Before entering the house, Cleyn looked both his side ways. He was happy to see that things were alot better for him this time.
He knocked slowly on the door. There was no answer.
He looked closely towards the door mat and found a key. He was partially shocked but later realized that his wife was not home.
"I don't even know what was the last convo between us." Cleyn muttered to himself.
He picked the key and entered his house immediately because he wanted to sleep a bit.
Soon after entering, he went directly to the kitchen and found a note on the fridge. He picked the note and it said:
"Dear Cart,
I am sorry to inform you this but I need to leave urgently to my mother's house. She was not feeling well from a few days. Alongside, I don't feel good being all alone since both our kids live away from us. The new security at the main gate gives me such a creepy feeling. I would sincerely request you to let me stay here for a week or two. Your food is prepared fresh in the fridge.
With love xoxo,
Pearl."
Cleyn read the note and had a partial smile on his face. He rolled the note and put it in his bag.
"I feel like it's gonna be a long ass day here alone." Cleyn said with a slow sigh.
Cleyn decided to take some sleep so he slept directly for four hours. After waking up he saw that it was almost 11 on the clock.
"Should I call her first or inform Blayne & Amerio about the 'Club De Porvo' thing?" Cleyn whispered to himself.
Before he could pick up his phone, he heard the bell rang. After opening the door, he saw a wrapped card. He looked at the CCTV footage of his house but couldn't find any person who left it there.
"Such a strange behaviour." Cleyn said while looking around the neighborhood.
He picked up the card and took it inside. He opened it immediately and it said:
"We have invited you to the wedding of Mr Wardock & Mrs Julie. Join us next weekend at the 'Royal Ranglion' Wedding venue located near the old Kensington park beside the Burton Graveyard."
"It's a bit strange that no sender details are mentioned & why am I even invited for this? I don't know anyone from these two individuals." Cleyn said, looking confused at the card.
He placed the card in the closet which he rarely opened which was full of gas and electricity bills.
Cleyn immediately picked up his phone and called his wife.
She didn't pick it up. He tried again and again and again.
No answer.
"She might be asleep or busy. I don't know." Cleyn said with a sad sigh.
Cleyn after a short pause decided to call Blayne. His closest assistants Alfrachino & Alfranciko told him that he has left for his office.
"Is this a sign for me to take more sleep cause nobody is free enough to talk at the moment." Cleyn said dropping a fist slowly on the chair he was sitting on.
After a short time, Cleyn decided to eat the meal his wife has placed for him in the fridge. It was his favourite dish.
Fish and curry.
He ate it but with a sad face.
*Swishhh*
There was a glass shattering sound. It started to increase from all sides. All the glasses of his house got shattered.
He rose immediately and started to look around the CCTV cameras to see who was doing that.
To his surprise he found no one again.
He looked closely at the shattered glasses and looked closely at the rock.
He knew it was a warning but from whom was the real question.
He collected all the rocks and saw that it formed the shape of the same infamous Spidler symbol which Gold our had described to him on the first day.
He clicked the pictures of all the rocks and sent it to his spy agency and told them to find a clue or answer for that.
Cleyn also called up the glass repair companies and the security at the gate. He checked all the CCTV footage of who entered that colony.
He searched up the cameras and saw that only the locals of the areas has entered the colony. There was no suspicious trespassing.
He received a phone call from Amerio.
"Hi Cleyn. Sorry I had to leave early, I had an emergency. Did u reach home or not?" Amerio said with a concerning voice.
"Yeah man. I reached home almost fine but something really strange has been happening since the time I came here." Cleyn said with a sigh roaming around the house.
"What happened?" Amerio said sounding a bit confused.
"First of all, I came home just to find out that my wife is not here but at her parents home. Secondly, she is not picking my calls. Thirdly, I received a strange wedding invitation where I don't know any of the people. And just right now, some mongers threw stones at my house." Cleyn said in the same breath with a fast pace.
"It's okay Cleyn. She migh be having a bad time alone. She will call u back soon. Let me go to the wedding instead of you if you want. About the glass part, you should consult the authorities." Amerio said in a friendly tone.
"I just did that but got no clue, I have a feeling that all this is related to the case we are working on lately." Cleyn said in a serious yet calm tone.
"I agree. I will join you at your house in a while Cleyn. Don't worry we got this." Amerio said in a comforting tone.
"I trust you guys. See you then. OAO." Cleyn said cutting the call.
