Chapter 254: Future Dark Part 3 (1/2)
It had been serval months since Sae and Diego had joined forces in the hopes of finding their father. With each passing day, he is nothing but a ticking timebomb just waiting to go off. Diego was still unsure what he was meant to do or the situation behind all of this, but seeing it was for a good cause, or so he believed he was okay with it. Sitting on a wall playing yet again on his phone, he was startled as Sae jumped down out of nowhere, sitting next to him. ”Heads up.”
Almost falling off the wall, Diego gave Sae a judgemental look catching a soda. ”You scared the living shit out of me…”
”Really? I'm surprised, you know, with the whole future sight thing you've got going on, I didn't think you could be scared.”
”It's not on all the time, you know… I have to focus on others to allow it to come forth. Also, I can't use it on myself.”
Sae cracked her soda open, nodding. ”Damn, that sucks. Ironic, he could save others from public humiliation but not himself.”
”Not funny… So? Any leads.”
Sae gave a smug laugh patting Diego on the back. ”You fucking bet. All our hard work has paid off. I have an address.”
”For real?! You know where the old man is?”
”I'll do you one better. I've even got an appointment with him.”
”You what?”
”Turns out the old man works for the loan sharks now.” Sae scoffed, flicking through photos. ”They must have caught up to him and forced him to work under them. He's lucky most would have killed him.”
”He's not that lucky. We're doing that job now.”
Sae ruffed up Diego's hair crushing her can. ”Don't overthink about it. I'm not expecting you to do anything. Just keep an eye on me with that perfect dark ability of yours, and we're golden.”
”Perfect Dark?”
”Oh yeah, do you like it? Came up with the name myself? Did you have something else in mind?”
Diego jumped off the wall leaning back, shaking his head. ”I don't mind. Perfect Dark is a cool name, but what has it got to do with my power?”
”Well, your future sight is a perfect way of leaving your enemy in the dark, always one step ahead of them.”
”The more you keep reminding me, the more future sight sounds better.”
”Shut it, twerp! We're meant to be meeting the geezer at his office in an hour, so we better hustle. Once this is done, we can finally put all of this behind us.”
”And you return to the CEOs, a job well done, yeah?”
”Oh, what's wrong? Don't tell me you're going to miss me, Diego?”
Diego flinched, crossing his arms looking away. ”Why would I do that for? We aren't even family, remember.”
Bending over, Sae tapped his cheek, chuckling. ”I'm just teasing you, Diego. I'm going to miss you too.”
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The two stood outside their dad's office waiting. Sae kept an eye on her watch almost at the time of the meeting. ”It's best if you stay outside for this. I doubt the old man recognises me anymore. The only reason I got this meeting is that I'm a CEO. Before we continue, walk me through what happens.”
”You're going to talk to him, but make sure you keep him away from his desk. There is a gun hidden away, which he will use to kill you. Avoid telling him anything about you because that will make him snap. And the last thing, block off the window he will try to escape through it once he learns of your intention.”
”Wow, you really saw all possible futures. Anything else? What about his ability?”
”Unfortunately, I can't see much further than that. Going further gives me a bad headache, and everything is blurry. I ran through ten different scenarios of how this meeting goes, and he doesn't unleash his ability once.”
Sae gave it a little thought over adding to her theory. ”It's as I expected; he can't use his power willingly. There must be some kind of trigger. Alright, Diego, thanks. I'll keep all of that in mind. Keep him away from his desk, don't provoke him over our past and block off the window. If he goes for the door, you're going to have to stop him.”
”I can't really do much…”
”Of course, you can; remember those moves I taught you?”
”You mean the ones in that video game brawler…”
”It doesn't matter where they are from. Okay, I'm going in.” Sae informed, knocking on the door stepping inside. The small office was to what Diego described. The man they were looking for sat at his desk; the pictures matched the man. Dark hair matching coloured eyes to Diego and a crusty beard. He glanced up from his desk as Sae bowed faintly. ”Mister Jolts, you were expecting me. Is something wrong?”
He shook his head. ”No, no. It's just, aren't you a little young to be a CEO?”
”I get that a lot, actually. I can show you my ID?”