* THOMAS *

We didn't wait any longer. I called for support, which reached us during the day, and right now we were making a plan in one of the abandoned factories because we didn't want to endanger Bard.

I trusted my people immensely. I told them everything from the beginning so now they understood my anger.

Murphy, who was one of the best spies on our team, found out where Mitch and Bucho were.

The plan we devised had to be perfectly prepared and had to anticipate every possible step. Mitch is a tough opponent, I knew that perfectly well, and now that he was working with Bucho, we had to think things even more carefully.

I only wondered why Mitch had started working with Bucho again. And why, if they had been so friends before, why did they break this friendship, and why it turned into hatred.

Too many questions, and only Mitch knows the answer.

Exactly, Mitch... I never thought there would ever come a day when I would've to fight my own brother.

"Thomas. " Murphy snapped me out of my thoughts. "The plan should work. " He said and I nodded to him. "But getting inside won't be the hardest task. Will you be able to kill Mitch? Will you be able to kill your own brother? " He looked at me just like the others.

I didn't answer anything for a long time. I was wondering about that myself. This is a difficult task.

Once upon a time we weren't separated. Mitch wasn't only my brother, but also a friend who always supported, defended and helped me. Will I be able to kill him?

"Yes. " I replied. "I have no other choice. " I added, looked around at the audience and left the factory.

***

I went to Bard's house to tell him and Lydia about everything. I knew Lydia would want to come with us even though I had forbidden her.

"There are twenty of us. " I said. "It may not be much according to the others, but they're very well trained. Perhaps better than any soldier. I know these people and trust them immensely. And you have to stay here. " I turned to the redhead.

"If you think that I'll listen to you, you're wrong. " She immediately entered my words. "I can be of use to you, I really do. I know you think that what you've trained me is nothing, but I can handle it. Tom... " She came over to me and took my hand. "Please... I want to help you. "

"I know. " I looked into her eyes and took her hand. "But it's more dangerous than you think, and I don't want you to... "

"I know that. " She interrupted me. "I'm not a little kid. Let me go with you. "

I knew perfectly well that the redhead wouldn't let go. So after a long while of her pleas, I finally agreed.

Lydia is very agile and can sneak around the room without a rustle, like a hobbit. Therefore, she was to help Murphy and Bellamy find a way to the entrance, to the old laboratory where our enemies were hiding. We had to get there unnoticed.

* LYDIA *

We had two amazing IT specialists: Monty and Jordan.

They stayed in the fishing hut and monitored everything around and warned us about the dangers.

When we got there, as we thought, every entrance was being watched by Bucho and Mitch's men. They may not have known that we survived a fire in a hotel, but they were always careful.

Murphy, Bellamy and I, had to find the entrance and get in without anyone noticing us. We knew that our enemies must have cameras, so our IT specialists took care of them, and we were supposed to focus on the task. Each of us had a small microphone in our ear, through which we could communicate.

"A task for the slimmest person of the three of us. " Bellamy said when he saw that the only way in was, of course, a ventilation shaft that only I could fit into.

"Of course. " I sighed and smiled at him while Murphy opened the shaft hatch noiselessly.

I approached them, put my hands on their shoulders, and then stood on their makeshift chair that they had just made.

"Ready? " Bell glanced at me.

"Yeah. " I replied.

"On three." Murphy added. "One, two, three! " For the last number they threw me up so I could get inside.

At the beginning the shaft went up so it was a bit harder for me to climb into it, but in the end I managed to do it.

"Are you okay? " I heard boys from downstairs.

"Yes. " I whispered. "I'm going further. Monty, Jordan..." I turned to our computer scientists. "Which way? "

"You should come to the intersection in a moment. " Monty asked.

"Yeah. And which way now? "

"Right. " Monty said.

"Left. " Jordan said.

"Boys. " I scolded them.

I could hear them arguing for a while, but I urged them on, so they stopped.

"Okay. " Jordan asked. "Go straight. " He added and I just shook my head.

"For sure? "

"Yes. " Monty replied. "Go straight. We'll guide you, don't worry, sweetheart. "

"Ok, take your word for it. " I replied and then I moved in the direction indicated by them.

After a few seconds of listening to their advice, I found the right way out.

I opened the hatch and jumped down. I was right outside the back door now. There were guards outside so they didn't expect me to be inside.

I went to the door and knocked on it from the inside. Surprised guards opened them.

"Hey. " I greeted and smiled innocently, and after a while Bellamy and Murphy surprised them from behind and knocked them down.

Why didn't we do it right away? Because despite the years, the lab was still working and to get to it, you needed a fingerprint of a living person belonging to Bucho or Mitch's people. And when they opened the door for me, everything was done.

"Well done, sweetheart. " Murphy praised me and I smiled.

"Thomas? " Bellamy turned to the younger Rapp. "We're in. " Added. "Time for phase two. "