Chapter 13
A Person's Dilemma
Once upon a sunny day at a very peaceful place at Wardington...
"Is everybody had evacuated the area?" asked Ace to Dan
"Pretty much…" reply Dan as he also glances back at the once beautiful and enchanting house.
The once well built mansion had turn into a burning pile of ashes and probably a wreck as soon as the angered Shun had been breaking things he could merely touch or smell at the same time.
"Err…not that I know…but where the heck is Alice anyway?! Is this is her first time to disappear?" asked Mira holding Spot the puppy in her arms.
"Not really, this is her second time…her first time was that she secretly went for grocery shopping…and oh, she found that puppy too…" said Dan to Mira
"ARGGH!"
"Uh-oh, Criminal is going bananas out there…" remarked Julie in which the trio nodded.
The units of the organization could only look at the mansion in pity as Shun manage to make the mansion go upside down….literally.
"IF I HAD TO FIND YOU AT THE BOTTOM DEEP OF THE OCEANS, I WILL ALICE!" a very pissed and annoying voice echoed all over the area.
"Should we do something about this?" asked Julie to them
"Well, as much as I wanted to see Shun go hardcore and nutty, we have to….if only we knew where to start…" said Ace and started to think
"The assigned bodyguards didn't see or felt a presence last night and the hidden security cameras can't even detect a person leaving the mansion beforehand…" said Mira
"Well the last time we've seen Alice…it would be the garden near the fountains…" said Julie
"Alice was last seen in Shun's bedroom…." said Dan and sighed heavily
"What do you mean Dan?" asked Ace in curiosity.
"I saw her packing things…I thought she wanted to throw her old clothes out…but I guess I was wrong… said Dan and shrugged, hiding the real reason behind her disappearance..
"Well….this is a bummer…" said Ace
A very loud explosion was heard amidst the forest indicating the finishing touch of Shun's boiling point. Dan and the others could only watch Shun storming out of the mansion looking very pissed and ready for a handsomely and clean…err…dirty fight.
Every step he takes, he took the thousand of carbon dioxides of the people surrounding him…he slowly took up and glare at Ace
"Ace…" Shun said almost knocking off innocent hooligans and his men with his cold and warning voice.
"Yes?"
"Any sign of her? I can't find her inside the mansion anymore…."
"Well you burn it into crisps and ashes, that's a start…" remarked Dan as the girls could only watch the mansion on fire while the others could only look at it, traumatized by the sudden time of it.
"Well…my recon trackers had to say about it…don't worry…she'll be back in your arms again loverboy…" Ace chuckles with Dan nudging him to stop teasing the angry Shun. Do the algebra everyone…
ANGRY + OVERPROTECTIVE + SHUN – Alice = Ace's death sentence.
And probably a minor punishment to Ace as Shun started to strangle him.
"FIND HER AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S BACK IN PIECES!"
"S-st0p …Dzz…Head…"
A still very pissed Shun was watching from afar as the butler Robin will be made meal to the tigers. Dan with Julie was watching the scene as Mira was tending Ace's throbbing head and neck back to their new mansion.
Shun turn on the intercom. "Comfortable in there Robin?"
"Heh…what's with the informalities Criminal?" Robin sarcastically said watching the men slowly opening the cages with him in the middle.
"Well for a start, you were my former butler…and now…supper for my beloved pets…"said Shun and motion the men to open the gates. Two ferocious tigers emerged and leap and watch their prey immobile in front of them.
"Danma?"
"Yep, recording the video now…and it will be a live stream in our target internet site just like you wanted to…" recommend Dan
"Any last words….Raj?" Shun asked nicely yet dramatically and chuckles darkly as the tigers are getting closer to Robin.
"Yeah man! PARRTTTYYY!" the sound suddenly boomed in the calm and eerie atmosphere. Shun thought that guy went totally crazy about happily giving himself to the animals….but the voice came from the other guy, standing smugly at one of the pillars.
Shun, Dan and the others only look up and stare at the muscular figure.
"BOOM! BOOM! BABY! Why are all so quiet?! You celebrate and waggling your butts now aight!?"
"Dan…"
"I'm on it…" Dan whispered and motioned his men to target lock the man at the top.
