
The helicopter that Vander boarded landed in Crux. Wearing a dark brown turtleneck sweater clad in black matel, Vander stepped out of the helicopter. As usual, the man was greeted by the people there with respect like a leader.
"Welcome Mr. Vander" said those who saw Vander.
Accompanied by Robert who walked behind him, Vander also walked into the large mansion which became a symbol of Crux's power. Inside, Vander looks through each room to make sure everything is fine as long as he leaves.
This time Vander came to the fighting skills room..
In the room were seen people who were busy training as the basis of being a professional Crux agent.
Seeing the boys training hard, Vander also felt interested in watching them. He immediately entered the room excitedly.
" Ummm sorry, you don't have to see Dominic's doctor right away" Robert said, recalling Vander's schedule. "You'd better go first to see that chatty doctor!" Tell Vander while continuing to enter the room.
Seeing Vander coming, the people at the training ground cheered him.
"I came here on purpose because I wanted to see you guys practice" Vander said.
"Mr Vander, it's an honor if you want to demonstrate how to fight in unexpected situations with us" one of the members asked.
Because it has rarely fought since he became the CEO and leader of Crux, Vander was willing to do so. "I happen to be wanting to show off" said Vander with his rancid face while removing the mat from his body.
There Vander said, if an agent should be able to take advantage of all situations and any objects around them. "That's why whenever you are, your intuition must always work and remain vigilant, because it could be that our movements have been read by the enemy since the beginning" he explained.
There Vander chose a simple weapon, a small dagger to demostrate. Compared to pistols, rifles and other weapons, Van deliberately did not choose a gun even though the gun is much more profitable and useful when used in fighting.
The reason is because the gun is easier to use both at close and far distances. Vander will still want to exemplify how to fight in a situation that would be urgent, because the more desperate humans, because the more desperate, then naturally the working power of his brain will be faster in finding a gap to escape the enemy's insistence.
Vander began to demonstrate his fighting style, he seemed to run through various artificial situations there. Five members were asked to attack him and were seen attacking him at the same time, and the man easily escaped using a trap that had a domino effect that could eventually shorten the escape time. And not until one minute, Vander also managed to show a demonstration against the enemy in an urgent situation very well, the people in the training room were cheering and giggling at him. Actually, he still wants to be there considering that since he became CEO Laizen Vander has rarely fought physically, because he is now more busy fighting on the world stock exchange.
For Crux members physical ability, dexterity, and intuition are the main things, considering Crux itself is a free, non-official union, which organization can work in secret for many affiliates in all fields. Crux spies also covertly work with international fugitive federations (FBIs) to facilitate international crime, especially in the Asian region. Before being held by Vander, the Crux union was held by Mario Gauren as or often called Mister M as its leader. When held by Gauren, Crux was a union that prioritized illegal activities such as human trafficking, illegal manufacturing of firearms, and most often the manufacture of illegal drugs. While today, despite still running some of the above illegal businesses except human trafficking, Crux which is now held by Vander has turned into a more humane organization. Crux is also currently quietly becoming one of the donors of scholarship programs for underprivileged children in the country.
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At her residence, Lara who was lazy to go out because of the cold weather at night finally chose to spend her weekend inside the house, by making home-style shabu-shabu for dinner with her son and Emika.
"My saliva has reached the end," said Emika who looks impatient to eat a variety of meat and vegetables with a sweet sweet savory warm sauce in front of her.
"Sister Emika don't be too barbaric so the expression, if uncle Andy sees you so, he's not going to be with you anyway," chirping Rey saw Emika's human-like expression not eating for days at a meal.
After everything is ready, Lara who is also ready for dinner also invites all to eat. "Let's eat...!"
But just about to start chopping meat, the ringing bell instead rang, as a result they also delayed eating it.
"Who would bother!" Gerrutu Emika is upset.
"Mama, let me open the door!" Rey cried who then immediately went to open the door.
Soon Rey returned to the dining room with a man, who was none other than Andy the son of the apartment owner who was also the man of Emika's love. Knowing Andy came, Emika was immediately wrong and nervous made.
"It turns out that Andy came, it just so happened that we were going to eat shabu-shabu, if you want you can join us." lara accidentally invited Andy so that Emika could be close to the man of her tribe.
"Emβ I was just going to check the water tap, because my mother said it was time to be replaced. But offered a good meal I certainly difficult to refuse it," concluded Andy who later joined the meal together.
The four of them finally ate together. While eating Emika was seen several times stealing glances at Andy. Rey, who realized that, turned to look at Andy and focused on his mother.
It seems like this will be troublesome, thought the little man seeing it as if a love triangle was clapping one hand. Auntie Emika likes uncle Rey, Uncle Rey likes Mama, while Mama herself, likes who I don't know. Rey could only sigh and chew her food again.
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In Crux, in the laboratory of Dominic's doctor, Vander is seen already undressing and sitting on the patient's bed. While Dominic's doctor who was carrying a fluid-filled injection whatever the name was, immediately injected the liquid into Vander's arm.
"Finished, after this I still have to take a sample of your blood, young master," said Dominic, who is actually only a few years older than Vander.
Vander only smirked a little and then complained. "Until when do I have to go back and forth to this fucking lab of yours Dominic!?"
"Until the antibody serum for your body is found!" Dominic answered while drawing blood from Vander's body.
