Chapter 14: In Which Things Are Tense

Ashton was taking off his yellow Hazmat after a harrowing clean up of four serpent gang members, Ashton could only imagine what might have happened for the Takaheshi to go head to head with the serpents like this. "Hey you! The boss wants to talk to you" one of the guards standing at the door called Ashton out. Ashton's brows furrowed in confusion as to what boss they were talking about but he followed any how. There was a Limo parked outside, when the guard saw him approaching he opened the back door. Ashton got the hint that he was expected to get in the car. He warily stepped inside, ready to throw punches if anything went wrong. Ashton came face to face with a man in his late fifties, he was of Asian descent, his face naturally kind with wrinkles at the corner of his eyes. He looked at Ashton with a small smile. He seemed familiar somehow. Then the memory came back to him. He was seven, his father was holding his hand while his other one clutched a toy car. They had been