Trickster

"I'm pretty sure this is the place," Ryan said as he drove towards John Mason's house. 

Mr. Verlice had sent them the location. 

Benedict knocked on the door. They were shocked to see no lights on inside the house. 

She knocked again. John came to open the door. He couldn't recognize the girls but he immediately recognized Ryan. 

"Ryan?!," John said. 

Ryan's eyes widened and he immediately hugged John. 

"It's been so long," Ryan said as he hugged him.

Mr. Verlice came to the door and smiled at the people at the door. 

They followed John inside the house and they stopped in their tracks when they saw Amy. Tina's eyes widened as she quickly hugged Amy Elle. Amy started crying. Tina barely held back her tears. 

"So, Amy, what's all this ruckus about?," Angelina said as she took a sip from the coffee. 

It had gotten dark outside and they were planning to stay the night with John Mason and Amy Elle. 

"I..I..it's so hard to explain. My father is G. Blanc, the head of Black Monday and he wants to bring back the pandemic from 19 years ago," she said. 

"We know that much. We need you to clear things to us!," Angelina said. 

"What she wants to know is that if Alethea doesn't even know your father, then how did she come into contact with Black Monday. We were told that Black Monday's operating system is really weird and it works in the shadows and in broad daylight, too," Benny explained. 

"Oh, that? I don't know. John might know better," Amy said. 

Everybody looked at John. John sighed.

"Alethea was infected. But Black Monday made an antidote، too. G. Blanc had been testing on his daughter before she even moved into your house," he said. 

"She's cured now, right?," Benny asked.

"And her narcolepsy's gone, too?," Amy asked.

"Yeah, maybe. But this means that all of you who lived in that house are infected now," he said. 

"What?!," Angelina asked. 

"Including me?!," Ryan asked.

"How do you know all of this, John?!," Mr. Verlice asked. 

"I'm sorry for not telling you earlier but I'm G. Blanc's right hand man. This was all according to a plan we had made last year and it's progressing greatly now," he said. 

The darkness of the night made his presence even more darker. 

"What the hell?!," Mr. Sivan said.

"Did you know about this? Amy, did you know about this?!," Tina asked.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I never wanted all of this to happen! I'm sorry for letting John trick you! I agreed to let this happen only because John told me my family would be spared! I'm sorry, Tina!," Amy said as she cried. 

"So this means that Alethea left the house because she found out that we were infected?!," Angelina asked. 

"No! She wanted to find a cure for you! But now she is like a villian to everyone! She joined Black Monday so that she could find a cure for you! So that she could get access to all of the drugs in the world so that she could create an antidote for you!," Amy said. 

Everyone's eyes widened. 

"Where is she now?," Ryan asked. 

"She's here, in district six!," Amy said. 

"She's gonna be publicly executed in district six," John said. 

"What?! Why?!," Benedict asked.

"She was eventually gonna get executed beause she was the test subject of the pandemic but now that she tried to create an antidote, the execution is tomorrow, on Christmas day. She's gonna get executed because she betrayed Black Monday," John said. 

"But why a public execution?! Why are they trying to shame her in front of the public?!," Tina asked. 

"Because Black Monday owns the US and all the lives of the people in the US!," John said. 

"What do you mean?!," Angelina asked. 

"He means that Black Monday can kill as many US citizens as they like except the president and the government officials!," Mr. Verlice said. 

"So this means that we're infected and we're gonna die?!," Benny asked.

"Not just you. District three will be the first district that dies," John said.

"District three?! But, Mr. Young and the others are there!," Tina said.

"Fuck!," Mr. Verlice said.

"Mason, I hope you burn in hell!," Mr. Sivan said. 

John smirked.

"Tina, please save my sister!," Amy said, holding her hand. 

"Don't you dare ask for our help now!," Angelina said. 

"Tina, please save Alethea! I'm so sorry for asking you to do this but you're the only person I know who can do this! You're smart, Tina! Save yourself and my sister!," she pleaded.

"But how?!," Tina asked. 

"Alethea knows how to make the antidote! She's at Black Monday's headquarters!," Amy said. 

The others were leaving now. 

"Tina, come on! Let's go!," Ryan said. 

Tina looked one last time at Amy Elle and left.

End of Volume 4