It came as a surprise to Ven,when Richard called him. They were never on good terms coupled with the conflict during the training period. Even when they started work officially, that didn't change the notion as it only fueled Richard's enmity and hatred for Ven.
He told him that they were assigned a mission by Davis,which is to be a secret mission and to honour that,Ven didn't reveal this to Daniella. He told her that he was simply called for a meeting which he has to honour and bade her goodbye.
That alone wasn't a shock to Ven, until he learnt that the mission is also in Timox. Timox was where they went to retrieve the vaccine manual from Henry Wright.
He felt uneasy about everything, but what could he do when they said the order was given by Davis. Davis is someone who detest people questioning his authority. He just had to follow Richard to Timox without any objection.
" You still haven't give me the details of this mission?" Ven asked him when they got to the hotel they already prepared for them.
" I'm still going to brief you about the mission, but not now due to the confidentiality it requires. I need to branch at a place," Richard said calmly, which was even making it more shady.
" Do you know anybody around here?" Ven asked.
" I remember that when we came for Henry Wright mission, I met a gorgeous lady that I fell for her beauty and I promised to visit her soon not knowing that truly I will come," Richard said smiling sheepishly.
" I didn't know you also had eyes for ladies, you can go," Ven said, while Richard nodded and left the room as he said.
The moment he left,Ven dialed Daniella's number and they started discussing about their mission since he was bored ready and needed something to do.
" When are you going to finish the mission," she asked.
" I don't know for now, because we are yet to start. When I'm sure of when we will finish it, I will let you know," he said.
" Because I still feel uneasy that you were put on the mission with Richard knowing his weird personality and envy he has for you ," Daniella said, she's trying to caution him to be careful,as anything unexpected could occur.
" Nothing is going to happen. This is Brown's Empire mission so we will be protected as expected. But I want you to do something for me before I return," he said.
" What is it?" She asked.
" Help me dig out dirts on Davis and Victory," he requested and he knows that request will give birth to some questions he is not ready to answer.
" I don't understand. Why will you want to do that to people we are working for unless there's another reason I am not aware of," Daniella stated.
" It's nothing serious, I will give you the full information when I return, just help me dig out some dirts we can use later," he said, he's committed to keeping the secret till later when he's sure it's the best time to reveal it.
" If you say so, I will work on that and give you the feedback when you return," she said finally.
" Thank you so much. I will brief you about it when we return," he said,and soon after,bade her goodbye and disconnected the call.
When it was noon, Richard came in that without telling Ven anything,he already knows he had a good time with the lady. After having a cool bath and changing his clothes,he finally had time to discuss the mission with Ven.
" This mission is this night," he said, dropping the bombshell.
" This night, but you didn't say anything earlier before going out?" He queried.
" That's true, I was waiting for them to give us the order before sharing it with you," he said, while Ven wondered while he's talking as if he's superior that he needs to await his instruction before anything.
" Now that you've been given the permission, what is the mission about?" He asked.
" We were told to confirm whether Henry Wright died then or is still alive?" Richard said.
" I thought they were less concerned about that before?" He asked, because he remembered that when he asked Mr.Dripp then to confirm whether he was died when they shot him,he was told that they were not in any way interested.
" I thought so too, but they said the manual he stole was actually two not one as they presumed," he explained.
" Ohh!! So they need to be sure that he's alive before planning on retrieving it," Ven said while Richard nodded in affirmation.
" So how are we going to do that?" He asked.
" That's simple,we just need to barge into his house and confirm it. When I went out earlier, I asked around but they had no idea," Richard explained.
" At least if he's staying alive,he will go home to rest. That is why, it's the best location to find out whether he's still alive," Richard added.
They left as planned, in order to infiltrate Henry Wright's house. They jumped over the fence but had to hide when they heard footsteps which seems like, some people were moving round the house.
Ven wondered who those people were, but concluded that it might be those bodyguards just like the ones they fought with then.
" How are we going to barge I'm the main building?" He asked.
" We will need to find away because we can't stay here all through the night or can we?" Richard asked.
" No, that's not possible. They might return to their post soon," he said hopefully.
" I will suggest that I should go and confirm who they really are,in order to know the next course of action," Richard volunteered.
" Won't that be dangerous considering the situation of things?" Ven asked worriedly.
" All the things that surround this mission is dangerous. Someone needs to do it,we can't stay here the whole night," he said, and tiptoed towards the place where the footsteps were coming from.
Ven was worried when he didn't see his shadow few minutes after he left to check what was going on and he wondered whether something terrible had happened.
He decided to go and check for himself, so as to know the next thing to do. He tried working on his toes so that he won't be noticed also towards the direction Richard took.
He saw a light coming from the direction, and that made him more suspicious of the light. He moved closer to confirm but as he attempted to stand properly and check,he felt something like a gun positioned to his head.
" You are under arrest for the murder of Henry Wright."