Pumpkin Master

The darkness of the night had fell and the rain had started to wet the quiet surroundings of the path, where three cars rushed after each other and towards the destination in a speed that was never reported before. The said destination was a little far from the headquarters but it was enough to crumble the patient aura of the crime lord that he had successfully composed until now.

"How far is it?" King gritted his teeth, trying to keep his anger at bay. Charlton, who sat beside King, looked at King for a second before averting his gaze to the tablet in his hand.

"five more minutes king" he answered briefly while tapping away on his screen in order to follow Lucca's movement. The friend of his was still active on the screen but in the form of a small dot, it was helpful to locate him anytime but the constant loss of connection and the static movements of the locater dot were edging Charlton into huffing disappointingly.

On the other hand, was king, smoking and thinking so deeply that the outside world blurred past him as the vehicles travelled ahead. With a cigarette in between his lips and hands formed in tight fists, the man was bouncing his knee in pure rage. King hadn't uttered a word since their departure from the headquarters after the news broke out to him, he was quiet until any need of order while he smoked one cigarette after another.

Knowing King, Charlton knew that the case would remain the same for a while long.

The meeting had already started when Charlton delivered the news with a hardened face. king wasn't far behind, he stood up from his seat, pushing the chair behind, and strode towards the exit of the room with a murderous intention brewing inside him. He didn't say a word in explanation which only increased the confusion and curiosity of the awaiting men around the table.

Until one of them, probably a higher status called out from his place. The unwanted news was heard loud and clear by everyone in the room, it was only a matter of time when anyone braver than the other would address it. King stopped in his tracks with his back facing the crowd of guests, neither did he turn around nor did he utter a sound not to show how uninterested and angry he was at the moment.

"is everything alright?" the man asked cautiously in a low tone but his voice literally boomed when the room was as quiet as a mouse.

"our tiny majesty......." He started but hesitated once Charlton looked at him.

"...I mean.....if there is anything serious about the situation then we can help.......if you find it comfortable of course." He offered with a more relying tone, and the others silently nodded, few even expected an answer with raised brows.

King stayed silent for a minute long, he kept his quiet while he contemplated his condition with a million thoughts running through his mind. It was an inevitable scenario that had occurred right under his nose, the crime lord had expected something like this to happen but still, the incident held more importance than he had thought initially.

Anyway, King was pissed and he wanted to leave the board room without any mistreatment of his fellows under stress. Slow and calm, he turned to face his audience and sighed with his face bare of emotions that could showcase his worried self.

"There is nothing to worry for gentlemen. Your tiny majesty is safe and sound and everything else is under control..." he stated with a straight face, so firm and to the point that it left no room for discussion. The men in the room nodded their heads and settled back in their seats.

"unfortunately.....the meeting has to end here tonight. Charlton will reach out for the next schedule......until then..." King finished and others nodded again. He turned on his heels without further ado and left the room with hasty steps, Charlton close behind.

King was deep in his thoughts when the cars started to slow down, he glanced outside the blurred window and noticed the SUV, he had assigned specifically for Mago, drenching in the pouring rain while all of the doors of the vehicle were wide open. There was also a bunch of bodies lying around the car, lifeless as they seemed, but the number of those corpses increased as much as the scene came into view.

"We are here King" Charlton informed and King clenched his jaw tightly. He stubbed his dead cigarette in the ashtray and jumped out of the car before it even stopped. Charlton rushed to King's side with an umbrella but by the time he reached, King was already half wet as he examined around him with dark eyes and hair dripping water down his grim face.

"how much is lost? And what is their status right now?" the crime lord asked in a venomous tone that left a bad taste in his mouth.

"all twelve are dead king...... Lucca's gun is missing and his tab is a waste" the right-hand man recited, eyes racking around while the king's men touched and turned the dead bodies silently.

"The status is not very clear right now which I suspect is because of their continuous movement. He will surely send a signal once he gets the chance..." Charlton assured, looking up from his tablet and gesturing to a man nearby for something.

