Without You
Chapter 4- Danger.
By Mako-chan Fan
Makochan_fan@hotmail.com
Author's Notes:
Sorry if this fic took too long to be updated. School has
been taking up my time, and then there's tennis practice,
too. I'm tired, stressed out, and no time for writing. This
is actually the first weekend that I don't have homework.
Anyway, on with the fic... reviews please...
___________________________________________________________
RING!!!
Doors were pushed open and classrooms emptied as the bell
rang, indicating the end of the school day. Students- girls
in navy-blue skirts and white blouses and boys in the same
dark blue pants and white shirts- filed out of the room and
left for their rides.
Blessed Mary Private School was one of the most prestigious
and expensive schools in Spain. Many students here are
children or related to rich and powerful people of the
nation, meaning Lita and Triton go there, too.
The two children met up in the hallway, and together they
walked toward their waiting limo. Three burly bodyguards
stood close to their transportation, waiting for their
arrival.
"Wuzzup, Ted?" Triton greeted one of them as he opened the
passenger door. The two climbed in and the raven-haired
guard followed. The other two black-suited men rode in
front, one of them driving. They left the school and went
to the direction of the hacienda.
"Hi, Teddy!" The little girl happily greeted after her
brother, glad that school was over.
"Hey, kids. So, how's school?" All the bodyguards were
quite fond of the two children, as they have been with the
Bloom family for some time, since Triton's birth, to be
exact.
"It sucked. I've got homework again," the boy unhappily
answered.
"I don't! Hahaha!" his sister laughed, glad to be free from
homework.
The boy sulked at her. "You're not helping, you know."
"I know," Lita taunted.
"Okay, you two stop that. I don't want the two of you
fighting anytime soon," Ted advised.
The two children quieted down and watched the scenery go
by. Lita opened her lunch box and took cookies out. She
took one and offered her brother and Ted one. Getting
bored, she looked at the mirror behind her seat where she
can see the cars behind them. A black car was behind them,
going to the direction their own car was going. A few
seconds later, she sat back on her seat and watched the
scenery again.
She saw her brother move. Triton pulled out the mini TV
included in the car and switched it on. The two kids
started watching cartoons. A few minutes later, she looked
back. The car was still behind them. She shrugged to
herself. Nothing to get suspicious over. She watched with
Triton some more. The cartoon show was over when she looked
behind her again. The car was still there. Now she was
alarmed. It had been tailing them for the last 20 minutes.
"Umm, Teddy, do you notice that the car behind us has been
following us for a long time now?" she asked the raven-
haired guard, a little apprehensively.
The man, alarmed, talked with his comrades about the
situation. All three men looked at each other. Ted stood up
and moved in the middle of where the two children were
sitting. He looked at the car and saw two men sitting in
front of the car. The two unknown men must have known that
they have been seen. The passenger then rolled down his
window and pulled out a gun. Ted's eyes widened.
"Get down!!!" He pushed the two children down the car
floor. Several bullets hit the limousine just as the two
children and Ted crashed down the floor. The two children
started screaming and crying, terrified of what was
happening to them.
James and Scott, the other bodyguards who sat in front of
the limousine, opened their doors and crawled out of the
car. They took out their own guns and started shooting at
the car. Ted, while shielding the kids using his own body,
took his cellphone out and called more bodyguards and asked
for back-up.
They heard a loud shout and the shooting from the enemy
stopped. It was a sign that the man was shot. The car then
left, knowing that they were in danger of being caught.
"Are you guys okay?" James, the brown-haired driver and
guard, asked Ted and the children. None of them were hurt,
but the two kids were still crying.
By that time a crowd was gathering. A few seconds later,
the police came and investigated the scene. Another
limousine then arrived, containing Isabella, Pierre, and
Peter. The three hugged the two scared children, who
started crying again when they saw the adults.
As they all rode the limo back home, the two children,
exhausted from crying, slept. The adults talked quietly so
they wouldn't wake up or hear what the topic was about.
"Damn it! I'd get it if they want to hurt us, but not the
kids!" Pierre cursed.
"What are we going to do now?" Isabella asked the two men,
worried about their situation.
Peter made a decision. "Your family has to leave pronto. We
all know how OZ works. They'll stop at nothing to get what
they want. I think you should head to L3."
"Okay. But I just can't leave my companies unmanaged. I'm
going back to the city and tell my colleagues that I'll be
gone for some time. I have to put all my business on hold.
