The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Charles heard the arrival of a car. He knew that it was Elle. He went outside to see her.

Charles frown seeing her got out from a different car.

"Where is my car?" Charles asked her.

"I already hired someone to bring your car at Falcon Cafe. Get the person inside the car and bring him in the white room." Elle told him before she entered the house.

Charles complied with her and he brought the unconscious man inside the White Room. He tied him also in a chair.

Elle went to retrieve a doc.u.ment from her personal safe. She sighed deeply before encoding the password. The doc.u.ment inside contained all the report about her family's case. It was given to her by Master Phantom during her 18th birthday.

She hadn't open it for 7 years now after she received it from Phantom. She was not yet ready and had the courage to open that doc.u.ment before. And now that she was determined to collect the debts of those persons, she had to face her fears and her own hell.

Seeing things that could connect her to her past was like being put into her own hell all over again but she had no choice but to do it.

The safe was opened. She picked up the doc.u.ment inside. She sat down on a chair. She was still hesitating to open the doc.u.ments. Her heart was pounding fast in her c.h.e.s.t. Her hands were trembling.

She closed her eyes and she inhaled and exhaled deeply trying to calm herself down. Finally, she found her courage to open the folder. She flipped through the pages.

She stopped when she saw the pictures of the victims. Hostility appeared on her dark eyes. Her eyes were now looking intently at the picture of one of the victims, it was the lifeless body of their security guard in his mid 30's.

According to the report, he died because of the head injury that he received from the perpetrators. His head broke from the strong impact when he was hit by the baseball bat.

Elle could still remember how hardworking their security guard was. His name was Manuel. She was closed to Elle when she was a child. She could still remember one of their conversations when he was still alive.

[ "Uncle Manuel are you not tired of guarding us while standing there for such a long time day and night?" Little Elle asked him innocently ]

[ Manuel laughed at her and patted her shoulder. "Little Miss it is my job and responsibility to guard you and your family so it was just natural to do that. Besides I won't get tired. You treated me as one of your family not just a mere security guard. I want to guard you with my life." ]

[ Elle smiled at him sweetly "Thank you Uncle Manuel! Be careful always and don't get sick. You should stay healthy because you have a tough job. You and my Dad are my idols. You are protecting the lives of everyone." Elle gave him the snack and Manuel gladly accepted it and thanked her.]

Her flashback ended when Charles called her.

"Elle, everything is all set. The man is also awake."

Elle just nodded and stood up to follow Charles going to the white room. Elle glanced one last time to the folder she left at her desk.

'Uncle Manuel, I will not waste the sacrifices that you did for my family.' She mumbled to herself before she left the room.

Elle already wear her gloves and brought some of her weapons especially her favorite dagger. She gave Charles one last instruction before they entered the room.

Upon entering the white room, she saw her prey struggling in his seat. He was tied down. He shot Elle and Charles a glare as soon as he saw them.

"Who are you? What do you want? What am I doing here?" Jefferson bombarded them questions.

Elle's expression changed when she saw the man's face and she balled her fists. Even though he looked older from before but she couldn't forget his face, one of the faces responsible to her misery. She was trying her best to control her fury.

"F*ck you! Who are you people?!" Jefferson shouted at them with his hoarse voice.

Elle walked closer to him. "You are here because you have some debts to pay."

"What debts? I don't remembered having a debt from you people. This is the first time I see you both. Who order you to kidnap me? You want money, I can give you that. Just name your price." Jefferson looked at them with disbelief.

Elle looked at his eyes intently with so much hatred. The man was bewildered to met her gaze. He sensed some kind of fear that he couldn't explain. He was intimidated by her with just one stare.

"It was a debt 16 years ago and so many years had passed and I believe your money couldn't pay that debt. The interest was also big. I am afraid only your life could pay that debt." Elle said to him emphasizing her every words.

Charles was just silently standing on the side watching Elle and her prey.

Jefferson frown upon hearing her. He didn't want to admit but he started to feel nervous and frighten. The girl was so serious.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by debt 16 years ago?" He didn't know what she was referring to.

"You committed a crime and you forgot all about it. Tsk tsk, you really deserve to die. You don't feel guilt and have no conscience." she sneered at him.

