A/N: Just so you know, this is my last one before I go on vacation. Don't expect any more soon, but keep reviewing and following.
Chapter 15
Damien Vesper knew the meeting was going better than he expected. Everyone was enthralled with what he was presenting, even Isabel Kabra, who stared in marvel and interest at the device on screen. He glanced at Sinead, whose eyes gleamed as she gazed at the screen. Sandy Bancroft seemed as equally as interested, although it was as if he already knew about it. Damien would need to talk privately with him, as well as his recent treachery. But as for now, he needed to continue the meeting.
"The parts to the device obviously involve the ring. This ring was last seen with Grace Cahill. As she is now dead, we don't know where it could be. We need someone to find who has it and snatch it from this person."
The council nodded in agreement.
Damien continued, "Also, there are several other parts to this device which need to be collected. Through my father's notes, I have found where they are located. And it won't be easy collecting them. Even our most skilled Vespers will have trouble. Which is where the Cahills come in."
The mention of their enemy captured everyone's undivided attention.
"Somehow, we will force the Cahills to collect the essential parts to the device. How we'll do that...I'm not sure."
"Hostages." Isabel said. "Anyone will do anything when for the ones they love most."
Damien stared at her. Trust Isabel to come up with a cunning plan so quickly.
"That could suffice, Vesper Two." He replied.
"Wait!" Sinead blurted. "Who exactly will be kidnapped?"
Damien thought for a moment. "Several people, I would imagine. Perhaps that brother of Grace Cahill, who is he, oh yes, Fiske."
"That awful Nellie Gomez? And that annoying Reagan Holt?" Sinead offered.
"Natalie." Isabel said in a flat, merciless tone.
Damien looked at his subordinate. "You'd want your daught-"
"She's not my daughter. I have no mercy for her."
Sinead stared at Isabel in shock. "I guess that's why you shot her…"
"It's not that girl with Ian Kabra you're talking about?" Luna Amato asked in confusion. "Because she foiled my plans to capture him."
Isabel whirled towards Luna. "You were going to capture Ian?" She turned to Damien with a rising irritation. "I told you not to-"
"That was before you-"
"Who are we talking about!?" Casper Wyoming yelled. Sandy agreed.
Sinead rolled her eyes. "Obviously you two aren't good enough to know all our enemies."
The commotion increased before Damien. Everyone was fighting, arguing, threatening. Sandy and Casper were yelling at Sinead while Luna was shouting at Isabel. His subordinate wasn't paying her any attention, all she did was edge closer and closer to Damien. And who knows if she was carrying poisons.
"ENOUGH!" He yelled out.
No one listened to him. Damien was tempted to say the code phrase so that his assassins could hear. But he didn't want to resort to extreme measures yet. That was the sign of frantic weakness. No, he needed to win the respect of everyone here at the table. That was the only way.
"I would advise you all quiet down and listen to me, otherwise I'm going to drastically shorten your life-spans." He said in a calm tone.
Amazingly, everyone shut up. Good.
"Right." He said with a smile. "Now that we have collected ourselves, let's conclude the hostage matter to me."
Sinead rolled her eyes and sighed, which he ignored.
"Under each of your chairs is an envelope. Inside that envelope contains my personal instructions to you. You may open them."
The council shuffled to grab their envelopes. Five envelopes ripped simultaneously. Rip. Rip. Rip. Rip. Rip. Damien watched them read the contents. On each one, he had assigned everyone different tasks for their accumulated attack on the Cahills. Vesper Six was to track whoever had the ring and retrieve it, along with another agent. Vesper Five was to join forces with Interpol, as they may be on the Cahills case in the future. But she would also help to operate some of the kidnappings too. Vesper Four was assigned to operate the construction of the Doomsday Device, while spying on Cahill activity also. Vesper Three was to continue her business until she would be informed by him to track all activity from the Cahills. Meanwhile, she would befriend Amy Cahill. Vesper Two was to give AidsWorksWonders speeches in various locations, locations which were linked to the Doomsday Device.
"Any questions?" Damien asked.
No one said anything. Only five sets of newly-determined eyes stared back at him, ready to take on the Cahills.
"Good." Vesper One said. "Dismissed."
Damien rose and walked towards the door before pausing. "Oh, and excuse the assassins outside too."
With that, he turned his back and left five mortified faces behind.