Chapter 282 - Another World (1/2)

Everyone's eyes were peeled on the door, opening as though a giant beast had awoken from slumber. The sound coming from the door, an eerie screeching sound, sent shivers down everyone's back.

Everyone, including Laz's group, braced for some sort of crazy event to occur. But contrary to that feeling, the door swung open all the way, a full 180 degrees and then stopped. The blinding light coming from the door also receded, becoming a dull white light that looked like a bubble coming from the door.

After a few moments of no one moving, there was suddenly a laugh, followed by a few more until a feeling of ease washed over the entire crowd.

The media was quick to start asking questions and taking pictures and video while several people went to stand in front of the door and speak among themselves.

Even Laz's group of people seemed to settle down, seeing the tension in the room fade. Just as Ruby looked over at Laz to ask him his opinion though, she got a bit of a fright.

Laz was staring at the door still while grinding his teeth, something that showed he was very annoyed and angry. Looking at Laz and then at the door, Ruby couldn't make out the cause of his irritation.

”Captain?” She said, keeping her voice low as to not attract attention.

Laz didn't respond.

”Captain? Sir?” She said again, this time a little louder. But still Laz didn't move.

Seeing him ignoring her, Ruby felt like there was something really important that she was missing. But even then, she wasn't about to let him loose his cool. Plus, she was kind of angry at being ignored.

As such, she did what every girlfriend that has been ignored did, she slid over closer to Laz and elbowed him in the stomach as hard as she could, catching him off guard.

Laz wanted to make a noise after being attacked but didn't, keeping that much of the situation in mind. But when he looked over in anger, he saw Ruby staring at him with fire in her eyes and he calmed himself down.

”Did you have to hit me so hard?”

”Did you have to ignore me?”

”Fair enough.” Laz knew he wasn't going to win this argument... or any really.

”So what's got you so fired up?” Ruby asked.

”Tommy's here.”

”Tommy...? You mean Tommy Tommy? The one from your hometown that Kennedy was... using for a little bit?”

”Yeah. That Tommy. The chosen/evolved son of a bitch that I would love to get my hands on...”

”But what is he...” Looking over though, Ruby could see that no matter who was speaking to the man in the middle of the group checking out the gate, everyone was being very respectful.

”I don't know. But what I can tell you is things just got a lot more complicated,” Laz said, thinking back to the few times they had interacted. He knew that Tommy had changed around the same time he did. Although Laz couldn't be certain if that also meant that he had grown at the same pace as Laz, it also meant that there was no way he would be weak. In addition, this also indicated that there was a lot more going on here than just a local group taking charge of this gate.

”He is in charge. That's important to note. And this guy is as lazy as f.u.c.k so if he's here, that means someone made him be here. And assuming that things didn't change that much, I can guess who that someone is,” Laz added to Ruby. The someone he was talking about was Jesse. Despite having left that part of his life behind him, Laz hadn't stopped paying attention to the players that he had met during his time with Kennedy and Malene back then. Jesse, Tommy and Annie had been in the news more than once if you knew where to look.

While Jesse was riding high within the dealings of Global Sciences Inc, Annie had made a name for herself with an entirely different group of people. She had somehow made it big on the small screen, taking walk on rolls at first before landing a leading roll in a teen drama. She was also a bit of an icon for Global Sciences, having done promo's for some of the companies products.

Even her boy toy Alex had gone on to being a star in college at American Football.

Compared to Laz, they were all living the high life.

”So do we go ahead with the plan?” Ruby asked, wondering if this old 'friend' of Laz might prove to be an issue.

”I doubt he remembers me. But even if he does, so what? The rune is currently holding and he couldn't give a damn about us 'solders' so as long as I don't meet him face to face, we will be good.