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“Ah-ha!” Fox shouted, taking a step back as he pointed his finger at the man we all thought was FNG. “You heard it just as clearly as I did. Tell me you still think this man is FNG!”
I stood there awkwardly, not sure of what was happening. But Fox seemed to think he had proof. I wasn’t sure how to refute that.
And then Dash walked forward, his face pissed as he stared at the man in front of us. “So, you think you can pass yourself off as FNG.”
“I’m not passing myself off as FNG. IamFNG!”
“Guys—”
Dash turned to me, shaking his head. “Boss, I’m with Fox. This is not FNG. It can’t be.”
“Why?” I asked, with no possible way of explaining what was happening here.
“Boss, you heard it for yourself. The challenge was laid down and he didn’t reciprocate,” Dash snorted. “This guy is an imposter, a poor man’s FNG. Let’s get this trash out of here.”
Immediately, IRIS and Slider grabbed FNG by the arms and started dragging him toward the door. I wanted to stop it, but they all thought he wasn’t really FNG. I didn’t know what to do or how to stop the insanity.
“Wait!” I shouted, gaining the attention of my men for just a second. I didn’t have much time to make this theory work, so I had to move fast. “When we were in the mountainside camp with Rae, what did you do?”
He rolled my eyes. “Seriously, boss?” When I didn’t give in, he continued. “I told you I couldn’t die. You didn’t believe me, so I grabbed the electrified bars and my heart stopped. I’m pretty sure I was out for about five minutes. And then I woke up and you guys were suddenly surprised that I was no longer dead. I told you, but no one believed me.”
That was good enough for me, but my comrades didn’t seem all that impressed. “Say it,” Fox yelled. “Fucking say it now or I’ll?—”
“Boil me in acid?” FNG said in a bored tone. “Are you still doing that after all this time?”
Fox paused, frowning as he looked at him. “You think it’s gone out of style?”
“You know, I saw some really cool things over the past year. I was thinking…you need a new signature move, maybe something to really strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. I think with a good brainstorming session, we could come up with something even more pleasurable. Oh, and I finally watchedMy Fair Lady,” he grinned. “Killer movie.”
Fox beamed and wrapped his arm around the guy. “I always knew I liked you.”
He slapped FNG on the back, who winced as he shifted forward. The man needed medical attention, and based on the wound, he was going to pass out soon if we didn’t get him the help he needed.
“Lock, take him to the med room.”
“Boss, you can’t be serious,” Lock snorted. “He’s not FNG. Rafe told us?—”
“I know what Rafe fucking told you,” I snapped. “Even I believed him, but this is FNG. Like it or not, he and all his craziness has returned.”
“Thanks, boss,” FNG grinned. “I knew I liked you.”
“Yeah, don’t thank me yet. Someone still has to pull the stake out of your side.”
3
FNG
I limped down the hallway,feeling a little worse for wear after my ordeal. Frankly, I was a little hurt that no one believed it was me. I leaned on Honey, even though it made me look like a wuss. I tried to be strong, but I did have a stake sticking out of me, and it had been for over six hours now. That piece of wood was the only thing keeping me from bleeding out all over the floor. And even though I was pretty damn sure I couldn’t die, there were plenty of horrible things to live through in the process. I’d already had my fair share of them over the past year.
“In here,” Lock said, eyes narrowing as he scowled at me. He held the door open to the medic room, but part of me was concerned that this was a trap somehow—that I’d walk in that room and he’d lock the door, then give me a lethal injection.
I turned to Honey, nudging her back gently. “You’d better wait out here.”
“Are you sure?” she asked, her brows pinched in a frown.
With one glance back at Lock, I knew this was for the best. “I’ll be fine.”
She didn’t look any more convinced than I was, but if he was going to kill me, it was best she wasn’t around to witness his attempts. It could get pretty hairy when he realized no matter what he did, I would just wake up a few hours later.
