"Oh, but what about all that power you've amassed so far?" Lachlan asked in a condescending tone. "Just because you said it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to do what you said. There's also the chance your son could go behind your back and seek revenge without your notice."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't have the chance to even try seeking revenge," Joseph desperately said. "I know another way I could compensate the family. How about I get all my subordinates to work for the food truck, including my son; this would not only spread its influence but force my son to busy himself with something other than revenge."

Lachlan didn't expect that suggestion, the thought hadn't even crossed his mind. Standing back up Lachlan said, "Alright, you have yourself a deal. I won't kill either your son nor you then you and your organisation can work for the Choripán Reyes. Also, if anyone does give you any troubles just tell them you have the backing of the Bloodied Wings."

"Bloodied Wings? Is that the name of your group?" Joseph asked in confusion, he hadn't thought that the group could be apart of an organisation. He then stood back up cautiously, but he still stood in front of Lachlan rather respectfully with a bright smile.

"Bloodied Wings? The Bloodied Wings?! No wonder you looked so similar," One of the guards surrounding the two broke out of character. "You're apparently an organisation whose power is equal to that of the Guardians, it's also said that you have a rather tight relationship with the Sea Guardians."

"That powerful?" Joseph asked in shock. Although he might not know who the Bloodied Wings were who wouldn't know about the Guardians, the Sky and Land Guardians have bases set up around the world, including Argentina.

"Oh, so one of you has heard about us," Lachlan said joyfully. After spending a bit of time in front of such a large crowd without a single response he thought their name hadn't reached their ears. Even though they were the reason there was such a large cultural change.

"Of course, my daughter is one of the mutated children and it brought us a lot of grief. Your organisation force the authorities to accept the fact that they're humans as well; meaning we can bring her outside without having to constantly look over our shoulders," The guard explained happily with a bright smile. His emotions could be seen on his face, he was grateful to Lachlan and the Bloodied Wings.

Lachlan felt a bit of pride rush through him, his group was the reason they were able to do that. This was one of the first times he's seen someone outside their island that's grateful for their effort, mainly due to them never actually leaving the island but that didn't matter.

"I'm glad I could help, so would you agree to work for Choripán Reyes as compensation?" Lachlan asked in a friendly tone.

"Of course, to be honest, I never liked this tyrant stuff anyway. I only decided to do it since other jobs were far too risky; if the situation with my daughter was found out there's nothing to stop them from telling officials. While this job doesn't about my family's situation, neither do they care about who they hire," The guard explained. "I just didn't know what else to do after I quit, I don't have a lot of qualifications so I didn't know what to do."

"Suppose you can learn to cook here, haha," said Lachlan as he laughed. Turning to the family he remembered that the parents had been badly injured, "I suppose that your first task as a new employee would be to get these two to the nearest hospital for medical attention."

The guard happily nodded, the ran up to the parents before looking at a few of the surrounding guards. They all came over and helped him carry the parents away, Valentina just sat there, mouth agape as her face was still a mess from the tears.

Turning to Joseph, Lachlan presented a cheerful smile. "So, I'm guessing you'll agree to work for Choripán Reyes as well? You would say you would do anything to make up for it after all."

"Of course I will, however, my only issue is that I might not be able to get all my subordinates to work for Choripán Reyes. Although there may be many that won't mind, there will be just as many that don't want to," Joseph explained.

"If they don't want to do it then fire them. If even after hearing about Bloodied Wing's involvement with the matter they still don't agree with it, then just fire them," Lachlan said harshly. "After you do this you'll be a subsidiary group for the Bloodied Wings, what more backing could you want than that."

Although Lachlan spoke proudly he knew there were plenty of other forces that'll be equally good to have their backing. Ones such as the Researchers United or Explorers Guild, either one of them and you'll be set for life.

"I'll go inform my subordinates immediately, now can you please hold your end of the bargain and stop your friends from killing my son?" Joseph asked.

"Of course, I'll make sure your son isn't harmed," said Lachlan as he disappeared from the spot, everyone in the surrounding area felt a strong gust of wind blow past them.

Joseph breathed in deeply as he calmed his heart, he felt as though he just ran 1000 kilometres by just negotiating with Lachlan. Just the pressure Lachlan gave off by staring at him sent shivers down his spine, but he couldn't break character.

He turned towards Valentina who was still rather shocked by everything that just happened. He took a few steps towards her but Valentina scurried back in fright. Joseph grasped his hands and bowed, "I'll terribly sorry for everything I've done to both you and your family, you may place the entire blame on me but I do hope you forgive my subordinates; they were only followed my orders."

Joseph apologised in a gentle tone, a caring tone that someone would use for the ones they cared about. Although slightly unobservant, Joseph cared about his people, that much could be said.

Slightly hesitant, Valentina dragged herself closer to Joseph. "It's alright. Not that it's alright to terrorise people, but I understand you weren't even the one actually creating these orders from what Lachlan said about your wife."

