Malevolent

Chapter 9

I feel a few taps on my shoulder.

"Time to get up." I roll over and see Chloe looking down on me

I get off the couch.

"Did you bring any extra clothes?" She asks me

"No I don't think so, since I wasn't expecting to stay here." I say

"Okay, no worries, I think I have some clothes for you, my dads old clothes." She responds

"Thanks."

She comes back down the stairs, clothes in hand.

She throws me some, "Here you go."

I walk into the bathroom and change.

I walk out and see some food, "Wow thanks, you really didn't have to do this." I smile

"Well, anything for a friend." She laughs

We drive to the fields.

"We will get you your car as soon as we take care of your mom." Chloe said as we pull in

I get out of the car and see Trinity and Michael.

"Hey guys." I say

Trinity asks, "Any news you could tell us?"

I sit there for a second, deciding if I should, "Yeah, we planned the break in to get my Mom, but that's it."

"Ooh sounds cool, could we help at all?" Michael asks

"I don't know, you guys could probably, I'll ask Chloe later." I respond

The bell rings, I look at Trinity and Michael, "See you guys at lunch."

"See ya then." Trinity says

That was awkward, but why? I've known them for so long...

"James Delgado please report to the offices immediately." I hear over the intercom

Everyone around looks at me, I sit there for a second confused.

"Well ya gonna sit there? You have a free break." Someone says

I drop my stuff and walk towards the offices.

The offices are by the cafeteria, they are new, really blank, its for the people that don't watch us, they are our bosses. I've never been in it before.

I open the door, a bunch of people are in here, most of which are silent, working on computers.

"James Delgado?" The man asks

"That's me." I say

"Mr. Ford wants to see you, his office is over there." He points to an office behind him

"Thanks." I say

I begin to walk over, what's wrong?

My heart begins to pound as I open the door.

I see a man, about my height look at me.

"Mr. Delgado I presume?"

"Yep, I am." I say

"Please, follow me." He says

I follow him into another room, which he led me into another room, something's definitely up.

He shuts the door and locks it.

"Uh, what's going on?" I ask, I look and see a syringe on the desk across from me.

"I've been monitoring your behavior, and I've been watching you," He pauses, "And I have seen you are part of the rebellion. Correct me if I'm wrong."

I sit there in silence.

"So you are?" He says "Good!"

He paces for a few seconds. And returns back to me, "Please sit."

"Can you ensure me that there's no hidden tricks with the chair?" I ask

"Promise." He says

I feel in my back pocket, the little gun ready if needed.

I have it there for situations like this.

I sit down.

"So, you have three options." He says "One, I can administer a liquid in your body that will make you forget about all your actions," He continues, "Two, we can kill you, to put you out of your misery." He says

Before he says the third option I ask, "Are you the only one that knows about this?"

He looks at me confused, "Yes, I don't know why you would wanna know, but yes." He continues, "Anyways, your third option is to tell us everything you know, and you leave, unharmed. It seems the like the best option you have, but its up to you."

I sit there in silence, I gotta take him out, he's the only one who knows, he's the one who sent me the mail.

"Haven't made up your mind, that's fine, I'll give you 1 minute." Mr. Ford says

I still sit there, plotting it out. One minute passes by.

"Alright, what's your choice?" He asks, with a grin

"I choose one you didn't mention." I say, with a straight face

"What does that even mean?" I jump off the seat at him.

He jumps back, I get on top of him, he looks frightened. I see a radio on his shoulder, and I slap it off.

"Really?" He asks

He shoves me off and goes for a punch, it hits me square in the arm, I fall back. He runs toward the radio to get back up, I get up and tackle him. He falls again.

I go for a punch, he grabs my arm and throws it back at me. He hits me in the face. He gets up and shoves me down. He stands up and looks down on me.

"Well, your a bit annoying, I guess I'll just kill you, thought you'd be smarter than this." He points the gun at my head. I look down at his legs.

Of course, go for the legs! I kick his legs, they buckle and he face-plants. I quickly get up and get on top of him. We are right next to the desk. I roll him over, his face is totally bloody. He looks at me in defeat.

"Give it up kid, I swear I won't tell anyone." He says

"And how can I trust you?" I ask

"I'll give you shorter work hours, more pay? Anything! Tell me and it is yours!" He says

"I don't want any of that." I throw a punch into his temple, he gets instantly knocked out.

I get up, and find the syringe. I grab it, and find his vein. I slowly inject it, it penetrates the skin, I let it sink in a bit more, then I let the liquids in. I let all of it out before I pull it out.

I walk towards the mirror, my face is bloody, I need to wash up. I find a sink, and wash my face. I check again, I look normal.

Now what to do with him. I grab some paper towels and soak it, I go over and scrub his face until it looks clean. He has some blood on his shirt, I won't be able to clean that.

I walk back out, "How was it?" The man asks me

"It was fine, thanks," I say, "Hey, do you guys really see Mr. Ford?" I ask

"Not really, he's cooped up in his office a lot."

"Good." I say

He looks confused, I walk out.