Hollywood Zenith

" Didn\'t you guys also have similar stuffs? Not only that but we have also collected some technology seemed few years ahead of what\'s currently available on the market. I have them to look into the origin but so far I have nothing."

" Is that why the French had been so silent about it? Can you provide some samples?" Erik asked.

" Sure. Most of it was destroyed during the raid but we manage to sneak few things especially their capability to communicate on secret channel and some parts of their weapon. It\'s leagued apart but at the same time, require some skills to operate." Samuel couldn\'t say that he was only able to overcome their attack because of his superior powers.

Even ghost soldier that were considered the best in the world couldn\'t stop them from taking Elise. They were able to skirt through it with skill during the second attack but Samuel was the one who took out the most assailants.

Their weapons had the same destructive power as the normal one but the main difference was their superior attachments that could pick apart target like thermal comps as well as unconventional modification done to their weapon that seemed to reduce the sounds.

Thermal detection existed in some capacity in the world wars, although they were ineffective because one need to put the image on a film which became it\'s biggest downside. Modern ones are great and the best in the industry operated in somewhere around the margin of thirty to forty hertz which causes a delay if the target is moving too fast.

What he discovered where ones that were capable of upward to above hundred hertz. Human eye is not capable of going above sixty but with the use of sophisticated guiding system and a skilled person, it became a gap almost night and day when considering the value of which hand it landed upon.

It was the reason why they were usually in the groups of two when they were scouting, it was second man\'s job to keep focus on these side of things so that the one pulling the trigger could do their job effectively.

" We will look for into it from our own side. " Erik got serious because he didn\'t hear anything about there being advanced weapon involved. It was hard to imagine that his agency wasn\'t able get a wind of it like someone was literally blocking the news from getting out.

They had spies all over the world and that included major government and other intelligence agencies. Especially French intelligence that were famous for anything regarding information espionage. He need to talk to his contact and ask why he didn\'t report it in.

" I will also ask him to send what we have on them. I am sure you will keep this meeting a secret." The Queen also urged.

" Don\'t worry about that, my people here know the importance of secrecy especially when concerning them. I will explain it to my parents so you don\'t have to feel bad about this whole incident."

She nodded and walked out with her men, it was getting late and if she stayed out of public sight for longer it could lead to suspicion from those that were watching her every move. Samuel stayed behind with Arthur, Steve and Cho who had grim expression on their faces.

They were confident but seeing even her majesty was having troubles and was forced to make such a drastic move, their chances of actually coming out unscatch was only a pipe dream.

" Boss.."

" It\'s alright. Don\'t think too much about it. For now we have upper hand and they don\'t seem like the type to make drastic moves, every encounter we had with them has been out of public eye. It\'s like they are trying hard to egg me to make the first move but I will not be doing that."

" I alright, I will ask Jane to coordinate everything." Steve added.

" Yeah, let\'s go and have some fun." He didn\'t want to get sappy on a happy occasion. He walked out together with them but there was someone waiting for him at the entrance.

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" Is that so? I tried to give you privacy and since Granda Arthur was there, I figured everything would work out." Daniel said after hearing him. As the head of security agency of the family, he was immediately informed about some unexpected visitors.

" Are you not going to ask me what we talked about?"

" If you wanted to tell me, you would have already. It\'s alright, I don\'t need to be aware of everything. Just a reminder to not give everyone a shock in the future. Tell them, they could do whatever they want, just outside this Estate."

" I will convey your message." Samuel wanted to but, he wasn\'t sure to reveal all his plans just yet. He wanted to corner the enemy before getting clean with his parents.

" Oh right? I heard something happened with your new girlfriend?" Daniel missed the meeting. The days leading to the Christmas party was some of most brutal for the security team. They had to vet everything and make sure there was no hidden danger with invited guests.

" Something happened again?" Samuel didn\'t know if he was talking about the earlier incident or the new one.

" Again?" They both looked at each other face confused what the other party was talking about.

Samuel decided it was better to find Kate and see if everything was okay. He barely took couple of step when he saw her among the ladies. She was at the center holding a glass of champagne laughing and mingling with the crowd.

Daniel who was behind him, looked in the same direction. He didn\'t meet Kate yet but could clearly distinguish her among the sea of people.

Samuel smiled and said," I guess I was worried over nothing." he couldn\'t help but admire her priceless smile. This was exactly why he didn\'t want her to spend this holiday alone.