#A_CRAZY_LOVE_2
©Sir Zach
EPISODE 108
“Make sure that you don’t sleep on your way back. The poison is lethargic and can ki|| you slowly. I have only done the basic first aid, but you need to get yourself treated as soon as possible.” The Imperial doctor reminded Markus.
Markus nodded back, his heart carrying nothing but gratitude for the Imperial doctor.
With that, the Imperial doctor finally disappeared from his sight while Markus resumed his escape.
Soon he reached the end where he could see light. He picked up his speed eventually ending up in the forest. He knew how the Judas tree looked, hence it wasn’t difficult to know the route.
And the sea route, though short, was a one night long trip in which Markus never slept even for a second, fearing that he may risk not seeing Kizy at all if he was to die from poisoning here in the middle of nowhere.
This sole thought kept him going on, moving without taking a break. Once he reached country F, he directly went to his base, retrieved his phone and other things from their base in country F, and called for his private plane to reach country A sooner.
He was making sure that he chose the fastest means to reach Kizy, to see her again, embrace her body and touch her soul.
While waiting for the plane, he turned his phone on, checking for any updates from Joel and that’s where he found how well Kizy had been doing everyday to make sure that the company was at peak at the sake of her health.
But before he could ask for anything, the plane had arrived and he instantly got up, wanting to meet Kizy right at that moment.
It took him an hour to reach country A, where that hour felt no less than a hundred years to Markus.
Markus arrived in country A and came out of the airport secretly, turning his phone on.
And as if all this was less for him, the first message he saw was from Joel, received seven minutes ago.
“Young madam has escaped. We are unable to locate her in any of the CCTVs. I am sorry for disappointing you boss.”
Markus’ heart literally stopped after reading the message. He was still digesting this when his phone vibrated again.
And next was the message received a moment ago from Joel.
“We are suspecting that young madam is headed towards the southern mountain range. I will find her soon.”
Markus was about to reply when his phone vibrated one last time, finally dying down as the phone hadn’t been charged for a long time.
“f-__-k!” Markus cursed out loud before running out of the airport, knowing no vehicle will take him to the southern mountain range.
He kept running, taking a deserted path that was headed in the direction of the southern mountain range.
He kept running, climbing a small mountain in the process where he found a bike light coming his way while he was on the peak of the mountain.
Unbelievably, he had crossed the distance from the airport to this mountain within five minutes forty seconds!
He increased his speed even more, reaching in front of the path Kizy was taking, stopping exactly at the turn, his heart calming down, knowing he had found his little lamb.
And finally Kizy stopped, right in front of him, her bike coming to a screeching stop while his heart beat accelerated.
*PRESENT TIME, HALL, MARKUS’s HOUSE*
Markus was done explaining the situation, leaving members shocked and Kizy in tears.
He gently wiped her tears away, while hugging her.
“Please don’t cry.” Markus said in a begging voice.
Kizy was about to break down even more when she controlled her emotions, knowing there were more important things to discuss for Markus and others than to handle her emotional breakdowns.
“So we need to gather our teams as soon as possible and attack the Imperial Nation?” Andrew was the one to speak first.
“Yes.” Markus replied.
“Will this be something like world war?” Harry asked, curiously.
“Can you not spout such nonsense at such an important discussion?” Rose fired back.
“I was just asking.” Harry said, feeling hurt.
“This won’t be easy though. The professor already will be prepared for this war, knowing that you did this on purpose.” Jason replied.
“Hence we will have to attack him as soon as possible. Any later and the situation will become unfavourable for us.” Markus said.
“So what’s your plan?” Andrew asked.
“Simple. I will be calling all my teams for this fight. They all have remained undercover for too long now. It’s time to put their ski||s into action.
I have already sent them a notification by noon itself. All of them will arrive at our city base by tomorrow morning.
Once they arrive, I will discuss some major planning and our strategy. After that I will be leaving with them the day after tomorrow.
This way, we will reach there by night, perfect timing for attacking.” Markus said, his voice firm.
“Okay, I will inform my team as well. They will be here by noon tomorrow.” Andrew said.
“We are in this together. We will be joining your team as well. Similarly I will let my men know about this.” Jason said.
“The elder master will also be sending his team along with us.” Joel informed Markus.
“No, no. We can not leave our fort empty for others to attack. We need grandpa’s men to protect our city while we are away.” Markus said.
“He said he will be asking his friends to send his team for the time being. They will be accompanying the elder master till then.” Joel said, remembering how grandpa had already told him about sending his men along with Markus.
“Hmmm. I will discuss this with grandpa first.” Markus said.
“Markus, I-” Kizy started speaking when Markus instantly cut her off.
“No you are not coming. Don’t give me that puppy face. I am not melting and that’s final.” Markus said in a strict tone, leaving no room for discussion.
