Zombie - Umbrella Academy

7. Drive for Nothing

Aside from one ignored order for Aida to put a seatbelt on, the car remained in silence on their way to the gym. Only the sound of traffic or screeching of the tyres broke it. This silence seemed to affect Luther more, evident by his awkward expression and shifting gaze.

The car spun around a corner, most definitely above the speed limit, and skidded to a break just in time to not collide with the vehicle ahead of them. Luther gripped the handle on the ceiling as if at any moment he would be thrown out. Eddie in contrast seemed indifferent to both the passengers precautions and the possibility of any injury.

The car hastily pulled to a stop, jolting the two forward. As they stepped out, Luther once again turned to complain.

"That was reckless driving."

"Uh Huh."

He glared at her.

"Can I have that money now?" She questioned, without making eye contact.

"Well we have to see if Diego's even in here first. Come on."

Eddie rolled her eyes, or whole head, but followed reluctantly, as Luther marched toward the address she had provided him with.

He creaked open the door of the boxing gym and immediately Eddie was met with the smell of sweat, and the sounds of shouts and groans. While Luther was sizing up their surroundings, Aida studied a corkboard which hung to the left of the entrance. One particular match advertisment brought her attention.

"Hey, Big Man." She summoned, not taking her eyes of the certain poster on the board.

He turned to her with a questioning face. She pointed at it and looked up at him.

"Alibi." She stated.

Luther furrowed his brow and took the piece of paper in his hands, which showed Diego was scheduled to fight on the day of his dad's death. He studied it intently.

"Can we go now then?" Aida spoke up with impatient and boredom in her voice.

"What? No, this doesn't prove he was here."

Aida exhaled loudly, walking away from Luther and into the main area. The clashing of chains from the punching bags, and the sounds of punches making impact set her on edge a bit.

"Can I help you?" An older man, who was coaching people in a ring called her attention.

"Uh.. um.. yeah.. uh... You know Diego Hargreeves right? He still hang about here?"

"He's out at the minute, and I told him I'm not his god damn secretary."

"Oh... Well, see that big weird lookin boy over there," she said pointing out Luther to the old man, "he's gonna ask if Diego made that fight he was scheduled to, and even if he didn't...He did, alright?"

As she turned to say the latter part of this sentence Aida's whole manner seemed to change. She stared at the man, a dark look in her eyes which peirced through her eyelashes toward him and shifted her tone from the usual bored drawl to a menacing one.
The man, in return, just looked confused.

"He was here that night..."

"Wait, really?" Eddie said, shaking herself from the death glare.

"Yeah... Made alot of money from that... Were you trying to threaten me?"

Aida said nothing and just avoided eye contact. The man laughed and held out his hand.

"I'm Al."

Eddie looked at him and then the hand, but just before she even had the option to refuse to shake it, they were interrupted by Luther.