Shadow's Within

32 : It's a catastrophe

"But how did—"

"I know?" he snickers. "My dear... I know everything... I have eyes everywhere" he coughs. "This morning I had just confirm my suspicion.... that you—"

"I didn't mean to kill him!" Chase suddenly utters, panic in his eyes.

"Kill him?" The Major eyes fills in confusion. "Whatever do you mean?"

"You said you knew our secret" Chase said. "I assume you knew—"

"Oh!" His eyes lit in excitement. "You kill James Cordon?.... I knew he wouldn't leave here... this place is his safe haven... he's not safe out there...in the open.." the coughing again. "My... my... I didn't expect you to kill him"

"I had to!" Chase protest. "He would have hurt her if I didn't do anything"

"I see... you kill him so could protect her" His fingers pointing at me. "How admirable... well.. what's done is done... glad you took care of him anyway.. I couldn't stand having such a low life criminal lounging about in here.."

"Wait..." I retort. "So.. you're not going to banish us from this place?"

"Banish you? God no... You actually done this place a favor by killing that rotten man.."

"Then what secret do you mean just now?" I ask.

His face grimace in a wide smile, his teeth showing a perfect vivid light. "I know who you're running from"

My stomach turns sideways; my hearts feel sick. The thought of anyone knew who we're running from doesn't bode well for me.

"Running from the organization aren't you"

"But..... how could you know about the organization?"

"Like I said before my dear... being a man in my line of business requires me to interject with a whole sort of connection... and lucky for you... I have a connection with the organization.."

This can't be happening. We thought we stay clear of the organization by hiding here. The Major connection with the organization could be an obstruction in our plan. His involvement to the organization could lead the reaper on top of us. He could uncover our location to them, or worse! He already did. What are we going to do? Just when I thought we were in the clearance, another problem came biting us where we least expect to.

My eyes tremble in fear, I grab Chase and we ran to the door but there's a wall blocking us. Two heavyweight soldier, standing in front of us, guarding the door.