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Chapter 15

Sorry I didn't update yesterday, I was too lazy.

Ling's POV

I followed Natalia and Fanny to find our boss, who is one of the, if not most, fearsome person on this planet.

But before that, we had to wait for a moment for our CD to be over.

~After awhile of waiting~

Okay, now that that's over, I followed Fanny, the fastest person to follow (but trust me, after I get used to where the boss is, I'll be faster). She zipped through the alleyways using her cables, while I followed closely behind, jumping from building to building. Natalia, who was slightly slower, used her ultimate and ran. Poor feet. Every now and then she would use her blink. One thing though, you normally can't tell where she is, so you can't tell whether she's following you, or running her own track. 

Soon, we arrived at the boss's headquarters. It isn't those kinds of luxurious headquarters spies in movies have, and definitely not those of CEOs who are filthy rich. It's more of a short three-storey building that you find deeper in the alley, and in case you don't know, alleys are great places for people with evil intensions to harm you, so steer clear from places like that if possible, unless you want to become a victim of crime. Anyways, this alley is always dimly-lit at night. Even during the day, this place isn't a pleasant place to be. The door is made of rotting wood, and piles of filled rubbish bags are stacked around it, contents unknown. Fanny pushed the door open, and inside was what you would normally see at a bar, for it was a bar. Oh yes, I forgot to mention the bright, glowing sign that was placed above the door. The sign stated "24-hour bar" in yellow lights, and the rectangular, black backing had a rim of blue and pink coloured LED lights. In this bar, there would be two different kinds of people. The first kind would be the people like Natalia, Fanny and I, the ones who work here, or for the boss, and rest or just party during free time. Another kind would be outsiders, coming in to have a drink with their buddies or committing crimes like drug abuse or what not, and getting drunk. I squeezed through the crowd along with Fanny and Natalia, to get to the room that had a sign on it which stated "Authorised personnel only", coupled with one of those red circles with a diagonal line in it. I'm sure you've seen it. Fanny stretched out her hand and twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open gently, revealing flights of stairs. She walked in first and held the door open for Natalia and I to enter, after which she closed it tight and locked it. We ran up the stairs at lighting speed, until we arrived at the third floor, the boss's room. I knocked the door thrice and stood back, waiting for the boss to ask us to get in. 

Once he did, Fanny went in first, followed by Natalia, then me. I had to lock the door behind me, which probably is a practice around here. After which, we stood in a horizontal line, facing the boss. "Boss," we greeted in sync. Our boss was in a singlet, and wore several gold chains around his neck. The room was filled with the smoke of a cigarette, and reeked of alcohol. The boss sat on a couch, with his feet placed on a table, with a small tray for his cigarette buds. 

He removed the cigarette from his mouth and placed it into the circular tray, after removing his feet from the table. He brought his arms to his knee and bent forward, looking at his shiny, black boots. 

"Good job, team. Especially you, Natalia. Keep it up. Your next quest would be to kill this person, rob him of his money, and dispose of his corpse. If anyone finds it, you will be next to die, understand?" The boss said in such a fearsome tone, even the usually expressionless, feelingless Natalia started to quake in fear. 

"Yes boss," we replied, fully afraid to die a gruesome death, like the ones before us. 

"What are you waiting for? GO!" He hollered, scaring the beejeemums out of us and we instinctively make a beeline for the door.

Holly heck, why did I decide to do this.