Author's Note: New chapter, yay! Enjoy.
Chapter 12
At this very moment, Dylan and Thaddeus are on an airplane flying to Macau.
"Well, I've had ample time to do some research, and you know I was wrong." Thaddeus started to say.
Dylan sat aside from Thaddeus, typing on his laptop.
"I think the Eye might actually be real,"
"Thought you didn't buy into that," Dylan pointed out.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't think that this road would lead to the great wizard behind the curtain; and in the end, I might get to see his face." Thaddeus replied.
"That ain't gonna happen," Dylan said curtly.
"Even if the fate of the Horsemen depends on it?" Thaddeus asked.
"Listen to me; I broke you out of there." Dylan answered sharply. "We're not changing the terms."
"You put me there!" Thaddeus insisted.
"Yeah, because you deserved to be there;"
"Listen, I did not kill your father," The debunker denied.
"What?" Dylan asks.
"All right, all right; let's just cut the bullshit." Thaddeus suggested.
"I know who you are Shrike,"
"I know you blame me for your father's death." Thaddeus added.
"I know you think I goaded him into performing a trick he couldn't pull off. I know the time in jail was a result of a 30-year revenge plot against me."
"Supposing that's all true, you think I'd tell you now?" Dylan asked.
"Man," Thaddeus sighed. "Thirty years, thirty years, and the greatest long game magic trick ever created."
"Just to put me behind bars, okay?"
Thaddeus leaned back in his seat.
"So how did it feel, seeing me there?" He asked.
"Was it all you hoped?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Dylan said.
"You're lying, it was an empty experience." Thaddeus said.
"And you want to know how I know?"
"I know because you know," Thaddeus continued.
"There's always, always more than what is on the surface."
"So, what the past didn't happen and you're not who I think you are?" Dylan retorted.
"Now, don't tell me in 30 years that's the first time you've asked yourself that question." Thaddeus responded.
The ex-FBI agent gets up, furious.
"I am not my father. You're not getting in my head, okay?" He snarled, getting in Thaddeus' face.
"You think you're luring me into a trap?" Dylan snapped. "You're not,"
"Now, I am desperate, which means I'm dangerous."
"My only concern is the health and well-being of the Horsemen." Dylan continued. "And you're gonna lead me to them. And if you don't, I promise you, you're gonna end up far worse than in some cushy jail cell somewhere."
Dylan walks away and sat back down.
Thaddeus just sat there, quiet.
"What if the Horsemen don't actually need you to save them?" He asks.
Dylan looks away, not answering.
A/N: All right, people I'm so looking forward to writing the next chapter where the Horsemen hatch a plan to steal the chip. And I have an idea of what I want Henley and Lolita to do (mischievous gleam).
Before I conclude, I'd like to thank NicoleR85 and The Individualist for the awesome reviews, you guys made my day.
Until then see you next time and more soon!
