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New Leaders of Insee Gang

The smell of pulverized cement and mortar filled the cold night air as the band of Insee gangsters moved through the decimated remains of unfinished building somewhere in Chonburi. Breath fogged before the Insee gangsters as they scampered up a thick slab of concrete, the remains of the roof, their last hurdle before they made their way back out under the stars.

"Vesker," A Thai woman wearing mask called out with just enough volume to be heard. She waited for the leader of their unit to turn back and acknowledge her. The others slowed as well, wondering if she'd called out for help or in warning. A woman pointed to Duke, a German shepherd that never left her side. "A little help?" she drawled and saw another man form the barest of grins at Vesker's answering grumble.

Vesker motioned to her with his hand and scrambled back down the concrete, kicking up dirt and gravel as he went, reaching out as the woman boosted Duke up into his arms. They exchanged a smile as the dog started licking Vesker's stubble covered chin. He started to offer his hand to the woman but she waved him away.

"Hold on to Duke," she instructed him before reaching out to slap Vesker playfully on the leg. As he moved away, the woman planted one boot in a crevice and maneuvered herself up, only to find another hand held out to her when she glanced up to judge the remaining distance. It was the fast and furious Linglom who didn't wear mask. He was stranger for her. She slipped her hand into his and let him leverage her up. "Thanks," she said with a hesitant smile.

"Linglom Lukpayafai" he said slowly, seeming reluctant to let go of her hand, he kissed down on it. She suddenly pulled her hand out and was about to attack him but...

"Stop that by now!" the voice of new comer stopped her action. Linglom smiled proud with this. They all looked at the new coming man who was the same one talking to the vampire in dark room. Beside him were prisoners from the Chonburi Central Prison including Mr. Magnum. "You don't have authorization to attack this guy," he explained it carefully.

"Why?!"

"Because he is going to be our new leader. This one is Linglom Lukpayafai. I don't know his real name but our boss commanded us to admire him as a leader and..." He turned to Magnum and continued the introduction. "This one is Mr. Magnum, co-leader."

The woman looked to Linglom who glanced at her with a gaze of gratification. His eyes echoed the full of his sexual need on her. His gaze roamed down her suit, looking directly to her chest. She looked a bit pungent but she had to lower her head and said it carefully "Sorry, sir".

"Never mind," he spoke fluently and laughed.

"Vesker!" the introducer called out. Vesker suddenly moved to him, getting all attention at his words. "You cleaned hall already?" Vesker nodded. "Good. Then lead us."

Vesker nodded again and led everyone to a big elevator in the center of this ruined building. They all moved down to the big hall where they all got attention to the stage that Vesker, introducer, Magnum and Linglom stepped on.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the introducer started. "It's been very long time we have hidden in shadow and served under Tiger Canine. Now they saved us and gave us the true saviors who we can trust and who will lead us against our real enemy out there."

Vesker stepped forward and showed the full 1 meter tall picture of Lady Siam with the shield Savlinn.

"This woman is our most dangerous threat now," he continued. "She is Lady Siam. All along these two months, we have found her everywhere we step upon. She's number 1 threat who surely will block our true mission. I reported this to our big boss two weeks ago and four hours ago, we successfully helped these hopes from the central prison."

The Insee gangsters clapped their hands. Their attentions were gotten at the two super humans on stage.

"Now brothers and sisters, we don't have to be afraid of this lady that much. We will advance every man down to Si Racha City tomorrow. We will get on our own ship and continue our search for whatever our masters want," the introducer announced all this proudly as all Insee agents never lost attentions from them. "No one can stop our Insee Gang as before."

All Insee gangsters rose their hands and cheered their new leaders. Everyone on stage looked very proud.

...

A folder of paper was thrown down the circular wooden table inside the room, there were many pictures from surveillance videos in the Central Prison. Some were pictures of Lady Siam running, attacking Insee gangsters, and helping warders. Some were the escape of Magnum and Linglom. "These are all I can recover, sir," a man said quietly.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Wichai Kraiwutt, male, age 38, who looked so smart with his uniform and rank and had sat on a chair opposite to that man who stepped back to stand still, picked the pictures from folder up to look, one by one.

"Lady Siam again, she tried to help but she can't," he murmured as he looked at each picture. "We should thank her after all. They got those two dangerous men."

