Ch.10: Family
I stayed in the hideout for a while and then left to Grayson's class. I sat away from the entire group and before any of them could confront me outside the class I was off to the doorway. I had learned the password, gotten my own key, and even a transmitter necklace of a large orange devilish S! I was actually having fun, or should I say the Beast was.
The day actually went by quick and I learned the quite kids name, he calls himself General Imortus. He says he can never die but I think he's just lying; I don't like pronouncing the name so I call him the immortal. At the end of the day I was met by Slade in the alley way; Mammoth and Plasmus were already there. He didn't tell me anything but he pointed to the end of the hallway were a kid leaned against the wall; he looked just like Hotspot in the picture.
"I will go forward and ask the kid nicely for our money. Then if he refuses which I bet he will Plasmus will step forward and start putting some force on him. If he still refuses, Beast this is where you come in. I want you to break the money out of with that bat of you're." Mammoth said quickly.
I nodded and he stepped forward. Mammoth quickly approached Hotspot and I could hear there echoes coming from the hallway.
"Hey HS what's up? Listen the boss wants to know if you got the money you owe him?"
"Uh…not today, I know it's the deadline but I need another day."
Like a bullet Plasmus charged forward and approached Hotspot.
"Come on you little punk where's our money!"
"Hey Plasmus calm down, we don't want to hurt the kid!"
"Oh screw the morality I want the money know you little ass wipe!"
"Oh that's a clever name for a kid with the IQ of a rock!" yelled Hotspot losing his cool.
That was my queue; I walked forward holding the bat over my shoulder. I snapped my fingers and the two backed away. I came out of the shadows far enough to see the shocked face of Hotspot.
"Oh…shit." He spoke quietly.
The Beast gave a small chuckle and walked closer to him. Hotspot tried to break out but Mammoth wrapped his arm around the boy's neck and shot him back. The boy fell right towards me! I saw the Beast lift the bat but I quickly tried to beat the boy in the back of the head and knock him over before the bat connected with his skull. The boy's body made a sickening thud against the cement floor. The Beast growled and lifted the boy's body up. With a quick shift he slammed the bat into his stomach and then slammed his elbow up into the bottom of his chin!
Hotspot fell back and landed against the wall. Blood trickled from his mouth.
"Nice work Beast but that's enough, he's a good kid but he needs his lesson's taught every now and then." Mammoth chuckled as he reached for the boy's pocket and pulled out a wallet.
"Let Slade have it." Plasmus growled.
"Yea sure."
The wallet was tossed over to Slade and he caught it between his fingers. He opened it up and pulled out a handful of bills and threw it back on Hotspot's unconscious self.
"That's all we came for, now come on back to the home."
With that we left with not even a chuckle, it was just our job and nothing more. Slade didn't even say one thing about the job he just gave us a nod when we returned to the EVIL head quarters. When I sat down on a couch the Terra came towards me.
"Nice work back there, I watched you guys from the back. I am impressed by you Beast; you're big, strong, mysterious, and cute."
The Beast gave a blush and smiled at her. She leaned on his chest and gave a sigh. But as she did Beast looked over to Slade. He didn't see him with a look of hatred on it but instead a small smile. The guy was crazy, crazy as all god damn hell, but he was still human and he took care of his people like family.
The Beast stroked Terra's soft blonde hair and I actually felt attracted to the girl. She was defiantly friendly that was for sure. The rest of the time me and the girl Terra talked for a while, I learned she also had a secret power that only Slade and me knew about. With enough focus she was able to move the earth! I was amazed by that and actually I wasn't surprised a girl like this had to be special for Slade to let her in, everyone here had some sort of usefulness dealing with stealth, strength, running, or even just vocal skills, and now special powers.
For a while everything was getting better and better but then I had a call on my black and green singular cell phone. It was Cyborg. I opened the phone and spoke into it.
"Hello."
"Hey Gar you read to go?"
"Actually, I don't know I guess so."
The Beast had a perfectly ability of acting like me. I was even fouled.
"O.k., meet me in the parking lot wherever you are."
The Beast shut the phone closed and sniffed the air he looked at Slade and gave a deadly smile.
"We'll see you tomorrow then Beast." laughed Plasmus and he gave almost me a special high five.
"Yea I think so, so meet you all here tomorrow?" it asked.
