Chapter 414 - Death List

Realizing the reason for an unanswered question can somethings be frightening. To realize that such a simple reason could have led to such a disastrous life. To live in for so many years and now…

Others would feel the delight to know such truth but for some, it's like sticking a knife directly at their own chest. Especially, if the reason for such a dark past has something to do with you.

"Girlie, are you alright? I've been looking for you?" Jo stormed inside the room where Elizabeth was and looked puzzled by his sudden arrival.

"What's wrong?" She questions him still in a daze of everything.

"We need to live, I heard that more people are on their way here. This place is about to turn into a war zone." He explains in a hast manner without even catching his breathe.

"Wha-?"

"Girlie…" Jo paused for a moment and examine how she looked, "Your sweating a lot, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, I need to get out of here." She responded as she ignored Jo's concern for her.

Elizabeth pushed Jo aside as she pulled herself together to walked out of the room. Her head was still slightly dizzy yet she did not let it bother her. She continues to walk downstairs as and went to look for someone…

"Hey, where are you going?" Jo screamed standing by the stair's balcony as she watches the girl make her way down.

Elizabeth did not respond and hurried down as she searches for the person she looking for.

"Hey, I said; where are you going?" Jo hurriedly went and follow after the girl seeing she was not responding to him at all as if she didn't hear him or whether she's ignoring him.

It didn't take long for Jo to reach the girl and grab hold of her. As he turned her around to face him, he was perplexed to see how pale and awful she looks. As if she hasn't rested for a whole week and has a terminal illness.

"Hey, are you really alright?" He concernedly asked her despite knowing the girl is not in good shape.

"I told you I'm fine." She responded as she brushed of his hand away from her shoulder.

"Then tell me, where are you going?" He asked.

"To look for her…" Elizabeth answered as she pointed at the person, she was looking for who unexpectedly came walking out to the foyer. She has this hostile look on her as she faces the woman a few feet away from her. She has not recovered her memory of her but she has a feeling both of them don't share the same interest and understanding when it comes to Scott and their friendship with him.

"Tell me, where is the secret door?"

The woman was stunned that Elizabeth boldly asked her such question. She wanted to laugh and think she was crazy but she saw the seriousness in her eyes. She smirky smiled and chuckled shortly as she sighs.

'Who would have thought, after all these years I'll still be easily persuaded by you.' She thought.

"I'm asking you, where is the secret path? I know you know there is another way out of her and you better tell me or else…"

Before Elizabeth could finish the woman interrupted her.

"Or else what? You'll kill me? Come on, you don't even know where it is and you dare threaten me? Who do you think you are?" The woman responded with such hostile and displeased tone.

Despite she knew very well who the girl is and is bound to obey her. She is right now despite of her situation. To think she forgot everything and for what? Now, she is being haunted like a little rabbit who has no clue of anything. Being protected by her father like a little princess. When she was feared and worship before for her skills and way of life.

"I don't have time with you, if you won't tell me then…" Elizabeth paused for a while as a sudden thought pop into her mind and added, "Then, I have no choice but to turn this whole palace upside down."

"You wouldn't?" The woman expression was dumbfounded and shocked. She hopefully doubted the girl would do such a thing but wasn't too confident in her thought.

"Try me." Elizabeth confidently spoke as she showed no sign of backing down on her words. She was determined to find her way out and is in a hurry to find the person whom she been searching for.

"Hmmm, do you think…" The woman couldn't finish what she wishes to say when Elizabeth suddenly storm off without any words and vanish out of their sight. "She wouldn't?"

"I won't dare her, I mean, you do know who she is right? I mean, she was known for being like that…" Jo explained as she tried to bring some sense to the woman who was left in a daze of the situation.

"I know that, but she…"

"She seems to have found out where Scott and the Professor could be." He said as he sighs regretting to have opened her mouth. Even though he was unsure of what he said, since he isn't sure if Elizabeth was bluffing earlier out knowing or not. He totally forgot that the girl warned him not to mention it to anyone.

"She remembered?" The woman bloated closer to Jo who was started and froze like a statue. "Tell me, where are they?"

"Do you think I know; I mean, I'm only saying what I've observe, I don't know anything," Jo spoke unevenly all panicky that not only will his life be gone for spoke out of terms but also if he does not speak the woman might kill him as well.

"Hmmm, you really don't know anything." The woman spoke noticing the worried expression on Jo's face and how shaky his lips and eyes move when he speaks.

Jo was relieved and sigh in retreat. He thought his life was over, who would have thought that heaven was watching over him.

As both of them were in deep solitude with themselves, they both suddenly hurt loud bang and pieces of objects all shattering into piece.

The woman: "She didn't?"

Jo: "She did."

They both looked at each other for some answers for a moment but soon realize looking at each other won't help them. So, they went ahead and hastily went to where the girl could be.

Meanwhile, a few yards from the palace, in the deep woodland (forest) men from different alliances fought each other as they tried to make their way to the mainland. However, the task was not simple as they expected since the people in charge of protect the palace were top class S rank mercenaries who have great skills not only in fighting but haunting them down without even being notice.

"Alpha, 2 men at 3 o'clock. I'll cover."

"Roger."

Like ninja in old historical movies, they were moving along with the shadow and wind. They moved so elegant and magnificently as if they were indeed such things as ninja or assassins.

Mercenary 1: "Did you hear that?"

Mercenary 2: "What is it?"

Mercenary 1: "I thought I heard something…"

Mercenary 2: "Idiot, we are in the middle of a forest of course…"

Silent feel to the man without his partner noticing him. Alpha who was ordered to assassin them did his job perfectly and swiftly. As the man turned to check on his partner noticing he suddenly turned silent. He shuddered and fell to the ground when he saw his partner still standing rooted on the ground yet his throat was slice opened and blood was falling down like a waterfall.

"Ah-"

The man could only let out a short agonizing shriek when he too was slice open. He looked puzzled by the painless cut he received on his throat, with his shaky hand, he reached over and cover the opened cut to prevent the blood from pouring out. He trembled in fear of what just happened, but soon lost sight of everything…

Alpha: "All clear."

Alpha looked at the two men he just killed and let out a heavy sigh on pity. He felt that too many lives are being wasted for one girl and yet that girl is unaware of everything. Clueless as to why blood has been shed.

"Ah, when will this end?" He spoke in a discontent tone, as he twists his neck from side to side.

"Alpha, more are coming…"

Alpha whose mind was escaping from the reality he was in thought curiously as to why such bloodshed is happening. He knows of the girl's identity and what she can do. But now, she is just a small rabbit being hunted by a wolf. Her being the daughter of a rich and powerful man would not affect the underground society.

So why?

"Alpha?"

"Alpha?"

"On my way…" Alpha responded and made his way to his next death list.