Yes! We have finally broken into the security room after having to practically blow up the digital lock that only took in codes. Mina, surprisingly, was able to deactivate the code and open the firmly shut door of the security room to submit our entry. She did it without a single mistake our making any sound at all. She was amazing with this kind of stuff!

After we quietly entered through the door, Rei had left it open just a slight crack to allow as a fast and easy exit. I felt that it was rather risky to just leave the door open so that anyone can just come in, but I did not object.

The security room was a small rectangular shaped room that had all the latest technologies (mainly deadly weapons) that the government had created or improved. The security of the room itself must have cost a large government budget to build. I was impressed with all these guarding devices that will even challenge us. The room had infrared heat sensor floors that could detect the body temperature of any living thing and identify it, and laser guns that were all ready to shoot at the slightest intrusion. Cameras had also been placed along the wall and on the ceiling. The room was completed with sound detectors that will go off with the intrusion of a single noise. All this security had caused the room to be kind of humid. This was definitely going to be challenging.

All the government technologies that must have cost a fortune each were placed in their respective spots, on a motion sensing glass case. Then I saw it. The best protected case in the room. The case stood in the center of the room inside a glass stand and was very small to fit any of the weapons that were in this room. I had no doubt that it contained the chip that we seeked. It was a metal box that was surrounded by a clear glass shell that proved to be impossible to penetrate. I had no doubt that the shell had both motion sensors and heat sensors, not allowing for a single organism to get even close. Personal DNA could only open the all- penetrating metal box while the glass shell could be opened by a code. The chip was in there. I was certain. I nodded my head in approval.

I gave the command with a simple wave of my gloved hand. The glove was skin tight and was leather, its sole function was to block my body heat from being detected by the heat sensors. Mina and Rei nodded and quietly and entered the room behind me. We were all suited up in leather from head to toe. It covered every inch of our body, except our faces, which was protected by a heat-absorbing layer of crème that we were wearing. The crème was developed in the La Morte headquarters laboratory by one of our top scientist. Yes, we had some of the world's top scientist working for us. We paid them way more than the government ever could. These scientists were in my inner circle. I trusted them and they trusted me.

The soles of our shoes were also heat absorbing, which allowed our feet to touch the heat-sensing floor for no more than 60 seconds. We each had a wire by our ear that would allow us to communicate back to base for assistance on how to pass each security. But we had all expected this, maybe even more, and knew had to take care of it.

As soon as we entered the room, Mina pressed the red button on our sound-radiating device that sent radio waves powerful enough to fry all the circuits of the sound sensors. That was one thing that we do not have to worry about anymore. Now we could make all the sound that we needed without being detected right away. Then Rei pressed another red button on her small rectangular device that sent radio waves to freeze all the cameras around us. The cameras were frozen on the picture of the empty room and no one in security would notice any time soon. That was two things off our back. We could do nothing about the infrared heat sensors, but our heat absorbing body suits should cover that one. Now all we had to worry about was the motion sensors on the glass shell that protected the chip.

We walked toward the glass stand that encased the metal box, careful not to keep our feet at the same spot on the ground for more than 60 seconds. We were as careful as we could be. Suddenly I felt the presence of someone else outside the door and turned around just in time to see the doorknob slowly rotation. Panic stuck me but I took great care not to show it. Mina and Rei had turned around with me in alarm, a questioning look in their eyes before they caught on to what I was looking at.

Suddenly the doorknob began to rotate ten times faster and the door abruptly opened to reveal a man with a well-built body. He was rather good looking with his ice blue shoulder length hair and his deep violet eyes. Hell, he was totally hot with every single feature on his face perfectly set and his slightly tanned skin. If I was Usagi Tsukino right now, I would totally be drooling all over him right now, but thank God I'm not. He returned my surprised stare with a mesmerized stare of his own. It was as if he did not believe that I existed. I took a closer look into his eyes. My cerulean blue clashed with his dark violet. I saw something there that scared me deeply. I saw lust and desire. I shook that suspicion off. That couldn't be it. We did not even know each other! It was probably some form of hatred that I failed to recognize. We stared at each other for what seemed liked an eternity, neither of us even daring to blink as if it might corrupt the balance.