We also have to warn our parents. They're in this as much
as we are. God, I hope they're all right," Pierre prayed
worriedly.
Isabella's cellphone rang.
"Hello? Yes... uh-huh... yes... what? What? What do you
mean? When? No... oh God, it can't be!" she let go of the
phone and started crying, looking shocked and pained.
"Honey? What is it? What's wrong?" Pierre asked his wife
worriedly. It took a lot for Isabella to cry, as she was a
very strong and a very tough girl. But she didn't look like
one now because tears were streaming down her face.
She looked at the two men with teary eyes.
"Our parents. It's our parents. Oh God. They were heading
back from a trip to Asia when...when their plane was shot
down. Their plane cr-crashed somewhere in the Middle East.
The police believed it was caused by some hijackers, but I
know it isn't true." She sobbed, hurt that her loved ones
died so rapidly.
The two men sat there quietly, hurt and shocked by the
news. No one foresaw that OZ would be working on them
quickly and painlessly. They could not believe that their
parents, the ones that gave life to them, were not gone.
Peter left his condition before Pierre did, and logic came
back to him.
"We have to move fast. Pierre, do whatever you have to do.
Isabella, come with him. He might need some of your help.
The kids and I will be waiting for you in the base. Just
come straight to the base after you two deal with work.
We'll just send you to wherever it is you all are going
with one of the planes in the base."
The limo drove back into the city and left the couple to do
their jobs. Peter woke the two kids when they got to
Peter's decoy mansion. The two were traumatized, scared of
what had just happened to them.
As they got down to the underground secret base, the place
was busy. People were everywhere, working as fast as they
could to finish their projects before OZ infiltrated the
place. Bodyguards were in front and behind them, alert and
keen-eyed. They stayed in Peter's office, waiting for the
arrival of Lita's and Triton's parents.
______
Back in the city...
Pierre put the phone down, relieved to know that the
station would manage without him for a few months. Isabella
was sitting on the couch in his office, waiting for him to
finish his impersonal phone-meeting with his colleagues.
"Are you done, let's go. We have to get out of here as fast
as we can. We don't even know if the kids are safe or not!"
"Don't freak out, Isa. They're in the base with Pete and
many bodyguards. I'm sure they're safe. Now come on, OZ
might track as down before we even get out of here."
They opened the door to leave when they met face to face
with a gun. Holding the gun was a lieutenant from OZ. His
ugly face looked even worse with the smirk he was wearing.
The two were thinking of attempting to take the gun from
him when he broke their thoughts.
"Uh-uh. I've got men with me. Trust me, you wouldn't want
to do that." To prove his point, five more men, all big and
muscular, appeared behind him. The OZ soldiers walked
inside, and the Isabella and Pierre were pushed back inside
as well.
The lieutenant put his gun down and wore a sinister smile.
"I trust you know why this is happening right now."
The couple stayed quiet.
"You know, we can work things out. You and your little
family don't have to run away from us if you work with us.
Private Manning, what have you found out about the Bloom's
account."
One of the men behind him answered. "Sir, we found out that
the account is worth $40 billion dollars. It's under the
Bloom name in the Swiss Bank. We have also learned that the
only way to get the money is to have the pass. But it is
not a password, sir, but an object."
The lieutenant looked back to the couple. "You see, we know
a lot about you. If you cooperate, you and your children's
lives will not be in danger any longer. All you have to do
is give us the money that you have and all will be even.
After all, you were planning on betraying OZ and the
government you're living under."
"Never!" Pierre answered acidly.
The highest-ranking military man's eyebrows raised.
"No? Well, then. What is your pass. I'm sure you just want
us to get the money ourselves, right? So then please, just
give the pass to us and we'll all act like this day never
happened."
The offer sounded so tempting to them. But they knew better
than to trust OZ. Although the offer looked sweet, both
Pierre and Isabella knew that it was really bitter inside.
Besides, to tell what the passes were are to endanger the
lives of their children. Both Lita and Triton had it but
never knew of its significance.
The lieutenant's face turned malevolent. He didn't like
traitors, and these two were two tough bastards.
He held the gun, its pointer right in the middle of
Pierre's forehead.
"Tell me."
Pierre just looked at him square in the eye.
The trigger was pulled a moment after.
!!!________________________!!!
Holy crap! I actually have time to work on this! Hehehe,
I'm so freakin' happy!!! Anyway, don't you like the
cliffie? I actually have a good one!!! What do you think of
the story so far? Please e-mail me and review!!! The next
chapter will be out sometime this month, I swear it!
