12:30 pm. Third period has started.
"Oww..." Ryan moaned as he woke up to a pain in his side and his head. He assumed he fell asleep after his last conversation with Seth, but now his throat was burning raw and his head was pounding even more than before, if that was possible. He tried to sit up, but as he did, his stomach flipped and he forced himself to lie back down.
'Ugh, I feel terrible', Ryan thought to himself, silently suffering in pain.
He really didn't want to do this.
But on the other hand, he couldn't exactly get up, nevermind walk, without his stomach lurching, and he definitely did not want that to happen again.
"S-S-Seth?" The technopath called out, quietly. When he didn't get a response, he slowly got out of bed, wincing and cradling his stomach as he did so.
Silently, he stepped through the halls step by step, not even daring to make a sound. It took him longer than usual to make it to the kitchen, but he did, and just as he was about to get the aspirin, he noticed something.
Seth, was asleep on the couch. . . with his laptop, open.
"Let's see what this little evil so-called mastermind has been working on," Ryan whispered as he grabbed the CEO's laptop and took it over to the kitchen counter.
"Ooh," Ryan spoke aloud after a few minutes of research, "What's this here? Mission: Destroy Mech-X4." Ryan had then peered closer before reading aloud once again, his voice slightly hoarse. "The Power of a Technopath?" The boy asked. "Wha—"
"What 'ya looking at there, Ryan?"
Immediately, a hand spun Ryan back on his seat, before Seth grabbed Ryan off the still-spinning stool by his shirt collar, lifting him up off the ground so that they were face to face and eye to eye. When the young technopath didn't say anything, the CEO continued.
"Tell me, what you saw, on my laptop," Seth threatened, "Tell me before I do something I regret."
"N-Nothin," Ryan answered quickly. Maybe too quickly, he thought. "I didn't see anything, Seth, I swear—"
"Don't lie to me. You really think I'm that stupid?!"
'Well, you look like it,' Ryan thought to himself.
"Shut up!" Seth snapped.
'Wait, did I say that out loud?'
"What did you see, Ryan?!"
"I saw nothing, Seth, I swear—"
"Liar!" Seth yelled, angrily. He'd had enough of this. Feeling his anger overpower him and the rest of his emotions, he threw Ryan back against the bar stools, before making him hiss and flinch in pain.
"C'mon, stand up!" The CEO screamed. Out of fear, Ryan began to do what the man said when another strike of pain hit and he collapsed to the floor once again.
"Stand up!" Seth roared repeatedly, as he kicked the technopath right in the ribs. Ryan choked back his screams and bit his lip so hard it started to bleed a little. Somehow though, he found the urge to stand up and stood up, he did.
"What. . .do you. . .want?" Ryan cried out, close to hyperventilating. He could feel the room spinning and could feel himself losing consciousness, but didn't dare show it.
"Get into my car," Seth hissed, "And don't you dare say a word about this to anybody."
Ryan, in response, nodded tiredly and sighed. Slowly, and nearly stumbling over himself, he dragged his feet outside and somehow made his way into the front seat, with Seth following along behind him.
The last thing he heard was the engine starting as they drove off and he drifted away into unconsciousness.
Yay! Done! Thank goodness!
But I have some bad news guys...
So, turns out, I've jinxed myself once again and got myself sick while writing this. So for a while, I won't be updating as fast as I normally do anymore. I'm working on the second half of chapter five right now though—I don't know how many chapters this'll have—so no worries, because although I will still be writing while I'm sick, I just won't be posting as much anymore. Got it? Good!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and let me know what you think in the reviews! I'm sorry this author's note is so short, but I really need to get to sleep, so...
But yeah, I hope you liked it! :)
~Star :)
