Chapter 66: The Fog (1/2)
Alton woke in the middle of the night to tapping. He sat up, rubbing his eyes confused. He waited for a short while only to hear the sound again coming from his window. Alton opened the window getting hit by a cube. He stumbled back holding his face. ”What the fuck?!”
”Thank God, this is the eight window I've been knocking on.”
Alton leaned forward seeing Iris balancing on the fence to the Dawn manor. ”Iris?! What the hell are you doing?”
”Keep it down, will ya? This place gives me the creeps. You free?”
”Iris, it's two in the morning. Can't this wait?”
”I think I found the hideout for the Cult.”
Alton's eyes widened as he jumped out the window onto the fence. ”How?”
”Does it matter? I was looking around and discovered a possible hideout. You want to take it down?”
”Why are you asking me?”
”Do I need a reason? You're a reliable guy, and if I were to ask anyone to help me, it would be you.”
”What about your sister?”
”Jeez, do you always ask questions. I want you. Think about it. You remember what the CEOs said?”
”The streamer who takes down the cult becomes the number one streamer? You serious on that?”
Iris gave him a dodgy look. ”Yeah? Why the hell wouldn't I be? I want my sister to get to the top. I'll help no matter what. If we do this now, we won't have to worry about any other competition. You want the Montagues to be the number one streamer?”
”You have a point.”
”Of course, I do, this is me we are talking about. You and me take down the Cult we both get a piece of the pie.”
Alton sighed. ”Shouldn't we get my team up? I mean if we are facing the cult, we will probably go up against P4R4D0X. You think two of us could take down an entire Cult of potential anti-humans?”
”Did Unity ever complain about you acting like a pussy? Look, the way I see it, we have two of the strongest streamers around. Do I need to remind you who took down Vanguard?”
”Oh boy, this again?”
”Don't give me that, you would do the exact same thing if you took the bastard down.”
”You know for a thirteen-year-old you have a really foul mouth.” Alton sighed, jumping from the fence. ”We doing this or what?”
Iris smirked flipping from the fence. ”Hell, yeah we are, oh and for the record. I'm fourteen in a few months so lay off me.”
”I'll be sure to buy you the edgiest t-shirt possible to go with your rebellious phase.”
”Bite me, grandpa.” She laughed, looking through the fog. ”Come on, let's end this tonight.”
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The fog was different tonight. For the two streamers, it was hard to pinpoint why, but it just felt different. A massive tremor hung on their shoulders, weighing them down. The visibility wasn't any better as the location Iris had scouted out was in the middle of a forest. Bumping into a tree, Alton stepped back troubled. ”Iris, are you sure that this is the place?”
Iris stepped on a twig making her jump she had her cubes floating near around her. ”I'm sure. Don't let this fog get to you. P4R4D0X feeds on fear.”
”Pleasant. But we've already established that this P4R4D0X is just a copycat. Pretty sure the original one never existed.” He muttered, catching something watching him in the corner of his eye. Turning around, Alton saw nothing. ”Did? Umm, say, how do those powers work? They sure are different from anything I've ever seen.”
”My cubes? I couldn't tell you. One day I awoke to them sitting on the end of my bed. They responded to my touch, and now I can control them. I can change their size to anything I can imagine. Any shape to my liking. They are nearly indestructible.”
”Nearly?”
”I can thank my dear sister fo- did you hear that?”