War On MegaCorp (Pt 4)

James nodded and sat down, looking over his phone. “I’ve got an idea…there’s a kid that needs help and I want to check on this. I know it’s just another facility in this area, but destroying all the facilities we can helps metas more than not…” He admitted.

Klaire nodded as she ate. “I’m all for helping anyone we can, but I really want to get answers. I want to get Tzeitel and Riley out.”

Ami’s shoulders tightened and she began eating more slowly. She frowned slightly.

“What's the 411 on this kid” Alex asked digging into his food.

“He’s a healer, a rarity, and I hear he’s being sent to this facility to be experimented on.” James explained. “They want to see if they can use his ability to create stronger monsters for Thrane, I’m sure.” There was that familiar disgust in his tone. When it came to children, James was very protective. It was why he treated Ami as if she were his own daughter.

He honestly cared about her wellbeing.

“Could he help Tzeitel?” Ami asked, though she wanted to focus on finding and freeing her sister.

“Possibly,” James answered.

Ami looked to Klaire. This boy sounded very useful, but she wanted to save her sister now.

“We’ll get this kid while we wait for answers from Delilah and Mark.” Klaire said.

Ami sighed sadly. But she had little choice. Unless she tried to get the files that Alex would not let her see and see if she could find something the adults missed…

“If he trusts this facility on such a rare meta then odds are this place has the missing info we need” Alex replied taking his glasses off to clean them. “I sent Mark a message odds are he, Delilah, or Riven will get in touch soon.”

“Yeah,” James muttered.

Klaire merely sighed and finished her food before she got up to clean the dishes. “We should get going soon, then. Take all our stuff with us. We can’t stay here anymore.” She explained.

“Already got most of it packed into the van while you were sleeping” Alex replied finishing his plate.

“Thanks,” Klaire said as she finished rinsing the dishes and started to dry them. Most of their dishes were just items that came with the house, so she put them all away for whoever else came here.

James went to grab the rest of their items.

While the grown-ups were busy, Ami snuck off to look at the uncensored files. She hated seeing Tzeitel and Riley being tortured but maybe she could find a useful detail that everyone else missed.

Ami got into Alex's files and began looking through them.

Klaire would eventually come to find Ami.

Ami looked at Klaire and flushed pink with shame. She knew they kept these things from her to protect her.“I was just hoping to find something Alex missed.”

“Ami, I’m not mad.” Klaire said as she sat down next to the girl. “I just don't want you to overwhelm yourself.”

Ami braced herself as if for a blow. Klaire had never given her any reason to expect to be struck, but the scars from her biological parents ran deep. “I’m sorry… I just want to find Tzeitel and Riley.”

“I do too,” Klaire said and pulled Ami into a loving hug. She hates seeing that response from this sweet girl. It always reminded her of Tzeitel…

Ami hugged Klaire back, tears escaping her. “They can't last much longer in there.”

Klaire made her own tears dry up. “I know…that's why I want to get them out so badly.” She said.