Ch. 68: Hide Away
Talos was in the driver’s seat riding at high speed, she did not say a word to me as I sat by her. My head was in a mix unravelling itself and weaving over and over, I knew I had to adapt to this new situation as soon as I could. It was just another road bump.
I caught Talos glancing over to me, “Is anything the matter?” I asked in a weak tone. It was surprisingly I could still speak in such a battered state.
She eyes me and said . “Quit bleeding on my seat, it’s a pain to clean the damn thing. ” As usual her voice was empty and devoid of emotion.
Talos saw me as her rival and I saw her as an obstacle, having not seen her or had any contact with her for a month I was at least relieved. I was eager to know how far she had gone with her investigation of Hermes death since I did not hear of it from the news, the only thing I did know was that the case was put on hold for some reason.
Talos kept her eyes on the road and drove at a high speed, the interior of the car caught my eye. It looked very authentic. How did the ghost detective come to have such a luxurious vehicle?
“Do you have a piece of cloth I can use to tie this up?” I gestured to my severed arm. She did not glance my way and said nothing. ”
Rude! “I have to say you were the last person I expected to come to my aid.”
“No I wasn’t.” She said in a sharp voice. “After we met last time I forgot about you, it wasn’t till I saw you on the news that I remembered about you. I don’t keep people in high regard.”
Why you little bitch! Wasn’t she the one saying I was her rival or something and now she’s spouting nonsense. “Funny thing I never once forgot you.”
“Hmph!” Did she just laugh or was she letting out some steam? “I remember you have me a fake book, when I opened it I found some really interesting things.”
“Oh that!” I curled my lips into a light smile. “I bet it kept you busy for a while right?”
(THE CHARACTER TALOS LIKEABILITY OF YOU HAS INCREASED BY 1)
What the hell, why is she so damn hateable. “Yeah, it did.” She said calmly.
After I had lost the book to Talos back then I had left some crucial information for her in the book I had forged. Information pertaining to the formula of black amber since I believed she would be able to find an antidote, I wonder if she really found it.
“Hades or whoever you really are, I don’t know how you did it but you brought this worlddown. Though indirectly you were machinized, puppeteered by Mr Anonymous.” Talos drove up a bridge into an highway. “I have devised over the years and through my follow up that he is a threat more dangerous than the circle itself. It is a letdown that you did not see it before hand.”
Wow she really thought this through, did she really figure that out so easily? If I had kept her closer would I have prevented the incident of today?
“Did you know I would be attacked today?” I asked boldly.
Talos bit her lower lip as if holding back some crucial but of information from me or deciding to. “The events of today were beyond my expectation.” My eyes was beginning to dim but I forced it to pry open. “About the formula to your antidote, I think I cracked it.” And that was when I fell asleep.
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“NGGH!” I grunted in pain as I woke up, I was on a soft cushion. A bed? It took a while for my eyes to settle to the sight before me, the roof was white, the room was lit by a dim light. I tried to reach formy face with my dominant arm but that was when I realized that I had lost it. I doubted I had been asleep for long, I had to plan my next step. The world was in a mess and only I could correct it, I looked to my side to see Hecate’s corpse next to me causing me to roll out of the bed and fall on the rug covered ground. “URRGH!”
As I contemplated curses a shadow loomed over me prompting me to look up to see Talos in very revealing dressing— revealing my ass she was almost naked. She wore an ocean coloured bra and boxer as she stood over me, I could see more than a majority of her body from that angle but she did not seem to care or be embarassed. “You’re up, let’s get to work then. The world is burning.” She turned around and walked away.
“R—ight!” I sighed as I pushed myself up. My body was bandaged from partly and my severed arm wrapped up. I miss it already. “Why the hell would you put a corpse on your bed, are you a lunatic?”
“I thought you and her had a thing, what was it called again, romance in paradise.” I swear this bitch had no sense of humour.
I observed the room, it was a moderate apartment, with an indoor kitchen and bathroom. There were more books on the shelves than household materials. She walked over to a table with a laptop on top, she sat on the seat with her legs on the cushion. She looked like some indoor freak, no wonder she had no manners.
She looked over at me, perhaps she caught me staring at her. Her crystal eyes glintered on their own mezmerizing me. “Are you going to keep staring like that.” My eye of foresight envisioned her saying a second later but instead she said nothing and stared at me. Did she change her mind or did the eye predic wrong?
I shook myself from my dilemma and walked over to her and leaned over so close out hairs grazed each other. I parted my lips and spoke, “You are awfully quiet aren’t you.”
She bit at her nails and looked at me like a lost puppy waiting to be pet by her master. I doubted she knew she looked so cute, she pushed aside the hair that overlap her right eye and smiled. “Hades, our alliance ends here unfortunately for you.”
WHAM!!
Someone knocked me out from behind causing me to lose my balance, this bitch! Did she just betray me?
If I revive a magic castle I will mass release 10 chapters
