Chapter 116 - Black Player

Level 30

*Ding Sound*

The elevator doors slide open.

"I never knew the elevator have that" Chase said sternly, as he watch the small box that requested Barbra's prints slide back inside the wall.

"The agency is my home Chase" she said in amusement facing him.

"And every home has a basement" she adds stepping out, as did Chase, following behind closely, he could only wonder where she was leading him to, she did say no more secrets, he wondered what she was hiding this time, in all the years he knew her, she was a very cunning woman.

They got to a room.

"What's exactly are you gonna show me?" Chase asked impatient.

"This" she said firmly giving way for him to see the view.

He froze with widen eyes when he saw Seth on bed, several wires connected to his body, mostly his chest which had a large scar, and his head. He took feeble breath that couldn't be notice unless you were near.

"What the fuck?! Seth is alive?!" Chase said stunned, facing Barbra for an explanation.

"He's neither dead or alive, he's inconclusive, his state..." she sighs.

"The bullet to his heart destroyed his Claw, it didn't reverse inside him, now he's Clawless"

"He should be dead, ghouls can't exist without their Claw" Chase said certain.

"But Seth isn't a ghoul, he was made one not born one, what we are seeing is what's left of his human side" she said with trembling eyes.

"If it weren't for Steve, he would have been dead, but he doesn't have much time now, we are losing him, we don't know how long he has left" she adds with sad eyes.

"You should have just let him stay dead, rather than try to revive him, he could be suffering right now".

"ENOUGH!" she shouts facing him with furious eyes.

"He does not get to die until I tell him to" she said stern, her eyes shaky, Chase could tell, she was on the verge of crying but she held it in just like the iron lady she was.

"You must really care for him"

Barbra looks away facing Seth body on the bed with an unreadable expression.

"He has a promise to fulfill" she said firm, Chase could feel the emotion swirling around her tone, which could only make him wonder, what did Seth promise her?

"We are getting close Chase, very close, it's only a matter of time" she said folding her arms, as a dark twisted smirk found her lips.

"This game keeps getting more and more interesting".

"I have one request" Chase began.

She faced him.

"When all this is over she doesn't remembers" he adds stern.

Barbra smirk broaden more.

"I knew it, you're falling for her aren't you?"

He looks away.

"So unlike you, given the kind of man you are" she adds tilting her head to the side.

"Will you do it or not" he snaps, his eyes burning in her cold ones.

"It's already evident that she never remembers, she will forever be yours" she said in amusement.

"Let all the cards fall in place and then we will checkmate the king".

***

Tenth Floor 

A hand against her jaw, Lorna was lost in thought.

"I can't believe Natasha's dead" Jesse said unbelievably.

"Neither do I" Lorna said with a puzzled look, she was the one who found out her secret and now she was dead, it was odd, very odd and something was suspicious.

Since the past week the drug king haven't called her line, she tried tracing his number but it lead back to a lost signal, he was really good at covering his tracks but why her, why did he choose to make her life hell that day, maybe it was because he knew exactly what was going on between her and Liam, so he wants to use that against her, he was a cunning and crazy bastard who almost killed hundreds or more less thousands just to end the black ghoul, was he really that obessed with killing him? But why, why was he that determined and who was behind the mask, she just couldn't wait to figure it out, maybe it could shed some light on who killed Natasha. Was it the drug king? Because she found out what he wanted to use against her? 

Lorna sighed, her head was full of thinking, and speaking of black ghoul, she haven't heard from Liam since, she was worried, she didn't know whether they were exactly in good terms or not, but his presence could only tell which, she hoped she was okay and that nothing was wrong. 

She sighs once more.

"Wow you must really be depressed" Jesse said raising an eyebrow.

"How won't I, one of our own was killed unjustly by a ghoul or a Claw Walker" she reasons.

"Well Pete is still running some tests, and agents are investigating, we will get the killer and get her to justice" Jesse's assured her.

Lorna just made a hmm sound, nodding.

"And guess what's trending online" Jesse said, turning her laptop to face Lorna.

It was a video of Liam stopping the train.

"He's really gaining fans online, I mean humans are literally supporting his existence, questions, doubts, it's flying everywhere" Jesse said.

"Wow that much?" Lorna said stunned seeing the millions of views, still counting.

"Yup! It's chaos in their mind out there, whatever ghouls are actually the threat they believe in or we just need to understand them better" she shrugs.

"Which do you believe in Jess, do you believe the black is a psychic killer or there's more to him?"

"Pff...Lorna...he killed my brother in England, when he was serving for the agency there".

Lorna froze at her words.

"I'm so sorry I didn't know" Lorna said with sad eyes.

"He may have saved hundreds of lives, but that doesn't mean he won't stop coming after the agency and that they are flesh eaters" she said sternly.

"These people cheering for him"

Lorna gulps hard.

"They don't know what they are getting themselves into".