The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

An hour ago...

Sarah invited Elle to stroll around the city Z downtown. She wanted to spend time with her and have a girls bonding. Elle gladly accepted her invitation and they roamed around the City Z.

After they got tired from walking around the city's downtown, they decided to stop by in one of the nearby restaurant. They were now sitting inside the restaurant having their lunch.

"Elle I am really happy to meet you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to have a bonding moment with you today. Did you still feel uncomfortable with me?" Sarah softly asked her.

"It's ok Mrs Lee. It's also my pleasure." Elle said to her with a smile. She didn't expect that she would also enjoy her company. Sarah was very sweet and considerate like Erick.

"Hmm, Don't call me that. I preferred if you will call me Mom. You can call me Mom!" Sarah requested her.

Elle paused upon hearing that. It was really a long time since she used the word Mom. Seeing her hesitation, Sarah spoke up again.

"Elle I will be mad at you if you don't call me mom! Before, I really want to have a daughter but unfortunately it didn't happen. I only have one son. And now that you are here, you can fulfill my dream of having a daughter."

"Even though it is not yet official since you and Erick are not yet married but I really want you to call me Mom right now! Can you do that Elle? Please?" Sarah was trying to convince her.

In the end Elle just gave in with her request. "Okay Mom." She said and smiled at her awkwardly.

Hearing that, Sarah was now satisfied.

"Darling what did you like about my son? Aside from his good looks." Sarah asked her directly.

Elle:"....."

'Eh? Am I being interrogated again?'

Sarah was staring at her waiting for her response. She looked so interested.

"He is very kind and caring. As you know Mom, any girls would really like him. Until now many girls are admiring him so it does not impossible to fall for him also." Elle simply said.

Sarah giggled after hearing that.

"Does it bother you that some girls admire him? Are you jealous?"

"No. What I mean is you don't have to worry about him being single, he could easily find someone who will like him."

Sarah frown "Hmm, Why are you saying that Elle? Are you planning to leave my son? You sound like you didn't see yourself living with him as husband and wife."

'Crap. I think I answered wrong. But she is right, I didn't see myself married to him or to someone else. Things like that never cross my mind. Besides Erick and I are just pretending.' she thought to herself.

"Sorry to say that Mom. We can't really say what will happen in the future. I just thought that as of now we have our own priorities and we haven't reach that level yet." She smiled at her apologetically.

'Besides I think it is really impossible for us. I am an assassin and he is a detective.'

Sarah smiled at her honesty. "I understand my Darling. Hmmm but I will really scold him if he will let you slip away. I really like you for my son. And I could feel that my son really cared about you."

After their lunch, they decided to go in a boutique shop. Sarah wanted to buy her something. She noticed that Elle was really simple and she didn't wear any accessories. If Elle learned about her intention, she would really stopped her from going inside the Boutique.

They were currently checking the items inside the shop when a commotion happened. A man holding a gun suddenly entered the Boutique frightening the customers and the clerks inside.

The man shouted at them "Don't move, if you don't want me to shoot you!"

Everyone inside was frightened and in panic except one person. It was Elle. She was just standing there frowning while looking at the man with a gun.

She turned to Sarah who froze on her spot looking so shock and frighten.

"Mom, calm down. Don't worry I am here. I won't let anything happen to you." Elle assured her. Sarah held her arms and nodded.

The man locked the door of the boutique store. And he turned to the people inside. There were a total of 10 persons, 1 cashier, 3 sales clerk and 6 female customer including Sarah and Elle.

After a while, a siren of police cars could be heard from the outside. The man became restless hearing the arrival of the police.

He was trying to escape from them. Just a while ago, police officers caught him during the buy bust operation. He was selling illegal drugs.

Luckily he was able to escape and now he was here inside a boutique and had taken 10 persons as hostage. He would used them to negotiate for his freedom from the police.

"All of you, gather together and drop to the floor!" He ordered them. Afraid that he would do something, everyone complied.

All the hostage were now sitting together on the side. Some of them were crying.

"Are we going to die?" the clerk asked them

"Huhu, my family...what will happen to my family if I die today. I am the only bread winner in the family." another clerk mumbled as she cried.

