Fog of the Heart

Chapter Thirty

Sing and Alex once again stood hidden by the trees and in the shadows across the street from the mansion. The sun was starting to set, and Sing looked through his binoculars as a couple of cars pulled out of the driveway. Sing looked in the cars as they drove by. "Golzine is in the car in the middle. Arthur is with him." he told Alex, who clenched his fists. "That motherfucker." he growled. Sing looked up at Alex. "This is our chance. Tonight, we attack."

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Alexis sat up screaming out for Shorter, and when she remembered that he wasn't going to ever be there for her again, she curled up again gripping onto his sweater tightly, crying. She sat up again as she saw movement and Yut-Lung stepped forward. She glared at him. "Leave." she demanded. He ignored her and walked over and stood next to the bed. "How are you feeling?" he asked her, seeing the bandage on her shoulder, since her long sleeve shirt was hanging off her shoulder crookedly. She glared at him. "Get out." she said, wiping the tears away. "This..this is all your fault. You got Shorter killed. You killed your own people. Are you happy now? Do you feel great and powerful now? His blood is on your hands, you jealous sonofabitch. Now get out!" Yut-Lung stared at her. "I'm sorry about Shorter. I'll leave your door unlocked if you want to escape. I'm going to go see Ash." he said, then turned and left her room, closing the door behind him. Alexis put on Shorter's sweater and curled up in it, drifting in and out of sleep.

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"Ash. Aslan. Aslan, come here." Ash slowly opened his eyes, peering into darkness. "Who's there?" he asked. He then saw Griffin's smiling face appear in front of him. "Don't cry anymore." he soothed, looking at Ash. He was confused. "Griff?" Griffin wrapped his arms around the small blond hair boy who was crying, holding onto his little sister's hand. "Boys aren't supposed to cry." Griffin said softly to him. He then hugged his little sister, who looked sadly at him. Griffin smiled at her. "See Ash? Alexis isn't crying." he said as he stood up and rubbed both of his younger siblings heads before grabbing his duffle bag.

Little Ash looked up at his brother as he wiped the tears away. "Where are you going?" he asked. Griffin smiled at them again. "I'm joining the army." Little Alexis ran over and wrapped her arms around his leg. "No, don't go!" she pouted, looking up at him, her chin quivered slightly. Little Ash did the same thing as well, hugging Griffin's leg. "You're leaving us?" Griffin smiled warmly and lovingly at them. "Even if I'm far away, I'll never forget you two." Griffin and Alexis started fading and Ash called out for them. Eiji's smiling face then appeared. "No, it's.." Ash slowly opened his eyes, feeling confused and dazed. "Eiji.." he called out quietly, but instead of it actually being Eiji, when his eyes adjusted, it was Yut-Lung, looking at him in surprise. Ash glared at him.

Yut-Lung snorted. "You and your sister sure have enough strength left to glare at me. You're both tough in your own ways. That Arthur character must really hold a great grudge against you." he said, as he reached into his sleeve and pulled out a small jar. He opened the lid, and scooped out some of the cream out on his fingers. He took a step closer, trying to put it on Ash's neck, but he snapped. "Don't touch me!" Ash said, angrily, that Yut-Lung pulled away for a second. "It's just ointment." he said calmly, reaching towards his neck again, rubbing it on. "I was going to give some to your sister, but she was all bandaged up."

Ash looked up at him. "You saw Alexis?" he asked. "Is she okay?" Yut-Lung looked at him. "She's angry, she's hurt, she's been crying a lot." he said to him, as Ash looked around the room, seeing that Max and Ibe were sitting on the ground, still chained up, sleeping. "This mess is your fault. You and your brothers. Where are the men on watch?" he asked. "I put them to sleep," he said, then looked down. "I said this to your sister, and I'll say this to you. I'm sorry about Shorter." Ash glared at him. "Who the fuck are you to feel sorry?" he hissed. "Don't you dare ever say his name again!" Ash seethed as his voice started rising. "Get out of my sight!"

Yut-Lung looked sadly at Ash. "I didn't know you were vulnerable too. You're unbelievably strong against attacks towards yourself, but you're really weak when it comes to your loved ones. One day it'll get you killed. But still, you won't be able to abandon your friends, or your sister." Yut-Lung remained silent for a moment. "Anyways, Golzine has gone out, for tonight with Arthur and some of his other men, to witness a certain plan unfold." Ash thought for a second. "A plan?" Yut-Lung sighed. "You'll see, soon enough. Just wait for tomorrow's news." he said, as he reached into his sleeve again, pulling out a key and he held it in front of Ash, watching his eyes grow wide. "I'm going to give you one chance. Though you can't get revenge, you can at least save your loved ones." Yut-Lung said firmly to him as he slid the key into his pants.

Ash glared at him, then smirked almost evil like. "You'll live to regret ever showing me mercy. I'm gonna kill you someday." he threatened as Yut-Lung turned around. He looked over his shoulder at him. "If that's how it's destined to be, so be it." He smiled at Ash, then walked towards the door. "Good luck, Ash." he said, as he opened the door and stepped out. He then turned around, ready to close the doors, but he looked at Ash. "The next time we meet will probably be when you kill me." he said, sadly, then closed the doors, leaving Ash in the dark again.

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In a penthouse suite at the World Highest Hotel, Golzine sat, holding his champagne glass up. "Congratulations. This is only the beginning." Arthur sat across from Golzine, wearing a business suit and tie, he smirked. "To think you'd kill a presidential candidate. Oh well. I'm with you until the end." Golzine sighed. "You and Ash are truly like fire and ice. Wild beasts have no ambition or gratitude. The only thing they long for is freedom. I guess it was my mistake for trying to keep them in a cage." Arthur chuckled. "You're being awfully sentimental tonight," he muttered. Golzine took a sip of his champagne. "Guests will be coming." he said, ignoring him and looking at him sternly. "You should watch your mouth if you want to make your way up and make me proud."

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Sing stood on a branch in a tree that was closest to the gate and he watched the small group of men chattering about. Impatiently, Sing started swinging his kunai like weapon that was attached to a thin wire, around. He called it the Flying Dragon Fang. Shorter helped him come up with the awesome name. He sighed in frustration, then threw his Flying Dragon Fang towards the nearest guy. The wire wrapped around his neck choking him. The other two men looked towards the man choking and before they could call out for backup, Lao and a couple of the boys knocked out the other two men.
Sing then jumped over the fence and climbed down, opening the gate for everyone. Sing's gang entered, followed by Alex, Bones, Kong and the rest of their gang. Bones whistled as quietly as he could, impressed with what Sing could do. Sing smirked, feeling proud of himself before motioning them to follow and he took off running towards the mansion.