Night had fallen over the safehouse, but inside, no one was sleeping.
Eric sat at the main table, laptop open, screens glowing with encrypted files.
Maria stood behind him, arms crossed, scanning every line of code like a trained hunter. 💻
Feriha was on the couch with Elisa, reviewing old documents they had taken from Selene's lab.
Ravihan paced the room, a notebook in his hand, connecting dots only he could see.
For the first time, they were a complete team. ⛓
"Let's start from the top," Maria said, leaning forward. "Everything about the Circles Gang… every location, every member, every rumor. We put it on the board."
Ravihan walked to the whiteboard and uncapped a marker.
"Five outer rings…" he muttered. "Each one controlling a different criminal sector. But the inner ring;where the mastermind sits,that's still hidden."
"Jankuwin," Elisa said quietly, her voice barely above a whisper.
Everyone turned.
Elisa wasn't the scared little girl from before,she had sharpness in her eyes now, something Selene hadn't been able to erase. 👏
"She always talked about someone above her," Elisa continued. "Someone she feared. That's Jankuwin."
Eric nodded.
"And Selene was only one of the Circle's 'specialist' members. There are more."
Feriha shivered.
"How many?" 🤔
Maria answered.
"At least five… according to these notes."
Eric tapped a file open.
"They use codenames based on colors;
Red Circle, Blue Circle, White Circle, Black Circle, Golden Circle.
Selene was 'White Circle'." ⚪
"So four more," Ravihan said. "And the boss above all."
Maria moved behind Eric again, her fingers resting lightly on the chair as she read the screen.
"There's a hidden code in this document. Look at the spacing."
Eric zoomed in.
Maria's eyes narrowed. 👁👁
"These aren't random gaps," she whispered. "It's a location cipher."
Ravihan stopped pacing.
"A location?" 🗺
Feriha leaned closer.
"Where?"
Maria took a deep breath.
"A warehouse district. On the outskirts of the old industrial zone."
Eric frowned.
"That area's abandoned." 🚫
"Exactly," she said. "Perfect place for a meeting… or a hideout."
Elisa pointed to another line.
"What about this number? 274C?" 😉
Eric typed it into the system.
A satellite image loaded.
Ravihan exhaled sharply.
"That's not just any warehouse."
Feriha swallowed.
"That's a restricted zone. Government sealed it years ago."
Maria smirked.
"And gangs love restricted zones." 😅
The room filled with tension.
All five pairs of eyes stared at the coordinates glowing on the screen.
"This is it," Ravihan said finally. "The first real lead we've had."
Eric saved the data.
"We go tomorrow at dawn."
"But carefully," Maria added. "We don't know if the gang has surveillance."
Elisa hugged her knees.
"What if they're waiting for us?" 🔉
Feriha squeezed her shoulder gently.
"We're not alone anymore. Not this time."
Eric stood and faced all of them.
"Five of us…
Five rings of the Circles Gang.
This isn't just survival anymore."
Ravihan finished the sentence for him.
"It's war." ⚒
Maria nodded.
"And we're ready."
The safehouse hummed with the energy of a team that finally knew its purpose.
Together…
they were stronger than the Circle had ever expected. 💪