"DAMN COWBOYS, Huueewee! Baby! Now that's what I call suspense! Keep those guns at me crudsters!" shout the man
"WHO ARE YOU?!" shout Dan and show him his gun, meaning serious business…
"RAJ THE GAME, BUT JAKE'S THE NAME, MAGGOTS! WAHAHAHA" and shower some bullets up in the sky
Shun could only tense his body and widen his eyes. Then he glances back at Robin being pretty much alive, if not for one of his men killing the tigers.
"How…"
Slowly more than a hundreds of men started surrounding few of his units. Shun look from side to side and glares at Robin slowly making his entrance.
"Woah Mr. Crimifreak is outnumbered…" said Jake and shooting one of his men in the head. Afterwards he went down with the earth tremble as his feet made contact to the ground.
Dan slowly went out shielding Shun from the back
"Don't worry boss, I got your back…"
Shun could only thought of a new knowledge. Another guy called himself Raj…but…that means…
"So an ambush plan huh and you trick us to believe that you're Raj?" asked Shun to no one particular. The stranger wearing a black hat, sunglasses with undeniable disguise of clothes who rescued Robin came before him
"Yes…" with a strained voice follows
Shun could only raise an eyebrow.
"Don't mind her…she's pretty decent and formal with things…aight missy?" Jake remarked as he lean his arm on her shoulders.
The girl could only nod and stare at Shun.
"Danma…"
"Boss?"
"E-C-T…"
"Got it…"
"Eh, what murmur canoodle there pals?" asked Jake when suddenly Dan started to chirp and sing like a bird…
"Tweet tweet! Chirp! Squak! Tweet!..."
*total silence*
"Errr…" the enemies could only look at him confused and surprisingly funny that they started to laugh.
"Ha! Funny man! I like you already son!" Jake laughs heartily and clapped merrily at Dan who was pretty much embarrass but ignore the feeling of being appreciated by his enemies.
"Squak! Yap! Yap!"
"Bwahaha—"
"Let's go…" said Robin with one of his assistants trying his best to support his beaten up boss.
"Huh?"
A trigger was sounded and afterwards a showering bullets spread out the entire system.
"Shit! Backup?!"
"Figures…I knew that there was something with that irritated voice…a code for emergency….we'll be back cowards and it won't be like last time…" Robin murmur as they run away from more men coming at them.
"Boss!" Ace and Julie shouted
"Trace…Anna….you came just in time!"
"We are on our way when Dan was suddenly chirping on our earpieces…I thought he was joking but…" Julie mention
"WHEN WILL THE WORLD EVER REALIZE THAT I'M A PERSON WORTH THEIR TIME BEING SERIOUS FOR ONCE! WHY OR WHY DID I HAVE TO BE A FUNNY AND IDIOTIC PERSON IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Dan shouted merrily to the world asking his placement in the world…
"What's he doing…"
"Being idiotic in dramas again…" Shun acknowledge…and smiled genuinely noting himself that he chose right for Dan to be his right hand man.
"Any reports on Alice?" asked Shun as he drinks his 16th cup of coffee and skimmed his documents. His hands started to tremble and glance at one Ace's trackers.
"Err…We did our best…we even have to find foot tracks amongst the mansion….but sadly…we can't find any…"
"ARE YOU FOR REAL?! YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD A CLUE!"
"Well maybe she will come back like last time right?" asked the tracker.
"AND WHAT IF SHE DIDN'T HUH? WHAT IF SHE'S ALONE THERE DYING AND STARVING AND SOME MEN MIGHT FIND INTEREST ON HER! I AM GOING TO PUNISH ALL OF YOU IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY ALICE!"
"We…we did find something peculiar though…."
"AND WHAT'S THAT?!"
"My team managed to find some car tracks….outside the premises…We thought it's just one of the vehicles you guys had but we still thought otherwise and manage to analyze any little details in case it would be related to our investigation…"
Shun widen his eyes upon a conclusion "She…was kidnap?!"
"More likely….but we have to verify to our analyst to find out and compare some vehicles in order to match the tracks…luckily those tracks are quite fresh since last night…"
Shun raked his hair in frustration….No…if something happens to her….it's like a someone gave him a punch on his lungs…It was suffocating and what confused him more….why did he care in the first place, why going berserk over some girl he met for months….why bother looking for her….and why did he let his ego went off when someone mention she disappear…
"How long the analysts will come up with the results?"
