Rachel ran. She ran as fast as she could. The man in the black suit was right behind her. If Rachel did not get away in time, this would be how she died. Running away from the man in black.

Suddenly, the man retrieved a pistol from his suit and aimed it at Rachel. Her last words were, "Mom!"

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· Matt (Chuy) ·

· Wiki (Man in Black) ·

· Pablo ·

· and Rachel ·

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Garrett

A Series of Unsolved Mysteries

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An Unexpected Visitor

by R. Flores

Part Two

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Matt's eyes snapped open. He looked around to realize that he had fallen asleep. It was all just a nightmare. He could hear Rachel playing music softly upstairs in her bedroom.

That wasn't what had woken Matt up, however. There was someone knocking on the door...

Matt shook himself, trying hard to forget the nightmare, before heading over to the door.

It's all just a dream. Rachel's safe.

Matt opened the door. Outside, a thunderstorm blanketed the small town in which they were living in. Heavy rain poured and lighning was the only thing that offered any type of light to the town.

A man in a black suit, just like the one in his nightmare, stood outside on the other side of the door.

The man took a gun out, again, just like in his nightmare, and aimed it in the general direction of Matt

The man, whose face could not be seen due to his hat and also due to the darkness, spoke softly to Matt.

"Good evening, sir. What wonderful weather we're having."

The man's pistol clicked.

Unimpressed, Matt replied, "Oh, I don't know. Seems like a rather bad day today."

Matt sighs in utter dissapointment. "Get in."

He holds open the door for the man in the suit. He walks in and Matt closes the door behind him.

"How did you get here? I never gave you our new address."

The man's face is now visible. He removes his hat to reveal the face of a young adult with facial hair and brown eyes.

"I found you, Matt. You know as well as I do that you have unfinished business to attend to."

"Wiki," Matt replies, "I remember specifically leaving Portland to escape from you and everyone you were associated with."

The man in the suit, Wiki, replies with a simple shake of thw head while smiling. He moves closer to Matt and looks down at him.

"Matt," Wiki says, "you left to escape the war."

Matt sighs in an annoyed manner.

"You left PRISM with you your younger brother and sister to keep them safe, I get that." Wiki swallowed, not knowing if he was going to far. "But, you did leave at a time when we needed you the most."

Matt and Wiki hug as they both share a moment of silence. Suddenly...

"Wait, why did you come here with a gun again?", Matt asks.

Wiki looks up and his expression changes into concern.

"Oh, yeah. It turns out, I'm not the only person who knows about your escape from Portland. A member from, you know what, found out about you and he decided that he would try to capture you. I left Portland to find you and protect you."

Matt steps back and looks at Wiki with a puzzled frown.

"How did you get here?", Matt asks looking sideways.

"I might have been in the car you were driving on."

Matt's eyes widen.

"Wait, what? But... where? You--." Matt blinks three times. "Oh, yeah..."

He eyes with an expression of pride.

"Well, okay. But, where are you staying?"

Wiki looks at Matt with an unreadable expression. Matt takes notice.

"Hey, bro. You're staying in my room. Okay?"

Wiki nods 'yes', before Matt leads him upstairs to his room.

Once inside, Matt checks to see if there's anyone outside and locks the door. Knowing that Pablo is most likely asleep and realizing that Rachel is currently playing music, he turns to Wiki to begin their conversation.

Matt is interrupted before he even starts speaking by Wiki.

"So you traveled from Portland to Garrett in only a week? Dang, I would have expected it to take, like, half a month."

"Well, I made sure no one asked who I was. I took the Optus Ring with me and used it. Oh, boy did I use it. It brought me here. Me and my brother and sister."

"Oh, gosh. If PRISM finds out you used technology for your own purposes--."

"Oi!"

Wiki looks into his eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't tell. Remember? I'm here to protect you."

The two lock eyes and slowly move towards each other.

"Hey, Matt?"

"Yeah?"

"Come back to Portland."

Matt looks down.

"No."

Wiki moves his head to look at him.

"Do it, please. For PRISM. For me."

The two stare at each other for a while, lost in their own world. Matt realizes that Rachel's music has stopped long ago. Concerned for any eavesdroppers, Matt leaves his room to check on the two younger teenagers. One he confirms that they're both asleep, he goes back to Wiki.

However, before he makes it back, he hears a gunshot.

Matt remembers something.

"I left Portland to find you and protect you."

Matt opens the door and motions Wiki to to follow him. As Wiki takes out his pistol, the pair quietly moves downstairs and go outside the house.

Rachel, in her sleep, moves suddenly, prompting her to wake up for a second, before falling asleep again.

Outside several gunshots can be heard. Pablo, who had been awake this whole time counts 13. He wonders who shot first, who shot last, who won, who lost, who lived, and who died?

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TO BE CONTINUED IN

AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR, PART THREE

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