Adopted Soldier

Rachel was already informed by Evangeline about the plan of the Shadow Mercenaries to capture the members of the Mercenary Club. Still that information was given to her a bit too late, as she was currently engaged in a game of tag with one of their agents. She and an agent of the Shadow Mercenaries were currently playing tag in a dense forest area.

The agent she was chasing was a man called Samuel who claimed that he was here to bring her to where Alex was. Obviously he was here to bring her in as a hostage to control Alex. So without listening to anymore of his spiel, Rachel was about to charge at Samuel.

Rachel was expecting a fierce battle to happen but for some reason the man called Samuel started to run after she denied his invitation. Rachel could leave him alone and retreat back to where Evangeline was, but based on what Evangeline said her captive doesn't seem to be willing to talk. Evangeline used every form of torture she knew but the person called Drake simply laughed as the pain intensified.

It was obvious now that no information would be gained from Drake, so Rachel decided she needed to capture the agent in front of her. So here she was chasing the would be kidnapper, which she found really weird. She wanted to listen to the warnings her subconscious was giving her, but she also needed the agent to gain information.

Now that Niel, Kei, and Emily were gone, only she and Evangeline remained. Oliver and Sayaka were off doing their own thing, and they had no idea how contact them. Also it was possible the two of them were captured as well, which gave Rachel even more reason to capture this agent from the Shadow Mercenaries.

Rachel sped up by using RELEASE for a second, but Samuel easily evaded her attempt to catch him. This started to annoy Rachel, as she continued giving chase. After a few more minutes of running through the forest, Samuel finally stopped moving.

When Rachel saw this, she thought that he decided to fight, but then she felt numerous presences within the area. She wanted to retreat but noticed that she was surrounded and one wrong move might spell defeat. She wasn't worried of dying since it was obvious that the other party wanted to capture her alive.

Rachel stayed in one position and hid behind the trees.

"What an honor, so many members of the renowned Shadow Mercenaries actually came to escort me." Rachel started talking to distract her opponent as she was now trying to think of a way to escape.

"How about now, are you willing to come with me quietly? Surely with this much people escorting you, you would find it worthy enough of your time." Samuel spoke to Rachel while signaling the others to tighten their guard on the perimeter.

"It's not like I can't come with you, but I was wondering why such a big group from such a renowned organization came to pick me up?" Rachel still hadn't found a way of retreat so she continued to stall.

"The reason for the special treatment, is because you my lady, are a VIP. Seeing as it is possible that you would become the future wife of the next big boss of the Shadow Mercenaries."

"Oh, what an honor. Pray tell who is this person that wants me to be his wife?... Well it doesn't really matter who he is, can you please tell him that I already have someone in my heart."

"Well, that's a bit disappointing. I thought you and he were already a couple, turns out he wasn't even in your mind."

"The way your talking suggests I already know this person, am I right? Still I'm pretty sure I don't know anyone from the Shadow Mercenaries. Can you tell me his name? If I hear his name I might remember who he is." Rachel still couldn't find a way out of this situation, so she continued the conversation.

"His name is Dalvir Greyhound, but you might know him better as Alexander Samarita." When Rachel heard the answer, she was stupefied. She already kinda figured out that Alex was someone important to the Shadow Mercenaries, she was also expecting Samuel speak of Alex's name in this conversation. She was already expecting this answer, yet when she heard it with her own two ears, she was still surprised.

'Richter Greyhound was the boss of the Shadow Mercenaries.'

This answer made the most sense, and was within what the members of the Mercenary Club predicted. The Mercenary Club members already figured out that Richter was a person with a high position within a certain organization. Evangeline figured out which organization it was, the only thing they haven't figured out about Richter was his position in this certain group. Now that Rachel heard the answer she was surprised.

"I see that makes sense... Well aren't you guys lucky, the person in my heart is Alex."

"Then are you finally willing to come with us?" Samuel thought that Rachel would finally agree to come back with them to HQ. Seeing as she was already cornered, and its not like what they were offering was a bad deal. She was looking for Alex and they would bring her to him, making her finally reunite with the person she so dearly wanted to see.

"No."

"Alright, you just need to... What? Did you just say no?" Samuel asked confused as to wether he heard correctly.

"Yup, I said no. I don't need to be escorted by you people. So how about we reach a compromise. Just tell me where he is, and I will go on my own. That way, both sides are satisfied."

Hearing Rachel's answer, Samuel looked at Hektor's direction. To Samuel the deal Rachel was proposing wasn't that bad, as the target would still come to their place. Still he needed to confirm it with Hektor who knew Richter the best among the ten of them.

Hektor who saw Samuel's questioning gaze, shook his head. When Samuel saw that he sighed and answered Rachel.

"Sorry I cannot allow that.. If you won't come with us quietly, then you leave us no choice but to be a little bit rough with you."