Tristan wasn't good with martial arts or shooting guns so, he had to rely to the soldiers when it comes to his protection. Shein was also cooperating with him for the success of this plan. There so many lives at stake in this mission and they can't afford to lose anyone of their troops.

Valkyrie and Hawk was tasked to raid the mansion and to rescue the prisoners including Celestine. "At the count of three, I'll come inside and clear the way. Cover for me." Hawk instructed Val.

"Hn. I got your back." Valkyrie nodded his head.

Shein and Tristan were monitoring the surveillance cameras and was making sure that no one would see them. Nonetheless, the soldiers had to be very careful since there were some blind spots in the mansion. Hawk led everyone to the interior of the large house.

"Where should we go from here?" Hawk asked through his earpiece.

"One of team should go upstairs. Another team should check the basement which should be containing the hostages." Tristan responded.

"Got it." Hawk led half of the team to the basement while Valkyrie brought the other half to the second and to the third floor of the building.

"Please be careful. The leader of the group is very cunning." Tristan reminded Valkyrie.

He was very cunning indeed. He didn't dare himself too escape or face his enemies head on. Valkyrie and his team looked for him everyone; room after room but, he was nowhere to be found. Just as Valkyrie was about to open the last closed door, his hand stopped midair and he leaned his ear on the door.

'Beep! Beep! Beep!'

His gut told him to run away, far from the room that they all wanted to open. "F*ck! Go away! Run!" Valkyrie shouted to his troops. They were on the third floor and at the farthest corner of the hallway. Even if they would run, they won't make it to the other end! They will die. The leader placed the bombs at the last room where the soldiers would find it last. He wanted everyone to gather at the end of the hallway to make sure that they won't have room to escape.

The beeping sound of the timer on the bomb was getting faster and it was expected to explode any time. They didn't find anyone inside the mansion and they didn't see anyone come out either. Tristan told them that the leader and his two trusted men were still inside so they were baffled when they didn't find anyone inside.

Hawk, on the other hand, found three hostages and on the farthest corner was Celestine's room. When he came to get her, he stopped on his track and raised his hand over his head to surrender. A middle-aged man was holding her with a sharp knife pressed on her neck.

"Just as I thought. Tristan betrayed the organization and sold us out." The man spoke softly with twisted madness in his eyes. Hawk look around to see if there's anyone with him but he didn't find another soul from them.

Celestine was crying silently while trying to hold out the man's hand from pressing the knife on her throat. She was scared. She didn't want to die yet. "Help me." They could hardly hear her trembling voice and she was clearly shaking.

"shut up!" The man shouted and tightened her hold on her, almost choking her to death. Celestine kept her mouth shut while her tears kept streaming down her face. "I hate people who betrays the trust given to them. I have helped him for so many years and this is how he will repay me?! Insolent!"

"You betrayed him first! Didn't you kill my sister-in-law?!" Celestine yelled at the man who only smiled at her.

"Oh! He found out?" The man questioned without any trace of guilt on his face at all. He seemed to be enjoying the memories of his evil actions. "Well, too bad. He wasn't able to stop her death. If he didn't refuse my request, he would've been happily married now."

"You're a monster!" Celestine shouted angrily. "My brother never wanted to betray you. You were the one who was being too much. Why are you doing this to him?"

"No reason." The man responded nonchalantly. In the dark place, Hawk noticed someone moving towards them He wanted to shoot whoever was lurking behind them but the man warned him. "Don't shoot him or she will die."

Another man emerged from the shadows, who seemed to be of the same age as Valkyrie. He was pressing his gun on Hawk's head with a faint smile on his lips. He was looking towards the gang leader and Celestine. His hand was steady and his breathing was stable.

"Sir, I have followed your instruction." Hibiki informed the leader while keeping the gun on Hawk.

"Good. Come and hold this woman for me. We need her as a hostage to get out of here." The middle-aged man responded.

Hibiki walked towards him while keeping his gun pointed towards the soldier and Hawk. The soldiers couldn't act recklessly specially that it was part of the mission to keep the woman alive.

The gang leader smiled when he saw his trusted aide came towards him. He handed the woman to him with victorious smile on his lips. "Let us go or I will ask him to kill this woman. You've got your choices."

"If we let you go, do you think we won't continue to pursue you?" Hawk question to buy sometime. He was sure that Valkyrie would be coming down to the basement now.

"I can at least find a new place to hide in exchange for her life."

"Correct." Hibiki mumbled, raised his gun and shoot the man with less effort. It was so sudden that the gang leader didn't know how he died. "Sorry it took me long to come and get you." He spoke to Celestine and gently pat her back to comfort her.

"I thought you abandoned me."

"I would never do that." Hibiki responded with a smile.

Hawk gestured the man and the woman to come and follow them out but a loud 'bang' stopped them from running out. Several debris were falling from the loud noise that came from above the ground. It was so sudden and they were all taken aback.