Quote of the day:
"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what man say, I just watch what they do?" Andrew Carnegie.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
The same man from the hospital now dressed in three piece suit and having the glasses on entered into the deserted warehouse. He smiled as he heard the Ludwig van Beethoven's symphony playing from some distance. The guy got an odd taste in music…Old School shit head; he smiled at his own thoughts but keep on going too. The warehouse was filled with crates and containers. He easily managed his way through the warehouse and came to stand right in front of the opened container. "You are certainly a guy with resources…You always sniff out my working place like a good hunting dog…"
"I like to consider myself more…along the lines of a wolf….than a hunting dog", The man having a muscular built all dressed up in the black answered the other man's jab in a light tone as it amused him somehow and turned towards him while closing the book which he was reading and placing it on the steel table beside him that have all sort of knives periodically arranged over it, "I am guessing you get the job done for me…"
The other man laughed out loud at his antics, "Why do you even ask….you were there too…keeping an eye on me…Making sure I don't get too close to your…precious doll", the suited man again try to throw reaper off his game with another jab, "three years and you still doesn't trust me….i am offended"
Reaper smiled predatorily behind his mask though the white haired man standing in front of him didn't had a clue, "Whining is for babies, partner.….Though I am surprised by your accusation", Reaper smiled and brought out the same black rose from his pocket that he had earlier placed in the vase in the Blond's room, "You are incapable of feeling any emotion…yet you are whining about trust…Trust….is nothing more than a foolish illusion we humans have created to have a bit of sense of belonging in our lives…..", he sighed dramatically like he was actually feeling sorry for humans, "The only reason you are here because you are only intrigued by me…no other emotion matters to you other than that…if you want to deceive me…At least come up with something challenging ….Please don't bore me with your substandard acting"
The suited man first become a bit stunned but then smiled a bit, "you….and your….philosophies….", he threw his hand up in surrender. " though I am curious…Tell me something….Death is inevitable…Even beautiful flowers wither and fall in the end…such is a fate that meets all the living things in one way or another….", He took calculated steps towards the reaper who was now sniffing the rose with a smile on his face though it was perfectly hidden behind his mask yet the white haired man could feel his insane pleasure in his bones, "Knowing that ultimate fact….it is only natural…. If you wish to stop time and itches for preserving the blossom in its full bloom…But why….go to such lengths for protecting the flower from hail….if all you want to do is to pluck the flower petals one by one with absolute cruelty", he ended his question with a smile on his face.
"The answer to your question is crystal clear…", Reaper again smiled behind the mask, "I am not interested in the pleasure of methodical crumpling a flower….I enjoy the rush that come with all the evolution or changes the flower undergo to survive the hail…..Humans….We could learn from everything around us but people really doesn't change…. We made same mistakes again and again… …But what we learn from pain that is the only thing we actually remember by heart…Pain is the most effective way to evolve…I am just providing my apprentice the necessary tools to evolve …nothing more ", I am the wolf in this game and I like my prey when it could fought back….i live for the challenge that comes with the hunting, Reaper thought to himself and smiled, you are a fool to be intrigued by me….as I know you will be eaten alive at the end of this hunt. He took a step towards the white haired man and said, "you have something I need….", He held out his hand as the man standing beside him smiled even more and took out a few long blond threads from his pocket and a key from the other.
"The box contain the dead body….", the white haired man referred towards the steel box present at the right corner of the container.
"Oh…I know that…How is the other job coming….?", Reaper asked again as he carefully took all the blond threads from his hands and casually snatched the key.
"I am leaving for Baltimore tomorrow…Hopefully before P.D catches up to him…I can almost tell I will be having the thrill of my life in your next game….it's like i could almost taste his blood in my bones", he smiled to himself as he turned to leave.
"Well if you get my work done….then I will get yours done too", Reaper said as he opened the book having the title, the journey to Darkness yet again to read.
