Warmth

chapter 6: goodnight.

" what the? is it the speakers malfunctioning or did the almighty Lord of the Abyss just squabble like a child with a teen in a plane " Sam burst out in laughter holding his belly, he couldn't believe someone was actually able to ruffle Kanan's feathers.

" I did not squabble and neither is she a teen, the girl's at least 21 " Kanan retorted rubbing his forehead as he paced the tiny toilet stall.

" Boss, 21 isn't really far from being a teen, you know" Leon said, barely holding back his laughter, his boss always had this air of calmness around him that made him seem untouchable. typical him would have shot the girl one look before shutting his eyes and ignoring her very existence but he actually squabbled?!

" what would you have me do? let her call me a p*****t before all the passengers? "

"you don't strike me as one who would care even if she told the whole country " Sam smirked, thoroughly amused by his excuse.

" okay, enough of that, " Kanan said, running his fingers through his hair, they were right and he knew it, he wasn't one to be bothered even if the lady got the heavens as well as hell to rain down on him. he didn't know how she managed to leave him unsettled but it sure as he'll was not going to happen again.

"alright, we will now cease to tease your royal ass but next time, try not to stuff a girls face unto your you know what, okay? " Sam said, bursting into laughter once he finished the sentence, sometimes, he got so used to the hard exterior Kanan always showed and forgot how much of a naive virgin he could be when he was not acting invincible.

" f**k off, will you?" Kanan said, washing his hand and preparing to go back to his seat, he seemed annoyed but the small smile on his face said othewise, he let them have this small happy conversation despite the seriousness of his mission because somewhere, deep in all their minds, they knew there was a probability that this was going to be the last.

" Ok sir, walk a little slower when walking past the target... and try not to hid in the restroom again if that teen makes a fuss again " Leon knew he was in for it once he said that but he couldn't help himself.

"and there goes you salary till I attend my grandchildren's wedding ceremony " Kanan smirked before walking out of the restroom leaving Leon feeling like banging his lips against a meat shredder.

Kanana walked back to his seat, plopping back in his seat before shutting his eyes leaving Astrid who was sitting right next to him feeling so awkward, she felt like burying herself, so the rest of the journey passed in silence till they finally landed in America.

Kanan walked out of the plane and into the airport, seating down on one of the seats after picking his luggage while stealthily watching his environment, according to what he deduced there was supposed to be an exchange but he was not sure where or how, so all he could do was sit and watch his targets.

all of a sudden, a delicately dressed girl who was a total head Turner walked up to one of the targets and sat beside him dropping her luggage beside his. Kanan's eyes immideately narrowed once the girl got up after a while but, instead of picking her own luggage, she picked his then slowly walked out of the airport where a ring of guards surrounded her once she walked out of the glass doors.

" there's a problem " Leon said, scratching the back of his neck " that was the exchange, but..."

" it was way too obvious almost like they wanted us to notice, " Sam concluded, staring at the screen intently.

" that's their plan! they get a smaller team to steal the stones and pass it unto the special forces without our knowledge, leaving us following the smaller team all the way here thinking they are carrying the real stones, then they do the exchange right before us so that we believe the 'real' Dragocjen has been passed unto the special forces and we follow the special forces right into their trap! " Leon said, marvelling at the carefully plotted plan.

"so these guys are literally securing the dragocjen while dragging intending to drag us right into their trap, too bad theses fuckers don't know we know the real dragocjen is actually with the smaller group now " Sam clicked his tongue, " the plan may be carefully msde but it isn't full proof."

" you are wrong " Kanan suddenly said.

" what do you mean? " Sam asked, obviously confused.

" their plan is full proof " he paused for a while this was gonna end up bad either way " whichever group we follow, we'll be discovered,if we follow the special forces, we'll end up right in their trap but the special forces would obviously not leave such a national treasure in the hands of he smaller group so definitely, they'll arrange for another exchange and while this is done, they'll be able to discover whoever is following the smaller group and take them out, plus, we were in the same plane twice, from the Abyss to Denmark and from Denmark to America so if we follow them, we'll just be blowing our own cover "

" Oh my God " Leon gasped " that's why the flew to denmark before America, they weren't trying to shake us off, they wanted us to follow them so they can be very sure we are after them! "

" either way, we can't avoid contact with them, Kanan, lay low, we'll send you back up " Sam said.

" don't, we'll alert the whole of America if suddenly, a bunch of Legal outcasts suddenly arrive in America " Kanan said.

" in that case, just come home, we'll do our best to counter he consequences of them knowing the truth about Dragocjen, we'll figure something out, just come home " Sam said, he was already getting Ansty because he knows Kanan, and the Kanan he knows would not listen to him.

Kanan let put a deep sigh " Sam, I'll leave the cameras on but don't use the speakers, I'll contact you but if you don't hear from me, don't contact me first, Leon, make sure he doesn't put anyone else's life in danger "

" No, no, no! Kanan get your ass back here this very instant! " Sam hollered.

" Sam, we've talked about this " kanan said, his voice revealing internally fatigue.

" we didn't talk about no nothing, get you ass back home right now " Sam yelled, his voice was beginning to c***k by now, Kanan was obviously heading for his death for the sake of the ground he was standing on while he had to just sit and do nothing.

" Leon, take care of Sam, I'll switch off transmissions now " and with that, he turned off all voice transmissions, he was completely on his own now.

he pulled a cigarette pack out of his almost empty luggage. he had no weapons except a liquid bomb that they had hidden inside a hair drier.

he wasn't gonna steal that dragocjen back, he was going to destroy it and leave them with absolutely nothing but their still empty bank accounts.

those asses want to make money with the blood of all he's grown to cherish, they must be dreaming.

He stood, following the targets that had already reached the airport doors and making their way into a black jeep. Kanan made his way to the road, a car immideately stopped before him.

" where to, sir?" The driver asked.

Kaman was just about to get in when he noticed a tattoo on the driver's neck, tattoos where quite common on this part of the world only that this one looked exactly like the one on one of the target's hand, in between his thumb and index finger.

Kanan smirked, they had arranged a taxi for him, this was a complete a*******n, they had already noticed him or rather, they had predicted he was going to be here and their predictions were spot on. they had predicted that he'll be here and not only that, but also that he'll be alone with no backup at all.

they had done their homework quite well, they where using his weakness against him.

the fact that, he has grown to love those that loved him and he was going to do his best to keep them safe and fulfil this mission with no casualties at all.

" where to, sir? " The Driver spoke up again, Kanan thought for a while before entering, they'll probably find a way to mke him enter even if he resisted so he might as well treat it as free transport to wherever they kept the dragocjen he knew that by now Sam would have been raising hell back at the Abyss as they could see everything going around him thanks to the cameras but they couldn't say a word to him as he had cut off all transmissions.

" where to sir?" The driver asked again, according to the plan, Kanan was supposed to ask him to follow the jeep, then he'd follow them straight to the special forces but Kanan wasn't saying a word and the black jeep was already getting out of sight.

" I thought you already knew that? "Kanan said, sneering at the driver's futile attempt at acting like a normal civilian.

the drivers eyes widened for a while before narrowing, the man knew just like his employers predicted he would, it seemed he would have to resort to plan b.

the driver started the car, driving in the direction of the jeep with one eye on Kanan after all, no one would know they're being abducted and sit tight and enjoy the ride.

Immideately Kanan entered the car, he had already noticed a sweet scent and the fact that the driver was wearing a face mask, although the face mask wouldn't block whatever was in the car, he didn't know what precautionary measures the driver had taken.

it was futile to try to hold his breadth or get out of th :exile so he just lined back and shut his eyes.

seemed it was goodnight then.