Xu mansion, Switzerland, Europe

The Alps are the highest and the most extended mountain chain , situated entirely in Europe. Stretching across eight Alpine countries (France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia) the magnificent Alps are a place anyone would be amazed to see. It was the beginning of spring in Europe. The snow that used to cover the entire mountain in winter, was slowly melting letting the green fields sparkle in the morning dew.

The Xu mansion was the only house located at the base of the Swiss Alps. The big mansion with a wonderful lake view, had 2 floors and a basement . The ground floor had an enormous kitchen with a separate storage room, one living and one dining room , one winery and 4 servant rooms. The basement was as big as an underground city, designed with 4 training rooms with a separate race track and a garage divided into 4 spaces. The first floor was entirely made for guests, containing 4 big guest rooms and one servant room. As for the second floor, it had 2 luxurious dormitories and a study room, where nobody was allowed to entry without permission.

“Miss, everything is ready. The plane is waiting for us.” said the butler who was waiting in the yard.

A beautiful young lady with long black hair came out of the house. She headed outside wearing boots and a black denim jacket over a hoodie she was using as a dress. Her long fit legs were something any woman would be jealous of and any man would commit crimes for. Considering her style, you would never say she is the miss of the most respectable and wealthy family, but a famous celebrity in the fashion industry. She looked at the butler with her bright golden eyes and said on a serious note “Uncle Bao, you should call me Eclair. After all you’re more like family. My father trusted you as a family member. Without you, this year spent here would have been in vain.” .

“Miss, that won’t do, your parents will always be my masters. I’m deeply thankful to your father for entrusting you to me, it’s my honor to guide you for so many years. This is what I should do, to repay their kindness. “ he said.

“Sigh, looks like I don’t have another option but to accept this. Ice! Come here boy, we gotta go!” she continued. A white silhouette showed up at the mansion door. With golden eyes and a white as snow fur, a dog lookalike animal rushed like the wind in Eclair’s arms.

“There, there” she said patting his head. “We have to leave and you’re sitting there wasting time. We will come back next winter, when snow will show up again. Are you ready?” she asked him. He looked at her and sticked out his tongue after making an approval noise as a reply “woof”. “Let’s go then. Uncle Bao we are ready now.” she said after closing the gates. “Goodbye Miss and butler Bao! Take care!” said the workers from the house bowing. Eclair turned her back and waved her hand without saying anything.

In the car, on the way to the airport, Ice was sleeping peacefully on her lap. “Miss, your little companion has grown a lot since you got him. If you were to be an animal, I guess you would look exactly like him, even your eyes have the same color, haha.” said the butler driving with a smile on his face.

“Me and Ice? Hmm, that might be possible, after all the wolf is my favorite animal. Me and Ice not only have the same eye color , but even our personality seems similar. “ she replied caressing him. “Miss, I have never asked you, what happened when you brought Ice at home for the first time? I only saw you covered in blood with the little snow ball in your arms.” asked the butler. “Mm, I must have forgotten to tell you that time, because I was worried to lose him as a newborn pup.” Her heart start beating faster just thinking about that day. Butler Bao was the one who she trusted the most, all the other workers were afraid of her and they knew her as a ruthless woman, but the butler took care of her since birth so she started telling him what happened that day.

“Some things you just understand without putting them into words and that was me when I first saw Ice. I was training in the woods as usually in the heavy snow, when I saw a pack of gray wolves chasing one white wolf. It seemed to me the white one was injured and was bleeding heavily. I tried to keep up with them and see what’s going on. When I finally managed to get closer, hiding behind the trees, I realized the white wolf was a female and she was pregnant. As you may know white wolves are not so common in this side. Last time I saw one, was also the first time I saw a wolf. So I realized the gray wolves were chasing her to eliminate for territorial purposes. My blood rushed through my veins and I felt like my heart is going to explode out of anger. I got as closer as I could just to see she has already arrived at a dead end and it wouldn’t be much longer until they would have devour her. I had to do something. I took out my gun and *bang* . I’ve shot in the air. The echo of the gunshot scared the gray wolves and they run away. The white one was exhausted from running and she layed down without powers. I got near her trying to help but she started growling. I tried to gain her trust. I told her it’s okay and that I’m there to help, little did I know, she needed to give birth. I hopelessly looked straight into her eyes as calm as I could and the image of my mother smiling at me showed up out of nowhere in my mind and tears were running down my face. Without me noticing, the white wolf came closer and rested in my lap. She gave birth right there, to a small snowball, so white that the snow seemed yellow compared to him, but all her other pups were dead and probably that’s why she was bleeding so much before. The mother gave her last howl , such a strong howl that I still get goosebumps just thinking about it. She looked at me and licked the hand I have touched Ice with and closed her eyes peacefully while giving her last breath. And that’s how me and Ice became inseparable.” she ended.

“Miss, I cannot believe you cried, this must be the second time I hear this. After you’ve grown up, the only time I saw you crying, was after your parents died. Sigh, all I can tell you, is that everything is destined. If it weren’t for you, Ice would have never existed. I believe the female wolf, his mother, must have been grateful and entrusted her baby to you. You did the right thing, Miss. Your parents would be very proud of you.” he said with tears in eyes.

“When my parents died, I promised myself I am going to take back everything my father worked for and kill anyone who had anything to do with their mysterious death. Jin Xu, that man, especially! He will pay not only for killing his own brother, but also for doing all the wrong things under Pagoda’s name and staining my father’s image. He doesn’t deserve the Xu name of our family. It’s time to show everyone the results of my intense training here.” she said clenching her hand. By the time their conversation ended, they have reached the airport.