"I am counting on that….After all we are partners in this game….", he left the warehouse with easy strides and a smile on his face as Reaper only shook his head while calling him dumb at his back and started dialing her number.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
WILLIAM MEEK'S RESIDENCE
THURSDAY, 12:30 PM
"Honey…you have a gentleman caller….You got the emphasis on the gentleman part right… Gentle man", Wally said over com and presented a cheeky smile to Zatanna who was sitting next to him in the car. They were on their way to the wildlife park to pick up the Meek's son, Paul Meeks, who according to his school's principle was riding his way there on a school bus along with 28 more students. Wally increased his speed even more to get there even faster leaving their back up SWAT car way behind.
"ahhh….I did…Wally…Why do you have Zee's com?", Richard asked perplexed he was on the separate car with Corner making his way to William Meek's Residence. The two cars full with SWAT members were following their car too.
"I asked him the same question…he didn't tell me….just stole my com and give me his….and he is also constantly giving me that look….", Zatanna piped in from Wally's com.
"What look?", Richard hurriedly asked like a jealous boyfriend.
"That look when he is about to do something very stupid or adorable…", Zatanna said over com while looking at Wally with a straight face and opened the water bottle to have a sip of water.
"Ahh…that look…huh…Wally ….what's up dude", Richard asked a bit relaxed as Wally sighed over the other end.
"Look I have never done this before and I am gonna say it only once Richhie….So you better hear me out with absolute seriousness….and Stop calling me dude…I am very serious here….as in very very serious…OKay", Wally rigidly answered with a straight face.
"Don't tell me you are gay and then…confess your undying love for me…", Richard answered cheekily as Zatanna nearly choked over on the other end. Wally just smiled and answered sincerely.
"No dude…See Zatanna is like a sister to me….", he answered while rubbing his neck in nervousness not sharing a glance towards his sitting partner who has surprise written all over her face, "and I know these kind of threats doesn't suit me as you will definitely beat my ass in a fight….But if you ever break her heart ….or hurt her…even a tiny bit….then Dude you are dead….you hear me… I am gonna kill you with a sex pistol or jam knife and I am gonna enjoy it….SO that said…DON'T ever hurt her…Okay"
Zatanna and Richard were both stunned by his statement. They recovered from the shock at the same time and said together, "Wally…"
Wally cut them both off with a smile, "Dude but as your bro I am gonna need details ….every tiny bit of detail of your getaways…you could tell me details too…but I don't think sis does that with their brodudues", wally said while facing Zatanna.
"Sure dude…", Richard said to him with a smile of his own as Zatanna punched him on the shoulder.
"Hey …rude…", Wally whined.
"What…you didn't seem to mind it when Artemis does that…"
"Well she has a lovely ring to her punch…", Zatanna raised eyebrow at his answer and smiled like a joker to whom Wally replied with a scarred expression of his own, "I meant deadly…seriously….lovely just came out…."
"Busted ….", Richard piped in over the com.
"Will you lose the look…?.", Wally nearly pleaded with Zatanna.
"What look…?"
"That devilish look that is showing all your 32 teeth on your sinisterly mug"
"Oh that is gonna be my usual expression from now on ….get over it…So you and Artemis huh…", Zatanna said as she keep on smiling at him.
"Dick ….Help"
"Is he really calling his banana for help…in front of your girlfriend…. ", Corner piped in for the first time in the conservation as Richard turned red with embarrassment. Wally and Zatanna doubled over with laughing over the com.
"I will leave it to you to explain it to him….Mr. banana", Zatanna smiled and said while flicking her com off, "See you when I see you….Dick", she let Richard hear her smile one more time as she switched off the com. Wally also turned off the com and focused on driving while giving back zee com to her. She took it gladly and surprised Wally while giving a peck on his cheek, "Thanks Wally …..I would love to have you as brodude ….", Zatanna replied sincerely and Wally appreciated it with a smile on his face.
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"I tried calling every one….the driver… the teacher…the students ….no one is picking up", Zatanna asked concernedly over the com as Wally increased the speed even more.
