Chapter 254 - A Little Famous (2/2)

”Do you know this?” Damien asked, seeing that everyone had quieted down.

”The truth is only important when it paints a pretty picture for the people. Currently, we are the biggest group with a target on our backs. Not just us, but the vampyres and the Vodun as well. The difference between the three of us is that we are weak while the other two, or at least the vampyres, are united. I can only assume the Vodun are the same way since this council had never even been mentioned in the same sentence with the others.”

”I'm not looking for trouble, nor am I trying to be some defender of justice. I don't really give a shit about people going missing. There are only two things that I care about that makes me want to do something. Number one, that Church is up to something. I'm not sure if you've ever met with a Chosen before, or even come across them. From what I can tell, there are less of them than there are of us. Still, I have run into a few of them and I can tell you this. They hate us and we don't like them. I can't explain to you why that is, it just is. It's like a gut feeling. It's like how you know something is shit because of the smell. It's the same thing being around them. And they feel the same about us. So since the church wants something, I kind of want to stop them from doing it. Because anything that's good for them is bad for us. The second thing is that currently, the chosen are on the side of the police. Why? Who the f.u.c.k knows. Someone is writing a pretty little narrative which makes us seem like the bad guys. So that means that if something does go down and things get exposed, then they will point their fingers and their guns at us. That's just how it is. And I don't mean to let myself get caught like that. Not again.” The last part Laz said under his breath. Thinking back to the ride he had towards a detainment facility. They underestimated him then. Laz knew they wouldn't be so gentle the next time.

”Wait.... Wait.... I knew it. It's you, isn't it?” Damien seemed excited for a minute while looking Laz up and down like some sort of fan taking mental snap shots of his idle.

”Me?” Laz felt a bit confused.

”You. YEAH. Sure, it was a while ago and you're a bit older now... and your skin is no longer grey... but it is you huh?”

”Uh...?”

”The guy... the guy who they are looking for. The one who killed that chosen pervert and saved those girls. Then escaped from police custody???”

”Oh... shit...”

”Yeah. Yeah. I see it.”

”Damn, he really is young...”

Even Julia was shocked at Damien's discovery. She had been around Laz the longest but she never tied him to the crazed bastard who despite getting almost totally destroyed by lightning, would still struggle with his last breath to kill Brian.

The change in the surroundings was instantaneous.

Maybe the group would have listened to Laz based on his strength, but once you added his fame on top of that, they would follow him wholeheartedly from now on.

Even Laz had no idea that him being recognized would change the situation that much.

There was no longer a voice of dissent within the gathered people. They were going to take his orders to heart and carry it out.

When the devil calls, you listen.

When the devil resembles you, you become the devil.

After this, things progressed smoothly and finished up quickly. It was almost two in the morning when they finally were able to leave and since they were heading in the same direction, they left together. Although everyone seemed very excited, there was one person who was following Laz's departure with a strange look.

'Is he the one Remi was looking for?' She thought to herself, her mind sinking into a memory of the past.

”You never once mentioned who you are,” Julia complained as they walked.

”You never asked.”

”But that's just... nuts.... I mean...”

”I wasn't hiding anything, but being on the government's most wanted list isn't something I felt like advertising,” Laz responded.

Julia was going to say something back, but decided not to. He was right, after all.

Although it didn't take them long to get back, they noticed that the lights were off at the apartment when they finally got there. Considering that everyone had to work in the morning, including them, it wasn't surprising.

They quickly said their good nights, knowing they would both be awake in a few hours anyway to work out and Laz snuck quietly into his room. He was just about the get changed when he noticed that something wasn't right about Abraham. He seemed... hot...

Using his sense, Laz quickly figured out the problem.

”Shit!”