Operation: DESTINY

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Chapter 8: My hidden secrets come undone

"Hello Nigel Uno…"

Nigel turned around quickly to see a man with a black trench coat, and menacing eyes. His black hair covered them, but that didn't stop him from his stare, which were now penetrating Nigel's hazel eyes. It was still raining which added to the affect that this man was creepy all the way around.

"Who are you?" Nigel demanded trying calm himself down. The man in front of him looked like he meant business, and not in the nice way. The eyes, the stare, the clothes…it didn't seem that he was going to have a polite conversation with Nigel. It looked like he wanted something, something that Nigel owns. But what?

"That's none of your concern at the moment." The man answered nonchalantly. He must have used that sentence many times since he answered it a second after Nigel asked. He must be used to it for some reason, he must meet a lot of people that have no idea who he is, but he knows who they are and their entire background.

"Your right. It's not." Nigel answered back jogging over to the upside down Jeep. He needed to help his friends out, unconscious or awake. It didn't matter; he just had to before something else happened. Nigel just had this pit in his stomach at the moment ever since he saw the man, it's like he's seen him before. It's like the man didn't want Nigel to be around any longer…

Nigel was jogging over casually towards the Jeep, ready to help his friends no matter the cost. The Jeep, though, didn't look like it was going to make it easy for him. First of all, it was upside down. Then all of his unconscious friends were still strapped in their seatbelts, but it would be hard to un-strap them without breaking their necks. Then there's the mysterious man who somehow knows Nigel when he doesn't have any idea who he is, and Nigel knew that he wouldn't go away with ease.

Nigel was about to open the back door, when a hand shot out and grabbed his arm. It was so fast, that Nigel didn't know what happened until he saw the man next to him grasping his arm with a fierce grip. "What do you think your doing?" The man asked as if there was no crushed Jeep in front of him. His brown eyes started at Nigel, who was confused and angry at the man all at the same time. The man was purposely stopping him from helping his friends inside a crushed vehicle; it was like he didn't care about them. It was like the man wanted Nigel to be something else.

"What the hell do you think your doing? " Nigel argued trying to free his arm, but the man didn't let go. He was determined to make sure Nigel learns his lesson, with or without force. Nigel looked up and saw that the man was serious about not letting go and talking to Nigel. He didn't want him to help his friends for some reason, it seemed as if the man wanted Nigel to just let them go.

"Nigel, this isn't your future…"

Nigel's eyes widened with shock. His future…? How did this man know, a man that Nigel has never seen before, know about the future incident? The man grinned evilly at the shocked and disturbed Nigel, who didn't know what to do. He was too surprised to react to defend himself or even move. This man knew everything.

"What?" Nigel urged out trying not to just stand there shocked. He had to say something; he didn't want the man to pull anything else. The man in front of him was still grinning at him, which didn't really help Nigel trying to calm down. It just made him more nervous about him.

"You heard me." The man said letting go of Nigel's arm. "This isn't your future. You aren't meant to be what people call a hero." The man looked down towards his prey, he really wanted to slash him right now, or just shoot him. His boss wasn't letting him do it though; Chronos had to hide at the moment. They already did enough damage to the government, but now they needed knew recruits, and that is why he is with Nigel today. They needed young blood to spy on the FBI, CIA and organizations such as those, and besides who would suspect a teenager being part of Chronos, an assassination corporation.

"And why is that?" Nigel asked trying to deny it. He knew that his future was supposed to be that he's a highly trained assassin that kills anything, anybody in his way. He wasn't even human anymore, he would just be killing machine, and one who enjoyed it; all of the murders, blood, and death. The future Nigel wasn't alive anymore; he was dead on the inside.

"Because that is what you are meant to be. Soon, very soon tragic events are going to be taken place that will change your life forever. These events will make you into an assassin, like me." The man said towering over Nigel. He grinned with delight for his achievement, which was almost done. All he had to do now was wait, patiently and then the future of Chronos will be complete.

