Crazy, No, Well Maybe

4

RJ and Z walking inside they make their way to the planning room.

"Do you know which group they're from?" RJ asks in curiosity.

"They're from NXO, I just want to know who we are up against." Z tells him as she comes in and shuts the door. Her voice is emotionless and her face blank.

RJ faces her, "You want me to set up a meeting between you and the leader?" There is just a hint of emotion.

"Fine, go tell Min that he can do what he wants to now." Z says in exasperation going to her seat and plopping down. She takes out her phone and pulls up a game that she hasn't played and beaten yet.

RJ walks out and some time later Min comes bursting into the room. "CanIkeepthemcanIkeepthemcanIkeepthem?" Min spits out rapid fire and Z has a hard time understanding him. Min is running around the chair that she's sitting on and it's making her annoyed.

Looking at Min, she grabs him to stop him from running circles around her. "What?" She is spitting out harshly, the words are a bit venomous.

Min starts speaking slowly, and leans forward so that she will hear him better. "Can. I. Keep. Them?" He smiles innocently looking at her with hopeful eyes.

"For how long? You know that they have a short life span. Especially without light, who's going to pay for their food and water? Who is going to clean up after them?"

Min starts screaming, making Z back up from him, "I will, I will, I will. I'm a big boy now, I can take care of them." Min's voice being that of a baby.

Z sighs, "Go ask RJ, see if he'll go shopping for extra food."

Min pouts at her words, "He's mean and he'll say no." Z has never seen Min have his lips so far out before.

"Okay, fine, just don't tell RJ and you'll have to pay for them out of your allowance which means no extra toys."

Min's eyes pop out and then return to normal. His voice turns sulky, "Fine." He kicks at the floor where he stands.

RJ looking at the list for shopping is confused at why the list has almost doubled. Then starts crossing foods off and circling others in agreement.

RJ goes in the store and grabs a shopping cart and starts on the list. That's when he notices a man following him. He turns down an aisle to look for the milk they need. He leaves the cart by the milk and then starts running down the aisle and makes a sharp turn that the man can't follow.

RJ takes out his phone and calls Z. "Hey, I have a situation here at the store."

Z sits up getting interested, "Okay, tell me what it is."

RJ hears Min yelling happily in the background then hears Z yell at him to shut the men up 'cause she's  on the phone. "Settle down, Min."

RJ can just imagine Min jumping up and down having fun with his latest playmates. "There's a man following me. He doesn't look to nice, more like he wants me to be his playmate."

"Wait until backup comes, sorry it's going to be Min. We need to calm him down." Z tells him.

RJ groans, "Fine, whatever, just get him out here now!" He says in a low voice. He sees the man that had been following him spot him and come towards him. "He's found me."

"Min's on his way," Z assures him, "and he's bringing your favorite gun too." RJ smiles at the thought of his favorite toy.

"Thanks, Z," RJ says then hangs up as he runs out of his hiding spot.

Running through the store to the parking lot. The two play hide and seek as people watch them with confused expressions watching two grown men playing a child's game in the parking lot. RJ just hopes that Min gets there in time.

"I want to play too!" Min says jumping up out of nowhere. He tosses RJ his gun then takes off hiding. His arms behind him as he runs just like the anime character Naruto.

The man stands there totally confused and now outnumbered. Then he feels the gun barrel of RJ's gun shoved in his back.

The man puts his hands up and let's Min take his gun from him. "Who do you work for?" RJ demands coldly.

"NXO," the man replies immediately out of fear and starting to visibly shake.

"Thank you," RJ shoves the man into his car. 

Min comes running up to them, "I won! I won! I won!" Before he, too, gets in the car putting a knife to the man's throat. He's suddenly deadly serious and there's no doubt that he's a terrifying man.

RJ questions, "Min?" Confused at the abrupt switch from the child like person Min normally is to this dark and dangerous entity.

"Yeah?" Min says coldly, focused intently on the man next to him.

"You okay, bro?" RJ asks nervously.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Min asks flatly.

"You just seem different right now." RJ states worriedly.

"Different? How?" Min asks confusedly as to why RJ would be asking him this question or saying these things about him.

"More intimidating, dark, dangerous I suppose," RJ says shrugging then returning his attention to the road.

"Why? I'm always like this," if anything Min's voice gets even colder. RJ shivers at how menacing Min's voice has become now.

"Never mind, we're almost to the base and Z is waiting for us there." At the mention of Z the atmosphere lightens perceptibly. 

The rest of the ride to the base is done in silence. RJ just hopes that this version of Min won't stay for very long. This one terrifies him. He's only met this side of him a couple of times and even Z holds him in higher esteem when he's around.

They pull up to the base. Min climbs out of the car pulling the man out with him and making sure that the knife doesn't leave the man's throat. RJ runs ahead and opens the door for him allowing Min to take their guest to the play room. While Min makes their guest comfortable, RJ goes to get Z and warn her about the sudden change in Min's personality.