I shook my head and headed towards the two.
*This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to get together, I'm not going to waste it...,wait!,or maybe there's a way*. I smiled as I suddenly remembered something and brought out my phone.
"Hi Anthony, I need your help".
"Whatever you want,young master".
"There's a car I want you to follow, a black minivan headed west from the Happy day amusement park ".
"On it boss"
"Report to me once it reaches its destination ".
"Okay boss"
"Thanks a lot,I owe you one ".
"Don't worry boss, you're helped me a lot in the past and besides it's all part of my job".
"Not really, and I feel bad for disturbing you on your day off".
I heard a chuckled over the phone
"Anyway boss, you can count on me, I'll be going now ". He hung up the phone.
*You might be wondering who I was just on the phone with*.
Well that was Anthony, my personal bodyguard and an excellent driver
My dad was the one who hired him, I didn't actually need a bodyguard though.
But he wasn't one to take no for an answer. He insisted on having a bodyguard incase of 'necessities', after all I was the heir to a stupidly rich family!.
He brought a lot of guards, but I chose Anthony because he seemed like a pretty chill guy and he was just twenty, making it way easier to speak with him freely.
Since I wasn't really fond of the idea of someone following me around, I gave Anthony a lot of day offs.
"Now I can spend my day just as planned, damn I'm smart!". I headed back to meet the others, but I had to buy new creams, it had already melted in my hand.
"Alright!, who's ready for a day of fun!". I said after we finished our ice cream
"We are!!".
We are smiled as we boarded the ferris wheel.
Fifteen minutes later,
"Arggggh!,this is awful". Linda
"Eating frozen treats before going on a ride is awful". Max commented.
"My belly feels horrible". Linda added.
"Haha". I laughed and said with a smug look
"You two have such weak systems, just a little ice cream and you're already on the floor, while I'm standing here all high and mighty". I kept on laughing.
"You!!, I'll wipe that smug look off your face". She turns to Max and whispered in his ear.
"You dare to insult us, we'll show you!!". Max and Linda walks slowly towards him.
"What are you guys plotting?". I asked.
"Nothing out of the ordinary ". Linda said with a smile too good to be true.
"Get him!". Instinctively I started running.
"Stay away from me!". I screamed while running.
"You can't stay away from us, we'll deal with you definitely".
Unknowingly to us, as we fooled around, a young fellow's life was hanging on a thin line.
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"Mr Ed, who's this fine young fellow sitting beside you". The female twin of the Yakima family Lady Patricia asked the older guard.
"Cat got your tongue?". She asked once more.
"No!, not at all!". He replied with a high pitched voice making it known that he was very much afraid.
"Tricia, you scared the poor old man". Her brother Carlos said.
"Oh I'm sorry ". She apologized, but it was very clear to see that the apology was focused on her brother and not the man.
"It's okay". He patted her head.
"Now let's try this again". He turned towards the younger guard.
"What's your name". His smile was so bright, it added color to his normally pale face.
"I can't believe this, you guys aren't normal!,.... no...no. that's not the right words, you guys are demons from the pit of hell!!!".
"Why would you say so?". He had a puzzled look on his face like he didn't find anything wrong in what they were doing.
"Why won't I!, you.....y...you are monsters!!!, I'll never condone such acts". He stood up from his chair, facing red from fury.
*Woah!, there goes my free coupon, (sighs),I was really hoping he would buy me a drink, but now I can't even see him leaving this meeting alive*. The elder guard thought.
*It's all that b*tch Deborah's fault she should have only called me and left him out, but then again you shouldn't have been allowed to guard there if you didn't know what it was all about?*
*Whatever....anyway this actually works in my favor*. Ed places a hand on his chin.
*If the Yakima twins were to kill him,then no blame would go to me and I'll be totally free from all forms of punishment*. He(Ed) smiles.
His worry only over free drinks and punishments made it very obvious to see that he was just among all the rotten bastards on the table.
"Monsters?".
"I don't think that's the right term, I mean I saw us as more of demons than monsters". His dark eyes were fixed on the poor young guard who didn't know that his life was hanging on a thread.
"What!?, Monsters, Demons!, there's no difference....
"There are lots of differences, I'd love to give you a free lecture, but now's not really the time for that, is it?". He looked round the meeting room and finally at the young guard who's fury didn't let him see the kind of situation he was in.
"Mr Carlos". Max gave him a 'just kill the guy already ' kinda look.
"Don't worry, I like to play with my meals before eating them". A slight chuckle escaped his lips.
Anyone who heard this would probably laugh it off as some stupid joke, ...well it wasn't. Unknown to the young man, everyone at this meeting was past the point of being called human, to cut it short, sweet and simple, they were all demons.
"And besides, I hold the meeting hours, meaning if I wanted this meeting to go on for hours no one could stand in my way". Pride was embodied in his tone. Mr Zayne frowned but didn't say anything.
