Switched

~Five~

"We have good news and bad news," Travis said as soon as they made it through the door of the book shop. The shop was closed and B was no where to be found. It seemed this was a private affair.

Mark hadn't liked that Travis wanted to see them, instead of telling them on the phone that they got the person who did the whole body-switching thing. It was never a good sign if something couldn't be said on the phone.
Adrianne was pacing behind the counter and that didn't bode well either, Mark thought. Adrianne was clearly aggravated and Mark didn't like it. What could possible mess a badass monster hunter up? Whatever it was Mark didn't want to meet it.

"Start with the good news then," Ian said and Mark had to admit that he was glad Ian took the lead on this one. He might just have yelled at these supernatural professionals.

Travis sighed. "We found the person who performed the body-swap and made your fridge bleed."

"Oh," Mark said because that hadn't been at all what he had expected to hear. "That's good."

"Yes and no. The person who did it is a fifteen year old kid who had been kidnapped and forced to do it."

"Well, shit," Mark said.

"Is that kid okay?" Kasey asked.

Mark loved her tender heart.

"No, he is not. He is fucked up and his family it fucked up about it and I want to kick their asses for keeping the whole fucking thing under wraps," Adrianne hissed.

It sounded to Mark like Adrianne knew the family in question, at least in passing. But Adrianne's drama wasn't his drama. Mark had plenty of his own right now.

"Adrianne," Travis said.

Adrianne glared at him. "They should have known better. If they had said something, anything, that kid wouldn't have suffered that much and we could have been done with this whole mess by now."

"Okay, so you got the kid, but not the one who made him do it?" Kasey asked.

Travis nodded. "Yes. The kid used the opportunity as he was made to make the fridge bleed to slip something extra inside the spell. That was very smart. We were able to track him down. When we did, we discovered the whole mess and that the man who was behind it was already gone."

"Or at least one of the scumbags who did this. We aren't sure if he acted alone," Adrianne added.

"Can the kid describe him?" Ian asked, which was good because it got them back on track.

Travis nodded and took out his phone. There was a rough sketch on it. Obviously hurried, but it was detailed enough for Mark to recognize the man.
"Fuck me," he said. Kasey stepped closer to the phone Travis was holding up for them.

"Isn't that Viper?" She asked.

"Fucking asshole," Mark hissed.

"You know him then? We hoped one of you would," Adrianne said. His voice sounded cold. He was obviously furious and his anger needed an outlet. If Viper really was the one who did this to them then Mark would gladly step aside and have the monster hunter have a go at his former band-mate.

Mark nodded. "Yes, he's our former band-mate."

"Well, not mine," Ian said. "I am in fact his replacement."

Travis looked from Mark to Ian and then back to Mark again. "And you didn't know that he is into magic?"

"Did I know my ex bass-guitarist was messing around with the fucking dark arts?" Mark asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fuck no. He seemed normal to me."