Finding Rhegitt Strife

Twenty Nine

Rhegitt's POV

The ride was quiet, yet the quietness brought longing feeling inside me. My eyes were fixed on the sight outside the window.

Everything we passed by is in a blur. It felt like I was slowly fading into my own world.

"We're here." Harold announced and it brought me back to the reality.

Someone opened the door for me, I stepped outside the car and we were at a private airport. No one was here aside from me and my security team, along with Akira.

"Sigurado ka na ba sa desisyon mo Rhegitt?" Akira asked me, again for the nth time.

I didn't answer her and I just proceeded to the airplane.

We got on board and I settled down in the Strife's finest private jet, Calypso. Well, I named the plane that because I don't know. I was young and I felt the need to name one of our own planes.

Akira settled down in the opposite seat to me. I glanced at the window, then to her.

"Care to tell me your plans?" She asked. A flight stewardess offered us drinks, I told her to let me have a bottle of wine.

"Too many ears. I'll discuss it with you privately." I told her.

"Fair enough." She pulled out her phone and she smiled as she stared on it.

"You know, she's always been the rational person among the four of us. She's kind, sweet, she always have our backs. No wonder you fell for her." My forehead crease in confusion to what she's been talking about, until she showed me her phone.

It was a picture of them. Last night.

"You've said your goodbyes?" I asked. Akira nodded.

"You told them the truth?"

Akira shook her head. "Like you, I prefer to keep them safe. I'll tell them the truth once I'm sure that they're safe." I nodded, totally getting on what she's pointing.

"Did you destroy their trackers?" Akira asked.

"Yes."

"Why?"

Our conversation was cut due to the pilot's announcement of our flight about to take off. The stewardess came back bringing a bottle of white wine, and sat down on her seat.

Once we were on the air, Akira continued our conversation.

"Once you destroy their trackers, we can't know about their whereabouts, heck we wouldn't know if they are in danger."

She seemed troubled, but I understand her. I was also having second thoughts about it. "They are their own persons Akira. I want them to enjoy their lives, besides I don't think someone will have the audacity to touch them. Everyone in the Empire got what they need. No one will touch your friends even one single strand of their hair, nor anyone finding out their connection to us."

Akira was confused. A sudden flashback hit my eyes, back at when I shoot Gustav. I flinched as I could still hear my own gun fired that day, by my very own hands I took someone's life.

"I trust you on this one Rhegitt."

I glanced at her, pouring the wine on the wineglass. "Saminto and Jethro would protect the girls. No harm will come to them. I assure you that."

Akira nodded, finally being ease with the whole situation.

"Matanong ko lang." Akira said.

I nodded for her to continue.