The Traps of Black Swan

What could be worse than wishing for the darkness?

You can bring the light into the dark, how will you darken the day? You can't lock yourself permanently inside four walls due to dislike towards the light.

Leon wished for the darkness feeling dizzy in the light looking at the distorting reflections.

Aarvi completed his line of 'I am..' which somewhat stabilized his confused brain, "A stinging, filthy, hideous rat." 

Probably other than her, nobody finds him ugly. For her, nobody is uglier in the world than him. It might be looks or his personality, in fact, everything about him is a stinking nasty sight for her.

Leon saw Ava Kelly walking from left to right at a few distances before standing still. He doubted she might be a reflection but his eyes soon caught the reflection of her back on the mirror which was behind her. 

He hid his emotions for identifying the real one among many reflections. Nonetheless, he kept his eyes on her reflection instead of her.

'Making fool of me? Ava Kelly, you need another life to do it." He scoffed in mind.

He watched her smile that could bewitch anyone but her mocking gaze boiled his blood in the veins.

Leon didn't want to give her time to escape this time so he ran towards her and leaped. 

Before he could realize that she didn't react to his movements and stood there with her smile, he crashed on the sturdy mirror before falling on the ground with a loud thud.

The vast hall resounded with her giggle infuriating him. This time he had really hurt himself very badly.

Sitting on the floor, glaring at the reflection of Ava Kelly, he wished he could squeeze her neck.

"Is this your comeback? Hiding behind the mirror?" He ridiculed to waver her confidence.

But he didn't know she isn't the same innocent Ava Kelly anymore who didn't know how to infuriate people. 

Aarvi shrugged innocently, "I am not hiding." She said the truth.

His eyes squinted when she removed something from behind her. It looked like a long iron pole. Since she removed from behind, he assumed she wasn't there.

Aarvi continued, "While you hide your impotency in your pants." She uttered like she was reporting general affairs.

Leon couldn't look uglier than how his eyes looked red, face dark, and breathed like an aggrieved bull in the farm. He slammed his hand on the mirror.

"Ava Kelly…" He snarled understanding Ava Kelly dug too deep into his information.

Unfazed, Aarvi asked, blinking her eyes innocently, "Am I not manly?"

Leon snorted before she added why she wasn't hiding, "I am not only in front of you, I am right behind you." She swung her right hand that had an iron piece and stroked his waist hard.

By the time Leon perceived her words, the pain inflicted him and he let out a groan. 

She had only planned for mental torture while he will physically hurt himself but she added changes at the end moment. She wanted to show him she isn't hiding, she is at his hand reach yet he can't lay a finger on her.

Leon groaned laying on the floor but he knew he had to react quickly if he wanted to catch her. Leaping on his feet, he saw her walking away so he ran behind her holding his waist.

'Crash.'

He literally ran into the mirror wall and fell back gnashing his teeth.

At another end, whoever was in front of the screen watching Leon and Aarvi, felt their eyes swirl. Unless they see the top view, they can't understand where the real passages are and the reflection of them.

Aarvi turned around at the diagonal opposite spot and burst into laughter as she leaned on the mirror. "Oh, is this the real cunning businessman of Mocon?" She asked in surprise. 

She really didn't know she was going to enjoy her plan so much. If he was somebody like Aaron or Zain who knew to hold their emotions in check and analyze the things, she would have been caught by them but Leon loves to let his ego and anger rule him.

Facing the angry bull like Leon, her serenity wouldn't get the spectacular result because riling him up is easier by mocking him and her laughter will be his nightmares.

Happiness is the best revenge because nothing drives your enemies more insane than seeing you smiling and living a good life.

Her first head-on attack is by her smiles and his pain. Her next face to face will be showing her good life and he will burn himself yet can't touch her.

[Boss, if you don't mind, how did you get this idea?] The youngest one of her team blurted out intrigued by the puzzle.

Aarvi heard the other two hitting him, punching, and throwing things at him for asking in the middle of a crucial time. 

They had their heart in their hands ready to shout at the Shadow team to get her out safe if Leon captures her, so they beat him without distracting from the screen.

Not only him, but the Shadow team members were also curious. When Aarvi gave them the plan of the hall of mirrors, she gave them a blueprint including measurement. While coming out of the room after arrangements, they had bumped multiple times into the mirrors so they had to hold the mirror while walking towards the wall then they had gone towards the door to exit the mirror maze room.

Aarvi had hurriedly changed to this torture early in the morning when she got the tip-off that Leon sent all his men away in the anticipation of her arrival. 

It wasn't Leon's style so she had asked her team to dig out any private network and spy camera fixed in the hall. So she didn't have time to explain her plan to her team or the Shadow team other than instructing them.

She answered the question as she told Leon how she came up with it. "Leon Harmon, have you heard of 'Caught in House of Mirrors'?"

Her team quickly searched over the internet to get the details of what Aarvi said.

Aarvi chuckled looking at Leon getting irritated without knowing where she was standing and her voice was sounding in all directions. 

Even though her voice was melodic, he just wanted to strangle her for not having any control over the situation.

Aarvi continued, "Don't even dare to think this a house of mirrors that is used for an attraction at funfairs."

[This is the exact replica of Caught in House of Mirrors!] The girl exclaimed in astonishment. 

The 'Caught in House of Mirrors' had won numerous awards and Aarvi's team admired Aarvi who knew the trick of the maze where she could walk blindfolded.

[Boss, I am in love with you.] The girl adored Aarvi for everything.

Aarvi took steps near Leon which looked like Leon was in the center and many Ava Kelly were surrounding him. The worst thing was he couldn't identify which is the real and which are the grossly distorted.

He was in such a pathetic state that he detested himself and what's more? The bitterness for Ava Kelly was increasing rapidly for bringing fear in him.

That fear he doesn't even remember feeling it. She had repeatedly hurt his pride that nothing felt justified other than... killing her.

'Kill her. Kill her. Kill her...' He chanted losing his level-headedness.

He wasn't a businessman Leon Harmon anymore. His mind was now similar to the man suffering from schizophrenia which is really dangerous due to the unpredictable reactions.