Dear Enemy
Chapter 9 - GPS

“Are you okay, sweetheart?” ask Grayson. The man looked at his silent son with a gloomy face while looking at the tool that was none other than HACS in his hand. James still felt sad that they had to go home when he had not met Elios again to give him the thing.

“Dad said it would help me find my friend, right? Then why are we going home now?” James turned his focus to Grayson.

“Hey, sweetie.. listen!” Sheilla tried to help her husband explain the situation. They must return because their work in the Rosary is over, and they must indeed return to report to their leadership. “Our holiday in Argentina is over, and now we have to go back to London to go home.”

“But we haven't even had fun together, I haven't found my friend either.”.

“Mum knows you're disappointed that we have to go home, but mum and dad's holiday is over. Tomorrow we have to go back to work, and again you also have to go to school, right? Don't you miss your friends?”

James was silent. He was really upset that they had to go home when they just spent a little time together in Argentina. James has not been able to find Elios. “Mum is right, and again don't you feel sorry for Ella? Look, he's sick. If we stay here, the condition can get worse, so we have to go home so that Ella can also rest.”

Sheilla nodded her head, confirming her husband's speech. This time the boy's focus turned to Ella, who was busy getting her things out of the room so lethargic. James was silent confirming the words of Sheilla and Grayson. She's in love with Ella, and she doesn't want that until she gets sicker because they've been here too long. “But, how about my friend?”

Grayson sighed softly. The man stretched out his hand, rubbing the top of his son's head full of tenderness. “Dad told you, right, dad will help you find it. Dad's gonna ask Ethan for help looking for him. So you don't have to worry. Uncle Ethan will be able to find your friend quickly.”

“Promise?” James brandished his little finger, asking Grayson to make a promise. The man who became his father smiled and then linked his little finger. “Promise!”

“Oh! And wait until we get to London. We have a surprise for you.” Sheilla smiled as she looked at him. James turned to look at the mother with a curious face.

“Surprise? What surprise?”

“You will know once we arrive in London.” Sheilla moved from her seat and approached Ella who was checking her luggage back there.

“You want dad give clue?” grayson said in a rather loud voice even Sheilla could hear him. James nodded his head in excitement, he was really curious about what kind of surprise his parents were trying to give him. “Uncle Ken will come and see you..”.

“That’s not clue, darling!” Sheilla glanced at him. Grayson chuckled at his wife's words, while James widened his smile even more. “Oops! Sorry..”

“Uncle Ken will come and meet me? HOORAY!” James jumped in excitement. What Grayson said was a news story that made him very happy. How not? In the man who became his uncle was one of the people who was very close to him.

“James, listen to dad. Dad has an idea.”

...*...

After preparing, they all left by taxi once they finished checking out. They had to go back to London because their business was done. They immediately drove to the airport and departed by early flight. To get to London, they have to make several transits at several airports and different countries. And on the way to the airport, James was unceasingly looking at Elios' HACS.

He still hopes to meet the boy soon. Even James could not turn away from that thing even for a moment.

James looked at him until he fell asleep in the car to the airport, and when they got there, the taxi driver accidentally found the object and accidentally pressed a button that unknowingly reactivated the GPS system on his device after it was disabled by James when he picked it up yesterday.

The driver gave the thing to Grayson. When all of his belongings were taken down, Grayson and Ella carried the luggage with Sheilla, who was now carrying the sleeping James.

...*...

Meanwhile, at the same time, at the SOTD headquarters.

Rieko held her dizzy head, she really did not know what else to do. He couldn't sleep over night thinking about HACS that he couldn't track. I don't even know how many cups of coffee he's spent helping him stay awake while he keeps trying to track the object.

Now the woman sat in her chair looking at the large monitor screen in front of her. He took a deep breath before sipping his coffee back and putting it on the table. “Now what should I do so that I can find that thing? If until the boss finds out the master lost the thing and the boss tracks it down, then we'll be in big trouble.”

Rieko's face revealed a feeling of anxiety. How not, because of an incident of rebellion some time ago, Alejandro so lost his HACS. And if their boss at headquarters tracks him down, then they'll be done. HACS is a tool that is deliberately installed special GPS. Rieko might be able to track the device and find its location point when the GPS is on, while the GPS trail will disappear once disabled. But the case is different if the one who tracks is their boss.

HACS is actually a duplicate remote of MHACS. And the tool will be more easily found accurately by MHACS or Master Human Control Automatic System. MHACS is a master tool that allows their bosses to know what is done by their subordinates who are given the confidence to hold HACS. It would actually be easier to track HACS using its parent, but that is unlikely Alejandro and his team did, because that's tantamount to them digging their own graves by telling their bosses that an incident has just happened that made HACS disappear from them.

Rieko turned to focus on Elios who was now asleep in a cube-shaped cage that was only a half-meter range for each rib. For a long time he watched the boy before the monitor screen in front of him rang with flickering red dots, indicating that something had been captured by his system. Rieko moved from her place. He was shocked by what happened, and rushed the woman to try to double-check what her system captured. “This... finally!”

Rieko flashed her smile. The good news he had been waiting for finally arrived as well. The news this morning will definitely make everyone in SOTD excited.

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