It took almost two days for Luther to find out the location of Bono's family.
After hacking into Jones' work and house servers he got the list of properties he owns, and one by one checked them until he found the two storey vacation home in a remote area, in which the hostages were kept.

Mia and Anton sat at the sitting room to discuss their next move of action.

"What if we anonymously report it to the police, then Jones can be implicated and..."

"If the police gets involved everything would become messy. I take it that you don't want Mr Bono behind bars, right?"

He ran his fingers through his hair with a quiet groan which Mia took as a yes.

She continued, "If we go by the law, Mr Bono will get implicated somehow; that's a surety"

"What do you have in mind?"

She looked at him directly in the pupils, ignoring the uneasy feeling in her stomach as a response to what she was about to say.

"I'll infiltrate the location myself"

"What do you mean by that?" Anton asked with wide eyes as he abruptly sat up.

"I can do it, I just need a few things and my source confirmed a small number of security guards. Six was the number" Mia couldn't believe how desperately she needed his approval.

"Natasha you will do no such thing" he said as he uneasily ran both hands through his hair.

"I can hire professionals instead" he suggested, looking at her; his eyes almost pleading with her to give in.

"I can't trust anyone but myself to get them out safely. I can do it" she said convincingly but Anton wasn't convinced.

"Nat this is my problem, I'll settle it myself" In his tone was no space for negotiation but Mia wasn't ready to succumb.

"I'm doing this for myself not you sir. It turns out that Bono's wife, was my high school teacher"

Mia reminisced how loving and kind she was; she was one of the pure souls in this polluted world and she knew that she would hate herself if anything happened to her, so no matter what Anton said she was going to save her by herself.

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She came out from the back seat immediately the  car came to a halt, two kilometers from the location.  In the car was Anton, Bono and a security agent. It was a risky plan but no one could talk her out of it, Luther had tried but failed, Anton also.
She checked her tranquilizer guns to make sure they were loaded, and checked the knives in her boots before proceeding.

Anton rushed out of the car to her. Looking deeply in her eyes, he sighed, then covered his face with his hands before looking at her again. "Don't forget your promise"

She remembered the promise she made to him in order to get his consent to her plan; that she won't get hurt and that if it was too much for her, she would back out, but she knew she would not back out even if things became tough – her favorite high school teacher, that made life seem not so bad was a hostage!

"I won't"

Sighing again he said "please" almost in a whisper.

Mia nodded confidently even though she was nervous. This was a first time thing for her but she trusted herself to pull it off.

Swimming through the bushes and thin trees, she saw the house in the close range, aiming at the two guards out front, she fired two tranquilizer darts. One was hit at the thigh, the other at the shoulder, and within seconds they slumped to the ground; immobilized.

"Are we good?" She asked Luther through the ear pod.

"Two in the sitting room, one in the restroom, one asleep on the stairs, all armed. Hostages currently in the bedroom"

"Copy that"

“Aren't you enjoying this a little too much Mia?”

"Of course I am. Dangerous is fun" she said as she climbed over the short fence.

"Just be careful. Please"

"Okay" she replied with a draw of breath as she landed quietly on the ground.
Still with that landing pose, she looked at the luxurious house that was in such a remote area, but she was sure that she loved the quietness that followed every breeze, it was such a nice place to hide from the rest of the world.

As she pulled out the second gun from her trousers belt with her left hand, her mind let her know that it was really happening. She didn't care less because the highest that could happen was her death. Though she didn't want to die before giving her parent's killer what he deserves, she didn't mind dying here only if she successfully rescued them.

She saw Anton and Bono waiting farther away from the gate as she insisted, the security agent who was a muscular man in his early thirty's, was waiting outside the opposite fence for any unforseen circumstances, his ear pod a means of communication with Luther - though he didn't know who he was - who could see the inside.

With her hands placed on the the trigger of both guns she stealthily moved to the door which Luther had unlocked. She tiptoed over the immobilized guards before going in. She had the advantage of the element of surprise as she sent a dart from each gun to the two guards who sat relaxing.
At the moment the one who was at the restroom came out.

"Your left side" Luther informed her.

She sent a dart to his left hand causing him to fall down with his trousers unzipped, though he tried to aim his gun at her at least.

"You could've said 9 o'clock, that'll have been cool" she said studying the interior design.

"I'm rather trying to make sure you can be alive by 9 o'clock"

"Whatever." She said with an eye roll. "Next?"

"Stairs"

That was the easiest for her, just like she was adding more sleep to his sleep.

"Isn't this just to easy?" She questioned in amusement, mostly to herself as she approached the room.

As Luther unlocked the room, she went in to Bono's wife, Elizabeth, hiding her daughter behind her, with dread written all over her face which then had a hint of inquisition.

"Who...are you?" She asked with a shaky voice as she saw the guns in her hands.

"I'm here to save you. Your husband is waiting outside"

Elizabeth didn't believe her. It was all too good to be true, and with her all black leather outfit, black nose mask and baseball cap, she passed more as a gangster than a saviour.

She sighed and sat at the bed. She definitely had no intention of letting Elizabeth know who she was because she couldn't blow her cover. She unzipped her jacket's pocket, brought out her phone and placed a call to Anton.

"Give the phone to Bono" She passed the phone to Elizabeth, who collected with trembling hands.

Tears were streaming down her eyes when she gave the phone back, forty-nine seconds later.

"Are we good now?"

Elizabeth nodded and started out with Mia, holding her daughter's hand tightly. She covered her mouth when saw the men lying in the sitting room.
The security agent who was on standby, came in and led them out of the house to gate already opened by Luther. Bono who was already at the gate received them in a big embrace.

"What are you doing?" Luther asked, as he saw Mia retreat back into the house through the cameras.

"Following my curiosity..." As she said that, she heard  footsteps above her head, though she wasn't sure if she heard correctly.
She followed the stairs up, stealthily. At the left end of the second floor she saw a door, and on opening it, saw short stairs leading upwards; at the top of the stairs were essential supplies for living, like clothes blanket, food and others. The stairs lead to a door which revealed the rooftop and the back figure of a muscular man.

Mia eyes moved from his back to the rifle in front of him.
A gun was shot, a knife was sliced through the skin and after that was silence. Silence before the storm.

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