Envision - The Tale Of Aries

Chapter 4 - The Truth

The trees outside the window slowly begins to look like a blur, the people walking on the street are just a glimpse of vision to Aries. Marco seemed very rushed to get back to the station, Aries sitting on the passenger side looking out the window. He turns his attention towards Marco and asks “Why, why are you here again?”. Marco without hesitation deeply says “We will discuss it when we get back to the station” Aries turns his head back towards the window, and rolls his eyes. “Fine, what information do you have about my parents?” Aries asks while still glaring out the window. Marco briefly looks over and says “There is something I have to tell you, I guess this would be a good time to tell you since we still are still a good distance from the station.” This peaks Aries interest, for the first time today, Aries is actually getting some kind of information out of Marco. He begins to elaborate to Aries “Before your parents passed away, I actually knew them. Quite well, one would say.” Aries eyes, now wide open as he turns his head to Marco. “You knew mom… and dad?” Aries softly asks. Marco rolls down his window, to let some tension leave the car as he seemed worried to tell Aries, the truth. “Back in the day I was a junior agent at the FBI, they usually had me doing C to B class tasks.”  Marco says. “What’s the difference between the different classes of tasks?” Aries confusingly asks. Marco rolls his window back up, finally feeling that he feels more comfortable about the conversation. “Well, the C class were more cracking down on heists, or gang territories in extreme instances. B class were more responding to active shooters, serial killers and things like that, so they were pretty intense for a lower class.” Says Marco. Aries was amazed that the tasks sounded so dangerous, he started to ponder how his parents had to do with this. “Are we just going to hear your old days, what about my parents?” he asks. “hey, hey, I’m getting there. Two years after I became a junior agent, one of the veteran agents were assassinated in their home. They begin to recruit someone to cover higher tasks. Me and another agent were the last two left out of the group. The other agent actually got into the higher tier tasks as the lead agent, and I was also sent into high tiers, but kind of like a partner of the lead agent. When I got in, I was assigned my first task, but not any task, an S class file. This was the highest possible tier of tasks within the FBI. These are people that were monitored 24/7, constantly under surveillance and also preventing any trouble from these people. The file included the information of a couple, Aaron and Lauren Boone. Marco says. Aries now looks shocked, his face turned slightly pale. “You mean… Mom and Dad?” he says. Marco looks at Aries in his eyes and says “Yes, your parents. Aries.” There was moment of silence as Aries just stared in to the blank face of Marco. “They were S class tasks? What does that mean?!” Aries asks. Right before Marco is able to answer his questions, the muffled noise of a vehicle speeding up gets louder and louder. Marco looks into his rear-view mirror, he quickly takes his sunglasses off in shock. “Duck, Now!” Marco shouts. Aries clasps both of his hands behind his head and ducks down. Gunshots start firing into the back of the vehicle they are in. The cracking noise of the bullets hitting the glass were so loud it felt they had gotten through the bulletproof glass. Marco takes the first right off of the road he was traveling on. The sound of the tire screeching echoes, and the vehicle behind them is still in hot pursuit. Marco tells Aries to grab the gun he keeps in the glove department, “Be on standby, this is a live or die situation Aries.” He says as he makes a sharp left, just before oncoming vehicles passed through the intersection. Marco realizes the extremities of the situation they are in and requests for back up.  “This is agent Marco Montego; we need back up to DuPont and Hardy street, over! We are being chased… by them.” He says. The sound of crackling and interrupted electronic communications blare into the vehicle. No response, his communications were cut off. The vehicle had taken too many shots, and the wheels started to lose air. “At this point we can not do anything, but fight back.” Marco says as he brakes and pulls over to the right of the road. Marco tells Aries to pass him the gun, and to hide behind the car. Aries doesn’t hesitate as he quickly ducks behind the vehicle as Marco gets into a aimed down position, resting over the hood of the car, waiting for the gunmen to make their way. Three black vehicle’s make their way towards Marco and Aries, all in different lanes. Marco begins to let shots off, shooting right through the windshield of the vehicle on the left. As he empties his clip on the vehicle he has to reload, which gives the remaining vehicles the time to get right up to Marco as they stop right before they get to him. All the doors of both vehicles open and multiple gunmen get out from each door taking cover behind them. “Listen Marco we just want the boy. Just hand him over, it doesn’t have to go down like this.” One of the gunmen shout out to Marco. Aries is shaken by those words, as he knows that they are talking about him. “Mom and dad were S class tasks, and now I’m being hunted? What the hell was I born into?” Aries thinks to himself in panic. Marco quickly reports back to dispatch “Evacuate the area within a 10km radius, over!” he yells. Right as he finishes his sentence a shot goes off, Marco’s face now looks confused. He looks down and sees blood, as he had been shot in the stomach. Aries peeks over the vehicle and sees Marco bleeding, as he is approached by 10 men, all carrying fully automatic weapons. “We told you it didn’t have to be like this, where is he? Don’t tell me he’s hiding behind the car.” One of the men says. All 10 men were dressed in suits and ties, similar to Marco. But they were not from the FBI, they had a logo on their blazer. The logo was a tree with no leaves, and right above it was the abbreviation OWO. “Why don’t we take a look ourselves, don’t make us send him to the same place his parents are.” One of the men said. These words lit a flame in Aries eyes. He gets up from behind the vehicle, with a blank face, and stares into the eyes of the man who said that. “What did you say… about my parents?” Aries says. The man looks slightly fearful, but still orders Aries to proceed over to their vehicle to go with them. “To hell with that!” Aries shouts. Aries than leaps completely over the vehicle, catching the men off guard. His fist, now a glowing ball of fire, and his eyes now completely white. The men look up and scream as they can’t believe what they are looking at. “Go to hell!” Aries screams at the top of his lungs, while smashing down on