.The ride back to the house was relatively fast. By the time they got to the house Nico was already there with a team of medics.Conny and Jeff were the first to come out of the car with Cole on their arms. They dragged a lifel
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After Oscar dropped the bomb on me, he opt and left the dinning area leaving me to deal with the gravity of the revelation. Back at my holding room, I sat on my bed still holding the pictures and staring at the images as if staring at them much longer would make the images change. In the picture, Harry wore his favorite black leather biker jacket. It was the first thing I recognized. The jacket had a symbol of a hand with way too many fingers spreading out making it look like a tree. I remembered asking Harry what that symbol meant and him telling me in one word 'FREEDOM '. Thoughts keep roaming through my head as I fall into a very restless sleep, my exhaustion taking over completely. The next morning, I'm woken up by the same guard from yesterday. "I'm to get you ready for breakfast " he says simply and moves to pull up the cutains I didn't even realize was there in the first place. Come to think of it, it doesn't even feel like I'm a prisoner. I'm definitely not treated
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"Well Cole, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Oscar " he raised his hands towards me, for a handshake....a handshake! But whatever, I took his hands."Okay, back to business.... " he retracted his hand."....tell me Cole, what were you and your crew doing in that warehouse? "Was he talking about that abandoned building we were supposed to meet our supposed client. Wait!....was he the client we were supposed to meet?"Cole! I asked a question " I felt my throat slowly getting dry again,"We were supposed to meet a client there " I answered."What client? " he asked"We were meant to deliver weapons to him and collect payment....... ""And? ""It was supposed to be a simple delivery.....just one simple transaction. But they double crossed us. Those bastard double crossed us " I spoke in whispers as I reminisce the event in my head. I felt my head began to throb due to the me
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Edgar.......... I have to go on a mission where I could probably loose my life and Nico is choosing Edgar to protect me? Now I'm wishing I had taken the self defense lessons seriously.I can understand now why Julian and the rest were angry, how could Nico have even taught of something like that. Practically everyone knows how much Edgar hates my guts...the guy even hates my entire existence, and I have to go with him? I should probably just kill myself right now and get it over with."I think Nico is going nuts " Blake immediately we entered our house"Ya think?....dude has gone nuts already! " Mike said"I can't believe he's sending Cole on a suicide mission " Jeff huffed"guys, can you please?! " I said a little more aggressively than I had intended. Their fault though, they didn't have to keep rubbing it on my face.I dragged myself lazily up the s
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Three weeks later, everyone is slowly recovering from all the previous events and operations continued. I also resumed my work at the warehouse against Harry's protest.After the last attack where I was almost killed, Harry was against me doing the deliveries. Even Conny, Mike and Jeff agreed too but Nico was not having any of it. And since he was the boss, there was no going against him. Even though Harry sometimes threw tantrums, Nico still ignored him.I sat down in the storage room watching some workers prepare the weapons I was to deliver later in the afternoon. This was going to be my fifth delivery in the past three weeks.The first delivery was two days after the break, I was completely surprised that there was going to anyone who wanted to deal with La rinascita but I guess Nico really had some good connections with his clients. And to be honest, I was scared of going to make the delivery. I was scared
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Intermission (2)
"who's up for some yummy dessert?! " Julian called out from the kitchen."Ooh me! me! " Mike hopped on the couch. Sometimes it's really hard to believe he was Conny's older brother. Like Conny acts way more matured than him."me too! " Conny called out"me three! " Blake called out"me four! " Harry called out."I'm up for some " Jeff shrugged, focused on his phone"ugh! you ruined it " Mike whined"ruined what? " Jeff asked, still focused on his phone"don't act like you don't know...you should have said 'me five ' " he kept whining. Jeff and I rolled our eyes at his level of childishness."whatever, I said what I said " he peeled Mike away from his body and went back to his phone."kill joy " Mike huffed and turned his attention to me. He looked at me with a 'please don't be like him ' loo
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Intermission (1)
With those last words of Nico, we left a shocked Laburnum with a lifeless Kelvin, then we all headed back to our base.We already found the person or persons behind the mask, but does that mean all these madness is coming to an end? I seriously hope it is.When we got back to the base, Nico called for a meeting."well, it's been one hell of a week... we finally caught our mole, who sadly passed away this morning...." he began as everyone sat in their seats, somber."but the good news is, we finally know who's behind all this...now we know where exactly we are supposed to strike..." there were nodding of heads to signify agreement."now, we're all going to go home for a long rest...we all deserve it after all the madness that's been going on... ""so, we take a break today and we're all going to gather here tomorrow to start our plan