"what about the other trackers?" King asked again, he slowly walked ahead in the rain until he reached the car Mago was in. The windscreen was fully splattered with blood that had started to turn dark after some time.

"the cars are untouched King, nothing has been messed with. For once they have decided to use their own conveyance rather than greedily snatching these large cars but that has lost all the purpose. We could have a better vision of their location .........but now the trackers in them are useless" Charlton delivered disappointingly and for the first time after the discloser of the kidnap, King hummed under his breath, seemingly normal.

"Indeed.......which means they have planned this abduction for a while now. It also means that the boss we are after is also involved in this game, just like Kangsu and Chris." king concluded and earned a noise of slight question in Charlton's voice. He glanced at Charlton and then back at the man in the car.

"look at him......" King started as he pointed his long finger in a direction. ".....his brain is sprayed across the screen, which indicates that Lucca has killed him after knowing what a loyal pet he is to the boss...... Besides, Kangsu doesn't have an efficient brain to conduct something like this" King finished his correct speculation and Charlton nodded his head in understanding, he was once again impressed by how sharp King was in these regards.

King was Xavier after all.

"These rats are still closer and still unidentifiable..." Charlton heard King muttering under his breath but still very audible for him to catch. He watched as King straightened up, wrung his hands, and pushed his long locks back to expose his forehead before compiling them in a ponytail.

"clear this up Charlton and put all other trackers we have sent with my boy and Lucca on your device. Stay on alert inside the mansion as well and don't slip a word to anybody about anything regarding this matter. Also, tighten up the security around the premises and keep a close eye on anyone that is coming and going out of the line untimely." King commanded and stepped up in his car's direction.

"what about Mr Xavier king? He won't take to it so calmly" Charlton pointed hesitantly yet concerned. King was aware of what would be his father's reaction but some things were really out of his control and were left on time.

"I will talk to father myself......just......." He sighed, nostrils flaring in rising anger, and Charlton knew what King was thinking. "......they better not touch my love if they know what is best for them. I will kill Kangsu and Chris this time with my bare hands if there is as close as a scratch on his skin." King promised to himself and proceeded to enter the car.

A new thought process taking over the previous one.

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Mago got pushed harshly inside the room by two men holding onto his arms making him gasp lowly, the boy being quiet all the time he was escorted in the strange-looking building, didn't utter a breath and kept his observing glare intact in all the places. The structure of the building looked more like a dungeon, with scary hallways and a darker atmosphere with minimum light and furniture but that couldn't do much to scare the boy as he memorized each turn and twist, embedding it deep in his mind.

It was a crucial step, Mago considered, when one would plan to escape......

Stumbling inside, Mago hissed when his knee bumped into the rackety frame of a metal bed, the only furniture present in the room. With a parched throat and protesting muscles, Mago glared at the men standing at the door with the proudest smiles on their faces, as if something remarkable had been done by them.

"Now, rest here you spoiled little prince......since it is going to be so long before your king can reach and save you from us," one of them said with a barking laugh, he joyfully leaned on his friend after delivering the best mock sentence of his life.

Mago remained silent while he observed, the boy kept his eyes fixated on the laughing man and made a mental note to kill him first if ever he got the chance.

The obnoxious laughter died abruptly when from outside the room, a racket of some grunting and a familiar voice cursing was heard. Both the men with Mago turned to look at the source, the younger was intrigued to know too and so he also peaked from behind the men and towards the long hallway outside.

To his pleasant surprise, a beaten-up yet fussy Lucca was pushed inside the room who landed on the hard ground with a thud. Mago's eyes widened to see his buddy, he gasped and rushed to his aid swiftly.

"Lucy!!!" Mago yelled and fell to his knees by Lucca's side. The older raised his bloody face and sighed in relief seeing Mago completely fine and without any visible injuries. Mago, meanwhile, rounded his dainty arms around Lucca and, with much effort, raised the man from the ground to let him rest on the worn-out bed.

Lucca cried out in pain but then Mago shushed him lovingly.....

The boy was fine, but the men around them weren't. They didn't like what they saw and eventually, one of them decided to point out the problem.

