"Who, the boss?" Another muscular man came to him. They all looked tattered and had bags under their eyes. The other man looked down with a sad expression.
"Samuel, the boss has been missing for three months, he might have ran and left us or even died..."
"Do not say such things Marcus!" The other guy shunned. The boss cannot abandon us and although his powers were sealed he is strong he won't loose to just anybody. Remember how he dominated us?" The other man said.
Marcus had more to say but decided to keep shut. He too didn't want to imagine losing their kind boss. Although he was way younger than all of them, they still choose to follow him.
Their boss suddenly disappeared for three months, before then, he would come home with bruises, which hinted that he was attacked but he never wanted to get them involved.
"It's not the boss I found Greg, its the guys who took my sister I found." He said with a sad expression.
"Oh, in that case, I'm sorry I won't be able to send the whole gang yo assist you, but you can take Jackson, Louis, Austin and Mikey with you. They are the strongest of our men, they might be of assistance to you." Grey said
"But..." Marcus wanted to disagree, but Grey's reassuring smile made him quiet.
"Remember what boss always said Marcus? He said he didn't have a family and we were begining to turn into one for him, your family is our family Marcus. I'm sorry I can't come with you, I'll be here with the rest of the gang trying to find whereabouts of the boss. We're never going to give up." Marcus had tears in his eyes, but wiped them away.
"Now stop being a crybaby and go save big sis." He said and walked away, signalling the other guys to follow him.
.....
"Huff huff, I'm here" I said as I stopped front of a large building to catch my breath.
[What are you waiting for? Keep walking. We rented two apartments in the fifty seventh floor.] He said. I entered the elevator and headed to the fifty seventh floor.
Once the elevator opened in walked through the corridor.
"So... which of the rooms did you rent?" I asked. Because I wasn't even seeing it in his memories.
[I... I forgot. You can just knock on any door and ask for directions.] He said. It was definitely going to be embarrassing but I didn't have time. So I decided to do it.
I walked towards the first room, as I was just about to knock, the door opened and I saw a very familiar face.
"B...boss?" He stammered. James one of Henry's gang members. He and Marcus are the softies in the team. And yes, he was taller than me.
"James what's up?" I said.
"Boss, it's really you!" He said and hugged me. "I thought you had abandoned us or worse something bad have happened to you boss." Yeah, something bad did happen to me, I died.
"Come on man, loosen up." I said, wanting to go inside.
"Where were you boss?" He asked after loosening his hug. It was strange that he was wiping his tears. I thought men don't cry. Was he really emotionally attached to Henry.
[It's good to be back and alive.]
"I'll tell you all in details. Where are the rest?" I asked.
"They're at HQ.."
"Ok, I'm going to my room to rest, I wouldn't want any disturbance ok. Let nobody come inside."
"What's wrong boss. Is everything alright."
"Yes it is, just follow my orders "
"Sure boss. Let me quickly inform them. The rest are going to be happy, especially Grey and Marcus." He said.
"Ok, I'll see them soon." I said as I walked past him and entered my room. It was way fancier than I... Henry remembered.
"I'm here, now what?" I asked and got a reply
[Sit crossed legged and close your eyes.] I did as he said.
[What do you see?]
"What the hell kind of question is that? I closed my eyes, what am I supposed to see, a movie series playing on a large scree" I bombered.
[... You've got issues and I don't think I can help you.]
"I didn't ask for you assistance. So am I just going to keep closing my eyes?"
[~Sigh~ Look closely into the darkness and tell me what you see]
"Are you for real...?"
[Just do as I say, it'll make sense later.] He cut me in. Keeping quiet I decided to do as he said. It was difficult trying to look while your eyes where closed, but as I did that, I started seeing light. As if someone was pointing touch directly to my closed eyes.
After I had given orders, someone still came in to distract me, I opened my eyes to know who it was, but, I wasn't in my... Henry's room.
I was now sitting in the middle of an ocean. Where I was, it was night, the moon was full and cascaded upon the waters. In distance, I saw a single tree that grew on the water.
[Hey.] I heard a voice say. It was a very familiar voice but it wasn't from my head, it was behind me.
I turned to look, only to see... Henry, the real Henry.
[Welcome to your mind.] He said with a smirk.