"Since we can't identify the car's brand nor its license plate and any…maybe months….but we can make it this month!" he explained before he got hit by Shun.
"Shun…"
"Yeah Dan?"
"You just mention my Alice awhile ago." and laugh entirely making Shun glare at him as he strangles his neck.
Dan was still laughing as he drove back to his penthouse, still kilometers away from Shun's mansion.
His roll of laughter manages to stop slowly as he saw one of the maids greeting him.
"Afternoon sir, Lunch is ready for you and Ms. Alice…"
"Thanks…" and went for the door. He takes a look at Alice who was reading a book. He chuckle to himself and decided to surprise her with a grip of her shoulders.
"Eek!"
"Scared you didn't I?"
"Don't do that…"
"Fine" as he jump and slump his body in the sofa. He grabs the remote to turn on the television.
"Uhmm, Dan…"
"Hmmm?"
"Can I go back now? I fear that Shun might get angry at me for being away…"
"Nu-uh, I want to prolong his agony to satisfy my evil side…Kekeke…besides, he needs to learn the hard way?" Dan said
"Huh? Hard way?" asked Alice and glance at Dan.
"Shun is pretty stubborn when it comes to personal things…most are his feelings…" Dan said sincerely. For some unknown reasons, she found herself blushing but shook of the feelings.
"I was right all along…" Dan murmur as he stare at Alice
"Huh?"
"You're in love…with him…" state Dan making her blush more visible in her tainted cheeks.
"I-I…"she stuttered suddenly.
"I know good lovers when I found one Al…I've been there before…" he said and chuckles to himself.
"I-let me prepare your lunch…I bet your hungry from all that fight and all…" and went to the kitchen. Dan raise an eyebrow…"Err…how did you know I've gone into action?"
"I just guess plus your pretty beaten up…I'll fix you after lunch…" as she put her book down and went to prepare food for Dan.
"Could…it really be?" the person asked in the mirror as if the person looking at her will probably answer her back.
"Will Shun ever fall for me…but…he's a bad guy…" she said and sighed.
"I'm just his friend alright….a slave on his needs…I should be angry at him…" she said declaring her will. Suddenly she shook her head and grips on her forehead….
"But…I love him…should….should I be happy about it? If what Dan said is true…then maybe Shun really do care for me…" she murmur and smiled tenderly. Few minutes after that, her once gentle smile turns into a wicked one.
"No, Dan will say lies for Shun to deceive me…they're just the same….bad guys….and bad guys should be punished….like me…"
A knock on the door suddenly heard making her startle.
"Alice?"
"Yeah, wait, I'll just have to find some bandages for your wounds…"
"Okay…"
After she indicates that he's gone outside, she stared at the mirror again.
"But…I guess it wouldn't hurt to try….I've been longing for someone who will love me back anyway…" and smile exultantly once more before going out to the bathroom.
Author's Note: I will only used their alias names in their action scenes…in typical and personal things…I'll try to use their real names to avoid further confusion to our readers. I have finally outdone myself. I have just made another short chapter this time. Yipee! But back to the topic, so Jake is pretty much introduce here…and another conflict will happen and I'm pretty much assure that I will regret this…if there would be a tragedy here…so I decided to change the genre to tragedy instead, thank you very much.
Thank you for the reviewers!
InnocentDiamond
(Yeah, sorry to put you in pressure, I know this story is really unamusing and all unlike yours but I have to cope to make a good start for writing future stories next time in my novice experience over these things. And the business Shun was making is under black market operations, you know exchanging fake counterfeits, stealing priceless jewelries...and to fabricate statutes to their clients (replacing original arts to fake ones) and gaining control over high influential people around the vicinity...and pretty much anyway...so there you go...and Shun's grandfather leave the position of the Criminal to Shun anyway...but still can hold many rights though...so yeah, I appreciate the review and God Bless!)
BunnyTea
(Oh no, what's up in the sky? Is it a flying bunny?! No a levitating tea?! Oh MY GOSH! The one and only BunnyTea! Hehehe...anyway if you check on chapter 11 - Lavender you will get a pretty much info about them being connected...amongst all details...Shun had a pretty much idea that Alice is pretty much alive and not dead years ago, check it if must. Thanks for the review and Have a fun time Halloween to get on you!)
Happy Halloween everyone and had a good life waiting on you!