"So what is it going to be your choice for tonight; Champagne or something vulgar to match your attitude sweetie?" Ofiss asked Eden as they headed to the bar. "23 men and 8 women are standing here for quite some time and not holding a glass. They are not getting sloppy. They are expecting us." Ofiss was getting nervous as he observed the room.

"Of course they do. I never wear high heels on a casual event." Eden sait to Ofiss and headed to the bar.

"May I serve you a glass of champagne my lady?" The barman asked her.

"Aren't you tired of serving boring alcohol to boring people? Surprise me and if possible, do the same for the sir standing next to me" Eden was able of flirting even when she was shooting people. She couldn't help it but she kept mixing business with pleasure.

The barman served them two glasses of brandy. Eden winked, took her glass and went back to the crowd.

"Great. Now you have everyone's attention on us. We were supposed to stay low till we have all what we need." Ofiss took his glass from the bar in a hurry and tried to catch up with her. 

"We already have it." Eden tasted her brandy. It was far from being the best she had ever tasted but it was one of the finest on the market. Ofiss was stirring his glass and then smelled it smiling.

"You can always smell mine as well, if you wish Ofiss. It's a drink, not a perfume!"

"Once a peasant, always a peasant!" He frowned tasting his brandy.

" We have Milo on our radar. Guard the exits." Eden turned around and headed to a couple standing at a corner. "Time." she told the only woman in there dressed in a suit instead of a dress.

"You must be mistake me for someone else. I wasn't speaking to you and have no former knowledge of your identity." The woman said to Eden and turned her back on her.

"What was, shall nevermore be.

You claim what you can't hold.

Thee shall not have but only be...

I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Milo. You have been expecting me."

"That's true Eden. My men will lead you to your new home."

Milo nodded and one of her men approached Ofiss and gave him a small black box. Ofiss placed it in his pocket, bowed to Milo, turned around and left without speaking a word to Eden.

"Despite your manipulation skills and your rumored ability to read people's mind, you failed to see what the trade was really about. Even if they laid hand on Milo, they couldn't decipher it. It's a quantum chip Eden far more advanced than the technology implanted on you. You are nothing more than a loaded gun which just changed hands. You know it's nothing personal. Follow me and I will upgrade your system. Ofiss didn't take the only chip."

Eden took off her heels and adjusted the stilettos hidden inside to her rings.

"You know that I won't follow you without a fight."

"I am counting on that", Milo answered while every window and door was sealed.

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*Pandora's box was actually a giant jar which contained all evils of the world. Pandora opened it and all evils flew away and spread in the world but she closed it in time and "Hope" was kept inside for humanity to enture evils.

  Today the phrase "to open Pandora's box" means to perform an action that may seem small or innocent, but that turns out to have severely detrimental and far-reaching negative consequences.