Agent 57 (Book 2)

15. The kind that usually pisses people off

Far warning:

You guys wanted the update. I was going to wait till had both chapter 15 and 16 typed but you all couldn't wait. (Insert evil laugh)

Now you'll have no choice but to wait for the next update for a little longer.

And you are not going to like how I ended this one. (Insert another evil laugh)

Enjoy!

Cody's POV

"You ruined my moment with your, 'language Mr. Stevenson'." Ryder whines, mocking Henri. He purposely makes his voice one too many octaves too high.

"Forgive me," Henri says flatly before swatting at the back of Ryder's head again. Ryder scowls at him.

Ryder mutters something under his breath that I don't catch...but Henri clearly does.

"Ow!" Ryder yells out as Henri slaps the back of his head yet again.

"Watch your tongue."

"Hello!" Devin shouts out, catching their attention before pointing to the screen. "Anybody want to focus on the problem at hand!?"

I look back up at the screen just in time to see Lydia pull a gun and point it at Thirteen...who scoffs and leans back against the couch, placing her hands behind her head as if she's in the most comfortable position ever.

"You do anything I don't like..." Lydia trails off as she stares directly into the camera. "And I kill her."

Devin sucks in a breath, Henri goes rigid, and I feel my heart stop for a second, and...Ryder...presses the button on the microphone and laughs loudly.

We all turn towards him and stare at him as if he's grown another head. He just continues laughing into the microphone, and it's not a fake laugh. He finally calms down enough to talk, while everybody in the room is looking at each other confused. Lydia's confident expression falters.

"That's hilarious." He says, still laughing. "Tell me another joke, go ahead."

He pauses as if he's actually waiting for her to say something else, and when she makes no move to, he continues on.

"You're not going to kill her. Not if you want to get the information you so desperately seek out of her." He says, the smugness in his voice only serves to piss her off as her hand clenches tighter around the gun.

"That's literally the only reason she's not dead yet. Both you and Garrett want the same thing, and she's got it. That must suck." He snickers at the end of the statement, trying to piss her off even more.

"You know," She says off-handedly. "You're right. But I don't have to kill her..." She smiles darkly at Thirteen who narrows her eyes in response. "I just have to kill the people she cares about. Enough of them die...and she'll start talking."

Thirteen scoffs. "Not likely."

"There's a flaw in your otherwise brilliant and psychotic plan, we're on the second floor you dumbas-"

"Mr. Stevenson." Henri's tone holds warning as he cuts Ryder off yet again, Ryder glares at him.

Lydia's smile grows even darker. "Not all of you are."

There's the sound of an explosion, followed by loud curses and screams...all coming from the landline sitting next to us, still on speaker.

Chase.