Chapter 153 - Underground Base

Walking to her bed Lucas sat next to her. He had a lot of things going on in his mind but he thought it was not the right time to talk.

"August.. does he know about Natasha" she asked resting her head on his shoulder. Wrapping her hands around his arms she snuggled into his warmth. 

"Hmm.. he does" 

"Hope he will cope up with the loss" Elena was starting to get sleepy because of the medicine and it didn't took long for her to fall asleep on his shoulder.

When Lucas felt her body ease and her breathing steady, he slowly place her on the bed and tucked the duvet before he walked out from the room.

"Did you find anything" Lucas asked on the call.

"He is sleeping" came the voice from the other side.

"Okay call me when he wakes up" Lucas said and was about to cut the call when the person spoke.

"Did she wake up?" he asked.

"Why don't you come and see her" when the person didn't say anything Lucas spoke," Lingaa... how many more days you are going to watch her from far" this time his words were calm.

"I don't have the courage to face her" Lingaa was guilty because just to get Marcus he had agreed to act in front of Natasha were he had to put Elena's life in danger. Though he managed to get her out still the guilt to harm her didn't subside.

"Take your time but don't be too long" Lucas said and ended the call.

Slumping on the couch, Lingaa covered his eyes trying to calm his messed emotions. He recall the day when Lucas had asked him to meet knowing about his relation with the Carters.

He didn't thought Lucas would keep calm after knowing he was the one who helped Natasha but after knowing everything they have came to a mutual understanding.

"Is she fine?" asked Aksa who walked out from the kitchen with two bowl of soup in his hands.

He knew how worried Lingaa was and had not eaten anything from the time he came back from the hospital.

"She is fine not major damage" he said pulling his heavy body up and taking the bowl in his hands.

Aksa who was watching Lingaa had not even tasted the soup as he kept looking absentminded hold it in his hands. Clearing his throat he spoke," When will you tell about yourself to the Carters?" 

Taking a deep breathe Lingaa looked up to see Aksa watching with his eager eyes. He knew what he wanted to hear but it was not as simple as he thought it to be. Things were not as easy as it seem until he get hold on Marcus. He wanted to strangle the man who was trying to harm his sister now that he had taken care of August, his revenge for his dead father was done because he knew that there were minimal chances of him getting out from the prison.

"I don't know maybe it's better to leave without making them sad again" he said and kept the bowl back as hunger was far away from his stomach.

"And why do you think that you will make them sad?" Aksa knew Lingaa was talking rubbish just because of the guilt he felt for leaving them when they had took him as their child.

"They loved me wholeheartedly but what I did... I broke their heart by running away from them" he lashed out when he thought his head would burst recalling how immature he had acted back then.

"You just wanted to give justice to your dead father who was killed by their hands" heaving his chest up and down Lingaa tried to forget that horrible day when August and Marcus had shot his father dead because he was the sole person who had witnessed them killing Aunt Rosie's father.

When Lingaa didn't said anything. Aksa got up and held his shoulder making him look at him.

"I have seen you longing for them Lucas, even though you said that you were fine there was not a single day where you went to the house where you had got a family that loved and cared for you."

A tear rolled down from Lingaa's eyes breaking his strong resolve thinking about being close to them. There was not a single day he had tried to search them. He knew Henry was a cop who had to migrate with his family according to his work but as much as he searched he couldn't find them until the day Natasha came to him with Elena's photo.

"Will they forgive me?" he asked hoping if Aksa words can really make them take him back.

"You need to speak for that" 

*******

Rosie mansion

Elena was brought back home the same night as she was fine and the cuts she had would heal in some day.

Julian, Henry and Blake left the Carter house and came to see their daughter after they learned about the attack.

"The girl has guts" Julian couldn't believe how crazy Natasha was who didn't even think before taking anyone's life.

"She was a psyche" Blake walked and sat next to Elena. Watching her bloodless face made his heart pierce.

" Did you get hold on her" Henry asked looking at Lucas who was standing silent from the time he came from the hospital along with Elena.

"She was shot dead before cops could arrest her" his words shock everyone.

"How? I mean who did it?" Getting up from the couch Blake walked and stood in front of Lucas who was looking calm but he knew his mind was at chaos.

"This time Marcus made his move dad. I think he is openly targeting now" 

"Isn't he tired of playing hide and seek and chess game by sending his little ants to take my daughters life" Henry was not at all happy because the man had openly targeted her.

"Henry" Julian who was quite came to calm the old man who was boiling in anger.

"Did you get hold of the man who shot Natasha" came his toneless words.

Lucas shook his head feeling looser who couldn't even catch the man who was going to kill Elena.

"Great!!are you waiting for him to come to you and kill my daughter in front of your eyes" he shouted scaring all of them.

Henry was pissed, his daughters life was in danger from the very beginning but because of the love Elena had for Lucas made him agree to let her marry him and now they have not even able to find his strand of hair.

"Henry this is not the time to lash out" Julian fired back at her husband who was shouting his lungs out at Lucas.

"He is right Julian" Blake was the one to speak.

"His anger has point Lucas are we going to wait for him to come face to face and take her life" Blake was already pissed because they were still not able to find where Marcus was hiding and now the attack's were getting more and more horrible.

"We have got hold on one of the man who was brought along with Landon. When he shot Natasha, the cops immediately went to catch him but before we could hold him Landon escaped"

"Where is the man you catched" Blake asked.

"Someone is taking care of him first before he reach the base with him" said Lucas looking at the Carter couple and then his wife.

"You mean we have to come down that underground base of yours to listen what that man blurt" Henry knew about Thomson's underworld business.

When Blake was handling the company, Henry knew about their underworld business and he also knew that it was not illegal but purely for helpful one. Being a cop he also had help Blake to bring the culprit were they took care of them with their own hands.

"I don't think I can come there, I've already left that job now I'm a saint person" said Blake not wanting to go where the crying sound of people who were taken care off.

"What underground base you are talking about dad?" Elena who was silent all this while asked when she heard the word base. Even that day when Ethan had came to meet Lucas she had heard him say base. She wanted to know which base they were talking about which she wasn't aware off.

"Ahem.. dad, uncle what are you talking" Lucas wanted to throw this old men out from the mansion for spilling out something which he himself had not talk about to Elena.

"What!!!don't tell me she doesn't know" Blake looked at his son who was making faces hinting them to shut their mouth.

Standing up Elena walked and stood in front of the three actors who were busy blinking with their eyes on one another.

"Lucas Thomson..."her stern words made the trio stand still turning their eyes towards Elena who was not watching them with her hands folded.

"Sunshine... t-that"