Unbreakable Vow

In a small town in Maryland, there lived a mysterious young woman named Cynthia Chou. She was a well known free lancer romance novelist. She was the second child among the eight siblings. The family Chou was just an ordinary family but they had a mysterious connection with an organization that made a fortune for them.

One day, Cynthia was roaming around the town with her sister Serena and brother Neil. Serena was five years old while Neil was sixteen years old. Cynthia was 26 years old. Serena was shocked when someone grabbed her purse.

" Help! Someone took my bag!" The little girl Serena cried out loud.

Cynthia glanced at her crying sister and comforted the poor little girl. " Don't cry, little sister. Big sister will get it for you." She said kneeling infront of her little sister and patted her head gently. " Neil, wait for me here! Don't go anywhere? Take care of Serena."

Neil nodded and pulled his little sister near a bench. Serena stopped crying when Cynthia went out to chase the man who stole her bag.

At first, Cynthia walked naturally but when she saw an opportunity to change her speed, she run as fast as she could. There was a detector on Serena's purse that was connected to her gadgets which was hidden inside her bra. She caught the man instantly. The man fought with Cynthia but Cynthia was a good combat fighter. In just one punch from her, the man laid down on the floor unconscious.

"Don't you dare mess up with any of my family." Cynthia said to the man with a cold look from her eyes. She may look innocent and naive but that was just her cover up. She left the man after she had taken Serena's purse. She called her companions from their organization through her phone to teach the man that robbed Serena's purse.

The man that was lying down on the ground were taken instantly by four men in black suits. Meanwhile, Serena was worried of her sister Cynthia.

" Big brother, I'm scared! What's taking sister so long? I'm worried about her." Serena said looking at her brother sitting next to him on a bench.

" Don't worry about Cynthia. She can take care of herself. She's tough and good at fighting." Neil said reassuring his little sister.

" Serena! Neil! Sorry if I have taken so long. Here's you're purse my little sister!" Cynthia said with a wide smile on her face as she walked towards them.

Serena took the bag from her and embraced Cynthia lovingly. " Thank you, sister!"

" You're welcome! How about we go buy some ice cream then we'll go shopping?" Cynthia suggested.

" Okay!" Serena answered.

" Sis, can you please buy me a Play Station? My friends have the latest model but I have nothing like it yet." Neil pouted his lips like a child.

" Sure thing! I'll buy it for you but you must focus on your studies. Deal?" Cynthia said to her brother.

" Deal!" Neil smiled happily.

After buying some ice cream, they went to a mall. Cynthia bought a Play Station for her brother as she promised and a big teddy bear for her little sister.

" Wow! I got the latest model! Thank you so much, Sis! You're the best!" Neil jumped with joy when he got what he wanted. He gave Cynthia a big warm hug.

" Big sister bought me a big teddy bear too, brother!" Serena was smiling with joy like Neil.

" Come on! Let's go home for dinner! Mom and Dad will get worried if we stay too long outside the house." Cynthia said to her siblings.

On their way outside the mall, Cynthia accidentally bumped herself to a handsome man in white coat.

" Sorry, Miss!" The man said to her with a smile on his face, staring at her. " By the way, I'm Oliver."

Apparently, the man was obviously a playboy from the looks of him.

" It's okay!" Cynthia replied with cold eyes. She could easily determine if a guy was just fooling around to get some woman for fun. She continued walking with her siblings, ignoring the man. Cynthia and her siblings took a cab and went back to their house. The man was left scratching his head with disappointment.

In the Chou's ancestral house, Cynthia was having dinner with her family. They were all present in the long rectangle shaped marble table.

" Sis, would you like to hang out with us later? We are going to a disco bar. Who knows you might find a mate there." Randolf which was 24 years old, third child in the family.

" That's right, Sis! You need a love life. You're too inclined with writing romance novel but you don't even had any experience yet in love." Denise which was 22 years old, fourth child in the family. She exchanged gazes with their other siblings. They all had planned to make Cynthia experience to be in a real relationship.

Cynthia had a keen eye and she knew that her siblings won't let her be. She sighed and stopped feeding herself. " Okay! You won! I'll come!" She said feeling devastated. Then, she took another spoonful of her food into her mouth.

When they heard her agree, they all made a thumbs up on each other. Their parents were closely watching their behaviours, just shook their head in disbelief. They were all smiling victoriously. They continued eating their food after that.

After they have done eating, they all parted ways heading towards their own rooms. Leandro, Randolf, Denise, Benedict and Cynthia prepared themselves to go to the disco bar. When they gathered themselves in the living room, they were mesmerized by Cynthia's beauty. She was wearing a silver mini dress that enhanced her innocent look.