"OAO." Amerio responded quicky.
Cleyn decided to call the spy headquarters and the Space Patrolling Agency which belonged to him to put a survelliance over his house.
He collected more data for the clues he found yesterday. He even told his spies to look over the areas where the marking were done and to take satellite images of the area.
Cleyn looked at the phone and was happy to see that Blayne was calling him. He picked up the call immediately.
"What's the matter bro? Sorry I was busy somewhere." Blayne said in a concerning tone.
"Not doing good man. Something really bad occured with me since I arrived here." Cleyn responded with a sigh.
"It's alright bro. Mind telling me? I'm listening to you over my audio system in my car." Blayne said, turning the audio system on.
"Sure thing Blayne. Where are you heading btw?" Cleyn asked with the same low voice.
"Got to look out for some work." Blayne said, twisting his knuckles.
"Heading for business or taking rest?" Cleyn asked while rubbing his eye brows.
"Well it's for a deal I made yesterday at the cafe." Blayne responded quickly.
"Mind telling me about that?" Cleyn said scratching his chin a bit.
"I will tell you in person & also don't worry about what is happening around you. I would be at your residence shortly." Blayne said in a friendly voice.
"Thanks man. OAO." Cleyn responded with calmness.
"OAO." Blayne said, turning the phone off.
Soon afterwards, Blayne made the money deal.
Amerio was heading towards the house of Cleyn while Cleyn himself decided to put multiple phone calls here and there to get relevant updates on other cases.
At around 5:30 pm both Amerio & Blayne reached outside Cleyn's house, almost at the same time.
"Hey man." Amerio said in a friendly tone, offering a handshake.
"Hey. How are you doing?" Blayne said accepting the handshake and giving a warm hug aswell.
"I am fine as well. Did Cleyn contact you aswell?" Amerio asked in a concerning tone.
"Yeah man. He sounded a little serious." Blayne responded looking at the house of Cleyn.
Amerio knocked on the door of Cleyn's house while Blayne went towards the backyard to see the condition of the windows.
The situation described by Cleyn was indeed correct. All the windows of the house were competely tarnished and destroyed.
Cleyn opened the door after a short while with his head stood low.
"Hi man." Amerio said in a low tone.
Blayne went ahead without a word and hugged Cleyn. He couldn't see Cleyn in more pain or unrest.
"Hey pal. Sorry was disturbing you two and taking your time" Cleyn said with a sad sigh.
"Shut up okay. We are brothers, always there to support you." Amerio said sounding a bit angry.
"I know. Just sounding a bit...ahmm nevermind. Come in you two." Cleyn said with a pause.
The trio headed straight towards the dinning area of Cleyn's house. They sat there trying to calm down Cleyn.
After Cleyn's felt a little better, Blayne decided to move around in the house to search for another clue.
Amerio on the other hand decided to cook a meal for Cleyn to chill him up.
"My buddy Cleyn, I have a feeling that old man is behind all this. The same old man I saw, you saw and we all saw, at different occassions." Amerio said, bringing a pizza to Cleyn.
"I saw that coming. Thanks for the pizza dude. You told me you saw an old man at the wedding you attended as well right?" Cleyn said, making space for Amerio to sit.
"It's okay brother. Yeah man encountered that strange fellow over there. Just a piece of advice, don't talk with the ladies at the party." Amerio said, cutting a piece of the pizza.
"Dude I am not Blayne. Chill." Cleyn said, looking Amerio straight in the eye.
"I heard that!" Blayne said with a high pitch from the top floor.
"Just kidding buddy." Amerio responded to Blayne & shifted his focus towards Cleyn again
"Look it's not about the talk part. It is about something, something more disturbing." Amerio said, giving Cleyn two pieces of the pizza.
"I get what you mean but don't worry I will be fine." Cleyn responded with a confident voice.
Amerio passed a smile back and knew that his brother had not fallen completely in hopelessness.
Amerio patted him on the back and they both started enjoying the pizza. Blayne joined them shortly with a sarcastic look, his eye brow raised.
Blayne was carrying a bag which seemed an evidence to both Cleyn & Amerio.
"So boys, what was the topic of discussion?" Blayne said, sitting near to Amerio on the opposite side of Cleyn.
"Surely wasn't about you getting more chicks pal." Amerio said sarcastically, looking at Cleyn who tried to control his smile.
