A Most Unlikely Hero, Vol. 5 by Brandon Varnell

Author:Brandon Varnell [Varnell, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Kitsune Incorporated
Published: 2019-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

WHEN THE WORLD TURNS AGAINST YOU

Yumi knew there was something wrong with Commander Karen the moment she arrived at the police station. The commander hadn’t been acting like herself. Her eyes weren’t the same as they usually were. They were blank. Dead. The sharpness that she so admired had disappeared.

And then there had been the commander’s order.

“Commander, with all due respect, what were you thinking when you ordered Alexander’s arrest?” Yumi asked.

She did not approve of Alexander in the least. His actions caused chaos, his very presence wreaked havoc. No matter how good his intentions were, it did not change the facts. Alexander was a menace.

Even so, this order was not only something Commander Karen would never make, but it put their entire solar system at risk.

Commander Karen sat behind her desk. She wasn’t doing anything, not reading reports or typing her own reports. She was just sitting there. It was yet another indication that something was wrong. Commander Karen never just sat there.

“I do not know what you are talking about,” Commander Karen said, her voice monotone. “Alexander S. Ryker has obstructed justice. He aided that assassin and fought against our forces. I had no choice but to arrest him.”

If her words had been true, then she would have arrested Alexander immediately after the incident with the assassin, Nyx. Over a week had passed since that incident. The situation had cooled to the point where she could no longer justify arresting him over that incident. That she hadn’t arrested him immediately after he saved Nyx from them meant that she wouldn’t—except she had now, and there could only be one reason for that.

This person was not Commander Karen.

“I understand. Sorry for bothering you.”

Yumi saluted smartly before leaving the commander’s office. She needed to get to the bottom of this, needed to find out who this imposter was and where she had hidden the real Commander Karen, and in order to do that, she needed to find out where Alexander’s friends were.

1

Michelle and Ariel had barely escaped from the chaos that had happened at the academy. Everything had been a blur. The police had come and arrested Alex, Gabrielle had flown into a rage and tried to fight them off, and then she and Alex had both been taken down, and Gabrielle had been taken by some man Michelle had never seen.

Nyx had escaped somewhere, though Michelle didn’t know where. She and Ariel had been rescued by Selene and Ryoko. She didn’t know where Alice was either, but she hoped that the girl was with Nyx, who could protect her.

“Thank you for your help back there,” Michelle said as they stood in the elevator that would take them to Ryoko’s apartment. The last time they had come over this way, they hadn’t used the elevator since they didn’t want to get caught. Strange music was playing in the background.

“You’re welcome, Michelle,” Selene said in a strange voice. It sounded off somehow. Michelle had expected her voice to sound, she didn’t know, kinder and more compassionate or something.

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