*Above music-Rockabye by Clean Bandit

Secrets

Everyone has a secret,

Black and white.

Never have I ever saw them say the truth,

A secret is a sacred promise to be concealed,

Hidden behind the facade they survive.

The boy that you see has a dark secret,

A secret that can land him into the dungeons,

But this secret has a secret,

Cause a mother doesn't know how her son bought the groceries,

A secret is a sacred promise to be concealed,

Everyone has a secret,

Black and white.

Hidden behind the facade they survive.

The lady who you saw at the stores has a secret,

The packet of bread hidden in her jacket,

But do you know a secret has a secret,

For the child whom she gave the loaf of bread doesn't know the white truth,

Everyone has a secret,

Black and white.

Hidden behind the facade they survive.

-Trishala. A .

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As soon as the wooden doors opened, I was blinded by the intense light coming from it. I could only make out the silhouettes of the three boys standing in front of me. But as soon as my eye's adjusted to the intense light I was shocked with what I'm seeing.

The famous triad of Elite High Zach Diggory, Lucifer Mondez and Jovie Ottonoha all standing high in front of me wearing the same amused look that I had seconds ago.

"Oh my god! You guys actually run the ZLJ Crew" I couldn't help but put forth my idea in front of them.

First question that popped inside my head was Are they really the crew members? But when I compare the crew's name that is ZLJ with their initials then indeed they are the one.

"Oh! Kiara it was rather surprising to know that you would be interested in our hacking crew, but we won't mind a play thing like you around" winked Lucifer as he grinned at me with his smug face.

"Shut your goddamn hole Lucifer, don't trouble the girl. Come in Kiara let's have a talk" said Zach as he grabbed my hand and literally dragged me inside their god knows what office- even if I can say that.

'Zach Diggory' indeed that's what the name I recall from the day when Denil handed me the card, if I'm not wrong Denil mentioned about him being pretty good friends with this guy. But Zach the guy with dangerous blonde hair, with his looks and charm smile that can easily swoop away any girl off her feet. I never thought in my wildest dreams that Zach the soccer team player of our school would be good with technology, because last time I checked sports and computers never goes hand in hand.

Jovie Ottonoha's case was rather very different though, he was a national level pianist, with his magical fingers he can easily play a piece of music that can easily melt away anyone's heart, after all having the genes of his famous vocalist mother Lara Williams Ottonoha and his father a famous music composer, didn't left him without any musical talents.

If I talk about Lucifer Mondez, he was the son of the CEO of 'Mondez Pharmaceuticals' his father's multibillion companies suggest he would be the next heir, but also with his exceptional acting skills one can say otherwise.

What could be more shocking than these three guys running the crew themselves, it's the fact that they have such an awesome work place out here, if you look from the outside it was indeed a broken old shrine, with hardly any maintenance. But When you look from the inside it is more shocking than enough.

It was a freaking party out here, everything and anything a teenager can dream of, there was a ping pong game at the side, the latest play station running by, unloaded stash of candies and chocolates, unlimited supply of drinks, you name it and everything was out here. At the corner of the base there was laptops opened up, some kind of software running in them, a shelf full of software's that you can buy in the market, all the supply was pull in for the latest technology that one can dream of.

This place was a total heaven for a person like me.

I was currently gapping out here, sitting on their red hot sofa and all the three boys standing out in front of me. Lucifer was the first one to break me out of my own little world.

"Take a photo Kiara, it will last longer" mused Lucifer as he was currently enjoying my Kiara's one on one reaction session.

"By the way what will you like, Brezzer or Cola?" offered Lucifer as I saw Jovie being busy typing god knows what on his laptop, as if feeling my intense stair on him, he glanced up at me adjusting his glasses.

"Do you want anything Kiara, your stare is kind of freaking me out" commented Jovie harshly as I grabbed the breezer out of Lucifer's hand as he chuckled at my embarrassment.

"There's no time for you guys to chill around and Jeez! Are you out of your mind you just gave her our experimental drugged breezer" screamed Zach as he smacked Lucifer hard on his back.

By the time I already gobbled down half of the bottle. What can I say, I was damn thirsty.

"Don't touch me like that you asshole, I was just trying to have some fun out here, besides you only told me we are going to test her whether she is capable of being a part of our crew or not" growled Lucifer as he sat beside me currently observing my every move.

"But why the goddamn breezer Lucifer, you very well know that we haven't used any of these on anyone yet, what will we do if something happens to her" scowled Zach as he got up and went towards the office session of the base.

