Chapter Twenty-Seven
Searching for Prey
A little while later, the Chicago Knights returned to Mutopia where Jake was sent straight to James's Medical room with Amber accompanying him, and Tyroth instantly got on the phone to Hugh whilst Sephie went to check on the children and the other Knights went about their duties.
Up topside, Hugh luckily was still on duty, and he was making his way to the police station in his car when he got Tyroth's call.
"Hugh here!"
"Thank goodness!" Tyroth said in relief on the other end "So glad I found you."
"Hey Big T." Hugh replied "What's going on?"
"Much!" Tyroth replied "Jake spent hours topside trying to find Sophie, and he ran into him! Diablo!"
Tyroth then went on to explain what had happened when Jake had run into his brother, and Hugh went pale.
Hugh's eyes widened as the Dragon spoke about what Jake had heard from the conversation between Sophie and Diablo, about Dale's sexual abuse and threats towards Sophie and the fact he murdered Sophie's sick mother.
"Damn!" Hugh cursed "I knew there was something off about that man! I was right to doubt his claims!"
"Dale's the evil one in this! He's a murderer and a bullying abuser!" Tyroth said "And after what Jake heard, Diablo and his followers are going to go after him! And what they plan to do, I have no idea!"
"Shit!" Hugh said "As much as I believe that Dale doesn't deserve protection after what I've heard, I have to do my duty and protect those I have in custody, or witnesses, all that Jazz."
"I understand Hugh." Tyroth sighed "You must do your duty."
"The forensics are still working on the flat to find evidence, and I'm hoping that they'll realise that Dale's the guilty one and not Sophie, but it's so difficult at the moment." Hugh continued "But in the meantime, I'll make sure Dale's taken somewhere else, he's with friends at the moment."
"Okay." Tyroth said "Do what you have to do, and keep me informed."
"Will do T!" Hugh said then he hung up and sighed.
"Damn!" he grunted as he took a sip of coffee "After what I heard, what I wouldn't give to charge that pervert! But I need evidence! Damn! Why is this so complicated sometimes?!"
Meanwhile, Diablo and his followers had rested briefly and they were sharing some snacks and drinks.
Diablo looked across to Chastity who was looking at a newspaper, that branded her as a murderer.
"Don't worry Chastity." He said "We will find Dale, and make him pay!"
Samson and Rex nodded.
"What I wouldn't give to put my paws around that perverts neck! After what he did to you sweetheart." Samson growled "You should have told me, and I would have protected you."
Chastity looked at Samson, her eyes filled with regret yet she knew why she couldn't tell him before.
"I wish I could have." She said "I wished you could have."
"None of it matters now." Rex spoke softly "We will search for Dale, and he will get what's coming to him!"
"That he will." Diablo said "And we'll need to move sooner rather than later, if I'm not mistaken, Jake will have relayed information he heard back to the Mutopians should they have found him by now, and Tyroth will tell that police officer Hugh our plans!"
"Damn!" Samson snarled.
Chastity then glowered.
"Then what are we waiting for?" she asked "I know where Dale often goes to play all night poker with his equally perverted friends! We should start there!"
Diablo smirked loving the sound of the once sweet voiced Chastity turn dark and wanting revenge.
"Spoken like a true disciple." He thought then turned to Rex and Samson.
"Well, you heard our newest member." He said "Let us get prepared."
Samson and Rex nodded in agreement and they stood up ready.
"Lead the way Chastity." Diablo smirked gesturing the Dove to walk to a window to which she nodded and with a new sense of confidence, she jumped out the window and opened her wings!
Samson and Rex were worried at first, but then they saw Chastity dive down then soar upwards as the wind caught her wings!
"Whoa!" Rex cried "She's become a more confident flyer now!"
Samson just nodded in awe.
Diablo smirked again then jumped out of the window following Chastity whilst the Panther and Doberman leapt to the next building so they could follow the mutant birds.
As Chastity flew ahead, she narrowed her eyes.
"You think you're safe Dale? Well you're not! I might have failed to kill you before; well I'm glad I failed, as along with my new friends, I'm going to make you suffer a fate worse than death! Beware you bastard! I'm coming for you!"
