A/N Hello! I finished another chapter for you and for some reason this chapter was super hard to write. I don't know why and I hope its quality didn't suffer from it. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter and don't for get to leave a comment I love reading them! Sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes I may have missed.
Evan and Jonathan both sat on the curb waiting for someone to drive by. "do you really think someone is going to give a ride to people like us" Jonathan said "we look like we just murdered someone" Evan looked over at him, he had cuts and scratches every were, his knuckles had bits of dried blood and his grey jacket had a few spatters as well. On top of all that they where soaked, and the sand from the shore clung to their clothes.
"hmmm, maybe" Evan said thinking "I think I am just going to call a friend" Evan said reaching into his pocket. "you had your phone on you this entire time, we've been sitting here for about an hour!" Jonathan said as Evan fished out his phone. Literally, his phone was sitting in a pool of water at the bottom of his pocket and water dripped out from its case when he pulled it out causing Evan to cringe "That is if it even still works."
Evan had a pretty good feeling that it did because Lui had made it for him, and he always thought 10 steps ahead when it came to his gadgets. There was a good chance that he had made it waterproof, hopefully. Evan pressed down on the home button but nothing happened. He then held down on the power button for a good minute and just when Evan was about to give up the screen lit up indicating it worked but was rebooting. "Thank god" Jonathan said as they wait for the phone to reboot. "who are you going to call" Jonathan asked "David you've met him before, I'll ask him to take a look at your foot too" Evan said as he dialed David's number and put the phone to his ear. "good" Jonathan said "my foot is killing me"
"hello" Nogla said sleepily he sounded like he had just woken up. "hey David could you come down here and pick me up and bring your medical kit." "what? what happened" Nogla said as he got out of bed. "some jerks tried to kidnap Jonathan and they used me to do it, now he's got a hurt foot." Jonathan glared at Evan "damn it Evan" he muttered "okay I'm on my way now," Nogla said grabbing his bag and heading for his car. "I'm sending you our location," Evan said "okay see you in a bit," Nogla answered and he hung up.
Evan shoved his phone back into his pocket an looked over at Jonathan who was glaring at him. "what?" he asked "and they used me to do it" Jonathan said "you're blaming your self again aren't you" Evan rubbed the back of his head in shame "well if I hadn't gone to that café so early we wouldn't have left when we did and," Jonathan began to laugh cutting Evan off "Evan that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard" "nothing would have changed if you didn't go the café except that I would have had a bullet in my head. You saved my life by being there so it was a good thing that you came when you did" Jonathan said smiling and Evan blushed a bit "Okay fine so it wasn't my fault, it still was scary to see Mark pointing a gun at you and not being able to do much about it."
"Tell me about I didn't even notice him pick up the gun again." They both sat there replaying the situation in their heads. "hey" Jonathan said glancing over to Evan "how did you know that guys name was Mark" Evan felt his heart jump to his throat. "Ummm…" Evan said trying to think of a good enough excuse while Jonathan waited for an answer. "Smitty told me" Evan finally said. "Smitty told you..." Jonathan said in disbelieve "yeah did you hear about that shooting that happened at main street" Jonathan nodded his head "yeah I remember that"
"well Smitty and Tyler were there and they practically saw the whole thing, they even got to meet Vanoss when he helped the escape." "how did they know their names," Jonathan asked. What's with him Evan thought why is he asking so many questions. "Vanoss told them what was going on, while they were escaping, basically it was a shoot out between a rival gang and the mafia," Evan said. "And the two that tried to kidnap us right now where one of the shooters, Mark, Jack and someone else but I can't remember his name." Jonathan's glare relaxed seeming to except that answer "sound like Smitty and Tyler had one hell of an adventure" he said and Evan laughed "yep and it's one I'll never hear the end of because of Smitty, he is a huge geek when it comes to Vanoss and Delirious, so being able to meet Vanoss meant the world to him."
