'Stupid! I'm so stupid! Why would a woman like that want to buy me dinner?' Still he tried to keep appearances and replied coldly. "It's none of your business anyway."

"Oh! But it is. You see, I called Mister Flanagan and he assured me he was the only one with the clearance to invite people to the expedition. You've been scammed dude." He finally laughed mockingly at Uriel.

Feeling cheated, Uriel called for the waitress to settle the bill. At this point he had no hopes of the hot brunette coming back to pay for dinner, let alone to take him on a Mapple corp. expedition. Worst of all, Mark made sure to bring all of the ones who participated on the meeting to make humiliate him as much as possible.

"Where do you think you're going? I called Mister Flanagan and he came to clarify the situation. We can't allow any information about our expedition to become public before it takes place." Mark said. Even Cassandra seemed a bit impressed by the fact that he had a direct line with the Mapple corp. and was considering accepting Mark's invitation to participate in the expedition.

A man in a business attire came rushing to the place and before he could say anything Mark told him about the 'breach of security'.

"I can't let any of this pass, If my boss were to find out there's a breach of security I might even be fired. You, what do you know about the expedition?" Flanagan asked Uriel, but the young student chose to remain silent. "I'm asking you a question, if you don't answer I'm allowed to apprehend you and take you to our headquarters for further interrogation. This can be considered industrial espionage and it's a very serious crime."

But Uriel didn't know how to answer, he was still trying to wrap his head around the facts. He didn't know this 'Nika Garcia' from before, all he knew was that she had been attempting to contact him for a long time.

"He won't answer any questions and he won't do anything he doesn't want to." Nika appeared without anyone noticing her before which was something incredible considering how much she stood out.

"That's the woman! She's the one claiming to be a Mapple corp. employee!" Mark pointed a finger at her. "Now that Mister Flanagan is here you're both screwed." Mark said with a shit eating grin.

"Flanagan? He's just a bodyguard." The brunette chuckled leaving everyone stunned in place and Mark reddened in both anger and shame. His best contact within the Mapple corp. was only a bodyguard and he knew it well. Flanagan used to be a businessman who made a lot of dealings with his father before the arrival and they had a long lasting friendship, but after Flanagan acquired a trait he was lucky enough to be considered strong enough to be recruited by the Mapple corp.

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"Please forgive my insolence miss Nika, I think there's been a misunderstanding that I'll be glad to correct as soon as possible. My apologies Mister Sage, I did not know who I was dealing with." He bowed deeply in front of Uriel who was still in a daze.

"Now I see what's the security breach misunderstanding. I'll ask you to not disclose any information about the expedition as you won't be taking any part in it." Nika told the students.

"Why!? I even gathered all these people! Won't you please give us one more chance? For my father's sake." Mark begged understanding now that Nika was way higher up in the Mapple corp. ladder. "Why would you even bother with that loser anyway? I can..."

Nika glared at Mark and cut him short. "Listen up, daddy's boy, and listen well because I'm not repeating myself. I came all the way here to take Mister Sage with me. Don't call him a loser in front of me ever again, next time you disrespect him I'll show you how 'important' your father is." She spoke slowly, emphasizing her every word as if trying to teach a kid how to speak. Then she grabbed Uriel by the hand as she turned back towards her parked car.

"How dare you speak to me like that? What do you even see in that Urinal guy? Hey! I'm talking to you!" Mark exclaimed as he attempted to grab the woman's wrist, but it ended in her turning around with a powerful roundhouse kick, revealing her well built leg through the modest side cleavage on her tight fitted dress.

In the eyes of everyone she was the incarnation of the concept of 'sexy' and her attire was very ladylike, but in reality all she had in mind when she picked her clothes was to wear something comfortable enough, just in case she had to kick someone in the face. And the side slit in a tight fit dress allowed her to move freely enough for just that.

Mark was knocked out cold, his jaw was evidently dislocated and his face was swollen like a balloon.

"Do you not care about any possible consequences?" Uriel asked as the woman was grabbing his hand leading him outside.

"Consequences? What consequences? I can make his father come begging for forgiveness to you on his kneels any day you like." She shrugged.

"Please stop, Miss." Cassandra called for Nika.

"Yes?" She lifted an eyebrow as she turned back to listen to what the beautiful student had to say.

"I was invited to the expedition by that guy, but I don't have any connection to him. All I want is to be able to participate and be of help." Cassandra, the heavenly sword, was acting humble for once.

She didn't reply to the heavenly student, instead she asked Uriel.

"Would it be ok to bring her along? we were trying to hire a bodyguard team for you after all and we thought you would appreciate bringing people you know over."

Her reply left everyone present stunned in place. The incredible opportunity they were offered was only to be the bodyguards of a mere evolved and yet they acted as if it was a top secret expedition.

"I don't think she's the right person for the job." Uriel replied to end the situation as quickly as possible.

Once Nika and Uriel were outside the students were finally able to somewhat cope with the events that had just transpired, but they didn't understand any of it. A few minutes later a smooth engine purred and then roared away, leaving the students completely puzzled.