[OhmNanon Mafia AU] Melting Ice

Vengeance

There had been very rare occasions where Drake would say that he was afraid of Ohm. Obviously, the impending harm had never been directed at his family, but whoever was the target, was in grave in trouble.

Ohm was known for his temper issues and only people very close to him knew the different shades of his anger. Starting with annoyance, it was when Ohm would resolve to only grunts as response. He was anyway a man of few words, but when he was annoyed, he preferred to stay quiet in fear of hurting someone without much need. When you would get only a few grunts and hums in a conversation, you would know that you have managed to annoy Ohm Pawat.

The next was when he was mildly angry at small things like repeated disobedience or incompetence at work. He would yell a little, a scolding was unavoidable and at extremities he may even throw a few things, but nothing major. It was a shade that they got to saw often, but only when it was truly needed. Ohm was not a mean guy he was just stern.

The third one was where things started getting a little scary. It was when Ohm was raging. The trigger point for this was graver. It was things like disloyalty or betrayal. At this stage, it was like one could see the fire ring around Ohm's head. At this stage, he would get violent, not violent enough to kill, but violent enough to hurt. If Drake really had to describe it as a color, he would say it was like blood red. Ideally, anyone who came across Ohm, should avoid this stage. It was never worth it to push him to this extent.

The last one was where Drake would be scared of Ohm's actions. He had only seen this shade a handful of times and it had been equally scaring everytime. The trigger point was one and one thing only – a loved one getting hurt. Drake would say it was when Ohm would be seething. One could easily picture the smoke coming out of the Dragon's nostrils. This is when Ohm got comfortable with taking lives. Some may say that no amount of anger can justify taking a life, but Drake personally disagreed. Every time Drake had seen this version of Ohm come out, the situation called for bloodshed. The last time he had seen it was when P'Earth was injured. Ohm has been ready to kill back then, it was only just luck that they had not found the culprit yet.

And today, Drake could tell that Ohm was seething. Today there would be bloodshed.

They were currently driving to the location where P'Earth and his team claimed that Nanon was being kept. It was a farmhouse, a little outside the city, owned by Blue Cabs. The informants had been sure that there was something happening there today, and if Korn was behind Nanon's kidnapping, they would find their charge there.

Ohm was in the back seat as Drake drove and Perth sat next to him. One look in the rear-view mirror and you would know that Ohm was ready to pounce. Five other cars followed close behind, filled with the members of the Triad. If Nanon was there at that farmhouse, they were not going to walk out without him.

As they reached near the location, Drake could see that the farmhouse did not look like a place to keep someone captive. It was one of those luxurious villas outside the city that some of the richer upper-class men owned and used it for illicit activities without their wives' knowledge. It looked like a place for party, and it looked like one was being hosted there at the moment. Not that it was decorated or anything, in fact it looked like people inside were trying to keep the whole thing lowkey, but the sheer number of cars parked outside on the empty road, gave it away.

Among those cars, Drake spotted the car that Heng usually drove. It was obvious, he was inside, and he was involved in this.

"That is Heng's car," Perth had spotted the same thing.

Both Drake and Perth looked up at the rearview mirror to capture Ohm's reaction, which again was as calm as it could be. All he did to acknowledge that fact was a small nod, looking outside in haste to step out of the car. Drake knew very well that this was the calm before the storm and that it was about to rain, and rain hard.