Chapter 4- Danger.
By Mako-chan Fan
Makochan_fan@hotmail.com
Author's Notes:
Sorry if this fic took too long to be updated. School has
been taking up my time, and then there's tennis practice,
too. I'm tired, stressed out, and no time for writing. This
is actually the first weekend that I don't have homework.
Anyway, on with the fic... reviews please...
___________________________________________________________
RING!!!
Doors were pushed open and classrooms emptied as the bell
rang, indicating the end of the school day. Students- girls
in navy-blue skirts and white blouses and boys in the same
dark blue pants and white shirts- filed out of the room and
left for their rides.
Blessed Mary Private School was one of the most prestigious
and expensive schools in Spain. Many students here are
children or related to rich and powerful people of the
nation, meaning Lita and Triton go there, too.
The two children met up in the hallway, and together they
walked toward their waiting limo. Three burly bodyguards
stood close to their transportation, waiting for their
arrival.
"Wuzzup, Ted?" Triton greeted one of them as he opened the
passenger door. The two climbed in and the raven-haired
guard followed. The other two black-suited men rode in
front, one of them driving. They left the school and went
to the direction of the hacienda.
"Hi, Teddy!" The little girl happily greeted after her
brother, glad that school was over.
"Hey, kids. So, how's school?" All the bodyguards were
quite fond of the two children, as they have been with the
Bloom family for some time, since Triton's birth, to be
exact.
"It sucked. I've got homework again," the boy unhappily
answered.
"I don't! Hahaha!" his sister laughed, glad to be free from
homework.
The boy sulked at her. "You're not helping, you know."
"I know," Lita taunted.
"Okay, you two stop that. I don't want the two of you
fighting anytime soon," Ted advised.
The two children quieted down and watched the scenery go
by. Lita opened her lunch box and took cookies out. She
took one and offered her brother and Ted one. Getting
bored, she looked at the mirror behind her seat where she
can see the cars behind them. A black car was behind them,
going to the direction their own car was going. A few
seconds later, she sat back on her seat and watched the
scenery again.
She saw her brother move. Triton pulled out the mini TV
included in the car and switched it on. The two kids
started watching cartoons. A few minutes later, she looked
back. The car was still behind them. She shrugged to
herself. Nothing to get suspicious over. She watched with
Triton some more. The cartoon show was over when she looked
behind her again. The car was still there. Now she was
alarmed. It had been tailing them for the last 20 minutes.
"Umm, Teddy, do you notice that the car behind us has been
following us for a long time now?" she asked the raven-
haired guard, a little apprehensively.
The man, alarmed, talked with his comrades about the
situation. All three men looked at each other. Ted stood up
and moved in the middle of where the two children were
sitting. He looked at the car and saw two men sitting in
front of the car. The two unknown men must have known that
they have been seen. The passenger then rolled down his
window and pulled out a gun. Ted's eyes widened.
"Get down!!!" He pushed the two children down the car
floor. Several bullets hit the limousine just as the two
children and Ted crashed down the floor. The two children
started screaming and crying, terrified of what was
happening to them.
James and Scott, the other bodyguards who sat in front of
the limousine, opened their doors and crawled out of the
car. They took out their own guns and started shooting at
the car. Ted, while shielding the kids using his own body,
took his cellphone out and called more bodyguards and asked
for back-up.
They heard a loud shout and the shooting from the enemy
stopped. It was a sign that the man was shot. The car then
left, knowing that they were in danger of being caught.
"Are you guys okay?" James, the brown-haired driver and
guard, asked Ted and the children. None of them were hurt,
but the two kids were still crying.
By that time a crowd was gathering. A few seconds later,
the police came and investigated the scene. Another
limousine then arrived, containing Isabella, Pierre, and
Peter. The three hugged the two scared children, who
started crying again when they saw the adults.
As they all rode the limo back home, the two children,
exhausted from crying, slept. The adults talked quietly so
they wouldn't wake up or hear what the topic was about.
"Damn it! I'd get it if they want to hurt us, but not the
kids!" Pierre cursed.
"What are we going to do now?" Isabella asked the two men,
worried about their situation.
Peter made a decision. "Your family has to leave pronto. We
all know how OZ works. They'll stop at nothing to get what
they want. I think you should head to L3."
"Okay. But I just can't leave my companies unmanaged. I'm
going back to the city and tell my colleagues that I'll be
gone for some time. I have to put all my business on hold.
We also have to warn our parents. They're in this as much
as we are. God, I hope they're all right," Pierre prayed
worriedly.
