Never Underestimate Destiny

Part 24

A large bag of Chinese food was the first thing Zan noticed, but he stopped cold when he saw who was holding it.

Rath stood just outside, and Lonnie was right next to him.

"My dear brother," Lonnie said. "We paid for the food, so you won't mind if we eat it, right?"

"Yeah," Rath said. "Killing people always gives me an appetite."

Liz gasped as fear filled her.

Zan backed up, placing himself in front of Liz. "How did you find me?"

Lonnie shrugged. "Does it really matter?"

Rath closed the door behind them, putting the food aside on a table, and they moved further into the room, quickly taking it in. "You're not as smart as you think, Zannie – boy," he taunted.

Lonnie continued, "I guess we can drop the pretense. Obviously you are not in L.A. and you are here with the other clones, running this little scam behind our backs." Her gaze flicked to Liz and quickly back to Zan. "And a human, Zan?" She asked, her tone disparaging. "What the hell are you thinking?"

Zan didn't answer, but kept his eyes on Lonnie and Rath, ready for them to make a move. For the first time he could see their hate for him completely undisguised and he wondered how he hadn't seen it sooner.

"You should have come to me," Lonnie purred. "We could be working together, but now..." She let her sentence trail off ominously. "You are here alone with your human, you don't have a chance against the two of us, so why don't you tell me where the Granolith is and maybe we'll let you live."

Zan's eyes hardened. "And if I don't?"

Lonnie smiled. "We kill you and ask your little girlfriend where it is."

Liz shivered and moved closer to Zan, pressing her body to his back. He was powerful, but she was scared for him.

"She doesn't know," Zan said automatically.

"We'll see," Lonnie said with another shrug. "If not we can go through the other clones until we get an answer."

Zan smiled. "I'm not stupid enough to think you'll let me live. That's why I left in the first place. I knew you'd rather kill me than work with me."

"You'll tell us where it is, asshole," Rath said, shifting from foot to foot, ready to fight. "We'll get it out of you one way or another."

Lonnie moved closer to them. "I am curious, though," she said. "Did you know about the Granolith the whole time and didn't tell us?"

"No," Zan admitted. "I found out after I got here. Who told you about it?"

With a wave of her hand, Lonnie dismissed his question. "So why did you come to this hole if you didn't know about the Granolith?"

"To get away from you and meet the others," he said.

"And get them to help you kill us," Rath continued.

Zan shrugged.

Rath jutted his chin at Liz, "And get some human tail," he said, looking her over with a smile. "But I can see why, she is pretty tight."

Lonnie was getting more frustrated by the moment. "Enough chit – chat," she drawled, "tell us where the Granolith is."

"I don't know," Zan said.

"Right," Lonnie said sarcastically.

"I don't," he said truthfully. "They told me about it, but not where it is or what it's for. They don't even know what it is."