"Andrew Cuomo, age 24, I heard your mother was recovering in the hospital after being hit by a car, your little sister is going to college, while your darling girlfriend....sorry fiancee you proposed to her a week ago is on a business trip". He (Carlos) said calmly while studying Andrew's body movement and facial expression.
"Wha...why are you saying that?". Andrew asked.
"Easy, I only wish for Mr Andrew to cooperate and not speak of any of this".
"What!, you got to be kidding me right, I would never cover your crimes".
*Goodness gracious!,I never knew you were such a dumbass, you've already been given a chance at freedom and yet you throw it on the floor and stomp on it*. Ed shook his head.
"Mr Andrew, do you know what project 'V' is actually about?".
"Well...yes, the one in a white lab coat was explaining it...
"The name's Max". Max butted in.
"I'm not sure that's important now". The Blondie spoke with a 'read the room' tone.
"Don't interrupt me, Rui!". Carlos frowned.
"Sorry". Rui zipped his mouth.
"So Mr Andrew, pick a guess".
"It was to create human bodies as vessels for demons to live in". The longer he spoke the more he felt disgusted and his anger only grew.
"Close, but not entirely right".
"If that was just our plan, why make use of children below the age of fifteen ".
"I mean using a more stable and less frail body would have been better ". Andrew stared at him with a confused look.
"Like someone of around 25 would have been a more suitable host, judging by how their bodies would be capable enough to handle a demon". Andrew answered
"Exactly!, so why go through all the trouble?, aren't you intrigued by that?". Carlos asked.
"I'm not interested in whatever you're playing at!". He( Andrew) continued.
"The moment I leave here, I'm going to report all of you!".
*You really believe that*. Ed stared at him like a complete idiot.
"Here I was thinking I could give you a free lesson". Carlos sighed.
He turned to his sister and spoke calmly.
"Kill him".
"Thought you would never ask". With a pleased smile on her face, Patricia brought out a knife.
"What...wh...what . ..are you doing". Andrew stuttered
"Don't worry, I'll make this as painless as possible ".
"Stop!, stay away from me!". Andrew screamed out his heart, but it was already too late for him.
With swift and seemingly accurate movements, the knife went through his skull and landed on the floor behind him, while his lifeless body fell.
"Woah!, isn't the human skull supposed to be really strong!". Ed was visibly shocked.
I mean who wouldn't be, it's not everyday you see a skull breaking knife.
"That's just Patricia for you". Rui laughed.
"Brother, how did I do?". Patricia asked with a smile, like it was perfectly normal to kill a guy and ask for compliments.
"You were amazing!,....only problem is that I was planning to eat that".Carlos replied staring at the brain guts pouring out.
"Sorry brother,.. just that, that was a poisoned knife, I didn't want it to ruin the taste of his heart when I'm eating it".
(Note: the knife being poisoned had nothing to do with it passing through his skull).
"Not fair, you guys are already calling dibs on his body parts". Rui whined.
"What are the rest of us going to eat?".
"Go find your own food!". Carlos said as he dragged the body unto the table.
"Don't be so rude brother, there's more than enough". Patricia replied as she brought out another knife digging into his brother to bring out his heart, spilling blood everywhere on the table.
"Hurray!". Rui brought out a knife carving out one of his hands.
"Do you guys take a knife everywhere you're going?". Ed asked.
"Yep! and I even brought more". Patricia replied and handed over some knives to other meeting members who carved up parts of the body to eat.
The others who didn't eat from the body just stared at those eating, amidst them was someone who's blood was boiling.
*They not only ruined my marbled floors!,but also dirted my table!*. Zayne thought angrily.
*This Yakima twins!!, if not that I needed their help, I should have already killed them!*.
"Mr Ed, anything wrong?". Carlos asked chewing an eyeball as blood dripped down from his lips.
"It just that I was hoping for a drink from this bastard". Ed replied staring at what was left of Andrew on the table.
"Well then, ....take this". Carlos threw
"I heard that it's very juicy".
"Thank you, Mr Carlos". Carlos smiled in return.
But his smile wasn't enough to make us forget that they were eating a person.
"Oh, Zayne and Max, you two wouldn't want any I presume".
"Yes actually, we won't want our clothes to get stained". Zayne replied on behalf of both of them.
In the whole room, they were the only two wearing lab coats.
"Okay". Carlos nodded
"And about the table and floor, we'll clean it when we're done".
*You better!*. Zayne thought but smiled on the outside.
"I'll be grateful if you could do that".
"Anyway,.. Carlos you said something interesting while you spoke". Rui said while using a napkin to clean his bloody lips, a sign that he was done eating.
"What's that?". Carlos asked.
"You said something about creating vessels wasn't the plan, so what's really our endgame?". Rui asked.
"Seriously!, that's your question".
"You are as clueless as this piece of meat". Carlos frowned.
