"I swear to the one who made you exist ,if Emcee comes here, I will make you pay!"The woman said.
"You two haven't grown up yet!You guys always bicker around like kids,"a new male voice said.
"MInd your business,"a male and female voice said in unison.
Maxine decided that it was now time for her to interfere,"I thought Bernard will send mature men to me and not kids who bicker around over old grudges,"she said leisurely walking in.The group turned to the door where the voice was coming from,only to see a girl about eighteen years old walking in.Though the girl seemed young,she had an irrefutable aura.That is an aura of being in command,she looked harmless that even with a closer look,you wouldn't realize her thoughts.
"Are we invited here to babysit?"the female asked.
"Do you have a recognition problem or are you just too proud to work for me?"Maxine asked.
'How can a mare college student talk to me like that?'The woman thought. She has always had a high temper,so in anger, she tried to stand but was held down by the man on her right,"I swear...?"
Maxine cut in,"Margaret,also known as Magnet,a female sniper,"Maxine paused,she observed her nails ,trying to brush off unseen dust from her short nails,she spoke as if she wasn't speaking to anyone but herself,"you joined military with the aim of seeking revenge for your father's death,however,they knew your identity the moment you applied to join the camp,and so they used you as a chess piece and ended up becoming a target,"she lifted her gaze and stared at Magnet she smiled and winked at her.
"Did Bernard tell you about me?"Magnet was shocked at what the girl knew about her,'but how did she know,I had told Matt to delete all of my information!'She wondered.
"Does he know anything about you?"Maxine answered her with a question instead.
Magnet did not know what to say, because it was true that Bernard did not know about it,"Woods, full name Dane Zion, five years ago ,at the age of twenty four,you had a scandal with a twenty year old Jaqueline, a former t.v actress.The scandal led your family to put you in a tight corner,you studied business but they forced you to join military, that is if you wanted to keep the actress safe.You gave up and agreed to their demands, but five years later you realized your family did not fulfil their promise. You resigned against your family's will and started to search for her,but till now, you haven't tracked down her whereabouts,even though you are the best tracker."She observed Woods for a while,Woods had tightened his fists ready to attack.She walked to the kitchen, came out with a coffee and two cups,then kept them infront of Magnet and Steel,she then went back to the kitchen and came back with a pot of tea and kept it infront of Woods.
"Steel,also called Caleb Steel,very good in weapons and martial arts, half-breed of Chinese and American.You were sent by the seniors on an unknown secret mission , but after you completed it,and found out the victims information accidentally you soon became the hunted,and even now, you are on the list,they are destroying all the evidence together with the people involved."
The three of them were dumbfounded,the girl is young but the way she talks about them, is like she is narrating a lullaby story,"so none of you should take me lightly,I might be young but I know so many things.Plus,I don't like being threatened I only prefer challenges ,"she said this looking at looking at Magnet with a cold face.
Magnet and the other two men shivered,never in their life had they seen a young girl with that kind of gaze, that gaze can force anyone to submission due to fear,"I can put an illusory face mask,on all of you,apart from us no one else would know your identity,when they see you,they would identify you as a stranger,"Maxine said causing a gasp from their lips, she seeping cold water from her bottle.
They turned to look at each other,none of them had ever had of illusory face mask, so they found it hard to believe her,"if you find it hard to believe me,I can try it on one of you,"she said.They hesitated for a while, untill Steel stood up and volunteered.
"Will there be any harm or side effects?"He asked.
"You have my word for it,if there will be any harm, you can demand anything from me."Maxine replied.
Steel did not know why, but he felt like believing her was not a big deal,so he gave in,"I will try,"he said.
"Good,"Maxine stood up, and went to the cabinet in the living room, opened up the box and gave it to Steel,"In that box,contains a whole package,there is a perfume that will hide your scent especially when you are man and want to conceal your gender,the next is a hair brush which comes in handy with the perfume,"as she was explaining Steel was trying them,and each and everything he tried left them shocked,their eyes were opened very widely that they could pop out.
"Next, is the body lotion,which is for the face illusion and change your skin colour, and the last one is the soap,for washing away the mask once you are done,"she paused,sipped some water and then continued,"these things are my inventions,no one knows about them neither do I plan to put them on the market for sale.So if you work for me, they can all come in handy.You don't need to carry them wherever you go, but you have to always carry one."
Magnet laughed,"I thought you were clever but it seems you were just clueless,"she mocked,"you give us this information and then you say no one knows about except us,what makes you think we will agree to work for you,and do you think we won't tell anyone about this?"
Maxine smiled,her smile was so sinister and cold that it gave them goosebumps,and with just a flicker,it was gone,now she had a harmless expression ,"if you give out this information,then from then on,it will be your worst nightmare,besides,if you don't want to work with me, I won't force you but by the time you walk out of here,you will have forgotten everything.Trust me."Maxine went to the wine cellar,which belonged to her mother,every house her mother left for her has a wine cellar they are stored with ancient wines and spirits that rich people like,she had once asked Bernard why the wines haven't expired and he said there was someone who comes to change them every month,so she did not ask any further,"Magnet,you are not strong, infact all of you are weak compared to the person who is controlling the remote behind you,you are strong in your own way but to me you are still learning.If you want we can test me on each of your specialties.A one on one competition,I have the equipments needed.Who is in?"Maxine asked.
Magnet hated being called weak, that's what they called her at the camp, and so to prove to Maxine the college girl that she was not weak, she agreed without hesitation , and the rest followed.Suddenly, "I'm also in,"another voice from the door came in,Maxine shivered,it was Emcee.