"That because the Wildlife Park is twenty miles away from the cell tower…no one will be getting reception there…", Richard answered while searching for the William Meek records.
"Any other great news….", Wally asked while shaking his head in anger.
"Shaun Meek, His other kid didn't show up at the school today either…I don't like this at all…But…We are nearly at his house…."
"And I see them ….", Wally shifted his car into 5th gear as he saw the yellow school bus in front of the road.
"Be careful every one…You all know what to do...", Richard advised as he disconnected the com and got out of the car. The SWAT team also came out and set up the perimeter as they brought out the optical devices to see whether the front door is rigged from inside or not. "we will be needing a log for the hard entry…", Richard called out to SWAT member as Corner just snorted and kicked the door with all his might, "Or we could do that…", Richard smiled at the sight of door meeting the floor with a bang as they all entered in the house with their guns out in the hands, "My man…", Richard declared with a pat on the Corner's back.
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WASHINGTON, DC
NCAVC, PSYCHATRIC WARD
THURSDAY, 12:45 PM
Artemis smiled as she saw Cameron awkwardly dealing with an elderly woman of probably 82. He read her chart carefully and announced with a smile, "Nothing to worry about Mrs. Wilson, you are really taking good care of yourself…", he then turned towards the nurse standing beside her and said, "Just to be sure….we are going to need a CBC, lytes and a UA", he again smiled at the woman and asked with a bit of mischief, "Now is there anything I could do to make you feel more comfortable Mrs. Wilson".
"Marry me….", Mrs. Wilson said while grabbing his hand with an utter seriousness.
"Wow", Cameron smiled as Mrs. Wilson winked at him.
"I have my own hospital bed now…We could fit in here…isn't it great…", She winked again.
"Yup so cool…well How could I refuse charming lady like yours….. let me just call my dad and see if I can borrow the ring…Ok …you sit tight….Don't go anywhere…. and no tearing of robes this time …Mrs. Wilson….", He gave a reassuring pat to the lady who mouthed an Ok to him with a very exciting smile on her face. Cameron then turns towards backwards and was about to instruct the nurse some more but become stunned as he saw Artemis standing there near the door of the room. He took a step towards her and nearly shouted perplexed.
"Oh God ….what is this?...It's a dream… right….it's one of those lucid dreams in which you know you are dreaming…and the moment you touch the tall, blond, long legs and model-y sort of thing …she disappears", Cameron said with a dorky smile his face punctuating every quality with a step and ended his sentence while encapsulating her in the hug, "huh…what do you know…it's a bad dream…you didn't disappear at all", Cameron complained as she returned the hug with a smile on her face.
"Hello to you too…Cam….God I missed your cheesiness …", Artemis said while muzzling more into him and just like that she was fifteen again; all the bitterness that have built between them in last five years just disappearing into thin air for a moment. It was like the time have reversed and they have become the two idiotic adrenaline junkies again who could have debated or fought over the smallest of things in the world and then make out while punching the hell out of each other.
"but not me…huh…I am offended…but I missed you…more", Cameron said while gazing intensely into her eyes as they separated from the hug, "and not to sound rude…but you advertising wrist or leg braces or something….not that I am saying you don't look cute in it….", He winked at her but there was a clear edge of concern in his voice which didn't go unnoticed by Artemis.
"or something of course…Well ….I know …I am Cute…Except…Don't fall in love with me in front of your fiancée…I don't want to be responsible for killing an 80 year old woman…Besides I think you need to increase her morphine dosage…because dude she is about to go full on buzoka right now", and just to prove her point, Mrs. Wilson started chewing the drip tube.
"Yeah you are right…Give me a minute…Be right back…By the way I was gonna do that earlier …it's your devilish charm that got into the way of our wedding plans", Cameron hesitatingly left her alone and started chastising Mrs. Wilson.
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"Remember that our very own bear plan …when we tried to make the American's funniest video by scaring Oliver in the Farm house ….", Cameron continued to keep on smiling while refilling her glass with more wine. They were been on to this for an hour now and Cameron's boring office was right now become an opera house of laughter because of their continuous grins and laughs.
