Memories that Haunt Us

I stepped into the circle, looking at all my old friends. Eagle, Rift, Storm, and Zero all looked at me expectantly. It was if the old times were back again. Only this time, we were missing our leader and the traitor.

“Well, well, well….It looks like we’ve got the gang back together again.” Zero chuckled as he leaned against a tree. These were the men that had made it and had survived the assault behind the concert venue all those years ago.

“So why did you call us here, Hex? We didn’t know if you had gotten a bail or not.” Storm laughed. I rolled my eyes and sighed. He was always teasing me about bails, although I had never been to prison before this.

They were surprisingly easy to escape from.

Maybe it helped that I was a master mercenary.

“No Storm, I got out without spending money on petty reasons.” I scoffed and joined the circle.

“Back to the point at hand, why did you call us here?” Rift questioned cautiously. Zero nodded his head in agreement.

“Well, I need you to know that Ryker isn’t hiding anymore. He’s following that girl Raelyn and her sister LP like a guard dog. James and I were uh….teaching them a lesson…before I called you.” A small smirk tinged my lips.

“Woah, Hex. Who’s James?” Eagle shook his head. I rolled my eyes and sighed. Sometimes, they liked to ask one too many questions.

“Look, James was just some temporary kid that Raelyn had known in high school. He had wanted revenge and I had gladly let him get some. I did a little research on this, but he’s gone now.” I responded sharply. A cloud rolled across the open sky overhead. A warm breeze brushed my legs.

“So, dead?” Rift squinted against a glare of a car.

“Of course. I couldn’t let him live, even if I wasn’t the one that killed him.”

“So I’m guess that Ryker shot the boy?” Storm said, lounging against a tree. With a slight incline, Storm accepted the facts. If Ryker hadn’t killed the boy for me, I would’ve done it ten minutes ago.

“He was simply and extra.”

“Wait, you said you did research. Ah yeah! This means you have a plan!” Zero cheered. Out of all of us, he was the most excited for the missions. His zeal was always contagious. The others were soon grinning and turning their attention fully on me.

“Well, I do in fact have a plan!” I chuckled. We slid back into the ease of the group. Zero and Rift stuck together and were constantly joking. Eagle and Storm talked about the weapons, and Rift listened with apt attention.

“Can we kill Ryker?” Rift asked anxiously, like a puppy wanting the tennis ball.

“Well it wouldn’t be a plan without that!” I responded. Storm pulled out a pistol and I smirked.

“I’m ready when you are!” He cheered. Rift just looked at him in astonishment.

“Hey, where’d you get that? The fuzz took all my guns when I went behind bars!” He whined. Storm took out another pistol and tossed it to him.

“I have my connections.”

Notes

Yay! Another chapter posted! I wonder what will happen to their plan....OOOOHHH! Gotta read more to find out!

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