《THRAK》Lunar Sea: Chapter lV, The hours before the incident
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Earlier that morning.
While our main characters were still having Seraphina's private flight heading back to London.
A document is tossed from the opposite side of a white table towards the tanned Latina woman with a rose tattoo on her left shoulder.
It was the same person who claimed her name was Rachel, however, her real name is “ Saldana Lopez ”. One of the hitmen team is known as “Lunar Sea”.
Needless to say, the employer was no one but Pete Wetton.
He offered them a high price, they accepted the job and this is a brief before they get on the field.
Saldana Lopez wasn't here alone, she's with other two henchmen, “Caesar” and “Scarlet” who will later claim their names as “Amy” and “Sam” in order.

Saldana properly picked up the document while reading her employer, looks like the recent hitman he hired just failed the task or something, plus he paid them so high that it was too suspicious, thus she's curious what work he wanted her to do.
“ Your job, only 1 task.”
Pete opened a picture of Sally Salmacis.
“ Take this little girl back to me, ALIVE. No paralyzing, No making her unconscious, and no damage. And kill every single one who comes across your way.”
He said.
“ So it's just an abduction job?”
Thinking why it was too easy, Saldana smirks. Pete then quickly explained before Saldana took him wrong.
“ The point is how to take her. She has bodyguards. And they aren't the regular bodyguards my old hitman could handle.”
“ heh, So your old employees got them nuts cut off?”
Pete seriously nods.
“ Seems like you are pretty concerned about them. You have any information about who they are?”
Asked Saldana, picking up the papers.
!!!!!!!!!
Her eyes froze as soon as she saw a picture of Syd Barrett and Toshi Ishii pinned on the papers.
The woman was stunned for a second.
“ Wait... This really is the people taking care of the girl?”
Pete nods.
“......”
Saldana put the papers down, considering something. Her two henchman Scarlet and Caesar noticed that there's something wrong with her boss.
“ Alright... I'll take care of it.”
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Outside.
“Sal? Is there anything wrong?”
Asked Scarlet.
“ Yes. Absolutely...”
Needless to say, both girls feel the intense anxiety inside Saldana's voice after she responded.
They knew it rapidly that they have put themselves into some deep shit.
Because Saldana is scared.
That makes both of them nervous.
“... Sal? What is it?”
Caesar calmly asked.
“...... This... This man right here.”
Saldana shows Syd Barrett's picture to them.
“ You know who he is?”
Asked Scarlet.
“ Yes. His name is Syd Barrett. This solely explains why the latest hitman failed their job. Even our boss didn't tell us about their fates but I guess They have been killed in action.”
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“ Is he that dangerous?”
“ Well, I don't actually certain because I never face him... But I've heard about his rumors for a long time ago...”
“ what is it?”
“.....”
Saldana glared at her henchman. After a carefully 10 seconds consideration, she decided not to tell them what it was, instead, she replied:
“ It doesn't matter. What we should know right now is the fact that facing him will be the worst idea that we could come up with. We better prepared for our operation. I saw the chance of success, that's why I accept the job.”
“ Boss... Are you... scared of him?”
Caesar asked in worrying, she flinched as Saldana turns to her with cold threatening eyesights.
But Saldana didn't come up with excuses or anything.
Which means she admits it but wouldn't want her teammates to focus on that point.
“ At first I was going to decline because it was too easy for us but I knew there must be something as soon as he offered to pay us at a high price....”
Saldana then begins to explain her plan.
“ there's no way we will face Syd Barrett directly. Even I didn't know who's the other guy (Toshi), we should assume he has some dangerous ability. We will bushwhack them from behind with every way possible...stab him...shoot him... Drown him...poisoned him... This is the only way that has the highest chance of success.”
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Step...Step...Step...Step...
Among the crowd of people in the airport, three women under the tourist-look walked into through the entrance, they looked for someplace to settle.
“ This is the exit. After landing, they should have walked pass over here. Even they choose to go for another exit, we can squeeze their paths and lure them here because the main hallway is connected by the same walkway.”
Said Caesar.
“ We should have the place to observe them. How about there.”
Scarlet pointed out the book shop.
“.... Hmm... I disagree. It is too obvious. A book shop is an open place. I need some doors or windows to peek while using my ability. Syd Barrett is a very cautious person. A little mistake can make him easily expose us.”
Said Saldana. Before she turned to the other side and...BINGO.
“ That place would be better.”
Saldana points her finger at Winfrey's Cafe.
“It's hard to see people inside. That is perfect. We'll lure them in there.”
She continued speaking.
“ We will create a scenario using my ability. From there.... all the way here... We'll block them from going out right here...”
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9.30 A.M.
Ring, Ring, Ring...
The bell on the Cafe's door was shaken by 2 women opening the door.
