The Neighbors
Three weeks ago
"Liar, Wyatt would never kill Chris," Pandora yelled…
Now…
Wyatt sat behind his office desk ignoring the paperwork sitting there. You'd think ruling the world would be easy but it was in fact a lot of paperwork and he loathed paperwork. Instead, he was sitting there thinking about his little brother, Christopher, and his brother's best friend, Laveda.
Truth was, he felt very disappointed when it came to those two. He'd always hoped that one day he'd be calling Laveda Clay his sister-in-law. Of course, he'd always expected his brother and the young woman to join his side and be his allies. That hadn't happened.
Still, what was his brother's problem? Laveda was gorgeous beyond belief, she'd been tripping over herself to be with him since they were kids, she was super powerful, she was one hell of fighter with or without her powers, and she was smart as hell. In Wyatt's opinion, if Chris didn't want her he'd take her in a heartbeat. He'd always liked her.
Wyatt's tirade of thoughts were interrupted by a shimmer. He was prepared to vanquish whoever had foolishly shimmered in without interruption till he saw his best and only friend, Robert, standing there.
"Hey," Robert said before plopping his ass on one of Wyatt's really expensive table tops. "What's up Wy?"
"Me not blowing you up for one thing, off the table Jack-ass," Wyatt growled playfully and Robert raised his hands in mock surrender.
"Don't hurt me all-mighty-powerful-one," Robert said and sarcasm laced every word causing Wyatt to chuckle. There weren't many beings out there who would dare give him lip anymore. Most he would vanquish on the spot but there were a few he allowed it from.
It was a short list but still longer than one would assume. The list went something like this; Robert (his best friend), Christopher (his little brother), Pandora (his little cousin), Laveda (one of his ex-best friends, a powerful witch/psychic, and a prophesized child just like him).
Vera had also been on that list when she lived till that stupid bitch, Ebony, killed her. He'd wanted Vera brought to him alive but no. That stupid witch had been too stupid to realize that and killed the only leverage he could have used against Chris and Laveda. Both were powerful separate but together they could have destroyed him.
Now, from what he'd heard by torturing resistance members, he didn't have to worry about that. The death of Vera had still worked to his advantage. Laveda's spirit had been broken and everyone was talking about her constant power fluctuations due to emotional instability.
"What do you want Rob?" he asked with a sigh and his friend looked at him with a glare.
"Remember how you made sure it got around that you killed 'Chris'," Robert asked making sure to use air quotes over the false parts.
"Yeah," Wyatt asked confused as to why his friend was bringing up that painful lie he'd told. He'd never be able to kill Chris, not even if his brother was powerless. His conscious, what was left, still plagued him to this day. He'd hurt his baby brother and not in a sibling rivalry sort of way either – actually hurt him.
"It's had some effect. Pandora sent us one of their captives back with the message that she wants to meet you. She's decided to join our cause and has all of the information you could every need or want to destroy the resistance once and for all," Robert said and Wyatt couldn't help but smile.
"Good, make sure the meeting goes smoothly, I want no interruptions and I don't want my cousin hurt," Wyatt stated and Robert nodded understanding.
"This won't be easy. She will be the head of the resistance now. It'll be just like when Christopher went out – she'll have guards watching her every move, protecting her from demons and the like. However, I think you overestimate your family's control. Chris was older than her, he was her age when he started but back then nobody listened to him because he was a kid. Laveda and Chris would both see that coming. I figure Chris set it up for Laveda to be in charge until Chris returns or Pandora hits a certain age, which ever comes first," Robert said. "This may make things both easier as well as complicate them."
"Explain," Wyatt asked and Robert sighed.
"Laveda would have promised Christopher she'd protect Pandora. Keeping that in mind she'll never let Pandora leave the area without protection though it'll be lax if you compare it to-let's say, Chris's protection squad or Laveda's even. They are the leaders," Robert said and Wyatt instantly understood.
"Well, do whatever you can," Wyatt told his friend. "My cousin will not be hurt and she will join me."
