Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 34 - Is the floor TRULY hard enough?

"WAS TOO!"

"Nero. You got stabbed in the shoulder by a whip that you could have easily avoided if this was two years ago. You've become rusty and old. Accept it."

"I am NOT old you ass! The only reason I-"

"As I was saying (Nero: "Hey!"), I destroyed his lackeys with my Oddity, which is electricity slash lightening for Leo's curiosity. And then one of them slipped and said you got infected. I quickly snuck into a lab to get the antidote and that is when I found out that it had to be registered within an hour of infection. It was 55 minutes since that point so you can bet your sorry as I flashed my way from the other side of the city to get you. I made it just in time, gave you the antidote and then we brought you here since it was the closest."

"... I see. Well in that case," Nero faced Leo once again and displayed an appreciative smile. "Thank you for letting me invade your home to recover."

Aiden interrupted quickly. "Yeah don't say thank you just yet. There was a condition for letting us come here."

"Uh... what?" Nero watched as Leo's face turns into a stern look, which causes an unsure frown to form on Nero's.

"Well... he said since we're using his place as recovery station, he has the right to know what the fuck is going on. And it's not just today's shenanigans. I told him that he's going to have to ask you when you wake up so how much you reveal is up to you. I'll support whatever you decide to do."

"Oh... I see." The CEO was staring at his employee with the same hard look but this time, it was accompanied with expectation. Nero gave out a surrendered sigh and solemnly voiced, "I guess that is only fair. He's been involved with all this one too many times." He stood up, dropping his blanket on the sofa and walked towards the clear wall. He looked out into the city in deliberation before continuing (his back was facing the other two), "I honestly cannot give you the full details but... I'll say what I can. I hope you'll be satisfied with that. I also hope I don't get fired over it. I've been having too many close calls lately and it's bringing me closer to my death."

The British man answered back, "We'll just have to find out once you tell me."

"... Fair enough. Well, as you mentioned before, Aiden and I are quite dodgy. We have connections with the underground and the black market and blah, blah, blah. But we're not bad people. At least, we believe we're not bad people. Well, Aiden is not a bad person."

"Oi, you are fine, Nero. You're not a bad guy."

"Only because I have you to stop me, Aiden. You already know what was going to happen if you didn't come earlier today." There was silence to that, proving that Aiden knew exactly what was going to happen and knew that Nero's comment isn't too off. "Do keep in mind sir, I wasn't always like this. I was like Aiden at one point in my life. I just had very bad experiences that made me hate the world a lot more. But that's a story for another day. Anyway, a couple of years back, Aiden and I found out about an underground ring where we special people fight, illegally without restraints, for a lot of money. I'm sure you've heard of it. Most business owners go there to bet or make dodgy business deals."

"Yeah... I seem to recall something like that. Is it still ongoing?"

"Yeah, it is. Continuing forth though, I was in desperate need of instant money because my dodgy apartment had been robbed of all my valuables and money and my insurance company barely gave any compensation. I also had to move out so I didn't get robbed again. So I entered myself for a night at the ring. Long story short, I bet the champion of the place and went off with my money, never once thinking back on it again. However, Mr. 5-years-champion wasn't happy at all and apparently, after that, his life went to shit. Never explained what happened. Never really cared. But yeah, he trained a couple of years and decided to pick a fight on me today. I was planning to just ignore the guy but the reason I had rushed out of the car today was because the fucking guy was going to MegCorp to demand for me and apparently, if I didn't appear in two minutes, he was going to start wreaking havoc in the building and injuring innocent people. So I had to go there before he could reach the building. I took him to an abandoned place, fought him, won and then went back to the office to pick up the work I'm MEANT TO DO BY TOMORROW! OH MY GOD WHERE are THE DOCUMENTS?! AIDEN?!"