Adrian and Tiny sat in front of the fireplace while feeding the pages of an old book to the flames. The men watched as the fire devoured the written words as Adrian puffed a rolled cigarette. They were both anxiously waiting for their guests although neither of them would admit it. As another page ripped from the tattered novel a knock came from the door. Adrian got up to answer it. As he walked to the door his boots making loud footsteps along the way.
The door creaked as he opened it and he immediately recognized Jakob, but at his side was a woman he had never seen before. Her silver eyes and dark hair memorized him until the sound of Jakob clearing his throat pulled the man from his stare. "Oh, I'm sorry," he stumbled over the words. "Please come in you two and I'll introduce you to my friend."
Stepping back into the room he made way for the couple to enter, and then he held out his hand to motion for them to go in the direction towards the fireplace.
Seeing visitors arrive Tiny stood up from his spot in front of the pit and put down the worn book. He walked towards the guests and held out his right hand first to Jakob, and then to Kalysta for a friendly handshake. "I am Tiny. I'm really glad to meet you. My wife was killed by the Violet City guards, so I'm pleased for a shot at payback."
Jakob shook the man's hand and replied, "I'm Jakob, you may call me Jake. This is my wife Kalysta. We are glad to have help with our endeavors, but before we take on the city we do need help in locating my wife's twin brother. His name is Kyrhen and we have tracked him to this area all the way from Arkansas. He looks very similar to my wife, but different eye colors. Have you seen anyone new who may be Kyrhen in this area?"
Kalysta added, "It is beyond important that we find him before he enters the city. Any info you can give us is great."
Adrian puffed the cigarette, and rubbed his chin after he pulled it from his mouth. He thought deeply about who he had seen about. Someone new had been here recently and his hair color was the same as Jakob's wife. He looked up at the couple as if a giant light bulb had lite up over his head. "I think I know who you're looking for and he is still here."
Kalysta grabbed Adrian's shoulders and excitedly asked, "Where? Can you show me where he is? It's a life or death matter! I have to find him immediately!"
Adrian shook out of her hold. "Calm down girl I'll take you to the place I saw him at. I'm not for sure he is who you seek, but I feel it may be your brother. If so, I must say, you're brother is a phenomenal drunken asshole!"
"Yup!" Jakob said, "It's Kyrhen alright. Let's go. After we have Ky we will talk about future plans."
Tiny piped in, "Why is that jerk so important? Let's plan now. I don't want to wait another minute! Saline murdered my wife!"
The outburst made Kalysta angry. She turned towards Tiny and raised her voice at him, "Listen, if Jasin Saline gets his hands in Kyrhen before I do my brother is going to murder Jakob. I can't allow what I saw to become a reality. You know what it is like to lose someone! I suggest you back off! We will meet again after I've dealt with Kyrhen."
"Kyrhen is going to murder me?" Jakob asked feeling shocked by the revelation.
"How the hell does she know what he is gonna do? It's not like she can see the future." Tiny retorted.
Seeing the looks between the couple he then asked, "Wait, can she? Can she see the actual future?" Tiny yelled out his words with shock and enthusiasm.
"That's going to come in handy for a rebellion. I'm glad I decided to listen to you Jakob." Adrian smiled at them and motioned for Tiny to get out of the way. His small friend obeyed but looked rather aggravated about following the silent command.
The burly man stepped ahead of Jakob and Kalysta and said, "Follow me. Last I saw of this man he was passed out drunk in a stable outside of the local watering hole. Also, a fair warning, he didn't have pants on. Seems he has been fucking his way through all of Missouri." Adrian laughed as Kalysta grimaced.
Jakob spoke up, "He has to be enjoying himself then. Wish I could say the same for Kalysta and I, but until a moment ago I had no idea why she was so relentless about finding him, and yes, before you ask, she really does see the future. It's a long story that we will explain to you eventually."
As they walked towards the building a foul smell was in the air. They didn't know what it was but it was awful. After stepping over a half collapsed fence they rounded the corner to the stable and there he was. Kyrhen was laying face down, his naked ass pointing up for the whole world to see, the source of the foul smell was the vomit that his face was drowning in.
Kalysta ran forward and dropped to her knees near her brother. Despite his nudity, and the vomit covering his face and most of his torso, she pulled him from the puddle. She screamed his name loudly as she landed a firm slap across his wet face. He did not wake.
Putting her anger aside fear took over as she thought that maybe her vision was all just a dream. Maybe it's Kyrhen who will die in a puddle, not Jakob.
She shook Kyrhen's shoulders and called out his name again loudly, slapping his face to wake him up she began to panic.
That's when cold water was dropped onto them both from a bucket. She looked up at Adrian as he held the tool he doused them with, before she could yell at him Kyrhen sucked in a sharp pull of air, and his eyes flew open.
"What the fuck!?!?!"
His eyes focused on his sister. "Kalysta, why are you here? Why am I wet? Oh gross did I puke?"
Noticing his lack of pants he then yelled, "Where the fuck are my clothes???"
Jakob stepped towards his brother in law. He leaned down to make eye contact with the man, and when he spoke his voice was so intimidating it caused chills to erupt across Kyrhen's skin, "Where did you think you were going to go Kyrhen? Did you honestly think you could sell us out and that we would not hunt you down for it?"
Kyrhen shook Kalysta off of himself and stood up to face Jakob, "I have no family. You all made that abundantly clear." The man turned to look at his sister, "Especially you Kalysta, you could not even look at me after what David did. You couldn't even try to take a step in my shoes. Have you ever considered how it felt for me to watch the person I loved, reject me, and then see him ripped to pieces after he tortured my own sister? You're too busy hating me to see how much I hate myself. I am mourning a death that I feel sick about mourning. If everyone wasn't so I love with you this never would have happened. No one loves me like they do you Kalysta!"
Looking at his twin he spat at her feet after he said the last sentence. Kalysta stepped back from the spit then lunged at Kyrhen and grabbed his neck with both hands. The force of her grab knocked him backwards into a pile of hay and she kept her hold on him, anger driving her to squeeze his neck tighter.
Unable to hold it all in she screamed into his face, "ALL I'VE EVER WANTED BROTHER WAS YOUR LOVE! You think no one loves you because you're a damned fool. If you keep being a fool you'll eventually end up becoming a monster just as bad as the CEO King! I'm warning you Kyrhen, either go home, join Jake and I, or I will fucking kill you here and now!"
She violently shook him by his neck. "Fucking choose Kyrhen! What'll it be, home, me, or death?" After yelling at him again she released him. Kyrhen fell back further onto the hay pile and coughed loudly.
The horses in the other stalls of the stable nickered nervously. Kalysta's actions had frightened the animals. It frightened Jakob as well. He was worried about all of the anger pent up inside of his wife's body. It must have been eating at her all this time. He looked at Kyrhen and said, "She said to choose. Before you do though I want to add something. If you do ever actually succeed in betraying her again, I will rip you apart the way Onyx tore open David, so make your choice wisely because I'll make your death slow and painful if you hurt her even just one more time."
Kyrhen sighed. With strained words he said, "Okay Kalysta, I'll stay with you and Jakob."
Kalysta helped her brother stand up, and eyed his suspiciously but said, "Good choice. Now where are you pants?"
Before Kyrhen could even reply Adrian interrupted him, "Who the fuck is David?"