"Oh! Come On. You don't understand and neither will you. We meet again...", the man inside the machine echoed and the voice was familiar. At first thought, Harry commemorated that it was Oliver but the second thought drastically changed to a man, Harry met recently. Unable to sway his memory, he decided to fight this situation. All the friends along with Valencia and Charlotte stood firmly in the centre of the hall. All niche glasses were broken through lasers coming in. Ramesh saved everyone from lasers because his hands conducted those through his body. Peter was busy keeping the people safe as he did not have anything to fight in the front. Cygnian Assassins were coming in from every direction and the friends were busy fighting them. While the vehicle in the air again echoed to demoralize, "They're too many of them... Can't defeat me"
This time his voice was clear and Harry again tried to commemorate the man. The translucent window showed the man's body. Harry, while punching another soldier in his face, was clicked with the idea that it was the same man Harry met in Cygnus. The man who told him he was 'Wanted'. It was the same man. Harry, astoundingly but not losing his fight's concentration, tried to blast the aircraft with his lasers but that was too strong to penetrate. On the other hand, David was concentrating on the people's movement. The movement of the people and his stares hypnotized the Cygnians Assassins. He psychologically attacked their minds and made them fight with their people. Cygnian Assassins were now too busy fighting themselves. While Valencia was fighting too good and beyond expectations, she copied every move the Cygnian Assassin did. Her eyes were like eagle and reflexes like a cheetah. Maybe how fast she studied the moves, her counter-attacks were faster. Her observing capacity was triumphing.
Whereas, Charlotte was finishing all those Valencia had knocked out. Now, when the Cygnian Assassins were busy in themselves and a lot of Cygnian blood was spread all around, Harry found a time to interrogate the aircraft. Peter kept each member of the meeting safe in two to three bathrooms.
"Afraid, aren't you?", exclaimed Harry to the aircraft.
"Not today, Harry. Well, I have been a cause of a lot of your problems and you consider I am afraid of you... Never Ever. It was Robert...Robert Brooke...It was me who told Oliver that you were on Cygnus. You could have never understood until I would have told you that I did just now, that this stuttering little idiot is the colonel of the armies of the Cygnus. Do you think, our master would come to fight you? You stand nothin' in front of him..."
"I don't know about him...But I do know about myself. You consider yourself to be brave. Come out of the aircraft and fight."
"Perhaps No...", Robert backed and because he knew he did not stand a chance in front of a man gifted with four demeanours. The Craft opened a portal and went through.
A lot of blood was spilt across the large hall and fortunately, there was no Earthian casualty.
Valencia and Charlotte were praised all over the world and even Harry had complimented them. But now, the meeting was abolished and the committee moved to a decision Harry never thought of but always wanted. Every country, without thinking about the economic overload, decided to follow Mr. Osborn because this matter was out of everyone's reach and none understood what to do...
At night, the team had a light talk in their hotel in Sydney. The next day they had to go for the unusual cases that were wrapping up in Australia.
"Tandem's Solved, Peter", Harry exclaimed.
"I should add that we did the practical, too. My body can conduct lasers and earths it to the ground. I just saved the secretary-general there.", Ramesh broke in though the exclamation was for Peter.
"That's right and might be very useful, too, don't you think?"
"Truly assured"
David was sitting at one other corner of the room sadly in a lugubrious manner. He was just staring at the TV that was switched on. All over the world was the news of the attack and Harry's absolute remark...Harry came near David and asked, "Why so sad, David? The news' favouring us..."
"No...Noth...Nothing", David stuttered, "Not at the news. Was thinking about Cygnus...I had a family. A daughter and a wife...We lived happily and together."
"They're still there?", asked Peter.
"They're not anywhere. Nowhere I could find them. I always thought Oliver was only passing on with the hierarchy and never realised the crimes he did. I always considered the protests useless and worked in the translation department for the translation of Cygnian language to foreign planets... But this dates three years ago when I proved myself to be wrong. One day when I came back from the office, I never found my family. I don't know where they went or where they were abducted but it was something for which I suspected our king. I became a victim of an intriguing life. Then on, I started my life against the king. Gradually, I became the leader of a group. I led one of the most renowned protests in the history of Cygnus. In these years, I had done a lot on meditations and concentration but never thought that it would pay off in such a way. The next two and a half years, I lived underground to keep myself safe until I was caught and expelled. Been three years today, when I left my family or maybe they did..."
"Everyone's got a past here man, which led them to the place they never thought of.", Harry sympathized, "See Peter, he lived in an orphanage. His mother suffered from Cancer. Died... His father committed suicide and left him a note. That remains with him always...On the other hand, Ramesh saw his father being murdered. Fought a lot of problems and now see his position...Crazy!!! I guarantee, if I win this war, and your family is alive, they're my responsibility..."
"That's why I say this the best team I've ever got. Spiritful", said Ramesh.
Peter was just sitting at a side of the room listening to his friends communicate. He didn't want to disturb them and therefore didn't say anything. The talks went on and everyone slept just in a short matter of time.
Next day, Valencia and Charlotte were ready. They were waiting in the reception room for the team to show up and they did.
The team sat in the limousine in the same style they sat last time...
"Sir, we are heading to a bank which was robbed more than 10 days ago and is the 4th one in just four months"
"Yesterday, you told us something about The Maniac, didn't you?", asked Peter.
"That's the case. You'd better see yourself. Okay? Well, the Accords have been printed and will be sent to each country..."
"Yeah!"
The team along with Charlotte and Valencia started their journey to a world-class bank. The team did not take too much time and steadily reached the bank. The building was unique and gorgeous, too. But today, it was made out of reach. The whole building was sealed. A lot of money was stolen. According to experts, about 9,000 AU$ (Australian dollar) was stolen.
The most astonishing thing was that after every bank robbery, with blood and carvings, was inscribed on the wall, 'MANIAC'.
It seemed the thief wanted to fool people. And give them some clues. The common ancestry all the robberies had was this sign of the thief or maybe his made-up name.
"Even many children were kidnapped in the past few months and everywhere, this was inscribed somewhere nearby. Be it a wall or road or playground or anything. The same sign every time was peculiarly unusual.", said Valencia.
Peter, at a first expression, asked her, "How much was stolen in the last three? Banks?"
Valencia told Charlotte to bring her notepad in which everything was probably written. She said, "Accordingly, in the first bank about 11,000 AU$ was stolen while in the second bank 25,000 AU$ was stolen while in the third bank 9,000AU$."
"This seems to have no clue. Give me the way. I need to study the sign. 'Maniac'. This money would surely come back and the kidnapped children will return to their families again, if alive...Off You Go...", Peter ordered Valencia.
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