The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Elle was tossing back and forth in her bed. She couldn't sleep. Erick's face which was looking at her with those mixed emotions a while ago plastered on her mind every time she closed her eyes.

She waited for him in the living room but to her disappointment Erick never left his room. She was tempted to knock on his door but she hesitated. So she just went to her room feeling frustrated.

Unknown to her, the guy on the opposite room was also having a hard time. He was also bothered of how he acted a while ago. He just realized it after calming down while taking the shower.

"Gosh! Did I just overreact a while ago? I don't know how to face her right now. I really wanted to ask her what happened to her but I don't have the guts to confront her right now. I felt embarrassed!" he said to himself.

"Argh! This is killing me!" he complained to himself.

In the morning, Elle woke up late because she hadn't sleep well last night. When she left her room she saw that the breakfast was already prepared in the dining table.

Today was weekend so Erick didn't have work but there was no sign of him inside the house.

Elle frown "Where is he?".

Elle checked her phone. She charged it last night. Her phone was shutdown last night because its battery went empty after the explosion.

She frown again when she remembered what happened last night. She couldn't help but curse Black Shadow, Skull Gang and Dark Knight in her heart for the hassle they brought to her last night.

She saw his messages in her phone. Most of his mesages was asking her location, where is she, asking her to reply. The current message was just this morning telling her that he already prepared her breakfast and she can eat alone when she wakes up.

"He was desperately looking for me last night but now he looks like he was avoiding me." She mumbled as she felt a little bit annoyed. She hadn't finished her breakfast she lost her appetite.

She was washing the dishes when Erick arrived. He went to the kitchen to drink some water. He paused when he saw her. Elle glanced at him. He looked like he went for a jog. No one spoke between them. Erick simply nodded at her as sign of greetings then he left quickly.

Elle's grasp at the plate tighten and she glared at the retreating back of Erick. "Did he just nodded to greet me. He didn't even utter a word?" Elle said to herself with disbelief.

She was not used to him acting like that. She would prefer if he would talked to her and ask her so many questions rather than this. He was surely avoiding her but why? She had the urge to throw at him the plate in her hands right now.

After a while, Erick left the house without telling her. Elle was now in a bad mood. She stayed in the living room watching television when she received a call from Phantom.

"Hello?" Elle answered.

"Elle, I got your message, sorry for responding too late. What's the situation there?" he asked her.

"Everything is fine. Charles was safe but my place was ruined." she simply replied.

"I knew it. You solve the problem immediately. I guess my help is not needed anymore." Phantom's chuckle could be heard from the other line.

"Hmm. I think you can help me if you can buy me some items that I can use to install new security system for my new place." Elle grabbed the opportunity to let Phantom buy her some new and upgraded items from abroad that she can used to replace her ruined security system.

Phantom just laughed and agreed to her request. "Okay, I will have them send to Charles this week. I will be coming back next month. By the way can you give me a background of what happened last night?"

"I think James Arison of Skull Gang learned about Charles through the progress of investigation about his father's death. Since they couldn't find me, they changed their target. I don't know how they were able to follow Charles. I think it was because of Black Shadow." Phantom was just listening attentively to her so she continued.

"They almost got him but fortunately Dark Knight members interfered. But their motive is different. Skull Gang wanted to catch Charles alive but Dark Knight wanted to eliminate him. They wanted to shut us down in order to prevent Skull Gang from discovering their involvement with Jorge's Assassination.

"They were more afraid of Skull Gang knowing the truth than me. They'd rather go against me. But that was their big mistake. They wanted to avoid war with the Skull Gang but they are not afraid to wage a war with the devil. I will make them regret attacking my back." A cunning smiled appeared on Elle's beautiful face.

"I know, you will retaliate as soon as possible. But make sure first that you are 100 percent recovered. If you need any help or assistance just inform me. Okay?" Phantom told her.

"Don't worry about us. I can manage. Just enjoy your vacation. You are just an old geezer now, you are not a legendary assassin anymore!"

Phantom burst into laughter. "You are really underestimating me now. Don't forget I am the one who trained you. I am still you Master!

"By the way, I heard you are staying with a detective right now. He is the one who saved you right." Elle's mood changed at the mention of Erick.

"Yeah" she simply replied.

"What are your plans about that?" Phantom asked her.

'I really wanted to punch him right now' she thought to herself.

"I am planning to leave and escape from him after one week.' Elle replied instead.

"I think, no need to rush. Just stay with him for a while. It is much more safer with him especially now that the two powerhouse of underground world are hunting you, as well as the authorities. I know you couldn't move freely but at least you could also gather information from him. And your enemies would never imagine that of all places you are hiding under the protection of a detective." Phantom suggested to her.

Phantom had some point. "Okay, I will reconsider it then. I have to go now. He might come any time. He would suspect me more if he see me talking to someone right now. I am pretending that I have an amnesia." Elle bade him a goodbye then hung up the phone.

She was put in a deep thought after hearing Phantom's suggestion.

"Is it really safe to stay with him?" Thinking about it, her heart started to beat fast again. "Well I am not sure. My instinct is telling me that he could be a greatest threat to me right now but I don't know why." she mumbled to herself.