Isabella's cellphone rang.
"Hello? Yes... uh-huh... yes... what? What? What do you
mean? When? No... oh God, it can't be!" she let go of the
phone and started crying, looking shocked and pained.
"Honey? What is it? What's wrong?" Pierre asked his wife
worriedly. It took a lot for Isabella to cry, as she was a
very strong and a very tough girl. But she didn't look like
one now because tears were streaming down her face.
She looked at the two men with teary eyes.
"Our parents. It's our parents. Oh God. They were heading
back from a trip to Asia when...when their plane was shot
down. Their plane cr-crashed somewhere in the Middle East.
The police believed it was caused by some hijackers, but I
know it isn't true." She sobbed, hurt that her loved ones
died so rapidly.
The two men sat there quietly, hurt and shocked by the
news. No one foresaw that OZ would be working on them
quickly and painlessly. They could not believe that their
parents, the ones that gave life to them, were not gone.
Peter left his condition before Pierre did, and logic came
back to him.
"We have to move fast. Pierre, do whatever you have to do.
Isabella, come with him. He might need some of your help.
The kids and I will be waiting for you in the base. Just
come straight to the base after you two deal with work.
We'll just send you to wherever it is you all are going
with one of the planes in the base."
The limo drove back into the city and left the couple to do
their jobs. Peter woke the two kids when they got to
Peter's decoy mansion. The two were traumatized, scared of
what had just happened to them.
As they got down to the underground secret base, the place
was busy. People were everywhere, working as fast as they
could to finish their projects before OZ infiltrated the
place. Bodyguards were in front and behind them, alert and
keen-eyed. They stayed in Peter's office, waiting for the
arrival of Lita's and Triton's parents.
______
Back in the city...
Pierre put the phone down, relieved to know that the
station would manage without him for a few months. Isabella
was sitting on the couch in his office, waiting for him to
finish his impersonal phone-meeting with his colleagues.
"Are you done, let's go. We have to get out of here as fast
as we can. We don't even know if the kids are safe or not!"
"Don't freak out, Isa. They're in the base with Pete and
many bodyguards. I'm sure they're safe. Now come on, OZ
might track as down before we even get out of here."
They opened the door to leave when they met face to face
with a gun. Holding the gun was a lieutenant from OZ. His
ugly face looked even worse with the smirk he was wearing.
The two were thinking of attempting to take the gun from
him when he broke their thoughts.
"Uh-uh. I've got men with me. Trust me, you wouldn't want
to do that." To prove his point, five more men, all big and
muscular, appeared behind him. The OZ soldiers walked
inside, and the Isabella and Pierre were pushed back inside
as well.
The lieutenant put his gun down and wore a sinister smile.
"I trust you know why this is happening right now."
The couple stayed quiet.
"You know, we can work things out. You and your little
family don't have to run away from us if you work with us.
Private Manning, what have you found out about the Bloom's
account."
One of the men behind him answered. "Sir, we found out that
the account is worth $40 billion dollars. It's under the
Bloom name in the Swiss Bank. We have also learned that the
only way to get the money is to have the pass. But it is
not a password, sir, but an object."
The lieutenant looked back to the couple. "You see, we know
a lot about you. If you cooperate, you and your children's
lives will not be in danger any longer. All you have to do
is give us the money that you have and all will be even.
After all, you were planning on betraying OZ and the
government you're living under."
"Never!" Pierre answered acidly.
The highest-ranking military man's eyebrows raised.
"No? Well, then. What is your pass. I'm sure you just want
us to get the money ourselves, right? So then please, just
give the pass to us and we'll all act like this day never
happened."
The offer sounded so tempting to them. But they knew better
than to trust OZ. Although the offer looked sweet, both
Pierre and Isabella knew that it was really bitter inside.
Besides, to tell what the passes were are to endanger the
lives of their children. Both Lita and Triton had it but
never knew of its significance.
The lieutenant's face turned malevolent. He didn't like
traitors, and these two were two tough bastards.
He held the gun, its pointer right in the middle of
Pierre's forehead.
"Tell me."
Pierre just looked at him square in the eye.
The trigger was pulled a moment after.
!!!________________________!!!
Holy crap! I actually have time to work on this! Hehehe,
I'm so freakin' happy!!! Anyway, don't you like the
cliffie? I actually have a good one!!! What do you think of
the story so far? Please e-mail me and review!!! The next
chapter will be out sometime this month, I swear it!