"Oh please ….not that one …now…", Artemis said while trying to contain her laughter.
"I was like break dancing in front of his window for like fifteen freaking minutes in that bear costume….and he didn't even notice me…", Cameron explained in hyper excited voice.
"We were idiots back then…", Artemis took another sip of wine while taking into account of the joy that radiates from his face while he was explaining it to her like it was some sort of most precious thing to him. A pang of guilt enters in her heart as she realized that she didn't cherish those moments as he do. But it was his fault; he is the one who destroyed it all, the rational part of her mind argued back with her as she just suffice with another smile while travelling down to the memory lane.
"Yes we were…and when he spots me…that Dad of yours pulls an actual rifle on me …and in a moment you were sprinting towards me …from your videotaping spot….shouting….'No dad, it's my friend'….you were balling your eyes out…if I might add….", Cameron keep on explaining with zeal
"I wasn't….", Artemis cried out in her defense.
"Oh yeah …you were and Your dad was like….'Kiddo get away from the bear …they are not vegetarians you know'….", Cameron laughed some more as he mimicked Oliver voice but become subtle in the end, "you saved my life back then…"
"That's one way of looking at it….except I got grounded for two weeks ", Artemis smiled yet again ignoring her headache that have started yet again only for the sake of seeing that idiotic smile on his face for some more time. The smile she used to yearn for…it's funny how things change. He was quite refined now; that was the first thing Artemis noted about him when she first saw him. He used to be this unorganized rebel kind of guy, an adrenaline junkie who taught her to find thrill in everything, always having his signature disheveled whitish locks and black leather band on his left wrist but now he had the Rayburn Watch instead and was in well pressed suit; giving him a different perspective than she was accustomed to know of him. The only thing that seemed familiar was the ice crystal necklace which blackish thread was only visible through the hum of his shirt like old times…once again Artemis was reminded of the person associated with that necklace and she reminisced the people whose life has been claimed because of her past. Time changes people, circumstance changes people, she have seen that with a lot of people but still that realization has always managed to catch her off guard, if anything he was the last person she would have thought that will change or …more like… will ever be needing a change ….but life has certainly proved her wrong repeatedly… though she wasn't surprised at that… not at all. You think you know someone…huh…think you can trust someone….think that person would never leave you….think that you will die without him….But in the end the unpredictability of life surprises you ….it changes like a season…at the end of the day…you are still alive…you are still okay… in fact you might be better….Now…you know …the person you used to yearn for now doesn't even worth your thoughts much less than your heart…like an autumn it passes …..When you are gone….all that's left is a handful of memories you created in other people's lives… and I guess everything become beautiful when it became a memory. May be that's why he relishes their past so much.
"Though it was totally worth it…God that were good times…..", Cameron said as he drop back more into his couch, he paused for a moment and then asked while looking straight into her eyes, carefully choosing his words, "do you ever think about what we could have been if I didn't have publish that Article …", Cameron statement was cut short by Artemis abrupt answer.
"Not really….I don't…", Artemis answered sincerely not avoiding his gaze. She could see a bit of hurt flashes across his face but it was gone in mere second as he nodded his head in understanding while taking one more sip of from his glass. They both become silent for a while not knowing what to say to each other.
"So what is this about….I am pretty sure your request of meet up is not just the ruse to see an old friend aka… your ex-boyfriend whom you haven't seen in two years …", Cameron asked after a while though this time he has a serious tone to it.
"WOW Cam…. I am actually impressed …you are really trying hard not to make things awkward between us… aren't you?", Artemis complained mockingly.
"Well what can I say….I dearly missed your sarcasm….", Cameron answered with a same wit but smiled. It was so easy to fall back on their routine, "I hope you are not here for bribing me about your psychological evaluations….because babe you can't afford me", but becoming non serious again at the end of sentences.
"My psych evaluation…..Damn it….you are the squad's psychologist…Aren't you….Fuck", Artemis declared with more irritation rather than bafflement.
