Meta Box Set (Books 1 - 3) by Tom Reynolds

Author:Tom Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leonard & Calyer
Published: 2016-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

When I wake up, I’m in a familiar place. Well, maybe not necessarily a familiar place, but a familiar scenario: regaining consciousness inside of Midnight’s headquarters. I’m on a cot, and my slowly recharging metabands are still working to help me recover and repair my broken body. Turning to my right, I see Midnight standing with his arms crossed, watching.

It’s not like him to wait. Any other time I’ve been here, I’ve always seemed like maybe the third or fourth most important thing on his plate at that moment. He’s always been at his computer or tinkering with some gadget, but not right now. Right now, he’s just standing there, not doing anything except staring.

“Admiring the view?” I ask sarcastically as I lift my head and feel a tremendous pounding as blood tries desperately to reach my brain now that I’m in a somewhat vertical position. Midnight doesn’t laugh, or move for that matter.

Glad to see that at least his sense of humor, or lack thereof, hasn’t changed.

“Start at the beginning,” he says as he clicks a button without looking over at the computer behind him. Presumably, the button is meant to start recording what he expects me to say.

“No,” I say, groaning as I swing my legs over the cot and sit upright. My head feels like it’s made of lead, and I can feel every individual heartbeat inside of it; they all hurt.

“I’m not telling you anything,” I begin, taking a moment to let out a brief grunt of pain, “until you tell me what the hell you know.”

Midnight’s stance and posture do not change. He just stands there, staring at me. Waiting. He’s a patient man, and I know I have no chance with him in a staring contest. So, I continue, whether he’ll acknowledge me or not.

“You know something. No, not something. You know a few things, and you’re keeping them from me. You knew Iris wasn’t Sarah. You were sure of it. How could you have been so sure?”

“She was your girlfriend. I tracked her movements and communications. It became obvious very quickly that she wasn’t Iris.”

“Bull!” I yell. “Well, I believe that you followed her because that’s your style, but I don’t buy that that’s the only way you know Sarah isn’t Iris. I think you know Sarah isn’t Iris because you know who Iris actually is.”

“Even if I did, what makes you think you would deserve to know her identity? What makes her different than you? Why should you be afforded privacy and a normal, everyday identity to live your life, but she shouldn’t?”

“You think I lead a normal, everyday life when I’m Connor? I’m referring to myself in the third person again for God’s sake. Is that normal? What on Earth could possibly make you think that anything about my life is ordinary anymore? I’m basically on the verge of being suspended for skipping or being late to school, my girlfriend dumped me because she thinks I’m a coward, and my best friend would disown me if he knew I was a meta.

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