Velocity City

Chapter Eight

Breaking news! A grey-haired girl fell out of an apartment building earlier this evening. Witnesses claim the girl was launched out the window by a girl with fluffy pink hair. Everyone in that building is in shock and everyone is wondering, who did it? This investigation has gone for about an hour now and detectives still have nothing to show.”

The television loses connection and shuts itself off. “He killed her. How did he do it? Who was he with?” Calypso grabbed the knife that was on the little nightstand and threw it at the tv. “That little shit is gonna pay. He killed an innocent girl.” Emily woke up and sighed. “Honey, you never told me why you burned the building down.” The question kept repeating in his head since that very day. “My damn father built that building. He spent his days making blueprints and building things. He never focused on me as a child. And my mother, that old bitch never let me out the house nor let me have fun. I looked up to my dad. But he was always pretending I never existed. He never said a word to me. The day he died was my happiest day. My mother later owned the building. Its purpose was to allow parents to leave their children forever. It was like an orphanage but kids that stayed there longer than three months were killed.” A tear began to form. “And my parents smiled when it was time to finally get rid of a defenseless child.”

“And the mask. Why did you start wearing a mask?” Emily became more curious about her husband’s behavior. Calypso looked down at the floor. The living room required dusting. He had just realized that his home was filthy. Finally, he took off his mask and revealed a grotesque, oozing, wounded face. “You know what’s funny? My parents dumped me in that building. Just when my time was up, someone adopted me. A firearms dealer and a mysterious guy who always looked over his shoulder. My parents didn’t even care about me. But once I left the building, things got worse. My new mother beat me and cut open my skin when I misbehaved. And my new dad forced drugs into my body.” “Oh, sorry I asked.”

“What was running through your mind?” Eva was sitting by the fountain in the park. “I had to leave my home. I have nowhere to go. I don’t have my dog. I have nothing. And it’s your fault.” A tear ran down Jandel’s face. Eva was silent. “Look Jandel, I don’t know what I was thinking, but I’m pretty sure you killed someone too.” Jandel stood up and faced Eva. “The person that I killed deserved it. No questions asked. But Hailey, we could’ve gotten information out of her, then kill her.” Eva grabbed Jandel’s hand and started crying. “I know that what I did was wrong, but we can’t go back. We have to find this Calypso guy and figure out what’s going on. I’m sorry.”

Jandel sighed and yanked his hand. “It’s ok. Just stop crying. It’s weird.” Eva wiped her tears and then hugged him. “I’m not a hugger you absolute female.” Eva let go and smiled. “Let’s go find Calypso.”

They ran out of the park and then stopped right outside the main gate. “Wait, where is he?” Eva quickly turned around and pulled out the phone. It’s right outside the city. There is a train that can take us there.” Without hesitation, they zoomed over to the nearest station, and fifteen minutes late, they hopped on the fifty-six train.

“So, they’re coming for me. Everything is falling into place.” Calypso took off the menacing mask with the knife in it and put on a different mask. A much more frightening one. “Emily, you stay in the basement.” Calypso gestured to the door to the basement and Emily walked over to it. He soon walked out of the old, dusty, and rusty house surrounded by trees. He loaded his shotgun. “Let the fun begin.”

The train stopped in the town of Mission. “Oh, we’re in Texas now. That’s interesting.” Jandel tried to avoid the fact that he was gonna die to a man whose identity is hidden. “Ok, if I’m correct, Calypso’s house is in the woods by the river. Which is right across town.” Eva was determined to find out who Calypso was while Jandel but his fingernails and avoided eye contact. They both walked into the town of Mission and realized that everything wasn’t as futuristic as Velocity City. It was mostly empty. Full of tumbleweeds and old fashioned buildings made to look like saloons from cowboy movies.

The town was thriving in fake cowboys and sorta fake sheriffs. “This place is weird. Let’s hurry up before I turn into a cowboy.” They both jogged up the street and stopped. “Wait, how are we gonna get over there? I’m not walking all the way there, I’m a girl who just can’t walk that far.” Jandel sighed and walked over to the edge of the sidewalk. He waved his hand and cars zoomed past him without any notice. “What are you doing? What are you waving at?” Jandel ignored Eva and continued to wave. Finally, a car stopped in front of him. “I hailed a taxi. Duh.” They got in the car and Jandel pulled out cash from his wallet. Eva told the driver to head for the woods across town. It was known as a hiking trail. Within an hour, they arrived. Jandel gave the driver money and he sped off. “Well, we’re here.” Jandel was shaking in his shoes while Eva smiled. “Uh, ladies first.” He gestured to the dim forest and let Eva walk in front.

In the basement, there were monitors. Emily was busy staring into each and every one of them. “Where are those kids?” Little did Jandel and Eva know that there were cameras throughout the forest. Emily saw them walking around bushes and witnessed Jandel falling into a ditch and getting whacked by a branch. She giggled a little and held a walkie-talkie close to her. “Hey honey, they’re close by. Stay alert.”

The sun had reached the midpoint and Calypso heard a branch snap on his right. “They’re here.”