"Who are you?" I asked in an emotionless and cold tone, at last breaking the everlasting silence. He blinked in surprise back and a grin crept across his perfect face as if he found this situation amusing. I began to feel anger rising within me but took careful notion not to show it.

"I am your rival" he responded with his deep masculine voice that could have touched the heart of any girl, but not me. I had no heart. I was a cold-blooded assassin. I looked at him in confusion. Then suddenly realization dawned on me. It hit me with the force of a bullet. He was Diamond La Femme!

"La Femme" I stated with a monotone voice, careful not to show my surprise and panic. The worst that I expected on this mission had finally happened. We met head on with the La Femme leader in competition for the chip.

"It is nice to finally meet you, La Morte" he spoke with an +unidentified hidden emotion, "I have heard a lot about you." He took a step forward and entered the room. I began to grip for my gun located on the back of my belt.

Just as he entered the room, all alarms had gone off like crazy. It seems that the heat sensors on the floor have detected him. We all jumped in surprise, but he simply kept on grinning as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened.

"My, are we getting nervous La Morte?" Diamond asked with amusement. I gave him a very cold stare and if looks could kill, he would be dead ten times over. But it's a serious pity that he wasn't.

"I think that it would be to the best of both our interests to leave the chip and get out of here as soon as possible" I replied in a cold tone, regaining my composure.

"What's the hurry La Morte? Scared to get caught?" he teased.

"As a matter of fact, yes" I stated without humor. Now, I could hear the faint sound of yelling and footsteps running through the hallway.

"Unlike you, I have better things to do than dodge bullets" I commented with a slight edge of annoyance. He saw my point and carefully stepped aside of the doorway and made a motion with his had.

"Ladies first" he said with a grin. I looked at him suspiciously before I rushed past him with Mina and Rei right behind me, sending Diamond death glares.

After we were out, he followed us as we began to run down the hall opposite from which most of the noise of yelling was coming from. I sent a look to Rei and Mina that stated we have to lose him. They nodded their heads firmly and we split up in three different directions as we came to a crossway. I took the middle hall and Diamond had followed me. I had no time to think of a plan to ditch him, as the guards were hot on my trail. I made an abrupt left turn, so did he.

The soldiers were catching up to us now and I could see them behind me, attempting to scramble past each other in the narrow hallway in an attempt to catch me and Diamond, who was still running behind me with a sense of amusement written on his face. I was really starting to get pissed off! The guards were starting to get very close now and he thought that all this was funny?

"Do you have a gun?" I yelled to him from behind me.

"Yes" he replied with a calm tone.

"Good! Start shooting!" I commanded as I took my own gun from behind my belt and began to aim. My hand moved in a blur as I shot with amazing speed all the front row soldiers. My eyes were steel blue and held absolutely no emotion. My aiming was very precise, causing the next row of soldiers to stop momentarily in shock, but continued on running after us as the shock faded. It was no good! There was just too damn many of them. They must have all been training in the pentagon gym. There were at lest thirty of them and I had no doubt that they must of all been top soldiers in their camp for them to get the honor of training in the pentagon. It's like they did not fear death as most soldiers do.

"Watch and learn, La Morte" stated Diamond as he threw behind him what looked like a small bomb that instantly caused an explosion behind us. The ceiling began to collapse, dropping large chunks of cement right in front of the soldiers' path, blocking their way. All this had caused a lot of smoke to rise in the air, stopping everybody's eyes to function through all the debris. But it did not stop me as I had night vision goggles on before I entered the security room.

This was my chance to make a clean escape. All the soldiers were behind the huge chunks of cement, blocking their view to the other side and Diamond was coughing and shutting his eyes tightly against the smoke. This was a perfect opportunity!

I tumbled down the hall for the rest of the way and climbed out of the nearest window I could find. Nobody had followed me. I was glad that it was still dark outside at 1AM. The darkness covered me like a security blanket, hiding me amongst the shadows of the wall as I slowly climbed down.

