Messages

By: Alan Van Ormer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Taylor pointed the weapon at the professor. Tears streamed down her face at seeing Reb hanging like he did. His face beaten and swollen and bruised. Violence marked his whole body. Was he even alive?
“Don’t think what you’re thinking. He is the strongest person you know,” Chloe whispered.
“Why, professor?”
The professor spun around. “Back off, Taylor. I’ll kill him.”
“Why? What did he ever do to you?”
“What did he do me? Plenty. He screwed my mission to find those damn ciphers. He got me drummed out of the Marine Corps.”
“That’s not his fault you were acting like an idiot.”
“I’m telling you to back off or I’ll shoot him.”
“That will never happen, Flood. I’ll never allow you or anyone to take Reb from me again.”
Flood snorted. “How did you get in here by the way? It must have been that damned Loki. I should have killed him when I had the chance. If nothing else, he finally put your father out of my misery.
Loki has been filling Reb up with some concoction that prevented him from answering my questions. Now that I got rid of Loki, it will just take a bit to revive Reb.”
“I asked you to step away, Flood. I’m not asking you again.”