"Michael, this is why we agreed you be the lady of the house." Tyson said to the friend after finishing his supper meal, "It's not an abuse, but a positive comment and compliment on your cooking." He smiled, "The meat stew was the best."

Michael gave him a straight, stringent look, "You can as well keep your compliments to yourself. Nothing from you, whether it is top class or universal class positive, will add any value in my life, you monkey!"

Lei calmly looked at them without a word, then reached for a glass of water on the table.

"Look at who only managed a handful of spoons!" Michael looked at him, "I guess Katelyn's affair is really eating you up."

Lei finished a long sip from the glass of water and put it back on the table, "I can't simply help it no matter how much I convince myself that maybe she saw my sense and decided not to go. Nightclubs always freak me out. Things happen in nightclubs."

"Maybe you should then try and convince yourself that nothing will happen to her in the presence of the two companies you told us she will be going with, just in case she still decided to go." Tyson said comfortingly.

"Believe me, Ty, I_" Lei was saying but suddenly his cell phone interrupted him with a ring. He checked the caller, and relief washed over him as he looked at the caller for a while, "It is her, damn at last!" He said and picked up the call, "Hello, Kate, I_"

"LEI, HELP ME!" The voice on the other end of the line desperately called and went offline.

Lei stood from his seat while continuously calling on the phone.

"What is it! What did she say?" Michael turned to the friend, worriedly.

Lei took the phone from the ear after a continuous and unsuccessful response from the other end of the line, "It has to be trouble!" He said with a rising trepidation, "I am sure it is at the club!" He quickly turned to Tyson, "The car keys?"

"There, on top of the TV." Tyson quickly pointed at where his car key was.

"Michael, stay on toes!" Lei hurriedly reached for the car keys while talking to Michael, "Alert me on the position of her phone. It is still on, and let us hope for everything holy it remains on!"

"I have got something better." Michael quickly stood up, "Wait here for a second." He rushed to the corridor that led to the other rooms of the house and vanished into one of the rooms.

Lei stood in anxious misgiving, "I told her it never goes well to most of the prominent first-timers at a club!" He said to no one in particular.

"Just calm down." Tyson as well stood from his seat looking at him, "Did she sound in trouble?"

Lei turned to the friend, "She said Lei help me, then the line died! Quite open in general, yeah?"

"I guess so. But that alone tells you she is in the club?"

"There was background music, high-pitched and club-type. And her voice sounded weak and drained."

Michael came back with a laptop at hand and some computer devices.

"Remember Project Zero I told you guys about?" He gave Lei one of the devices, "That is a double sensitive electronic earbud. Put it on your ear."

Lei went by the instructions.

"We are going to have a perfectly clear conversation." Michael said as he sat on a couch, "I told you Project Zero is all about the buildings that have security surveillance and cameras. There is no need to go into details right now. I know Club Munch has a couple of security cameras. I will lead you all through. NOW GO!"

Lei immediately scrammed off as Michael opened the laptop and put on his electronic earbud device. Tyson walked over and sat beside him.

"Project Zero, time for a test drive." Michael rubbed his hands as the computer system logged in.

Katelyn had dropped on the counter table with no energy in her body as two men approached her. They got to her and confirmed their plan in the deserted place of drinks and relaxation area which was part of the many sections the club had for entertainment purposes. All life at the club was at the section of the concert hall, having the best time of their night. The two men held her up and walked away with her out of the drinks and relaxation area.

"Lei, you better step on the gas!" Michael informed with an accelerated pulse through the electronic earbud device on his ear. He had hacked through the cameras of the club and was now in control of the club's security and surveillance system, "This will turn out bad if you don't get there in time!" He mentioned, worriedly.

"What do you see! Do you see her?" Lei said in a tense urgent tone as he accelerated the car at a breakneck speed. It was a lucky and fortunate blessing that the night had very little traffic on the roads.

"I definitely see her, but she is not alone. She is with two guys holding and supporting her walk..." Michael was typing keys on the computer to get a better feed and angles of the surveillance cameras he had hacked in the club, "She seems to have been drugged or something!"

"That is probably a right guess because it perfectly explains her inability to walk." Tyson said, his eyes also at the friend's laptop computer.

The information ran more panic and anxiety in Lei’s entire bloodstream. He further increased the car's speed with the dial going further clockwise and reaching 140 km/h on the trafficless highway he had diverged in. Thank you, God, for this! This isn’t usually the nature of roads in Nairobi City. Even at midnight, you would still get traffic jams from different areas on the roads.

The two men led Katelyn through a murky dark and narrow hallway and continued walking until they got to a door guarded by another man who was a partner of the two. The man opened the door and together they entered the room that was darkly lit with two untidy beds. The two men holding Katelyn put her on one of the beds, facing up. She could distantly comprehend what was happening around her, though she didn't feel any energy in her body to do anything, not even say or utter a single word or lift any part of her body. With the working consciousness of a half-aware of the on-goings, she resigned to prayers and asked for the Almighty's help.