"I'm thankful you understand, but part of the blame will still fall on my shoulders. After all, I did have the power to reject the orders since no one knew she was the actual leader; if she came out furious and spilled everything everyone would likely believe me more then her," Joseph explained regretfully. "But I didn't want to lose the backing of the family behind her nor did I want to get on their bad side. They're a family that runs some of the shadiest businesses around the world. Drugs, assassinations, sex trafficking, you name it they've done it."

"So what's the family's name?" Valentina asked. "It would be best to warn the others about them, wouldn't it?"

"The only problem is I don't know the name of the family," Joseph explained. "All I know is how much power they have since I've had to work with their subordinates before, all of which are both incredibly strong and dangerous."

"Do you have any ideas?" Valentina asked. She felt concerned knowing that there's an unknown power that might be aiming for Lachlan's head.

Joseph shook his head, "I don't have any idea, all we need to know is that they're dangerous and they might be targetting Bloodied Wings. The only problem is they'll have to deal with the consequences of offending Bloodied Wings."

"Suppose you're right, but we'll tell them later anyway, just to make sure they know for sure," Valentina said.

Joseph nodded in agreement.

...

In a hospital a group of people were waiting patiently in front of a surgery door, they were sitting down rocking around on the chairs. Their worries were well deserved, when the doctor finished analysing Zhang's condition the only thing he said is that Zhang is lucky to be alive.

The amount of damage done to Zhang is horrendous, they were deep wounds that almost ripped apart his organs. Any deeper, degrees either left or right and Zhang could possibly be dead. It's already a surprise he's still alive with so much blood loss.

Fortunately, because he was still alive the doctor was confident they would be able to fix him up. Zhang would need to take a while off to rest and heal, but he could be saved. Unfortunately, because they were working so close to some important organs, any mistakes could lead the Zhang's death.

Which is why they were worried sick, Brianna felt worse then she's ever felt before.

All of a sudden they noticed Zoe and Simon walking towards them, they weren't walking fast or anything but rather casually. They had cold expressions plastered across their faces, Zoe looked rather hesitant as well while Simon looked fine.

Joe ran up to Zoe, he was worried about the expressions they were making. "What's going on? Is everything alright?"

"Everything is fine, we're just here to deal with another matter," Zoe said coldly. Zoe and Simon had spent a good while getting some answers from the guard outside the door, fortunately, after Lachlan was finished with him they were able to get all the information they needed out of his mouth.

Joe was surprised by Zoe's cold attitude, "So what's that matter then?"

"Well, Thomas has also been placed in this hospital for medical care, we're just here to finish him off," Zoe explained without breaking out of character, giving Joe a cold stare and tone of voice.

"Thomas?" Joe asked in confusion, he suddenly remembered what happened before in front of the food truck. "Oh! That Thomas. Where is he?" Joe's tone changed, it sounded harsher and colder.

"A few floors above," Zoe explained.

"What are you talking about? We're on the top floor already," Joe was confused. When they were being escorted up the elevator he clearly remembered going up to the highest floor.

"The top floor can't be reached through the escalator, nor will it ever be used for people other than the powerful. Fortunately, through some rough means we managed to get the key that'll lead us up some more," Zoe explained as she pulled out a key from her pocket.

"Alright, lead the way," Joe gestured for them to continue. Zoe and Simon walked past swiftly and a majority of the group followed along. Brianna, Phoebe, and Georgia decided to stay back, just in case anything happened.

The group walked to the end of the wall way when Zoe brought out the keycard and brushed it against the wall. When she did it the wall broke apart, leading them to an elevator. They all squeezed inside before clicking one of the only two floors available.

They were the VIP button and a black button. They clicked the VIP one since the black button most likely represented the boss on the top floor. Although they wouldn't mind seeing the boss for this hospital, they had more important matters to attend to.

Once they reached the floor the elevator opened up and they were greeted with a rather pleasant sight. The walls and floor were spotless, not a single spec of dirt in sight. There were dark blue marble tiles covering the floor and a bit of the wall. The rest of the wall however was covered in purple tiles. Along all the floor tiles was a thin lining of gold, while the wall had small but greatly detailed patterns made of gold.

"Pretty fancy place," Simon remarked at the sight. The rest of the group nodded in agreement.

"Well, I suppose it's time to do what we came here for," said Simon as he began walking forward, the rest of the group followed along.

They went along the hallway peeking into rooms, most of them were completely empty. When they did come across an occupied room it wasn't of the person they were looking for, rather, it was an old man. He was staring idly through the crystal clear window, down at the town.

They quickly closed the door and continued their search until they finally reached Thomas' room. He was fast asleep, covered in band-aids, especially around the face and arm. Although Lachlan never hit Thomas in the face, when he smashed Thomas' hand down the face went along with it.

Zoe walked up to Thomas silently before she was just standing by his bed. Just as she was about to finish Thomas she heard a shout from the window. It suddenly broke and a figure came flying through.

"Phew, fortunately I made it in time" It was Lachlan.