Levels of Deception

Xenix 5

I don't know what to do now,there are no leads. Wait I forgot about the people at my house. Maybe that guy I killed is still their. If they are in the same organization I can find out their organization's name since they most likely have badges saying the names of their organizations. This will work as long as the police haven't showed up at my house yet.

I shut of my laptop and it stops projecting the holographic screen. I run out of my room and towards the cafeteria. I run over to Scarlet and yank her off the bench next to Jamison, it looked like they were about to kiss, but I don't really care.

"What what the hell was that!" Scarlet yells at me.

"I just realized something that is really important," I say defensively.

"What?" Scarlet asks while running

"There's no time to explain." I tell her as I drag her towards the exit.

We turn the corner and down a couple of hallways and then we finally reach the lab. We turn and cut across it and run down the hallway to the exit door but right before it an older member of the group steps in front of us. He is about 18 from the looks of it.

"Where are you guys going?" he asks annoyingly.

"We are going to his house for mission purposes," Scarlet says trying to weave around him.

"Can I come?" he urges.

"As long as you stay out of our way," I say as he steps aside for us.

I start running as fast as I can since my house is within walking distance. I run up the subway steps and start sprinting towards my house. I completely block out my surroundings and almost knock down about seven people on the way. I finally get to my neighborhood but I am still in full sprint. The sun is beating down on me and it doesn't really help. I'm sweating like crazy. I'm struggling to keep sprinting.

I run for about another fifty or sixty yards until I reach my house. I leap into my small strip of grass and I walk over to the shade of the building. I then sit down to give my shaking legs a rest. I forgot I don't have a key.

"You need to be careful," Scarlet says worryingly, pulling out a piece of paper, "Look at this."

I look at the paper she gave me. It takes me a couple of minutes to process it. It's a black printed paper with bright red ink and my picture. Underneath the ink it says:

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS TEENAGER? IF YOU HAVE PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER: 456-5789. HE IS WANTED FOR MURDER AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED.

"So, I get attacked and all of this other stuff happens, and now they think I murdered my parents? Why?" I say aggravatingly.

"Yeah. We need to be very careful," Scarlet replies, "So, why are we at your house?"

"One second, let me get inside," I respond.

I pull out a laser and point it at the door knob and after about two minutes the lock melts off and I jump into the door opening it. After Scarlet and the other kid walk in I close the door. I look over at my door, it is still cracked but the body is not here.

"Ok, this is the last time I'll ask. Why are we here?" Scarlet asks annoyed.

"Ok, now I will tell you. So, I forgot all about those people that broke into my house, I killed one of them for protection and he was right there and I forgot all about his suit and if they had a badge so I could learn the corporation name which would make my search a lot easier and I just realized it, but it looks like we are too late," I say sighing.

"Oh, so what do we do now?" Scarlet ask as she goes to sit down on the couch.

"Well, I think it would be a waste to not look around since we all ran over here," I say as I twist my head around the room, searching the walls.