I am going to go back to base, where Mina and Rei should be reporting back too. The mission was a total failure, but I guess it could have been worse. At least the La Femmes didn't have the chip either. The competition was still on. But I doubt that neither of us were going to come back for the chip. Now that the government knows we are after it, they are going to increase the security by 20 times, which would make it even impossible for us to penetrate. The chip might have given us a valuable fortune, but it is not something to lose our life over.

I had no doubt that the we and the La Femmes will be in direct competition again, but it will not be anytime soon.

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Diamond cursed himself as he left the safely guarded pentagon building behind through the single emergency exit that the alerted soldiers forgot to guard. The alarm began to go off like crazy, indicating that someone had gone through an exit without a security check. The soldiers were alarmed immediately and rushed outside, hoping to catch the intruder that had caused the government millions by blowing up all most an entire hallway. They rushed outside to find no one there. It was too late. Diamond had already stepped amongst the shadows and like a soundless ghost, made his escape.

When he was on the streets again, a safe distance away from the danger, Diamond wiped the triumphant smile off his face and replaced it with a deep frown. He was angry. Actually, he was more than angry, he was pissed! He had let La Morte leader escape! And she was right under his nose too! This would not look good on his record. Although no one would dare mention this to him besides Sapphire, his men would still use this sole failure that he had committed against him. At last, they have finally found a fault in their perfect leader. Maybe he wasn't so invincible after all! Diamond frowned even more. If anyone except Sapphire dared as to even slightly hint at this incident, he will personally make sure that they suffered the most torturous death possible. But Diamond knew that no one would dare. He might have failed this mission, but he was still a very dangerous enemy to have.

As he was walking down the street to his limo that would drive him back to base, Diamond reflected upon what went wrong with this mission. He knew instantly it was. It was her. Diamond had always thought that the La Morte leader was dangerous and maybe even beautiful, but seeing a complete goddess in front of him was quite another story. He was just simply stunned to see the perfect complexion of an angel right in front of him when he had the knowledge that she was in fact the cold-blooded ruthless killer that everybody feared. He was suppose to kill her, but he could not even bring himself to look at her with hatred, let alone shoot her. If he had shot her in the security room right away, she would have been vulnerable to the attack. She was wide open for a bullet to take her life. It would be too late for her to grab her gun behind her back no matter how fast she was. But Diamond just could not bring himself to do it. Not now, not ever. The sight of her simply cut off all his circuit of logic and sped up all his hormones of passion. It was like she was a witch and he was under her spell.

Diamond sighed with frustration. No woman had ever made him feel that way and he has dated a lot of breathtaking women. Being the owner of one of the top oil companies in the world, women simply threw themselves at his feet. In fact, his muscular body and sexy charming looks in itself was more than enough for him to bed every woman that he wants. Yes, he has dated a lot of beautiful women, from rich super models to high executive businesswomen. They all wanted a taste of him and would claw their way up just to have him look at them. They disgusted him but he would pick one of them to be his new mistresses almost every week. He would get tired of the same woman instantly. The most a woman lasted as his mistress was 8 days. Then he would dump them and break their heart and move on with his life. This was his routine, until she came along. She, as in the La Morte leader, his most dangerous enemy. It was like she had embedded herself inside his eyelids and whenever he closed his eyes, he would see her perfect complexion that drove his hormones crazy.

Deep in thought, Diamond did not notice right away that he had arrived by his limo and the driver was holding the door open for him nervously. Diamond sighed with exhaustion. As soon as he arrived at base, he would take a long nap and, no doubt, dream about her.

Before Diamond entered the limo, he had made a vow to himself right there and then. He promised himself that he would have her no matter what it took. His hands ached to touch her skin and explore every curve of her body. His tongue ached to taste her sweet soft pint lips.

Diamond knew that if he did not have her, it would haunt him for the rest of his life.





AN: After writing this chapter, I realized that this story might be rated R later on. I guess that it will make my friends really happy as all their stories are rated R too. Sorry to those of you who don't like restricted stories, I know how they can be simply sick sometimes. But you should really give them a try, they are sometimes really good too! I'll try to make mine with as little sick contents as possible, but please tell me if you want anything more. I love it when you guys review me! There are a lot of good ideas in the reviews and I will try to use most of them if I can. Thanks guys!

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