Tonight's moon was very bright. It illuminates the darkness that envelops the area. But, before long, the bright moon was obscured by dark clouds and deafening thunder. Despite the commotion, the sound of pleasure from the nearby villa could be heard. Inside, tycoons, celebrities, and even respected politicians, as well as some of the country's wealthiest people, were having the time of their lives, unaware of the impending disaster.
"You got lights, Ramsay?" One of the guards rounding the mansion asked his partner while pulling out his cigarettes from his back pocket.
The other guard, Ramsay, reached for his pocket and fished out his lighter, then tossed it to his partner. "You be okay for a sec? I need to take a piss."
"Yeah, just holler if you need help." The man teased him.
"Fuck off." Ramsay flipped him off.
The other man lit a cigarette and leaned against a nearby tree trunk, attempting to light the lighter he was holding.
"Psst..." The man raised his head when he heard that. When he saw no one but his friend, he immediately frowned.
"Yo, did you hear that?" The man asked his friend, whose back was still facing him.
"Hear what?" his partner asked.
Looking around, he found no one. Ramil just shook his head and ignored what he heard. He thought, "You must be imagining it."
He tried to light the cigar on his hand again, but there it went again. "Psst..."
Ramil quickly opened his eyes upon hearing this, but instead of seeing the back of his friend, he saw something else. A girl hung upside down in front of him, her legs hooked to a tree branch. Before Ramil could open his mouth, the woman immediately grabbed both sides of his head and twisted it, snapping it and killing him effortlessly.
The girl knew that the cracking of bones would alert the other guy. She quickly maneuvered herself so that she was dangling with only her hands holding on to the tree branch. She dropped down and was instantly standing in front of the other guy, her hands flying toward the guy's chest. She could hear the cracking of the bones in the guy's chest, resulting in him gasping for air. Seconds later, the guy lifelessly fell to the ground, eyes widening. The girl was sure that the guy's heart had stopped beating.
"West Coast, clear," she whispered.
AT THE SAME TIME, a girl entered the room, silently saying "For staff only," as if she were a ghost. While looking at her victim, she reached behind her and dislodged her handgun.
"So far, so good, boss. No intruders." The man said that to whoever he was speaking to on the phone.
Moments later, he lowered the phone he was holding and focused his attention in front of him. He was looking at the CCTV feed of the whole mansion. Silently, the girl walked toward the man, and without hesitation, she hit him in the back of his neck with her gun. instantly knocking him off.
She kicked the man out of his chair and was about to sit down when the door suddenly opened. She quickly looked at the door and saw a man coming in. He was not able to see her as he was sipping his coffee and only looked up when the door closed.
"Hi!" The girl said this to him before pointing her gun at him and shooting him in the head. She also looked down at the man she knocked down earlier and thought twice.
Well, better be sure. She considered it and shot the first man twice in the head.
Seeing that no one was still alive, she finally sat down and focused on what she needed to do. Her hand moved fast on the keyboard as her eyes stayed on the screen in front of her. Moments later, she hit the last key needed. Enter.
She smiled and said, "Avada Kedavra. System Hacked."
Two men in black clothes crept through the shadows of the night, advancing toward the villa's huge iron gates. The two guards guarding the front gate have their backs turned away from the gate, not noticing the two who were advancing toward them. The two quickly slipped their hands into the gates and grabbed both heads of the two guards. In a swift move, the two guards were lifelessly lying on the ground.
One of the men began to climb the gate while the other went straight to the small gate on the side. As soon as he realized that the small gate was open, he entered with no difficulty and waited for the other one to get down from the gate.
"How did you get in? I didn't notice you climbing up." The other guy asked as he got down to the gate.
"The gate was open," he replied as if what he said wasn't a big deal at all.
"Sonofabitch! Why didn't you say?!"
"You asked?"
"Hey!" Both of them were alerted and looked ahead of them. A man was standing not far from them, and when his eyes landed on the two guards, he pointed his gun at them. Big mistake.
"Who are—" He couldn't finish what he was about to say because the two men thrust daggers down his throat.
The two men quickly pulled out their guns as they knew that any moment now, more guards would show up. They put a silencer on their gun and kept themselves as low as possible.
"Three o'clock and nine o'clock, four heads." The two quickly went back to back when they heard the voice in their earpiece. Both men grinned before pressing the trigger of the gun.
"Front lawn, clear." The two spoke at once after a high-five.
While, inside the villa, bidders are scrambling to bid on candidates. Men in three-piece suits and women in beautiful gowns were littering the hall.
"Please welcome candidate number sixteen, Yumiko Minamoto. 20 years of age. Single and Ready to Mingle." Introducing the host to the next candidate.
A beautiful woman came out from backstage, wearing a long red dress that showed more of her skin. Due to the design of the long dress, you can see both sides of her body, which further shows the smoothness and perfect shape of her body. It was also studded with sequins at the center that drew attention to her cleavage, but most of all, the back part of the dress was bare down to the deepest part of her spine. All the men in the area seemed to have their eyes glued to her because they couldn't take them off her.
The host looked Yumiko in the eye like they were having a mental conversation, then he smirked while Yumiko knowingly smiled at him.
"Ten thousand!" Someone shouted, breaking their staredown.
"Fifteen!" It was on the other side of the hall.
