TRIBULATIONS

12.

"I'm Pierre Marchetti."

Pierre certainly did know how to feel about this curly-haired man.

But it wasn't the best kind of feeling.

This Man was Arthur Bloomlock, Pierre knew of his last name. They were the wealthiest Family in the Upside city and the highest funder of the Government. But it was all because of Edena he got all of this information.

Pierre was furious at those hypocritical bastards who decided to reside here. And more annoyed at their stupidity for blindly trusting the Government, they had no idea of their plans and yet kept funding them. Not that Pierre cared, but because of them, chaos was the word that fit best to what was happening in the Upside City.

And to think that he had the guts to insinuate that both his friend and him needed his protection. Pierre did not want to deal with matters that had nothing to do with his problems.

Would this help bring the Superhuman back? No.

Would this help get rid of the Government once and for all? No.

Would this help him get over his subconscious fear of reading the third stack of papers? No.

His eyes landed on the papers. As Arthur entered the room, the urge to read it intensified, but of course, he resisted the temptation. After all, It was only right to do so.

His head was on fire. Things only seemed to get more complicated as the days went by.

For now, he decided to speak with Ravena and Edena. He had more work for the two brilliant women.

As if on cue, someone knocked on the door, and Pierre let out an inaudible groan, later answering. "..Come in."

The door opened, revealing Edena and Ravena. Pierre never knew how they both did it, although, it was most likely because Edena was a superhuman, and Ravena was... Most likely an Alien.

Pierre smiled at the two. "I have a job for the two of you."

Edena raised a brow as she sat down elegantly. "Yes?"

Pierre flipped through the pages of the book that was on his desk, although, he hadn't read much. "I need you both to acquire as much information on the Upside City: The plans of the Government, what's happening, everything there is to know. And of course, report back to me. You have two weeks."

Ravena nodded, that was enough time. In fact, more than enough. Edena on the other hand was perplexed. "..But... What about my assistance? There's a lot of work that needs to be done here, and I—"

She stopped speaking when Pierre hadn't blinked as he looked at her when she started to ramble about the matters that were not inevitable.

He reassured her. "Arthur Bloomlock; The man that needed medical care has awakened, and he chose to work because he apparently 'owes' me."

Edena thought about it. "..I don't think he'll be able to execute my position very well.. But.." She looked at Pierre with hope. "He might be able to do a few things. I'll start prepping him."

Pierre nodded at her proudly, "Perfect, I knew I could count on you, on the both of you." He sent them a small appreciative smile.

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Arthur rushed towards the room they informed him that Bennett would be staying in. He banged on the door and was relieved to hear the grumble that followed after. The door swung open, and Bennett's eyes slowly registered whoever stood behind the previously closed door; And for a reason too, he was both tired and not ready to face Arthur in fear that he would not be allowed to stay here if they had found out that his family...