"I will just ask you once and I hope you can give me an answer that will satisfy me." Elle added.

"Who asked you to attack the Falcon Family 16 years ago?" Elle asked him directly.

The man frown hearing her question. After sometime, he remembered something and he was bewildered after that.

"So it was related to Falcon Family? Who are you? What is your relationship with them? How did you know about my involvement that day?" He asked her.

"I am the one asking you a question here."

"There is no witness. All of them died, how come you knew about it?" He was really curious.

"Who told you that everyone died? How sure are you that there was no survivor?"

Jefferson's eyes widened as realization came to him. "You are the daughter of Agent Falcon! How did you survive? You were severely wounded and in the blink of dying that time." He couldn't believe it.

"Do you know that the Devil let me live just for this day to come? So just answer my question!" Elle was now becoming impatient.

"I won't answer that. Why should I? Haha I am really surprised to see you, you are such a cry baby 16 years ago. Haha Now you are pretending to be brave. You are just confident because someone is helping and backing you." Jefferson laughed at her. He was referring to Charles.

He continued to laugh out loud, trying to annoy and provoke her. When he found out that she was the child before his fear disappeared. He was underestimating her. He didn't know that the girl in front of her was the infamous assassin that everyone was afraid of.

Elle suddenly felt distress hearing his familiar laughters. She lost her mind. A flashback appeared on her mind, reliving her traumatic experience, her nightmare 16 years ago, as if it were happening again.

[ She could hear the men's laughters around her. They were laughing, cheering and shouting. "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!" the voices were telling her. "Stab him already! Kill your father to save your life!" someone shouted again. "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"]

The man was still laughing. Charles noticed Elle's reaction. His face was now painted with worries and concerns.This girl in front of him was nos emitting a murderous aura.

Elle suddenly picked up her dagger and charged toward the man sitting in front of her. She stabbed him. Jefferson and Charles were shocked with her sudden action.

Charles frown, this was not part of the plan tha Elle told her before. He was stunned in a moment. The man who was just laughing a while ago was now grunting from pain when he felt that the dagger in his stomach.

He looked up to see Elle's cold eyes full of hatred and fury. What surprised the two men most was when started to stab Jefferson multiple times. The man was shouting in pain.

"Sh**t, She really lost control of her self" Charles mumbled as he panicked. This was the first time seeing Elle like this. She was stabbing the man non stop. Elle seemed like she was possessed. Her eyes were on fire.

Elle's face hands, face and body were now covered with the blood of Jefferson whom she was still stabbing non stop. The man aready lost consciousness and he seemed like he was already in the blink of dying.

Charles ran towards her to stop Elle. He hugged her from behind and grabbed her hands. "Elle stop! Stop already, his dead!" Charles told her. But Elle seemed that she didn't hear anything.

She was able to push Charles. Elle was strong. She turned to face Charles. He was shock to see Elle's face. She was staring at him blankly, devoid of any emotion. A sly smile appeared on her face.

"Kill.... Kill!" Charles heard her mumbled the word. Charles frown. The Elle in front of her was different.

This time, Elle charged towards Charles. She also attacked him. Charles was now shocked beyond belief. Fortunately he reacted quickly. He caught her hands which was holding the dagger. He was stopping her but she was strong.

The dagger was just a few inches away from his face. He was fighting her with all his might. "Elle stop it! Wake up! I am Charles! I am not your enemy!" Charles told her but to his disappointment Elle looked like she couldn't hear him.

Charles was now sweating a lot. He thought that Elle would able to stab him also.

"Sh**t, I couldn't win against her. She's strong." Charles mumbled.

"Elle you told me this morning that you won't let anything happen to me. Did you just lie to me? See what you are doing right now. Please wake up!" Charles was still trying his best to wake her up. But still, this was not working.

Charles sighed deeply in defeat. "Elle, It's fine. I won't blame you. I just want you to know that I truly care about you." He looked at her beautiful face. He smiled at her, trying to accept his ending today.

Charles closed his eyes and decided to stop fighting her. But before he could do it, the door of the white room was suddenly opened. Someone ran towards Charles and Elle and he hit Elle at the back to knock her down.

"Master Phantom!" Charles blurted out as he caught Elle in his arms while looking at the man who just entered the room.