Chapter 14
Anton stepped through the ruined doorway, he still felt the burn in his cheek.
"Damn it!" he roared as he scanned the gardens, "We were to late to complete the mission."
"What happened in there?" Trouble said as he saw the blood.
"Two other Gun Knights beat us to this place," Anton answered as he rubbed the blood away, feeling the pain more sharply, "And one of them killed the fairy whose corpse in the Phantom."
"So things are more connected than we thought," Holly interjected as they entered the Phantom.
"Yes," Anton said quietly, "we have the same foe, and with what has been happening, we need each other to end this."
He held up his cell phone and dialed up Stiletto.
"Blaze, I was wondering when you would check in," Sarah Singleton said through the phone.
"Yeah," he replied with a smirk, "Well, Two put me up for a mission I couldn't refuse, but I need a forensics team to make a pass through Fowl Manor, and if possible, call in a Shadespeaker if you can get one to my families manor within four hours, one that won't spread what's found, send Wraith if possible."
"Trust you to know when everyone who owes you a favor is within reach."
"Well," Anton replied with a chuckle, "It is for a mission this time as opposed to running into a hot zone with no backup."
"Nikolai still owes you for that one though."
"Well, I may end up having to use that one as well, one of the people involved spoke with a Russian accent."
"PERIL involvement?"
"Unknown at the moment, but he didn't seem to have the abilities granted by Chems."
"What was the mission assignment anyway?"
"Recruitment."
"I'm surprised at the lack of foresight all of us had concerning the Fowls," Sarah replied calmly, "But he covered his tracks quite well, I'm beginning to have suspicions that he is either a psion or a latent psion."
"I wouldn't be to sure about that, probably just a rogue genius."
"Perhaps, you are normally good at judging people, though you missed Kabal."
"We all were, the same with the Shop."
"Though some not so much as others."
"I know, I didn't trust them before they split, but I still was betrayed."
"Everyone is entitled to a mistake every now and then, you've made three."
"Kabal and the Shop, what's the third."
"Leaving."
"I don't see that as a mistake, my life was changing me to the point that I didn't believe that I was human."
"And your respite has corrected that problem for you?"
"That and the help of some friends, though having a living family would have been nice."
"Nothing any of us could do would have saved them, your parents died unexpectedly in the chaos of it."
"Well," Anton said, still smirking as he noticed the time, "Send me a report of the forensics team, I'm taking the survivors to my home, I'll be in touch."
With that he hung up.
Glancing in the mirror, he noticed that the blood had dried, something oddly appropriate concerning who he was dealing with.
"Come on," he said as he strapped in, "Lets move because Opal has a meeting with a Shadespeaker."
"Shadespeaker?" Grub asked nervously.
"They speak to the dead."
"What kind of people did you work for?" Holly asked as Anton realized that all three of them had been listening in on his end, not what Sarah "Stiletto" Singleton had said.
"The people who keep the world safe," he replied as he started the engines, "From itself."
Anton stepped through the ruined doorway, he still felt the burn in his cheek.
"Damn it!" he roared as he scanned the gardens, "We were to late to complete the mission."
"What happened in there?" Trouble said as he saw the blood.
"Two other Gun Knights beat us to this place," Anton answered as he rubbed the blood away, feeling the pain more sharply, "And one of them killed the fairy whose corpse in the Phantom."
"So things are more connected than we thought," Holly interjected as they entered the Phantom.
"Yes," Anton said quietly, "we have the same foe, and with what has been happening, we need each other to end this."
He held up his cell phone and dialed up Stiletto.
"Blaze, I was wondering when you would check in," Sarah Singleton said through the phone.
"Yeah," he replied with a smirk, "Well, Two put me up for a mission I couldn't refuse, but I need a forensics team to make a pass through Fowl Manor, and if possible, call in a Shadespeaker if you can get one to my families manor within four hours, one that won't spread what's found, send Wraith if possible."
"Trust you to know when everyone who owes you a favor is within reach."
"Well," Anton replied with a chuckle, "It is for a mission this time as opposed to running into a hot zone with no backup."
"Nikolai still owes you for that one though."
"Well, I may end up having to use that one as well, one of the people involved spoke with a Russian accent."
"PERIL involvement?"
"Unknown at the moment, but he didn't seem to have the abilities granted by Chems."
"What was the mission assignment anyway?"
"Recruitment."
"I'm surprised at the lack of foresight all of us had concerning the Fowls," Sarah replied calmly, "But he covered his tracks quite well, I'm beginning to have suspicions that he is either a psion or a latent psion."
"I wouldn't be to sure about that, probably just a rogue genius."
"Perhaps, you are normally good at judging people, though you missed Kabal."
"We all were, the same with the Shop."
"Though some not so much as others."
"I know, I didn't trust them before they split, but I still was betrayed."
"Everyone is entitled to a mistake every now and then, you've made three."
"Kabal and the Shop, what's the third."
"Leaving."
"I don't see that as a mistake, my life was changing me to the point that I didn't believe that I was human."
"And your respite has corrected that problem for you?"
"That and the help of some friends, though having a living family would have been nice."
"Nothing any of us could do would have saved them, your parents died unexpectedly in the chaos of it."
"Well," Anton said, still smirking as he noticed the time, "Send me a report of the forensics team, I'm taking the survivors to my home, I'll be in touch."
With that he hung up.
Glancing in the mirror, he noticed that the blood had dried, something oddly appropriate concerning who he was dealing with.
"Come on," he said as he strapped in, "Lets move because Opal has a meeting with a Shadespeaker."
"Shadespeaker?" Grub asked nervously.
"They speak to the dead."
"What kind of people did you work for?" Holly asked as Anton realized that all three of them had been listening in on his end, not what Sarah "Stiletto" Singleton had said.
"The people who keep the world safe," he replied as he started the engines, "From itself."