the men, causing a small explosion, wiping out all 10 men. One of the men managed to survive the attack but was nearly burnt to a crisp. Aries walks over the burnt corpses, crushing whatever is left under his feet. His eyes now glowing red, Aries approaches the last surviving man, and props his head up. He then proceeds to burn the head of the man between both of his palms, clasping the head by the ears. "Why would you do this" he says as he viciously clenches his teeth. The intensity of this situation shadowed what was transpiring around him. FBI Agents, Police, and the Military were surrounding them, and they had all seen what Aries did. The face of everybody around were shocked, jaws were dropped. Aries had unleashed a superhuman like power, one of which he never knew. Marco now filled with adrenaline stands up, and walks towards Aries. “Hey Aries, why don’t we get back to the station, we have a lot to talk about still.” Aries just stands there, breathing heavy. “Okay, let’s go” he says softly. Marco calls over to the surrounding agents, and requests a new vehicle to head down to the station. “We need to get to the station immediately, this is an S class task.” Everyone around still stands in shock, but agrees to giving a vehicle to Marco. Marco tells Aries to get in the vehicle, and they head straight towards the police station which at this point is only a few blocks away. As they pull off, one of the agents approach the driver side window where Marco is sitting. “Are you sure you’re able to drive there?” Marco puts back on his sunglasses and says “Of course, it’s only one gunshot wound” as he rolls the windows up and speeds off. “I… have no clue what that was Marco.” Aries says. Marco looks over at Aries and reassures him that it will be okay. “I know, there are some things you don’t know about yourself. It will all be explained. We’re almost here.” He says. Their vehicle approaches a lift gate, guarded by armed police officers. They stop Marco’s vehicle at the gate as a safety procedure. “FBI, S Class” Marco tells the officer as he flashes his badge. The officer now looks over and sees Aries sitting there. He is slightly confused but let’s them through since he is a FBI agent. He parks the car in the open lot full of police cruisers. “Follow me, we’re going to be going to the interrogation room, don’t say a word while walking through there.” Marco instructs Aries. They exit the vehicle and walk up the tall set of stairs towards the entrance of the Station. As they approach the door, there are huge metal detectors, that are being monitored by Officers as you enter the building. Marco briefly flashes his FBI badge, making way for him and Aries. They make their way down a long hallway, as the walk feels like an eternity for Aries. “I wonder if they think I’m some kind of monster, are they going to lock me up and throw me in jail? I’m still young, I don’t wanna end up in a cell!” Aries thinks to himself. As they approach the door to the interrogation room, Marco instructs Aries to enter and that he will be in there shortly. “I am quickly going to get this wound looked at and patched up and I will be right back, sit tight and clear your mind.” Marco calmly says to Aries as he opens the door for him. Aries enters the room, it is a small room with all white walls and gray concrete flooring. There is a two way glass on the wall just like any interrogation room would have. The table in the room was in a corner, with 2 chairs only. Both being in the corner, Aries takes a seat in the corner and puts his back against the wall. For a brief moment, he holds both of his hands up and stares at them, still in awe at what they had done. He shakes his head snapping out of it, after realizing the true violence that took place. "I killed them... just like that. Maybe I am a monster." Aries says with a tear down his face as he puts his head down on the table. He sits and waits anxiously as his stomach turns I fear. An hour and a half passes, and Marco finally enters the room, fully stitched up. “Hey Aries, sorry for the wait, I had to get the lodged bullet out and then stitch it up.” He says as he closes the door behind him. Aries sits there in awe as he is amazed that Marco is so nonchalant about it. “No worries, I’m glad you are doing okay.” Aries says with a sigh of relief. Marco puts down some papers on the desk and takes a seat beside Aries. “Finally we could speak about Linda. I won’t beat around the bush. Linda has been murdered, she was killed not too long after speaking on the phone. Now the reason we called you in was because you were the last person she had spoken to.” Aries takes a moment to debrief what Marco had said to him. “She’s dead… Linda is dead… Why? How…” Aries mutters as he looks down towards the desk, his eyes now filled with tears. Marco hands Aries the papers he had left on the desk. It was a note that was left behind when she was murdered, we think it was actually her note that she wrote before she died.” The note read
“Aries, you probably know what happened at this point, I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it to see you. They wouldn’t let me. I want you to know that you are special, Aries. You are different, things around you confuse you for a reason. Your parents told me not to tell you anything, about them, about Marco, about the house. There is a lot you don’t know Aries, and I swore to an oath that I would not tell you. The least I could do is tell you that when the time is right, things will make sense. Keep searching and questioning things, it’s who you are, who you truly are. You will find the truth one day. Keep looking, and keep staying aware, the truth may be closer to you than you think.
Love, Linda.”
A single tear drops down the face of Aries, at this point he can not even produce tears, just a blank face. His breathing slowly intensifies, and the paper in his hands start smoking. In the blink of an eye, the paper turns into ashes. “So at this point, you understand you are different Aries, but I still can not reveal the truth to you. Your anger must be controlled, you are not fully ready for everything. I promise you there will be more information in due time, your parents asked me to not tell you anything unless I think you are ready for it. But we will get you ready, from now on you’re going to be training.” Marco says. Aries smirks, his attitude has now changed. “Training eh, when do we begin?” he says as he looks up towards Marco. This is the first time Marco had shown any sign of fear, usually he was so calm and collective. The energy he felt off of Aries was intense. With those words, Aries and Marco do not say another word to each other. Marco simply gets up and nods at Aries, he nods back at Marco as they both get up and walk towards the exit. “Let the training begin.” Says Aries. He is not ready, but is still one step closer towards the truth.