Chapter 14
"Who the heck was that guy?" asked Garret.
"He's someone who has been watching us. I don't know why." said Matt.
"You mean he's a stalker." said Gannon, looking directly at the road.
"We should go to the cops," said Garret.
"No! Please don't!" cried Matt.
"Why not? That guy wanted to kidnap you!" cried Garret.
"It's complicated," said Matt.
"Complicated?!" cried Garret.
"Calm down dude. I bet Tyrone's got an explanation." said Gannon.
Garret looked at the back window and saw that they were in the clear. He let out a huge sigh of relief and Gannon arrived at the Corn Dog Place.
"Pull it together man." said Gannon to Garret, who seemed extremely mortified. Matt seemed calm and he patted Garret's back.
"It's okay. Thank you guys." said Matt.
The three of them entered the restaurant in a hurry and Tyrone quickly noticed them as he finished despatching a customer.
Matt didn't know what to say or do, so he simply went to a table to sit. As for Tyrone, he knew something was up and when it was time for his break, he quickly went over to meet with the guys.
The boys explained everything and Tyrone massaged his forehead.
"Again? This can't be happening." said Tyrone.
"Who is that guy, and why has he been stalking you?" asked Garret.
"Dude, we want to help. If you explain to us, we'll explain too." said Gannon.
Garret shot him a look, but Gannon nodded with assurance. "I think it's safe to tell them," he said.
"You guys wouldn't believe it if we told you." said Matt.
Gannon pulled something from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"Dude! We're in public!" cried Garret. Almost too loudly and now it was Gannon shooting him a look. Garret piped down and the boys looked at what appeared to be a badge on the table.
It was metallic and it had the picture of a pine tree forest with a waterfall in the distance. It looked like a crest of some sort. Matt didn't know what that meant, but Tyrone had a gut feeling what this meant. He looked up at Gannon and Garret and smiled.
"You guys know the Mothman." Tyrone said softly with a smile.
Gannon and Garret both nodded, almost in unison and Bubbles the Hermit Crab appeared from Gannon's pocket pouch on his hoodie. It looked like he was understanding what was going on. Almost.
"We are Sword Warriors. We work for her majesty, Queen Imani." said Garret.
Matt's mouth dropped and Tyrone stroked his chin. "Then the YouTube account you guys are running…. Is that undercover or what?" he asked, almost chuckling.
"Yes and no. What you see on Youtube and Tic Tok and wherever you see us, that's really us. We do those things for fun!" said Gannon.
"As long as we don't post anything Rood Bridge Park related, we'll be fine," said Garret.
"Then you guys aren't really from around here? What are you guys?!" cried Matt, with his eyes beaming with delight.
"We're humans, just with sword skills. The Mothman sent us both here to guard the town. It's our post. However, he came to us a couple nights ago to tell us about you guys. We got the scoop on what's going on so far with you guys." said Gannon.
"Sorry I freaked you out about going to the cops. We weren't sure if that was some freak from the street or if that really was the new guy we've been hearing about." said Garret.
"New guy?" asked Tyrone.
"The BogeyMan. Or whatever he calls himself. He's a new face in town. He's not registered as a magician or an impulse user." said Garret.
"In other words, there are like a ton of Bogey Men out there, but we've never heard of this guy," said Gannon.
"Then you two have no idea who he is either?" asked Tyrone.
"No one does. Like I said, he's new to the scene." said Gannon.
"If you guys don't know, and the Mothman doesn't know either, then who the heck is he?" asked Matt.
"Gannon and I have been looking it up for days. We can't find anything about him. We've tried looking up in social media all the known Bogey People that somehow have accounts, but his face is nowhere to be found." said Garret.
"Anyway, because of what just happened, we might have to guard you guys at home for the time being," said Gannon.
"Which means we have to be on hiatus from our videos," said Garret.
"Not necessarily. We can do videos and stuff in our free time. Matt can join us." said Gannon.
"Really?" asked Matt excitedly.
"Hold on you guys. Wouldn't that expose Matt?" asked Tyrone.
"You forget we can make our videos with special effects. You see, only human folk can see them and only a select few of Rood Bridge Park folk can watch them too. We have our ways." said Gannon with a wink.
"We've done it for years," said Garret.
"Yeah, but you guys don't have to protect us all the time. I'm sure you two have lives and it'll be a bother." said Tyrone.
"Dude, Garret and I live in an apartment by ourselves and we make money with our social media stuff. And things have been getting pretty boring in town." said Gannon.
"Thanks guys." Matt said softly and Tyrone patted his head. Matt looked up at Tyrone, who was gazing at him warmly. Matt smiled as Tyrone pressed on Matt's shoulder gently.
