Hide And Seek ( Alex Goot Elle Fowler Sam Tsui )

Chapter 45

Alex rapped lightly on the door of Eric's home, with Elle keeping watch beside him. It only took a few seconds for the front door to open hesitantly, revealing old man Eric, with a gun in his hand, looking more feeble and weak than ever.

Immediately, the moment he met eyes with Alex and Elle, he ushered them inside. They were greeted by Eric Junior, who was a sleevless shirt and ripped khaki pants. He held on to a gun himself.

" Are you participating in the removal project of the British? " Elle asked Eric, sitting herself down on one of their worn couches.

Alex slowly helped Eric to his rocking chair. Eric Junior jumped onto the space to Elle's right, putting his gun on his lap.

" Both of us are, uncle Nightmare, " Eric Junior announced proudly, smiling. Alex noticed that Eric Junior was in the middle of dropping his milk teeth, a gaping hole in where one of his front teeth ought to be. Either that he got it knocked out somehow.

" Junior lad here said that if I went, I had to bring him. He can defend himself well for a young lad anyways, " Eric explained, grinning proudly at his grandson.

No one really knew what happened to Eric's children. But somehow, they had lived long enough to produce a child. And then something had happened after. Alex had never really asked it, and never intended to.

" So, what did you two come here for?" Junior questioned, turning to face Elle.

She glanced at Alex, patting the top of Junior's head as she did so. Eric stopped rocking in his chair. He wanted to hear the answer to it as well.

" Came to say goodbye, before the mission, " Alex told them firmly, eyes averting to the rug.

Junior jumped off the couch madly. He may be young, but he looked really pissed for his age.

" Y'all are my heros! You guys wouldn't die!" he insisted, stomping his tiny foot on the floor.

Alex placed his hand on the doorknob. They better move quick, just in case anyone saw them enter. The last time there was a shoot out at Eric's house, if it were not for Elle, Alex would never have emerged alive.

" I'll miss you Eric," Elle said, giving the old man tight hug.

" Honey, you're not going to die, sily," Eric whispered in her hair, giving her a grandfatherly pat on her back.

Alex knew that even if him and Elle had actually survived it, and that the British did not track down their headquarters, Eric and his grandson might not survive. The British had so much more money than them, they could afford more guns, and bombs.

The force members had to go and rely on only manpower and mere tricks. Alex knew that the dogs were intelligent, and they ought to work. But was it really possible to summon bears just by honey only? Alex doubted that it would work.

" Bye Eric," Alex said, hugging the old man as well, before Elle opened the door. Eric Junior led them outside.

Alex picked up the small boy in his arms, scuffing up his fair hair. This was probably the last time that he would see the small boy.

He was in charge of telling the people in charge of front line of what to do. All these citizens joining in might die if he made an error. So many lives, so many people who only wanted happiness. Now must die. Elle desperately wanted to assure them that she was in charge of the operation, and that they would be safe.

But how were they to promise?

" Be safe uncle and auntie Nightmare, " Eric Junior whispered, hugging on to Elle as well.