The Red War Part 11

Brooks was front in center on the display screen. Off camera was several loaded weapons pointed in his direction, but he had "agreed" to give a statement to his employer. Agreed of course being a loaded term when any number of horrific deaths were offered as results of him not cooperating.

"Morley Trezlan is on to us." We had gone over several lines as to what to say, this seemed the most direct. I watched the other display, the one that purported to be my ancient enemy in Morley for any movement, there was nothing, just a dark screen.

"And you know this how?" The voice was a raspy metallic one, I only vaguely heard the sound of Morley's voice in it.

"He killed Bianca, might have soul sucked her for the information."

"Fools your job was simple analyse the ability to do as he said and then eliminate! How hard was that?"

"Sir he's a crafty..."

"You're a damned fool, he's probably listening in on this right now." The game was up, Morley knew, so I figured I had to get what I could while I could. I jumped in front of the video feed with a big smile on my face.

"Hey Morley so what do I know that you're afraid of other than me being a more successful Necromancer than you?" I figured he'd end the transmission immediately if not for me goading him in to keeping it on.

"Right better than I am, that's why your scurrying like a rat hoping to find something to stop the damned, while I sit comfortably watching the galaxy burn."

"And yet you're still afraid of what I know."

"Hardly, I wanted to know for sure you didn't know anything, and I know that now you do not, be gone Trezlan." The video feed cut out and Claire looked at me with anger in her eye.

"That was pointless."

"No it wasn't I got exactly what I needed." Brooks laughed as they drug him away to do whatever the followers planned on doing to him.

"Oh do tell Necromancer, what did you get from Morley?"

"That he's afraid of what I know."

"And what do you know?"

"I have no idea." Claire frowned at me, but this was at least a step in the right direction! Probably. Well I mean it was, but at the time I was flying looser than normal and was really risking my ass. Something I've vowed to never do again... so soon after having just done it that is.