Chapter 4A: Innocent or liar

*Bang*

Several smoke bombs burst at once, and the whole area got filled with smoke; it became difficult for them to see anything. The guards heard unfamiliar footsteps passing them, but they all were helpless. If they did shoot, there were high chances that it might hit an undesirable target.

They focussed hard and were able to see as the smoke decreased a little bit, which was quite impossible for a commoner.

As the smoke cleared a little, they noticed that a young guy was standing in front of them; he held a gun in his hand, which was nothing compared to theirs. He wore a cap and black clothes with a leather jacket. They couldn't see his face clearly, no matter how hard they focussed.

"Nobody kills him!" Theo ordered through the microphones as he was coming closer to where they stood. The guards nodded in response and started walking towards that young guy.

That guy held his gun with both of his hands; he pointed it towards them. Placing his finger on the trigger, he started shooting, but his aim was too bad, which surprised all of the guards.

"How could such a lousy person enter this forbidden forest?" They all had this question in their mind.

It was pretty easy for them to dodge his bullets, which were far off from hurting them, and soon they reached closer to him. One of the guards came from behind and hit him in the head with his gun. He was knocked out with just one hit, wasn't given a chance to resist or run away.

"Woah! That was pretty quick?" Theo said as he approached them.

"He's too weak to handle all of us..." One of the guards said; he was their leader. He seemed to be in his 30s, and his hair had started turning white. He had served the Astley family for years.

"Amy was right then..." Theo said, and the other guards gave him confused looks.

"Uh...she said that he was intently going to get caught cause his motive was to reach her..." Theo explained and got a little nervous for everyone stared at him.

"But what if he hurts her?" A young guard asked, and everyone scoffed.

"Yeah right as if that's ever gonna happen!." They said all together and started laughing.

They knew that no one even dared approach her. Even if someone did manage to do so, they would most likely die, for she was better than all of them; after all, the elder master had trained her well since she was a child.

"Bring him to the villa, boss wants to interrogate him personally." Theo ordered them and turned to go back.

"Ohhhh..." The guards felt sad for that guy, and Theo smiled at their reaction.

"Get going, Aaron reached the mansion a long time ago." Theo told them, and their eyes widened.

"That guy's gonna be with her?" One of the guards asked.

"It's his bad day...that guy's brutal and they both together...owww." The other guard added, and they all shivered as they imagined that scene.

Aaron was also her bodyguard and had a higher rank than any of them. They said that he was like her little brother for both of them could be equally dangerous and one's death if together. It was said- that they grew up together, and the elder master trained them himself.

"Let's get going now!" Theo shouted at them for the last time, and they laughed at seeing him so tense.

He was kind of scared of Amy and feared to do anything wrong. But she didn't say anything to him even when he failed, considering that he was the youngest among all of them and still better than a lot of them. She mostly played with him by taunting him at little things.

Two guards carried that unconscious man and dragged him to the place where their cars were parked. It didn't take much time to reach the mansion, and they all were curious about what was going to happen next to him.

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A room with no source of light and curtains closed, making it suffocating and dark. That young guy slowly opened his eyes and had a stinging headache from being hit so ruthlessly.

He wore the same black clothes, but his bag was missing, his blonde hair was covered with dust, and so was his fair skin. He had brown eyes that still weren't fully open.

He closed his eyes tightly because of the sudden feeling of pain and tried to move but couldn't. He soon realized that his hands were tied to the chair. He looked around and looked pretty calm for someone who was tied in a dark room; he figured that no one else was present in that room.

He started pushing his arm through the rope and brought his foot up to his hand. He slowly took out a knife which was tied to his leg.

"Don't even try!" Amy warned him. He was startled, for he had thought that he was alone in that room. But she was standing behind him this whole time, without making any noise; he couldn't even hear her breathing.