"Sir, I don't think Lady Siam is the one we should thank. She gets into scenes all night and attacks and lets the gangsters go before we can get there," explained Police Captain Duang-gaaw Egprat who had sat left side of Police Colonel. "She's another dangerous and threat to all our crime scenes."

"She saved my daughter many weeks ago and I think she tried to help us. If we let her help us, we can get a new expert serving like our lead."

"Sir, I don't think so."

"Look at these pictures," the colonel tossed the pictures to Duang-gaaw's side. She grabbed them up and quickly glanced each of them, one by one. "Maybe this can change your mind."

"And what about the two prisoners, sir?"

"Try to find them. Do everything to get them back into jail. Capture dead if you really have to. They are too dangerous to both our land and our world and..." the colonel looked to the outside of room where a man wearing sun glasses had been waiting for his welcome gesture. "...I think you need a help from professional agent."

That man walked into the room and put his sun glasses off. Duang-gaaw turned to look at the man. He was a Thai/American hybrid, his eyes were a bit small, his bows weren't dark, he had black hair and tall. His full name was...

"This is Agent Sattra Prasobchoke of T.A.F.F.E."

"What? I saw you in news. You are dead?" That's confusion, Duang-gaaw wondered how he could arrive; he saved Bangkok from the bomb which was installed with tube of zombie virus in his battle against Insee Gang almost seven years ago. Duang-gaaw saw it in the news, she couldn't believe that.

Sattra smiled friendly. "I'm still alive, ma'am. I have seen the truth and value of life. I'm here under the command of General Anongsak Pichitchai."

"General Pichitchai and Marshal Chaiwutt told me that they know what the Insee Gang want," Colonel Kraiwutt explained. "So they send one of their best agents to help for hunting down the two prisoners. We are now authorized to capture dead."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I am not alone. Other best agents will come to help us very soon," said Sattra confidently.

"I think it's okay if you are assertive," Duang-gaaw replied.

"I think this is very late night and we may be all tired. So let's go home. Dismiss." The Police Colonel ended the meeting, grabbed the folder.

Both Duang-gaaw and Sattra reached their hands for the folder at the same time.

"Ma'am, I should get that. You really want to know who Lady Siam exactly is? I think you should give it to me. Maybe I can put that mask off to reveal who is behind it."

Duang-gaaw withdrew her hand. "Okay."

The police colonel handed it to Sattra who kept it inside his backpack and walked off.

They left the room, getting back home. Sattra walked along the road into a park where was very dark in this full moon night; a black limo car had parked there. Sattra looked around while he was walking calmly to that car. The door was opened by someone inside it, welcomed Sattra into it.

"Sir, we get the pictures. My A.I. has been deleting everything about her in their database," he reported to a middle-aged General of Royal Thai Army. Noticing his look, this was Stefan's father who truly was in this timeline; he was General Anongsak Pichitchai. "Sir, are you sure that they will join us?"

"They have to trust us after all, Dan. If the police knew who Lady Siam was, they would be a big problem."

"Sir, I accessed into system for data of Warayutt Pichitchai. He has stage 3 brain cancer on his telencephalon around upper part brain over his pineal glands. He's special case under care of Dr. Manirat Sawangsang in Phyathai Sriracha Hospital."

Pichitchai looked serious with that, even if this was another Stefan who came back from another future, but he was also his son; Stefan had sacrificed for everyone else. Pichitchai took this millstone into his thought though, he sighed again and again. Sattra seemed to understand him very much.

"Sir, why do you seem serious like this?"

"He's still my son anyway, Dan. That cancer hasn't just given him weird headache but at this point, it may outshine his mind."

"Pineal gland?"

"Yes. Only our vulnerability is that part and any parts around it. If it's like what you have said, now I think he can't even control his mind to do a lot of thing as before."

"I still don't understand. Naturally, this can be cured with mind therapy. The size can be decreased by both mediation and chemotherapy. If he is really the best of mind power, he should be able to clean it."

"Not that easy. It's hard to say. Only one way we can cure him is we have to remove those tumors out."

Pichitchai sighed again. Sattra looked at him with another question. "Sir, should we tell this to?"

"No. Not yet." Pichitchai interrupted. "We'll work on this slowly. I think now Stefan is having chemotherapy. That's not our duty to intervene. We have only one mission on Insee and I wanna see how Lady Siam will manage her own problems. This time, Stefan might be teaching her the most important lesson. I know because I know how my son thinks."