Jonathan smiled he hadn't met Smitty very many times but he sounded like fun and he was happy that Evan had a good set of friends. Evan stood up and Jonathan noticed a car driving down the road towards them and eyed it warily. It pulled up in front of them and the driver got out leaving the car running. Jonathan saw Evan smile slightly when he saw the driver and it put his nerves at ease.
Jonathan recognized David as he walked over to them carrying the same medical bag as before. "Evan are you guys okay," He asked when he saw how scratched up his face was. "Yeah I'm fine," Evan said smiling at his friend's concern "It's Jonathan I'm worried about" Nogla looked over to Jonathan who was still sitting on the curb and gave a small smile. Jonathan smiled back when Nogla walked over and crouched down in front of him. "Hello, again Jonathan," Nogla said, "Which foot is it," He asked and Jonathan shifted his right foot "This one" he muttered.
Nogla pushed up Jonathan's pant leg so that he could get a good look at his ankle. Jonathan's ankle had a purplish hue to it and was severely swollen. Nogla continued to examine it asking Jonathan if it hurt when he pressed down on certain spots of his ankle. "Well it's bad but it's not broken," Nogla said. "Should we take him to the hospital?" Evan asked and Nogla shook his head. "There's nothing a hospital could do for him that I can't," Nogla said standing back up.
"Come on help me get him into the car." Nogla said to Evan. But Jonathan brushed him off "I can make it to the car my self" he grumble and stood up. With one step he was back on the ground and Nogla laughed and helped him back up. "you're just as stubborn as Evan" He said as Evan ran over to help. Together they managed to get Jonathan in the back seat only hitting his head once on the car door.
Nogla got into the back with Jonathan to start working on his foot, while Evan got into the driver seat. He looked back at them to make sure they were situated, Jonathan was sitting sideways across the seats with his back resting against the door and his foot laid across Nogla's lap who was wrapping bandages tightly around it. "So where to," Evan asked. The question was more directed at Nogla but Jonathan answered. "Just take me home not much you could do for a sprained ankle but let it heal." Evan glance over to Nogla to see if he approved.
Nogla nodded and Evan turned back around and began driving away towards Jonathan's house. "Okay, I'm putting a brace on your foot to help take some of the pressure off when you walk," Nogla said as he took of Jonathan's sock and shoe. He slipped a stiffer sock that hugged Jonathan's foot and more importantly his ankle tightly. "It's not the best brace in the world but it's low profile. No one would be able to tell you're wearing one, unlike that big bulky boot you normally see" Nogla said putting the bandages back into his back.
"thanks" Jonathan said taking his foot of Nogla's lap. He slipped his shoe back on and stuffed his sock into one of his pockets while Nogla continued to shuffle around in his bag until he pulled out a small orange bottle. He popped the lid off and poured a few pills into his hand and handed them over to Jonathan.
"Here these should help with the swelling and pain" Jonathan took the pills, thanked Nogla and went to put them into his mouth. "Not now! Nogla said and Jonathan gave him a confused look still holding the pills. "you need to take pills with water or you'll blow out your kidneys" Jonathan still looked confused "but I all ways take pills without water" Jonathan said "Well stop, you might be fine with your typical over the counter drugs but that's the strong stuff, you need to dilute them a bit before they go into your system." Nogla said.
"Okay…" Jonathan muttered wishing he could take the pain medicine now so that it kicked in sooner. He stuffed the pills into his other pocket and Nogla threw the bottle back into his bag. Sighing over Jonathan's ignorance, he pulled out an ice pack and handed it to Jonathan. "Make sure you ice it at least twice a day for about 20 mins, and I would take those pills before you go to bed, they will make you very drowsy," He said as Jonathan took the ice pack from him.
"How did you even do this to your ankle anyways," Nogla asked. "we jumped out of a moving vehicle," Evan said smiling, "Then off a fucking bridge" Jonathan added. Nogla looked at Evan in surprise "You fell off that bridge again!" Nogla said in surprise but he quickly shut his mouth when he realized what he just said. Evan felt his heart jump and he shot a harsh glare at Nogla through the rearview mirror.
