System Nullification

Chapter 25

 When the four of us simply nodded without giving a verbal answer because we probably couldn't answer without screaming at him, the man smiled and continued. "I will introduce myself to you. My name is Valcencio de Francé. And I'm looking forward to working with all of you and the rest of the U.P security.  You all seem to have a lot of potential, and I'm proud that I am allies with your state and Mr. President Phake. Good luck in your future endeavors, youths."

~

 "I miss our peaceful moments," Zephyr sighed.

 I moved closer to him and clasped his hand, glad I could do that without being self conscious and afraid but still preserving the positive feelings I had from it. It was a day after Cameron confronted Valcencio de Francé. "Really?" I murmured, smiling.

 "Well, yeah," Zephyr replied. "I don't want the sunset to remind me of Anderson's death, or the noon to remind me of the U.P to Behemoth alliance and what Cameron said yesterday... about himself."

 "Hmm..." I looked at his face, smiling a bit more.

 "That is all because, Iris," Zephyr babbled on in a way I admired. "I only want to be reminded of you."

 "Aww," I said, accepting a kiss from him and returning it. "But you know what from here, peaceful moments from here will be really rare, which sucks."

 "I know, Iris," Zephyr said, holding me tighter. "I know."

~

 "So, about Cameron..." Austin said. "He's all over the radar these days. Everyone's trying to track him down and take him down, barely reading the information that the President released for all of us. The President seems to hate Cameron for some reason. I'm not really sure if he did anything at all. And we're the only team who knows where his base is. What kind of issue did he get himself into? Like, honestly, it's baffling me to no end. In better news, I guess we're allies with the Behemoth Corporation right now, so that's good enough. Although Leviathan has stronger people..."

 "Cameron's against the Behemoth Corporation," I said. "Other than the whole causing havoc around town and ripping down the White House thing, that's also why the President ended up not liking Cameron."

 "Shh..." Nora said, quickly looking around, seemingly at the security cameras. "You guys are a bit loud."

 "Eh, sorry," Austin chuckled. "Don't be so uptight, though."

 "I'm honestly wondering what would happen if Cameron's base was found..." Avery commented. "Shit would go down, but I'm sure we're good for now," Dylan said. "What do we do if we end up getting interrogated about it?'"

 "Just lie about the whole thing... at least that's what Cameron requested..." I said as Reed walked into the room. "Oh, hey Reed."

 "Hi," Reed answered. "I kind of overheard the conversation. Can you all do me a favor?"

 "What is it?" Zephyr asked.

 "Well, once I get into a branch, can you tell me what's going on? Like, with the whole... Cameron thing?" Reed asked. "I've met Cameron before, so..."

 "How confident are you, Mr. Know-It-All?" Wyatt challenged Reed, smirking.

 Surprised, I started wondering if Wyatt had something against Reed. I read Wyatt's mind. Wyatt only wanted to taunt Reed. Reed was mildly annoyed by this. "I have pretty nice analytic skills," Reed replied. "So yeah, I guess I'm pretty confident about that."

 "Pretty might not be enough, pretty boy," Wyatt taunted. "You've gotta be definite, not pretty."

 "Oh, come on," Reed groaned.