PHENOMENAL GIRL 5 by A. J. MENDEN

Author:A. J. MENDEN
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781428505698
Publisher: LOVE SPELL
Published: 2008-10-18T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The noise and insanity at the police station was almost comforting. It was normal, everyday behavior, at a time when my life was turned upside down.

I gave my name to the officer at the desk, who called back to Pendergast. The nearby television was turned to a news conference, where none other than Simon Leasure was holding court over a bevy of reporters, letting them know how great a job he’d done and how he, single-handedly, had saved the day. God, had our date only been last night? It felt like a lifetime ago.

“Miss Livingston?” Pendergast walked up, looking around. “Where’s your partner?”

“Can we go somewhere private?”

He nodded. “This way.”

Pendergast looked worried as we sat in one of the interview rooms. “Has something happened?”

I nodded, looking down at my hands. “Robert was killed last night.”

His face turned white. “Oh, God. I’m so sorry, I hadn’t heard.”

I shook my head. “No one has. I don’t even think the EHJ knows.” I broke off, tears coming. “Damn, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be.” He handed me a tissue. “I know how hard it is, losing a partner. Mine was killed in the line of duty last year.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Me too. I’d heard the Reincarnist took down that Jihad character.”

“Yeah. One of the last things he did.”

“One of the guys we had stored here last night was pretty irate about it. He’s the one I wanted to talk to you about.”

“Alright.”

Pendergast clicked on the computer and scrolled through some black and white images. “Here is the footage from him last night.”

The footage started and I saw a burly man with a military buzz cut slumped in a chair.

“State your name, please.” That was Pendergast.

“Talon.”

“Your real name, not your alias.”

“That is my real name. It was the name he gave me on the day I was reborn.”

“He?”

“My master. I joined with him, and I was baptized in fire and blood.” Talon’s smile was sinister. “Have you ever smelled human flesh burning?” He moved his arm and I gasped.

Pendergast eyed me. “What?”

“Go back. Now pause it.” He did, and I tapped the screen where Talon had flashed a glimpse of his wrist. “He has the same marking that Syn and Jihad had.”

Pendergast looked. “I can’t believe I missed that.”

“You weren’t looking for it.” Things were beginning to connect. “Go on.”

“You want to tell us what you all were doing to night?” Pendergast was asking on the recording.

Talon smiled. “Creating chaos, obviously. It’s not as easy as it looks. You need just the right amount. Go too far, and it spins out of your control.”

“I thought chaos was all about no control.”

“There are some who can harness it.”

“What were you using it for?”

“Something that is beyond your fragile human mind.”

“Try me.”

“It was just a component of something bigger.” He sat back, arms across his chest, looking satisfied. “The Master will be pleased with our work.”

“So you were all working together?”

“Not all of us. We hired some of the villain persuasion to help distract the heroes so we could go about our business.

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