Winning The War; BOS 4

Always Best Of The Best

Antonio Masters
One second I was standing.
Next second Maddison is jumping in front of me.
The second after that Maddison catches a knife just centimeters before it hits her chest.
The whole food court was silent as they stared at her. Completely startled. Maddison herself looked shocked as she looked at the knife in her hand. Suddenly people were taking photos, screaming, yelling. The knife falls from Maddisons hand and hits the ground with a clatter before she collapses. I manage to catch her before she hits the ground. She seems to have fainted.
"Again. She saves your life again." Crystal mutters and shakes her head.
"We need to get her out of here." I hiss and we all hurry from the mall, Maddison in my arms.

I carry Maddison inside the manor and lay her gently on the smaller couch in the lounge. "Did she cut her hands?" Crystal asks in concern.
I check her hands to find that they weren't cut at all. However they were unnaturally warm. "No cuts but I don't think her hands are suppose to be this warm." I reply as I rest the back of my hand against her forhead. It felt fine. It was just her hands that weren't right.
"Damn Maddison. How did you do that?" Crystal laughs sadly as she crouches by Maddisons side.
"She just jumped in front of me. I didn't see it coming. She could have pushed me out of the way. Why block the way? If she didn't catch that knife then she would have gotten it through the chest and would have died." I shake my head in shock as it slowly set in.
She risked her life to save mine. "You owe me big time Antonio." A voice croaks and both Crystal and I leap back in shock.
"Shopping was a little too much like old times Crystal. Except I'm the one who's catching knives. Not you." She laughs before rubbing her forehead and sitting up.
"This happens to you often?" I ask in shock.
"Before I was rich Maddison was the one who was most wanted dead out of us. She use to be the one who had knives thrown at her and I'm the one who caught them." Crystal says as she tentively checked Maddison over.
Maddison sat silently, her brow furrowed as if she were thinking. Crystal stops and steps back slowly. Maddisons expression goes dark and deadly in less than a second. Cautiously I step back. Maddison stands and clenches her hands into tight, white knuckled fists.
"That backstabbing son of a bitch." She hissed. "Crystal you're gonna need to come with me." She flexed her fingers and I stepped further away and watched her cautiously.
"Why?" She asks with wide eyes.
"To restrain me from killing a goverment agent who's being promoted to leader of the agency this afternoon." Maddison says calmly which only makes her sound more deadly.
Crystal pales."Oh shit."

Maddison Hast
Crystal walks closely beside me and her eyes continuously flick in my direction. I know she's making sure I don't lose it completely. She still doesn't know why I'm pissed. All she knows is a goverment agent did something years ago that's coming back now. "What did he do?" She asked yet I ignore her.
"Maddison. What did he do?" Crystal grabs my wrist in her iron grip and pulls me to a halt.
"He lied." I hiss lowly as I step forwards so we were face to face. She lets go and drops her gaze. I'm the one who can hide like a chameleon but intimidate like a wolf with their eyes focused on you.
I turn on my heel and continue through the agency. Crystal follows me but stays silent. There was nobody in the halls. That's because the promotion has started. We take the elevator to the 9th floor and I storm down to the large double doors at the end of the wall. Two agents stood guard. As we approached they stepped closer together to block the door better. "You aren't allowed to enter." They said with hard glares.
I walk over and before they can react they fall slumped to the ground after I swiftly jab them in the chest. Crystal looks down at them with wide eyes before looking at me then looking back down at them. "Don't worry. They'll wake up in 10 maybe 25 minutes." I say before opening the doors loudly and stepping inside.
Everyone spins and faces me and Crystal. "You lying son of a bitch." I growl. Crystal follows me as I storm through the crowd to the front.
"Maddison. What are you doing here?" Mr Clint narrows his eyes at me. I glare daggers at the guy who stood beside him.
"You told me that even though I'm just on call I still have the power to arrest criminals. Am I right Mr Clint?" I look at my old boss.
"Yes. I did say that. Why?" He narrows his eyes.
"Talon because I can't kill you you're under arrest for lying to the goverment agency which lead to the almost death of Antonio Masters only a couple hours ago." I say emotionlessly.
The guy reels back in shock. "You're joking right? I would never lie to the agency." He looks at me as if I'm crazy.
"Fine. Then you wouldn't mind being injected with a truth syrum and allowing me to ask you a few questions." I hiss.
"I would mind actually. I don't think kindly of inncoent people being injected with a truth syrum and I'm innocent. I swear it." Talon hissed back.
"Explain yourself." Mr Clint roars angrily and I spin to face him with eyes of steel, making him take a small step back.
"I have reason to believe Talon is in cahoots with the Diablos. That he lied about them not planning to kill any more if her family. The Diablos are trying to kill Antonio." I say sharply.
"And your reasoning is?" My old boss asks questioningly and I step closer.
"Touch my hands." I hold them out. Everyone looks at me warily and slowly Mr Clint takes them. He drops them almost imediantly.
"Snake venom." He gasps.
"Your saying the knife you caught in a crowded food court in the mall was coated in snake venom?" Crystal gasps behind me.
"Diablos technique. The kill in crowded spaces. The snake venom however is Talons killing specialty and preferance." I turn on Talon who stands emotionlessly. He's good. But I'm better.
"That isn't enough evidence." Talon says shortly and I smile slowly. Crystal curses behind me.
"Oh I wasn't finished Talon. You were the person who was to find the information about whether or not they plan to kill any of her family. You had the closest position to Jack. You were standing 2 meters away from him when he fired the gun in fact. You made no move to stop him before he shot her and after." I say casually yet still Talon just stood there emotionlessly yet I could see the changes in him.
"While I've been yalking yoir skin has paled slightly around the knuckled yet your holding no pressure on your hands. You're nose has twitched slightly with each statement I've made. The hairs on your neck are standing on end and your feet are pointing slightly towards the exit behind me. You planned to make a run for it yet I've caught you. You underestimated my skills and power. You're growing paniced by the second. Your eyes flickering slightly, pupils growing growing smaller and smaller and now your breathing has quickened ever so slightly along with your pulse. You can't hide from me Talon. I've always been best of the best." My smile grows cruel.
Talon snaps and all hell breaks loose.