Chapter 4: 4: A Chase Of Death (Part 4)

(Content Warning: Many Uses of Crude Language)

“Look man, I know nothing, honest!?!” 

“What about the man that has the physique of a bodybuilder with blue hair, do you work for him?!?” I said putting the barrel of the gun to their mouth.

“I…uh…I.” Ax said sweating even faster than before.

“Answer the DAMN question! Do you know anyone like that! I swear to god Ax!” I said shoving the gun deeper into their forehead.

“Dude I don’t know what you are talking about! Come on dude we’re buddies and you’re going to pull a gun on me and start accusing me of…”

“How about this, where were you yesterday!?! What were you doing!?! And the day before that, what else were you…doing…that smell, it smells like…”

 A smell began to ruminate in the car. It seemed to be coming from Ax, and by the look of it, that smell, it smelled like…flyer oil. 

SNIFF! SNIFF! SNIFF!

“What are you…HEY!?!” Ax said as I yanked up their shirt revealing a giant stain on their undershirt, and to no one’s surprise, it was flyer oil.

“That stain, it’s flyer oil? Why do you have a giant flyer oil on your FUCKING undershirt!” I said now lightly smacking Ax on the cheek with the barrel of the gun.

“Ok…Ok…I do know about the man with blue hair that looks like a bodybuilder, I sold him two barrels of flyer oil the day before, what does this have to do with anything!?!” Said Ax now beginning to cry and whimper as I grabbed their head and pointed at the wreckage known as Judy’s bar.

“Cause you dumb shit, you sold the same flyer oil to the guy that burned down this bar with all those people inside!” I said now letting go of them throwing their body on the seat.

SLAM!

“Dude, I…I didn’t know, I just make the stuff and sell it to whoever buys, I don’t know who uses the product, I swear!” Ax said wiping the tears off their face.

“Did they come to you or did you meet them somewhere?” I asked starting the car.

“What?” Ax said lowering their hands from their face.

“You heard me shit for brains, did you meet them somewhere or did they come to you!?!”

“I…I…I met them at Woodburrow street in an alley behind Diner place number seven, why?”

“Cause we're going to go there right now, I don’t care if you have somewhere to be, you are taking me there or I’ll put a fucking bullet in multiple parts of your body and watch you bleed to death slowly, got THAT!” I said pulling out of the parking lot.

“But why…why would you do any of this? What would make you do anything like threatening you’re friend!?!”

“Cause they took Chet,” I answered snarkily.

“Why do you care about Chet so much, I barely see you talking to her? Why would you go so far as to help someone as annoying as her…?”

“Cause she’s my FUCKING wife and I WON’T let her die AGAIN!!!” I said smacking the wheel of the car

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!

<WARNING: EMOTION OVERLOAD>

“FUCK! FUCK! FUCKITY! FUCK! FUCK IT ALL FUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK!” I said smacking the horn multiple times.

HONK! HONK! HONK!

<WARNING: EMOTION OVERLOAD>

<WARNING: MEMORY OVERLOAD>

<WARNING: CHEMICAL OVERLOAD>

<ACTIVATING CALMING DOWN FEAUTURE>

As I stopped the car mid-way into the alley I could feel my body shaking. A headache brewed on my forehead. My mouth became dry with my eyes becoming itchy.

“Daniel…I’m sorry, I didn’t know.” Ax said patting me on the back.

My face began to feel wet and sticky. I hadn’t felt anything like that since when…since…since…how many people have died in my torturous life? How long had It been since I felt anything like that? 

So that’s who she reminded me of.

My first wife.

Elena.

I couldn’t save her when she was taken and never found again. I wandered all of earth. All of the land, sea, and earth. The Mortor planets, all of space, and all of the earth. And yet, no trace of her whatsoever. It was like she vanished from thin air. 

I know I don’t have the strongest relationship with Chet but still, I can’t just, I can’t let that memory fade away forever, even if I see it in another person.

I have to try…that’s all I can do.

“Look man, I’ll tell you where I was at, it’s alright, I didn’t know you two were together.” Said Ax trying to be understanding of the situation even though they knew nothing.

“No…we’re not together, just, never mind, just give me directions to the location you…*Sniff*…dropped the product off, and I’ll drop you off wherever you need to go,” I said starting the car up again.

“Look dude, I know she means something important to you, and do I owe you some…well…a lot of favors for all the times you got me out of sticky situations, so, you can cash in a favor, does that sound alright?”

“Why, I just threatened to kill you and hurt you, why would you…?”

“You were angry, you were hurt and afraid you were going to lose someone important to you, even if you don’t tell me why you want to save her I can still see how you feel and I want to help, or at least try to, cause that’s what friends are for, sound good?” Ax said with a smile.

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“*Sniff* You’re a pain in the ass not to hate, you…*Sniff*…know that.”

“I do my best squire.” Ax said in a fake European accent.

