The Last Guardian

Chapter_68: Lisa's Day Out

(continued from the previously edited chapter)

Johnathan woke up an hour later to the voice of Lisa chatting with Farid outside his room. He got up from his bed and walked outside, he was feeling a strange sensation of freshness and well being- the monks had healed him, he thought but he wondered if Azazel was really gone. Lisa saw him and her face changed- she was upset about something-

"Hey! How you doing?" Johnathan greeted her.

"Great job at the museum, now I am after the stolen items that apparently you guys have stolen-" she replied with her hands on her hips.

This was a bad signal- Johnathan knew that the moment she placed her hands on her hips it suggested that she was really upset.

"Ask them- they're the ones to convince me for this job!" Johnathan replied pointing at Farid.

Farid looked the other way-

"Ahem! Well you two carry on, I'll be back!" smiled Farid trying to excuse himself.

"Wait! You guys realise what you've done? Stealing? Really? Unless you've an explanation, I'm gonna arrest you right now!" she said sternly.

Johnathan looked at Farid and then looked at her, she wasn't kidding.

"And where's that good for nothing Billy? He asked me to meet him at the park? What's with all this secrecy?" she said.

"He said what now?" exclaimed Johnathan "We're looking for him ourselves- he's no longer a part of our team!"

Lisa was confused. She had no idea what really went down at the museum the other night. She thought that she should talk to them before on her way to meet Billy. Farid asked her to take a seat in his living room and he and Johnathan started to explain everything that occurred that night at the museum until now. For fifteen minutes Lisa listened in awe at their amazing story- she had seen enough to know that they were speaking the truth.

"Wait-so you guys stole the armour so that you can fight the Darkness and Billy stole the Eye so that he could gain immortality? Then why did he ask me to meet him? I'm the last person that he would want to meet right now!" she said after hearing their tale.

"I smell something here- he's obviously planning something with you- he never does anything without any proper reason- be careful!" remarked Farid.

"I think it's better that we go with you in case he does something unexpected-" Johnathan added.

Lisa thought for a while-

"Whatever guys- I'm gonna need the items back or I'll have to arrest you and Billy- but I'm curious to know what he has planned for me-" she said.

The guys agreed to return the armour and requested her to let them tag along. She let them come and asked them to follow her cae from a distance- moments later they were on the road. Farid, Solomon and Johnathan were driving in the truck following Lisa's car while keeping a safe distance of about 300 metres. It would barely take half an hour to reach the park that Billy mentioned.

A few minutes later, Lisa pulled over at the park- Johnathan stopped too and observed her. It was an open park with lots of trees and bushes. People were strolling around in there barely noticing that a dangerous man was sitting quietly on a bench, pretending to read a newspaper. Lisa got out of her car and began to casually loiter around the park until she saw a man with a cowboy hat looking at her from a distance. She immediately recognised him and walked briskly towards him. Johnathan and the monks were observing her. He got out of his truck and went towards the park making sure that Billy doesn't sees him. The park was spread wide and it was a bad place for an ambush. There was a lake on one side and a thick forest on the other. People were strolling about on the walkway. Inside the truck, Farid was observing them through his binoculars.

Lisa went upto Billy and stood in front of him.

"Why couldn't you meet me at the Church like usual or at the Lucky Shop?" she asked pretending to know nothing about the heist.

Billy lowered his newspaper and looked at her-

"I got information about the museum heist- I thought you'd like to know- come sit!" he said.

Lisa walked a few steps closer towards him but didn't sit on the bench.

"What do you know that you couldn't tell me on the phone?" she asked.

"It's about Johnny, something's wrong with him-" he said reaching for something inside his jacket pocket.

Lisa was immediately alarmed and she placed her hand on her gun but Billy simply smiled and took out a cigarette from his pocket. Lisa didn't like it at all, something was wrong in his eyes. She wanted to arrest him immediately but she knew that he had the Eye and he was dangerous. She realised that this was why he wanted to meet her at a public place so that he could create chaos if she tried anything.

"Please sit down- " he said again.

Lisa sat down three feet next to him.

"So as I was saying, Johnny has a demon inside of him- he's dangerous, I'd suggest you to stay away from him, if possible lock him up and you know what he was behind the museum heist and I can prove it to you-" said Billy lighting his cigarette.

"But I thought you were friends- you were like a guide to him-" she said.

Billy shrugged in denial-

"No ma'am - he's gone too far now- he's dead to me-" he replied.

Suddenly a voice echoed from behind them.

"Enough with your lies Billy!"

They both looked and were surprised to find Raven coming towards them with a gun pointed at Billy.

"Enough! Lisa- run away- this man is planning on killing you so that he can complete the ritual- Go- get outta here!" she said.

Lisa stood up while Billy sat there calmly smoking his cigarette.

"What the hell is going on in here?" she said.