PART 2 OF REBEL HEART.
Status: COMPLETE
Michelle and Brook are back in a brand new adventure with the crew! As new threats rise against them, the Night Blazers have to find a way to snuff out old problems while navigating their new lives. But old h...
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Paige nudged Payton sharply. "You told him?!" she asked in a hiss. Payton shrugged.
"Wasn't me," Payton whispered back with a frown.
"As an ex-cop, I have a way of finding out things, Paige, as you oughta know by now," Soriano said with a wry smile.
"That, and I filled him in," Reece said casually while poking the fire with a stick. Payton gave him a hard stare but said nothing. Paige also grunted, irritated that Reece told the chief everything they'd found out. She hadn't wanted anyone to find out about everything they learned until she was sure herself about who was after them-but now Reece blew her cover.
"You could have discussed it with all of us," she chided him.
"We can discuss it now, Paige, we're not keeping secrets from each other anymore," Soriano said with a piercing look at her. "No need to play the blame game for who said what."
"So er, back to mister Cross... X! Let's call him Mr. X," Jett said quickly, trying to diffuse the tension he could see brewing. Michelle gave him a quizzical look.
"Mr. X?" She asked.
"Yeah, coz he's called Cross, you know... like an X?" Jett explained feebly. Michelle giggled.
"Not that it's not fun to give this guy nicknames," Brook said with a smile of amusement, "but I'd like to hear what we're planning to do to pin him down."
"Yeah, we don't want him to sneak up on us again," Michelle said with a cautious glance around her as if enemies were lurking in the shadows.
"We're safe out here for the time being-no chance of getting snuck up on," Soriano said. "But soon we'll be back in the city and I don't want you kids heading into any more danger."
"Kids? Seriously chief?" Reece asked with a skeptical look.
"Payton got beat up and ended up in the hospital and Brook almost died from carbon monoxide poisoning!" Soriano snapped. Michelle folded her lips in anxiety at the mention of that.
"Look, it's not that I'm trying to cramp your style," Soriano said more gently. "I just want you all to be safe. And I didn't realize how bad things were. The attack on Payton was a coincidence-they didn't expect anyone to be there. But the car incident with Brook-I wanna be around the next time Zhang tries any of his dirty tricks again."
"He must've tampered with the car when we weren't looking," Payton said with a scowl.
"Right. So we all need to take precautions," Leslie intervened.
"When's the next race?" Soriano asked.
"In three days. It's the last stage of the NNC and is taking place in Las Vegas," Jett answered.
"And this time, nobody's gonna pull anything with me around," Soriano said in a grim, threatening voice. He looked doubtfully at Brook.
"Is it even necessary for you to continue in this race?" He asked. "We could very well head this investigation with the Nightshades' help. There's no need for you to-"