"Well ….aren't we so happy to find that out ….", Cameron mocked her again with his stupid smile.
"Yup …trust me I am one cloud above cloud nine….just let me thank karma and fall back to cloud nine so we all could sing along with Santa clause and Easter bunny…", Artemis answered with a smile.
"Well…you missed tooth fairy there…", Cameron pointed out with a smirk, "Come on….you know I didn't ask for this either…If I read that director of yours Mr. Bruce Wayne right…he had that planned out right from the start….Came to think about it…the only purpose I have on this squad is to keep an eye on you", He declared somewhat disappointed.
Artemis nodded in agreement and sighed, "May be….he did have everything planned out this far….he should have gone for Dinah or Wilson if he wanted to keep an eye on me…At least I wouldn't have minded that" She didn't elaborate her answer just refilled her glass while clenching the glass with even more force than required. Cameron noted her distress but didn't bluntly call her out on it; instead he took the other route to get to the point.
"Hey…. Your past is not something we will discuss in your psych evaluations….. I already knew about it…So that wouldn't be the issue…."
"Yeah you know way too much … I wonder how you found out about it", Artemis answered bitterly cutting him off midsentence while rubbing her forehead to soothe the increasing ache in her head.
"I know I did you wrong….what I did ….was wrong…and i regret it…every day…every moment …if only I could go back…I would save her you know…keep her alive…keep you away from that mess… ", Cameron answered with guilt laced faced.
"Her ….she was always your priority even now….don't worry it wasn't a complaint …just an observation..", Artemis answered with a smile not even giving him a chance of completing his apology.
"I have paid the price for my sin Artemis… Please can't you just forgive me…Can't everything be the same again?...Can't you at least try to be my friend with any other emotion rather than pity", He nearly pleaded with her, this time it was Cameron who was clenching the glass in anger.
Artemis sighed and intensely gazes into the red blood waves in the wine while rocking her glass. A small smile appeared on her face as she answered his question carefully, "Before meeting you Cam. I actually never had anyone quite real close to me and for the time being…you actually made my life a bit easier…I am grateful for that you know… always will be for the record…But you are also the first person who actually broke my heart…... For the rest of my life you will always be the one who hurts me the most Cam….Don't forget it ….please…. because I can't forget your betrayal…I can't forget Tuppence… …And you are right you know…99% of the thing that was between us ….back then and now…is pity…you pitied me back then and now all I could do is pity you…1% you can give it to loss or pain but yeah pity did won the gold medal here in our murky situation ", Artemis said with resolve as she finished her drink with one long sip. Cameron visibly slumped down but didn't retaliated back knowing way too well that the truth, the past and the memories are concrete things you can't change it by just saying sorry or closing your eyes.
"Why are you really here… Artemis?", Cameron asked while avoiding her gaze just for the sake of change in the subject.
"I need you to look up into the hospital records of the Saint Marry Asylum and I need you to do it off the record. To be precise, I need to know about everyone who was admitted in the cellar no.297 for the last 18 years…Since you are the working psychiatrist there …it shouldn't be a problem for you…", Artemis answered while fuddling with her glass. This meeting was taking a toll on her she knew it will be complicated but with her increasing headache she just wanted to get over with it.
Cameron turned to look towards her with a non-understanding expression on his face and asked, "Blunt as always…huh….I don't get it…Why do you need it on the first place…and ….why should I help you? ...Why not go to Oliver for that he could arrange it just fine"
"Well it is a personal request which I know Oliver will turn down without even hearing…..It is connected to reaper case…Since you already wrote a thesis on one of the primary victims of the reaper four years ago…which was the prime reason of your success in the psychiatric profession…I thought you would be interested in finding out the critical information about the other primary victim of the reaper too…if you came to think about it…It could be another milestone for you where you can shout out to the world…spilling someone's secret…without their permission….for your own good….though this time you wouldn't be getting to play boyfriend with the victim….Sad isn't it", Artemis replied plainly her voice not betraying any emotion yet her words were enough to increase the tension between the two.