"As your wish, sir."

"You can go now. Thank you for information."

Sattra opened the door and exited. Pichitchai looked to the driver. "Go. I have a date with Pookey. I shouldn't be late."

"Yes, sir," the driver replied and drove the car off this park, leaving Sattra alone here.

...

Everyone in the house paid their attention to Allison who served them some kind of worms in blood; vermicelli with something looked a bit like tomato sauce but its color was brown. Cameron seemed to be very interesting in the food but only its smell that touched her nose explained that it might be not good, like something had been stinking beneath the weird sauce.

"All my abilities. You all must eat," Allison playfully threatened them all. "If anyone's dish had even a line of vermicelli, I wouldn't cook for you all again."

Supposing it could be, Cameron and her children seemed like they might want toilet near them for sure. The food on plate in front of them seemed to be like the serial killers that were about to cut their stomach apart. Should they eat that thing? Cameron's gaze looked up to see Allison smiling to them. Cameron looked away from Allison to her three children and whispered. "Eat it all, who can eat it all tonight, I'll give a new toy."

"Good. Let's have dinner." Allison started the great dinner. She walked over to sit beside where Stefan on his wheelchair was. Stefan and their children began their eating.

Even if the smell of the food almost killed their respiratory system, Stefan ate the first small bite of food with feeling of gentleness, deliciousness, saltiness, sweetness; every taste of sauce and soft vermicelli mixed ideally in Stefan's mouth. He bit for a while before he swallowed it down and turned to his wife nearby him. His expression showed like he just ate ambrosia- the food of angelic goddess in reality, not mythology.

"How is it, Stefan?" Allison stared in his eyes, waiting for his words and hoping that he wouldn't lie.

"Oh! Allison, this is very toothsome," he praised her sincerely.

Cameron saw his look, so she tried it one small bite. As well as Stefan, Cameron's eyes widely opened as it melted in her mouth. It was she never ate before. Its smell was just outlook that wasn't the truth inside the success of this new recipe of food. Cameron's expression changed from fear to be great, better and better every time she ate it.

"What is this, Allison? I never ate this thing before. I can't really explain how delicious this sauce is because...because it's so tasty," Cameron stated surprisingly.

"Thank you, Cam," said Allison, tried to keep her smile within her own mind. "That sauce was made out of pickled fish mixed with cheese and tomato sauce. It's compost between northeastern Thai and Italian food."

"Interesting," Cameron exclaimed as she continued another bite.

The children started eating it. They all felt this so good like their parents. Everyone in kitchen ate all of it with delight and happiness. Some moments, Allison gently spoon-fed Stefan, some Cameron spoon-fed this to each of her kids. Allison smiled proudly that everyone could eat it as well. She could see Stefan begging for another and other.

When it ended, everyone too enjoyed it to even lick each of their plates deliciously.

"Cameron, tomorrow it was a great day of me. Please go with me. I'm going to take a degree."

"What? You are going to become postgraduate?" Cameron looked very surprised with that. Allison nodded confirmation.

"Yeah, it's bachelor of Business Administration Program in Managerial Accounting; 148 cumulative credits, Kasetsart University Si Racha Campus," Allison bragged. "At first, they didn't like to let me through but Stefan confirmed them that I am completely a Thai."

"Why?"

"Kasetsart University Si Racha Campus would only let Thais through for education. Now they have changed. Naturalized can apply for almost every field."

Allison turned to Stefan who had been quiet since she talked to Cameron about her tomorrow graduation. "Stefan, what's wrong?" He turned and smiled faintly.

"Nothing, Allison."

"Don't lie to me, Stefan," Allison affirmed her old question via these words with low voice.

"I'm really sorry, Alise. Tomorrow is your day but I can't really even go to congratulate you. It's very busy," Stefan replied uncertainly, he was still afraid that Allison might be angry of him or whatsoever. "I'm so sorry."

Allison smiled, no stress. "That's alright. I understand you, Stefan. You have worked hard for years. If you didn't, I know tomorrow wouldn't happen. You can come back as fast as you can and congratulate me later."

Stefan smiled again but this time, his smile was warmer.

"Sir, I have found something very interesting," Nevlin's voice called them from his own lab. All their attentions were gotten.

Nevlin had stood in front of the lab. He looked very serious. This could be very big problem or whatsoever...