Chapter 205: Family Man (2/2)
”Do something about it then,” Jack demanded sitting down watching them. Eli paused for a second nodding. Walking over to the entrance, the door cracked open as Eli walked in. Standing in the room, neither girls bat an eye to him as he looked to the one-way glass nodding.
”Hello, my name is Eli Syndicate. Your father sent me to well cheer you up, I suppose.” No response. Eli cleared his throat, making his presence known. Scarlett glanced at him for a moment before going back to playing with her toy train. Trying another approach, Eli walked over kneeling to Scarlett's level. ”Hey there, Scarlett is it? Or are you Riley? What are you playing with a toy train? Do you mind if I have a look?”
The moment Eli went to reach for the train, he was plumped back smashing against the glass collapsing to the ground. He stared blankly, unsure of what happened until he noticed a trail of blood trickling down his face. This was met by a laugh which was followed by a hackle. He had never seen such power before that he was so easily thrown across the room by children. The two twins looked at Eli confused before Riley let out a small snicker. Shocked by this, she covered her mouth but couldn't stop as she was laughing alongside Eli. Scarlett wasn't far behind as the room was filled with wild laughter, and the two girls were smiling for the first time in a while. The door opened again as Jack stood outside, indicating Eli to go to him. Leaving the two laughing girls, Eli stood clearing his throat. ”Sorry sir, that was an accident…”
”I haven't heard those two laughs before in my life… You did well, Eli. Say, how would you like to be their Godfather?”
”Godfather?!”
”Correct. Like I said before I don't have time to spend with those two. It's not like they would want that anyway. Like children, they need to be shown love and affection. Enough for them to trust the family to do our bidding. I believe this is a task for you, Eli. Only you can do it. I'm asking you of this, please will you do this for the family?”
Eli watched the children from the broken glass again nodding without a second thought. ”I said I'll be apart of the family no matter what. If this is your demand of me, sir. I'll do it.”
”Wonderful. That makes me happy you've got quite the task ahead of you, Eli. Please don't fail me. The future of these children is the deciding factor in our plan and the Syndicate family's survival. I wish you the best of luck third in command.”
Eli stood in shock as he smiled bowing. ”I won't let you down, Jack!”
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Two weeks before the events of The Viral Scheme
Eli lightly knocked on the door, hearing no response. ”Riley? Are you in there? It's me.” Opening the door slightly, Eli was shocked finding Riley's bedroom destroyed. He burst through only to get pinned to the wall be Riley herself. ”Hey, hey! What are you doing?!”
”Did father send you? Did he send you to convince me to stay?!”
”I don't understand. Riley please.” Eli cried, holding his neck. He was soon released as he gasps for air crawling to her. ”No one sent me. Riley…”
”Please don't. Don't try and change my feelings to suit my father. I can't stand being here anymore. All of this is just a living hell. I'm just their slave doing nothing but their bidding. You're no different Eli we're all just puppets to that evil man. Team Rhapsody was meant to be my ticket out! It was supposed to be me!” She screeched throwing furniture around. ”Why?! Why! Why! Why! Why! Why can't I be free? I cannot stay here.”
Eli stumbled back, holding his hand out, trying to smile. ”Riley, listen to me. Just calm down, let's talk to your sister. We can work this out.”
”No! I hate her, I hate her so much! I refuse to stay in this prison any longer. I don't care if you were commanded Eli, you are the closet thing to my father, please come with me. We can leave this all behind. Don't be a prisoner to that man any longer.”
”I can't. Not without your sister, I cannot leave her like this.”
Riley gritted her teeth tearing up. ”So, you choose her too…”
”Riley wait!” Eli screamed before the bedroom exploded, and Riley made her escape into the night. Eli crawled to his feet, running to the window. ”Riley!”
”Leave it, Eli,” Jack demanded standing from the wreckage. ”She's chosen this path. It's all apart of the plan. Emi.”
Emi walked in bowing. ”Yes, master?”
”Follow her. Pretend you are on her side. Take the other members of the high council and help her achieve her goal. Make sure Scarlett and her Team Rhapsody are the ones to rise against her.”
”Yes, master.”
Emi vanished from the light as Jack waltzed in staring out the broken wall. ”A mighty shame. But it just shows she wasn't worthy of carrying the Syndicate family's future, I always knew she wasn't as capable as Scarlett. You failed with this one Eli make sure Scarlett doesn't. Team Rhapsody will be sure to visit soon about the incident. You will be there pretending to be a member of the Dawn family. That is all.”
”That was your daughter… She's your own blood, and you're just going to throw her away like that?”
”If she was truly my daughter, she wouldn't have failed me. Likewise, your dear cousin will not. Scarlett is your final hope, so get to work.”
Eli stared out the window slamming his fist against the wall in frustration. He had enough of this all. The idea of the family meant nothing to Jack; he was no longer blind to that. Riley was right, and he was just too afraid to admit it. Not anymore. Staring at the night sky, he yelled out for the world to hear. ”I promise you, Scarlett. No matter what happens, I'll save you for this family! Even if it kills me, I will save you!”