14 December 2025.
The whole Washington footpath got filled by people, who were grieving in sadness from the president's death. In the main road a casket, wrapped in the American flag, raised by the soldiers slowly travels to its special burial grounds.
The coffin has a very stringent security that no one can imagine.
Many fighter jets flew above, soldiers fired in the sky just to give the casket a well deserved respect.
In this ceremony, the coffin was carefully transported into its burial ground, and the casket was placed inside a pit dug for it.
After that, everyone stayed still while music played in regard, a priest started chanting for whoever stayed in the coffin.
Sometimes later, the vice president is seated in the car, about to go but then someone knocks on the window.
He is the director of the CIA.
"May I talk to you? " The CIA director requested.
The vice president walked out. "What is it? "
"Emma Watson has gone to Manhattan and Vyuk Sharma will soon go. "
"Watch over them. " The vice president paused. "I don't think it's the main reason you stop me. "
"Yes. " The CIA director agreed. "We can't find a person related to the terrorist attack, adding to this Aston Omar is missing however we find a lead. "
"What is it? " The vice president questions.
"In Algeria, we caught two Al Qaeda members selling drugs to the locals. This business has even reached the big cities. "
The vice president raised an eyebrow.
"What does this do to the attack? Also, don't we have to destroy these bases to know who is the mastermind behind the freedom tower terrorist attack. "
"The thing is the African Al Qaeda bases network has begun strong. "
The CIA director pulls out a photo.
"He is the one controlling the Algerian bases, didn't he look similar. "
The one who is shown in the photo had a wooden mask having hollow eyes carved deep into the wood, a wide empty smile stretched unnaturally across its face. A small carved nose connected the eyes to the mouth. His hair was hidden beneath a red cloak; nothing of his real face was visible.
The vice president's eyes widened in surprise, the dots in his mind started to connect.
"So you are saying that the freedom tower attack and the recent attack has all been done by Al Qaeda yet I don't think who did it is not the part of the organization itself. "
"It might be, all the Al Qaeda old leaders are dead other than Saif al-Rahaman, even their leader if we trust our source. According to the one who we caught, all African bases of Al Qaeda are being ruled by this unknown organization. " The CIA director explains.
The CIA director thinks for a second.
"Now what should we do? "
The president stayed silent for a moment.
"We will talk about this later with the other higher ups in the evening, you may go now, I still have to conduct the president's funeral plus take my oath of becoming the new president. "
"Ok. " The CIA director spoke respectfully. "Meet you in the meeting. "
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15 December 2025.
The truck compartment doors got opened by the crow superior. The masked figures first stepped out followed by the normal clothes one, Noah lastly left the compartment.
The sunlight hits Noah's eyes adding the hot winds of the desert like the plain they stand on, far away a road can be seen which might lead to the town.
They all are in Mexico.
"Ok them. " The crow orders them. "Here you will go to the nearest town, some to the other to not raise any suspicions. "
The masked figures started to hand them a bag.
"This bag contains all the information and stuff you require, money, fake ids, clothes, which hotel you have to stay in, what you have to do further with a normal glock. Does anyone have any further questions? "
"Yes. " Noah answers. "Why don't you directly drop us at the island already. "
"I knew you would be the one who would ask the question. " The crow's superior chuckles. "The thing is we have to drop you to the island one by one while being very careful. We already have other groups plus our luck is not good to be the first one to go to the island. "
Noah didn't say anything further.
"Ok then. " Crow superior continues. "You are gonna walk to your destination. "
After saying that, Crow superior accompanied by other masked figures walked towards their truck.
"Meet you some days later, for now don't get caught, try to be as undercover as possible or Lord Yin is not keeping you alive. "
By giving the warning, Crow superior sat on the main driving seat while the masked figures went inside the truck compartment.
They drove away, leaving Noah and their other normal clothes members in the middle of the desert.
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On the same day, the same country however in a different location.
"So you got it all. " The lioness superior questions the people in front of her.
No one said anything, even Aston. Thinking about his vengeance, he tightened his grip on the bag.
The lioness turns around, going to the truck alongside other masked figures though something is about to change.
All of the sudden, Aston spoke.
"I wanna ask you something. " Aston pulls out the gun from his bag. "You looking at this gun? "
The lioness superior turns around.
"Yeah. So what? " She asked.
Aston didn't say anything. The lioness superior started to get irritated
"What you are trying to say—"
SHOOT!!!
Aston pulls the trigger, the bullet slices through the air, its aim straight to the lioness's superior heart.
THUDD!!!
The lioness superior plummeted down on the ground. Aston adrenaline rushes in happiness, he was about to laugh but then he noticed something.
No one reacted to anything, none of the masked figures or the one who was around him attacked him.
"Aren't you going to kill me!! "Aston screamed.
Suddenly he noticed something.
The lioness superior, without any effort, stands up, staring directly at his soul.
Aston's blood runs cold in terror.