B.L.O.O.D (BlackRose)
Fifty one
“Black roses and bells, not our emblem. As far as I know, black roses are just a code we use often when in action and bells, we never use them. After all, the shape of the black rose is very different, do you remember my tattoo. Our black rose has a heart-petal shaped leaf on the left and right sides, whereas this is just a black rose wrapped around a bell without leaves.”
Arnold was silent for a while, he did hope it wasn't Blood. The atmosphere became quiet, Angel opened her Smartphone and saw the message stored and never opened.
“Yes lord.”
“What's up?.”
(Incoming message from Louis.)
‘Angel immediate response, our agent caught. Kate, Andrew, Charli. They're all dead. And there are still some agents whose whereabouts are not yet known for certain.’
‘'Angel, where are you?. We lost your location.’
‘'Angel, Mr. Blood is sick, he wants to see you soon.’
‘'Angel, if you're still alive phone me so read all these messages.’
Arnold read the contents of the message from Louis, Angel looked at Arnold as if he was suspicious of him.
“You know about this?.”
“For God's sake no!, Nelson didn't give me any news from California. And just now he called because he wanted to know my location while telling me Mike was in trouble.”
Angel thought for a moment, and he started to remember something. He had seen the emblem before just not on paper but on someone's body.
“Smith.”
“Who is he?.”
“People who claimed to be friends, but he framed me and James. He had the tattoo on his left arm, and I remember as a kid. The man with the same tattoo killed my whole family.”
“Your family?.”
Arnold thought hard, he had heard that name when he saved James. David said the house belonged to Smith, the leader of the feared Death Knell organization, meaning Blood was not involved. During this time he misunderstood because he did not know that there were other organizations that have the symbol of black roses, he should have found out from the beginning if only he was not washed away and carried away by the Case of Matthew's death.
“Now everything is clear, is with this we can cooperate?.” Ask Angel.
“Yes, maybe. But I can't fully trust you guys.”
“Terusi to you.”
Angel stood up and called Louis, after ringing several times Louis picked up his phone.
“You're alive?.” Louis's shout from behind the phone sounded clear, leaving Angel a little shocked.
“Can you keep your voice down...., There are many things you want to do with you and Ricard can we meet in an ordinary place?........ Take care of yourself.”
Angel turned off the phone.
“Trust or not, but Louis can we trust. We can discuss this together, hopefully Ricard can come along because he is always busy with his business.”
Arnold nodded, he agreed and they immediately rushed over. This time Arnold was driving, he was driving at a very high speed. Almost exceeding the maximum limit of the car.
Meanwhile, the,
Jane Cafe, one o'clock local time.
Ricard entered the cafe lethargic, in fact he was reluctant to leave but Louis continued to force for no apparent reason. Many things he can do now such as finding out information about Angel's whereabouts, or more importantly such as taking over power after his father died.
Ting..
A beautiful woman was sitting sweetly in a chair at the far end of the window, sipping coffee slowly and smiling sweetly as Ricard approached.
“Hay, good to see you here.” Louis let Ricard sit down.
“What's up?.”
“What do you want to drink?, Tea, coffee.”
“Coffee mocca only.”
Louis called the waiter, he ordered two moccachinos and two chesee cakes. Before continuing the conversation, Louis finished the coffee he had ordered earlier.
“Say what's wrong?.” Ask Ricard.
“Angel, he's here. It was around twelve o'clock that he called, and asked me to invite you to meet him here.”
“He really was in California, really. Is he healthy?.”
“Heard from his cold tone as usual, it felt healthy.”
As the conversation continued, Ricard unceasingly asked about Angel even though it was just a question that was repeated. Regarding how to get home to California, the mysterious man who was with him and other things that Louis thought were far-fetched. The ordered cake and coffee had arrived, Louis was enjoying the cake slowly while Ricard kept glancing at his watch while blabbering incoherently. For the first time, Louis saw Ricard talk so much that he simply listened as he cut the cake into small pieces before eating it.