"What!" Jonathan said "You've fallen off that bridge before" Evan felt himself panicking "Well it was an accident" "how the hell do you just fall off a bridge accidentally" Jonathan said Evan wanted to straggle Nogla "well...umm" Evan began "Let's just say I can be a bit reckless at times and it is now why I have David on speed dial." Evan said biting his lip. Well, it was partly true the whole reason he fell off the bridge in the first place was because he was being reckless and had no way to get into contact with his friends to figure out how to defuse the bomb.
Jonathan narrowed his eyes at him and Evan could tell he wasn't fully buying it. Nogla pulled out his phone and handed it to Jonathan. He had a large grin on his face and Evan now feared what was on the phone more than Jonathan figuring out he was Vanoss. "Here's an example of him being stupid" Nogla said trying to hold in a laugh. Jonathan felt a smile cross his face as he hit play. "Wait! what are you showing him" Evan asked panic filling his voice. "Just the video with you and Craig on those hoverboards," Nogla said. "Oh no..." Evan groaned and Jonathan smiled even more at Evan's embarrassment.
The video continued playing and soon Jonathan couldn't stop himself from laughing. Evan cringed when he thought of the video. It was when both he and Craig got hoverboards for Christmas and they were trying to learn how to use them. He was actually pretty good at it, on the other hand, was horrible and he acquired Evan's help to stay on the board. In hindsight learning how to using them near a set of stairs wasn't the safest idea, but hey that's what Nogla is for. Craig ended up falling off of his board and into Evan, pushing both of them back and over the edge of the top stair, and gravity did the rest of the work. They ended up in a tangled mess at the bottom while Nogla just watched them from the top.
The video ended and Nogla took his phone back. As embarrassing it was to have Jonathan watch him being an idiot at least he was laughing and smiling again and that was all even needed. Jonathan was still slightly laughing "God I don't even want to know what you were doing to end up falling off the bridge."
"yeah that wasn't fun," Evan said as he thought back to the bridge. "Oh we're here," Evan said as he pulled off to the side to let Jonathan out. Jonathan open the car door and got Evan unrolled the window so that they could talk. "you sure you're going to be alright" Evan asked "Yeah I'll be fine, I'll see you tomorrow at school" Jonathan said and he turned to the silver keypad and punched in a code to open the gate. The gates buzzed and rolled open.
Evan watched Jonathan slightly limp passed it, he turned and waved one more time before heading up the rest of the drive disappearing around the bend. Evan rolled up his window and let out a long sigh. Nogla crawled his way into the front passenger seat next to Evan and put on his seat belt. Evan began to drive away slowly "That was it," he said softly, Nogla gave him a confused look "that was what?"
"Mr. Pelter's house, Jonathan is his son." Nogla eyes widened and he looked back at the house "No fucken way!" he said "does that have something to do with what happened today" Nogla asked and Evan nodded "it was those guys from earlier the ones that shot up main street, I think their plan was to use Jonathan to get to Mr. Pelter "
"how do you know Mr. Pelter lives there" Nogla asked. "Jonathan invited me over to work on a project yesterday, and well let's just say his dad wasn't too happy about him inviting over one of his school friends without his permission." Evan said as he focused on the road "did he recognize you" Nogla asked concern filled his voice. Evan shook his head "No I don't think he did but still…" Evan's thoughts drifted off and they both just sat there in silence, each one of them deep in their own thoughts.
"so what are you going to do now." Nogla finally asked. "Nothing changes," Evan said gripping the steering wheel harder. "But he's his dad Evan," Nogla said a bit shocked by Evan's response. Evan's knuckles grew white and he could feel a deep seeded rage seeping into his thoughts "All the more reason to finish him off." Evan said each word was filled with venom and Evan practically spit them out, surprising himself and Nogla.
