I Now Realize

Chapter 21: The Map (part 3 out of 6)

Day three...

Astoroth locked himself in his room. He went to his bed and sat. kept plotting and plotting to attack Alue. He took out his tablet and tapped on a app. He tried to FaceTime one of his allies.
Xaver answered, "Ready for the attack?" He crossed his fingers and emotionlessly blinked.
"Of course," Astoroth tapped on the edge of his tablet, "I'm itching to destroy what my ex-wife and I created. I also want Blackraven's head..." Astoroth growled.
"Your older son?" Xaver raised an eyebrow and tilted his head.
"I disowned him, Xaver. Anyway, let's focus more on the plan. Where are we going to attack besides using Kira as a map?" Astoroth's eyes glinted.
Xaver sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Lila has infirmed me that Alue's hideout is the shape of a twelve-gon. There are twelve paths and twelve exits. This will be tough, because we're dealing with a labyrinth here. There is a way, but it's very risky. Took me a while to figure something out."
Astoroth gestured. Xaver to continue. "Well, spill the details."
Xaver nodded and continued, "Each exit and entrance of Alue's hideout has strong security forces. We could try to hack the codes to shut down the system without it affecting the city."
Astoroth nods and sighed. "Then we can go from the exits to block them and spread out."
"We use detonators to destroy the hideout and the other hideouts of Alue's leader allies." Xaver's eyes glinted.
"Last but not least, I use Kira to kill all of them. Very risky, but we can try. Sound good?" Astoroth shrugged.
"Yeah. Fair enough." Xaver emotionlessly blinked. "We will communicate on the fifth day before the war really begins. Good day." Xaver got off FaceTime, leaving Astoroth thinking how to prepare himself...

Day four...
Jake woke up next to Alue in his room and stretched. He yawned and fondled with a strand of Alue's wavy and smooth onyx hair.
"Morning, monster." Alue slowly opened her golden fire eyes and sleepily smiled.
"Good morning, demon." Jake smirked as he messed up Alue's hair. He jumped out of bed and went to the kitchen.
Alue followed him and flipped her hair back in place. "Ha, no iron straightener needed. Can you pass me the phone, Jake? I need to call my little brother to give him the signal."
"Right. Here." Jake handed his phone to Alue.
"Thanks, love." Alue lightly batted her eyes and ruffled Jake's hair.
Jake smirked and sat at the medium sized couch. He calmly stared at Alue when she tried to call Akio.
"What are you staring at?" Alue smiled and narrowed an eyebrow.
Jake blinked a few times and sighed. He smiled and lightly shook his head. "I can't stare at your monstrosity yet beautiful aura?"
Alue smirked, "I taught you well in sarcasm, beast."
Jake gestured a thumbs up at her, "Good job, half breed."
"Hello?" A familiar voice spoke through the phone.
"Oh, hey, Akio. What did Declan say?" Alue leaned on the wall and stared back at Jake.
"Declan agreed to take your hideout members to his hideout." Akio responded.
"Perfect. Tell him I said thanks." Alue smiled and sighed in relief.
"I will. How many says before the war?" Akio asked.
"Three more left. I need to spread the news." Alue rubbed her forehead in stress.
"I was wondering if I could maybe join the war by being the messenger." Akio seemed to be nervous after he asked such a thing.
Alue didn't know how to respond. Akio is too young to participate in a war. Of course, he did risky missions. But war is completely different than just doing missions. "Akio, I..."
Akio interrupted. "I could help along with several troops! Please?"
"No, Akio. It's going to be very dangerous. I won't permit it. If I find you in the battle, Akio, I will kick your feline arse out of there one way or another." Alue folded her arms.
Jake blinked in surprise at how Alue and Akio were arguing.
"Alright, alright! I won't go. I'll stay with Declan." Akio grumbled.
"Wise decision, little brother. I will see you another day. Good-bye." Alue hung up the phone and plopped herself on the couch beside Jake. "We have a lot of priorities to complete."
"I agree..." Jake and Alue agreed and left their room to go to the headquarters of their hideout...