It's Saldana and Caesar, walking in.
“ Hi there, you two. Please take a seat and tell us what you want.”
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A welcoming sound by the cafe's owner, Winfrey.
Saldana smirks, she and Caesar both walked to the bar...
Observing the surroundings, there are not many people in here but that doesn't mean there're none.
Still, it's too many people. Too many witnesses for taking over the place.
But they already had a plan for it.
Saldana clicked on the tiny radio, calling the other person outside.
“ Go.”
Not for long, Scarlet rushed in the Cafe alongside in the police's outfit with the male officer next to her.
Winfrey and her workers are shocked by it.
They both went to Winfrey, Scarlet took the lead.
“ Wait, wait wait, hold on...hold on What the hell?! ”
Winfrey walked to them in frustration.
Sam shows her a fake police passport.
“ Sir, We apologize for rudely entering your place and interrupting your work. But there are suspect passengers we must take him back to the immigration point. Hope you give us a hand.”
Winfrey is not pleased with that but seeing they claimed an authority's job, she's forced to let them in.
“ Do it quick.”
Winfrey glared at them with full suspicion.
Without realizing, while officer Brad was leading the way in, Scarlet ( now using the fake identity as “Sam” ) flipped the sign in front of the Cafe to
“Close”.
She then turned back and sent a signal to Saldana and Caesar through her eyes.
They nod to each other.
It begins.
“ Everybody, Get out of here! This is the police! ”
Brad shouted to the other guests in the cafe, they seem dissatisfied but need fo to follow the order.
“ WHAT?!”
Winfrey twisted her eyebrows, approaching Brad and Scarlet.
“ HEY HEY HEY WAIT! THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TH-”
Bang.
Didn't even finish her sentence, a silent gunshot occurs behind Winfrey's head.
She immediately faints dead as the 9mm bullet penetrates through her skull.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
The other workers see that and about to scream, but got quickly shot dead by Saldana and Caesar over there.
C R A S H!
One of the workers got shot in the chest, he dropped the plate down, crashing it into pieces... One of them being scattered and rolled down to the cashier's desk. That's the same piece of tiny glass Jody will see in the next hours.
1 shot 1 kill...This happens in just a second.
No need for a long conversation, No need to wait. The Cafe has already been taken over by The Lunar Sea.
Suddenly, the floor begins to wave. It absorbs all the corpses down the floor...as if nothing has happened before it turns back to a normal floor.
Now the place belongs to these three.
“ I've buried them all under this concrete floor.”
Said Saldana.
“ Hey, but from the information... that kid has the ability to see through things, isn't she?”
“ I buried them 1 and a half kilometers down the floor. Deep enough?”
“ oh...okay...”
Saldana turns away from Caesar and walked to Scarlet.
“ Where did you take him from?”
She asked about the officer, Brad olden.
“ At the immigration point. This dude is so easy to control. As I walked to him, his emotion begins to rise.”
Scarlet said as her eyes glow in red.
Because her ability “Trick me” is too let her take over a person's mind and body just under 1 condition. The target's emotion has to be unstable, like while they're crying, angry, suffering, or anything in between that.
But the weak point is that the target will actually act like a puppet, which means she needs to control every single thing in them.
“ It is better to have some puppet by our side. It makes us less suspicious. The setup will be more convincing too.”
“Hmm, I see your point... That's reasonable...”
“ Go. Sit.”
Scarlet turns back to Brad Olden, his eyes glow in green, which means he's under her control, then he walked to the couch and sat down.
“ We need to drop our weapons except for Scarlet. She can use excuses as a police officer to carry a gun. If we're all disguised as a police officer, it'll be too suspicious either.”
Saldana said, then brought out her weapon and dropped it down the wavering floor, the same as Caesar.
They switched to use another type of weapon, instead....yes, it's the .22LR
“This thing can shoot only once before reloading. Use it wisely. If there's nothing that we ain't expected pops up, we should be able to get the girl. And kill those men.”
Said Caesar, switching her clothe with a worker.
Rachel also changed her outfit to a normal tank top.
She carefully hid her gun beneath the wall by her ability “Lunar Sea”, in case something unexpected happens.
Half an hour has passed, they finally complete the setup. Only one objective left is to wait for Syd Barrett and Sally to come.
“ Right now I'm Rachel.”
Said Saldana.
“ Then I'm Amy, the employee.”
Said Caesar.
“ Girls. The game here...is patience. I can ensure you that Syd Barrett is not the person we can easily handle. But there must be a moment he is out of focus, and that moment, my friends, is when we gonna strike.”
“ Sal. I saw them.”
Caesar told Saldana.
Those three turns to the front door, they saw Syd Barrett was waiting for someone in front of the woman's toilet.
“ Alright... Let's go...”
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