"No, I'm not clueless". Rui shook his head and added
"it's just that I keep forgetting ".
Carlos facepalmed and said
"Max could you please do a little recap for this fool, and while you're at it continue your discovery".
"Sure". Max nodded.
"You see Rui, we aren't that interested or focused on vessels, our main objective is creating demons".
"What's the difference between making demon vessels and creating demons?". Rui asked like someone who was interested in learning.
"Oh boy, this is going to waste a lot of time". Carlos sighed.
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At the end, Linda and Max caught up with me.
"Now that you've caught up to me, what are you planning to do to me?". I asked.
"It's very easy, we're going to force you to eat four bowls of ice cream before going on our next ride". Linda explained.
"Seriously, that's your huge plan?". I asked.
"Why did I even bother running, wasting all my energy". I sighed.
"What if I do survive it?". I asked.
"You won't ". Linda laughed maniacally
Fifteen minutes later, I was done eating it
"No brain freeze!". Linda commented.
"That's amazing". Max added.
"Let's see if he can get on the ride and come out without any belly pain". They both laughed and stroke their chins like they had beards.
And immediately after the ride
"How are you still standing?!". Linda screamed.
"This isn't normal". Max added.
"Not only didn't he had brain freeze, but he also went on a fifteen minutes ride without any signs of discomfort!!".
"He's amazing!". They both exclaimed.
"He's like a god". Max said
"We should bow down and worship him". We all laughed and continued our day.
From rides, we went to playing different arcade games which I won and they complained a lot, soon we had a break and stopped to eat snacks
"Do you think eating chocolate and ice cream is bad?"
"Yes of course". I said as a matter of fact.
"But it's chocolate flavored ice cream?". She whined.
"Well if you want to have diabetes, be my guest".
"Arrgh". She pouted.
"Guys come check this out!". Max called us from a distance.
He was in front of a costume shop.
"Wow!, so many costumes". Linda gasped.
"Why don't we do a little cosplaying". Max asked
"Agreed ". Linda replied and they ran into the shop while I walked behind.
"Look xa...Alouis, we're pirates".
"Aye mate". Max formed a pirate accent and we all laughed.
"What about me,". I asked not really interested in trying out costumes
"You can be our parrot". Linda replied.
"Really, a parrot". She nodded.
"Too bad there's not really a parrot costume here". I acted pitifully.
"Well, think again!". Max brought out a parrot costume.
*Seriously they have this *. I thought as I stared at the costume in Max's hands.
"I won't wear that". I protested.
"Oh yes you will!"
"No I won't"
"Yes you will!, and we're going to force it on you if we must". Max added.
"Get him". After must tackling, they forced it on me.
"Gosh, this is so embarrassing". I said.
"Let's take a picture". Linda said as she spotted a photoshoot outside the shop.
"Didn't you hear what I just.....
Interrupting me, they dragged me along.
After that,we tried many other costumes and took many other photos.
"Wow, the pictures really came out well". Max commented as we walked out of the shop staring at the pictures in Linda's hand.
"Yeah, they're nice". Linda added.
"Except for the fact that you two kept on sidelining me or making me wear ridiculous outfits". I frowned.
"Don't be like that ".
*Was that supposed to be an apology?". I asked.
"Nope it wasn't, why should we apologize .... Look at this". Linda showed Max a picture of me in a bunny costume and they both stared laughing.
"You two!.... But my frown was replaced with a smile.
"Our time at this amusement park was very fun, we should totally do this again ". I said with a smile, instead of frowning at the awful pictures of me.
I thought they would smile back,but I noticed something else, after that statement, their expression changed.
"Su..sure, ...of course!". Linda quickly regained her composure and smiled, while Max followed suit.
*Could it be that they thought I wouldnt be able to get another day out with all of us or was it something else?*.
I wasn't even allowed to think it through as my phone rang and I excused myself to answer it.
"Yes, Anthony, any updates?". I asked.
"Boss, they stopped at an abandoned warehouse close to the port". Anthony replied.
"Okay, I'm coming, wait for me!". The excitement in my voice wasn't hiden.
*Finally the chance to get some answers*. I hung up and called sir Dan to come pick me up at the amusement park's gate.
I hurriedly ran back to Max and Linda
"Guys could you please go to the beach and wait for me, I have some important business to attend to". I said.
"See you two soon". I waved and ran off to meet Mr Dan. I needed to hurry.
"Linda, why did you lie to him?". Max asked Linda after I had left.
"What'd you mean?".
"You know that it's impossible to go to the amusement park again". He said seriously.
"I know, I know, it's just that I had to say something".
"I didn't want him to get suspicious or ask any questions".
"Hmn, you're right". Max nodded.
"Now let's hurry to the beach to wait for him". Linda ran ahead and Max followed suit.
*You're so carefree for someone who's going to die in less than two weeks*. Max thought but didn't say it out loud.