“I don’t think they’re here,” Kyle whispered.
“How do we get out of here?”
“Hold on,” Kyle said as he removed the cloth over his head and looked around the area, recognizing it.
“We’re at my school,” Kyle stated in awe. “How did they get inside?”
“Kyle, pay attention! Can you untape my hands or not?”
Kyle removed Hunter’s head covering and began removing the tape.
“How did you get loose?”
“I wasn’t tied or taped down like you. They just put a bag over my head.”
Hunter began thrashing, desperately wanting to get out of there.
“Hold still,” Kyle demanded as he removed the last bit of the tape.
Hunter, too, recognized the room. “Your school? Were you being hazed, because let me tell you, that wasn’t funny. I’m calling the principal about this.”
“It wasn’t hazing,” Kyle admitted.
“Where are they?” Hunter asked after scanning the area and not seeing the men.
“Gone.”
“Did you see them leave?”
“No, my head was covered too.”
“Who’s this GigaByte?” Hunter demanded as they cautiously exited the side door of the gymnasium that led outside onto the basketball court.
“Later,” Kyle answered and took off in a sprint.
Not to be left behind, Hunter caught up with his brother and remained quiet as they ran back to his house. When they approached his car Hunter demanded Kyle get in.
“Where are we going?”
“Somewhere we can talk,” Hunter said as he locked their doors and drove south, destination unknown. The only thing Hunter knew for sure was he didn’t want to have anything to do with GigaByte, whoever she was.
* * *
Ghost,Seven, and Falcon sat outside and watched the two run home.
“Well, that was different,” Falcon stated.
“Bloody boring, if you ask me,” Seven said.
“That’s all we wanted… no harm, no foul. The kid just needed to back off. After Byte discovered the threat, we needed to scare him from identifying her,” Ghost reminded the men.
“Well, his big brother was scared,” Falcon added.
“It sucks when you don’t know what’s going on,” Ghost agreed.
“Let’s just hope the kid is smart enough to back off,” Seven stated.
“If the big brother has a say, they will.” Falcon chuckled.