Stealing from the Devil

I craned my neck as I watched the newbies practicing for the upcoming tournament. It's a tournament where our big boss will determine their strength whether they are good enough already to be part of the Black Base's missions. And I was tasked to train them.

Black Base is an underground organization. It is handled by Mr. Black, a well-known billionaire in Z City. Our mission is mostly stealing items, products, bounty hunting, and sometimes... killing. Though Mr. Black has never given me any missions, let alone killing. Mostly, it's just more on fighting.

Before we could get some assignments or missions, we have to undergo a series of training first. We have to learn martial arts, the right usage of a gun, grenade, knife, and even samurai. We are also taught the know-how of using some high-tech technologies that could hack everything, including the CCTV cameras.

I let out a yawn before clapping my hands to get the attention of the newbies.

They immediately stopped what they were doing and ran towards me. That's one of their training; they have to be unquestionably obedient to their trainer, which happens to be me.

"When you are fighting, make sure to look straight to their eyes. In that way..." I stopped talking when I heard someone talking on the earpiece I was wearing right now.

I clicked it to hear it more clearly.

I raised my hand and gestured wait for the newbies.

"X transmitting..." I raised my brows, wondering why X is contacting me. "Z, Mr. Black is asking you to come to his office."

I heaved a sigh. Mr. Black promised me a vacation once I was done with my last mission. I took the job of training the newbies because I had nothing to do. Plus, this is much more relaxing than going somewhere. That's why I don't know why he's asking for my presence now. Has he suddenly changed his mind? He can't do that!

"Copy," I said before heaving another sigh.

I heard X chuckle on the other side.

"I thought you're having a vacation." He teasingly said.

"Shut up, X!" I gritted my teeth.

He just chuckled again before saying "Chill, I need to go now! Bye."

After that, I turned back my gaze to the newbies. They were still standing straight while waiting for me. "Continue your practice. Make sure that no one will get hurt."

"Yes, third!" they all saluted.

Third. That's what others call me. That's my rank on Black Base.

I have no idea what I have done to be in the top three of this organization. I just know that I have performed excellently on every mission I had and never failed. I've given all my best to this job, no matter how dangerous it is.

I clicked my tongue before knocking on Mr. Black's office. "I know it's you, Zabrina. Come in." Mr. Black said in a stern voice.

When I opened the black door of his office, a male in his early 30's is sitting on a big swivel chair. His hair is a bit messy and his pair brown eyes are staring me.

"What?" I asked before rolling my eyes to him.

A smile immediately formed into his cherry red lips, showing the dimple on his right cheek. "Early in the morning and you are already grumpy, Z." He said laughing.

I made my way towards the couch located to the living room of his office before I threw myself to it, sitting like a boss, not minding if Mr. Black, our boss is looking at me.

"I know I promised you a vacation. But I have a very important mission for you. S and D couldn't do it because they are still doing their mission. This makes you the third person who is very capable of doing the job." He stood up after saying that, making his way closer to me.

He stopped in front of me before using his feet to push me on the side. He sat beside me and put his legs on my lap.

I glared at him but he just pinched my cheeks. "Please?" he said trying to show me his puppy eyes; he even pouted his lips just to complete his "cute" look which I found very funny.

"Stop doing that, Logan! You look ugly, oh god..." I dramatically said.

Logan, our big boss, also known as Mr. Black is a friend of mine. We are very close and even when everyone feels intimated around him, I am not. He is very playful and silly around me. That's the reason why whenever we're alone, I boss him around.

Though when it comes to work. I respect him a lot. He's a good boss and I admire him because of that.

"What is it that you want?" I give up.

"I know that you are very aware of the Skullz Organization..."

"No, sorry." I shrugged.

"Seriously, Zabrina!" he exclaimed. "Are you even listening whenever Marielle is talking about the other organization?" He looked at me as if I am the biggest joke he'd ever seen.

"What? It's not my fault that I am not very interested..."

"Shut up, how could you not know about the Skullz!"

I bit my lower lip to prevent myself from laughing. Because Logan is very funny right now. I can't believe he really believes that I don't know The Skullz when they are literally the most dangerous mafia group or an organization when it comes to our field.

It took me a few seconds before I burst into laughter. "Damn! I can't believe you are handling the black base, Logan. You are stupid."

"Damn you, Zabrina!"

He discussed with me the mission and after the meeting with Logan, I immediately went to the equipment room to get all the things I needed.

I wore black leather jeans, leather jacket, and boots to complete my outfit for tonight's mission. I even brought a clip point knife and a beretta 96 gun with me. Though I am good at martial arts and can knock out any men, I still need these for protection or in case of an emergency.

I know exactly how dangerous the Skullz is. I even heard that people call their boss the "Devil," because of how evil he was. He is like the living Lucifer of the underground organization. That's what I know. None of the black base members knows how he looks like. He is very mysterious and dangerous...

But if Logan gave me this job, then this would be just a piece of cake.

I know he wouldn't like it if I'm in danger.

I hid in the wall, looking at the guards of the room where I was going to steal the Hope Diamond that cost 250 million dollars!

I don't even know how does a piece of single jewelry like will cost a fortune. People are really unpredictable; they spend money on just a piece of shit. Rich people make me want to roll my eyes.

It's not a surprise anymore that the group of The Skullz has it.

"Guard the door carefully, I just need to pee."

My mouth formed into an O when I heard the other guard say that to his companion. I could not believe this job will be really, really easy for me! Imagine. I just needed to knock this guard down and break the code of the door and then I'm done!

"Z transmitting..." I whispered. "X, I need you to turn off all the CCTV Cameras now."

"Copy that, Z!" said X.

After that, I saw how the red light from the CCTV Cameras turned off.

I smirked at myself. Why the hell is this mission so easy?

I silently made my way towards the guard who's guarding the door. And when I'm sure that he didn't see me, I used my gun to hit his nape. He immediately fell down to the floor.

I clicked my tongue and shrugged, so much for an easy job, eh?

I focused myself on cracking the code of the door, and I really couldn't believe that after three tries, it immediately opened!

Is Logan sure that this is one of the toughest jobs? Or that The Skullz is very hard to deal with? Because this is really an easy job, even a newbie can make their way to their base.

I couldn't help but to gape as I saw all the shining pieces of jewelry inside. I composed myself and started searching for the jewelry I needed to steal. The Hope Diamond.

I took out my phone to check the image of the jewelry so that I could easily spot it.

And when I found it, I couldn't help but gasp.

It's so beautiful!

No wonder this piece costs a fortune.

I was about to touch the diamond when I felt a hard object pointed to the back of my head.

"You want to die?" someone said in a cold and raspy tone.

Damn!

I cursed in my mind.

"Turn around and face me," he said in demanding tone making me immediately turned around.

And when I finally saw his face, my jaw dropped.

It was Eliot Nicholas! My first love.