Meanwhile, completely unaware that Chastity, Diablo, Rex and Samson were going after him. Dale was sitting around a kitchen table with his friends playing late night poker and drinking beer and eating potato chips.
As he dealt some cards, he smirked.
"I win!" he declared pulling the chips towards him to which his friends groaned in disappointment.
"You win again Dale." One of his friends, a red capped bearded man sighed.
"Looks like Luck is on your side mate, in more ways than one!" another said, a skinhead wearing shades.
Dale just smirked.
"I just hope my lucks going to get even better!" he said "After all that happened in the last 48 hours."
His friends looked at him and took a sip of their beer.
"How is the investigation going mate?" another one of them asked, this one was an overweight man with blonde hair "The police still haven't found that niece of yours eh?"
"Nope." Dale sighed "She can't run away forever, and if luck is even on my side, she's gone and thrown herself into the Chicago River or in Lake Michigan! If she feels that guilty about what she did to her poor mummy!"
"After what she did." The red capped one said "Such a cruel crime, even if she did put her mother out of her misery."
"You're telling me!" Dale agreed as he dealt some cards and took a swig of beer, he then placed his hand on his bandaged nose.
"She tried to kill me, but sadly for her, she failed." He said "I'm still here!"
"Thank God for that mate!" said the skinhead.
Dale was about to speak again when a shadow past over the window, blocking out the light outside for a split second and he blinked several times.
"You alright mate?" the Skinhead asked.
"Did you see that?" Dale asked.
"See what?" the overweight man asked as he looked towards the window.
"Something flew across the window." Dale said.
"Only a bird." The red capped man dismissed as he looked at his cards.
Dale looked at the window again with a frown, then shrugged before looking down at his cards.
Outside the apartment, Diablo perched above the window, he had flown past to get a brief look of what was going on inside and Chastity had watched from afar.
Looking up the Raven waited for confirmation from the Dove to which the white bird nodded.
"Is that the place?" Samson asked from a nearby fire escape.
Chastity nodded.
"Yes." She said "Dale would often go there some nights and return home plastered, sometimes he made me come by and drive him back to me and mum's apartment, and each time I did, he'd try and leer and make advances on me whilst shit-faced!"
Samson growled and Rex who was right below them also growled wanting to give that pervert a piece of his mind.
The three mutants then saw Diablo fly over.
"So what now?" Samson asked the Raven "How do we get in?"
"I've flown around the apartment." Diablo relayed "And there's a window open on the other side, I think it leads into a bedroom."
"So what's the plan?" Rex asked.
Diablo smirked.
"I need you Rex to climb through the window then look for the door leading to the fire escape on the other side and let us in, but make sure you're not seen or heard."
"Piece of cake Diablo!" Rex said putting his paw to his head in a salute "I've had to learn to be stealthy in the army!"
Diablo nodded then held out his taloned hands so he could carry Rex to the window.
Chastity though unsure, she turned to offer the same assistance to Samson but the Panther declined and leapt to the next building grabbing a drain pipe.
"Wait until you're more confident at flying hun!" he winked as he climbed up the pipe then moved to the other side of the building to follow Diablo and Rex.
Finding the window, Diablo assisted Rex through the window and the Doberman tumbled in before landing on a rather lumpy bed covered with clothes.
"Yuck!" he growled "What a slob!" he sat up and gave Diablo a wink and thumbs up before starting to creep towards the bedroom door.
There was a light on outside in the hallway and Rex held his breath as he listened hard to the conversations outside as well as looked at the messy room in the limited light.
"Jeez!" he growled "These men live like bloody pigs! We never allowed this kind of mess in the army!"
He growled again at the mess then crept into the hallway, the noise of the men laughing and chortling was coming from the kitchen and luckily where he needed to go was out of their vision so he was able to creep along and find the door, which happened to be another messy and smelly bedroom.
"Jeez what kind of people live like this?" he snarled, he then opened the door to see Samson, Diablo and Chastity on the other side.
"Glad you could drop in!" Rex chuckled "You wouldn't believe the mess in this apartment! Not to mention the smell!"
Chastity gagged slightly but she held it together as she was starting to feel excited that she was going to confront Dale at last for the abuse he had laid on her as well as the death of her mother.
