Chapter 12

Beggars can be Choosers

Scourge went inside a restaurant and ordered a cup of coffee, dark. He was trying to recover from the trauma after witnessing the destruction of his birthplace. It was the one place he could come to whenever he has a personal crisis. He can remember most of his childhood spending time with his parents, enjoying the home cooked meals, watching TV etc. Nobody around him cared one bit; they were too busy trying to cope with the events that just happened.

A familiar face walked towards Scourge and sat next to him, it was Cream. He wasn't surprised. "You're here to tell about Ainsley aren't you?"

"How did you know?" asked Cream.

"I'm a member of GUN, didn't you forget?"

"Unlike my mother. She's overprotective before I was high."

"You're not the only person who had a bad experience."

"My bad experience was all in the past, yours is more recent. You'll know the difference once you put yourself in my place."

Scourge didn't bother listen to her. He was so down in the dumps that he felt like his entire life was just a game made by an 8-year-old. "If you were me you'll might be more desperate."

"You were created from Chaos Energy, how could have a family?"

"I broke into a virtual simulator and see if I had a real life. It created everything I wanted."

"What's this got to do with the apartment that's been shown all over the news?"

"I just randomly picked it, it was nothing special."

For a moment, Cream thought she was going to feel sympathy for Scourge. She quickly kept it to herself without showing it. She never cared a single thing about anything but herself, she keeps reminding herself that she's not a girl anymore. Although what she's saying next is unrelatable, she just thought it might take Scourge's mind off of the incident. "Don't you think it's weird of someone taking a dose of heroin, ecstasy and morphine mixed together?"

"Suppose so, where did you hear about it?"

"I hired one of my men to go undercover impersonating as a GUN soldier to find that double crosser who's making sides A and B a bunch of idiots. Who by the way is working for side C.?"

Scourge sipped his cup, for a moment he thought he burned his tongue. Cream didn't care one bit, she sometimes thinks about something after seeing what she saw, she was a child back then. Her mind is more concentrated on the task at hand.

Scourge did some thinking. "That dose could actually kill a person. Ridenburgh couldn't have fallen into a coma."

"You think Williams' men have something to do with it?"

"Probably and maybe Rejoice and SWAT are involved. That reminds me, what have you been doing?"

"Is it that important?"

Scourge can see how secretive cream is. He knows that Cream should speak to him, what he doesn't know is that Cream lost faith in those around her. Like a spider with all of its legs pulled off. He refrained himself and continued. "Some people want to know Cream, you're not Angelyne."

Cream knew Scourge is right, she had been keeping things to herself for so long. "Aren't you going to capture Williams?"

"As of now he's being pursued by-"

"Saoirse and Cian. I doubt they'll get him during a hot pursuit. He's too smart to make a getaway."

"What do you mean?"

Cream got out of her seat just as the empty cup hit the saucer. "Follow me if you want to know."

They went about to head for her van until Scourge spotted a familiar face. It was a member of Rejoice who witnessed the apartment incident. Scourge remembered seeing him after the explosion. They were about question him until the Rejoice agent gave chase. Scourge and Cream ran out the door and didn't bother take Cream's van. Both were energetic and have terrific stamina. The Rejoice agent struggled to keep going, he felt a stitch in his abdomen and appeared as though he was about collapse. He had no experience in running and sprinting.

It was a long chase but they managed to catch the agent at Rowlington Park. Scourge leapt on his and the two landed on the hard brittle cement path.

"Hey!" yelled the agent. "You're breaking my arm!"

"Struggle and I'll break both of them!" threatened Scourge. "Tell me what the fuck you were doing at Einklein Street."

The agent can feel his arm breaking slowly. "I was doing an assignment, to know who was the leader of the drug ring in that apartment."

"Been there, done that. Your boys were late for that."

Cream pulled the agent's hair. "Tell if that's got to do with Theobald Williams."

"McOulen thought it was, he just said to follow every GUN squad and find their weaknesses."

"That's another reason why Rejoice is controversial," said Scourge.

Cream pulled the agent on his feet and dragged him to the restaurant. "We'll be taking you for questioning, he's all yours Scourge."

"With pleasure," Scourge said as he cuffed the agent and put him in the back seat.

Cream climbed in her van, one of her men was sitting next to her. "Any ideas on what should we do with Ainsley?"

"Nothing at the moment," Cream replied.

The Rejoice agent was in the interrogation room with Julie-Su and Phil Peters. The agent told them what he told to Scourge but Julie-Su and Peters thought it wasn't enough. Peters told the agent what he doesn't know. "That building was the same apartment were a drug bust took place, I hope you boys knew that."

"We don't," the agent said in an honest way.

This surprised Julie-Su a lot more than Peters, he wanted an answer that he's been searching for. "So you don't know about one of your men killed by Fuller, one of Williams' men."

"We did sent one of our own to see Sir Charles and Peters. To tell them that they should tell GUN to step down and let Rejoice capture or terminate Williams, or there will be consequences."

Julie-Su leaned towards the agent with a serious look on her face. "You tell McOulen that he'll be prosecuted along with you and your friends if they pose any more threats to us."

"You should know," continued the agent. "Rejoice and SWAT are now tracking Williams and his men. They left their hideout and relocated near Soleanna. It's an abandoned factory formerly owned by Qenatia Org."

"Better contact Nazo, Anthony, Saoirse and Cian. Tell where Williams is and make sure there are no delays. This is our big moment."

"What about him?" Julie-Su asked about the agent.

"Put him in a holding cell until further notice."