" Sis, you're so beautiful! I bet you'll get so much distraction from guys tonight." Benedict praised Cynthia.

" Come on, guys! Let's go!" Denise said with excitement drawn all over her face.

Cynthia went along with the flow and followed their lead. They drove with their own cars. Five Sports car stopped by infront of a disco bar. Many people envied them for having such a luxurious car. The five siblings step out of their car and headed inside the bar.

Inside the bar, Cynthia sat next to Denise while Leandro, Randolf and Benedict went into the crowd and danced.

"Hey man! Look at that girl over there! She look so innocent and naive." Louie pointed out towards Cynthia's direction.

"You're type of woman. Go for it, man!" James pushed Oscar from behind.

" Cut it out! You, guys! There's no need to push me." Oscar grinned while he was holding a bottle of beer from his hand.

" Well, get on with it then!" Mark encouraged him.

" Fine! I'm going!" Oscar said deliberately. He walked across the crowd and headed towards Cynthia's table.

Denise got excited when she noticed the gorgeous man approaching their table. He was definitely looking at Cynthia. Denise smiled and grabbed Cynthia's hand, intentionally pulling her towards the crowd. " Come on! Let's dance, Sis!" Denise said to Cynthia.

Cynthia dropped her glass of wine on the table and stood up to follow Denise. When they were dancing in the crowd, Oscar managed to get close to Cynthia. A rock music was being played at that time but it suddenly changed into a sweet romantic music.

Cynthia got confused all of a sudden. Her siblings had their own pair when she glanced at them.

" Can I dance with you, Miss?" Oscar offered her hand to her.

Cynthia looked embarrassed but she took the man's hand. Oscar smiled victoriously and encircled his other hand to her waist, pressing her close to him.

" Is this your first time here?" Oscar asked her as he dance with her.

" Yes! I was forced to come here because of my siblings." Cynthia answered shyly. This is the first time that she had danced with a man this close....too close to be exact. She could even feel his warm breath as he speak to her. She gulp unconsciously by how remarkably handsome the man was. As if she found her prince charming through him. She glanced at her siblings and found out that they were giggling, looking at her with the man. Denise even gave her a wink to tease her.

Oh, brother! This is so embarrassing! I wish I could go home now and leave this place! This place doesn't suit my taste of socializing. Cynthia thought.

" Do you have a boyfriend?" Oscar confidently asked her again.

Cynthia was alarmed by his question. She looked at the man with an intriguing look on her face. " Why do you ask?" She said.

" I'm just curious!" Oscar said. He felt something while holding Cynthia close to him. It was a warm and soothing sensation. He never felt like this with any other woman that he had a relationship with. He could smell her fragrance that was intoxicating his senses.

" Seriously, I don't have any boyfriend and I don't like to have one. Excuse me!" Cynthia shove him, pushing him away and left him at the center stage.

Oscar wanted to stop her and feel her again but when he tried to catch up with her, she suddenly disappeared from the crowd.

Damn it! She got away! I wonder what's her name? I wasn't able to get her name. Oscar thought.

Leandro and his other siblings went to look for Cynthia. They looked too concerned because of how she acted towards the man. Their partners went with them too. When they got out of the bar, they saw Cynthia leaning on her car.

" Hey, Sis! What happened? You suddenly disappeared." Leandro asked her.

" I'm going back home! This place suffocates me!" Cynthia frankly said to him.

" Was it because of the guy you danced with?" Randolf came close to her and scanned her facial expression.

Cynthia stared at them with cold eyes. " I'm not going back there! I have to leave now before I do something terrible in there." She said.

Randolf and the others exchanged gazes before they allowed her to leave. " Okay! You may go now, Sis!" He said to her.

Cynthia opened her car door and went inside her car. Before she started the engine, she saluted her siblings on the window car and then she drove back towards their house.

When Cynthia left, the four pairs went back inside the bar. Oscar went back to his companions after being left by Cynthia.

" How's our man? Did you get her name and number?" Mark teased Oscar who sat next to him and grabbed a cold bottle of beer.

" Unfortunately, I didn't get her name nor her number." Oscar said and he drank some amount of beer.

" Wow! That's unusual! Why? What happened to the playboy doctor?" Louie smirked.

" I guess she's different from the other girls I've met." Oscar was thinking of Cynthia as he tossed the beer.

" I think you have found your match, man! That girl will change your life forever!" James concluded.