"Honestly Guys! Just chill around I feel normal ...." I exclaimed as I stood up on my feet's but I guess that was the worst idea I came across.

I tried walking around as I couldn't make out the ground beside me, everything was feeling as if it was all spinning.

"Great! Now she is all high because of this hell of Lucifer's shit!" Barked Zach as he glared at Lucifer's grinning face.

"Nope I guess everything is normal with her" said Lucifer as I can make out that he was coming near me.

"Lucifer I don't care, but you're looking after her. I got some errands to run for, by the time I'm back I want you to look after her and if I find even a single scratch on her I'm telling your nasty secret to Shirley, so think twice before you do your funny business dude" warned Zach as I saw him huffing out and walking towards the doors.

"Blah....Blah...Blah....trust me Zach I will take really good care of Kiara doll out here" mused Lucifer as I saw his blurry figure getting near me.

What really caught my attention was when all of a sudden with a quick jolt I was pulled towards the sofa beside us, me strand ling on Lucifer's lap. If I would be in my right mind, I would have kicked him hard where the sun doesn't shines, before he ever thinks to touch me with his filthy paws.

"Wow ummm.....Kiara, you smell really good, tell me babe what's the secret of your essence" teased Lucifer as he snuggled more beside my neck at which I can almost feel his hot breath tickle down my spine, was it my illusion or was it the reality as I heard a small chuckle from Lucifer's mouth, how can he be so calm when he knows how intimate we were looking right now.

Lucifer was being more than obvious, he was trying to flirt with me or may I say partially molest me, but he haven't did any other funny business, so yeah it was okay unless and until he is joking around, I was very much tempted to give him my very own set of profanities, but for some unknown reason I couldn't collect up my voice against him. Damn! These jerks they did made one hell of a good breezer.

"Cat got your tongue baby" chuckled Lucifer as he starting playing with my hair, trust me it is way to awkward to sit on a guys lap, when you know that the person on whom you're sitting is a total douche.

"Not enough" all of a sudden I heard Jovie Ottonoha to speak up on my current condition, at first I was perplexed whether he is commenting on my inebriated situation or just randomly mumbling shit. But I guess Lucifer's question made him elaborate his words.

"Excuse me, What are you saying dude what's not enough?" growled Lucifer as I felt him shuffled beneath me, instead of sitting on his lap, now I'm sitting right in front of him on the sofa between his legs, as I felt his cheek on the left side of my shoulder, his warmth radiating from his chest peaking through my hoodie.

"You aren't trying hard enough Lucifer, look at her face she isn't reacting that means she isn't intimidated by you being close to her".

That was an interesting theory Jovie put forth in front of us, indeed I just can't disagree with it too, as much as I feel inebriated right now , some part of me that is mainly my brain is sane enough, so I can totally understand there logic around. But the part where they want to test me or intimidate my inebriated state doesn't really fit in my bill.

Lucifer more or less seemed like a naughty sibling to me, just like Sid I didn't felt anything being close to him, so maybe smart Jovie knew about it.

"Huh! Smart-ass, so you think you can do better than me. On it dude! One hundred bucks if you get your way through her before Zach comes here and kicks both our ass out" challenged Lucifer as I could feel him grinning behind me, I totally don't understand there whole new logic of testing me, I mean what else they can do with me when I'm high on my senses, 'I mean what possibly can go wrong' was my final thought before I heard Lucifer whisper beside my ear.

"No hard feelings doll, but this has to be done" before I could contemplate and think about what actually was Lucifer trying to say , I was all of a sudden pulled by a very intimidating Jovie Ottonoha by my side. I was about to fall and smooch the ground beneath me, if is it not Jovie who held me up by his arms.

But when I glanced at Jovie , I swear that I got horrified just by looking at his eyes, I thought I would pee right at that moment. If you think you fully understand Jovie Ottonoha's personality than I'm afraid to say so you're god damn wrong. This guy wears freaking faces.

He pushed me towards the sofa where he was sitting moments ago, me making an insignificant fall towards the fluffy sofa, as I was sprawled down it, my body and my mouth both wouldn't favour me.

I was thinking what he will do now, will he scare me with his voice, will he tickle me till I die cause right now dude I can't laugh also, I'm so lost. Trust me if I was there in this situation with complete strangers I would have gone nuts by now. But something inside me tells that I can trust these guys, call it my intuition but I believe in it.

