Chapter 15.5

Gaines and Losses

The apartment was dark and smelled slightly of alcohol. Even as he made his way through the threshold and set the bag of take-out down on the counter, he shuffled and muttered a string of curses under his breath.

He couldn't take much more of this being suspended crap.

He was restless and frustrated and PISSED!

How dare that little bastard threaten and attack him!? All over some stupid human! But he would just have to be patient. Gaster's little pet would get what was coming to him soon enough.

But then there was the experiment . . . knowing what it knew, seeing what it saw. It did pose a bit of an extra risk. Just one more obstacle.

Maybe he would have to add that experiment to the list. Before it could talk. Before it could pass on what it knew.

If it hadn't already . . .

And then there was Gaster. That sap. That wishy-washy piss-poor excuse of a doctor. He'd been losing his touch for months! Talking to himself, destroying his own experiments halfway through. Deliberately dragging his feet on the soul project! There was no excuse for such delayed results on these souls! If Gaster had been working every day on them, then surely, they would know a lot more by now! There was no excuse, unless he was somehow using the power of the souls for his own benefit.

If he could somehow expose the doctor, catch him in the act . . . report him. That would be grounds for termination.

Heh, terminate the doctor.

Maybe then things would go more quickly. Maybe then they could actually get something done!

Gaine fished through his takeout bag, digging out the Styrofoam container and a fork.

Well, anyway . . . another day down.

And another day of his suspension was over.

The phone, sitting heavily in his pocket, gave a ring. Two. On the third, he answered.

"Gaine." He said plainly into the receiver.

It was Maltez on the other line and he sounded almost frantic.

"He's awake."

A grin pulled on Gaine's face as he realized just what that meant. Finally.

"Best news I've heard in a long time. Tell the little fucker I said hi."