Chapter 64 - Serious business

In the living room, Ralph and Zack had to deal with the small injuries on Grey, Dylan, Jason and Aaron. They look a mess. Especially Aaron. Out of the four of them, he look the worst. His clothes are shredded to pieces. The only thing that kept it hanging onto his body is his collar. Compared to others, he really look like a beggar. No more of that clean, sharp look can be seen. Only dirty, black face along with dry leaves sticking onto his hair and some part of his body. He was cursing endlessly and the others almost couldn't held in their laughter. Grey and Dylan had to pretend looking elsewhere while Jason was coughing continuously. It only irks Aaron the more they try to hide it.

"Where is she? Where is that damn brat?" His red eyes are wondering trying to find that one silhouette. The one that cause him in this disgraceful state.

It was unknown who started to laugh but the moment he said that, all of them burst out laughing. No longer trying to hide, they openly laugh at him like he was making a joke. He glared at them but they just ignore him all the more.

"This is your karma. Remember back then you used to bully her." Zack said amidst his laughter. Zack remembered back then when they gather together, Aaron would always bully her to the point she would cry out to Ralph. He did get a beating from Ralph back then. But he guess, Alicia is someone who holds grudges pretty well. It's amazing how long she held it in and even pretended to be weak in front of them.

"Not funny guys. I almost got killed by that darn tiger. Do you know how big that tiger is? It must have been some mutated tiger that Alicia found somewhere." Aaron said grudgingly. He winced once in a while when he accidentally touch the bruises on his arms and face.

"We all almost got killed today." Grey stated out the fact.

"Except for Ralph, Zack and Tristan." Dylan said solemnly. He still can't believe he still survive despite having to manhandle dozens of robots that can shoot at him. Although the bullets are blank but it still hurt when it caught him. If he's not careful enough, that blank bullet can still pass through his head. He will be dead. Not to mention when the robot exploded almost caught him off guard. If it wasn't because he had nimble move and find a safe place, he won't be here when that happen.

"I just realize, we can't afford to offend Alicia. Otherwise we might really end up dead the next time we send ourselves to her."

All of them nodded like a chicken thinking the truth behind Grey's word. Ralph and Zack also nodded even though they both didn't end up like the rest of them.

Aaron wanted to say more when he notice Tristan walking down the stairs alone. He didn't see Alicia coming along together.

"Where's your wife? I want to have a nice 'chat' with her." He asked as soon as Tristan settle down on the sofa with them.

Tristan glance at him coldly before proceed on ignoring the annoyed face that Aaron had.

Aaron became more ticked off. He feels like he's just another annoying fly when Tristan ignore him. Unwilling to be ignore, he stand in front of Tristan.

"Did you see how i look? I almost got killed out there? It's fine she finally stopped with all her pranks but she actually send me to that forest with that big mutated tiger chasing after me. Us, being treated this way is like an insult to Princes of Hell. Everyone fear us because no one can beat us. But in your wife's eye, we're just like an annoying pest for her to play around. Don't you care about our reputation Tristan? If word got out we were beaten easily by just one woman, anyone would challenge and make fun of us right now."

Tristan glance at him momentarily.

"It will serves as part of our training. We've been slacking off a lot for the past few years. Thus, we're easily beaten. It's time to gear up if we want to take down MUTINY. The way we are, it's not good enough."

Just that simple sentence coming out from Tristan made everyone realize the truth that they have been ignoring. For Aaron, Zack and Jason who were beaten up by one of the Googol single handedly, is enough to show how weak they are. As for the rest, it's like an eye opener. Back then, they were more alert on these type of things. The danger, the sudden ambush, they will immediately detect it. No one could surpass them. Each of them have gone through special military training that either will cost your life should they took things lightly. It was the hardest training and hell at the same time. With the way they are right now, they will be easily beaten by MUTINY and every clue as well as info that Alicia have on them will be useless. If they screw this whole thing up, they will waste their chance to catch this sneaky group.

"And for that, we might need Alicia's help in this matter. Tonight, she's going to introduce you to her teammates." Tristan continued.

Besides trying to distract his unruly wife which turn to be a failure most of the time, they both discuss about MUTINY matter seriously. Although they have the so called weapon in their hands, both him and Alicia felt there's something amiss. The MUTINY are too calm handling their missing 'weapon'. Which is why Alicia is itching to be on the field and infiltrate the person's place. The one who's been giving orders and funding the MUTINY. And Tristan isn't going to let that happen. As much as he wanted to take down MUTINY, Alicia's safety is still his priority. Thus, the reason they're gather together tonight. Now, they're just waiting for the Googol team to arrive. The real Googol under Xero's name.