“Almost two o'clock, where's Angel?. Are you lying to me?.”
“Please wait a little while, the journey is indeed quite far. I guess we were over-enthusiastic and came in a hurry.”
“You're being too calm Lou, I'm worried if...”.
“Stop babbling and just enjoy the cake.”
Ricard fell silent, he cut the cake to almost half and immediately put it in his mouth.
The clock was showing at two o'clock past forty, two more hours Ricard and Louis waiting for Angel made Ricard ride the apoplexy and almost leave the place.
Ting...
The girl who was waiting for him arrived, he stepped in and immediately walked over to Louis.
“Sorry I'm late, have you guys been waiting for me long enough?.”
“Yes, you made me wait for two hours.” Ricard spoke without looking.
Louis stood up and hugged Angel tightly.
“I miss you, you look thinner than before, come here and sit down you must feel tired.”
Ting...
Arnold walked in and immediately grabbed Angel from behind.
“He's your friend, nice to meet.”
Louis and Arnold shook hands with each other, Ricard who felt familiar with Arnold's voice immediately turned his head.
“What is he doing here?.”
“I'll explain, let's sit down first.”
Louis moves in and sits beside Ricard, while Angel and Arnold sit opposite to each other. Louis called the waiter to order Arnold and Angel coffee and tarts.
“Can you order me some tea, I don't like coffee.” Said Angel.
“Good.” Louis changed orders immediately.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, Angel started to explain everything. Starting from his abduction while he was in London, meeting with Smith. The serial murders of the Dark River members as well as their relationship to Blood's current case, Angel explains the section in detail and systematically. Every now and then Louis asked questions and immediately answered Angel, now Louis understood the conditions they experienced and agreed to work with Dark River.
“But, can we do it. I mean Blood has now fallen into the hands of the Dark River, maybe I will agree but instead return the organization to me.” Ricard started to open his voice.
“I never took it from you, even now there are so many defections that occur in our organization.” Arnold Clearly.
Ricard stared fixedly at Arnold's face, he wasn't lying. Arnold told me the truth, it means there's someone who claims to be the leader of the Dark river he's not just taking over the Dark river. But it also took over Blood by scapegoating Arnold.
“How Mr. Blood is, you sent a message that he is sick.” Angel switched the conversation.
“Unfortunately, Mr. passed away two days ago.” Louis pondered and almost shed tears.
“Must be, you must be lying.” Angel's eyes began to glaze over.
Ricard speaks a thousand languages and chews a cake in front of him, Arnold is as surprised as Angel but he is quite good at hiding it.
The atmosphere began to be silent as if they were in complete silence, Angel held back her tears from flowing and covered her grief by putting on an expressionless face. Arnold understands Angel's feelings through her gestures, and tries to find new topics to distract her.
"So, when are we going to start acting?." Arnold sipped coffee in front of him.
Louis understood Arnold's intentions. "Of course, it takes a mature plan and a lot of people of course."
"I have some people who are still loyal, but before revenge help me find the whereabouts of my Members."
Ricard plays the spoon, he still thinks before he speaks up.
"We're just the two of us, but Louis still has access to the Blood building because he's good at acting."
"What about me?, no one knows me. I mean those defectors, I'm Blood's secret agent." Angel looked at Ricard.
"No, it's too risky. You haven't fully recovered, even your arms still need special care." Ketus Arnold's.
Louis looked at Angel like a mother who was worried about her son.
"You're hurt?, how can you?."
" If that one has nothing to do with this issue, so what should I do. wait like an ******?."
"Calm down Rose, you can help.we should set the strategy first, if what you say is true I'll go to the Blood building myself. I'm the supreme leader of Dark River, and I just got home from London without their knowledge."
"Ah, there it is. I need access to my computer, there's a lot of data stored up, data that can make us turn things around, you know, I can find out who stole our data and take back what's rightfully ours."
