Surprise Rats

Chapter 2

Donald was furious. First Douglas managed to hack into his system, then he had to temporarily pull the kids from school for their own safety. He hated making decisions like that, but it had to be done. With Douglas and a madman on the loose, he couldn't risk losing the kids.

Donald didn't like sending Tasha out to get Leo, since he had already left for school, but in order to tell Adam, Bree, and Chase before they tried to leave, he had to. After Tasha left, Donald prepared to go tell the three bionics. Unbeknownst to him, things were about to take a totally different path than what he thought.

Leo was going to his locker to put his books away; since he had gotten a call from his mom explaining what was going on; when he saw Douglas leaning against the lockers.

"Aah! I mean..." Leo exclaimed then growled as he dropped his books and attempted to look tough.

"Relax." Douglas said as he looked at Leo casually.

"I am relaxed, I am very relaxed. Let's do this, Spiky, let's make this real!" Leo said, trying to land a hit on Douglas, but failing due to the fact that Douglas blocked every hit.

Douglas just looked at Leo, eyebrows raised, "You done?

"Ohh. Giving up, I see. What do you want?"

"You're smart, Leo. You knew about me and Marcus before anybody else. So you, have to believe me about Krane!"

"Alright. Talk."

"Krane and I used to be on the same page. Getting my kids back, use them to rob banks, pull scams, you know, garden variety bad guy stuff. But I...well...I was never going to hurt them. But Krane on the other hand..."

"Marcus tried to kill me!"

"I said them! But that's beside the point. Listen, Krane is completely out of control. He's got a serious score to settle with the world and now he has the bionics to do it!"

"Why does he want Adam, Bree and Chase?"

"He doesn't want them, That's the problem! he wants to destroy them! They're the only ones who can stand in his way. Look, I'm scared, Leo, and you should be too. Watch this." Douglas said as he pulled out his phone and played a video, "Oh, sorry, that's my 40th birthday party, we had a burger truck!"

"Stop it!"

Once Douglas finally found the right video, he tapped on it so it would play, "This is it."

The video was one of Krane. But it wasn't just any video, it was security camera footage. It showed Krane implanting himself with bionics.

"Yeah, that dude's no joke." Leo said while Douglas put his phone away, "So, what am I supposed to do?"

"Talk to my brother. He'll believe you. I gotta get back before Krane blows a gasket. Literally, he has one right around his shoulder." Douglas said before leaving.

Once Douglas left, Leo pulled his phone out and dialed Donald's number. Once he got Donald's voicemail, he left a message and quickly left the school to meet his mom. He still wondered if Douglas was telling the truth or not, but he didn't want to risk his family being hurt by Krane, so he had no choice but to believe the one person he wasn't supposed to.

A little while later, Douglas arrived back at the "lair" that he shared with Krane. He knew that Krane wouldn't be happy, so he had to act casual. Which wasn't exactly easy when Krane tracked your every move.

"Oh, hey, sorry I'm late. I... was at the grocery store, the girl from the deli says hello."

"Nice try. I know where you've been."

"Yeah, you got me. I talked to the kid, but I was just trying to turn him over to our side."

"Our side? I work alone now. I don't need you anymore."

"Oh-kay... Well, you could have told me that before I gave you my share of this month's rent. Well, I-uh, I guess I'll just get going then."

As Douglas began to walk towards the exit, he felt something hold him back from moving. It wasn't a second later that he felt his airway being constricted and he began to have a hard time breathing. Within less than a minute, he could see black starting to cloud his vision.