hours ago.”
“Then where is she?” Sheriff Langley looked behind Xeon but only saw Kyro in tow.
“She’s safe. I’m her advocate,” Xeon told him.
“What makes you her advocate? You’re not related.” He opened the door to the station and ushered them in.
“She’s now a part of my pack. She will stay where she’s safe, and you can deal with me like you’ve been doing.” Xeon eyed the Sheriff, daring him to challenge it.
“Fine,” he said after a moment of hesitation. “Where are the missing people?”
“At Garnett Medical Center, locked in cages on basement level two.” He’d expected the Sheriff to run out the door with him to go rescue everyone.
“Does she know what’s happening to the victims?” He opened the door to a meeting room and held the door for them to enter.
“Dr. Phenix is doing experiments on them. We need to get them… now!” Xeon pounded the desk, his voice echoed loudly around the room.
“Is she positive Dr. Phenix is involved? You can’t just go around accusing a man like that. Especially not of such things as experimenting on patients. Even an accusation would mean his career and reputation.” The sheriff’s smugness at this declaration sent anger flowing through Xeon’s veins.
“I don’t give a fuck about his reputation,” Xeon bellowed. “I care about the missing people. He’s doing things to them they didn’t sign up for.” He watched the sheriff write something down on a sheet of paper.
“I have to get a search warrant for the hospital. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll be right back.” Sheriff Langley walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
“I think he’s full of shit.” Kyro leaned against the table.
“Yeah. I noticed. He’s being really weird.” Xeon crossed his arms and watched through the windows of the meeting room. “We’re going to that hospital with or without a warrant.”
They had a straight view of Sheriff Langley sitting behind his desk with the phone against his shoulder, and his fingers typing away on his keyboard. Xeon didn’t have much confidence in the Sheriff. He wasn’t moving fast enough. Then again, he didn’t have a missing sister either. The Sheriff glanced up at Xeon and made another phone call.
“I don’t trust him,” Xeon commented, watching the Sheriff hang up and stand up from his desk.
“There’s no way he got the warrant that quickly,” Kyro commented just before the Sheriff opened the door.
“Well, it is going to take a little while to get the warrant. I couldn’t get a judge on the phone. I’m going to try again shortly. Until then, we wait,” Sheriff Langley told them. “I’m going to have trouble getting someone to sign off on it. There’s not much to go on, and the accuser won’t come in. I’m going to have to pull some favors for this.”
“Then pull them,” Xeon ordered as he leaned over the table putting his face inches from the sheriff’s face.
“It’s not that simple at this time of night. Give it a few hours, and I can get in touch with a judge.” Langley leaned back and folded his arms across his chest.
“A few hours?” Kyro questioned.
“That’s not acceptable, we have to get there now,” Xeon stated, tired of the bullshit. “Come on, Kyro.” He took long confident strides toward the door, waving for Kyro to follow.
“Pearce, you better not step foot in that hospital until we get the warrant.” Sheriff Langley raised his voice.
“Then you better hurry. We came here as a courtesy because some of the missing were human. If what Mara said is true, then the humans are now shifters, and that makes this shifter business.” Xeon and Kyro left the meeting room, slamming the door behind them.
“You know he’s going to come after us, right?” Kyro commented when they stepped out of the building.
“If he gets his warrant, I don’t care. It’s time we take this into our own hands.” Xeon found the loophole he’d been waiting for.
“Are we going in without him?” Kyro asked when he got into the SUV.
“Of course we are. I’m done waiting on him. We’re the lead on this now.” Xeon turned on the SUV and shifted it in gear.
“Yes! Finally some action.” Kyro pumped his fist. Xeon pulled away from the Sheriff’s station.
“Let’s find our pack mates first. Then you can have all the action you want,” Xeon assured him.
He planned on handing out some action himself on Dr. Phenix. He’d caused Mara and the others enough pain. Humans weren’t meant to shift. Those that were changed, their