Lei screeched the car's breaks to a sudden stop and alighted from the car, leaving behind its door open. He hurriedly rushed to the club's rear entrance as directed by Michael through the electronic earbud device.

"Okay, I am in!" He quickly said over the earbud when he was inside the club, "There are two corridors here, left or right?"

"Hurry to the right!" Michael precisely continued with directions.

Lei promptly dashed towards the right murky dark corridor as per the instructions.

"The boobs are great!" One man unbuttoned Katelyn's top, "Well-structured and juicy-growing boobs. We don't see such every day."

"Looks like virgin boobs. I can't wait!" A second man beside the first said in a lowered voice, his eyes amorous.

Now they had a full view of Katelyn's breasts and chest. But as they were about to continue undressing her skirt, they were attracted by a commotion at the door...

Lei expertly blocked the guard's blow with his left arm and using his self-defense skills from one of the city's gymnasium training centers, he smartly smacked him right at the bridge of the nose followed by swiping him down on the floor. He knew when the technique was rightly used, it could put down an attacker for a minute or two with dizziness.

Without wasting time, he proceeded by kicking hard the door open, unexpectedly hitting one of the men in the room who had moved to the door to find out of the sudden commotion that had attracted their attention. In the confusion and pain of the hit, Lei quickly moved with the advantage and gave him a blow beneath the jaw followed by another brutal blow on the stomach. The man held the stomach while whimpering in agony as he got down on the floor.

The last man, near Katelyn, pulled out a knife from somewhere in the back of his trousers and flipped the blade ready for attack, "You picked the wrong gang, bastard!" He stealthily moved to Lei, knowing he would take the intruder down with the knife. He can beat my men but he won’t beat a knife. No one can beat a knife.

Lei carefully watched his gestures and movements and realized he was dealing with an amateur.

The man reached him and when he attempted a strike, Lei smartly missed it and grabbed the arm. He then forcefully twisted the arm, resulting in a deafening yell from the man and dropping the dagger to his knees.

"Remember one thing..." Lei looked down at him while still holding his twisted arm, "A gangster's life is not a novice job. Try living with the reputation if you want to be one." After the helpful suggestion and recommendation to the man, he brutally struck him on the chin using one of his knees, sending him flying in the air before coming down to the floor unconscious.

Lei’s fighting ability came from his different training styles and techniques at the gymnasium and fitness center which gave him powerful ability. He always lifted the gym equipment differently from the routine and customary ways, and preferred to train himself and alone, apart from the defensive and attacking classes that nevertheless he came to learn so effortlessly and made him the best student in his class.

But to the heavy lifting, he would train alone because he had discovered something of importance from the earlier medieval times that gave his muscles immense power which he already possessed. Indeed old is gold! When the training was to be accomplished in the desired way, it could make one fight off up to ten men while throwing them in mid-air with the immense power from the training. Lei had already mastered it all, and was still practicing the training so as to stay sharp and vigilant at all times.

But very few knew about this hidden ability and what would be termed as a secret skill, including his own best friends that shared the titles of brotherhood among themselves. The reason he wanted to keep it a secret came from his tactics in surprising his enemies. He knew he had plenty of them. Some he knew and some were completely unknown to him. And so, if it came to a point where they would pin him down, of course they would underestimate him when it came to fighting with him. Let them think I am an amateur, this way when they come to know who I am, they will even give me respect, because my fighting skills are uniquely different from the fighting skills they are accustomed to, including those that they watch in movies.

Getting out of his thoughts, Lei saw he had perfectly contained all the men without a single scratch on his body. He heaved a heartfelt sigh of relief, then turned in Katelyn's direction. He slowly walked to her. Upon getting to her, pity clouded his face from the sight of her weak and drained state. He immediately began buttoning up her top.

"Can you locate where her phone is?" He inquired through the earbud on his ear.

Michael quickly typed on the laptop and found what he was looking for, "The signal reads that it is right there..." He replied over the earbud, "Right in the room!"

Lei turned up and looked around the room, "Maybe one of these morons took it! Let me confirm." He said and got out his mobile phone, then dialed Katelyn's number. Immediately, the line was connected and Katelyn's cell phone started ringing in the room. Lei followed where it was ringing in one of the men in the room. It was in the man's pocket. He got to the man and took it from his pocket. Thank you for keeping it on and not switching it off.

Upon taking the phone, he heard movements and attention from Katelyn. She was trying hard to move but found it impossible. He got to her.

"Shh, my dear, don't move." He soothingly said looking at her, "I am going to get you out of here." He took her to his arms, letting her head lay on his shoulder. He then walked with her outside the room.