"Can you shut up! Or else I will shoot you!" The man shouted at them. He was now nervous since the police already arrived and he felt uncomfortable with their cries and noises.

On the outside, police officers already set up inner perimeter around the area where only police and tactical persons were authorized to go.

"What the situation here?" Officer Kim asked the team.

"The criminal that we are pursuing a while ago entered that boutique shop. According to our witness, there were people insides who were held captive by him." one police reported.

"Is our negotiator arrived?"

"He will be here in 15 minutes."

"Okay. We need to act wisely. There were civilians there. Saving them is our priorities." Officer Kim said.

Inside the boutique, Elle was leisurely observing every thing. A smirk appeard on her face.

'He is afraid of the police but he didn't know that someone who is more frightening than the police was here inside.' Elle shook her head.

Then she turned to Sarah. 'I need to get her out here first before giving this criminal a lesson that he deserves.He dares to hostage a devil like me. Then I will show him the true fear.'

The criminal was now walking back and forth. As time went by he became more restless and impatient.

"It's been a while but police didn't send someone to talk to me. Do they not want to negotiate with your lives? Haha I think I should show them how serious I am." he said to his hostages that made them more frightened.

Then he pointed his gun at one of his hostage. It was Sarah. Elle's expression darken. She really had the urge to kill this man, right here and right now.

"Wait!" Elle stood up and she went to front to hide Sarah from the man's line of sight. The man was stunned in a moment when he saw Elle's beautiful face looking at him seriously. He didn't notice this beauty since his thought was occupied by the police.

"I didn't tell you to stand up. Do you want me to give you a lesson so that you will listen to me?" The man said to her with a mocking smile. He walked towards her.

Sarah's eyes widened. She held Elle's hand and she pulled her "Darling Elle, please sit down, don't provoke him."

Elle gave her an assuring look. "Don't worry mom I can handle this."

The man was now standing in front of Elle. "Are you not afraid of me Miss?" The man said while grinning at her.

"Of course, I am afraid of you but I need to protect my mother against you." Elle simply said. She already came up with a plan how to handle this guy.

"Oh, so she's your mother." He pointed again his gun towards Sarah's direction.

Elle clenched her fist. She was almost lossing her control. 'Do that again or else you will regret meeting me today.'

"Release my mother. I will do anything for you." Elle started to negotiate with him.

The man eyes brightened "Give me a good reason that will benefit me from releasing your mother."

"I said I will do anything you want. Second, you can use her to communicate with the police. She will convince them to cooperate with you to save us here especially I am still here, her daughter." Elle said.

"Elle don't say that. I won't leave you here alone." Sarah objected with her idea.

Elle frown 'Don't make the situation difficult for me. I can't move freely if you are here.' she thought to herself.

The man sinister laugh echoed in the room. "I agree with your suggestion. But you need to convince your mother first. I will give you 3 minutes to talk with each other."

"Mom listen to me. You need to get out here ok?" Elle was trying to convince her.

"No, I can't." she said stubbornly.

"Mom, think of Erick. He will be worried about you."

"That's also one of the reason I can't leave you here alone. He will also be worried about you."

"Mom it is better if one of us will be safe. Please trust me. I can handle this. You are the most precious person for Erick, I will not let him suffered if something happened to you. I will blame myself if I didn't do something."

"But..." Sarah was about to say something however Elle cut her off.

"Mom, just do it please. The police will save us. Convince them. Our lives are in your hands. Please do this for us."

Sarah turned to look at other hostages, fear and panic were evident to their faces. In the end, Sarah agreed on her request. Elle felt relieved after that.

After a while, Sarah left the boutique. The police ran towards her immediately.

"Please officers, save my daughter! She is still there." Sarah pleaded to them while crying.

"How many people are being captive?" Officer Kim asked her.

"9 persons, my daughter, 3 clerks, 1 cashier and 4 female customers. The man said if you will not negotiate with him, after 5 minutes he will kill one of the hostages."

"Don't worry Ma'am, we will do our best. Our negotiator just arrived. Sorry for keeping you wait." Officer Kim assured her. Sarah nodded.

After that, Sarah immediately called Erick to inform him what was happening right now. She was now really worried about Elle.