Jack Cage: Troubled Ones

SEVENTEEN

Jack Cage saw the fight club in a distance and glanced back to check if they were still there.
They were.
Fine by him. Only problem was his knuckles. The Forsaken were really getting on his nerves, picking fights with him every single time. And each time, his knuckles are put thorough hell.
I can't wait till this is over, Cage thought to himself. It will at least allow his hands and body to rest and not to mention, he won't have to be looking over his shoulder all the time.
    Then, the bus stopped near the fight club, and Cage got out, and so did the other 4 men.
Show time.
    Jack Cage knew this place well now, so he took a couple of turns and hoped to get near the mini garden nearby. He found it, and he also found the back door to the club.
Perfect
    Cage opened the door and entered, ordered a drink for himself, and sat down at a table away from the door. His drink came the same time the back door opened and the 4 men busted through noisily.
    The club turned and stared at them, wondering  what the hell they were doing here. Cage continued drinking as if nothing was happening. Then, the 4 men saw Cage, and walked up to him, curling their fists.
Predictable idiots
    Cage got up from his seat and took one last sip from his drink. Then, he used a simple kick to bring the camera man down. He twirled like a dancer and crashed his elbow in one of the attacker's face. Another one came at him from the front, and Cage booted his chest and he crashed into a table. He turned and kicked the man who he crashed his elbow into in the face.
    Down.
    The camera man tried to get up, but Cage kneed his face while he was crawling, and he was knocked out. Then, one of the men who Cage hadn't engaged yet took a table and used it to hit Cage. Cage went down, holding his back in pain.
    The pain only made him angrier.
    The man tried to stab Cage with the table, and Cage caught the legs of the table before they reached his face. Cage then slowly got up and kicked the man in the groin. He fell and Cage kicked him in the face before grabbing his shirt and elbowing his nose till it broke.
    The remaining man was disoriented, and had a bit of difficulty standing.
It's you and me now pal, Cage thought. He then approached the man and acted to kick him, and the man fell for it. Cage had caught him off guard, and grabbed him by the hair and kneed him in the face 3 times. Then, Cage grabbed his arms and twisted them, and kicked him in the back hard. He toppled over a table, and Cage pulled his head up by his hair and kneed his face one more time, knocking him out.
    Easy victory, and Cage didn't even have to use his knuckles.
    Everyone stared at Cage, a teenager who had just beaten down 4 adults with ease.
    Then, the main doors opened, and Crimson and her team walked in and the place fell into silence. Everyone there was scared of Crimson and her team, and they never knew if one of them was gonna get the beatings from her.
    She turned her attention to Cage, and saw 4 bodies around him.
    "Well done Cage," she smirked.
    "I take it that you went to the house?" Cage asked.
    "Yes we did," Crimson replied.
    "Find anything?" Cage asked.
    "Yes. You?"
    "Yes. Follow me," Cage said, and they walked outside to the meeting room.
                                              *

    I've watched them for so long. Crimson, Aaron, Merlyn, Raven. Now Cage. I didn't expect Cage to be so efficient, but he has been. Not bad for a retired military cop. And he's only 13. He served as a military cop because of his dad. Got pretty good results too. He just joined school this year. I admire Cage. His consistency, his performance, his efficiency. He would make a good Forsaken member and we'd rule the country.
    Unlikely though.
    I'll kill them all. Each and every one of them. They will die at the hands of The Forsaken. This I swear on my life.
                                              *

    "What is it Cage?" Crimson asked.
    "I want you to look at these," Cage said, tossing the photo of Crimson, one which he didn't give Laurence.
    Crimson looked at it and recognised it from the gunfight recently.
    "What's the point?" She asked.
    "I'm only telling you cause I have no other choice. The photo was taken with hardly any zoom in, and at an angle and at a location which only one of you can go to," Cage said.
    "So?"
    "This was most likely the leader of The Forsaken. I'm confident."
    "Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Aaron questioned.
    "Ever wondered why The Forsaken has been one step ahead of you guys and not of me? It's because they know your every move. Every thing you do, they know. While for me, they don't. At first I thought I was actually good, an unpredictable person. But I looked back on my actions, and realised they were pretty predictable. I had one reason why I've been able to get ahead of them and you," Cage stated.
    "Their leader is an inside man. Their leader... is one of us," Crimson said, with a sudden realisation washing upon them.
    "Just who exactly is it?" Merlyn asked.
    "That's why I'm telling you this. So we can figure this out. Together," Cage stated.
"How exactly are we going to do that?" Raven asked.
Cage looked at Crimson and asked, "You have a tech room?"
"Bet your ass we do," she replied.
"Good. Get it ready. Cause I made a promise to call back," Cage said, and they went to the tech room.