I guess as soon as I saw Jovie Ottonoha remove his glasses and loosed his tie, I swear I was totally lost, my mind suddenly started thinking all those vile things that can happen with an inebriated girl.

With a swift move, Jovie Ottonoha was on top of me, squeezed up between him and the sofa was not pleasant. This situation indeed made me remember the night when he had a banter with his grandma Mrs Cordelia Chan at her house, at that time we were in the same situation but this time it was different this time he was perfectly sane and normal, for a second I thought did I made a mistake to judge his morals, but as soon as he forcefully grabbed my chin towards him staring at me in the eye made a binge alarm inside my body which told me I have to either fight or flight.

May be I guess flight wasn't the option in my case as he held me his captive beneath him.

"You're so naive Kiara, such a bad luck that you walked in a deserted shrine at this time of an hour, didn't you know that girl's shouldn't be roaming around at this time of night" mused Jovie as I saw him smirking at me.

His face was so close towards me, at one point I thought he will stop this distance between us, but nope that son of bitch continued further and further.

And I swear even though this Half breed Asian guy was so damn good looking, I won't let this idiot steal my first kiss, so summing up much courage with every strength left in my body I tried to fight back the effects of this drug and I pushed Jovie off me, as I gave him a tight slap on his face.

"No!" I screamed with all the energy left in me, by the time I can only see a really shocked Lucifer beside me and Jovie's face parted at one side with the momentum of my slap.

But I guess I didn't lasted long enough, cause I fell straight in the arms of Zach as I knew Zach has already been arrived and he indeed witnessed what happened here.

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I woke up inhaling a very strong odour of male deodorant 'Axe', overall around me I tried to shrug my clothes in the hope that I could get some fresh air, damn these boys use deodorant's as if they are fucking bathing with them, currently I was laid down in a make shift bed, and a leather jacket was above me which more or less looked like the one Zach was wearing the day I first time met him.

I was angry was rather a statement, I lost my limit long time back, those jerks think they can play with me, specially that stupid clown Lucifer, what the hell he thinks of himself and first of all I didn't get their whole plan of making me high, damn if I came across Jovie again I'm sure that I will cut off his genitals.

So I have decided even if these guys beg me, I won't be joining there crew. Getting up from the bed I was damn sure I'm going to break some bones out today, how dare Lucifer and Jovie tried that funny business with me.

I heard a loud smacking noise beside the room I was, as I peeked through my door where I saw a very agitated Zach going all Jackie Chan over Lucifer who skilfully dodged his punch.

"Calm down buddy! I swear it wasn't intentional" cried Lucifer as he ran all over the room, in the process throwing a pillow towards Zach.

"You bastard! What do you think huh, were you insane, for god fucking sake she could have died! And do you have a cent percent idea how deadly that could be for all of us, we can get arrested if she wakes up right now" screamed Zach as he grabbed Lucifer's T-shirt but due to their strength they torn it in half.

Damn these wolves, they fight like beast!

A half naked Lucifer ran towards Jovie who was throughout the conversation sitting calmly on the chair with a laptop in his hand.

"Dude! That was rather a little mean of you, look at him! He is the real culprit! after all he was the one who got some reaction from her and I for god sake lost my hundred bucks over it!" scowled Lucifer as he playfully snatched away Jovie's Laptop and may I say, never ever dare to take away that guy's toys he really gets cranky with it.

"Piss off Lucifer, give me my laptop right this instance if you even dare to scratch it, I'm ripping your eyes off" growled Jovie, as he almost lost his patience, by the time Lucifer was already hanging on the chandelier of the room, with the laptop caged in his arms, he wriggled his booty at Jovie playfully not before showing him a tongue, that guy was really a brat.

"And Jovie you first of come here and listen to my shit first! I didn't expected such a vile act from you, do you have any sane idea that your actions caused Kiara to question your morals that even though she was induced by a high rate of drug she managed to slap some sense out of you! Do you want me to tell your grandma about this, trust me she will make you parade the whole town naked, while you will be forced to scream all those woman empowerment shenanigans" glared Zach at a very embarrassed Jovie before continuing.

"She was hella pissed, don't blame me whenshe runs for your balls as soon as she gets back to her senses"

All this time Jovie listened to him patiently, there wasn't a slight bit of emotion on his face; he was unfazed of his doings.

