Fatal Impact

Chapter seven

Cody's pov

What do I do? Should I be saying yes to the girl who worked for her uncle? To be honest, Louis will be a horrible king if gets crowned. But the thing is that I have to go back to America this Friday. It's Wednesday. 

Well, the world is in danger. The king had just abdicated and Louis is going to be king. I sit down in shock. "So you want me to work with you after what you did to me? You fake flirted with me. The flirting was fake. Everything was fake. I think this is a trap," I said, throwing my hands up. 

Amelia pins me against the wall out of annoyance. She stares at me with a serious look on her face. "Cody, listen this is not a trap. Yes, the flirting was fake. I didn't mean to hurt you, considering that you have feelings for me-" 

"Whoa there. I don't have feelings for you," I said. Amelia gets closer to me. Is she interrogating me or teasing me? I breathe heavily. She slowly caresses my face. "Uh, what are you doing?" 

"You are brave, Cody. You do have your father's blood. If he were alive, he would want you to save the world and complete this mission. That's what he would want. You are a hard person to convince," she says. She is right. I'm hard to be convinced. 

"How would I know that you are not lying?" I asked. My face turns red because Amelia is standing so close to me. Amelia backs away a little. She takes out something from her pocket. She gives it to me.  

"Play it," she said. I press play. Much to my shock, Louis' voice is playing on the voice recorder. 

"Uncle, why you wanted to frame Cody for everything he didn't do?" Amelia says.

"That's the only way to make him stay out of the case and my plan. He is a threat. Ugh, he even reminds me of his father. Not to mention, I had to his buddy, Ben fired as well. So they both won't be in my way," Louis says. 

Oh my god, he just confessed to everything. He knew my dad. I have a bad feeling about this. I don't want to listen to confession. But I have to. 

"Why do you want me to get closer to Cody?" she asks in a dread voice as if knowing that Louis has a bad motive. 

"To seduce him and make him confess to the plan that he and his undercover buddy are pulling," he said. "Besides, I was the one who killed David," 

The voice ends with Louis' evil laughter and Amelia sighing annoyingly. I could tell she is tired of Louis' bidding. Louis killed my dad. I stand in shock as Amelia takes her phone from my hands. "That's why I want you to stop my uncle," Amelia says. "What's holding you back, Cody?" I walk towards the window and stare outside. 

"I have to go back to America on Friday," I said. "Besides, I bet Jack is going to be at Louis's coronation,"

"Are you serious?" she asked with an annoying voice. "We need to save the world first. That's what your dad would've wanted. He would want you to save the world. I will help you to get back to America after we are done with this," 

I finally turn to look at her. "Fine, Amelia, I will work with you," I said, finally giving in to her demands. Amelia drags me out of the room. We walk out of the hotel. We get in her car. She starts driving. "Where are we going?" 

"To convince your buddy, Ben," she said. I frown. Amelia sees it. "What's wrong?" 

"Ben told me that I was a failure and I didn't have my dad's blood," I said. I still remember what he said to me on the car ride. How his words pain me. 

"We are going to persuade your buddy to help us to stop Louis' coronation," she said, sounding confident. She sounds so confident and positive about stopping her uncle. I wonder if Ben will trust her about this. I don't know if Ben will be happy to see me and Amelia. 

"You ok, American boy?" she asked. "You seem quiet the whole time. You barely even say a word,"

"I don't know if Ben will be happy to see me. I think the best scenario will be Ben kicking me and you out once he sees us in the front door," I said as I run my hands through my hair. Amelia stares at me.

"If he does that, I will beat him up and tell him off," she said. "Trust me, we will make him team up with us," she gives me a genuine smile. We drive into the apartment complex. We park. We get out of the car. We start walking to the Ben's home.