One Helluva Time

Chapter 9- Questions and Answers

~~Elliot POV~~

It was Friday night, meaning I didn't have school tomorrow and I was off of work. Although every week day I'm "on call" if you could call it that, it's more one of the 4 shows up and drags me through the portal. Anyways, after I got home I knew I had to talk to Dad. I chose Friday because if it's a long explanation and stuff, then we won't have to worry about timing all that much. So, in the morning, I went up to Dad in the dining room to talk.

Elliot: "Hey Dad?"

Dad: "Huh? Oh, what's up bud?"

Elliot: "I have some questions."

Dad: "Ok, shoot."

Elliot: "Well, first off, what exactly is your job?"

Dad looked at his feet for a second and nodded a tiny bit.

Dad: "I knew this day would come" *small chuckle* "just wish I had some more time to prepare."

He stands up and gestures for me to follow. We go into the basement and I follow him over to a small outcropping in the wall. He kicks a small brick on the lower right hand side into the wall, and the floor starts to lower.

Dad: "So, you know how I work for the U.S. government?"

Elliot: "Yeah, something called AIA?"

Dad: "That stands for the American Institution of Assassinations. It's a bit like IMP I guess, except we kill major threats to American society. Whether it's inside or outside of our great nation."

Elliot: "Huh. So you lead it?"

Dad: "Yep, it's very underground so they name it the same way you'd name a business. With CEOs and all that fun stuff."

As soon as he finished his sentence, we were in a small room with a small train like thing inside. It wasn't an actual train, it was just train-like as in it was on a set of tracks. We climbed in, sat down and it started to move.

Elliot: "So we had this down here the entire time?"

Dad: "Yep, we haven't really tried to keep it a secret from ya. Just been awaiting for you guys to ask."

Elliot: "Huh, ok."

Dad's demeanor changed suddenly, he looked a little sad.

Dad: "I want to let you know, I haven't always run this organization by myself."

Elliot: "What exactly do you mean?"

Dad: "Well, that boy you used to hang out with until the incident, Felix. His father, Jason Mendoza, and I were great friends for pretty much our entire lives. We used to be just soliders, then we worked out way up and we were both offered to run this organization together. In this business you can't really hesitate, if someone poses a threat you need to deal with them there and then. Obviously, that can make many enemies. Those men that killed Felix, they were some of those enemies." *he took a deep slow breath* "Friends and family of those we've killed that got together to exact vengeance by any means necessary. That's why they found you and Felix. They wanted to hurt us, but they knew they couldn't get us so they went after you guys. After Felix was murdered, Jason left the organization, so that entrusted it all to me. We didn't move here because of a job opportunity, we moved because it was becoming less and less safe for us back home."