Hero looked around. ACK, Freak and Graviton were looking closely at the piece of paper.
The paper in his hands proved that Vanguard wasn't evil like Merlin made him believe... and worse of all, it proved that his brother, Hero I, didn't die living up to his name... but doing the opposite. It was hard to process so much information in so little time.
His brother's memory could not be tainted like this. Hero considered using his superspeed to hide the incriminating folders... but Graviton looked at him before he could do anything. "What is that, Brandon?" the scientist asked.
"This..." Hero hesitated. "This clears Vanguard. Everything Merlin made us believe about them is false."
ACK, aware of what other information the folders held, said nothing.
"Everything?!" Freak asked. "Let me s--"
"NO!" Hero yelled, pulling the folder away. He looked at ACK, who just smiled. "I and only I will look at these folders. Nobody else. I'll brief the rest of the team on this later and we'll decide what to do."
"Well..." Graviton said "we need to inform the UN..."
"No," Hero replied. "Not yet."
In a desperate attempt to change the subject, he took the little piece of paper Graviton held, watched it for a second and then rotated it ninety degree. "A d". Then he rotated it 180 degree. "Or, better, a capital P."
Graviton nodded. "A signature, maybe?"
"Most likely. Use the uber-computer to search for any precedents in other murders... Maybe this isn't an isolated incident."
Last edited by Hero; 2005-01-13 3:00 PM.