"Artemis…I am not gonna help you with anything that is related to reaper …we all know how things always end when reaper is involved….And who are you taking about….no one ….not a single one of the reaper's victim are alive other than you…?", Cameron asked with a glare but didn't negate her accusation.
"My mother ….i think she might be alive….In fact I know she is alive… ", Cameron sighed at her answer and placed the glass over the table as he came to sit straighter on the sofa.
"Artemis…Look don't go ballistic on me or have your fuse blown on what I am about to ask but have you recently been experiencing some sort of memory or time lapse….or seeing something which shouldn't be there…", he asked seriously while folding his hands in his lap.
"What…you think I am hallucinating …. Becoming schizophrenic again or something…. At least be a man enough to come out straight Cam", Artemis asked angrily and as she placed the glass over the table with a loud thud.
"No….", he sighed before answering and tried to reason with her, "I am just asking….and given the circumstances…it is a possibility…I know what you went through….The report the doctors give me on you was very thorough…"
"You know nothing about what I went through… and if you don't wanna help me with this… it's fine...But if you are going to label me as crazy… then I think we are done here", Artemis said as she got up from her seat to leave.
"No…you are not leaving…", Cameron declared while stopping her from leaving by catching her hand, "I would fail you in your psych eval if you leave right now", Cameron challenged her.
"You wouldn't dare", Artemis mentally cursed Bruce before arguing back.
"You have been keeping your gaze on to the floor most of the time from the moment you walked in like you are afraid of some ghost lurking over you; this half an hour you have touched your necklace 20 times which is your tell when something is bothering you, there are wrinkles around your eyes if you want my guess you are having nightmares", Cameron answered sternly while invading her personal space with force and settled on being a centimeter away from her face, "You are hot….well more hot than usual …, he smiled for an instantwhile eyeing the shape of her lips as Artemis just stood stunned under his spell, "and my dear your constant rubbing of your head is also not helping your cause….So Miss Ice Queen…", he moved back with a winning smile on his face and punched her lightly on her uninjured shoulder, "don't you dare tell me you are okay…because I know you are not…and I will fail your psych evaluations unless you listen to what I have to say and that is not an empty threat…..You know I have always been serious when it comes to you….", Cameron ended his rant with another big smile and Artemis mentally cursed herself for thousand time in that wretched day.
"Fine you are allowed to bark…but stop using my favorite nickname ….pretty please you jerk", Artemis snorted while replying sarcastically. Stupid mistake …..he is the fucking charming devil and I just feed his fat ass ego…stupid… should have shoved my foot in his ass when he was standing so close….should have just twisted his neck when I had the chance…., She thought to herself while Cameron replied with a smirk.
"But it is so fitting…. you know your heart is ice cold…"
"Cam…", Artemis growled his name out while seething in anger.
"Fine …look …..Dinah used electroshock therapy for your treatment …right…and that psychopath used electricity…"
"I know where you are going with this Cam….getting electrocuted could reverse the whole process Dinah did…Hypothermia, after drop…it could bring all those suppressed memories back…I get it okay…but she is alive I know it…."
"Yeah on what basis you are conjecturing that…", he asked with a straight face but his voice was filled with concern.
"I can tell a difference between a memory and a hallucination Cam… my conjecture is based on the memory not on ghosts that used to follow me around….i have played with them enough to know a difference between the two…"
"I believe in you….Okay ….Now please….Sit down….", Artemis tried to refuse but he grabbed her hand and asked again, "Please…", Artemis sighed but obliged anyway, "I would help you…you know that...right…That is why you are here…Just like old times…it will be our dirty little secret….But I want you to listen to me…The suppression of memories and your constant medication….they calmed you that's how they work…takes the person into a state of shock…helping the person forgetting the trauma instead of recovering….it's like just caging your daemons and just forgetting that thing was there….So it is possible that may be it has even prohibited you …from fully processing your Mother's death…and all that turmoil inside you….combined with the turmoil you just faced…is finally making its way to the surface…..it could distort the version of truth…taking the form which you more likely want to see…and your subconscious mind could be shaping your memories into fantasy rather than reality….What ….you don't agree?"
