***Meanwhile, Alan landed on the thick bush which formed a dense wall of green, its foliage blocking out the sky. The path before Alan was an endless tangle of roots. The trees were a wall of green, standing tall and the branches and vines twisting and tangling around them.Alan wondered the extent of trouble that he had gotten himself into. It was always going to be difficult to navigate his way past the swamps and thick trees. He began to wonder if he had not made a mistake by escaping the gym center. Perhaps he should have just allowed the cops to arrest him as well and then he would later clear his name.He thought that he would be able to find his way to the office when he came down into the bush but he had been walking around for almost 10 minutes and it seemed like he had not even made any progress. It was like he was running in circles and there was no improvement. There was no route of escape.He would have been doing something much more productive than wandering in a thick
He didn't know his way out of the bush on his own. Even if the cops all left at once and decided that they weren't going to try capturing him, he would still be doomed because he didn't know the way out.Was it not better to surrender to a group of people who would most likely know their way out? They wouldn’t reach that far if they were all going to be lost in the search for him, he thought.When he got out he was then going to sort himself with the cops.Was it a good idea? He asked himself, nodding with his mind filled with quick thoughts. Erm! No, he muttered under his breath.He wouldn't surrender to them just like that. He had done nothing wrong. It was best for him to assume that they didn't know his face. He knew that the thugs he dealt with at the gym center weren't going to tell him.Why would he reveal his facial identity if there was still a chance to escape without any trace?With a burst of swiftness and strength, he used his claws to grasp the towering tree before he s
Anyway, he wasn't going to worry too much about it, he thought. Maybe it was a glitch that was going to correct itself soon.He was trying to find a better spot on top of the tree where he was going to get a better view but he heard a faint rustle.What was that? He asked himself.Damn!His phone slipped out of his pocket as he watched in slow-motion horror. His face fell and his heart sank into his stomach at the realization of the fact that the cops would have been aware of it. He began cursing under his breath until the doom that he expected crawled closer.“Commanding Officer Felicia!” one of the cops yelled out. “Here is something we have found. There is a phone which fell up from this tree. I saw it clearly.”Officer Felicia, the team leader of the operation, rushed toward the spot where there was an alarm.“Oh my! He is hiding in the midst of one of these trees,” Officer Felicia spoke.She adjusted and tuned her gaze upward, examining the top of the tree with an eagle-eyed prec
Officer Andreas broke the silence as he held a stack of files in his hands even though he hadn’t read it once since he arrived in the room for two minutes. It didn’t seem like he was going to use the files anyway.“Well, Mr. Greyson, I am sure you know why you were arrested.”“I have no idea. I have been hoping that you were going to explain it to me but I have received no explanation for the minutes that I have been here,” Alan retorted, his voice sharp with displeasure.Officer Vincent scoffed, his face contorted with arrogance. “Well, we have only started and you are talking as if we have kept you here for a long time.”Alan didn’t understand what the officer meant by them only starting with the interrogation. Was it supposed to be something that would take a whole day? How long does it take to ask a simple question? As far as he was concerned, if they had asked their questions and they saw no fault in him, he was free to go. He would demand his freedom with everything he had insid
“You should focus on the real issue here. The three men you arrested are criminals. They have just returned from prison a few months ago but it appears that they want to strengthen their force.”“The more you focus on me, the more you lose sight of something that shouldn’t be let loose. I am not the problem here. I own a whole consortium. I could make a phone call now and this place would be brimming with tons of lawyers who would be willing to defend me with their last breaths. I am—-”“Keep shut!” Andreas snarled, his voice was a cold and cutting growl. “How dare you tell us where to focus on? Are you our commander to give us instructions? Look let me tell you, there are lines that I will never accept that you cross. There are things that I would never accept that you say. You dare not speak to us like that ever again or else I will make sure that I cut your tongue and wrap it around your neck.”There was so much anger in Andreas’ voice as his eyes narrowed in a cold fury. He nudged
Officer Vincent continued. “You see, I expected that you should know better than to say some things. Now you made my colleague angry, eh? Trust me, you don’t want to get any of us angry because that would mean so much doom for you.”Alan just stared blankly not giving too much attention to the nonsense that was spilling out of Officer Vincent’s mouth. He knew that he was just taunting him.Or perhaps he should try using his ability on Vincent. Maybe there could be something valuable to be hacked into if he searched his thoughts.But just as Alan was thinking about Vincent, Officer Andreas bumped into the interrogation room again, his eyes stern and his muscles tensed with effort.The anger with which he had on him when he left briefly was still the same when he returned.“As I was saying before I left, I would not have you disrespect us because of whoever you claim you are especially when you wouldn’t use the wealthy position you claim to have to benefit the real people you should ben
His brain stumbled into remembrance when he recalled that Harrison was one of his staff members in one of his main companies.When Greyson Consortium’s assets were unfrozen by the court and their companies were given a fresh license to operate, there was a scheme undertaken by Alan Greyson where he removed several employees from his companies.Alan, after being given control of operations involving the Greyson consortium, decided that he was only going to have the best workers available to him.At that time, he recalled that the last time the consortium was in operation, some employees were on the blacklist of the company. They had fallen short of the requirements of the company in terms of ethics and hard work.On Harrison’s part, his offense was that he was caught advertising and selling other company’s products in an attempt to make money. The board of directors in the company saw that Harrison wanted to use it as a plan to woo some employees and even customers away from the compan
Alan’s posture was stiff, his jaw tight with anger as he rejected the guilt that was being thrusted on him. The veins in his neck were pulsing with fury and in abject refusal to accept the blame.“Officer, like I said, it wasn’t just Mr. Harrrison whose contract was terminated. Have you even given a thought as to what happened that warranted his termination?”“Whatever happened was ten years ago when the company was operating without any allegations or threat to its existence. How is it that you guys were able to remember the offenses he committed 10 years ago? I remember how he called me that morning to tell me how excited he was to return to his place of duty,” Officer Harrison spoke.“He had been waiting for the moment when the court was going to declare the assets of your companies unfrozen and when the operation would resume. He waited almost ten years until you eventually put the nail in the coffin.”Alan’s eyes widened, his mouth opening and closing as he struggled to find the