The Young Master in the Shadows

Lea and her father were sitting in a shabby car outside a massive mansion on Vein city’s outskirts. They parked the car a little far away from the gate. So that it wouldn’t raise any suspicion.

Her father agreed to take her here to watch how they would deal with Titus after she begged him for an entire hour.

They were looking at the fancy car parked in front of them. As its door opened and an old man in a tidy butler uniform stepped out from it and headed to the mansions iron gate in slow elegant steps.

“Is this the man that they sent to arrest Titus?” Asked Lea.

“Yes, His name is George, He is master Theodore’s assistant and a very dangerous man.” Answered Harold as he looked through the window.

“Would he need any help? He is just an old man.” Lea asked as she felt the gun on her waist. Those men on the door did not appear to be the good type, and she wouldn’t mind helping.

“No, and you promised not to intervene, this is no longer our business. And that guy can kill an army by himself.” Harold said as they watched George approach the gate and talk to the guard.

The guard replied with something nodding his head and then using the intercom in his hand to call his boss.

After talking with someone for a few minutes he nodded his head and then rudely pushed George using his muscular hand and shouted at him, They could barely hear what he yelled.

“I told you, Master Titus has an important guest, he would not meet with you. He asked me to tell you to let your master come beg him himself, he might consider helping Victor then.” the guard said arrogantly as he shooed George away.

“They would not let him enter.” Said Lea.

“Wait and see, But remember what I told you and keep whatever you see here a secret. This is not our business.” Her father sternly warned.

He has worked with George before, and he knew about these things far better than her. He brought Lea here to educate her about the danger of upsetting those guys.

George didn’t move nor did he speak any further, he just shook his head with a look of sorrow in his eyes, it was as if he was looking at some dog shit that he needed to be disposed of despite his disgust.

The next moment, George raised his hand elegantly and snapped his fingers.

The guards who were laughing arrogantly were suddenly lit on fire and began to scream in pain as red hot flames surrounded them. It ended in a few seconds. Nothing was left of them after that, just some ash that was carried away by the wind.

The flames seemed alive and didn’t seem to be interested in any other thing just the guards and the gate which slowly bent out of shape.

Lea gasped in shock as she watched George leisurely enter the mansion through the half-melted gate after dusting his expensive black silk jacket.

“That was what I always warned you about,” Harold said as he looked at his terrified daughter, “Those secret organizations I taught you about seem to have some kind of superpowers, most of their subordinates have it. I saw one of them stop bullets by his hands once. That’s why I forbade you from investigating them. They usually police themselves, and as long as there is no major incident, we look the other way.” He added.

“And what if they caused a major incident.” Asked Lea in an unbelieving voice. If what her father said was true, that kind of power is not something anyone can do anything about.

“We file a complaint to what they call the joint counsel. They fix their own problems.” Harold said making Lea astounded. Do you still call yourself the police chief?

“Where do they come from? Are they aliens or something like that?” She asked.

“No, just normal humans. And they have always existed in secret. I can’t tell you a lot, but think of it as if they have some amazing secret that can make them super strong.” He said.

Lea wanted to ask more but suddenly she heard the sound of a gunshot followed by what seemed like the sound of machine guns. There were some explosions too, probably grenades or rocket launchers.

“Do they have an arsenal in there?” Asked Lea with a shock.

“Probably. You did a good job telling me about the evidence you found. If you or any of the police force entered there, you would be all dead right now.” He said as he watched his daughter nod in approval. “When dealing with those guys the best way is to find someone you trust with a higher ranking than the target, Like an elder or a manager, and report your findings to them. Like how I reported your findings to master Theodore. He promised to deal with everything. Those guys are very efficient in cleaning their own messes as you can see.” Continued Harold, as the machine guns sounds were silenced one after another.

For the next few minutes, they could hear the sound of a gunshot or an explosion every few moments proving that George was still alive.

“Wouldn’t those guys destroy the world if one day they fought each other?” Asked Lea who began to believe her father after seeing the fire columns that rose from the mansion every now and then.

“Don’t worry. They existed for a long time, and they know what they are doing.” Harold said. Not realizing that his daughter has just predicted the future.

It took another 10 minutes for George to leave the mansion whilst dragging some kind of a meat bag that had a purple ponytail.

Titus was unrecognizable save for his ponytail, his cheeks were swelled like balloons, his puffed eyes had red circles around them, and his legs seems to be bent the wrong way.

He seemed to be in his underwear. But they couldn’t tell for sure as he was covered with his blood.

George just threw him into his black car’s trunk like some slaughtered pig. Then entered the car and drove away, heading to the station probably. Harold and Lea didn’t know it, But Theodore has clearly instructed George, that if Titus didn’t peacefully comply, he should beat him up until he was barely alive then bring him to the station. Theodore really believed that Titus was the one behind the murder, and even if he was innocent, Theodore didn’t mind roughing him up a little as Titus’s father was his nemesis and belonged to the opposing faction in the family. He had a valid excuse to beat Titus up, and he wouldn’t miss such a great chance.

Lea couldn’t believe her eyes. The man who committed all those crimes and atrocities. The man who arrogantly escaped justice an entire year was beaten and dragged out just like that.

She was considering joining one of those mysterious organizations. They are way more cooler and efficient than the police, She thought.

Maybe she could seduce that Victor, he seemed to be an idiot and he was interested in her last night. If she could marry him, maybe he would grant her superpowers or she would be able to utilize all of his family’s power to the service of the law. If only a butler could bring down an entire army what would their entire force be able to do?

“Let’s go,” said Harold as he started the car. Not realizing that his idiot daughter was weaving some crazy plan. And that she has begun to turn to the dark side. He wouldn’t mind her marrying Victor though, that guy was filthy rich. He would probably be able to rein his daughter and most importantly would guarantee him a good career.

…

After all the cars left, a disheveled woman silently left the mansion while shaking. She just hid in the bath as she watched her boyfriend Titus get beaten like a punching bag. He only told that man “How dare you..” and was slapped to the ground. She knew that Titus was a player like her, but that man was way beyond their level. So she just waited until he left and then ran away after barely putting something on.

If anyone were around, they would recognize her as Linda Cross, the famous daughter of the current governor.

She quickly got into a pink mini car that she parked away from the house and drove while using her pink gold phone to call someone for help.

She didn’t realize that she was being watched by more than one person in the shadows.