Chapter 5:

Rebecca's POV

I sighed as I sat down waiting for this newbie to arrive; he seemed to be running… late. I decided to make small chat with the others since I was so bored. "Do you think he will have it?" I asked Mr Beijing for his opinion.

He looked at me before speaking, "Suffice to say Miss Rome, I cannot tell, though I will be mildly surprised if he does gather the Intel on our enemies since they are of course the Benedict's." He took a sip of his cup,

I nodded and took a sip of my drink, "Good point, and we have always failed to thwart the Benedict's because some dunderheads can never come up with a good enough plan." I muttered annoyed, "I mean they're a bunch of children apparently…" I took another sip of my cup.

"Yes," He responded, "But together they are a force to be reckon with,"

I nodded, "That they are."

"I hope I am not too late." Someone spoke hurriedly as I looked upon the newbie, I frowned at his attire. He's so not up to standard than ours, he's child's-play. I gazed upon him and looked down on him, I frowned, where's this laptop I've heard about that he was supposed to be bringing us? I bit my lip… better test him.

'Alright listen up; Mr New York over here is going to be the leader while 'he' is here." I spoke to their minds as I opened my shields.

Mr New York snapped out of his shock and came back to reality, "No Mr London, we were just here early." He smiled.

I glanced at the people behind them, two boys and one girl. Hm… I don't get why they are wearing fancy attire when Mr New York spoke of them being thieves and not being able to keep any, I frowned. Must off made them dress formally for this occasion, hah I'm not fooled Mr London. You'll have to do better than this.

She introduced to us her daughter Phoenix and his two sons. Huh, Phoenix looks nothing like her dad, maybe he's lying. I'll have to look into that. Mr New York seemed to want to get an idea of what Mr London was like when trying to get inside Phoenix's head, seeing the response on Mr New York she seemed to be good at shields or blocking her emotions. Smart Girl. After that, Mr London and Mr New York seemed much acquainted with each other.

I coughed a bit looking pausing Mr New York's conversation with Mr London and gestured for him get on, I mean we don't have all day. We began ordering food and I noticed the hesitation on the girls face. I frowned and nudged her, "Hey, you okay? What's wrong?" I whispered to her,

She gulped, "I-I'm a vegetarian," She stuttered glancing at the meat on the menu.

I smiled before hearing Mr New York frowning, "A vegetarian Mr London? You should know I have a bit of a business with meat, are you starving her of her protein?" He mildly glared at him and raised his eyebrows,

I heard Mr London frowning at what her daughter stated and ordered her some meat with salad on the side, I frowned, "Mr London I am not pleased with you trying to feed your daughter meat." I stated simply which made Mr London nervous, if she was a vegetarian she's a vegetarian. Not need to force the poor into animals. Bad enough she's living with you. I ordered some ribs with mash and gravy on the side and some sandwiches.

When the orders came around, I began eating and saw Phoenix slightly uncomfortable, she seemed like she was going to puke, I looked at her in pity and gave her some sandwiches. She shook her head and I nudged, "It's okay, there's no meat inside." I smiled at her knowing she'll eat some. She thanked me, I winked, "It's okay, us girls need to stick together."

I turned to Mr London, "Back to business Mr London…" I trailed off gesturing for Mr New York to continue,

"Ah yeah," he paused at his champagne, "So did you provide us with the device we asked for?"

Mr London looked hesitant, "No," he didn't wait a second longer and leaned forward with anticipation, "I have something better."

This caught my interest, "Really? And what would that be?"

"A Soulfinder, of the Benedict's." He answered eagerly,

I raised my eyebrows, that's… interesting, and my guess is that the soulfinder is sitting right next to me, I smiled. He went on and on boasting about his achievement and explained his plan of action; it was stupid, simple as. I mean get the girl to meet with her counterpart? I shook my head silently and kept on listening to him ramble. He is an imbecile. I sighed and zoned out of the conversation till I heard a question rose to the surface, "But will you hurt your own flesh and blood?" My eyes snapped wide awake waiting for the response.

"Will I not?" He gestured for the boys to take action and I noticed a steak-knife flying a few feet. It was heading straight to Phoenix as it penetrates her skin behind her forearm. I growled and batted the knife away annoyed; I pity the girl for having to live with this prick. I can't stand to be in the same room with him for one hour, never mind years.

"Enough." I emphasized getting slightly annoyed, "You're a fool Mr London." I said simply looking at him, "I do not see you in our seats of power because you cannot even devise a simple plan!" I exploded as I felt the table of ours shake, the knives and forks were rattling. I growled, "Your plan has flaws," I scoffed, "You talk a good plan but seriously it is nothing." I boomed as the chandelier nearby began to shake, I stood up and looked at them all, "Feel free to go with Mr London's plan but I however will not be participating." I stood up and looked at the girl, Phoenix. I muttered, "Good Luck, you're going to need it." I smiled at her sweetly and glared at Mr London heatedly before leaving.