The Night Wolf

Chapter 5

Me and blaze began looking at some of the newspaper clippings he had brought with him, trying to look for patterns that we didn't notice. It had been 5 hours since mom had left, my eyes got heavier and heavier. But the determination to find some sort of justice for Marco kept me wide awake. Together me and blaze drank 13 cups of coffee total, trying to give ourselves an energy boost.

"Marcus, Look at this!" He exclaimed. He slid a newspaper article over to me from across the table. I read the entire thing, and only one thing stuck out to me.

"The young woman reported that one of the men that was involved in this incident was wearing sunglasses. But on the sunglasses was a sticker with the letters 'BML' on them. That was all she could make out of the men in suits besides both having shaved heads."

"BML? Is that important?" I asked.

"BML stands for BioMane Labs, mate! That's a HUGE company that makes biodegradable products. Do you remember when the whole 'save the turtles' thing happened? They made the biodegradable straws and made a fortune!" he yelled, "Here's the kicker, though... The woman who reported this... 'killed herself' by diving off of her apartment building." This did not surprise me. A corporation with that much money and power could stage a suicide.

"So, you think it was a murder?" I asked him.

"Of course it was! A company getting involved with this kind of stuff is a business killer!" He said, laughing to himself.

"Isn't there a BioMane Labs In Atlanta?" I asked.

"Mate... not only are they here, they are based here too!" I could hear the excitement in his voice.

"So... what do we do?" I asked

"I think this calls for a steak-out! Maybe go behind the building and see if there is any suspicious activity going on." He proposes.

"I don't know, blaze. It might be a waste of time. Didn't you say it was the government that was doing this stuff?"
"Well, To be honest, I figured it was. This has the government written all over it. That doesn't rule out the possibility of government involvement, though.' Blaze says, "You know what? I say we just break into the place! Easy in and out. Or maybe get disguises or something."

"Blaze, We don't have enough evidence to do that yet. What if there really is nothing there, then we attract police attention too." I argued.

"Listen mate, you can't get police attention if you're as good at breaking into places as me! We could break in, get disguises, or do nothing until we have more evidence. Your call, mate..." There was no way we could get in there with disguises, and we could get caught by police if we slipped up. Then everything would be ruined. But I suddenly remembered something.

"How strong are your fire hands?" I asked Blaze.

"I think once at full potential, they can reach the power of a nuclear bomb... on each hand." He said.

"Are you kidding me? Why haven't we just burnt down the lab at this point, man?" I asked.

"Bloody hell, Marcus! I haven't even reached near that level yet, that would take so much energy out of me." So does it take stamina to use his powers?

"Well..." I began thinking of Marco and her smile. Her big heart. Her big eyes always shined so bright. Even if we did end up in jail, blaze could just blast us out of there anyway.

"You know what, screw it. Let's break in." I said, confidently.

"Now that's what I like to hear! What do you say, maybe two days from now?" He asks.

"We need a lot of time to plan out how we are going to break into this place. Maybe Monday night."

"Sounds great! I think I have a pretty good strategy depending on how much security is in the place. I usually cause a distraction by making the sprinklers go off in the building. Then, while everyone is looking for the fire, I sneak in, get what I want, and leave."

"Shouldn't we scope out the place and see where the best entry point is and stuff?" I asked him. Blaze seemed to be in deep thought, he was bouncing his legs up and down, his eyes were at a fixed point on the table. Whatever he was thinking about was probably important.

"Yeah, your probably right mate, we should scope out the place out before we do anything stupid. I'll print out a map of the building tonight, okay?"

"Yeah, that sounds good. We also need to find out how much security there is." I said.

"Leave that to me, you just find something that we can communicate with. Like ear pieces or whatever." Where am I going to find something like that?

"Can't we just use those wireless earbuds? They have microphones on them for calling people." I suggested.

"Brilliant idea! I didn't even think of that. That would be perfect, I just need your phone number." I handed him my phone so he could put my number in his. After he was done, he handed me my phone back and I put it in my pocket.

"Alright, I'm gonna head back to my place now, mate." He says, "Get some good rest these next few days, we gotta big week ahead of us! Just remember, I come from a place where everything can kill you, so this should be light work for us." He grinned. He walked out the door.

We got a big week ahead of us, huh? Yeah, I guess that's true...