CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
For a moment, I just stood there, staring dumbly at the spot where Xero’s hologram had been standing earlier. I half-expected Xero to come back and start bragging about how we were all going to die, but he never did.
That was partly because I wanted him to come back. What did he mean about our ‘connection’? I hadn’t even known Xero existed until last month. Maybe he was just lying to mess with me, but I doubted it. He sounded too sincere and he treated me far too respectfully even though I was his enemy. As a general rule I didn’t trust the Zero Knights, but maybe, just this once, Xero was telling the truth.
My thoughts were interrupted when Mirar suddenly spoke. He held his shields in front of him, his reflective helmet focused on me and Rubberman.
“Now that King X
