Could It Be Any Harder
Chapter 10
Wyatt took off in a run towards the parlor's door, only to bang into one of the rollerbladers, sending the young boy crashing back into a customer with his order. But Wyatt couldn't care; he needed to get to Central Park immediately. Ignoring the screams of Jin Shun shouts, Wyatt ran out.
"Wyatt…?" Liam looked confused as he saw his friend run out, through the black flaps of his outfit.
"Taxi," Wyatt yelled before putting his fingers to let out a shrill whistle, causing a passing by Taxi to skid halt in front of the parlor. "Central Park, on the double," Wyatt shouted as the man nodded, before stepping on the gas.
Jade and Lauren who saw this were confused; even more confused when they saw him getting into the taxi. Quickly, Jade skated out, as Lauren pulled her tail skirt above her knees so she could run and followed her friend out, ignoring more yells from Jin Shun.
"Taxi," Jade shouted before whistling causing another taxi to skid halt in front of them, while Lauren dragged a confused Liam with them. "Get in," Lauren hissed, trying to shove the full squid in but figured they were not going anywhere, quickly stripping him of his Squid outfit, they shoved the confused guy into the taxi and got in.
"Follow that Taxi," Jade shouted pointing at the taxi Wyatt was in, which was turning around the corner.
"On the double," Lauren shouted as the taxi man nodded before stepping on the gas.
"Where the hell are we going?" Liam asked the mermaids, who kept their eyes on the road, careful not to miss the taxi that was zooming through the traffic.
"Where is he going?" Lauren asked as Jade shook her head.
"I don't know," Jade said praying her friend is alright. Wyatt didn't normally do anything like this and to see him pull this kind of stunt, it must be an emergency.
"What did he say to you?" Lauren asked as Jade answered yet her eyes never left the yellow taxi before her.
"He saw the news and freaked out and then mentioned…." Jade said hesitating to say the word.
"Then what?" Liam said confused, not having a bit of clue what was happening, all he knows was, they are chasing Wyatt in a car.
"His brother's name," Jade said as they saw the Taxi turn around the corner.
"You lose that taxi and I'll kill you; I'm not joking" Laura said in a threatening voice causing the drive to gulp. With one final glance at Lauren through the rearview mirror, he stepped on the gas, sending the three back on their seats by the speed.
"There he is," Liam said pointing out as the taxi pulled halt in front of the Bedville Castle, in Central Park slamming the three against the plastic barrier of the Taxi.
The three saw Wyatt get out and run towards the castle. Following their blond friend, the three friends rushed out, following him but forgetting the little matter of paying the driver. The two mermaids took off, leaving Liam to deal with the Taxi driver, who lunged and grabbed Liam by the collar as they were making the break for it.
"Where do you think you are going?" The taxi driver asked grabbing Liam, who threw his hand up showing he had no money.
"I have no pockets," Liam said looking at his inner garments which he wore for his mascot outfit, while the Taxi driver rolled up his sleeve, looking ready to beat him up. "Mommy…" Liam whimpered closing his eyes, embracing himself for the incoming fist.
Meanwhile Wyatt rushed up the stairs, in his shoes that looked as if they were designed for ballerinas. But he didn't care about his look, Wyatt's eyes scanned the place, the front exterior, which just appeared on the news few minutes ago. Wyatt rubbed his forehead in frustration as he looked around, trying to catch the glimpse of….
"Wyatt, Wyatt…..Wyatt!" a voice shouted as his two friend joined him.
"Oh my God, it was him!" Wyatt exclaimed as he put everything together, as he realised that it was a person that had made him look behind him, a person that reminded him of the one person that he wanted to be reminded of. At the time, he remembered thinking that it was just because of the day that it was; he thought he was just seeing his brother butwasn't.
"Who? Him? Who was him? Who is 'him'?" Lauren questioned as Wyatt entered the castle, with his friends on tow.
"Him, the guy…" Wyatt stuttered.
"Oh right, yeah, I know him. I've seen him all around," Lauren agreed with his friend with a sarcastic tone to his voice, "What the hell are you talking about, Wyatt!" Lauren lightly yelled.
"Chr…Charles! The guy on the TV, it was him." Wyatt turned to look at his friends, but the two of them looked like he had just fallen off the back of a truck, "The reason I came off the bike yesterday."
They still continued to look at him like he was crazy, but Wyatt didn't care. He no longer cared what they thought. All he needed was to find the man that he had seen on the television many minutes ago.
Wyatt slowly made his way back to his apartment with his friends. They all seem to be confused at the behavior Wyatt displayed today, not really knowing what happened to their friend. All they knew was that he was claiming he saw his deceased brother on the weather channel in form of the weather reporter. Of course, they didn't know what happened to Liam the moment they got out of the taxi, until he turned up at the Parlor, looking bruised, covered in mud and leaves as if he has been dragged through forest ground.
Jin Shun Shon wasn't pleased either. While he was happy they didn't ruin the rented costumes, he was quite mad for making him lose business since the stunt Wyatt pulled; knocking his rollerbladers into customers didn't take off well as they complained and Jin Shun Shon had to pay for the damages as they threatened to sue him for the accident under the case of "Accidental Injury". The four would've been sacked that day, thankfully due to Hye-Young's presence, however they were warned and piled with overtime with no pay.
Wyatt on the other hand couldn't care less whether his boss paid him or not; all his brain seem to think about is the guy who looked identical as his brother, which is not possible because there is only one Chris: his Chris. He had to work out who the person was. Could it have been a demon? If it was, then what purpose did he serve to shape shift into his brother? Wyatt had to find out who this person was, especially if Magic was involved.
"Chris…" A voice shouted snapping Wyatt out of trance. Wyatt frantically turned around towards the call and the voice. He saw a little girl around five or six calling an older boy who couldn't be more than ten or eleven. "Chris, I'm telling mommy," she wined as Wyatt shook his head.
"Come on Wy, Your brother is not the only guy in states with that name," Wyatt thought to himself as he made his way towards the apartment block.
Wyatt walked out of the Bathroom after a fresh hot bath, thanking that Marina has managed to get the plumper to fix the water pipes. Wyatt had soaked himself for the past hour, relaxing his body and mind, knowing his whitelighter side must be thanking him for it as he had been under pressure lately.
Wyatt headed straight to the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee, when he heard and sense the air behind him change, turning around he saw three leather clad blonde chicks standing there with amusing smiles on their faces and star spiked weapons in their hands.
"Oohh, I didn't know he was so hot," Said one of the blondes looking towards the others, who seem to nod and agree with her.
"It's too bad," She said as she clicked her three blade star, invoking three more blades from within. With one seductive smile, she threw her weapon at Wyatt, who dived beneath the breakfast counter.
"God, Not again." Wyatt thought to himself.