You could hear a pin drop in that room. Then Ares charged me. He had my shirt in his fists and he slammed me against the wall. He started cussing me out. Dexter and Jessie tried to pull him off. When they finally did, Mira got in between us, both hands glowing different colors. She said, "Now settle down! All of you! Let's see what he has to say!" She looked at me, and I saw that her eyes were glowing yellow. Her faced showed anger. She said, "Alright. Explain."
I took a deep breath. "I am David Noel." I paused for a second to look around. Ares was glaring at me and twitching. Mira's eyes were now an icy blue, and she had a sorry look on her face; as if she was watching the scene of Old Yeller where they kill the dog. What? I can't have favorites? Kenny, Jessie, and Dexter had sorry looks, like they were just realizing what they were looking at.
I continued, "The media tends to over exaggerate......pretty much everything. A new style of Yellow Journalism. People these days only want to hear rumors. They want to hear fake stories that have absolutely NO truth behind them!" I didn't realize that my voice was rising. I settled down and continued, "Yeah, yeah. I'm declared the most evil person on the Earth because I knew about my Dad's plan to kill the President for months and didn't turn him in for it. I'm the most evil person on the planet for trying to protect my father!"
Mira's face saddened. As did Kenny, Dexter, and Jessie's. Ares still looked at me like I was the Devil. Jessie said, "Is it true that your Dad...." I interrupted her in a snap, "Can we drop it already?" Dexter put a hand on Jessie's shoulder, to tell her not to get too upset. Mira asked, "The question is, why would that freak what you? Something tells me he's not exactly the good Samaritan he might sound like."
I shrugged. Then a thought came to me. There's only one snake I know that would endanger others just to get to me. "Walker." I growled. "He's the one who's been giving me hell since day one. He's convinced everyone that I'm some sort of threat to society. He's started the rumors that evolved into the rumors of me that you most likely have heard. He probably hired someone to do the dirty work while he takes all the credit."
Ares said, "So let's just give him to the monster. What's he to us?" Mira snapped, "Austin!" He glared at her. I guess he doesn't like his name. I said, "No. He's right." Every one's eyes were on me again. "I'll just go on to jail and no one will ever have to worry about me again." Ares smirked, contempt with my decision. Dexter cleared his throat. He said, "Actually, I don't think that would be necessary." I raised an eyebrow. Jessie said, "Dex, what do you mean?" He laced his fingers and cracked them, facing his palms outward. He grinned as the light in the room caught his glasses.
Meanwhile.....................
Walker screamed into his phone. "This wasn't the deal! The deal was for you to find the kid and bring him to me! Then you get enough money for you to finish your freaky little underground project! Not to threaten an entire town and destroy half of it!" The man on the other line replied with no emotion in his voice at all. "My tactics may trouble you, Agent Walker, but it was a necessary one. Have you noticed that no one was reported seriously hurt? I simply shook the town so much that they'll have my demands met before the next day." Neither of them said anything for a minute. Then the man on the other line said, "Have my money ready, Mr. Walker." He hung up. Walker closed his phone let his arm drop. What.........what was he doing? He took another swig of his Vodka, and sat on the edge of the hotel bed.
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