Vander put his sweater back on, and Dominic saw the scars on Vander's back. Dominic who knows exactly where the wounds on Vander's body were obtained, immediately curious about how the progress of the search for Gauren today?
"I still haven't found him, the man is so cunning and manipulative, I have to work harder to get his trail and kill him with my own hands," vander said with a vengeful and agonizing look in his eyes.
Of course it is not strange if Van is so vengeful and curses the man named Mario Gauren, considering what he has done to Vander is very inhumane. Dominic, who could not do much for Van at the time because he was also under pressure from Gauren, could only see how five years ago Vander was brought into the terrible room.
Vander was forced to do what Gauren asked otherwise his wife would be tortured and killed. Vander at that time had nothing, not even a single weapon to fight Vandar had.
It is still recorded clearly in Dominic's brain how tortured Vander at that time. In that room his body was tied to a chair with steel wire. There Vander is used as a guinea pig, to test a serum made by Gauren made by the mad scientist Elijah who is none other than Dominic's twin brother.
For almost 45 days Vander was in the room, almost every day the man was injected with foreign fluids that could have been poison into his body repeatedly. Not to mention Vander did not hesitate in stun and say his body if he dared to fight or rebel. Seeing the incident as a doctor who still has a conscience, Dominic was not strong enough to see it. Finally with his courage he tried to find a way to help Vander out of the room.
[Flashback]
It just so happened that Elijah's twin brother Dominic was leaving the torture room to pick up something in his lab. And it turns out Elijah forgot not to lock his room properly.
Not willing to waste the opportunity, Dominic who was intent on helping Vander also sneaked inside. In the room there was not much light, there was only a lamp that I highlighted one point where Vander was at the moment.
Vander is seen sitting in a steel chair, his hands and feet tied with steel rope. There Vander did not wear a top outfit at all, so from afar Dominic could see many incisions in his body that had not been dry. My eyes with blank eyes, look drawn on the face of Vander who is expressionless. For Dominic, rather than being called a human, Vander is now more like a Zombie of stature.
Dominic approaches Vander, calling Vander who seems almost lost his mind even though his body is clearly still alive.
"Vander you have to hold on, I'm gonna get you out of here!" Dominic's tandas while unbinding on Vander's hands and feet.
After opening Vander still kept silent without expression. Dominic so confused what to do, he poured water on the face of the man whose face had been overgrown with mustache and beard.
"You need to get out of here! You're not supposed to be Mr. Gauren and Elijah's guinea pig, what they did to you is so inhumane!" dominic felt terrible.
" La-ra.." said Vander stammeringly.
"Without? Is she your wife's name? You gotta get out of here quick!"
Vander suddenly roared his head, and shouted roaring like a man out of control. And soon Elijah and Mr. Gauren came with his guards.
The fifties-bodied man ordered his subordinates to arrest him and Vander.
"Catch both! Especially Vander he should continue to be my research material!" Gauren said without any guilt.
Vander who had lost control revolted and seemed to easily hit the Gauren's men. Vander then took a rifle in the room and shot everyone there.
"You go save yourself, I can't control myself much longer!" Vander.
Dominic was surprised Vander seemed sober at the time. "But you're hereβ"
"Go! I can't control myself much longer! I'll kill that man and your brother, so don't be surprised if your brother dies!"
Dominic nodded even if his brother died better, than he became a mad scientist controlled by Gauren.
And after that the Crux Mansion turned into a sea of blood. All killed are left alive only Vander and Robert, Crux's loyal servants who are not in line with Gauren who is now fleeing.
Dominic took care of them. Robert, whose wounds were not too severe, was conscious within three days.
Vander was in a coma for almost 21 days. And after he regains consciousness, Van tells Dominic about himself wanting revenge on Gauren, with a note of himself wanting Dominic to help him erase all the memories in his brain about his loved ones.
Vander said the reason for doing so was for his revenge on Gauren to be achieved. And to do that he must be a cruel and merciless human being.
"You sure you want to do that? You know, erasing good memories in human memories on purpose is taboo!" Dominic.
"I know, but I have to. Because if I remember my wife, I won't be able to do anything heinous. My wife is not like me, she's too good a woman. Taking him too far into my life, is like having an angel live in the abyss of hell." And Van didn't want that to happen.
"I can no longer meet him with my current state Dom, I can no longer return, I'm a murderous monster that will harm him."
With tears in his eyes, Vander pleads with Dominic. "I beg Dominc, please do it! Although I knew I would regret it a lot later, but at least by erasing Lara from my memory, I could keep her away from danger in the future. I don't really deserve him,"
[Flashback off]
It was the first and last time Dominic saw Vander crying as a man. Vander, you shouldn't have to torture yourself like this. You deserve to be happy with the person you love. Really, I sometimes feel guilty for granting your crazy request.
"Hey, why are you looking at me like a doctor?" Vander saw Dominic looking at him with a look of pity.
"No, I just don't think you're human. Youβ ah, I don't want to trigger your trauma" said Dominic who also knows that Vander suffered complex trauma due to torture he experienced a few years ago. And although the trauma is starting to improve, but it has not healed completely.
"Don't look at me like I'm an abandoned little dog, it's the same as insulting me stupid!" Sela Vander who does not like to be seen as pity by others.
"Here you go, since there's nothing else to do I want to get out of here, I hate the smell of drugs!" Turn Vander over and leave.
"Always so! Always acting strong alone!" dominic said shaking resignedly with the attitude of his friend.
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