Surprisingly, when she had gotten back to digital press, Ralev had been searching for her. His exasperated features didn’t make him look any better. He came across as the same hardass just several minutes prior. As soon as he spotted her, Ralev rushed towards her. Grabbing her hands. “There you are! Where did you go? There’s a meeting in progress.”
Akaisha pulled her hand from his grasp. “Really? That’s news to me.”
“Yes, well, it’s my fault and Mitchum will have my ears if I don’t bring you there.”
She stepped back away from him. “Sounds like what I’m hearing is that if you don’t get me to the meeting, you will be in trouble. And the only reason why you want me to go there is so you don’t get your ass chewed out. Am I right?”
“Yes! Mitchum is scary when she’s angry.”
Mitchum didn’t come across as a scary person, but first impress
Akaisha let him leave. His slightly changed attitude was an improvement, but not where it should be. Even if Mahima annoyed her to no end, she would never be rude to her. Except for that one time while she was in the hospital, but that was different. They weren’t boss and employee. Even then, she still went to see her in the hospital when that presumed call came in. Mahima is a terrible person but everyone, once in a while Akaisha, would give her a piece of her mind, respectfully.She went down to the lobby where Dave and Amethyst were waiting for her. The three of them headed over to the ice cream parlor. Children lined up outside the door, waiting for their turn. They got in line to wait. It moved slowly. Dave asked the two ladies what they wanted. “What flavor ice cream are you going for?”Amethyst pondered for a moment. “I’m torn. I either want plain vanilla or cookies and Kahlua.”“That’s good. Vanilla is plai
While Akaisha slept in his cruiser, Jalefel waited with Dave, and Amethyst until her cab arrived. The two men chatted while they waited. It was an awkward conversation. “So, how’d that case turn out?”“Which? I work a lot of cases.”“The one at the restaurant with Akaisha and myself. And the meta humans.”Jalefel nodded his head in remembrance. “Right, the case that started it all.” He thought about the way Dave spoke of Akaisha. He could understand why he felt so strongly about her. “The perps are in jail and Akaisha is free. There’s not much else to tell about it.”He went quiet. Dave tried to ask another question. “Are all your cases like that?”“Not all of them. Sometimes there are murder cases. My unit works a case anytime there’s a meta human involved.”“What about lycanthropes?”Jalefel stared at him, inspecting Dave. “Sometimes, but most of them have their own laws and deal with the fallout within their pack. The same with elves. Only when it involves normal humans do we get i
She was angry. Her whole life junior refused to acknowledge her existence, but the moment she actively used her abilities and became comfortable having them, he wanted to come out. He wanted to take them from her. Akaisha looked into Jalefel’s beautiful hues. “I need to rescue them.”He stammered. “H-how are you planning on doing that? This is a matter for the police. For my unit.”“No, I can't let you or your team search for him. You don’t know what he’s capable of.”“Neither do you. This isn’t something you should do alone.”She gave him a weary smile. “I won’t be alone. Did you forget, I have my trusty pit bull, Blue, and genetically modified creature, Misty?”He sighed. “You can’t go to wherever he is with those animals. Blue is registered as an endangered breed. If something were to happen to her and you survive, you could go to jail for animal endangerment. Do you want that? And what about Misty? Did it ever occur to you that Junior could capture him? He could be working with hi
She knew that. She knew he wouldn’t let her be. She would never be free of him or his sociopathic son. “You haven’t bothered me since I ran away. Why do you care what I do now? Just tell me where Junior is?”“Will you kill him?”“Why does it matter? It’s not like you ever paid any attention to him.”“That’s where you’re wrong. Junior is my son. He is my mini me. Another version of myself. I wouldn’t dare give his whereabouts to someone that wanted to kill him.”She didn’t know what else to do or say to him. In his twisted way, he was trying to be a good father, despite the fact that one of those people that Junior took was Dave. “And will you forsake two of your children for one?”He tilted his head. “What do you mean?”“Junior abducted Dave. He wants my life and Dave’s abilities in exchange for having my coworker rel
She wiped her mouth and came away with blood. Akaisha spit it out on the stone floor. “Well, aren't you a big man? Smacking a defenseless woman.”Junior laughed. “Defenseless? The hell you are. I know what you can do. I’ve studied you. I'm just like you, but only better.”She stood up. “If you're so much better than me. Why don't you let Amethyst go and we can settle who's the favored child? That's all this is. You throwing a tantrum over Daddy.”Junior ran at her in a blur of motion, knocking her into a wall. She hit a box, causing sparks to fly. He yelled at her. “I'M BETTER THAN YOU! STRONGER AND FASTER! TAUNTING ME, won't do you any good.”She crumpled to the floor, catching her breath. “Whether I taunt you or fight you. You're still just throwing a tantrum.” She staggered to stand. “Admit it. You’re doing all of this just so that psychotic man will look at you. It's patheti
It was only a nanosecond, but that was just the time he needed to get away. When Akaisha looked back down to end Junior, he was gone. She screamed in frustration. “AHHH! Do you have any idea what you’ve done? He’ll come back. He’ll do this again and again until he gets what he wants. He needs to die. No thanks to you, we’re going to be looking over our shoulders until he’s caught.”Dave sighed. “We shouldn’t kill him. He’s still our brother! He’s the professor’s only son. His lineage needs to live on.”She went to the tube with Amethyst inside. She pressed several buttons and pulled a lever. A drain opened at the bottom of the tube. It sucked out the water. “He’s not my brother. I never claimed him or that man. If you’re still so hard on wanting to be recognized by that idiot, then you shouldn’t have asked me to help you. To protect you. That shitty bloodline needs to
She breathed out, knowing they were close by, but there was no time to wait. They needed to get free. They needed to get them inside. Dave stood there awkwardly in his furry form. There wasn’t anything she could do to get him to fight Junior. It was up to her. “Í don’t know what to do. Junior can open portals. I don’t have that ability.”“I see. If you could steal that ability, then we could come in.”She shook her head. There were only a few ways she would be able to do that, and she didn’t want to use Amethyst blood to do it. “Where’s Amethyst? Is she out there?”“Yes, she’s in the back of Jalefel’s car. There’s bruising on her arms and puncture holes, but she’s fine.”She nodded, knowing Misty couldn’t see her. Akaisha had to act fast. Junior was dragging her over to the table with the beaker. A million
Akaisha and Dave were able to go home at the break of dawn. Doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with them. The cuts and bruises were healed hours after they were in the hospital. Dave seemed different to her. She couldn’t put her finger on it.When the two of them were leaving the hospital, Sergeant Acheki was waiting for them. He had questions and needed them for his report. “Akaisha? Can you tell me what happened?”She looked into those pure eyes, knowing the worst horror he had ever seen was what Junior looked like going in, and refused to speak about it. “I need to get home. I have work.”He touched her arm. “We need to talk about it.”“All we need to discuss is how Amethyst will be able to go home later today.”“That’s something the doctors will have to tell you. We need to discuss what happened in that building.”“Later. I’m leaving.”