Blayne looked at him with a half smile and sarcastic look but didn't saw anything.
"For my part, I found a bit of evidence. This might help us ahead." Blayne continued after a short pause.
"Should we head to the infamous 'Club De Porvo' tonight?" Cleyn asked, still stuffing the pizza.
"Sure thing." Blayne responded quickly.
"Definitely." Amerio also responded with a thumbs up.
All of them enjoyed the small talk and then decided to pull in their cars and started to head straight towards the
[Club De Porvo/Mr Rolkins/Room No 302-301/Task 0962NR]
They reached the specific bar at around 6 pm.
The darkness had started to grow slowly in the area while the sun was about to escape with its brightness.
They entered the location and got divided to do their specific tasks one by one. Cleyn decided to look for Rolkins in the bar known as CDP.
Amerio decided to enter the area where Cleyn was searching for i.e. the apartments (Room No 302-301)
Blayne searched the other part trying to decode Task 0962NR.
Shortly, Cleyn saw Rolkins. They greeted & decided to move out of the bar to have a small talk.
Amerio broke into the apartments with the secret padlock he got from Blayne. He searched around the apartment, took every possible clue and even took multiple photographs of the area.
Blayne on the other hand, decoded the entire thing and found that it was an old Barnn Factory near the area.
Task 0962 was the 'factory number' and NR meant 'Norial Rebuilders'
Blayne now had a purpose to find two things:
1. What was behind the secret factory?
2. Where was his girl?
He decided to head straight towards the factory by himself dropping a message for Cleyn about his whereabouts.
When he was about to leave, Blayne received a phone call from an unknown number. He felt confused but still picked up the call turning the true caller id in the mid.
"I know you are confused where your girl is" The deep voice said from the call.
"Who are you fool & what did you do to her? I swear I am gonna break your skull." Blayne responded with pure aggression in his voice.
"Chill out, you hot head. She will be fine & I wouldn't do any harm to her unless you decide to join me at the place which I message u shortly." The voice said in a creepy tone.
"How should I trust you that this is not a trap?" Blayne said, the rage glowing in his blood.
"Well you don't have any other choice." The voice said before firing something and there was a loud scream for the back.
"My Blakio. SAVE ME PLEASE." The lady screamed.
Blayne mouth got wide open as he recognized that it was the voice of Krizzy.
"Don't you even dare try to hurt her a bit." Blayne responded aggressively.
"Depends on you if you make....just...in time." The voice said with a creepy laugh.
"You will pay for this-" Blayne said before the phone got cut.
Blayne received a text message shortly. Before that, he tried to check where that call came from. To his shock, it came from the same club where Cleyn had entered.
He opened the message directly, saw the address and started the car. It was quite a different address to him but relatively closer to the same location where that wedding was supposed to be held which Cleyn was supposed to attend.
Blayne left a message for Cleyn as he was taking the car in case of the emergency to save his Krizzy.
Cleyn responded him with a good luck message shortly.
Cleyn after a small talk concluded that the old bar (now closed and left abandoned) where Rolkins worked at previously had something fishy.
Cleyn took the keys from Rolkin and headed fastly towards the old bar and took a torch.
He immediately headed towards that bar and started searching around. He couldn't find anything except an old torn building with furniture full of dust and spider webs.
He found a potrait particularly showing a spider with 12 legs, having a bloody mouth. There was dust laying all across it. Cleyn marched straight towards it and put it aside from the wall.
He was shocked to find a locker with the same number pattern there.
He knew the code prehand.
[8 5 7 7 / B C F X]
A dark space allocated with a type of locker.
It had space for four numbers and four alphabets.
Beneath there led a message,
'If correct, collect the granted symbol'
'If not, prepare for a curse.'
Cleyn entered the code without any second thoughts or hesitation. There was a loud cracking noise that came straight from there for a solid two minutes.
He got goosebumps.
Cleyn opened the locker and picked up the coin often called a Spidler by Goldour to him. A bit of relief ran across Cleyn's entire body.
Cleyn left the old bar with a smile but heard a voice came from ahead, from the darkness that was falling prey on the entire city.
There were dew drops falling apart slowly from the sky.
"Don't you think we need to get our share aswell." The voice came particular sounding familiar to Cleyn.
From the front came two jacked guys, with big round muscles and guns.
From their mid, emerged a figure with a red band which made Cleyn freeze a bit aswell.