This is where things are gonna get crazy, guys. In this latest chapter of JAS, everyone, and I mean everyone, will be confronted by Reagan, and we'll see the consequences of his continuous dropping sanity. And we'll see who his anger is targeted at. Hold on tight, and enjoy!

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Chapter 28: Reagan Snaps

It felt like the longest moment of silence ever. Between the families... and the bad guys. Reagan was twirling his gun in his hand, as he stared at the gang. Despite that he still had his shades on, everyone could still somehow feel the evil and coldness he expressed. The henchman, Arnie included, were watching with slight concern.

Albert slowly stood, deciding to speak first, "The end of us...? I think it's the end of you, Reagan. Soon the police will be here, and you'll be right back on ice where you belong..."

Reagan's smirk deepened, "How funny that you still think you have the upper hand. As I said, I gave the police false leads. And even if they knew where you all were, it will take them ages to get here. And even then, it would be even more difficult to get in. I might just set up a hostage situation."

"That's where you're wrong." Theo stood up himself, despite his mother whispered at him to shush, "Because we-"

"You what? Have an outside lady who you brats have been keeping in contact with?" Reagan asked, "By the name of Sasha Miller? Oh yes, we know about her..."

With a snap of his fingers, Another henchman walked in, holding a tied up and unconscious Sasha with him. Bucky was shocked, "Sash!" He stepped forward, "What did you do to her?!"

"Nothing yet." The villain shrugged, "And as for the other kids, I have men guarding that RV of yours with them inside. And if you all cooperate, nothing will happen to them."

The man threw Sasha towards the group, as she started to awaken. Bucky was quick to be at her side. The woman looked up at her husband, "Mi amor... I... I called the police... they're on their way..." She whispered, "They know where to find u-us..." She smiled. Bucky smiled back as he hugged her.

"You hear that?" Albert smirked at the bad guys, "They're coming."

Still, Reagan chuckled, "Again, I have my men outside to prevent them from coming in. It will still be a hot minute before they come to your rescue. Anyways, you're probably wondering what I plan to do now... well since your little brats have infiltrated the building... I had to make changes to my plans. I definitely had to rethink some things."

"If one of those rethinking is rethinking being an asshole, then I welcome it!" Rudy exclaimed.

"Shut up, Rudolph. This doesn't concern you."

"Doesn't concern me?!" The rich man stood up, "This whole shit started because you got pissed that I overcharged you and beat you at every pimp challenge! So yeah, I think it does concern me in some way! And you already got your revenge by having Gabe fuck my ass earlier!"

Rudy then heard Alya gasp beside him. He looked down to see his daughter holding her hands over her mouth as tears formed in her eyes. That's when he realized what he let slip, "Shit!" He put his own hands over his face. He didn't mean to let that out, and he certainly didn't mean to ever let Alya find out, or anybody for that matter."

Reagan watched this with amusement, "Of course. As you said, I already gave you yours, so no... this no longer concerns you, Rudolph. This concerns another fool who I am quite frankly sick and tired of."

"And who would that be?" Leia asked, "Me? Since you didn't get a chance to have fun with me."

"It's not you, Leia. I don't have the interest to arouse you right now."

Donald glared, "Yeah, you better keep your hands off my wife."

Reagan took one step forward, "No... this fool is one who has been a thorn in my side for a long time." He was looking towards Albert and his family, which led the fat man to believe that he was talking about him. He also stepped forward, not only to protect his wife and son but to offer himself as if he were a sacrifice, "I guess the thorn would be me." He spoke, "I am the one who's done the most here."

"Not even close, Albert." Reagan glared at him, before looking around him... straight at Theo, "The thorn is rather your spawn..."

Theo, after looking around to see just who he was talking about, realized just who Reagan was talking about, "Wait... me?"

"Yes, you..." The villain sneered at the eleven-year-old.

Trina gasped before holding her son tightly, "What do you want with my baby?" She demanded.

"That little boy has caused a whole lot of trouble for me. Especially last year." Reagan explained, stepping closer, "He was quick to thwart my attempts to claim Rudolph's daughter... speaking of..." He said a seductive look towards Alya, "We still have some unfinished business..."

Rudy growled as he shielded, "Don't you fucking dare..." he warned.

Theo looked at the criminal, "But I don't get it. I barely did anything."

At hearing that sentence, Reagan let out a laugh that sent chills down the boy's spine, "Barely? BARELY?! Boy, you think I don't know who's the little ring leader of your band of friends, and the one who even planned the failed rescue of your parents?!" He chuckled some more, "I know your game, Theodore. You're a smart one, just like your father. That means you're a threat to me and my plans, and that's why I plan to deal with you personally."

Albert glared at the evil man, "Hey, hey, hey. There's no way I'll let you hurt my son. He hardly has anything to do with this."

"That's what you think..."

