Hunted

Chapter 17

"Anne, can you hear me?" I whisper into the mic.
"Loud and clear." Her reply comes without a moment of hesitation.
"Good. Can you look into this supposed family fortune?" I say in a low voice. I look ahead at the boys checking the positions of the standing guards.
"Sure thing. It may take awhile though." She declares. The guys motioned me forward.
"Yeah, take your time. Just make sure to stay on the line; no matter the costs."
"No matter the costs." She repeats. I make my way to where the guys are standing, guns pointed.
"What were you doing?" Josh asks. I shrug.
"Anne was asking me a question about the files and Aunt Jane." I lie. He nods and looks away slowly.
"We have to make sure that this according to plan. One mess up and everything goes to crap. We can't afford to lose someone else. Stay close and keep your eyes and ears open; this is where it counts." I give a gentle smile and continue down the hall. I stop at every intersection to see the guard posted everywhere. Tyler comes up beside me.
"Hero, let's just turn around. This is too risky; you even said so." I shake my head.
"We found answers. Now he has to pay for them." Tyler pauses and falls into step with his brother. I hear them whispering but pay no attention. Josh comes to the front to join me.
"Hero, listen. There's things here that are going to go wrong no matter what we do. We need to turn around and go back. We have the answers you were looking for, what else is there?" I turn to him, stopping the group.
"What's left?! What's left is someone that killed our parents. What's left is a monster behind the eyes. A murderer. Do you not see it?! He killed them and now he's killing us." I continue on without a word. Josh pauses in his steps and stares back at Ryder and Tyler who shrug. He sighs and goes back to his battle stance.
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    We come to a stop outside Greg's office,going over everything each of us needs to do.
    "Ty, you distract him by outsmarting him. Ryder, you agree with everything Tyler says; no matter what. Sometimes, just repeat the things he said before to throw him off. Josh and I will be arguing in the background like children until Anne gives the signal." The guys all nod and start inside the room.
"This idea sounds pathetic but we have to try." I mumble to Josh who nods his agreement. Tyler goes in first with Ryder following.
"Greg, is it? Well, my youth was spent with this knucklehead until Hero came in. However you seem pretty keen on getting her back. I have some reasons why you might not." Tyler starts, signalling Josh and I. Before even entering the room, we've already started bickering about his choice in clothes.
"Puh-lease. Your choice in clothes suck. Admit it; it's good for your health." Josh scoffs.
"That's not even a fact! And it's not like you can say much about my clothes, look at yours!" I look down.
"What about mine?! At least I have a little fashion sense!" I exclaim. He scoffs.
"Well you're a girl so that's different." He states.
"Different?! How is that different?!" I shriek. "Guys can have a fashion sense if they so choose. Take Ryder for example!" Ryder's head snaps toward us.
"Oh no, no, no. Do not drag me into this." Josh slowly turns toward him.
"Well if you weren't oh so perfect, she wouldn't have the need to!" He exclaims. Ryder looks taken aback.
"You think that I'm perfect?! Take a second look cause I'm more messed up than all of you combined!" Ryder storms out of the room. Greg stands there with an amused smirk. Anne's voice comes through the earpiece in a silent whisper.
"Send Josh out there." She orders. I turn towards Josh faking a shocked face.
"Way to go Romeo! Now I'm gonna have to fix your mess." I start turning back to the exit until Josh throws himself ahead of me.
"I can handle my own messes, thanks." He states sarcastically while heading out the door. I smirk to myself. Small detour in the plan but same outcome. I remove my smirk, my face going neutral once more as I turn back to Greg.
"That was pleasant." He states with his hands behind his back.
"Well of course it would be to you; you're a psycho." I sneer. He basically snarls at my comment.
"You have a serious attitude problem." He claims.
"I don't have an attitude problem. You have a issue with my attitude and that's not my problem." Tyler sighs.
"You both need to stop." He says. Greg turns to face Tyler.
"You should just learn to mind your own business young man." Tyler shakes his head.
"You two are bickering right in front of me. It isn't really a secret." He exclaims. Big detour! I shake my head as the two men get into each others faces. Anne's voice once again comes through.
"Get to the office!" She shrieks quietly. I obey the statement. I make my way behind where Greg was standing and go through the double doors. Ryder and Josh meet me at the end of the tiny hall.
"Where to next?" Ryder asks. I turn back to the door I just came from.
"Next, we get to capture Greg." I reply. Ryder and Josh look at each other then back to me.
"Your kidding, right?" Ryder says. I shake my head.
"We need to alternate the plan a little." The guys come closer as I begin to whisper lowly.
"Okay, so here's what we're gonna do..."