T-Squad-Origin

Chapter 17: With or without you

"Stop Japheth." I followed him down the stairway. 

Behind me was Joshua and Chris who also wanted to halt his sudden quitting. 

"I made up my mind." He spoke while storming away. "You guys can either follow me or stay with that guy."

We all stopped and looked at each other.

"He's our only help against Donavan." Joshua reminded him.

"All we need is Darren." Japheth objected. "Those bastards only have money..."

"And information." Joshua spoke up. "If we all leave now, how would we find the next fury and how would we get there?" Joshua fixed his glasses. "We would just be waiting for that guy to get stronger and be killed later."

"He's right Japheth." Chris agreed.

Silence took over us for a moment. I can see Japheth's thoughts wrestling within his mind. Soon one of them was the victor
"I've already made my choice." Japheth went to his room and gathered his belongings. "I'm not staying in this place any longer, if you need help just call." He walked towards the buildings exit no matter how much we pleaded he left.

"He's gone..." I slumped to the floor. 

"He's just angry." Chris pointed out. "You know how he gets when he's like this."

"Just give him time and a fishing line, he'll be back to normal." Joshua shrugged.

Japheth always took his mind to sea once he was caught between a rock and a hard place.

"Just throw your issues into the ocean." He would laugh.

Step by step the anger was subsiding, Japheth constantly told himself that this was the right choice. He was no longer in a state of betrayed rage, what now held him back from saying he was wrong held even more power than his temper. Pride was one thing that would be the death of anyone and Japheth was no stranger to allowing one of the deadly sins to overcome whatever logical idea he had. This too was being fought by the urge to turn around and apologize.

From the wind came a small pamphlet, on it was an ad giving great detail of a getaway cruise. Japheth's eyes lit up a bit.

"Maybe I should tell the ocean my problems." He sadly chuckled.

"So he's really gone?" Samuel's disappointment was plain to see. "Well we can't change a man's mind once made up. Still a great job indeed T-Squad, thanks to you one of Donavan's furies are gone and Rusi has joined our cause to help this world of ours."

My teeth tightened, stopping any form of disagreement with joining hands with those guys. A bad taste had taken refuge in my heart from the Rusi.

"For now it is best to rest yourselves for the next mission." 

Me, Chris and Joshua looked back at the Greek Institute before going our separate ways. Joshua said he was going to do some training while Chris had a date in mind.

As for me, I had hell to pay for not answering three days worth of text...

Between the yelling of Mom and Amber I couldn't decide which was gonna destroy my ears first. Those two still worry about me, and with the bandages across my face and arms, the volume increased. Samantha was out for the day so we couldn't get our battle scars healed up, so when mom saw this she was in maternal mode instantly

"What happened to you out there?!" Mom grabbed my arms and inspected each wound, her hands wrapped about my face. "Look at you, how did this happen?!"

"Well..." I chuckled with an aloof expression. "I fell down some stairs." As cheesy as that line was it was better believed than me fighting monsters and Gods.