Chapter 12
Niko's Questions
Platinum blinked a few times as she sprung up, eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Niko, why did you take me back here!? No, this isn't right. I was ok! Really!" She frantically looked around, and, to her relief, no one was in their area.
"Listen, Niko. You can't trust anyone here, got that? Not Garnet, not Nickel, not Silver, hell, not even Gold! But you especially can't trust Sapphire and the Director." She looked around and tightly grabbed Niko's arms. "The Director has broken major laws, Niko. He's playing us all. We're the ones playing outside of the rules, the Hesitance! Not him. We made deals with G.U.N. They're helping us." She heard footsteps and frantically looked around once more, grip tightening.
"Remember, you can't trust anyone. I wish I could tell you more, but I can't. Don't listen to them Niko, and don't tell anyone what I just told you." She bit her lip as she heard voices, waving her arms in a circular motion.
Then, she was gone.
Just then everyone walks up and looks at Niko.
"I saved her." Niko said. "But she said you guys can't be trusted said something about the Director broke many laws and said something about her group of people called the Hesitance."
Before anyone could ask about that, Niko's face turned to one of angered questioning. He turned to the Director and walked up to him.
"She said something about you breaking so many laws," Niko said. "So what laws did you break? Huh? Grand Larceny? Theft? MURDER?! WHAT DID PLATINUM MEAN BY THE INSURGENTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED?! TELL ME GOD DAMMIT!"
The Director refused to sink to Niko's anger level. He seemed relaxed, but his voice was raised. "Listen here, son, we didn't do a damn thing." His accent seemed thicker than normal. "Platinum's a traitor. I have Sapphire and Garnet on her tail now, and more people to come." He chuckled dryly, "The Hesitance. Childish."
The Director lowered his glasses, though the color of his eyes could not be seen in the certain lighting. "Boy, you can't trust a word she said." He then turned around with his assistance, the Councilor, and walked off, a wake of Insurgents following after them. The only person that remained behind was Alexandrite.
"Did... Did she really betray us?" Alex asked Niko with disbelief.
"I don't know," Niko said. "But I'm going to see the leader of the Hesitance and see what their story is. Let them chase Platinum."
As he left, the thought of Sapphire betraying him popped in his head and he turned into his demon form and rushed off to the Hesitance's headquarters to ask their leader a question. When he arrived there he saw Platinum and walked up to her, reverting back to normal.
"The Insurgents are after you." He said. "You might wanna hide."
Not stopping to wonder why he was helping her, she took his advice and ran and hid within the base. As he turned to enter, he felt Sapphire charging up but stop as soon as she saw him. He looked at her and shook his head.
"There are always two sides to the story." Niko said. "I'm getting the second side right now. Don't any of you follow me or, girlfriend or not, I won't hesitate to kill you!"
With that, he walked inside and walks up to the leader.
"I've got some questions to ask you." He said.
Sapphire wasn't going to have any of that, and neither was Garnet. "I'm not going stand by and let him say that to you," Garnet growled, and Sapphire shook her head.
"Garnet, I've put everything on the line for the Insurgents before, and I still am. I'm going." Without letting him protest, Sapphire hurried after Niko. However, Garnet being Garnet, he followed.
"HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!" both Sapphire and Garnet yelled, and the leader, a man named Rickson, also put his hands up, along with the soldiers in the room. He slowly backed up, the action going unnoticed.
Sapphire had her gun skillfully aimed at Niko. "Step away from him, Niko. We've been monitoring this bunch for a while. They're dangerous. Still can't believe one of our own... Platinum..."
Niko used his psychokinesis to jam Sapphire's gun and walked past her. "I got what I wanted from the Insurgents anyway." Niko said. "I don't need you guys anymore…I'm going back home."
Sapphire tried to tell Niko to stop but Niko was gone in his demon form before she could say a word. Niko has learned that there are two groups of people; The Insurgents who help him retrieve his mother and the Hesitance, a group shrouded in mystery. The Insurgents say they can't be trusted and the Hesitance say the Insurgents can't be trusted. Who was lying and who was telling the truth? Niko didn't know and he wanted to know. He knew the story of the Insurgents, but now he wanted to know of the Hesitance's backstory. With this he went home and walked into his bedroom and crashed on the couch. He suddenly heard his phone ring. He picked it up and saw it was Garnet.