The men continued to shout and raise money. Yumiko, on the other hand, looked around at the men who were bidding on her and met a pair of blue eyes. The man grinned when he realized that Yumiko was looking at him. She gave him a sultry smile and a wink before she turned her attention back to what was happening.
"One hundred thousand gentlemen!" The host repeats the last price. "Any more bids?"
"One million dollars!" Silence reigned throughout the area as the spotlight searched for the one who spoke.
"One million dollars for that woman." The man spoke again, and finally, the spotlight found him.
Yumiko smiled when she saw who it was. It was the same man she locked eyes with earlier. The man was in his mid-40s but still a good-looking man. His bodyguards were on his side.
"One million dollars." The host finally recovered from his shock. "Are there any other bids other than that?"
Silence answered him as the room was still stunned at the bid.
"Going once, going twice? Sold! Candidate number sixteen sold for one million dollars! The host announced
She locked her sole gaze on the man and smirked, "Target spotted."
When the excitement and adrenaline rush faded and the soft beat of the music filled the entire hall, each gentleman who won the auction was escorted to their prices.
"This way, sir." The chambermaid ushered Mr. Stark, the man who had bid one million dollars, to his designated room, where he would wait for Yumiko.
The chambermaid opened the bedroom door for the gentleman to enter as his bodyguards followed. But even before the bodyguards could enter, the chambermaid bowed, which stopped the bodyguards from entering the room.
"Sorry, signore, but bodyguards were not allowed inside. Miss Yumiko wished for privacy." The chambermaid informed him while still bowing, waiting for him to respond.
"All right," Stark said after a long pause, finally entering the room.
When the door closed, Stark's two bodyguards quickly stood on either side. The chambermaid was about to walk away when she suddenly stopped in front of one of the guards. The guard was not able to read her movements quickly enough when she suddenly punched him in the jaw, knocking him off cold. She quickly spun around, sending a roundhouse kick to the other guard's chest. The guard gasped for air while stumbling backward, but before he could breathe again, a fist collided with his jaw and knocked him out.
The woman quickly pulled the two men into an empty room, took her small gun hidden under her uniform, and shot them in the head.
Not long after, the woman also came out of the room as if nothing had happened. The woman started walking away, and when she passed a waiter, she smiled at him. When she was finally out of sight, she quickly turned to the exit and removed the apron from her waist.
"Target locked." She grinned.
The first thing that struck Stark as he walked into the room was the strong scent of fresh roses in the air. He loosened his necktie, as he couldn't deny that he was excited to see the candidate again. From where he was standing, he noticed a queen-sized bed in the middle of the room full of rose petals. There is also a dinner set on the balcony, and a very sweet sound also plays in the background. He went straight to the balcony and looked out at the dark forest.
"Perfect," he said quietly to himself.
"Oh yes, perfect." Someone muttered behind him. He stiffened when he heard the voice but smiled and turned around, assuming it was Yumiko.
"Yumiko, darling—" He didn't finish what he was saying when he saw who it was.
"Who are you?" he asked coldly.
The girl in front of him wasn't Yumiko at all. Her face was hidden behind a cloth mask, and her body was covered in black leather overall. The only thing that could be seen was her long black hair with red highlights and her dark eyes, which seemed so familiar.
"How are you..." The woman walked over to the bed and took a piece of rose petal. She inspected and smelled it before she smiled sweetly at the man in front of her. "Jack Stark?"
Stark's face remains impassive, void of any emotion.
"Who are you? How did you get in?" Stark asked. "What do you want?" His eyebrows raised when the woman in front of him suddenly laughed, a laugh that would terrify an ordinary person.
"Oh, I see. Always straight to the business, eh? Now, now, why don't you sit so we can have a little chat?" The woman sat on the bed, but Stark remained standing.
Starks simply grips his gun at his back while staring at the woman in front.
"You know me, Stark." The girl took off her cloth mask and looked at the man coldly. "I'm just waiting here for you to arrive. I just wanted every drop of your filthy blood."
"Y-you...!"
The girl smirked when she noticed the look on his face. The two most compromising emotions she saw on Stark's face were shock and disbelief, but with the snap of a finger, anger and fury took over.
"Y-you're supposed to be de—" Stark stiffened as a sharp blade pierced through his chest, directly hitting his heart and bursting through his back. His mouth fell open, and blood came out of it.
The girl stood there, watching him struggle to stay alive, before approaching her victim.
"I'd like to kill you slowly, Stark. So slowly that you would be on your knees begging for your death," the woman said, smiling as she got closer to him.
As she saw his eyes go dark, she withdrew the blade with one quick pull. The thick carpet muffled the sound of the body hitting the ground. She whipped the sword at her side, leaving a line of blood on the floor. She stepped back and sheathed her sword.
"Revenge is best served cold, huh?" The girl smirked as she watched her masterpiece.
Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard.
"Damn," the woman irritatingly said to herself, and she walked out of that room, but before that, she picked up the apple she had brought earlier.
She effortlessly avoided people who were almost hysterical in wanting to get out of the villa as soon as possible. Another explosion was heard, and this time it was more powerful than the last one. She went to the back of the mansion, where the others were. Seven pairs of eyes greeted her when she got there.
"Target eliminated." She smiled before she took a bite at the apple that she was holding. They grinned back at him.