Chapter 58

Phone Call

"Calm down, Lisa."

"Calm down? Screw you, Fisk!" Lisa growled, pacing back and forth with increasing frustration and anger. "I cannot be calm right now. No chance in hell am I going to be calm right now. This… this bastard is killing innocent people. Myers has killed Dorothy and now he's killed Richard. Richard wasn't even on the list!"

"As I said, calm down." Fisk said firmly. "I agree that it is a terrible thing that has happened, but if you are angry you will not be able to think clearly."

"I don't need to think clearly. All I want to do is snap him in half!" Lisa fumed, finally stopping her pacing and slamming a finger into Fisk's chest. "I want Myers. Find him."

"I cannot just find him off the bat." Fisk said calmly, brushing Lisa's finger away.

"What about that lead you were working on?" Joshua called out from his own seat. His fingers were entwined as he leaned forward, thinking hard. "You said that you'd have the culprit by now."

"It was a false lead." Fisk looked slightly annoyed. "A very good one. The man who we concluded was the culprit was hypnotised so that he truly believed he was. Yet another roadblock. But now we have confirmation on Gerald Myers. To think he would go as far as this…"

"We should have guessed it." Joshua admitted. "He was always a seedy bastard. Death kicked him from the Chosen because he was using it for bad things."

"But Death said that we were rid of him." Lisa sighed. "Now look. We're not rid of him at all."

"What do we do?" Joshua asked. "We can't involve the other survivors, can we?"

"No." Lisa agreed. "They have far too much to deal with at the moment. Maybe if we deal with Myers then Death will let them go. Huh. Maybe he'll let us go to."

"He did promise us." Joshua stood up and cracked his knuckles. "But then again, he did promise that Myers wouldn't be a problem."

"It may be foolish to say…" Fisk put a finger to his chin. "But perhaps we cannot trust Death."

"Of course we can't." Lisa crossed her arms. "I've never really trusted him. After all this time, I still find it hard to believe something like Death exists."

The room went silent, each of the three thinking deeply. In a way, it was a relief to finally get a name. For ten years, Death had been searching for the answer about why people were dying without his hand in it. Now they had a name. Whether or not Myers was the main culprit they didn't know, but at the very least he caused the bridge accident in Willingboro. They were close to all the answers and they were happy about that.

The silence was broken by the ringing of a mobile.

Frowning slightly, Fisk reached into his pocket to pull out a slim black mobile. "Now that is unusual. This is a private number for Detrikov only."

"How's that unusual?" Joshua asked.

In reply, Fisk nodded towards the corner, where Detrikov was standing as still as stone.

"Woah… I didn't even see him there." Joshua blinked. "That… is kind of creepy."

"You should know that he is wherever I am." Fisk took a breath. "I'll put in on speaker-phone." Clicking a few numbers, Fisk put the phone to his ear. "Who is this?"

"No greeting…?" The familiar voice was like lightning, causing each of the four people in the room to flinch. "I'm disappointed Gregory."

"Gerald Myers…" Fisk eyebrows lowered slightly. "How did you get this number?"

"I have my ways." Myers replied. "So, a little bird tells me that my identity has been compromised."

"We know what you've done." Lisa stepped forward and raised her voice.

"Lisa? Oh good. I'll safely assume that Joshua is with you." Gerald chuckled down the line. "So… how was Richard's last moments?"

"You slimy weasel…" Lisa stepped forward again as if to throttle the phone. "I cannot wait to meet you in person."

"Perhaps that will be sooner than expected."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Joshua asked.

"Tell me Joshua… Where has Miles been?"

Myer's question sent shivers of ice down Joshua's spine. He tried to speak but his throat felt like it was being crushed by a boa constrictor.

"Cat got your tongue?" Myers laughed again. "Come to the church. You know which one."

Lisa's eyes widened. "You bastard…"

"Oh…? Are the memories coming back? Lisa and Joshua, just you two come. If I even get a hint of Gregory or any of his men I'll kill Miles. Wouldn't that be poetic, Lisa. Your son dying in the same place that your husband did."

XXX

Clicking the mobile shut Gerald chuckled to himself again. The control he had… it was beautiful! The Valentines were in his grasp. As was Fisk, although Fisk didn't know it yet. Myers walked out of the room and into the main hall of the church. His footsteps echoed as he walked down the aisles, straight towards the young child strapped to a chair.

"I've had a nice chat with your mother, Miles." Myers said, crouching down to face the boy. "She and your big brother will be paying us a visit."

Miles just stared into Myers face defiantly.

"It'll be all over soon…" Straightening up, Myers faced a man standing next to Miles. "Isn't that right."

Jason nodded. "Yes."

Myers smiled at the reply. "So, Jason, what happened with Jennifer?"

"Lisa murdered her." Jason face creased in anger. "For no reason. I won't rest until Lisa is gone from this world."

This time, Myers chuckle turned into a full laugh. "…perfect…"

A/N: Thanks to Bookreader2010 and Gabe's-Girl-Forever for the reviews!

Slightly short chapter today and sorry for the slight delay, but it's good news, really! I got a new laptop so I don't have to be on the shared computer anymore. That means more time to write and more concentration put into this.

If you haven't seen already, the first chapter of the six-part one-shot series is out. Go check out 'The Chosen Five' if you have the time for some backstory of the Five Chosen.

So, look out for the next chapter! It's gonna be one hell of a ride…