"And what if I stop these events from happening?" Nigel urged on, trying to stay the one in power, but he knew that it was slowly wearing away. He knew that he wouldn't be able to uphold his power for long; he had to give in sometime, definitely with people like him following him around. It was going away step by step with every day.

"These events are inevitable." The man stated. "Your destiny is like death; there's no stopping it." He then grinned at Nigel, who was getting weaker by the second trying to clear his head. His mind was getting killed right now, all of these events, fights, and destiny talk. What are they, psychics?! These assassins can't tell somebody's future, it was impossible. Besides, they don't control his future, he does.

Nigel stood still as the man began to walk away. For some reason, Nigel thought a fight was about to break out, but it didn't. The man just wanted to get Nigel's attention from nearly killing not only him, but all of his friends. "Hey, where are you going!?" Nigel yelled out with confusion. One second, the man stopped him from helping his friends, and now he just leaves. It didn't make any sense to Nigel, he thought he was here to kill his friends and leave him to rot. Or at least something close to that, but now he's just leaving?

"This was only your first challenge." The man said walking away. "You survived this one, but if you are truly worth of your destiny you will survive the rest."

"What, tests?" Nigel yelled out again with even more confusion. First he was talking about destiny, and now tests?

"You will understand this soon enough. But for now, just don't try to go insane and kill yourself. Chronos doesn't want that happening to our future leader." The man turned his head around slightly to show his evil smile. His brown eyes met with Nigel's hazel ones that were now dark and lost, just like his leader wanted. Nigel stood there shocked, Chronos' future leader…him?

Then the man slowly faded away without any sound at all. Just with a cold wind left behind and also a lost leader and his team…

Abby slowly opened her eyes to see her own ceiling. She was in her own room, somehow she got there. She sat up in her bed, and held her head. It hurt like hell for some reason that she couldn't remember at the moment. The last thing she remembered was her Jeep…

"What the hell happened?" She said to herself. We were driving home...when the Jeep…!! Abby jumped out of her bed as she remembered the events, something hit her car causing it to tip over. That was the last thing she remembered before she crashed her head and fell unconscious. But what about the others? They have to be fine, they just have to.

Abby dashed out of her room and grabbed the wireless phone out of its charger and began to dial Nigel's number. The ringing of the phone irritated Abby, she just wanted to talk to her friends, they had to be alright. They just had to.

"Hey Abby." Nigel said on the other line. He knew it was Abby because of the caller ID on his cell phone. He was glad to hear her voice.

"Oh my god, are you alright?" Abby managed out. She thought for a couple of seconds that he wasn't going to pick up, that he might have been dead.

"Yeah I'm fine now, just a few scars on my arms and legs that's all. But I should be asking you that, you were the one that went unconscious."

"Yeah I'm fine; my head just hurts like hell from banging it. How long have I've been out?" Abby said holding her head, she banged it several times during the crash; and now it feels like somebody hit her with a metal bat multiple times without stop, and she knew that the aching wasn't going to stop soon.

"It's been two days since the crash. You, Kuki, and Hoagie fell unconscious. So I called your parents who were just coming back from their cruise. I didn't want to go back in the hospital so your dad just treated us."

"Well that's good. I didn't want to go back to that god forsaken place again. But, anyways, how are the others?"

"Oh, they're fine. We were waiting for you to wake up so we can go and hang out. Are you in?"

"Of course I am! What time?"

"Now at the AMC theatre. We're going to see The Happening.."

"Okay, I'll see you there, but what happened to my Jeep?"

"Oh…um…your dad is buying you a new one…"

"Oh okay…that's what I thought. Okay, see you there!"

"Okay, see ya."

Abby hung up the phone and smiled. Everything was finally back to normal. No future crap anymore or stuff like that. Now they could just live life like teenagers and enjoy it. But apparently, she didn't know that her own best friend was lying to her. Benedict wasn't messing with their heads, and he just meet an assassin that told him that all of this was true.

