Chapter 495 - 495: Seeing Alfonso Again

Elle was sitting inside the room. Luckily, the people who took her didn't try to hurt her. They didn't even tie her arms, thinking that she was just an ordinary reporter girl.

She was not nervous at all even though she was locked up in the enemy's territory. She was thinking that this was also an opportunity to discover the Dark Lord's identity if ever she would be able to meet him.

Now, she wondered what the reason they kidnapped her. There's no way they knew her identity yet so she could only assume that this action was related to Erick.

'Erick is their target this time. Is this because of the cases he is handling, targeting Los Mollasses Gang? Or is this related to Matt Carter?'

Elle was in the middle of figuring out their true motive when the door of her room was opened and Alfonso Ramirez emerged from it. He was accompanied by two guards.

"Who are you? Why did you bring me here? What do you need in a small-time reporter like me? Did I offend you?" Elle needed to pretend that she didn't know them and she had no idea why they kidnapped her.

Elle was trying her best to look vulnerable, hiding her hatred as she glanced at Alfonso. She hated this man to the core. He was the man who asked her to stab her own father to save her life.

She would never forget this face… the face of the person who caused her misery and nightmare. She clenched her fists, restraining herself from attacking Alfonso right here and right now.

"Miss Ross, you didn't offend us but someone close to you did. Don't worry, as long as he will cooperate with us nothing bad will happen to you," Alfonso said to her with a smirk.

It seemed that Alfonso and the Dark Knight Organization also did a background check on her. They knew her as Aliyah Ross, a reporter who came from abroad.

But she was certain about something. They had no plan of releasing her even if Erick would cooperate with them. She already saw Alfonso's face. They would kill her for sure once they got what they wanted.

But since she was bound to die, why not ask him for more information and details about their plan.

"Person close to me?" She asked with her innocent look.

"Oh, you didn't know? Your boyfriend. He helped someone whom we need. Now, we just have to do barter with him." Alfonso said meaningfully.

Elle had just confirmed it. They would use her for Erick to talk about Mr. Carter's whereabouts. They were after Mr. Carter. She wondered if they already learned what the Skull Gang did to their Bio-weapon supplies.

Maybe that was the reason why the Dark Knight became more aggressive this time. 

"Just behave here if you don't want to get hurt. The negotiation will happen later. Hmm. Just pray that your boyfriend will cooperate with us."

After saying that, Alfonso came out of the room, leaving Elle alone. A cold glint flashed through Elle's eyes as she watched Alfonso's retreating back.

Elle couldn't help but reminisce about everything that happened in the past.

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~ At Skull Gang Headquarters ~

Meanwhile, James and Phantom together with their subordinates were discussing something about their next moves against the Dark Knight Organization when Erick came unannounced.

They were surprised to see him. He was wearing a grave expression on his face. Phantom and James looked at him confusedly.

James frowned when he noticed Erick's right hand that was bleeding right now.

'Eh, what's wrong with him?'

"Chief Lee? Why are you here? Don't tell us you are here to catch us?" James cracked some jokes.

Phantom and others laughed except for Erick. He moved closer to them.

"I need your help. My wife was taken." Erick said to them desperately.

Phantom and James were astounded after hearing that.

"What do you mean? What happened to Elle?" Phantom was the one who reacted first, asking Erick with his worried voice.

Erick slammed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth. He took a deep breath before answering Phantom.

"She was kidnapped by unknown men. I suspect that the Dark Knight Organization has something to do with this. I… I failed to protect her…" Erick lowered his gaze while clenching his fists.

James and Phantom were both shaken by that piece of bad news. Erick told them everything that happened a while ago. He relayed to them what Sandy had told him.

The atmosphere inside the room was engulfed by tension and heavy air. Everyone had a gloomy expression on their faces.

"She mentioned Code Red, Father. I don't know the meaning of that. Do you have any idea what Elle is referring to?" Erick asked Phantom.

Phantom frowned when he heard that. 

"Code Blue means Self-destruction, Code Red means Emergency Situation. But what she just wanted to tell us is that… we should act accordingly based on the emergency situation."

"How come they were able to get our sister, Elle?" Brother Yan asked, wondering why Elle got easily captured by those men.

"I think… she was thinking about our baby. She didn't want to cause trouble or act recklessly. She decided not to fight," Erick responded to him.

That reason made sense. Elle could fight them but she might get hurt especially her baby if she would force herself to escape from them, besides she was outnumbered and surrounded by armed men. It was a wise decision to just follow them quietly without fighting them.

Everyone fell silent once again. They were worried about Elle.

"Do you think they discovered her true identity as Catseye?" James couldn't help but ponder.

Erick shook his head. No one knew the real motive of why Elle was taken. It did not take long when Black Shadow also entered the room.

"Hey, what's wrong with this gloomy atmosphere here? Do we have a problem?" Black Shadow asked them curiously.

"Our Queen Elle… she was kidnapped." It was Spike who answered him.

"WHAT?!! Who dares kidnap my Kitten?! I will kill them."