There was a still silence that came with tension, and the tension that came with the sound of Justin striking on the master. The master stood frozen, while Justin relaxed back on his feat, having accomplished what he wanted. He looked at Henry, and then at the rest of them, triumph written all over his face.“What did you do!” Zoe barked as she rushed forward, away from the protection of Leroy.“What I just did?” Leroy spread his hands. “Come on baby, tell me that isn’t glorious.”“You just ruined the one chance we had to leave this place!”“I didn’t ruin any chance.”The master suddenly spoke. “She’s right. You just ruined that chance to leave this place... alive.”They all yelped in surprise, Justin nearly falling as they heard the master’s voice. Henry went around and saw that the master was indeed frozen, but not entirely. Half of him—the side that was machine like, was shut down while the human part was still awake, watching them but being unable to do anything since he was stuck
The master scowled again. It was funny how Henry was able to recognize his scowl when he had a half face of robot and human. He would have loved to sit down and assert his point, but he just really wanted to go. Henry gestured to Justin s he spoke.“Master, as you see Justin is very skilled in recognizing robots and disarming them. Don’t you think I did you a favor rather than using him against you?”The master said nothing. He simply stared at Henry, as if seeing him in a new light apart from the one he’d constructed in his head. He glanced at Justin too, making sure that the other guy was dead and gone.“What do you want?” he hissed.Henry smiled. “Oh you know; a safe passage out of here so we can all get to our respective lives.”Zhixi looked at Henry. This would be their last time together. He was using Justin as a bargaining chip so that each of them would be out of here and alive. It wasn’t enough that that they escape. The master was the owner of the system as it stands, and th
Henry woke up in a small bed. At first he lay, confused as he tried to gather his thoughts. The last thing he remembered was being torn away from Zhixi in the portal.Zhixi.He jerked upright, his hand automatically reaching for a weapon at his side. He realized then that he had nothing, and he wasn’t in his room. He was in a badly arranged place.“What the hell?”He stood up and looked around. He was actually in his house, but it didn’t feel like his. Something was missing. Actually, a whole lot of things were missing. His bedroom looked like something someone had hijacked out of nowhere. There was a broken window which suggested a break in, and a whole lot of things were looted from his room.Henry walked cautiously out of his room to examine the place. In fact, it was a huge mess. His appliances were gone, his locked gold bars, his figurines, statues, and even the locked safe was unlocked. He started to laugh. That was the only thing he could do that moment, to laugh. Apparently th
HENRY sat in the crooked chair Louis offered him. His wife Mia was quiet. She went around the house to get him water, and then a plate of cold porridge. Henry turned it away. He hasn’t even thought of hunger, plus the food looked like something that would repulse him. Hell, he nearly retched looking at it. Their living conditions were terrible, the absolute worse. With a round check, Henry saw that they probably cried when it rained. The half opened roof and the soaked ground underneath told him that this place was prone to flooding. He glanced at Louis again. He looked shabby, his beards untrimmed and his shirt torn. His wife did not look any better; she left her hair in a wild flow down her back.Louis noticed the eye he gave him and said nothing. He sat quietly as Henry continued to examine the place. He and Mia’s child was grown now. He ran around the place, helping his mother to pick out the moth on the floor so it won’t disturb them when they slept.“What happened to you?” Henry
It was a tough ride. Louis avoided all talk related to the company, as it brought him heartache. Henry also don’t bring it up because it made him think of waking up that day in an empty, looted house and a god that was so hungry it considered eating him. He ingested listened to Louis speak about his life and his young son, how his wife Mia was getting tired by the day and he feared that she may have cancer.“It’s just a negative feeling,” he added hurriedly. “Not that she would actually die of cancer.”“Have you gone to check if she’s okay?” Henry asked him.Louis shook his head. “Not yet. We don’t have the money for it, but I’m sure she’s fine.”“You can never be too sure,” Henry said.“She’s okay,” Louis said dismissively.Henry knew it was more than that. The Louis he was looking at right then was so different that the Louis he knew. This one was more withdrawn, dismissive and shabby. Henry didn’t bring up the topic of his wife again. He decided to let it go. He and Louis examined
HENRY drove into the school environment in a calm state. He parked his car carefully into a spot and then stopped the car. He sat in there for a moment, his thoughts wandering. He wondered if he should be here after all these while of not showing his face. How was Mie doing? He had abandoned him for so long, throwing himself into his work to escape his grief. Not only that, Henry had sent him off to a boarding school that young. He wondered how big Mike would be by now, if he had gotten beards and his masculine features, if he thought the earth was flat and the land was bigger. Henry was eager to hear his thoughts, but he was also afraid of meeting him. Louis glanced at him from time to time.“Are you okay boss?” he finally asked.“Yeah,” Henry answered vaguely. “I’m okay.”“Great. Remind me again why we came to see your nephew?”Henry shrugged. “I abandoned him for years and I nearly died; don’t you think it would be nice to see him one last time before I mistakenly die again?”Louis
