All roads lead to Maria

Chapter 3

“Wait what do you mean when it all begins?!?” Maria said worriedly. “ Umm, Maria who are you talking to you’re acting strange?! Are you okay?!.” Startled, Maria turned around and looked at Chloe. “I-I’m not talking to anyone she quickly replied come-on let’s go it’s 7:45”. “okay” said Chloe trying to hide how deeply concerned she was for her friend. As they stepped outside they were struck with wonderful breeze that smelled like baked bread, and since Maria had lost her sense of smell only Chloe was affected. “ Maria do you want to eat something first?” Maria looked at her watch. “ It’s seven fifty and we’re almost there, we don’t have enough time.” “I guess you’re right, right on a Friday night.” said Chloe as they continued on their way. “ Oh your jokes are so corny.” Maria giggled and added on. “ What’s funny isn’t the joke, but the point that it lacks so much humor.” Chloe smiled.

Now at 7:55 they made it around the corner to the area near the playground. Maria stopped to put on her mask. They now walked to the playground park’s pavilion, and sat at a table. “ Oh, f**k they’re late it’s 8:05.” said Maria, who wasn’t in the mood to wait. Five minutes later three individuals of completely different heights sat down at the table. In the current situation Maria found it pointless to scold them for being late. Their names were Marcus, Hayden, and Olivia. “You know the drill”, said Maria. Hayden pulled out an electric pencil sharpener and began to sharpen pencils. This was done to stop them from being heard by any listening devices, as Maria had ordered. If you were to compare z group’s structure to a company Maria would be the president and C.E.O, Chloe would be the Vice President, Hayden, Olivia, and Marcus would be the chairmen, and the remainder would be managers and various underlings. Yes, and just like a company the higher position you got, the more you would be able to know about the group, with precious information being protected. Maria began to speak in a serious tone” This morning at 3AM Tristen was taken by group b, luckily I was able to track his exact location. I’ve summed up four reasons why they could have taken Tristen.

The first reason is as a distraction so I need someone to stay and guard our supply. The second reason is to hold him for ransom. The third for information, and the forth for personal beef with him. They’re probably expecting us, so we’re going to send squad one to the front to draw their attention, then we will go in discreetly with squad two while they’re distracted, and sneak in that way. We will then grab Tristen get him out of there, fight off the few members that may be still inside, and I may have a quick word with the leader of group b. After this we will hold Tristen for questioning. Now I’d like to know what you all think about this.” “ Sounds good to me, everything checks out.” said Marcus confidently. “ This sounds like a good plan but, while we’re there can I set up some hidden cameras and recording devices?” asked Hayden. “ You have my permission.”said Maria. She then said” Olivia I’ll have you stay here and guard our supply, also check in with the M-class, (the managers) to know the activity in the district.” “Okay, will do”Olivia said thinking about what she would do to carry out these instructions. Now the only one who hadn’t spoken was Chloe, who could see how stressed Maria was regardless of how well she hid it. “Maria are you sure you’ll be okay to do this”, asked Chloe. “Yes I’ll be fine” replied Maria “All of you prepare yourselves we leave at midnight.”. .