Samson and Diablo grimaced at the smell then stepped inside, closing the door behind them as quietly as possible.
"I can hear them loud and clear." Samson said
"They're playing in the kitchen." Rex informed.
"So now what do we do?" Chastity asked as she listened in on the noise and hearing Dale's laughter made her shudder and her blood boil.
"Easy." Diablo smirked "We cut the power, we then mess with them!"
The three mutants looked at him confused then Diablo looked out into the hallway.
"If I'm not mistaken, I can cut the power at the fuse box and plunge the place into darkness, and then we attack!"
"But where will we find one?" Rex asked.
"Easy." Diablo replied "I'm sure there's a cupboard here with one!"
He put a taloned finger to his beak then sauntered outside the room.
"Be careful!" Rex hissed to which Diablo nodded before moving down the hallway.
"Be ready!" he whispered then walked down further before reaching a door in the hallway which he opened and looked inside.
The three mutants watched him then Diablo gave a thumbs up.
"He's found it!" Samson hissed "Be prepared!"
Rex and Chastity nodded, then they saw Diablo hit the switch and the lights went off throughout the apartment!
As soon as the lights went off, a shout was heard from the kitchen.
"What the Hell!?"
"Power cut?"
"What's going on!?"
The three mutants stayed in their places as they waited for Diablo to return.
"What's going on here?" the voices came from the kitchen "Anyone got a torch? Or candles?"
Before long the mutants eyes got used to the darkeness, although Samson stepped forward, his cat like eyes glowing.
"Follow me!" he said, "I can use my vison to help!"
"Well done Samson." Diablo's whispered voice was heard as he sauntered over to them.
"Okay, one my count!" the Raven said "One...two...Three!"
Dale looked around as he tried to find something to help them see in the dark.
"What the hell's going on here?" he asked.
"Beats me!" the Skinhead said as he looked around for a light then he picked up a lighter "I got something!" he then flicked it on.
Yet no sooner did he do so, than before him, he saw the face of Samson, with his cat eyes glowing at him as well as his teeth bared!
"Holy shit!" the skinhead shouted before he dropped the lighter and Samson shoved his paw towards him and punched him square in the face knocking him out cold!
As the light went out the other men shouted in shock.
"What the hell's going on!?"
Dale fell to the ground and crawled backwards against the wall as he heard his friend's grunts and cries as they were knocked out and thrown to the side.
"Who's there?" Dale shouted "Show yourselves!"
"Dale..." Dale's blood ran cold as he heard Diablo's voice "Hello Dale."
"Who are you?" Dale stuttered as he looked around, though it was dark, he could see some shapes before him.
"Who...whose there?" he asked terrified.
"Hello Dale..."
It was then he heard Chastity's voice.
"Sophie?" he asked in shock "Sophie? Is that you?"
"In the flesh." Chastity hissed "Did you think you'd see me again?"
"Sophie..." Dale choked "You...you little Bitch...you dare come here?"
"How dare I?" Chastity hissed "How dare I? You've lied about me! You lied about everything! You bastard! You destroyed everything!"
Dale glared again.
"How can you prove what I did you little bitch?" Dale asked "You think you can prove to the police what happened?"
Dale then felt himself get kicked backwards against the wall, then he saw a shape step towards him.
"I thought I'd made a mistake when I failed to kill you!" he heard Chastity's voice "But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise!"
A flicking voice was heard, then a light appeared from a lighter, and Dale's eyes widened in shock when he saw what was in front of him!
"Fuck!" he shouted as he saw Chastity's white mutant bird face before him!
"I failed to kill you!" she hissed "But with the help of my friends, I will make you suffer! You will suffer a fate worse than death!"
It was then Dale saw the faces of Diablo, Samson and Rex appear in the light of the flame coming from the Lighter.
"Holy Shit!" he stammered.
Yikes! Looks like Diablo and his followers got to Dale first before Hugh could, despite Tyroth's warnings!
What will Diablo and his followers do to Dale and his friends? And what will happen next?
Well, I'll keep you readers guessing until next chapter! *evil cackle*
Hope you enjoyed it!
See you next chapter!
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