2X

Resolve

Fox was dressed in a suit made of the finest fabrics and had an aura about him that reeked of superiority and confidence.

He had just entered Buckingham Palace under the alias of some rich cuck that he'd dispatched of and had Ahnisti on his arm.

Today was a day for celebration or something, since there was a ball going on and only the somebodies were invited. Or in their case, infiltrated.

Plan was simple, get in, get the codes and get the hell out whilst the ball was still going.

Yuno was flirting it up with one of the servants who found her incredibly attractive, while Sora slipped out of the room and followed the schematics of the palace that he'd been given.

If he was caught, he was to immediately start acting like he was lost and ask for his mommy and daddy.

Finally, he found the room that he was supposed to and started downloading files onto a flash drive.

He never even noticed someone drop down from the ceiling and approach him from behind.

Fox was enjoying a conversation with  Prince William and Princess Kate but was all the while waiting for Sora to return and ask to leave under the guise of having an upset tummy.

While he was talking, he felt a finger tap his shoulder and turned around to find Cain standing there and giving him the warmest smile.

"Pleasure to see you again."

"Can't say I feel the same. If you'll excuse me your Highness, I must converse with an old associate. Darling  please continue on with your conversation and watch out for our son."

"Of course dear, do hurry back."

Fox gave his wife a kiss on her hand before leading Cain away to a more private area.

"What the hell do you want?"

"I want my husband."

"And people in hell want ice water, we don't always get what we want Cain."

"I know you're responsible for Paris and I know you're here to do the same."

"Please don't tell me you're going to try and appeal to my humanity."

"Of course not, I've come to take you home to our kids. Our family."

"Hei's family. Not mine. I'm not the man you love Cain, I'm Fox and Fox has a different path."

"No matter how much you try to spin it, you're always going to be my Hei."

"Keep telling yourself that."

Fox checked his watch and noticed that Sora was behind schedule. He was never behind schedule. Something was wrong.

"I have to go."

"You're not going anywhere until we've talked this out."

"Nothing to discuss."

Fox brushed past Cain and reentered the ballroom with the latter hot on his heels, but they both stopped when they found the room empty save for a few people.

Ahnisti had her arm roughly twisted behind her by some weird looking chick, while Yuno was being held at knife point.

But what pissed him off the the most was the fact that Sora was being held up by his throat.

The boy had been badly beaten and even had blood leaking from his little head.

"Ah so the papa bear finally returns."

Fox did his best to contain his rage but  couldn't help but let his venom spill out.

"Get your filthy wanking hands off my son..."

"Your son? I could've sworn that this was Mexico's only remaining child assassin. Don't tell me you've taken a liking to this little monster and treated it like family."

The man dropped Sora to the floor in a crumpled heap but Fox never broke eye contact with him.

"Who are you?"

"The Queen's special forces. Where others fail, we do not. I am Jan. The one holding your comrade at knife point is my little brother Zachary, and the one holding your wife is known as Yin."

Fox scanned the room and saw Zachary smiling at him while Yin tried to shy away from his gaze.

"Jan was it, what exactly do you intend to do with us?"

"Why take you into custody and question you of course. Obviously you'll all be imprisoned for your acts against mankind but a man like you will most likely be put to use for the government. Who knows, we might end up being partners."

"Yeah hell no."

Fox pulled out a multitude of blades and got into his fighting stance while Jan simple smiled.

"Oh dear, seems we have to get violent. I guess it's your time to shine Charlie."

At that moment, a boy dropped down from the ceiling wearing loose fitting black clothing that greatly resembled an undone straightjacket.

He giggled as his crazed eyes scanned the room and landed on his target.

"A child?"

"Did you think the Mexicans were the only ones doing this? They failed and stopped only after their first try and as you can see that was a waste. But Charlie here is no failure. Only eight years of age and he's already killed as many people as all of us. Well not you Fox considering you destroyed Paris."

"I don't care if he's a kid, I'm taking him out."

Fox dashed forward and hurled multiple knives at the boy who just stood there until the last second and merely leaned back to avoid being shanked.

While he did so, Fox jumped above him and brought one of his blades down but found the attack blocked by the boy's own weapon.

"You're good sir, but not good enough."

"Damn you..."

While their clash continued, Cain pulled out his own gun and pressed his distress beacon.

Jan took notice of Cain and decided to address the gun for hire.

"Cain Warden, The Phantom. Such an honor to meet a person such as yourself."

"You know me?"

"Of course I do, you've been on our radar for quite some time. Frankly we've been wanting to try and recruit you but haven't gotten around to it yet. This is perfect, I can hire you take out that little hoodlum and his associates."

"Fraid not."

"I beg your pardon?"

"No can do maestro, I'm here to bring him home. Not kill em."

"How cute but I'm afraid that won't be happening any time soon. He's a mass murderer and will be brought to justice and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. They might give him death."

"And that's why I can't let you have him."

"Unfortunate but oh well. Charlie, stop playing around."

Charlie heard his superiors command and smirked as he twirled his blade in betwixt his fingers and dashed directly past Fox.

Fox turned around to continue his attack but found his face, arms, legs, and torso bleeding profusely from slash wounds.

"AGH!! The hell did you do to me?!"

Charlie chuckled and licked the blood off of his weapon.

"I cut you, now I'm gonna kill you."