Chapter 192: Eyes Over My Reality Part 2 (2/2)
”Oh yeah, I knew this guy wasn't dead the moment watching it on stream. If someone dies their future is blank, but I kept seeing a future for Alton, so I knew he wasn't gone.”
”Thanks for reminding me, and for you Jinx you still owed me one, so I turned to you because I know you can keep your mouth shut. Plus, you don't give two peas in a pod about V.I.R.A.L.”
”Can confirm I really don't care for V.I.R.A.L and you did save my life, so this is fine by me. So what are we doing? Secret undercover espionage?! Starting a revolution?! Hunting down and disposing of this Villain's Wrath for trying to kill you?!”
”Protection.”
”Oh, that's… That's cool too…” Jinx mumbled sounding disappointed.
”Protection? I don't think you need protection, especially from the likes of us.”
Alton stared at the newspaper article declaring him dead. He shook his head, frowning. ”Correct, it's my team I'm more worried about… I told them not to retaliate against my father, and I know Emil and Gale will keep to that. Scarlett might find it frustrating, but I have faith she will… It's Zinnia I'm worried about. She's unpredictable to put it lightly. There is no way in hell she won't look for justice for me. That's where you come in. I want you to keep her in line. Stop her doing anything rash and keep her from rallying the others. She doesn't know it yet, but that girl is a born leader. She could easily get the others to fight with her… If that happens, they will all die.”
”Like your old team.” Diego threw out there. ”Yeah, I did my research. After Sunset Peak you vanished only to reappear almost six years later as Dauntless of Team Rhapsody. So is that what this is. You vanish into the night again and blend right back into society. It's going to be quite a challenge considering how popular you became.”
Alton placed a plastic bag on the table showing eye contacts and other ways to disguise himself. ”That didn't stop me the first time.”
Jinx raised her hand, swaying left and right. ”I have a question Brantley sir! Are you sure this is the right choice? You're clearly worried about your team. Running away and abandoning them doesn't sit right with me. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear Team Rhapsody stood for something, they never backed down from a fight no matter what. Running away like this feels wrong.”
Alton closed the newspaper throwing it in the bin. ”Just get out there… I don't feel like arguing.”
Jinx didn't bat an eye jumping from her box waltzing away swinging her arms left and right. Diego stood still shaking his head. ”As much as I hate to say it, she has a point… I'm going, to the underground it is.”
Now alone Alton sat down feeling ever more conflicted staring at the article. He had planned this for weeks but didn't even think about how much it would hurt. He treasured all the memories he had made with his new friends and wouldn't change that for the world. ”This is the right thing to do… I'm sure of it, right?” His head dropped in disappointment tutting. ”What would you do Sam?”
Alton's head turned as serval pillars crashed down on him. Flipping back, he fell over a set of boxes hiding. A fresh breeze of ice formed around his hand as he waited not wanting to give his position away. He kept his cool until he heard footsteps and a voice. ”No point hiding Alton I know you're here.”
”Iris?” He whispered to himself, standing up only for another pillar to knock him back into the wall. He slumped over coughing. ”What the hell?”
Iris stood over Alton twirling her cubes around with a look of disgust. ”This is for your own good.”
Alton distanced himself pushing Iris back with an icy wind holding his arms up. ”Iris?! What the hell is the meaning of this?! How did you find me?”
Iris flicked her cubes around staring at him with a pissed off look. ”I'm not letting you run away again. I'm going to snap you out of this little dream whether you like it or not!”