The Hellhound's Secret

Good Will, Hunter

This chapter welcomes a character that I will be writing about in the near future.

This is just a glimpse into what's to come post-Kali.

"Quitting' time," Blake announced as he changed the sign in the door to 'closed'. "So, are we riding?"

"I hope you're referring to you three," said Kali, pointing among the boys. "I mean, sure, I have a motorcycle and a Motocross bike is only a step up from that, but 1. I'm not racing you three, and 2. I'm not riding with you three, either. Tor?" she turned to her friend.

"Same. But don't you have that mentorship programme 'big sister' thing today?" Tori asked, nudging Kali.

"Oh, yeah," Kali laughed. She checked her watch. "Rune and her mother should be here any minute."

Hunter paused and turned to Kali. "Rune?" he asked. "Rune Winters, by chance?"

Kali's brow furrowed. "How'd you guess?" she asked.

"I'm doing the 'big brother' mentorship and my new 'little brother' is Charlie Winters," Hunter explained. "When I agreed to take him on, the agency said that he had an older sister who was also in the programme."

"Oh, please don't tell me we're spending the day together," Kali whined. This hadn't been how she had planned her mentorship going.

Tori, Dustin, and Blake exchanged looks and snickered. Out of all the people to get thrown together on the same mentorship it had to be this pair, the same pair that could barely stand to be in the same room as one another for longer than an hour.

Checking out her phone, Kali scrolled her emails and brought up the image of the little girl that was to be her 'sister' and showed it to Hunter. "That's Rune," she said. "The little boy is her baby brother."

"That little boy is Charlie," said Hunter. "My kid." He showed her the same image on his phone.

Kali whined and stowed her phone away, just as a loud slam echoed from the front of the store. Everyone turned to see Shane peeling himself off the glass, a massive smile on his face.

"Hey! Ha! Check it out!" Shane said, pulling open the door and swooping inside. He was carrying a sports magazine. "Big Air's having a contest for the best sports action video."

"Let's see," said Tori, taking the magazine. "The best one-minute video will be played on national television during the next Action Games."

Dustin grinned, taking the magazine and riffling through it. "Oh, sweet. I'm so going to win," he said.

"Uh, don't you mean, you're so going to come in second?" Shane asked.

"No, dude, I mean, I'm going to win," Dustin replied. The silence the followed caused Dustin to look up from the magazine. He took in each of his friends and then laughed. "Oh, wait, I get it," he said, snapping his fingers. "You're calling me out."

Shane grinned and nodded.

"I don't know how any of you are going to win anything without a video camera," Tori stated.

Blake chewed the inside of his cheek and glanced at Shane.

Shane shrugged. "Well, what about Dustin's?" he asked.

Kali quirked an eyebrow at Dustin as he sighed and licked his lower lip, somewhat awkwardly.

"Well, if I remember correctly, you taped it to your helmet," said Tori, grinning at her friend. "Right before you ran into that big oak tree."

Kali winced.

"Yeah," said Dustin, folding the magazine and tapping it against his chin.

Kali rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Here's an idea?" she asked. "What about Cam?"