***
At night, a boat slowly floated in the sea. Several speedboats soon approached it from all sides. And a crowd of people dressed in black gathered on the deck.
The leader of the group was a woman wearing a black mask. Her eyes shone with a sinister light in the moonlight. “How are the two kids?” she asked.
“The girl made a big fuss and kept shouting at us, but Gary got her to stop.”
Hearing that, the woman snorted mockingly and said, “She doesn’t seem to be a smart one. I guess they’ll be able to find out about us soon.”
“Do we need to leave here now?”
“No. Give them the signal and tell them they can only save one of these two children.”
“One? That doesn’t appear to be a difficult decision.”
“Whatever they choose, the result will not be what they desire. Let’s leave the girl here to keep Gary company.”
The woman waved her hand, her robe swaying in the breeze. On her wrist, something silver glowed. It was a tiny silver snake wrapped around the woman’s slim arm.
Hearing Emily’s question, Jasper shook his head and said, “Perhaps she’s the only one who knows why she did it. Night Eagle has always been mysterious, so I had to work hard to find out about this.”
Peace asked anxiously, “So what should we do now? Can we find Tammy and Gary? What will that crazy bitch do to Tammy?”
“Take it easy, dear,” Karl said as he patted her shoulder.
“I can’t! Let’s get Wayne and Anna back.”
“No, that’s not necessary. I don’t believe they can help. After all, Isabella and I are Gary’s parents, so we’ll figure it out together,” Jasper said.
Isabella nodded, and she felt she had never been so desperate. Then she asked worriedly, “Then what can we do?”
“Since they are here in large numbers, I guess they must live around here. They won’t stay in Birmingham, so the high seas should be the closest option,” Jasper replied.
Enlightened, Emily and Ryan stood up at the same time. “I’ll go back to the Intelligence Bureau immediately and contact the marine police on the high seas to search for them,” Emily said, grabbing her jacket.
***
The next day, in the early morning hours, a warship was cruising on the high seas.
“Captain, I got a message from the one-way transmission on the high seas,” Emily’s teammate said. After converting the video signal, he pressed the play button. Then Emily and Ryan stared intently at the screen.
“It’s Tammy and Gary!” exclaimed Peace.
That video was a surveillance video showing Tammy and Gary locked in a room. Tammy was walking irritably around the room while Gary sat in a chair. She would kick at the door and complain aloud every now and then. Tammy knocked the plates over whenever someone brought them food through the window.
“Damn it! My aunt and uncle will turn this boat upside down if you don’t let us out! I’ll throw you into the sea and let the sharks eat you alive! Do you hear what I’m saying? Are you deaf? Do you not understand English?” Tammy continued to yell. At the same time, Gary gave her a resigned look.
Emily was relieved to see that both children were fine. However, Peace was still as anxious and worried as ever. And she expressed her concern, asking, “What is Tammy doing? Isn’t she afraid of pissing them off?”
Emily raised her hand and asked Peace to stop talking. Suddenly, the surveillance footage vanished, replaced by darkness. A few moments later, a man appeared on the screen and said, “Half an hour later, we’ll turn on the signal receiver. But you can only save one of the two children. So, you’d better make a smart decision.” Right after the man finished his words, he turned off the camera.
“What does he mean? Are we only allowed to save one child? I thought they only wanted Gary.” Peace asked in puzzlement.
“What should we do now, Captain?” Emily’s teammate asked her.
Peace reached out and grabbed Emily’s shoulders, saying, “We must save Tammy! Isn’t Gary the organization’s successor? This lunatic won’t even hurt Gary! Of course, we have to save Tammy.”
Seeing that Emily frowned and Ryan remained silent, Peace panicked even more and snapped, “What’s the problem? Say something, you guys!”
Afraid that Peace would do something irrational now that she was so emotional, Karl pulled Peace back. Then he analyzed, “I don’t think the rescue will be so easy and smooth.”
“That’s right. Victoria is not going to be that nice to us. She only gave us a choice, but that doesn’t mean that she would meet our demands. Even if we do make a decision, there is a chance that we will not get what we want,” Jasper echoed.
Taken aback, Peace asked, “What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying that she’s not letting Tammy go?”
“Can you look into where the signal is coming from?” Instead of answering Peace, Emily asked her teammate.
“I’m still looking for it. And the signal is too weak because they activated the shielding,” One of her teammates replied.
So many islands were in the sea, so finding a boat was difficult.
At that moment, another teammate of Emily’s shouted excitedly, “Captain! The first signal is approaching! I found them! They’re not far from us.”
“Drive the ship at full speed and prepare a submarine for me,” Emily ordered right away, “We have to save the two kids without alerting Victoria. Victoria has never wanted to give us a choice. She did it simply because she wanted to trick us. We need to be highly alert on this matter.”
It was already dark when Ryan received a second reception signal twenty minutes after Emily boarded the submarine. Out of nervousness, Peace clutched Karl’s wrist. Karl was in a lot of pain, but he didn’t say anything.
On the other side, in the midst of the mist, a submarine floated up in the vast ocean quietly. Emily soon left the submarine while dressed in a diving suit. After surfacing, she approached Victoria’s boat slowly. And Emily quietly killed a mercenary on patrol with her knife after she went on deck.
At the same time, Tammy and Gary were locked up in a room on the first floor. Looking at Tammy, Gary tried to persuade her, “Tammy, you should at least eat something. You’ll get tired if you keep shouting like this.”
“Well, I’ll stop shouting. I’m exhausted, anyways. Damn! They wouldn’t have caught me if I hadn’t hurt my ankle! Who the hell are they? Do they think they’re scary because they’re wearing black masks?”
“I’ve seen these people in the Maldives,” Gary said after hesitating for a short while.
Tammy froze and asked with her eyes widened in astonishment, “They know you?!”
“Yeah. It probably has something to do with my father. Jasper and Isabella are my adopted parents. I know that,” Gary said after a brief pause.
“Don’t be ridiculous! Why did they wait so long if they wanted to take you away at first? And why did they kidnap me if it was you that they were after? It doesn’t make sense at all!” Tammy snapped.
“I’m sorry for getting you into trouble, Tammy. But rest assured; I will definitely protect you,” Gary said.
As Tammy flicked Gary’s forehead, she said, “What are you talking about? We’re family! My aunt and uncle are trying their best to us, and so are your parents.”
Hearing that, Gary was lost in thought. Suddenly, a loud bang rang out from outside the cabin. Scared and alert, Tammy wrapped her arms around Gary and patted him on the back, whispering, “Don’t worry. I’m here.”
The next second, someone kicked open the cabin door. It was a person wearing a black mercenary uniform but without a mask. And she smiled at the two children in the moonlight.
“Oh, Aunt Emily!” Upon seeing Emily, Tammy shouted happily.
“Shh! Are you two okay?” Emily made a shush gesture and said to them in a low voice.
Tammy quickly nodded her head.
“Come on, let’s get the hell out of here.” With that, Emily dragged the dead mercenary in through the front door. Then she took his black robe and asked Tammy to put it on.
“And what about Gary?” While getting herself dressed, Tammy asked.
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