Chapter 257 - Problems Arise (1/2)

Laz's mind was not on work that day. Not that it required a lot of thought anyway, but still if one looked at Laz, it was kind of like watching a zombie.

Laz's was thinking about what he needed to do next and it was a lot.

There was actually a few moments of the day when Laz thought to himself,

'Why should I even bother? Why am I here? Because I was told by strange creatures that I needed to be here? I don't even know if this is where they were telling me to go. And on top of that, the more troublesome this gets, the more I think that maybe it's better to just take off and go somewhere else...'

By the end of his rant to himself, Laz had to admit that all the negative feelings made a good point. He didn't need to be here nor did he need to concern himself with all of this.

In his mind, Laz still felt he should be looking for his parents or finding a way to find his grandpa.

And yet, here he was.

This realization made Laz take a deep breath and want to step back. Of course doing so caused him to bump into a waiter and almost knock the poor man over. Lucky, Laz reacted quickly and helped him to not fall.

While he was having these thoughts though, he saw Julia greeting an older couple at the door before leading them to a table. He also remembered that Abraham was still at the apartment, too drained to get up and work.

Had he not been here, Laz didn't want to think about what would have happened to them, especially Abraham.

”Maybe this isn't where I want to be, but it's where I am,” Laz said to himself with a sigh. He had already connected with the people he met here and for better or for worse, he couldn't just leave them alone now. Not when they needed his help.

After those many minutes of self doubt, Laz felt like a load had been lifted off of his shoulders. He had been doubting himself for a while now, but after accepting the way things are right now, he felt like he would be better able to handle it.

There is a huge difference between being dragged along by a horse and riding one.

With these negative thoughts out of the way, Laz knew his next task was to get the Vodun on board for the operation against the church. His biggest problem was that he wasn't really sure what he wanted to do.

”Alright, let's recap. The 'children of god,' are kidnapping people off the street and sacrificing them in an effort to open a door which was suppose to remain closed. Besides just the whole human sacrifice thing, the biggest problem here is that if they get discovered, I'm sure that us infected will be the first one blamed. We are the perfect scapegoat. So what can I do? Help them not to get discovered or try to stop them? And even then, I don't even know where these people are being killed, only that they are being delivered to that one office complex. Argh... this is f.u.c.k.i.n.g frustrating.” Laz thought that maybe talking it out to himself would help him to think, but all it did was make the situation more upsettingly twisted.

”Well, whatever. The first thing I should do is to go meet with Madam Cal again and figure out who I can talk to about what over there. I mean, I could ask Freya for some info, but I'm still not one hundred percent with her, especially with that sleeping goddess telling her what to do. As nice as she is, it's too big of a risk right now..” Laz decided that maybe the direct approach was the best approach and while he was on his break, he called Madam Cal to set up a meeting.

”Aye. I figured you'd be a calling soon.”

”Oh? Why is that?” Laz asked back.

”You've been active lately. Taking over de council while also getting in nice with the blood suckers means that you've got yer plans. I can see this. One of them could just be finding yerself a home. But both of them means you need something, am I right?”

Laz couldn't help but marvel at madam Cal's perception and her information network. After all, the things with the council had just happened the previous night.

”You've got an idea then what I mean to do?”

”You wouldn't need the help if it be something small, no? But so what? Even getting in good with the blood suckers is only a small means to da end. It don't mean that frozen hearted bitch be lending you her help now. No. So even though you've done this so far, you've yet to reach yer goal. And we be not sticking our necks out to cause trouble when we just trying to take care of our own. So don't matter what your plan is, the answer is no.” Madam Cal was decisive and even though it sounded like she didn't know what Laz was up to, it also sounded like she didn't want any part of it.

But this was within Laz's expectations.

”You can make these calls for you and your people?” Laz needed to know just what role she was playing in their organization before he could move on.

”I be making the calls. You wondering who runs us, ain't that right?”

”Yes mam.”

”It be me husband. So what I tell him, goes.”

”Ah. Ok.”

”Why does it sound like you not convinced by me words?”

”It's not that.”

”You be planning something still, eh?”

”No.”