"Go ahead and go, same password but don't let anyone know you were with us, got it?"
It nodded and was about to leave when a hand grabbed onto mine! Terra held on to me, she took me over to the exit and left with me. We stood outside the entrance and looked into each others eyes. She took my hand and placed a slip of piece of paper into it!
"Call me o.k. Beast; we should talk more without people like them breathing down our necks."
And before I could say anything she kissed me on the cheek and pushed me towards the exit! My cheek felt warm my body felt light off its feet, I was running towards the exit and I couldn't see the entrance to the hideout, and so I opened the exit door and left the school.
Back inside the hideout in a shadowed corner, the eyes of Slade and another pair was hidden in the shadows.
"So, he is in?" asked Slade.
"The boy is lost and his dark side is in control, we just need a way to keep it there."
"Good, once we do so we will have our ultimate fighter under our control."
"All I have to do is keep him flirting with me, I will record our calls and see if we can get some personal info on the child, and soon enough he will be our new dog."
"Yes of course, just don't get to caught up with him my precise; it is hard enough having you kiss him."
"Anything for the team."
"Good work today, tomorrow we will pull him deeper into my claws, isn't that right Terra?"
There was a deadly laugh coming from both of them and the sound of lips touching in a long kiss.
Back at the front of the school the Beast was keeping his face calm and joyful to make him look like me! He wasn't doing a perfect job but enough for Cyborg to believe him. It got into the T-car and he ride to the home was quiet. Victor didn't talk to Garfield fearing he would say something to make the boy snap. Most of his life he knew Garfield had problems he wouldn't let his anger go and it finally had gotten to him he could tell.
"Hey Gar were where you during the break periods?"
"I was away for a while just trying to get my head together. You know all that stuff happened yesterday I just need some time alone."
"I understand that but at least tell us before you do that we didn't want to worry so much about your safety."
"I don't need you to care about me! Stop treating me like I'm some little kid!"
"I am not treating you like a little kid I am treating you like my little brother!"
"You're not my brother, or my step brother, or anyone to me! We aren't even family!"
Before the Beast could react the car slammed to a stop pushing the Beast forward and slamming his head into the dashboard.
"Get out." Victor softly said.
"No, drive me home!"
"I said get out!"
"No!"
"Get out, get out, and get out, GET OUT, GET OUT NOW!"
Before the Beast could react his seat belt un-buckled without help, his door flung open and a fist to the face sent him flying out the T-car onto the cement floor!
"If you don't think I'm family, then neither is the home! You can sleep on the streets for all I care!"
With that the door slammed shut and the T0car sped off down the streets. I, the Beast, sat on the cold floor and sighed, I felt like laughing at the man's face but I didn't want to. Where was I going to sleep? I couldn't go back to the home were those people treated me like a child could I? No! No I would not sleep there! Then the answer hit me like another punch to the face, the HQ, they would let me sleep there for the night!
I began to run through back alleys and empty streets till I reached the less crowded almost empty school. I was tire, my body ached from running, sweat fell down my cheeks and forehead but I had made it home. I ran into the school, into the door, down the stairs, and to the entrance! I knocked on it and thankfully Slade opened the door knowing it was me.
"How did you know it was me?"
"You left you're transmitter on, we heard everything between you and Mr. Stone, you can stay the night here some of us do, we do not have families that care for us and apparently neither do you."
"Thank you master Slade!"
"Go ahead and leave you're belonging on a bed, you can please yourself to what ever you wish for now, but at 8:00 we leave here to cheek the school and rooms, Trigon lets us do it as long as we do not leave clues or ideas about who is behind it. Do you wish to join us?"
I stood back and smiled, I would actually be able to destroy items I found useless to my learning skills.
"Of course I would sir! But how are we going to get into the rooms?"
And like casual he pulled out two necklaces from his pocket, they both had strange keys and covered with different bands, mine was green and his was a dark orange.
"The master key, you must keep this in here at all times, during the days we hang them up on the walls or near our chosen beds. We only use them for night and that's it, if you break the rule then we break you, got it!"
I nodded and slipped the key around my neck. I finally felt powerful but this time to a larger audience. The Beast stared at the key and gave an evil chuckle to the thoughts that came to his mind, this year was getting better and better as it went by!