Henry and Louis watched Mike play around in the field. It had been a silly thing to do, taking the boy out of school so that he could play around. Mike hadn’t minded; he was very excited about doing stuff he didn’t do in his childhood. The guilt Henry kept accumulating were increasing. He’d failed this boy, just like he failed Louis and his employees.“Do you think I should remove him from that school?” he suddenly asked.Louis continued to watch Mike. “I don’t think you should. Kid needs to learn to stand up fro himself.”“I know, but it doesn’t seem like that’s happening any time soon” he combed his hand through his hair. “I failed him, Louis.”“You didn’t fail anyone,” Louis said. “You tried your best and there’s nothing much you can do after that.”Henry doubted Louis’s words. He knew that he should have done something, have done more than what he was doing. He wasn’t sure where his problems had started from, but he knew if he had the opportunity to kill his stepmother he would do
Henry ran out to his car, followed by Louis. He drove out in a frenzy, screaming questions as they chased down the car.“Did you see the plate number?!”“How would I see the plate number?!” Louis screamed back. “They moved away with such force that I couldn’t even recognize them leaving.”Henry heaved a sigh. They drove down the road until they got to a junction. It had three different roads at opposite directions. Henry looked back and forth, the frustrates seeping into his bones.“Do you know where they must have gone?” He asked Louis. Louis gave him a look and Henry nodded to himself. “I’m going to take that as a no.”He tried to calculate the exact place they van would have gone with that kind of speed.Henry realized that he could have gone anywhere, but the road to their right seemed to be the best option. The one opposite them was sort of crowded and would risk getting caught in the web of crashes car. The one to their left were filled with walkers, which means the van could on
Evelyn noticed her sister isn't at home yet. She tried calling her number but it's isn't going.She tried the same for Henry's numbers but it wasn't going also. She decided to call Louis and it was the same thing."Fuck shott."She cursed"Why are they not picking where could they be?" She asked herself pacing around the room. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do.She called their number, but it wasn't going.Evelyn slept that night and told herself she was going to go to their house first thing in the morning.*The Next Day.*Evelyn woke up feeling sad, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was just sad. She felt something was going wrong somewhere.She stood up and left the house without even bathing. She first went to the company hoping to find her sister there, but she did not.She heard the shareholders will be holding a meeting there, she couldn't find her sister. She then decided to go to Dexter's office. She couldn't find him also.She couldn't eve
"Sean are you ready to take your revenge?" Erica questioned him."Yes, I am so ready to take my revenge, where is the gun? Knife anything? I am fucking prepared every fuckin time." Sean replied Erica.Erica went to meet Sean and ask him if he is ready to take his revenge. Sean wanted to kill him by every means."I need Mike, the only person who can lure Henry is Mike." Sean told her."Consider it done." She assured him.Dexter was prepared for the operation, he wanted to take them down as fast as he can. He got a call from Erica that he should kidnap Sean first."Come and meet me at the warehouse immediately you are done." He said to her.Dexter was already with his guys in a dark and secluded warehouse, a group of people huddled around a table, planning their next move.This was not a typical meeting, but one with a sinister purpose. They were planning a kidnapping, and every detail had to be just right.Dexter showed them the target picture so they will not end up going for the wron
*Later That Day.*Erica was at Dexter's company, she went there immediately she was done with stuffs at her company. She also went there since he refused to answer her calls."We need to act fast, we don't know what the guy is planning. I loosed the video, and there isn't anything we can use against him anymore." Erica told Dexter he thoughts drinking the juice that was placed on the table."We will kill him if he has any other intentions, we are not going to let him bring us down." Dexter said to her."Since you said that guy is available, I guess he is will be the one to take the revenge. That way we will be free for the rest of our lives." Dexter said to Erica."Do you not feel we should kidnap him, that easy it would more easy for him to get killed." She said to him."Yes, I agree with you." Dexter told her."Don't you have some met out there that could help us with it. We can't do it on our own." She told him."That's true, I will find some useful guys that can assist us in kidna