"You're gonna have to get through me to get to him."

"Gladly..."

Before anybody could react, Reagan walked up to Albert, and in an instant, pulled something small out, before jabbing it in Albert's neck. The large man fell over, much to everyone's horror, Trina and Theo's especially, "ALBERT!" His wife shouted as she rushed over to him, accidentally leaving her son by himself. This gave Reagan to the opening he wanted, as he charged and grabbed the boy by his collar.

"No, Theo!" Alya exclaimed, "Don't hurt him! Please!"

Reagan smirked, "Oh I plan to do more than just hurt him."

"I swear if you do anything to my baby..." Trina threatened as she tended to her unconscious husband.

"I already hurt one of your babies." The villain held up what everyone could now see was a syringe with a needle, "Special thanks to Muggles for whipping up the drug to knock anybody out, and to Arnie for getting the syringe."

Muggles smiled to himself... while Arnie frowned deeply, especially as Rudy suddenly scowled at him, "So this was a trick? I knew it! I knew I couldn't trust your ass!"

"Wait! Wait! This was before I talked to you dudes!" The former pool shark defended himself, "I'm still very much on your side now! The rest of us are!"

...

...

"... Crap. I said too much."

Reagan slowly turned towards his followers, "What do you mean 'on their side'?" He asked softly yet sinisterly.

With the cat out of the bag, Arnie glared at his boss, "Reagan, I think I speak for the other dudes when I say that, you have lost your fucking mind. When we agreed to help you, you promised us revenge for what those guys did to us in the past, and we agreed that there wouldn't be any fatalities. Yet here you are about to torture and potentially kill a kid over something he barely did. Not to mention you nerfed one of the others earlier just for disagreeing with you! That's when I realized that you're only in this for yourself! You don't give a damn about the rest of us, and I'd rather much have just stayed where I was than ever help you. So I want no more of this craziness! I rather we give up and turn ourselves in!"

Slowly but surely, the other men were agreeing, "Yeah... we should give up." Tiro added, "This is going too far..."

"Yeah..." Rex looked down, "Now that I think about it, it's not worth it pining for Elaine anymore, or even Not-Elaine..."

"Well, I'm not leaving 'til I get my reward for helping your sorry ass." Muggles frowned.

"That goes double for me." Gabe agreed, "So hand it over so we can haul ass, Mr. Sauls..."

Reagan stared at them for the longest time, still gripping Theo. The men stared back, half expecting him to shoot all of them in anger. But instead... he started to chuckle... that chuckle soon turned into laughter... that got louder... and louder... and more psychotic. This disturbed everyone in the room. When the laughter stopped, a sadistic smirk appeared on his face.

"So you fools actually figured out that I just planned to kick you all to the curb once I had my desires fulfilled. I merely recruited you fools not only because I knew that you knew the Junkyard Gang, but also just I needed extra hands. I never gave a fuck about what any of you wanted, and I sure as hell wasn't going to give any of your traitors a reward for your work!" His tone was slightly more manic, a huge departure from the soft yet sinister voice he normally had.

Arnie scowled, "See? That's what I'm talking about! You're a fucking psychopath!"

"HA! I know! And I don't care! Because I'm not stopping until I fulfill my goals! All of you will fall, and Reagan Sauls will rise!"

He turned back to Theo, who shrunk a little at the look on his face, "You will be the first to succumb, boy, for all the trouble you've caused me. And even better? Your parents, friends, and especially your girlfriend get to watch!"

One of Tiro's friends was enraged, but not because a child was about to be hurt, "You ungrateful piece of shit! We help you, but we get nothing in return?! Why I oughta..." He started to run towards the man, despite Tiro calling him back.

BANG!

The friend was on the ground, a bullet in his head. Reagan had shot him without ever having to look at him. He continued to focus on the boy in his clutches. Theo was at a loss of what to do. But he knew that if he didn't do anything, he was surely going to die in the next few minutes. He watched in fear as the man holding him put his gun away... before taking out a knife.

"Now where were we...?" Reagan's evil smirk got bigger, "Oh yes... let's start with some blood spillage..."

He turned to everyone else, "And anyone to dares to stop me... remember my gun..."

Theo looked at everyone in the room. His father was still unconscious, his mother was in tears. He saw both Mr. Cosby's, Mr. Davis, Mr. Parker, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Mush all glaring at Reagan with hatred, Mrs. Cosby, Miss Simone, Mrs. Parker, and Mrs. Miller looking at him with concern. Harry was holding April's hand.

But the saddest thing Theo saw was Alya's heartbroken face. He didn't blame her for feeling this way. For all she knew, he was going to die right in front of her. And there was nothing anybody could do about it. Unless... he could escape somehow. With no other possible outcome, Theo pulled his leg back, before thrusting it forward and kicking Reagan hard in the stomach.