"I do ….to be honest with you…. I don't trust my memories before my recovery but ….i knew I saw her in the asylum when I was passing my psych evaluation there Cam….If it would have been some memory from my time during schizophrenia…. I wouldn't have believed it but….i was fine back then Cam…you need to trust me on this…Please", Artemis nearly pleaded with him.
"Fine…I will look into it….But if you are wrong….", Cameron tried to warn her but she cut him off.
"Then I will do what you will say…I wouldn't mind even if you tell Dinah about my crusade", Artemis pulled her hands up in the gesture of surrender as Cameron nodded.
"Deal"
"You bet"
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SOUTH DAKOTA
WILD LIFE PARK
THURSDAY, 12:45 PM
"Come on, Paul …..Give it a swing", one of the kids seating in the bus cheered Paul while clapping as all the student's laughed at their antics. Their ride to park have been converted into dancing contest as all the boys have been giving the performances of their life in front of the girls of their same grade. "Oh yeah…. Here come the Shakira's jiggy", Paul announced and started doing belly dance like girls as the bus roared with the kids and teacher laughter once again.
Four miles away from the Wildlife Park, the bulky man of 52 stopped the car on the no parking sign. The boy sitting next to him asked perplexed, "Why are we stopping Dad…?", the man didn't answered but sighed while looking straight ahead, "Dad are you okay….?"
"What do you mean…Shaun?", William answered a bit irritated and bought out a small book from his pants pocket.
"You are having me ditched school…duh…", Shaun replied mockingly.
"Let's pray together", the man didn't answered his question though opened the book in front of him.
"But it is not even noon….", the kid complained.
"Shaun….Pray", his father replied sternly, "Pray with me...", He ordered and his son obliged as they both close their eyes, "Blessed are those who mourn as they should be comforted …."
The kids on the bus keep on laughing and playing four miles away from him.
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the Earth…""
Wally increased his speed even more to catch the bus.
"Blessed are the merciful for they should receive mercy"
"Oh Come on", Wally shouted as he had to slowdown for giving the way to the car that has been coming from the opposite lane.
"Blessed are the pure in heart as they shall see God"
"Go to the other side the driver can't see us", Zatanna shouted as the children who were first busy in dancing where now watching their care with curiosity and interest.
William watched his watch while praying, "Blessed are the poor in spirit…for there is a heaven"
Wally finally managed to get the car in parallel with the bus as Zatanna shouted while displaying her badge, "FBI….you need to pull over…..Pull over right now….." The driver looked them in bafflement but Wally increased his speed even more and skidded the car in front of the bus as the driver instantly pulled the emergency break stopping the bus with the big whoosh. "I will take the front…..", Zatanna said as she ran towards the bus. Wally also took the back and opened the back gate of the bus.
"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called saints"
"Nice and Calm…..everyone get off the bus", Zatanna advised them with a smile on her face as everyone just start rushing out while screaming, "…Oh really….hey all of you…Leave your back packs….", Zatanna screamed at her highest pitch shutting them down with a single outburst.
"Over there …..get over there ….", Wally said as he helped the kids while catching them as they were jumping down, "get over that building….every one….go ….go…. go…..Zatanna come on", Wally urged Zatanna to hurry up as he got all the other kids down the bus.
"…Coming…Come on Honey ….Let's Go", Zatanna said with the smile as she picked up a kid with crutches present on his side, "Zeeee", Wally shouted from the outside.
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness….", William pressed one button on his mobile
Zatanna jumped out of the bus with the kid in her hands and started running away from the bus. They had been hardly twenty steps away from the bus when the bus exploded behind them.
"for there is the kingdom of heaven", He ended his pray and shook Shaun's hair in affection.
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Cliff hanger….YAYYY..
NEXT…OLIE AND ARTY CONFRONTATION AND A BIT OF ANGUISH