Thorns (Sequel to A Dozen Roses)

Chapter 9 Our Story

Chapter 9
Mitch POV

File #2

"Adam here again, it's been a few months since my first log. Right now I've got Mitchell looking up some information for me. I figured out that Deadlox is hiding out in Europe. He seems to spend a lot of time there." Adam fumbled with some papers in his hands, "Jerome thinks I'm getting way to into this, something about obsession. But I think he's wrong. Obsession helps feed the desire to find this bastard."

File #7

"We made contact today. Myself and Deadlox. Some how he got this program into my computer so we could talk, like a video call. I got to see his face, I don't even understand how to explain it. But I got a picture" He held a photo up to a camera showing a younger Deadlox who was smiling.

"He's quite interesting. I attempted to interrogate him but he spoke of nothing but the weather in England, which is apparently very rainy at the moment." He chuckled and leaned back in his chair "He's quite the interesting man I'll admit that. We never talk more than four minutes. I assume it's so we can't track his signal. But that's okay. I don't mind talking to him."

"They've been communicating like this for years." Ian said dumbfounded. "They'd talk via video every single day and we never saw it."

"Because we never expected anything like this." I exclaimed, "We always figured he was just working."

File #16

"Today is the first day in almost three months that Deadlox hasn't called me. It...it honestly worries me. I mean it's not like a set time every day but it's usually around the same time." Adam leaned back in his chair fiddling with his tie, "I remember Jerome saying something about having an obsession with finding this man and I think he's right. Except it's not an obsession..id consider it ah what's the word." He tapped his fingers on the desk. "Infatuated. He draws my interest, he's a challenge and I won't stop until I've found out everything I can about him."

File #22
"Today..is the big day." Adam leaned back in chair, he wasn't in his work office, instead he was at his home desk.

"Jerome is heading into work any moment now and I'll be leaving to go to the airport to meet Deadlox for the first time now. It would be wise of me to have him arrested right as he entered America right?" Adam chuckled, "I can't do that though. There are so many unanswered questions I have, that I need to know. Maybe leaving Deadlox out in the world for much longer wouldn't be such a bad thing?"

Ian scoffed and crossed his arms, "Not such a bad thing? That mans a murderer. " he shook his head, "We don't have time to watch all of these. Skip to the latest one." I did as ordered and clicked the very last file.

File #237

Adam sat in a car the camera on his laptop recording him.

"My name is Adam-Sky Dalhberg. If you're seeing this clip things are bad. But that also means Mitch made it home, congrats bud." Adam sighed and ran his hands over his face, "I'm in too deep here boys, I'm not sure if I can get out or even if I want too. Jerome said I was obsessed with Deadlox and I am. I'm obsessed with hearing his voice, feeling his touch, and seeing him every single day."

Adam stayed quiet for a moment looking down at his hands.

"I could never come back to the FBI anyways could I? I murdered another agent? Someone could always cover it up but I'm not sure that'll work. Anyways I have something more important to tell you."

Ian make sure you get to see this. Because I'm talking to you. This war you're trying to push yourself into, does not need the FBI. We're after one man and once he's gone things will calm down. If they don't then I'll personally bring Deadlox into jail myself." Adam chuckled, "I never thought I'd say that. But anyways just keep your nose out of this and don't worry. I'll make sure Jerome and Tyler get to come home as soon as possible. But if your so eager to keep up with things I'll get you information as soon as possible."

"I have to go now. I can't be gone much longer or I'll get caught. Remember Ian, there are children with us, don't hurt them. If you do I'm afraid I can't stop what'll happen.

Goodbye"

The video clicked off and we stared at the dark screen for a moment. The children were monsters, Seto's monsters.

"Children? What children are there? And if he thinks we're not sticking our noses in that business then he's wrong." Ian exclaimed turning the car back on and starting to drive.

"Seto has children. He's dead but he has a son and two daughters. Trained to be killers. The son, Isaac, will fight along side the others. The daughters, twins, Izzy and Eve. They're too young to fight." I explained.

"Of course. They won't be much of a bother I guess, but we won't rule them out. We need more information on this 'Ghost' guy you mentioned before. You said you didn't know anything?" Ian glanced at me out of the corner of his eye while merging into another lane.

"No sir. I don't know anything." Now this was 100% a lie. I knew so much about this guy, but I felt like finding him wasn't our concern in the slightest bit. We needed to take down Deadlox not this Ghost guy.

Ghost was more dormant than Deadlox. He didn't do his own dirty work, he raised children to be his own personal soldiers. He was a weak man who couldn't fight his own battles. But Ghost had never expected his soldiers to go against him and that's basically what was happening.

Deadlox, Adam and that whole group would take down Ghost on there own and once that was done then we would get them all arrested,

It's like killing two birds with one stone. Except those birds are mass murderers and the stone is a small FBI unit who still has yet to realize that we are in way over our heads.