“I’m a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.” -Nancy Reagan- *** Edgar's P.O.V I prepare the cars and head out to retrieve the guns back. This night is going to be a long night because we are going to head to one of the headquarter of Pietro's mafia group. it used to be my father's place, so if he doesn't change much of the place, then It should be a piece of cake, because even then, I have familiarized myself with the place. I brought around a hundreds men with me, along with Nikolai, Ivan, and Matvey. Viktor, well, I gave him an order to keep an eye on Phoebe which I immediately regrets. Let's just hope he doesn't become an a** and does anything foolish. All of us head to the place which takes us three hours. This building is pretty much the same, except he changes a few things into his signature design, which is obviously crap compared to my father's design back then. I remember when my father used to take me to the place. It's a pretty huge building that looks like an average building from the outside, the purpose of it is to distract the place from any unnecessary attention, it's also strategic for us because it's pretty far away from people and the crowd, even though it's still located in Moscow. My men and I park the car a little bit hidden away, so it would be faster to get out from here after we've done our job. First, we have to get rid of the guards without triggering the alarm, which means we have to play it the sly way. Ivan has previously hacked into the CCTV causing it to an error state, which will cause panics inside the building, and while they are trying to figure it out, we will enter and get the deed done. The guards around don't seem to notice our presence just yet and that's when some of our men hit them from the back, causing them to be unconscious. Now that the outer part is safe, we enter the building and slowly making our way to the storage room, and don't be fooled by the name. This room is a large room filled with all kind of dangerous weapon, both the legal and illegal kind, perfectly arranged by the models and functions. The storage room is located on the basement area of the building, which would take us a while to get in there. But half of our men could take care of the men during our way while the other half are guarding on the outside, some of our men got shot but we have prepared bulletproof vest beforehand so we have the chance to shoot back at them, but of course, we have to be careful with the noise. Because triggering the enemy at their base is never a good idea. As I am about to reach the basement area, there is one of their man noticing me, and instead of trying to attack me, he actually runs away. It's not good. I try to shoot him but it misses because he turns right to the corridor, so I send some of my men to chase after him, hopefully he doesn't get into the main dome and tell about us to the rest, or else, it would kill some of my men. After what feels like forever, I finally get into the basement area, Ivan hack into the security lock and the metal doors opens on i's own, and we don't waste any more time and head on straight to retrieve what belongs to us in the first place. It takes around twenty-five man to carry all of the weapons, and those who don't guard the rest, I also retrieve my weapon, and fill it with some bullets, to take care in case they realize about it. When we are about to get out from there, i hear chasing footsteps from behind and I realize they have known about our presence and they certainly aren't happy we have broken into their place. Fortunately, we are skilled enough and even though there are gun shots heard. And some of my men are shot down, and left behind, we manage to get outside and reach for our car. When we have gotten in, the gunshot doesn't stop there, as they run to chase us, as they shoot our cars, causing some windows to break. Geez, they are so stubborn I open the window and shoot them, three of their men who chase us are shot down, but as my attention is focused on the men from behind, I got shot at the arms from a different direction. I look up to see a woman in black shooting me from the rooftop area, and I immediately close my window, and all of us manage to escape. And when we have drifted pretty far away, I touch arm to realize that it's bleeding. It must be from the shot. I can't believe i was so careless and not pay attention to the other surroundings. "Woah, Ed, you are bleeding." Nikolai says as he drives right beside me. I refuse to acknowledge that question and ask a more important question instead, "How many of our men died?" "Not much, it is estimated that there are ten men died, and two are wounded, but they have been secured and right now they are coming home with us, none alive left behind, which is great, because our information is secured." Matvey says from the back seat. I sigh and run my hand through my hair, trying to take a deep breath. "Fortunately, they had a late realization, or else maybe we would go home with only five men left." Matvey says half-jokingly. "I guess it was kind of easy this time." Nikolai speaks again. "When we get home, we need to get that shot wound taken care of, I'll call the maid-" Ivan is about to speak but I cut him right in the middle. "No, don't. I don't want to be touched by those low-." "Says someone who sleeps with countless of women." Matvey cuts me in the middle. "Shut up or I'll beat the crap out of you!" I speak in a threatening tone. "I swear, you have to do something with that temper of yours." Matvey speaks again which makes me pretty angry but I'm trying to hold it in because injuring my arms even more won't be a good idea. To be able to do so, I slowly close my eyes, and my mind begins to wonder. Again, what is pain? If pain is a bad thing, then why does it exist in the first place, to protect us? The smart people say that pain exist to protect us from danger, because we are feeling pain, we will avoid anything that may cause it. And some say that pain only exist in the mind, and it's not an actual thing. Even I, who have sworn to avenge the pain of my beloved ones can feel pain, but a different kind of pain. This pain is seriously nothing, it's only in a physical form and physical pain will eventually disappear. What hurts the most, Is the pain inside.