The butler parked the car and Ice pointed his ears when he heard the engine stopped. “Well, good morning again, lazy pup!” said Eclair teasing him and touching his nose. Eclair got out of the car with Ice and headed to the private plane which was waiting for them. The workers helped the butler to put everything inside and Eclair went inside the plane. Before taking off Eclair said “Remember Uncle Bao, whatever happens you have to promise me to protect Ice”. “Yes, Miss!” replied the butler bowing. “Thank you for everything!” she said with a smile. “Now let’s go back home, I’m ready for everything this journey is going to throw at me!” she said with a serious face to Ice.

Pagoda’s headquarters, Shanghai, China

An old looking car has reached at the gate of Pagoda. Pagoda is a mafia organization known and feared in the country. Dealing with cars and ammunition, Pagoda was feared even by the government, but they have made an agreement, that Pagoda will maintain peace in the country and in between the mafia clans. They weren’t allowed to involve innocent citizens between their fights and so the country will not interfere with their business as much as possible. The other clans were afraid and supressed by the owner of Pagoda, Chen Xu. The best racer and shooter , known in the entire world , Chen was a powerful and respected man all over the world. He has maintained the peace in country and had good connection with the overseas clans and businessmen, until he and his wife faced a deadly car accident ,where their bodies have not been found after the car fell into the water, and his brother Jin Xu, took over the organization in his place.

The big steel gates made Pagoda’s place look like a fortress. When the car stopped at the gate, two guards with guns approached it. A suspicious young man wearing a coat and hat , with the mask on his face, got out of the car.

“Hello gentlemen. I’m here looking for Jin Xu” said the man. The guards looked at each other with a smile on their face for the way the man approached them and then one of them said “Haha, kid you better go back to where you are coming from. Boss doesn’t have time for playing games and the organization is not recruiting today.”

The man looked into his eyes, smiled for a second and said “Oh, but I did come where I am from.” . The guard got a bit closer to him and took a look at his face “Eh, golden eyes? Look Ben, this kid has golden eyes, like Che...Arghhhh!!” but the man stabbed him before he could finish his sentence. He took out his gun and shot the other guard without hesitation, a clean shot.

“Wh-who are you?” said the stabbed guard in pain. The man came closer, grabbed his coat and pointed the gun at his head. “It doesn’t matter who I am, all that matters is that I’m here for payback” he said and shot him. He took the remote out of the guard’s pocket and pressed the buttons of it. After that he throw the guard on the ground. While the gates were opening, the man got back into his car and started the engine. “Guess who’s back?” he said and entered Pagoda’s headquarters.

In the surveillance room, there was a handsome man sitting and drinking his coffee . The man had dark blond hair and blue eyes, dressed casually in a white T-shirt and blue jeans, he was checking the monitors and realized what just happened at the gate. He took out his transceiver (walkie talkie) and got on the line.

“Feng, we got a problem, there was a guy at the main gate, he ...” tried Hawk to say but Feng cut his sentence saying pissed “Do I look like I have time for games? Those two lazy ones are sleeping again? Why aren’t you telling them?”. “Do you think I didn’t try to? They are dead Feng, this guys killed them.” Hawk continued.

In the garage, a guy was working under his car. With a perfect muscular body, brown hair and blue eyes like Hawk, wearing black jeans and no top, Feng got up in a rush from where he was working and hit his head in the undercarriage. “What? I’m going there now. Get the camera footage connected to my car.” said Feng rubbing his forehead . He took his keys, got into the car and left the garage in a hurry. *Ding, ding* A file was received in Feng’s system. “Who the hell this guy thinks he is? I’m going to show him, that not everyone can enter Pagoda’s territory” said Feng and pressed the acceleration, after watching the video with the intruder driving inside the headquarters.

“Ah, it feels so good to be back!” said the man with the mask taking a deep breath while driving. “Attention to Unit 1, an unknown vehicle entered our territory, he’s in your zone, try to get rid of him!” said Hawk into the station from the surveillance room. Two big men, dressed in military clothes, were sitting in their office reading newspapers. “Yes, sir! On the way!” said one of them who picked the transceiver. They took some guns , got into their jeeps and drove in the intruder’s direction, pointing their guns out of the windows. “Hehe, do you think you can stop me just with this? You are underestimating me. Let’s see how long you can keep up” said the man with a confident smile on his face. He pressed the acceleration pedal and drove fast between the gun fires, avoiding each of them. “Sh*t, we didn’t take enough ammunition.” said one of them.

“Hawk, we are chasing the car, but we are out of bullets, we’ll try to take him down like this” said the other one. “Damn it!” said Hawk slapping the table. “Feng! Are you on your way? Unit 1 is out of bullets. They are chasing him, but he doesn’t seem to be an ordinary target.” he continued. “I’m on my way, tell them to bring him in my direction.” Feng replied. “Roger that! Unit 1, head to Zone 5, Feng will take care of him.” “He’s already heading there and he is pretty fast” replied the two of them a bit concerned. “What?!” exclaimed Hawk. “Never look down on an old modified car. Trying to get rid of me, huh? Let me show you, how a real Pagoda member is.” thought the intruder. He pressed the pedal and reached a higher speed so they would increase their speed too.

“This is strange, he managed to avoid all their bullets, their jeeps can’t keep up with his car and he seems to know that. Why would he speed up?” thought Feng. “Wait, unless...! Unit 1, it’s a trap, the speed bumps are showing up when there are intruders, you’ll crash!” said Feng into the transceiver. While they were already siding him, the intruder looked out of the window at one of them and waved his hand as a goodbye while pressing the break.

*BOOM*