"Why did you bring him here?" he hissed under his breath, motioning towards Lucca with the tilt of his head. One of the men, who brought Lucca in, rolled his eyes.

"This piece of shit was being a bastard, screaming bloody murder until we agreed to let him be with his tiny fucking majesty" he hissed back as he glared.

Hearing his right-hand man's shenanigans, Mago looked at Lucca with his small hands combing through Lucca's hair. The older grinned back widely with his bloody mouth and earned an amused chuckle from Mago.

King was right about them......Lucca and Mago were a 'no-no' in any case.

"then you should have beaten him more, should have broken his leg or something to make him shut up" another proposed in distaste.

"and then get my ass whooped by our pumpkin master......no thank you" the man retorted angrily and both Mago and Lucca chortled silently.

"I swear, king's men are all fucking brats. These fuckers are born stubborn" another tsked, glaring at the duo.

"you are right mate. This so-called majesty isn't far behind.....he is a stubborn slut too" came another snarky comment which made Mago inhale deeply. The boy would have said something in return but he restrained himself and continued to caress Lucca's head.

"Hey, don't talk rudely about him......." a new voice emerged from the back of those foolish men.

"...look at him, he is a literal angel. Slut or not......but King's got some taste" The overconfident man slowly made his way in front of the crowd while others gave him way like a celebrity.

Lucca growled under his throat while Mago glanced briefly in that man's way, making him smirk widely when he gained the desired attention. Some sort of courage bubbled inside him and he decided to reduce the distance between them and tower the boy with his suffocating aura.

"I swear.....if it wasn't for the boss's order then I would have licked a taste of you" he slurred like a damn pervert while he bore his eyes into the dark and glaring ones of Mago. Lucca stood behind Mago to prevent anything that came unannounced as he watched the man stretching his hand in Mago's direction.

None of the others watching dared to stop that over-ambitious man and kept watching the drama that began to unfold.

"but I guess....a touch wouldn't hurt now would it?" with that, the man reached out with his dirty intentions as clear as day, but only for his face to turn to his right with such force he hadn't encountered in his life.

Mago had slapped him right across his cheek with a loud 'thwack' that resounded and resulted in a split lip. The room fell under shock as everyone stared at the slapped man, who, by the way, was more than shocked. Heat and tingles rushed upwards to his face as a bead of dark blood made its way down the man's lip slowly.

He stared at the boy who glared back like a puffed-up kitten.

"don't even dare touch me with your filthy hands you mother fucker!!!..." the boy growled angrily. "I might slip some words to my king about your itch to touch me when he comes to take me......and then, you will be done for with a fancy hole between your airy head" he threatened with his finger pointing at the man while the other heaved in rage.

"How dare you hit me you little fucking brat.....do you even know who I am?" the man roared in outrage, flailing his hands dramatically but Mago had enough of it all.

The time has come for them to shut up and Mago to start.

"oh I know who you fucking are you disgusting little pet...." Mago started without any filter. "You are a fucking nobody, a foul-smelling and leaking trash that even trash cans have denied to take in. Nobody wants you, nobody fucking wants you in their lives....your Mama hates you, your Papa hates you and so do your siblings and your fucking girlfriend." The boy ranted nonstop, he was beyond angry and hormonal and so the heat release was the only option left.

Unlucky for the pervert, he was the winner of Mago's wrath.

"Majesty..." Lucca muttered behind Mago to stop him but the boy was beyond any sense.

"No Lucy.....he has to know who he is. Who the fuck he is and where he belongs!!..." Mago countered facing Lucca before he faced the man again.

"you are fucking dancing on a fire you think will burn anyone in your defence but let me enlighten you with reality you piece of utter trash..........you are nothing but a selfish fucking pet that has no purpose other than to bark and wag your tail at your god damn boss's order." Mago finished with a long breath and a lone tear finally let itself drop from the man's eye onto his cheek.

"Why you little..." he raised his hand with a sob but then....

"stop!!!!!......nobody touches the boy" an order blared inside the quiet room and in entered an old man with yellowish green hair, stalking authoritatively towards Lucca and Mago.

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