The man walked out of the shadow, and I saw he wasn’t Zack.
“Who the hell are you?” I asked, slowly moving back.
“Why don’t you find out?” he replied with a sinister smile.
I looked around — everything was too quiet. Was this a trap? Did Milo bring me here knowing I’d walk right into the furnace just to save the kids?
One thing was certain — I was trapped, and it was left to the system to help me get out.
“Let the kids go!” I shouted, trying to hide my fear.
“The kids?” he laughed. “Do you really think you can stop what’s already started?”
He took a step closer, his eyes glinting under the weak light. “You know, you remind me of someone. He was exactly like you. Where we saw power, he saw weakness. We had to get rid of him.”
I didn’t need to be told who he was talking about. My fat
