Ad Astra Per Aspera

Chapter 20

"Get ready for the shit show."

Arcane POV

New day, absolutely no need leads. Surprise attack on Japanese was not successful. It has been a week, we lost three people, five are injured and the others are fucking pissed. No one expected that.

Blaze and I have been in our office going over the timeline, the footage, the people. Over fucking everything to find out where the bombs are.

Astralea, I mean Luna, fuck, the two name bullshit is complicated, has been focusing on training our employees. According to her, she sucks at research and would much rather train and be ready when it's time to fight.

I can't really argue with that logic, and based on how much progress we made, maybe we should train too and just wait for the next act.

Just as I am about to tell Blaze that I am going to take a break, the front door swings open. Damien runs in. "Boss, you gotta see this."

Not everyday you see the shock on that man's face. Blaze and I follow him into out 'secret room', fucking Luna is rubbing off on me.

All of the screens are on and there is an absolute chaos on them. "What the fuck is going on?"

"FBI raided Cartel's house. Houses. All warehouses, all businesses, even unofficial ones. They even raided the fucking hair salon that is under right hand's cousin's girlfriend's name."

"What the fuck?" They are too careful for shit like this to happen. How did FBI get all this information? We literally got our people in it. Cartel has their people in it. What the fuck? And how did FBI get jurisdiction in Ecuador? 

"Matteo has been arrested." How the fuck? That man is too careful, we fucking trained him, he knows how to avoid the law, who to bribe. "Apparently this is Interpol, FBI, AFI, CIA, NSA and fucking MI6!"

"How is this fucking possible? Get our guys on the phone! Find out what is going on!" I yell out. We should have known in advance about this.

"I'm on the phone with Caden right know," Damien says, putting Caden, our highest ranking FBI agent, on speaker.

"I don't know what the fuck happened, I'm just now getting all the info, but the rumor is that all of them received a file with all the fucking evidence needed and all the locations. Fucking all of it."

"What are the charges against Mattheo?" He is our fucking ally in this war, we need him out.

I'm happy Luna isn't here, she would probably take it personally.

"Drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion, illegal gambling, kidnapping, racketeering, assault. He is looking for life in prison and the evidence is stoic."

"He must have a mole." That's the only possible explanation. No other syndicate would be able to organize such a thing, it's a risk to the rest of them, if one talks, so will the other.

"Three of our CIA agents have been compromised!" Raiden says, almost fucking whispers.

"What?!" There is no way, we are too careful for shit like this.

"They pushed emergency button."

"Boss, what do you want me to do?" Caden says. He is our eyes and ears right now. "I am not part of this- what the- Agent Laurner, you are being charged with obstruction of justice, identity theft, conspiracy and extortion. You have a right to remain silent, everything you say, can and will be used against you. You have a right-" the call cuts short.

"What. the. Fuck." Blaze is as confused as I am. "Call all of our men back, we have to treat this as if all of them were compromised. We can't risk any more people."

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. How did this happen? Someone also sent them all the information on us.

"We might have a mole. Check the system, check fucking everything, anyone who checked the files! I want to know how they got all of this information."

"Boss, I am getting reports that Yakuza just attacked Korean mafia. It seems like they are blaming them on the attack, and not us."

Well, the good news is that we are in the clear, the bad news is that there is a fucking war happening while we are losing all of our spies and entire fucking crime organization is getting arrested.

"Fuck there is more, It-"

"WE HAVE INCOMING! FUCKING MISSLES ARE COMING RIGHT AT US!" Nuri yells.

"Activate air defense system, get everyone to fucking bunkers!"

We are under attack. The island is under fucking attack. They know our location.

I hear air raid system go off outside. For the first time in fucking decades, our location has been compromised. How is this possible?

"Where is Luna?" I yell out. We need her.

"She is training with level 6." 

Fuck, she is underground. Most level 6 are teenagers, and knowing her she will make sure they are safe before coming up to see what is going on. If someone gets on the island, she might be too late to help us. 

Blaze and I get closer to the windows and look outside. Air defense system is working, but there are actual missiles flying at us.

Our men are running around, trying to get to safety. Any contingency plan we had didn't prepare us for this. 

"FUCK!" Blaze yells.

Before I can give any other order, I'm being thrown back into the window.

It breaks with the force of an explosion and I am flying to the ground.

Explosion. There was an explosion.

Inside.

I fall on the ground and hit my head.

Stay away, stay fucking away.

Glass is shattered, doors are broken, there is fire. Our house fucking exploded.

I look to my right, Blaze is on the ground, not moving, and everything goes black.