He thought he could have aimed lower, but it was enough for the man to release him. He was dropped to the floor and scooted away from the villain, who recovered as he glowered at the boy, "You're making this harder than it needs to be, boy..."

Reagan once again made a grab for him, but Theo got up and, without really thinking, sent a punch at the man's face, catching him off guard, and also knocking his shades off. It was out of self-defense for Theo, but he was starting to regret it when Reagan looked back at him. This was the first time he had seen him without those shades, so now he could see the man's eyes. Dark brown, and full of malice, hate, and coldness glaring daggers straight back at him. Everyone else felt the tenseness. What would be the criminal's next move?

"And now you're making a grave mistake." Was all he said as he raised his knife.

"Leave him alone!"

Just as Reagan brought the knife down, Harry stood and rushed over to Theo, to jump right in front of him, just as the knife stabbed him in the shoulder. The teenager gasped in pain. Harold was horrified, "NOOO! HARRY!"

"Damn boy. Don't get the way of malevolent business." Reagan groaned, ripping the knife out violently.

Harry dropped to his knees as he clutched his bleeding shoulder. He was breathing heavily. Theo shook his head in disbelief and shame. The latter was because one of his closest friends was now hurt after trying to protect him. He suddenly felt he was to blame for this happening. Reagan seemed to sense his shame and grinned, "Well now. Look what you've done, Theo. You allowed your hurt to take the hit for you. What a pity..."

"No... no, he didn't..." Harry himself gasped out, "I was just protecting him from you... you did this..." he coughed up blood when saying this.

However, the villain ignored him as he continued to focus on Theo, who now realized that... he didn't want anybody else to get hurt. He looked at his mother and still unconscious father. He looked at his friends and their parents. He looked at Alya trembling in her mother's arms. He looked at Harry bleeding out.

He had to protect them all...

He had to solve this problem...

With that mindset, he glared at Reagan, "You want me? You want to hurt me and the people I love and care about? Well... if that's what you want..." He slipped down and through Reagan's legs, and ran off towards the door. He was making an escape, "You'll have to catch me first!"

"Stop him, you fools!" Reagan commanded to the other fools.

Arnie scoffed, 'Did you forget? We ain't working for your sadistic ass anymore."

In a fit of rage, Reagan grabbed his gun and fire several shots at the men. But they dodged each one, and this allowed for Theo to run through the double doors. The villain wasn't going to let him get away that easily. In fact, he figured he would enjoy this game of cat and mouse. So he took off after the little boy. Trina cried out for her son, "MY BABY!"

"Theo, NO! We gotta help him!" Alya exclaimed as she tried to get up, only for her mother to keep a hold of her.

"Baby, no. We can't just go running after that maniac." Danielle told her.

"But Theo's in trouble! He needs help!"

Rudy looked at her sorrowfully, "There's not much we can do there, sweetie. The police will be here soon, they'll help him."

Alya felt tears running down her cheeks as she struggled, "It might be too late by then! He might be dead! If you guys won't help, I will!"

"NO!" Danielle tightened her grip on her daughter, "I can't lose you for a second time."

"Mom, let me go! Theo's my friend! I have to do something!"

"Alya, that's ENOUGH!" Rudy responded sharply with a stern tone, "There's no use doing something stupid and getting yourself killed! You are a child, for God's sake! Theo will be fine! And you are staying here where it's safe and that's FINAL! Do I make myself clear, young lady?"

Alya stared at her father with shock. He had never raised his voice or spoke so harshly to her before. It made more tears fall, but it also made her realize how serious her parents were about this. So with that, she nodded, "Yes, Daddy..."

Rudy himself sighed, "I'm sorry, sweetheart, I didn't mean to sound so... mean."

"I know..."

Harold was busy tending to Harry, "You're gonna be fine, buddy... hang on..." he assured his son, choking up slightly.

"It hurts, Dad..." the teen coughed again.

"Don't talk... the paramedics will be here soon."

"Lord, please watch over my babies... please..." Trina prayed.

Sure enough, as he said that, everyone started to hear sirens in the distance. They were almost home free. And the criminals were ready to face the music. However... they all were concerned for Theo. Where was he running? Where was he leading Reagan to? Would Reagan catch him? And if he did, what would he do to him?

They all knew he had run to keep them safe... but how long could he keep himself safe from the bad guy?

So we see Reagan lose his cool, and see him at his worst. He seems to have been pushed over the edge with being betrayed, killing another man, and stabbing Harry, but it's gonna get worse as he's currently chasing Theo with possible lethal intent. We'll see this chase be the main focus of the next chapter. And don't think that the others are gonna be out of focus, we'll see some action from Alya, April, and even Rudy and Albert as the story pushes on. We're getting close to the end, so hang on tight. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll see you guys later. And don't forget to review, please. Thank you!