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Authors: Stacy, Jennifer Buck
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fuck if you were involved in what we found in that lab, I will incinerate you 'til there is nothing left but a pile of ashes." No longer able to control the fire within, his balled hands ignited as he crescendoed.
Seeing his friends lack of self-control at the moment, Ryker stepped in. "Carter, really? Do you think he would be so bold as to come here, confronting us alone, if he had any plans to try and take us in? Or anything to do with that horror scene back at the lab?"
"Thank you, Ryker." Alaric nodded in his direction.
"Don't thank me, you traitorous wretch." Ryker responded. "I'm not trying to help you out at all. I'm just attempting to ensure Carter doesn't burn down the entire block turning you to dust, and get us all caught in the process. What good would that do?"
Carter struggled to regain his composure and extinguish the flames engulfing his fists.
"Please, I need to talk to you," Alaric said calmly, turning his attention back to Carter. "Alone."
"Talk? That's all anyone has done is talk," Carter spat through clenched teeth. "I'm about done with all the talking."
"Please, just join me outside for a moment," Alaric said, and with that he was gone.
Alaric disappeared through the kitchen and a moment later they heard the plywood over the back door slam to a close.
"I don't like the idea of you talking to him alone," Evan said.
"Don't worry. Ryker is right, if he was going to try and capture us, to drag us to the slaughter, he would not have confronted us alone. I was once a part of his team, and I know how Alaric works. He is too much of a coward to walk into an uneven fight. And if he wanted to try and kill me, he would have done it already," Carter said as he turned to follow Alaric outside.
He found the bulky man waiting patiently in the backyard amongst the waist high grass that had overtaken the unkempt lawn.
"So," Carter said as he stopped to stand in front of Alaric. "Talk.
Alaric sighed. "The second that I was alerted of the break in, I knew that it was you. The guards reported they had been overtaken by a group of Users and when the footage from the security cameras was reviewed...they caught you, opening doors that were better left closed, and going into a room you should not have been going into."
"Answer one question for me," Carter said. "Did you know what would be found in that room?"
Alaric hung his head, "Yes."
Alaric had barely gotten the word out before Carter was at his throat. He squeezed Alaric's neck with both hands, trying to choke the life from him. Carter pushed forward as he choked him, and they slammed hard against the picket fence surrounding the property. Wood splintered and cracked as both men crashed through the fence and out onto the sidewalk. They fell flat next to each other, but Carter quickly mounted Alaric to take the dominant position, pinning him against the hard concrete.
"Are you done yet?" Alaric asked.
"You're some kind of hero," Carter said. "You betrayed your own people, and for what, just to save your own neck?"
His rage played out, Carter got to his feet, but when Alaric extended a hand for Carter to help him up, Carter spat at his feet.
"Help your own sorry ass getting up. That's what you're good at."
"I deserve that," Alaric said. "But I have no choice. I either do as I am told, or the All American's end up in the pile of bodies, with all the others."
"So what's your brilliant plan? Do you really think I'd ever agree to go with you now?" Carter asked. "That I'd agree to be taken to my death like a sheep. You'll never take me alive."
"That's what I came to tell you," Alaric said. "They don't want you, never did. They only want Barber and Ryker."
"What? Why?" Carter asked.
"They've already got a Scorcher. The only reason we were even looking for you is because you are with Barber and Ryker. Those two are a rare breed. The rarest actually, they are the only known of their kinds."
"So what? You want me to just hand them over?"
Alaric nodded. "It's
Seeing his friends lack of self-control at the moment, Ryker stepped in. "Carter, really? Do you think he would be so bold as to come here, confronting us alone, if he had any plans to try and take us in? Or anything to do with that horror scene back at the lab?"
"Thank you, Ryker." Alaric nodded in his direction.
"Don't thank me, you traitorous wretch." Ryker responded. "I'm not trying to help you out at all. I'm just attempting to ensure Carter doesn't burn down the entire block turning you to dust, and get us all caught in the process. What good would that do?"
Carter struggled to regain his composure and extinguish the flames engulfing his fists.
"Please, I need to talk to you," Alaric said calmly, turning his attention back to Carter. "Alone."
"Talk? That's all anyone has done is talk," Carter spat through clenched teeth. "I'm about done with all the talking."
"Please, just join me outside for a moment," Alaric said, and with that he was gone.
Alaric disappeared through the kitchen and a moment later they heard the plywood over the back door slam to a close.
"I don't like the idea of you talking to him alone," Evan said.
"Don't worry. Ryker is right, if he was going to try and capture us, to drag us to the slaughter, he would not have confronted us alone. I was once a part of his team, and I know how Alaric works. He is too much of a coward to walk into an uneven fight. And if he wanted to try and kill me, he would have done it already," Carter said as he turned to follow Alaric outside.
He found the bulky man waiting patiently in the backyard amongst the waist high grass that had overtaken the unkempt lawn.
"So," Carter said as he stopped to stand in front of Alaric. "Talk.
Alaric sighed. "The second that I was alerted of the break in, I knew that it was you. The guards reported they had been overtaken by a group of Users and when the footage from the security cameras was reviewed...they caught you, opening doors that were better left closed, and going into a room you should not have been going into."
"Answer one question for me," Carter said. "Did you know what would be found in that room?"
Alaric hung his head, "Yes."
Alaric had barely gotten the word out before Carter was at his throat. He squeezed Alaric's neck with both hands, trying to choke the life from him. Carter pushed forward as he choked him, and they slammed hard against the picket fence surrounding the property. Wood splintered and cracked as both men crashed through the fence and out onto the sidewalk. They fell flat next to each other, but Carter quickly mounted Alaric to take the dominant position, pinning him against the hard concrete.
"Are you done yet?" Alaric asked.
"You're some kind of hero," Carter said. "You betrayed your own people, and for what, just to save your own neck?"
His rage played out, Carter got to his feet, but when Alaric extended a hand for Carter to help him up, Carter spat at his feet.
"Help your own sorry ass getting up. That's what you're good at."
"I deserve that," Alaric said. "But I have no choice. I either do as I am told, or the All American's end up in the pile of bodies, with all the others."
"So what's your brilliant plan? Do you really think I'd ever agree to go with you now?" Carter asked. "That I'd agree to be taken to my death like a sheep. You'll never take me alive."
"That's what I came to tell you," Alaric said. "They don't want you, never did. They only want Barber and Ryker."
"What? Why?" Carter asked.
"They've already got a Scorcher. The only reason we were even looking for you is because you are with Barber and Ryker. Those two are a rare breed. The rarest actually, they are the only known of their kinds."
"So what? You want me to just hand them over?"
Alaric nodded. "It's
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