Take Me Away

Spencer climbed down the tree quietly and landed on a lower branch. The other man was relieving himself right below. The man had a cigarette between his lips. After zipping up his pants, he walked back to the clearing, humming and puffing smoke.

Not far from where he was, a large truck filled with jade was parked to the side of the forest path. A man sat in the driver's seat while a couple of men guarding the precious cargo looked around with vigilant eyes.

Spencer jumped off the tree and quietly followed the man.

"Hey, you sure took your time in there! Come on! We're going to be late! Hurry up!"

"Yes! I'm coming! I'm coming! I can't even catch a break!" Nevertheless, he quickened his pace at the prompt of his peers. He knew his boss's temper very well. Recently, he even noticed that he was more prone to outbursts. If they got in late because of him, he didn't know if he could walk out of his sight alive.

Spencer kept a considerable distance from the man he tailed. Once he was near the truck, he picked up a small stone and tossed it to the opposite direction, hitting a tree with perfect precision. Its sound echoed loudly in the stillness of the forest.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" The man screamed with fear as he turned around. Taking out his weapon, he aimed it at the darkness behind him.

"What's going on out there? What's taking so long?" The man in the driver's seat stepped out of the truck and joined his trembling comrade. "Who's there? Show yourself! Come out and face us, you coward!"

The two waited for a while without moving. Hearing no other sound save for their own breaths, one of them concluded,

"I guess it was nothing." The driver hit him on the back of his head and shouted, "Why are you making a fuss over nothing? Are you blind or deaf? You must be both, you useless oaf! Get back there!" Cursing under his breath, he then marched towards the truck.

The man could only follow, scratching his head. "Must be a cat or a dog or something..."

The two of them got back and, after exchanging some words with the guards, drove off to X's secret base.

The sound of the truck's engine and the wind hitting its dashboard broke the silence in the forest.

At this point, no one noticed the man clinging to the bottom of the truck, intending to infiltrate X. It was Spencer.

Inside X's base, a watchtower was lit up, casting a strong beam of light on every dark corner of the compound. No one, not even a stray animal, could possibly hide without getting detected.

Soon enough, the truck found its way to the base's gates, where it was stopped for inspection.

Hiding underneath the vehicle, Spencer could hear the conversation between the driver and the guard manning the entrance.

"We're from Mine 10. We're here to deliver these ores dug up last week. We are asked to bring them here tonight."

"You there!" the guard called out to his men. "Inspect the cargo!"

"Yes, sir!"

as if men were shifting the contents of the truck. After a while, someone shouted, "All

Show me your

"Ah, yes!"

guard finally gave his approval. "That seems to be about it. You

At the same time, he sneered at how useless it all was, considering he

came to a halt at its intended

with the cargo, he took the opportunity to drop onto the ground and prepared to

of the truck was opened and a mobile conveyor belt was pushed to transfer the cargo onto the loading

inside X's base, from warehouses to laboratories. Guards were positioned in every

the truck were busy unloading the jade, he took his chance and sneaked to the opposite direction. Occasionally, he would run into jade ores stacked high all over the grounds, behind which he would pause to hide and observe. When a couple of

the base's control room, two

the figures, a man who wore a sling around his arm. It was Francis, the leader of Charles' henchmen, who

still in

"But what?" Francis frowned.

go wrong with this new formula. We can't just introduce

have only one year to finish this project." Francis pressed, "How much time do you still need? What side effects are

The doctor sighed as he continued, "Three of the test subjects were killed

his eyes. 'They actually did trial

his memories, huh?" Francis muttered before he

our boss here tonight?" the

you think?" Francis

woman, he has been too anxious lately. He has been in talks with the higher ups

wants to use

it on Fiona?' A shiver ran down Spencer's spine. 'Does Charles want to erase

his own identity and endangering the honor of the

he still has control over Fiona, and that's the most important thing. I just don't know if Spencer has found out about

felt as if he had been punched in the

belly? His hands turned white as he clenched

of things, he

Spencer gritted his teeth. 'Well, he won't have her unless I give her up! And I would never give up

the warehouse and walked up to Francis. "Sir, the new batch of

time, Spencer decided that he had to move if he wanted to stay under cover. As soon as Francis started walking in