Evan took a deep breath and pushed those feeling deep down trying to clear his mind. "he hurts him Nogla, I've seen him hit Jonathan" Evan said softly and Nogla seemed to understand why Evan was so upset. "Besides," Evan said coldly, "Jonathan himself said he wouldn't mind seeing him dead in some ditch, so I don't we'll have a problem." Nogla didn't say anything and they drove the rest of the way in silence.
They pulled into the driveway and Evan finally loosened his grip of the steering wheel. Evan stared at the steering wheel while Nogla just frowned at him. Parts of the plastic had melted away leaving imprints of his hands where he had gripped the wheel. Evan stared at it in shock, he didn't even realize he was gathering power into his hands. "Umm, sorry about that." Evan said his voice was ridden with guilt and he refused to look Nogla in the face.
Nogla let out a sigh "It's fine, come on let's get inside" he said getting out of the car. Evan remained in the car for another minute just staring at the steering wheel before finally getting out himself. He joined Nogla inside and he was instantly greeted with warm licks and cheerful barks from Joe and Tony.
Evan smiled and they made their way to the back yard with a tennis ball in hand. Joe and Tony frantically wagged their tail when they saw the ball. Evan tossed it and watch the two dogs chase after it in pure glee, and for a short while, Evan forgot about everything and was smiling and laughing with Nogla as they played together with Joe and Tony in the back yard.
Hours went by and the sun was starting to set. Joe and Tony made their way back inside and collapsed into their doggy beds in Nogla's room tuckered out from all the running around outside. Evan and Nogla also went back inside wanting to avoid being eaten by the mosquitoes that come out when the sun sets. Evan went downstairs and sat down at the bar. Nogla followed Evan down and stood next to him. "shouldn't we go tell Craig that we know where Mr. Pelter lives" Nogla said. Evan felt his rage spark again and he let out a deep sigh "I suppose so" Evan said getting up and headed deeper underground.
Evan pulled open the door to the surveillance room, the room was pitch black except for the light coming from Craig's laptop at the far end of the room. "Jesus Craig put some lights on," Nogla said flipping the lights on. Craig spun quickly in his chair to face them. "Oh good! Evan, you're here, I was just about to call you." Craig said running over to him. "Why? what's wrong" Evan asked tilting his head. "It's Delirious! He was sighted downtown and I believe he has a new target." Craig said and he turned towards one of the tv screens on the wall and he pulled up a picture of a man Evan had never seen before.
"This is Turner Wright and he's a politician currently running for the position of mayor." Craig said "I've been tracking Delirious since he was spotted and I noticed he was following Mr. Wright" Craig said "Problem is that I don't know why he's going after Mr. Wright. I looked into his history and from what I can tell he works for Mr. Pelter." He pulled up another image on to the screen of a building that looked like a shabby apartment. "this is where he lives. And I think the best way to enter the apartment unnoticed would to take the fire escape here" Craig said pointing at the man's room. "Evan nodded and turned to leave but he quickly realized he didn't have his suit. It was still at home underneath his bed.
"Oh crap," he muttered "what?" Craig asked "I don't have my suit with me," Evan said "what! but you never go anywhere without it" Craig said in surprise." "yeah well this morning was little more hectic than usual," Evan said yawning, he was exhausted but he needed to put a stop to Delirious's plans. "come on then we don't have much time," Nogla said running up the stairs.
Evan followed him all the way back to his car and they drove as fast as they could all the way back to Evan's dorm. Evan booked it back to his room and grabbed his backpack. He got back into the car and Nogla began driving to the location that Craig had sent him earlier. Evan somehow managed to change into his suit while in the car, and Nogla pulled into an alley not too far from Mr. Wright apartment.
"are you sure you can do this Evan," Nogla asked. "I'll be fine," Evan said as he pulled down his mask and got out of the car. Evan gave a quick wave before running down the ally towards Mr. Wright's apartment. He silently climbed up the metal stairs till he reached a small balcony that led into Mr. Wright room. The sliding glass door were left open and the curtains on the sides of the door gently swayed in the wind. Evan looked inside and saw Delirious standing over Mr. Wright who had bruise along his face from where Delirious had hit him.