" Let's forget about her and let's have fun!" Oscar said trying to divert the attention of his companions. " Cheers!"

They made a tossed with their bottle of beers and drank from it.

In Oscar's mind, I'm going to find her and we'll surely meet once more.

On her way back home, Cynthia received a phone call from the organization they were attached. She answered her phone and stopped the car in a nearby post.

" Hello! What's up, White Knight?" Cynthia asked in a cold voice.

" You have a mission. Kill Congressman Bernard Sanchez. He will be arriving at Crescent Airport tomorrow around nine in the morning. Prepare yourself. The warrior knights will accompany you on your mission." White Knight gave the details to her.

" Copy that!" Cynthia confirmed and dropped the call afterwards. She smiled mysteriously when she got another mission. It has been three months since she had her last mission. She started to drive her car again and went back home.

When she arrived, there was a package that her father received and gave it to her.

" I guess you were chosen for another mission, isn't it my child?" Her father asked with a doubt on his mind.

" Yes, Dad! I'll be heading out tomorrow morning for my mission." Cynthia answered vividly to her father.

" Please be careful, my child! I know that the task that has been given to you is too risky. But I have confidence in you." Her father said with concern in his eyes. He tapped Cynthia's shoulder.

" I will, Dad!" Cynthia reassured her father and embraced him. After that, she took the box and went to her room. She opened the box and saw some flight attendant uniform, an ID, some gadgets and a silencer gun. She held the gun and felt excited for tomorrow's mission. After a while, she put down the gun back to the box and hid the box under her bed. She took off her dress and went to the cabinet to get her pajama. After she put on her pajama, she happily laid down on her bed. She fell asleep soundly.

Early morning, Cynthia got out of the house without taking her breakfast. She used her Audi A3 Cabriolet instead of her sports car. She proceeded towards the Crescent Aiport terminal wearing her flight attendant uniform and ID. She took a cup of coffee from the staff counter and ate a clubhouse sandwich before executing her mission.

Thirty minutes before nine o'clock, the warrior knights arrived with their disguises. They signalled her to go aboard the plane where Congressman Bernard Sanchez was boarding. She went aboard and pretended to be a flight attendant. When she got near the Congressman, she secretly took her silencer gun on her pocket. She smiled sweetly to the Congressman.

" Good morning, Sir! What a wonderful day to travel, isn't it?" Cynthia was calm and cool.

" Yes, it is!" Congressman Bernard answered with a wide smile on his face.

" Would you like anything, Sir?" Cynthia seductively took the Congressman's necktie. The Congressman grinned with a smile on his face and waved his bodyguards to get lost so that he could have some privacy with her. His men went aback as they were instructed.

Seeing an opportunity, Cynthia kissed the Congressman savagely and took out her silencer gun from her pocket. She darted the gun directly to him and the Congressman got hit by the bullet. She pulled the trigger of her gun several times and left the lifeless Congressman on his seat. She took off her jacket that was full of blood.

The warrior knights backed her up when she got off the plane. She rolled her jacket into her one arm and quickly walked towards the exit lane. Apparently, Congressman's men went back to the plane when they saw her walking out from the plane. They startled when they saw the Congressman flowing with blood and lifeless.

" Shit! Get the woman!" The main leader of them commanded with a loud voice resonating inside the plane.

The Congressman's men started shooting aiming at her. The people inside the Airport began to panic when they heard the shooting of guns.

" Dark Angel, get out quickly. We'll take care of them. Hurry!" One of her companions ordered her.

Cynthia nodded and ran quickly but she was shot on her right shoulder by a sniper.

" Ah! Darn it!" She screamed.

The warrior knights gathered around her to protect her from the enemies. Cynthia sited the sniper and shot him with her gun. She was a sharp shooter too and the sniper was hit by the bullet of her gun. When she got inside a ladies room. She quickly took off her disguise and shifted her clothes to a new one. She wrapped her wounded arm with her handkerchief, concealing it from bleeding more. She walked out of the ladies room in a hurry and went inside to a nearby car parked outside the airport. She got out of the battlefield wounded but safe. She laid down on the backseat of the car to take a rest. She was breathing heavily as she was in great pain.

A man got inside the car and started to drive. The man didn't notice that someone was with him in the car. After a few minutes, Cynthia sat up from the back seat. She looked outside the car window and saw that she was now far away from the airport.

The man saw her on the front mirror and stopped the car. He leaned on his back to check if he was just imagining things or not. But his eyes widened in disbelief when he confirmed that he was not dreaming. He scanned the woman at the backseat and saw her wound.

" You're bleeding! We need to get you to a hospital." The man said with full of concern.

