Authors notes: Hi everyone! Thank you for the reviews, it has inspired me to write sooner. And don't worry, I plan to finish this story, the long updating time was a sad mistake. My love for writing kind of went away for awhile. But it's back. Btw: if anyone has any suggestions for chapters or endings they will be gladly accepted. I'm writing this for your pleasure too. Any suggestion will be taken into consideration;-) Enjoy!
Chapter six: Hung- over twins and a mysterious man
"What the hell are you doing??!!" a familiar voice shouted.
When Lyle's shirt collar was yanked he nearly wet his pants. When he turned to look at the person the angry voice belonged to, he was met with an enraged glare from none other than Sydney.
"We break into Mr. Raines' so-called fort and expect to find you there. Not at a bar getting drunk!"
Lyle just shrank away from the booming voice. He was starting to get a headache from all the alcohol. "Well, we kind of had to. Mr. Raines was planning something and if we didn't leave immediately we would have been a part of that."
"Right now I don't care. What I care about is how two fifteen year olds managed to enter an adult bar and buy liquor without anybody noticing!" Sydney was seething with anger at that time and Lyle thought it prudent to follow the infuriated man before it was taken out on his hide.
He spared a glance at Miss Parker and noticed she was in similar trouble with Jarod, although Sydney had done most the shouting and screaming for the both of them.
"You will both come with me right now or I promise your buttocks will get a hiding it has never felt before." Sydney knew he was probably overreacting, but the thought of two children, irresponsible children alone and on the run from Mr. Raines unbearable, especially if he could do something about it.
"The car is waiting on the outside; Jarod has done some research and thinks he may be able to recreate the youth machine. We'll go over it in more detail when we arrive at the safe house."
What they didn't notice was a strange shadow lurking on the street corner. The smile on the man's face did not bid well for the groups well being. Hmm… Everything is going according to plan, the man thought to himself. The twins brought me directly to Jarod. Too bad I have to get rid of them all, mwhahaha!
The car drive was silent. Lyle and Miss Parker was too hung-over to argue with each other, so they just sat there glaring at each other having a silent I- blame- you conversation. Then suddenly the car stopped. A small cottage outside a small forest was visible through the outline of several big trees.
"God, I need some aspirin," Miss Parker complained.
"Yeah, me too," Lyle agreed.
"I… I might have some in my bag…" Broots stuttered. Despite being physically 15 years Miss Parker sure did know how to glare.
"No, Broots. Their punishment for drinking will be suffering the effects of their hangover. In the meanwhile we'll go over the blueprints for the youth machine." Sydney had no sympathy for the hung-over children.
"Sure, after we get the little children into bed." Jarod joked loving the heated glare he garnered from the twins. "Oh aren't you the cutest…" and then he pinched Lyle's cheek before running inside the cottage.
Lyle just sat there in shock before turning bright red. "Christ, one day I swear I'll have his head on a platter."
"Don't make promises you can't keep," laughed Miss Parker.
"Shut up and move," Lyle said and pushed at her.
"Just get in the cottage, please," Sydney pinched his nose feeling a headache of his own coming forth.
Meanwhile a shadow slowly crept forward hiding behind a tree. Soon… Soon I will finish my plan and the Center will rise again and flourish like it once did…
To be continued…