"Wait! Wait!" Mr. Wright yelled trying to back away from Delirious. "Please don't kill me" He pleaded. Delirious slammed his fist into Mr. Wright's face "Shut up" He growled. "You brought this upon you're self" He hissed pulling out his pistol and aiming it at his head. "Wait! Please, I have a family! They need me!" He screamed. Delirious narrowed his eye and pulled back the hammer on the gun "Sorry but I've got friends I need to protect" He said.
"You actually have friends," A voice said from behind him. Delirious stiffened and mentally cursed himself for letting his emotions get the better of him and not paying attention to his surrounding. "Drop the gun," Vanoss said pointing his own gun at his back. "Leave Vanoss this is none any of your business" Delirious growled. "last I checked it is my business," Vanoss said stepping closer "why do you want to kill him, doesn't he work for you." Delirious clenched the gun harder "He's a coward and rat!"
"No, I'm not they made me tell them! They threatened my family I had no choice" the man sobbed. "Bull Shit!" Delirious yelled "They promised you a top spot once they took out Mr. Pelter. You put kids in danger for your political game. On top of that the kids were my boss's son and his friend! They almost almost died today because of you!" Evan's eye's widened and he let his gun lower a little in surprise and looked at the man cowering against the wall. "What do you mean," Vanoss asked.
"He somehow knew where he was this morning and told those three men from earlier, and they tried kidnapping him and his friend." Delirious said. Evan didn't know what to do and for just a second he felt okay with leaving the corrupt man in front of him to his fate. He glanced over to the table and he felt a wave of guilt for even daring to think that.
Resting on the table was a picture frame and show Mr. Wright and what Evan could only assume was his wife hugging a small boy. Evan couldn't help but picture his own parents hugging him and how he felt when he lost them. He didn't want that kid to go through the same thing he did. "So I'm going to say this again" Delirious growled now completely face Vanoss "Leave!"
Evan took a deep breath and turned from Delirious and began walking away. Evan felt his rage began to boil and he gathered fire around his fist. He spun on his heels and rushed Delirious. Delirious tried to take a step back to dodge Evan's attack but almost collapsed to the ground when he stepped on his right foot. Evan took this opportunity and slammed his fist hard into Delirious's face, who didn't have enough time to recover knocking him away from Mr. Wright.
"Go!" Vanoss yelled to Mr. Wright who immediately ran out of the room "Thank you!" He screamed as he ran down the hallway. Blood ran down from behind Delirious's mask and Evan noticed a huge crack had formed, stretching from his left eye to the bottom right corner. "Damn you!" Delirious growled and charged Evan with his knife.
Evan was able to doge him with easy and elbowed him in the ribs. He realized how sluggish and stiff Delirious was moving. It wasn't his usual fast and precise attacks, they were uncoordinated and slow. Evan moved out of the way as Delirious lunged at him again, he managed to grab him by his arm and threw him down to the ground. Delirious hit the ground hard knocking the wind out of him. He let out a groan and Evan looked down at him.
"What's wrong with you" Evan questioned, "Are you drunk or something." Delirious slowly got back to his feet and had to lean on the table for support. "No I'm not drunk, I'm just tired it's been a really long day." Evan crossed his arms and stared at Delirious. He didn't feel like fighting anymore, all of the rage he had felt disappeared when he saw the sad sorry state Delirious was in and it didn't look like Delirious wanted to fight either.
"I can't believe you let him get away, he tried hurt innocent people." Delirious said still leaning on the table. Evan glanced over to the photo that was still resting on the table. "He had a family" he answered, "So! Everyone has a family." Delirious said also looking over at the photo. "Not everyone..." Evan muttered and turned to leave. "Where the hell, are you going!" Delirious called out.
"Home," Vanoss said as he jumped down the fire escape he came in through leaving Delirious alone in a trashed apartment.