Chapter Forty-Eight: Salting The Earth

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Autumn was relaxing in the office area of the Saints Hideout. She felt like something was off about Pierce but she didn't know what, she felt like he was planning something with Ember, but she didn't know what. Whenever she asked what they were talking about they shoved it off. Today Autumn was wearing a Black Women's Chest Band, a White, violet and Saints Purple Short Sleeve Baseball Jersey, Black Women's Canvas Pants and Black Utility Boots. She was lost in thought until she heard footsteps coming from behind her, when she turned around to look it was Pierce, holding a brown envelope. 

"What's this?" Autumn asked Pierce. 

"Don't know. I found it here and it was addressed to you." Pierce answered as he gave her the envelope. Autumn opened it, it was a newspaper cut-out. It said: Ultor Throws Fund Raising Gala. 

"Looking to crash a party?" Pierce asked.

"Thinkin about it." Autumn responded as she walked around, looking at the newspaper cut out. She didn't see Pierce sit on the desk. 

"Well, your history with boats is pretty solid so, uh, this seems like a good idea." Pierce trailed off, seeming sarcastic. Autumn just gave him a death glare. 

"I think I'm going to go find Shaundi." Pierce finally said as he got off the desk, Autumn began to walk out of the hideout. 

"Good idea." Autumn responded. 

"Don't you care who sent it?" Pierce asked. 

"Nope." Autumn answered. 

"But it's probably a trap!" Pierce responded. 

"Yup." Autumn responded, not giving a shit. 

Autumn existed the hideout through the elevator with Pierce. Autumn got into a black Justice and headed home to get into a shark so she could crash the party. She blasted her playlist in her car as she drove, it didn't feel long when she got to her house. Before she got into the Shark she noticed that there was an Ultor helicopter spying on her, so she took it out. Once it crashed she got onto the Shark and headed for the boat. When she got onto the boat she made her targets the Ultor Execs. It took her awhile to kill them considering the amount of people running around, screaming in pure fear. When she was done she noticed that there was a couple of Ultor Execs that managed to slip away on a boat, Autumn quickly got back onto another Shark and chased after them, killing each of them. When her deed was done she went to Forgive and Forget, after that she called Johnny. 

"Hey Johnny, do you mind if I come over?" Autumn asked once he answered. 

"Of course you can, you don't need to ask." Johnny responded. 

"Alright, I'll be there." Autumn said then hung up. Once she got onto land she got back into her Black Justice and drove to Johnny's place. She used her spare key to open the door. 

"Hey, Gat! It's Autumn!" She called out. 

"In the living room!" Johnny called back. Autumn looked around, Johnny still had all of Aisha's photoshoot pictures and records up. Autumn sat beside Johnny and sighed. 

"Something wrong?" Johnny asked, he had put out two beers; one for him and one for Autumn. 

"Just. . . Everything." Autumn responded in a frustrated voice. 

"Give me details, Autumn." Johnny responded. 

"I think I'm hearing the dead, or I'm going paranoid. ." Autumn started to say then started crying. 

"What do you mean? Who are you supposedly talking to?" Johnny asked, comforting her. 

"Lin, Aisha and Carlos. . ." Autumn answered.

"A-Aisha? So, I'm not the only one?" Johnny responded, confused. 

"So I'm not crazy? You see her too?" Autumn asked. 

"Y-Yes." Johnny said as he stuttered. 

"What does she tell you?" Autumn asked.

"She tells me that her death wasn't my fault, or yours. And that we'll be together again soon. . ." Johnny answered. 

"What does she tell you?" Johnny asked. 

"I made a promise to her not to abandon you, to always stay with you. But I wouldn't do that anyways. She also told me she's always watching us, that she cares for  us." Autumn answered. 

"I-I see." Johnny responded.

The two ended up comforting each other, talking about everything and anything. Autumn ended up crashing at Johnny's place. The two fell asleep on the couch. Before she passed out, she let Pierce know she was crashing at Gat's place. 

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