Thorns (Sequel to A Dozen Roses)

Chapter 27 Hydra

Chapter 26
Seto POV

As fun as it was listening to Haydz cry for an hour, it was growing far too boring.

But boy was he spilling information like a broken computer. He was telling us every last thing he knew.

Ghost wasnt the head of all this crap. People were above him, three men that Haydz didnt know the name of. Those were the people who organized Ghosts

Sidearms joined me silently outside and lit a cigarette leaning against the building.

"I always knew that sociopath had help from somewhere." He mumbled almost to himself. "He had to get the money from somewhere. The guns. The allies."

He was right. Thinking back to it all i could never understand how Ghost had so much money, so many allies in his corner. He never left the house. He had become so skilled in fighting because he had been trained. Everyone has to be trained by someone.

"We just have to figure out who these people are. Shut down their whole network. If we can get to the source we can cut it all off."

"You know why we have to start at the source right?" I turned my head to look at him. Sidearms burned away on his cigarette down to the filter before dropping it and crushing it under his foot. "Its like the Hydra. When you tried to shut down Ghost. Two forces appeared in its place."

Before i could ask what he meant he continued.

"You. You're part of that Hydra. With the fall of Ghost left you and Deadlox without a boss. It made two rouge killers with their own agendas. Because what happens after all this is over Seto? After the whole network shuts down? Are you gonna try some happy bullshit fake life."

He pushed off the wall and turned to face me.

"Once this agenda of yours is clear you can try all you want to be perfect. But you and Deadlox and Lachlan, Vikk, Preston, Rob. Even your own son! Even me. Were all trained to kill and thats what we will end up doing. Because thats all we know how to do.

All I know how to do is kill. Thats all im ever going to do. When im done here I just open my horizon and work for other people."

I knew he was right and i hated to admit it. When our group disbursed many of them would move on and find their own crimes to slip into.

"I want my daughters to have a chance Sidearms. They have so much potential to do good things. And i do mean good. They could make advanced in science and medicine or space. Anything. "

"And Isaac?"

"Isaac may not be my biological son. But I want him to have the same chance as the girls. But I know its going to take some more away from him. Time is what its going to take for him to get away from all this. For him to..i guess...become normal?"

My son wasnt normal. He was bred to kill. Just the same as I was. He had an interest in blood and the blade of a knife. It would be just like when Ghost tried to cut me off. I nearly killed myself.

"I dont know much about Isaac but what i can tell you is that you need to cut him off from all of this as soon as possible. The longer you wait the harder it will be to break him of this."

I pushed off the wall and shoved my hands in my pockets.

"You're right Sidearms. I'm going to talk to Brice tonight and see what he wants to do." I headed back inside while Sidearms lit another cigarette.

Haydz had passed out in his chair with his body slumped forward. You would almost think he was dead but I could see his chest heaving under him.

Kenny was sitting in the kitchen with Pete eating pizza from a local pizza place near out hide out.

"I sedated Haydz so he would shut the hell up." Kenny said from where he was sitting on the counter. I glanced back at Haydz and shrugged.

"Whatever keeps him quiet. Im retiring for the night to my room. I need to call Deadlox and get some rest. So try not to need me."

I grabbed two slices of pizza and headed into my room kicking the door shut.

The bedroom was basically nothing but a bed and a night stand. I sat cross legged on the bed and ate my pizza while dialing Deadlox's cell.

Three rings and he answered.

"Hello?" His voice was quiet.

"Its me. We got a lot of information out of Haydz." He sighed quietly and I could hear him quietly move to another room, "Sorry were you asleep?"

"No Adam fell asleep a little bit ago and i was just laying with him. What did Haydz tell you."

I filled him in on where Ghost was hiding and how he wasnt the head of all this. I also confided in what Sidearms and I had talked about. It was like a therapy session without the bill.

"Our fight is with Ghost. Not these other people. We can deal with them after Ghost is...well...after hes dead. Then we can try and track down these people if thats what you really want." I sighed to myself.

"Id like that. I dont want anyone to come between me and the safety of my children ever again."