“Is this what you promised yesterday and today morning?” Kizy asked, the feeling of being betrayed clear in her voice.
“No, of course it’s not like that. I-” Markus was still explaining when Kizy cut him off.
“Then take me along with you all. You promised to never leave me. Don’t ever break your promise.” Kizy stated.
Markus turned to look around, looking at all their faces while he was getting lectured by his wife.
“But Kizy, you are pregnant right now. Plus the doctor has warned us to let you have proper rest at least for the first three months. Then how can we take you along? The baby needs to be well taken care of and protected.” It was Rose who tried to meddle after Jason gestured to her.
“I will protect my baby. If anything, I will be the one to take bullets instead of the baby.” Kizy said in a firm tone.
‘And I will also be the one to take a bullet instead of Markus whenever the situation arises.’ Kizy completed her statement in mind.
“Kizy, how can I let you or the baby take bullets? I can never let that happen.” Markus said.
“But I am accompanying you.” Kizy said stubbornly.
“No you are not! That place is like walking on a field full of landmines. There are traps and weird poisons everywhere. I will never take you along to such a place.” Markus said, his voice rising a little.
“Fine.” Kizy said and was about to get up when Markus instantly held her hand, and the next moment he had already hugged her tight.
Others looked at each other before leaving one by one, hoping the couple would come up with a solution before this war began.
Unknown to all, there was one person whose eyes were glued to Victor all this time, though Victor was completely unaware of it, and of course didn’t reciprocate the same.
‘Did he forget about the afternoon that fast? Did that really happen?’ Nicole thought to herself while leaving confusedly due to lack of Victor’s attention.
“Kizy, please understand. How can I risk your and our baby’s life for that psycho? So please don’t make it difficult for me as well as yourself and the baby. Please.” Markus requested in a gentle yet pleading tone.
“What about your promise Markus? Didn’t you know you will be leaving yet again for this plan? I had already warned you yesterday to not step ahead if you were planning to leave me? Didn’t I?” Kizy questioned back.
“Yes I did. But that was not in this context but for our lifetime.” Markus said, trying to twist his logic a little as he couldn’t find any other excuse.
Yesterday he was too desperate to meet Kizy, plus the news about their baby had made him ecstatic and he had promised Kizy about this in an emotional state.
But now that he was reminded of his statements yesterday, he felt that he had made a huge mistake. He could obviously not take Kizy along with him to the Imperial Nation. But how in the world was he going to take his words back? Or at least excuse himself from the promise one last time?
“Please don’t give me excuses Markus. If this was how it was supposed to turn out, I wouldn’t have allowed you anywhere near me.” Kizy said while breaking the hug, her eyes glistening.
No, she definitely wasn’t trying to emotionally blackmail Markus to take her along. She just couldn’t imagine her life back to the previous month where every second felt like a year without Markus.
Plus pregnancy had made her rather moody, or more emotional to be appropriate. Hence resulting in this emotional breakdown.
“Kizy, I promise to be back within a week.” Was the only thing Markus could say.
“Don’t give me any of those false promises Markus. And don’t follow me.” Kizy said while finally losing it all and pushing Markus away.
“Kizy-” Markus instantly got up, ready to follow her back when Kizy yelled back.
“Don’t!” Was the only thing she said before climbing up the stairs to their room on the second floor.
Markus kept looking in the same direction even when the door was closed.
Eventually he took a deep breath before heading towards Andrew’s room, feeling utterly helpless.
*9 PM, MARKUS’s HOUSE*
The old chef personally went to Markus’s room with food, carrying her favourites as ordered by Markus.
He knocked on the door twice, but there was no response from inside.
“Young madam, I have bought your dinner.” The old chef said politely.
“I don’t feel like eating. Please go back. Also tell others to not disturb my sleep.” Kizy said from inside, her voice nasal.
“Young-” the old chef was still speaking when someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind.
The old chef turned around but Markus instantly signalled him not to speak anymore.
“Follow me.” Markus whispered while turning around and climbing down the stairs, followed by a confused old chef.
As if the old chef was less confused, Markus turned towards the main door, walking straight out.
‘Young master, do you want me to follow you on the road with this food tray in my hand?’ The old chef asked himself as he couldn’t dare to ask the same question to Markus, and simply follow him helplessly.
But unexpectedly, Markus didn’t go towards the road and instead turned around the corner, walking towards their backyard and swimming pool.
“Place the food over there and go bring a rope.” Markus said, while walking towards the sofa placed by the pool.
“Yes young master.” The old chef still followed Markus’s order, keeping the tray beside the sofa while walking back inside.
He quickly came back with a rope, hoping he would someday be able to understand his young master’s thought process.
He passed the rope to Markus, not imagining he would do something like what he did next.
.
.