Cynthia smiled although in pain. " Thank you!" She said in a sweet tone of voice.

The man started the engine and drove again. " What's your name, Miss?" He asked.

Cynthia recognized the man when she looked at her a while back. She reminded him of the man she had danced with at a disco bar. " My name is Cynthia Chou." She said politely.

" How did you get yourself hurt?" He asked again glancing at her through the front mirror.

" There was a shooting incident in the airport and I accidentally got shot by one of the men causing trouble there. I thought this car was mine and I was waiting for my driver but I guess I had a mistake." Cynthia explained. It was convincing enough not to cause suspicion towards her.

" I see. I'm Oscar Valdemor. I'm a doctor at Metropolitan Hospital in the City. I'm heading towards the hospital now actually so, I suppose you are in good luck." He said with a smile.

Cynthia didn't say anything more.She turned her face to her side while tightly holding her wounded arm. Oscar felt that he somehow knew the woman. As if he had met her before but he can't figure it out where.

In the Metropolitan Hospital, Oscar helped Cynthia in getting out of his car. Cynthia bit her lips in struggling with pain. They headed inside the emergency room and Oscar instructed the nurse to give him his lab gown. One of the nurses rushed to get it from his closet on his private office.

When the nurse came back, he immediately took it from her and put it on under his clothes. He started doing the necessary procedure in surgical operation. He took a forcep to take off the bullet from her body. Cynthia showed no fear when she was being treated and that was kind of odd for a woman like her. She didn't scream but her face showed that she felt pain. Oscar began to clean her wound with a disinfectant and stitched it afterwards. He then put the surgical bandage on her wounded arm.

After she had been treated, Oscar instructed her to stay at the hospital for recovery but Cynthia was worried that she must have been followed by her enemies.

" Excuse me, doctor! Can I please borrow your phone? I need to inform my family about my situation. " Cynthia didn't hesitated to say what's on her mind.

Oscar was kind enough to lend her his phone. Cynthia dialled her father's number.

In the Ancestral house of the Chou, Cameron Chou was sitting in a couch reading a newspaper when he heard his phone ringing. He took his phone and saw a new number. He figured out that Cynthia was the one calling him so he answered it hastily.

" Hello?" Cameron said on the other line of the phone.

" Dad, it's me! Cynthia! I'm at Metropolitan Hospital right now. I got shot." Cynthia informing her father.

Shocked by the news, Cameron frowned with so much anguish. " I'm coming there right now! I'll call our family doctor about your condition and hire a private nurse for you. Bye, sweetie!" He said with rage and tenderness.

Cynthia hung up the phone and erased in the call history her father's number before handling it back to Oscar. Oscar received his phone from her. He find it mysterious that her eyes of innocence became cold as ice as she spoke with her father a while back.

" Thank you!" Cynthia said to Oscar whose eyes were focused on her.

" You're welcome!" Oscar smiled at her with his pleasing personality as a doctor.

" I'll return the favor in the future, doctor." Cynthia said before she closed her eyes to take a rest.

What did she meant by that? This girl is really mysterious. I am becoming more and more interested to know her. He said to himself and then, he went out of the room when they transferred her to a private ward.

Meanwhile, Cameron with his whole family with their own respective cars drove towards the hospital. They got off from their cars and walked with full speed towards Cynthia's ward.

When they reached the room, Cameron insisted in opening the door and they all went inside the room where they saw Cynthia lying in the hospital bed.

" Sweetheart, we're here!" Cameron held Cynthia's hand tenderly while her siblings looked furious at the same time worried.

Cynthia opened her eyes when she heard her father's voice. She looked around her and found out that her whole family came to see her. " Wow! This is unusual! Since when did our whole family had this kind of bond. You're all here!" She tried to make fun of her family. She wasn't used to have their full attention on her. She was disregarded as a loner but a loving daughter.

" Sis, why didn't you tell us that you were on a mission? I should have been there for you!" Leandro said with a furrowed eyebrows.

" You know it's not your concern if I'm in a mission or not. It depends on our organization if whom they would like to assign on a mission. Mind you, I don't interfere with any of your businesses as well. I carry out my mission with pride and dignity. That's our vow in our duty as a people bound to carry out missions. Am I not right, brother?" She said with sarcasm.

Her siblings were speechless when they heard their lecture from her. They all sighed with dissatisfaction. Serena however was gazing at them with curiosity. She didn't understand any of their conversation at all.

" I have arranged the things you needed. You'll be discharged here right now." Cameron looked at her with full of worries.

