Chapter 23
"He's what!" Root yelled into the comms array loud enough to send static through the line.
"I'm on the line you know," Anton said coldly to the LEP commander.
"Why are you leaving us out of this!" he yelled at Anton then.
"I have my orders, you take Miss Koboi's corpse to wherever you take them and leave a communications devise here so that I can send you what I get on this," he replied.
'And these orders come from who?"
"My superiors, I am not allowed to tell you why, but Wraith and I have a mission that we have to go on immediately and it is related to what happened, we are now in an arms race with this new foe we both have."
"I just finished my conversation with the shade of the late Miss Koboi," Wraith said as he entered the conversation, "It seems that one of our old enemies is behind this."
"So you made contact?" Anton asked his friend.
"How did you." Holly commented.
"Yeah, her spirit was willing if we agreed to try to stop the sociopath," the Shadespeaker answered.
"I thought that she was dead?" Foaly said, the centaur was getting dizzy listening to this as he tried to figure out just what on earth was going on.
"She is," Trouble answered the techie.
"Then how did that mudman talk to her?" Root screamed.
"That one is actually quite simple," Wraith answered honestly, "I can sense the presence of the dead and speak to them in the fringe and spirit world, Opal has now left the Fringe to the Spirit World because she knows that her killer is gone and thus no unfinished business."
"Why the hell wasn't I informed that mudmen could do that!" the commander continued raging.
"Sir, we didn't even know until Anton called him in for assistance," Trouble responded, it was something that seemed to appease the LEP officer.
"Yes, most of the world still doesn't know about us, though you keep our secret from your people, I'll keep yours from mine," Anton said calmly, "We'll continue working together if you have no more objections."
"Fine then, Root out," Julius said as the line went dead.
"Wraith, lets move," Anton said with a smile as he headed to the Phantom, flanked by his friend, "It's already been a very long day and I believe that it will get longer still before it is over."
"He's what!" Root yelled into the comms array loud enough to send static through the line.
"I'm on the line you know," Anton said coldly to the LEP commander.
"Why are you leaving us out of this!" he yelled at Anton then.
"I have my orders, you take Miss Koboi's corpse to wherever you take them and leave a communications devise here so that I can send you what I get on this," he replied.
'And these orders come from who?"
"My superiors, I am not allowed to tell you why, but Wraith and I have a mission that we have to go on immediately and it is related to what happened, we are now in an arms race with this new foe we both have."
"I just finished my conversation with the shade of the late Miss Koboi," Wraith said as he entered the conversation, "It seems that one of our old enemies is behind this."
"So you made contact?" Anton asked his friend.
"How did you." Holly commented.
"Yeah, her spirit was willing if we agreed to try to stop the sociopath," the Shadespeaker answered.
"I thought that she was dead?" Foaly said, the centaur was getting dizzy listening to this as he tried to figure out just what on earth was going on.
"She is," Trouble answered the techie.
"Then how did that mudman talk to her?" Root screamed.
"That one is actually quite simple," Wraith answered honestly, "I can sense the presence of the dead and speak to them in the fringe and spirit world, Opal has now left the Fringe to the Spirit World because she knows that her killer is gone and thus no unfinished business."
"Why the hell wasn't I informed that mudmen could do that!" the commander continued raging.
"Sir, we didn't even know until Anton called him in for assistance," Trouble responded, it was something that seemed to appease the LEP officer.
"Yes, most of the world still doesn't know about us, though you keep our secret from your people, I'll keep yours from mine," Anton said calmly, "We'll continue working together if you have no more objections."
"Fine then, Root out," Julius said as the line went dead.
"Wraith, lets move," Anton said with a smile as he headed to the Phantom, flanked by his friend, "It's already been a very long day and I believe that it will get longer still before it is over."