*The Next Day.*Henry woke up the next morning feeling so refreshed, he slept peacefully like a baby in the night. He couldn't get to see Evelyn the other day because he was tired already.He decided he was going to see her today. He put on his dress. Seeing his ex is just terrible for him. He remembered how broke he was when he caught her.He remembered how he loosed all hope after she confessed everything to him. After she told him he doesn't love her."Why do I have to dress up?" He asked himself when he noticed how nicely he was dressing."Whatever." He muttered under his breath. Henry already told Evelyn about the meeting. He walked out of the bedroom, and saw Louis waiting for him."Don't tell me you are this well dresses because of her." Louis winked at him."Me? This is just a casual well, and I am well dressed because I want to dress nicely." He said to Louis"Woah, are you going to meet up with a girl? Is he going on a blind date?" Mike was surprised by his outfit immediatel
Henry ended the call immediately after listening to what the nurse told him."What happened?" Louis inquired ok seeing how devastated he was."Someone released Sean from the hospital claiming they are related, how does that makes sense?" Henry was beginning to get so angry."It was Erica." Louis told Henry."You knew it was her and you couldn't stop her? How did you find out that it was her?" Henry queried him"I planted a tracker in her car, I saw that she went to a place and that is not the office, neither Dexter's company. She must have been the one." Louis explained to him."I knew she is up to something, we must find a way to find out what she is up to. She might want to use him or something." Mike added."She didn't know I am out the prison yet right?" Henry wanted to confirm his thoughts."Yes, she didn't know you are out of the prison yet, we need to wait for a while. That was she will be unguarded." Louis answered.They got to their house in no time and did the necessary thin
Erica laid on the bed, she realized how tired she was. She didn't know when she slept off.Evelyn tiptoed into her room, her sister was sleeping so deep that she didn't even notice when someone entered the room.Evelyn searched for the other phone her sister barely use. She finally found it in her wardrobe. She tried unlocking it but she couldn't.She then went to where he sister was using, and decided to use her finger print to open it. It opened once.The first thing she did was to set a screen timeout. She left the bedroom, and went ahead to meet Louis where he was waiting for her.She walked up to where he parked his car and entered it."How was it? Did you not get it? I thought you said you were going to text me." Louis asked her."I got the phone." She answered and have him the phone she got from her sister.Louis first went to her iMessage, hoping he could find something there but he couldn't. He then whet to her storage.Luckily for him, he saw the videos there. He didn't know
Erica was happy with the scene that was going on. She was happy seeing how speechless Henry became."Wait, why me? I am not interested. Why should I become the ceo, laugh out loud." Erica acted surprised.She knew what she was doing, she didn't want to look. Suspicious to Louis."We have noticed that you are good for this job, and we would love to pick you." They informed her."Woah, looks as if I got no choice." She stoped up."If you know you would not want her to he the CEO, please can you raise your hands up." Someone announced but none of the shareholders could raise up their hands."Today, we declare ma'am Erica as the CEO of this company." The person who was in charge of the voting said."You are fired from this company, together with Mike. We find out you two might be a threat to the new CEO as you are not happy with her becoming the CEO." The shareholder passed across the information."What does Mike have to do with this? You can fire me instead and leave the poor guy alone."
"What do you want to see me for?" Erica asked Louis immediately she got to his office."I wanted to ask you few questions, is it possible for you to go to the house we just came back from. Can you get the security footage of everything that happened during our stay there?I think there is a spy there that got it release everything we did, and sent to our rival company." Louis asked Erica for a favor.He knew what he was doing. Even though he will have to loose an evidence that is as strong as that. His main aim was to confirm if Erica was the spy, and if she has someone she is working for."Sure, I will do that." Erica assured him with a smirk on her face."You are telling your greatest enemy to do the job for you." She said to herself."Consider it done." She assured him"Thank you very much." Louis appreciated."What about Henry? I haven't seen him! Hope he is okay?" She asked him."Sure, he will not be showing his face for the meantime. He will surely get back to you once he is bac
"The police are here for what?" Henry asked with his eyes wide opened."They insisted on staying at the entrance, and they are on their way here." The girl told him and she will not stop panicking.The police entered his office without knocking, with his secretary at their back."Mr. Henry you are under arrest. We will refrain you from talking, any word can be used against you in the court of law. You are allowed to also have an attorney." One of the police said to him."Find me a lawyer." Henry said to louis and followed the police men without asking them any questions.Henry followed them willingly without asking them any questions.Louis was still shocked with what happened. He knew what happened, he knew the reason he was arrested.Louis never imagined if there is a way they can get him saved. He decided to call Henry's best lawyer.He didn't want to go and Henry immediately to avoid any suspicions. A lot of people haven't figured out that he got arrested yet."I need you here imm