" Thank you, Dad! I owe my life to the doctor who happened to be on the incident. He took me here and treated my wound." Cynthia said to her father.

" What's his name?" Denise said with a glimpse of naughtiness on her eyes.

" Oscar Valdemor. He was here a while ago." Cynthia answered back but with a warning look at Denise.

Denise bit her lips and turned her look away from her to avoid her threatening eyes.

Not long after, a nurse came to take off the dextrose that was on her arm and left after that. Neil assisted Cynthia as she sat up from the side of the bed. He carefully lead her to the bathroom.

" Can you undress yourself?" Edith approached her daughter when Cynthia was about to go to the bathroom.

" Mom, I'm not yet a disabled person. I can still get myself into my clothes. No worries." Cynthia said to her mother with sarcasm.

Edith lowered her head. Cynthia was still stubborn even if she was wounded. She kept being independent. Maybe it's because her mother didn't care much about her before when she was little until she finished College. She sighed in depression.

Cynthia took the paper bag given to her by Mikaela, the seventh child in the family. There were new clothes in it just for her. She smiled at Mikaela before she walked inside the bathroom and closed it. When she was undressing herself to change her clothes, her face registered pain from her wounded right arm but she didn't scream nor complained.

As soon as she had finished changing her clothes, she opened the door from the bathroom and went out from it. She put her old clothes on the dustbin. Everyone was waiting for her eagerly. Edith came close to her and assisted her. Leandro opened the door of her ward and they all went outside.

In the hall way, Oscar was walking back towards his office when he saw that Cynthia was approaching with her family. He smiled and stopped infront of them. Cynthia stopped as well when he noticed him. She glanced at her family.

" Why did you stop, Sis?" Mikaela asked her with curiosity.

" Doctor, please let me introduce you to my family." Cynthia said to Oscar when Oscar was about one step closer to them.

" Is he the doctor who saved you, Sis?" Denise was looking closely to the doctor. She finds the doctor very charming with his white doctor's gown on him. He's a perfect Adonis. She thought.

" Yes!" Cynthia answered emotionless. She wore a poker face again. " Doctor Oscar Valdemor."

The Chou family members shook hands to the doctor present infront of them one by one.

" Thank you, doctor!" Cameron smiled at Oscar with appreciation.

" You're welcome, Sir. I heard that you asked her to have her treatment on your own house. That's why I came back after I had finished checking the other patients. " Oscar said with dignity. His boosting confidence was seen from his face.

" Would you like to come by for dinner on our humble home for us to show our gratitude to you, doctor? I won't take no for an answer." Edith said to Oscar with a warm smile on her face.

" I appreciate your kindness but as a doctor, I'm quite busy in work ma'am. Perhaps next time." Oscar declined humbly.

" How shame? Okay then. We'll set dinner for you next time then?" Edith said with disappointment.

" Yes, ma'am!" Oscar said.

" Let's head back home now everyone!" Cameron said to his whole family." Goodbye, Doctor Oscar." He glanced at Oscar before they all headed out of the hospital.

Oscar went back to his office and sat down lazily on his chair. Again, he forgot to ask Cynthia's number. He knocked his head clumsily when he remembered it.

I'm such a loser! I forgot to ask her number again. Damn it! He said to himself.

When the family Chou arrived in their house, Cynthia received a phone call from the warrior knights.

" Dark Angel here! What's up? "Cynthia said as she walked towards her room.

Her siblings went to their own rooms as well while Edith went to prepare lunch in the kitchen and Cameron went into his study room.

" How's you're injury?" white knight asked her with full of concern.

" It's okay now! Good luck is still on my side. Someone took me immediately to the hospital. I just arrive home. Did our mission failed?" Cynthia said with sarcasm.

" Unfortunately, the devil is still alive though he is in critical condition. They took the devil to their headquarter after the incident." White Knight responded in dismay.

The devil they were mentioning was Congressman Bernard.

Cynthia frowned when she heard the news. " Set another plan for the assassination." She said clenching her fist.

" Yes! We'll do that! Take care of yourself. Black knight wants to talk to you." White Knight gave the phone to Black knight who was standing next to him.

" Hey, girl! How are you?" Black knight said.

" I'm doing fine! Just contact me if you finish planning for our second attempt to eliminate the devil." Cynthia made a poker face.

" Sure but you must heal your wound first before going to another battle." Black knight said with full of concern on his voice.

" Yeah!" Cynthia replied.

" See you soon, Dark Angel!" Black knight said before he hung up the phone. Then, Cynthia threw herself into her bed, feeling exhausted.