Taryn and Jack - NYSM2, Discontinued and up for adoption

Mister Evil Boss Man Chapter 3

" Wasn't there supposed to be a truck? " Sebastian asks as he gets out from behind Merritt. 

" Where the heck are we? " Daniel looks around at the busy Asian people around us. 

They yell at us and scream in their language for us to get out. A man in black points to the door and yells angrily. 

They drag us out as Daniel struggles to talk to Jack. " Hey hey! Wait, did you mis-run the tube? " 

" No! I put it in the truck! I know I did. " 

" Because we're really not in the truck right now. " Daniel says annoyedly. 

" I'm moving! Relax! " Sebastian yells. " There's something very wrong. " Sebastian yanks his leather jack from the man holding onto him. 

We walk out to a full restaurant, full of people eating and going on about their business. 

" Okay. " Daniel sighs. " Where are we? " 

" Why am I freaking starving? " I ask as I look at the guys' food in front of me. 

" Yeah, I'm weirdly starving too. " Jack agrees. 

" This makes no sense. " Merritt makes his way to Daniel. 

We walk out to the front of the restaurant as a scooter thing almost runs over Merritt. 

I aww at an adorable little girl on top of her dad's shoulders. " She's so cute! " I whisper. Jack looks at the girl and then at me. 

We go back into the restaurant, trying to make sense of what's going on. 

" Whoa! " Sebastian moves out of the way as a woman walks past with food in her arms. " Sorry! " He turns to us. " As least, as I know this isn't much of a consolation, but apparently we're now surrounded by Chinese food. Right? " 

Merritt shakes his head as he walks up to us. " I think where we are right now, they don't refer to it as ' Chinese food '. It's just, food. " 

I scan around. " Wait, what are you saying? How's this possible? " I as in confusion. 

Some weird guy with curly hair and a menu in front of his hair giggles as he lowers the menu. " I believe in your particular parlance, the word is magic. " 

" That guy looks exactly like you! " Sebastian ' whispers ' to Merritt who as his jaw open and just about hitting the floor. " He looks exactly like you. Are you seeing this right now? " 

" Chase. " Merritt says with a hint of anger in his voice. 

" Must confess. It's like what I heard about meeting the Rolling Stones. " The man says. He's super tan. " They're a lot shorter in person. " 

" Remember I told you about the guy who messed me out of everything? " Merritt asks. 

I nod in realization. " Oh yeah! That jerk with the bad acne. 

" Yeah. " Merritt nods. " This is my twin brother, Chase. " 

Chase puts his hands crossed over his heart. " Wait, did you do this? " Daniel asks while stepping towards him. 

Everyone in the shop stands up and someone puts a knife to my neck. I glance back at him. " Wow. You sure know how to surprise a lady. " I kick him in the shines and a gun gets pressed to my temple. " Ahh. And you too, Mister annoying. " 

" As you can see, my boss doesn't mess around. " Chase gestures to the people. 

" I do not understand what is going on right now, at all! " Sebastian says, eyeing the guy next to him who's holding a gun to his head, suspiciously. 

" Okay. Let me break it down for you. " Chase walks closer. " You jumped off a rooftop in New York, and you landed in Macau, aka the Vegas in China. And presto-changeo. Don't you just love it? " Chase smiles cockily. 

" Don't you just love how I'd like to punch you right now? " I retort. 

" Whoa. Calm down there little lady. No one's gonna hurt you. " Chase promises. 

" Really? 'Cause the guy with the gun to my head begs to differ. " I sass. 

Chase smirks and ignores me. " The greatest magicians in the world are the object of someone else's magic trick! Isn't that poetic? " No one replies. " No? You know what, I'm not gonna let you guys yuck my yum. Shoo-shoo. Or Mushu. Whatever. " 

The man behind me pushes me out the door and I almost trip on my heels. " Hey! Watch it bud. " I warn. 

They force us into some black cars. " Don't you just love to be kidnapped? " I ask with a sigh in frustration. 

Chase talks about stuff I don't bother listening too. He sings a dumb theme song and starts talking about Merritt's ' betrayal ' to him. 

I get out and follow the others into a big building. Some guards lead us into the elevator, where we wait for it to go to whatever floor these jerks are taking us too. 

The door opens behind me and a short man in white turns around. " Ta-da! So happy to be working with you. " He smiles as he moves towards us. " Please come in, come in. " 

The guards pull us out and I hiss at one of them. 

" Wait sorry, how are you working with us? " Daniel asks. " Oh, well, as much as a magician who pulls a rabbit from a hat is working with that rabbit. " The man smiles as he pulls on his leather shoes. " We'll be working together, yes. " 

" Yeah. " I reply sarcastically with an eye roll. 

" I forgot to introduce myself. " He smiles. 

" Yeah, you're Walter Mabry. You died a year ago. " Jack folds his arms. 

" Yes. An idea I got from you, Mr. Wilder. " Walter points at Jack. " Fake your death, the world puts it's guard down. I'm able to control quite a few companies, including my old partner Owen's. Under secret. " 

" And violates how many sec laws? " Sebastian asks. 

" I believe it breaks all of them. You see, you all want an audience. Need one, desperately. It's quite sad, really. Hence, my ability to nab you. I, on the other hand, want the opposite of that. I just want to be, and I am 100% off the grid. You know why? " 

" Yeah. Because the grid is for actual human beings. " I roll my eyes and fold my arms as I talk. 

" No. " Walter chuckles slightly. " Because in a world of total surveillance, the only true freedom lies in not being seen. "