Trapped

"What's this? the light went off?" The assassin said, looking through his microscope. He stood upright, held his waist with both hands, and looked up.

"Shit" He kicked on an empty can on the floor in frustration. 

Then he remembers the bugging devices and plugged his earphones. "Fuck, There's no."

 signal. "Don't tell me the bodyguard found and disabled it? Argh, Who the tell trained that bodyguard?" He asked, rhetorically. He packed his gun into a case and wore his facemask and face cap properly, heading towards the stairs.

He paused abruptly after hearing footsteps.

"Someone is coming up the stairs." He said to himself, hid behind the door, and brought out his shotgun.

And watch the person, who seems to be Ricardo, come out to the rooftop. He waited for a while, observing Ricardo and he attempts to use his gun to hit him. instead, within a blink of an eye, Ricardo caught his hand and they exchanged a couple of blows on each other. The man, surprised by Ricardo's skills in martial arts, immediately suspected he was his bodyguard Lucia Roberto. Even though he didn't see him.

"Tell me who sent you," Ricardo asked, pointing a gun at the man who was almost dead on the floor.

"Why don't you just kill me, huh?" The man struggled to speak.

Ricardo grinned. "You'll still die anyway, with the number of blows I've given you. I don't expect you to survive,"

The man watches Ricardo bring out a silent pistol from his pocket.

Before he could speak, he was shot in his head and died on the floor.

Ricardo puts his pistol back in his pocket and left.

At the same time that midnight, In the hotel room. Lucia woke up and finds Ricardo wasn't in the room. The type was still wrapped around her wrist and was tied to something heavy. She couldn't see clearly so she turned on her flashlight and untied her wrist. "Ricardo?" She called out, heading towards the bathroom and hearing the water drop slowly.

She assumed he was in the bathroom and she was relieved.

She sits on the bed comfortably, waiting for him to come out. She removed her night robe and her lingerie, showing almost every part of her body was exposed.

After a while, she noticed the water drops continued and he wasn't coming out.

"Something is off." She mumbled and heads toward the bathroom. She pushed the door open. The big luxurious bathroom was empty, she opened the curtains and finds out he wasn't in the bathtub either.

Damn man, Where did he go? She hurried back to the bed and picks up her night robe, preparing to go outside.

She noticed the room's card wasn't in the drawer, where she had kept it.

But the door could be opened from inside.

Immediately after she opens the door, she bumped into Ricardo entering the room. Seeing it was him, she wrapped her arms around his body, pretending to be scared.

He smiled and Pat's her slowly. 

His eyes wandered through her body, seeing her sexy slim neck. He was tempted by her seduction. he didn't want to act improper, he pulled her hands slowly from his waist.

"Where did you go?" She asks calmly.

He cleared his throat and said. " I heard noises outside so I came to check and decided to guard the room against the outside." He explained briefly.

She was silent for a while, staring at him. Not knowing what to say. Then she smiled and pulled him with her into the room abruptly and he winced in pain.

"What happened? are you okay?" She asked, concerned.

"No..no, I'm fine." Ricardo pretended, ignoring the sourness and pain he felt. He was a bit injured from the fight earlier.

"Lay down." She ordered and he was surprised. Why would she want him to lay down?

She looked at him and smiled. she understood his thinking.

"Just lay down and sleep, I can't go back to bed now I've already woken up." She explained.

Ricardo badly wants to reject her offer, but he was injured and needed rest.

She watch him lay down slowly and covered himself with the duvet.

"He's so adamant, yet obedient." She thought and shook her head.

early in the morning, the four bodyguards already waiting for Lucia and Ricardo in the hotel's lobby.

Lucia walked out of the bathroom wearing her red furry bathrobe.

Ricardo, waiting outside the room heard her scream loudly and rushed into the room.

He sees Lucia standing in the drawer, screaming.

"What happened, miss? are you hurt?" He asked immediately and rushed to her.

"No. don't come any closer. there's a bug, a big one." She said, pointing to the floor under the bed.

Ricardo couldn't help but grin, The sassy lady was scared of an ordinary bug?.

He then approached her. "There's nothing here miss, I'll help you down slowly." He said, lending her his hand to support herself.

Suddenly, she screamed. "there it is." She jumped on him and he held her. She buried her face inside his suit, shivering in fear.

She then felt him moving, he took her to the bed and placed her gently on it.

"Miss, we don't have much time. I didn't see any bugs. Please get dressed and let's leave early." He said calmly and turned to leave. He thought she was making it up, how would the presidential suite in a hotel have bugs lingering around. It wasn't a funny joke.

"Wait." She grabbed his hand.

"Thank you." This time, she looked sincere. He thought maybe she meant it. He was smiling inside, he almost believe her pitiful looks.

A few minutes later, she was done dressing and they entered the elevator.

In the elevator, She puts on her earpiece and loaded the music, ignoring the warning. "You have reached the volume limit, going louder than this might cause damage to your ears."

Shortly, she felt the elevator shake a little. She turned to Ricardo. In her mind, she wanted to ask "what just happened?" but she noticed he also didn't know.

Then she felt the elevator shake again. this time, it felt like they were falling into a deep pit.

Lucia screamed out loudly in fear and hugged Ricardo.

He held her tightly to his body. "It'll be fine miss." He said, then it stopped. The elevator stopped moving suddenly.

Lucia, trying to catch her breath. Grasping her shirt. She was having an asthmatic attack. 

Lucia continued tapping the elevator till he grabbed her and asked, "where is your inhaler?" She pointed to her bag and then poured the contents of the bag out immediately, almost tearing the black Hermes bag.

Shortly, he finds it and gives it to her.