Another massacre.
One would think that they would be used to it by now. The ferocity of which the people were murdered still catches them every single time. No one should have to see their friends and family torn apart like they were nothing. The reason it was all happening still eluded the team investigating the tragedies befalling the country because of some unknown monster.
At first they thought it was Presley. Now he was one evil son of a bitch. You could practically see all the deaths he's caused in his eyes, in the way he moves. He was just full of unrepentant violence that just a whisper of his name was enough to make one tremble. And that's just what's on the surface. The only reason he was ruled out was because he always had an alibi. Even he himself said that if the day came where he ever did something as revolting as these massacres he'd willingly submit to torture and death.
The next illogical step was that one of the Valentine's went rouge and decided to let loose on the population. Notice illogical was emphasized. Because really if it wasn't Presley then of course it must be a Valentine. I'm using sarcasm heavily here by the way. Honestly speaking, as much as I hate to admit it, my colleagues are not the brightest minds around right now. So instead of standing around waiting for instructions from the floundering case heads, I took out my phone and called the president.
"Yes Ivan?"
"It's getting out of hand dad. We need to bring in a fresh set of eyes or something soon. The families and friends of the deceased are already filled with hate. If we don't get this done, I don't think they'll be cooperative anymore."
"The only other people we can bring in are the Valentines and we both know who shows up when they're around." My hand tightened around the phone as it took less than a second to connect the dots, "We can't afford to involve Presley, Ivan, it's just not possible."
"As much as I hate the idea of having any contact with the likes of him, we need this shut down before we lose the public's trust."
"I'll see what I can do but Ivan," he paused and I held my breath, "it's not going to be easy convincing them that it's a plausible idea."
"I know but we have to try,"
"Alright. Be careful son."
"Yes sir."
With that taken care of, I let the agents on site know I was leaving and headed off to a secure area to contact a Valentine.
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"Rainbow do you see him?"
"Not yet Mist. Paris, how's he looking?"
"Wobbly as hell but moving steadily in your line of sight Rainbow."
"Yo Paris, are Light and Dulce in position yet?"
"Almost th-"
"I see them. Showtime boys."
"And girls!!"
"Oops."
"Right."
"Time to look enticing ladies. Light you're in the water and Dulce you are tanning on the bank."
"Roger that." "I hate you."
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Christopher Durante prowled through the forest scoping out the two beauties by the lake. He'd been tailing them since he got a glimpse after slipping his leash. He was tired as hell but somehow managed to remain undetected.
Or so he thought.
He was behind Dulce in seconds. He placed his mouth next to her ear whispering what I'm sure were words of persuasion just to get in her pants. I've never seen a target this careless. Was he that thick headed that it never even crossed his mind that it was the perfect setup for a trap.
As planned, Dulce pretended to give in to their "mutual desires" and proceeded to let him touch her. Just when he would've taken it further, Light stepped out of the water in one of the skimpiest swimsuits I've ever had the displeasure of laying eyes on. With the momentary distraction, Dulce moved behind him, running her hands over his back while Light worked his front.
Following these two was the best decision he ever made. Damn were they sexy as sin. It'll be even more fun when I'm killing them, but got to get them fully compliant first.
After he was well and truly immersed in the girls, it was Mist's cue to turn up the heat. He started off with quiet purrs, syncing with the natural sounds of the forest, to further entice the target. After a suitable period of time, he started growling, building crescendo as the minutes flew by. On cue the girls got "scared" and began to "freak out". As predicted he got frustrated and yelled at them to shut up and stay put while he went to take care of the problem.
When he was out of sight, the girls booked it and joined me in my hideout while Mist and Paris got into position. Light brought up the feed on the laptop as Durante came upon the almost comical (to us of course) scene of Paris having tea with Mist in half were form, as if they were two maidens in a garden. We almost couldn't keep quiet.
What the hell is this idiot doing, was my first thought. The second was, am I seeing this correctly. A man and a behemoth of a cat were having tea? I rubbed my eyes thinking I was seeing things. I had to be. Shaking my head I turned to walk back to the two hot women waiting for me.
It'd been less than two minutes when I stopped beside an even more bizarre scene. Two male jungle cats of different species trying to mate?! To say I was alarmed would be putting it lightly. It had to be the most horrifying thing I'd ever lain eyes on. I staggered back and ran for the lake.
We couldn't stop laughing as he kept getting more freaked out every time he saw Mist and Paris in hilarious positions. I almost felt sorry for him. I got in to position as he was coming up on my mark. As soon as he was in range, I fired the first arrow. He staggered looking bewildered and stumbled upon my second mark and I fired my second arrow. While he struggled to dislodge both arrows, my siblings and I got into our places surrounding him.
Paris as usual took point, since he's the oldest and nobody else wanted the job anyway. He got the ropes out and motioned for us to ready ourselves. Durante had only just gotten the first arrow out when I appeared and pulled the second one, disappearing with both. To say he was scared is an understatement. He looked soaked and not from the water either, if you know what I mean. Did I mention we were invisible?
Paris then threw one end of the rope at Mist and the other at Light. After that it was pretty much back and forth until the poor guy was tightly bound by the currently invisible rope, which was cable wire. Knowing he was secured we dropped the invisibility and lined up in front of him. I would feel sorry for him but he brought it upon himself.
After knocking him out, we separated. Mist and Light headed out to our client, Dulce took our target to our "prison" and Paris and I went to meet Titan and Desire. I still shudder at the meaning behind mother's name.
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As my love and I were about to get going the phone rang.
"Titan."
"Good day Mr. Valentine, this is special agent Ivan Donohugh. May I have a moment of your time?"
"What is it?" my love came to me questioning me with her eyes and I put the boy on speaker, "An emergency?"
"I think it's past the point of being classified as an emergency. If it's not taken cared of soon, the damage will be irreversible."
"The massacres."
"Yes sir. President Donohugh is working to have clearance for you to be brought in to help. I fear if we don't get any leads it'll be a catastrophe."
"We will see what we can dig up. Meet us in 3 hours at Diana's Cafe."
"Yes sir."
After disconnecting the call, I looked to Emerenzia and she nodded without another word. I sent a text to our oldest to meet up with us before we connected with Ivan and we set off.
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"Raphael,"
"Miss Valentine, Mr. Valentine,"
"The package has been secured and is ready to be released into your hands, as soon as there is confirmation of payment. He will be released to you four hours after at your residence."
"My thanks for your services, I will ensure your full payment is there by night fall,"
"Most appreciated,"
"May I get you both -"
*Ring, ring*
"Light,"
"Find us in ten minutes."
*Dial tone*
"We'll have to decline, good day to you Raphael,"