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“Be silent. I would suggest you think very carefully about your next phrase for410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq3hgvP0HO
I might not allow you to even finish it.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjQ3KvoBuJ
Celle drew her weapon, and for the first time since this mission began, someone was410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUCwKMkAfP
taking an aggressive stance. Dhanel Marce however, remained silent the whole time, as410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOAmNbsQFR
he kept on watching from outside the circle. He was likely pondering about more than410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaUW9tkmSB
just this scene happening in front of him.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsSCWECy6W
“Come then, speak one more word.” she smiled “Please.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVQoTEaNJt
Red never moved, even though he was the target of such a threat; perhaps he410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlD9SjbWl0
was not aware of the magnitude of the opponent in front of him, or perhaps he was410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJkoib01Zp
confident in his own abilities. Or maybe he just knew his old friend too well, and was410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHtFh6HrQ8
certain that he would never lose control of this situation. Red kept his feet rested and410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7dJ2ZEn1f
a calm head, perhaps more so than any other present here. The others however, seemed410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OVcc5mZQJ
agitated for they knew Celle for quite a while and how she could be. All apart from410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwyUgHSMGb
the leader of this party, who so far had been completely absent despite how much the410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QYABJtxKv
tensions were rising...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl02Jhnro2M
“I just did.” said Red as Celle’s eyes grew more furious “And I will do so again.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9imWYN9OpJ
Pay close attention now, as I resume my questions knowing you will do nothing.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCfygJhRMQ
“Red you are not helping,” said Deena but Red would continue freely...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyCq1dvE45
“Marce, isn’t it time for you to put this puppet back on her tight leash?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKYhyogwHD
Celle did not even have the time to raise her weapon properly before Dhanel Marce410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJorGur4POX
finally stepped in to bring an end to this situation. “Celle that’s enough,” he said very410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE9alrfy65
calmly, very confident in both his authority, as well as in the discipline of those under410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs065qhuHSZ
him.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiwqNVDSsR
She did, as always, as she was told, and once her weapon was sheathed on her back,410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpIW9OnJTN
she took a few steps away. Infuriated but always disciplined.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7CJjQjbVD
“Nothing but a puppet,” Red added gaining in this way one last look of the Elvorides410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vLh2G4wt6
woman, as this short but somewhat intense introduction, finally came to a close.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWLb6vJfJd
“That’s enough out of you as well.” Dhanel Marce pointed at him, he was serious410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR8VrJtUq6
and after a few more circling steps he would then continue...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB0HWuCVv9
“Am I to assume then Red, that you are here now for the same old reason? Am I to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKcQXbpLgJ
assume you just can’t let it go?” the captain continues “I will also assume then, that you410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXAzU5BzzF
haven’t forgotten our history and conduct, of how we operate and are thus fully aware410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMchXE8vP9k
of what a predicament this is. Now I know both Deena and Rhim over there would410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPDUDdXKl4
have no problem in us simply ignoring you and continuing with our mission. Lorian,410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxRjxnnX2B
well, he is like me, he is indifferent and whatever I end up deciding is fine by him.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCsqxaCYfm
But Celle, she likes being somewhat of a stiff and as such, she seems not too comfortable410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NT2Cg2hvR
in ignoring you. So, what to do Red? What to do?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqIxODJGTL
The leader of this outfit keeps asking himself as if waiting for an answer, a solution410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLLNElrHhs
he already knows is coming “Red this is serious. This is the most important mission410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ330nwweXrv
ever assigned to the Hervies Hand, way more important than anything you or I have410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK8CWXEOTP
ever had to pull off in our days, and one with time growing ever scarce.”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ2nnpahLh
“You are going to the facility atop of that mountain, aren’t you? What else would410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfJekJrrL6
bring the five all the way here? Then you know my answer” Red said, “take me with410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yBQX5OJyT
you…”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3049sk8mN
If anyone anywhere could ever say that they once saw Dhanel Marce chuckle, then410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMIoHL9Abz
this was the moment they would all be referring to.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfqFueyHQG
“You jest?!” Celle asked.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5vg2FD4X3
“No.” Red continued as he looked in the captain’s eyes “You know all too well what410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavaVHWmqUi
my reasons are.” a small pause “You also know that you owe me...” Red concluded...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD6kDILUUi
Silence then followed from everybody, and maybe Harigar Rhim and Deena knew410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnshEymMEs
what Red meant as they had worked together for an exceptionally long time, or maybe410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwjb49INkC
it was something even before all of that. Maybe they did or maybe they didn’t.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksNqDcD2bh
Still, none around those two dared to break that moment, as even Celle’s upcoming410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDIDfLITym
frustration was put on a halt for the time being, for even she had curiosity towards410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWcDRJ6cS3
what just had been said and was hoping that more words would follow to quench it.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuEiQwW7j0
“Are you going to play that big card on me?”410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEeJn2qneJ
“If that is what it takes.” Red replied, “I cannot afford to miss this chance.”
Dhanel Marce listened as he had never listened before, for this decision and the410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXHuRlb0xD
outcome that can come from it seemed to echo in his mind, and then he gets close to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMELI07Bxl
Red. The two were now almost at a kissing distance and for the second time in front410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXGzS5Lxsp
of the rest, they whispered to one another.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgY055gvxi
Words clearly not meant for anyone else to hear...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMSP1DRV1R
“Very well...” Dhanel Marce finally, reluctantly, accepted - quite the shock to410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFWZRSb15S
everyone here and to none more so than the Elvorides...410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz5k0KmBky
“What? No...” she let out...
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-end of chapter 6
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