"I know I did wrong Zach, it was an out of character behaviour and you know why I did this, we wanted to know how well she handles being under pressure, can she work right when she isn't in her senses or not, you very well know how this drill works, for beating our rivals we need to be well prepared, cause if we are planning to take her in the crew, she should know what she's dealing with, there will be times when she will be under this kind of situation and you saw the result yourself, it was successful she reacted positively" said Jovie finally and then I really understood what they are talking about.

I never knew these kind of crew ever existed, but somewhere on the internet I have read that there are some underground illegal competitions happening around, where people use their hacking skills to compete with one another and win a huge amount of prizes which basically included money making. Personally I always wanted to get into these kinds of crews and compete in it. But sadly I didn't have any crew and contacts at that time, if they are talking about these illegal competitions than I'm damn sure it would be thrilling.

The main criteria for fighting in the crew was to have a four member team, to compete against the other rival crews, as much as I'm learning about these guys they aren't the some bunch of rich snobs they are different.

" We three grew up together and have been friends for years, if you still question my morals than I'm afraid to say you haven't learned anything about me" said Jovie in a serious tone, but it was Lucifer who finally broke the tension in the air.

All these while I was glad they didn't noticed my eavesdropping in their conversation.

"But I don't trust her Zach, she did said about her being an orphan, but something is awfully wrong with her I can sense it, you remember the time in the cafeteria when we fought the war against the jocks who tried to pick on Calypso, just before the banter Kiara was engrossed typing to someone on the phone and it's hard to believe if she has some friends out in our school with whom she is texting so much"

Shit! Sid, these guys shouldn't get the information about me talking with Sid.

"It can be her boyfriend or may be some of her friends whom we aren't aware of" said Zach as they began discussing about my situation.

But Jovie was the one who put fourth his theory, "That can't be true, according to my sources I found out that she moved from India last week only, even my Grandma told me she lives alone all by herself, the only people she came in contact other than us is Eigen Carter and her broker Henry, no one else that I know she ever met"

"Eigen Carter as in that green eyed boy, Christopher's best friend" asked Lucifer to which Jovie nodded positively.

"But she got all the talents, which we require in our crew member to be, we just can't let go a candidate like her, she is quite useful" said Zach.

By the time I made this conclusion that these guys are no saint, they have been spying on me too and the fact that Jovie got into the troubles to find about my whereabouts really creep me out.

"I got a proposal, why don't we take her in the crew and by hacking her cell phone without her knowledge we can find her secrets out, if we get some dirt of her we will bust her off and throw her out of the crew or else if everything is cool we will pretend as if nothing happened" said Jovie as all three of them agreed to this decisions.

That was one hell nasty plan, I totally don't agree with their idea of finding my secret after all as soon as they will come to know that I'm not an orphan but an actual princess of Millensh they will lose all the trust on me, this was really excruciating decision to make, I was lost. I needed some time to think about it.

"Okay let me grab you guys her cell phone, she won't be awake for next one hour, may be you can get her details and can plant a tracking chip inside her cell phone" suggested Lucifer as I saw him coming near towards my room.

And trust me never have I ever ran so fast in my life, I ran towards the window and opened it up, thank god that we were on the ground floor of the old shrine or else I would have to jump off and crack some bones out.

I sprinted as fast as I can, I managed to tuck my phone and my bag safely along with me, so they won't get any hang of information about me.

Running in the dark was a task in itself, cause being clumsy made me fall again and again on the ground, I was all covered in sweat and dirt, it felt like I ran a marathon or something.

After taking in some deep breathes, I glanced around my surroundings, I was currently standing in the middle of an old junkyard of cars with loads and loads of car's towered around me just like a piece of junk garbage, but what I saw a few distance away from me didn't made me feel any good.

There sits Zenith holding a gun in his arms, as he was sitting on a junk car, cleaning his gun out.....as if he got no care in this world and the moment he stared at me with his piercing grey orbs was the day I realised how unfortunate I'm to land myself at a wrong place and at a wrong time.

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'A secret has a secret which survive ;)'

Hello readers out there, this was one of the most important, toughest , trickiest chapter that I have ever written.

I like re-edited it like 10 times, cause the explanations of 'ZLJ' was to be logical enough for my readers or else they will think I'm writing shit.

Question of the Day: Honestly I have nothing to ask, cause this chapter was like a full course meal after having you will get a burp nothing else XD

But what do you think about Zenith and the gun he is carrying? XD

Love you guys!

Till then toodles ;)