Kai knocked on the door of the room Piper and Benji are staying in. He heard some muffled sounds and voices from behind the closed door before the door opened by Piper. Her eyes fell on him. Kai nervously blinked. Piper usually smiles at him whenever she sees him, but this time she welcomed him with a blank face. Kai opened his mouth to speak but Piper didn’t give him time to say anything. She opened the door wider for him and turned to look at Benji, who was sitting in the middle of the bed, wrapped in his blanket – even when it wasn’t cold enough to use a blanket. “Benji, Kai is here to meet you,” Piper told her brother. “I will be outside,” she muttered and with her arms folded. Kai opened his mouth to stop her. She didn’t want her to leave, but Piper didn’t even glance at him and walked out of the room – leaving the door open. Kai watched her leave, but he couldn’t stop her. He clicked his tongue. He really made her upset. “She is mad at you,” Benji said. Kai turned his head to

Everyone was present in the same room. They were in Mateo and Faith’s room for a meeting. Mateo didn’t exclude anyone, he had everyone in the same room except for Benji, who was in his room – reading comic books while Noel was guarding his room. Mateo couldn’t trust anyone except for Noel at that point. It was a total scene of chaos. Mateo doesn’t know whom to trust and whom not to trust – except for those people in the room. He looked around the room. Kai was sitting in the armchair, looking back at his friend. Piper was standing beside Kai with her arms folded over her chest. Faith was standing beside him. Levi stood tall beside the door and Ethan stood right beside him. “What are we here for?” It was Piper who asked him. “I need all of your help,” Mateo didn’t hesitate in saying that. Everyone frowned and looked at each other. None of them were sure what he meant. It was very rare for Mateo to ask for help. Kai squinted his eyes and kept looking at Mateo wordlessly. He wanted his

(Flashback) – The Day Mateo Almost DiedMateo and Kai were two teenagers, prone to achieving great lengths in life. If they weren’t involved in their families’ brutalities, Kai would have been an artist, or maybe a pianist and Mateo would have been an Astronomist. They grew up with the determination in their minds, that they would put an end to their family’s criminal legacy. For once, they wanted a peaceful and normal future, with wives and children in them. They wanted to stay away from their family business and wanted to start anew. This is probably when they happen to be best friends. They were the odd ones in their families.As kids, they knew that even their parents act and behave like friends, but both families hated each other and were prone to ending each other’s legacy. Aldo would often send Kai to spy on the Ricci family, and Mateo’s father would do the same, but because neither of them trusted one another’s children, they never let their secrets out in front of Mateo and K

“Shit.” Noel cursed as soon as they heard the explosion. It doesn’t seem like that the explosion happened in the resort, but it was near. Ethan and Levi jumped on their feet and turned to look at the smoking clouding up to the sky. It was coming somewhere from outside the resort. Noel took his gun out and looked at Ethan and Levi, “Get inside. I will go and check what happened.” He said as he aimed toward the explosion. “I am coming alone. Ethan, you stay here.” Levi said, quickly retrieving his gun. “This is my time to shine. Why the fuck do you think you are going without me.” Ethan spoke making Noel turn to look at him. The sleep in Ethan’s eyes was long gone. His eyes now sparkled with a thirst for blood. It was the same look Noel saw in his eyes when he was merely a captive of Levi. They didn’t have time for any conversation as Levi nodded his head and the three ran towards the explosion with their guns in their hands. Levi led the group, following Noel, and Ethan was the last

“Ah, as fierce as remembered you, Puppet. Dante kept you at bay. You were a good boy then, a crazy one, but still a good one. Now, look at you, pointing a gun at me.” Felix’s words burned through Ethan, who bared his teeth. “Dante knew how to handle a boy like you, Levi doesn’t have what Dante had.” Felix chuckled and sighed dramatically before he got on his feet. He glanced at Benji over the bed, “But, that doesn’t mean I miss that bastard.” Felix smirked, “I am glad he died. He was impossible to deal with, you should know that better than me. You dealt with that asshole on a more personal level,” Felix slyly spoke, while glancing Ethan up and down. Ethan has been through a lot in his life. He met a lot of jerks, but Felix has always topped that list. Felix never put his hand on Ethan nor did he ever try to take advantage of him, not at least physically. But there has always been something very unsettling about this fellow that fret Ethan. He often told Dante not to trust Felix, to