As Ax gave me directions to the location all I could think about was the first day I met Ax, Chet, and the rest of the crime seeker division E team. How long had it been, it was…

‘March sixth at eleven thirty-seven pm in the year two hundred and nine, it smells like shit in this part of the city, gonna need to get used to it since I live here now, got to get used to this new personality, snarky and semi unhinged, oh boy, gonna love that shit. Also, have to get used to having a dick again but hey that’s what happens when you live as a woman for ten years’  I thought to myself walking towards the metallic door.

“This seems to be the right address and If I remember I have to knock like this…?” I said looking around at an Empty alleyway deep in the city before lifting my hand up in the air to knock on the door.

TAP! KNOCK! KNOCK! TAP! TAP! KNOCK! KNOCK!

As I waited the door began to make a bunch of strange locking noises right before the top sleeve opened revealing a man wearing sunglasses.

“What’s the password?” Said the man with a dark and mysterious yet alluring voice.

“Jetfuelninenineseven.” I said without hesitation.

“Mhm.” The man said before closing the small door only to make more noise to open the door.

CREEEEEEEEEEEEK!

“Come on in recruit.” The manly alluring voice said yet didn’t appear.

Entering the room it was completely pitch dark with only the light from outside.

Well at least for a moment.

SLAM!

“What the?” 

CLICK! CLACK! CLICK! CLACKITY CLACK!

So what now I’m just left in the dark…?

SPLING!

Ok, the lights are on now but the door is gone. Just what the hell did I get myself into? There’s no door but yet now It’s just a white room with no one inside it. There’s literally nothing in here? The fuck?

“Hello, anyone there?” I said right before a doorway opened with a woman holding some type of weapon.

“Sir, Ma’am, or person, you got ten seconds to explain why you’re here or else I blow your brains out…ten…nine…”

“Hold on just a second there, I’m here for that new job filling, a crime seeker you call it, I just moved to town looking for a new job, please don’t shoot!” I said pretending as if I cared if I died or lived.

“Well then, why didn’t you say so, and your name is?” The woman said lowering her gun-waving for me to come to her.

“ My name is Den…”

Ah shit, I forgot to make a new name for myself when I got here. FUCK! Ah ok, I am no longer Denise I am…?

“…Daniel, my name is Daniel, Daniel…Zhang.” I said as confidently as I could.

I also had to remember well why yes my first name sounded white I was indeed In a Chinese man’s body so the best last name guess I could come up with was Zhang. I lived in China before so I was comfortable to at least know another name for myself. I mean I had been to all of Asia and the entire globe. I mean it’s pretty easy to explore the lands of different countries when there all connected together and not separated by water. Anyway, that’s a story for another day. I am now Daniel Zhang. And I’m Snarky and Semi unhinged. Got it. Got it.

“Well then Daniel follow me I’ll take you to the zone, my name is Mia, Mia Jones, I know, such a boring ass name but it’s my own, now come on, slowpoke.” Said Mia motioning me to follow her.

Mia must have been a guard for whatever room this was. Had to be a teleporter or something like that. 

Mia herself was pretty tall for a woman, and really muscular. By the looks of things, she must have had many body mods that made her this big cause that’s not naturally possible. Her dark brown skin complimented her short black bob-cut hair. But note to self, do not piss Mia off cause she looks like she’ll crush me with her huge muscles.

All there was one long greyish brown colored hallway with walls with various labeled doors. It had to have been the other teleporters since guards the size of Mia were guarding them with giant rifles that I had noticed was on Mia’s back. 

And yet that hallway led to another area with nothing but doorways. Each labeled a different letter of the American English Alphabet. The walls now colored blue with doors made of some type of purple metal with a hand, face, and eye scanner next to it. 

“Well, here you go, by the looks of it that Job application was for Group E so you should be right over there.” She said pointing to the direction where the letter E was in bright bold above the door.

“I know it’s a bit far but at least you don’t work in Team Z, there all the way down there…have fun on your  first day!” Said Mia walking away from my direction.

Mia talked if she was some type of school teacher, which was strange since she looked young enough to barely be one. Anyway, I’m getting sidetracked. I need to walk to the door.

How do I open it if I’m not logged into their systems?

SWISH!

Damn, really, just like that the door is going to open. Made me jolt a bit.

“HI THERE! You must be here for that Job application if they just barely let you in through those doors without shooting you, come on in!” Said a woman in a very over-the-top outfit looking straight of a Japanese magazine.

“Ok…And you’re name is?”

“Oh sorry, I should have just introduced myself before coming in, after all, I’m one of many secretaries working on this team, my name is MIKU! I prefer people call me Chet, it’s an inside joke between me and the team but still! And you’re name is?!?” 

The more this woman talks the louder her voice gets. She has to be some type of Gyaru from Japan cause she embodies it perfectly. She reminds me of someone io knew once but I can’t pinpoint who. I should introduce myself and not be rude. What was my new name again, oh right it was…

“My name is Daniel, Daniel Zhang.”

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