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Chuckling, he opened his eyes and focused on Malcolm. Even now the sockets he called eyes healing at a rapid pace. “That’s the thing isn’t it, I tried to stay out of it but—.” He trailed off, as a high-pitched whistling sound filled the room.
Alek and Malcolm both glanced up in alarm to see a bright light breaking up the dark of the warehouse.
“What is—.”
The light shrunk suddenly, followed by a big explosion tossing them both back.
Malcolm hit the ground hard, a large stone landing on top of him. His ears rang, as he heard the Butcher screaming at someone. “I didn’t tell. I didn’t tell.”
Struggling to lift his head, Malcolm could only see their long legs as they walked over to the hanging man. He searched for Alek, to find his partner hanging from the wall with a long pipe sticking out of his shoulder.
“Please.” The butcher begged but to who he begged; Malcolm couldn’t see thanks to the rubble that fell around him.
“Shh, don’t worry. I know you did your best.” The unknown enemy assured the Butcher even as he sobbed.
“But we’ve decided to clean up all who pose a threat to us and our purpose. Starting with the trash.”
A horrible sound of bone tearing filled the warehouse. Malcolm cringed as he heard the slap of flesh hit the ground. The stone cover on top of him was lifted.
He was surprised when the heavy stone over top of him was removed with no visible assistance. And found himself staring into soulless eyes. Their bright white color nearly glowing, as a gloved hand lowered onto his shoulder. He released a cry of pain, as he felt that light touch slammed him into the ground.
The enemy knelt beside him, his eyes observing as he looked Malcolm “You jackals should remain in your cave, with your tails tucked between your legs.”He moved his hand from Malcolm’s shoulder to his side and lightly pushed down. Malcolm held back a shout of pain when his rib cage cracked. “Don’t underestimate us, we have been searching for the missing piece too long, to have you and your ilk stop us now.”
Pushing up, Malcolm tried to fight against the gravity pushing down on him but could feel it was a lost cause. His teeth grinded together, his vision filling with red.
“You shouldn’t underestimate us.”
He felt relief from the pressure, as Alek appeared right next to the mysterious man. His fist slamming into the other man’s face causing him to lighten his hold. Taking this chance, Alek grabbed Malcolm by the arm and pulled him to his side. Bending he helped him up so that Malcolm could lean on him.
Squinting, Malcolm tried to ignore the tightening in his side as his began to heal. “Thanks.”
Alek shrugged, keeping his eyes on their unknown enemy. “I’m the only one allowed to take that puny life of yours, mutt.”
Malcolm laughed, only to wince, “Right back at you.”
“Annoying.”
Both of them stiffened at the flair of killing intent, but instead of attacking them the enemy gave them his back. His figure was lean, and tall, and Malcolm frowned as he noticed the pointed ears.
“Who do you work for?” He demanded, ignoring the flair of pain in his side.
The enemy didn’t answer, instead he looked up at something unseen before turning his glare on them. “I’ll return to finish this at a later time.” His body wavered, before he disappeared, the light that had filled the warehouse now gone, leaving them in the dark.
“Let’s hurry and tell Raijin,” Alek said, carrying Malcolm out of the rubble. The Butchers body was nothing more than broken pieces and blood.
“He had pointed ears.” Malcolm managed to say through the haze of pain from his healing.
Alek frowned, “Yes.”
“This might be a lot more of a problem than we thought,” Malcolm sighed. “Do you think Tiller; knew they might be involved.”
“I doubt it, he’s sole focus is on doing anything and everything to bring down the Council. If he had a single inkling that, that kind may be involved he would have been a lot more cautious about involving us in such a situation.” Alek said as he carried Malcolm over to their truck,
If the Unseelie were involved they both worried for what it meant.
Chapter15
Bad Luck