"Oh my god that scared the shit out of me!" Wally exclaimed as the team exited out of the movie theatre. He was shivering in his own shoes, while everybody else was completely fine from it. They knew it was all just a bunch of acting, but it was a good movie.

"That would explain all of the shrieking that made me nearly deaf." Hoagie said smiling. He was forced to sit next to the shivering Wally the whole movie; which was harder than it sounded. Wally seemed brave on the outside, but on the inside he was still a little boy that was scared of everything that moved. But at least he has a will of steel; he never gives up for anything.

"Hey! I wasn't!" Wally said arguing. He never liked to admit defeat, so he simply denied everything that was embarrassing towards him and fought back. Sometimes, if he keeps on getting made fun of he'll just start up a physical fight, which leads to a disaster.

"Yeah, you were! You were holding my hand more than half of the movie!" Kuki said giggling. That was true; Wally held her hands the whole time, and jumped during scary parts…which were quite often. Kuki liked to see him mad though, he reacted differently from other people.

"What!? No I wasn't!" Wally yelled in disgust. He knew it was true, the awful truth, but he didn't want to give up yet. He still was going to fight like always until chaos starts.

"Yeah you were, I saw you." Nigel snickered making Wally even angrier. Nigel grinned at him along with Abby and Hoagie and then Wally just crossed his arms with defeat. He was done for. Everybody saw and heard him, and if Nigel saw it, everybody saw it.

"Fine…" Wally muttered under his breath and started to walk faster to the bus stop. Since of the crash, Abby's Jeep was now demolished, so now they had to take the bus stop until then. Which wouldn't be too long, but it would be less fun. They couldn't play around with the radio.

The whole team went and sat down at the bus stop. All of them were talking about the movie, and how it was all just a bunch of acting. Well, that part was to calm down Wally. Kuki held his hand tightly as he thought about all the people jumping off of the roofs, they looked like rag dolls. It was just so horrific. But then they got to a new subject, what car Hoagie should get. He was saving up his money for one; he passed the course with flying colors since he was the navigator and technology expert in his old job in Sector V. All of them were having a good time, no care in the world. It was sunny out and there were no clouds in the sky, everything was going fine. No worries at all, just caring about right now.

That's when one of the many tragic events unfolded.

Nigel's cell phone began to ring, and he excused himself as he saw the private number. He just thought it would be a prank caller, and he just went along with it. It was fun to, made things interesting. He pressed the talk button on his Envy and held it up against his ear.

"Hello?"

"Yes, is this Nigel Uno?"

"Yeah, is there something wrong?"

"Well, yes. I'm from the Ridley Hospital, I'm Doctor Gary Holland, and I have some bad news for you."

"What? What happened!?" Nigel asked desperately. He didn't want to hear bad news, not now, not when everything was going fine.

"Well, I'm sorry to say this but both of your parents got into a terrible car accident."

"Are they okay?! What happened?!"

"Well, I guess you can say that they are okay now…"

"Wait, are you saying…that they're dead…"

"I'm sorry, We tried everything we could…"

Nigel hung up immediately and looked over to his friends. He stood there traumatized and shocked. His parents, his happy and clueless parents…are gone forever.

"Is everything alright, Nigel?" Abby asked worried. She looked over to Nigel along with the rest of the team, who all looked concerned. Something was going on, Nigel was laughing a second ago, and now his whole face flushed and he was suddenly still and quiet.

"No…my parents…are gone." Nigel said trying to hold back the tears. He had to stay strong; it wouldn't help if he cried. Besides, he didn't want to cry in front of his friends. It would show a weakness, and that's not what he needed at the moment. He needed to get free from this world; this cruel and helpless world. But there was no way out of it…

"Soon, very soon tragic events are going to be taken place that will change your life forever. These events will make you into an assassin, like me"

I know this chapter is depressing, but one event leads into another. This chapter kinda reminds me of Get Out Alive by Three Days Grace. I'll update sooner now since I'm stuck home!