“I’ll be right there, but don’t let them in,” I reply into my radio to Brody.
“I’m coming with you,” says Phil and I exit the abandoned house with Phil and Shaun.
“You going to help JJ?” I ask Shaun.
“And miss finding out who this Bishop guy is?” answers Shaun as we walk down the sidewalk.
Shaun continues, “And JJ said he’ll take care of the bodies.”
“Bishop has to be from the church,” says Phil.
“Yeah, I doubt his real name is Bishop,” I reply as we pass the Armory house.
“Should I get a rifle?” asks Shaun.
We approach my house and Phil answers Shaun, “I doubt one rifle is going to help here.”
Phil, Shaun, and I pass Bobby G’s house and we see that Brody did not let anyone into Citrus Oaks.
I run up the lookout platform steps that Brody is on and Shaun and Phil walk up the other lookout platform steps on the other side of our main gate.
“There’s a bunch of them sir,” says Brody to me as I step up on to the lookout platform.
I look over our wall and I see a ton of vehicles and people standing outside of Citrus Oaks.
I see a tall African American man with a shaved head standing next to a woman. I recognize the woman and it’s Faith.
“You going to let us in Ryan?” shouts Faith.
“Not all of you!” I shout.
“We only want to talk, and we mean no harm!” shouts the tall African American man that is standing next to Faith.
“We can talk, but only you and Faith are coming in!” I shout.
“Fair enough!” shouts the tall African American bald man.
“Let them in,” I say to Brody and then I walk down the lookout platform steps.
The guards open our main entrance and Faith and the tall African American bald man enter Citrus Oaks.
Our guards pat down Faith and the tall African American bald man and they find a handgun on Faith but nothing on the tall African American bald man.
“She can keep her gun,” I say to the guards as I walk towards Faith.
Shaun and Phil walk over towards the tall African American bald man.
I notice that the tall African American bald man is wearing an expensive tailored all-black suit and the suit looks to be too nice for the state of the world right now. I look over his suit and notice an American flag pin on his chest suit jacket pocket.
“How can I help you two?” I ask as I look at Faith.
“I believe you have the body of our pastor,” answers the tall African American bald man.
“I’m Ryan, you Bishop?” I ask the tall African American bald man.
“Yes sir, I’m Bishop and I’ve taken over leadership of the church,” answers the tall African American bald man.
“Why do you have so many people with you?” asks Phil.
“They mean you no harm,” answers Bishop.
“They mean us no harm, if we give you back the Pastor’s body, right?” asks Phil.
Bishop smiles, but he doesn’t answer Phil.
“You said you were going to the church; did you get any answers?” I ask Faith.
“That’s why we are here,” answers Faith.
“You need the Pastor’s body for answers?” I ask.
“Something like that,” answers Bishop.
“I think I have a lead on Rachel, and Bishop said that he could help me, if I help him,” says Faith.
“I’m not understanding how the body of a dead pastor will give you answers,” says Phil as he looks at Bishop.
“Let’s go somewhere private and talk, and I’ll help you understand,” replies Bishop.
“You are putting a lot of trust in us. How do you know we won’t hurt you?” I ask Bishop.
Bishop whistles.
The sound of two drones flying towards us is heard and I see two drones that have guns on them fly over Bishop and the guns on the two drones are aimed at Phil, Shaun, and me.
“You said you meant no harm?” shouts Phil.
“I do, but I’m no fool either,” replies Bishop with a smile on his face.
“We’ll go inside and talk, but put the drones away,” I say to Bishop.
Bishop looks at me, smiles, and whistles twice.
The two drones above Bishop fly away from Citrus Oaks.
“Follow us,” I say to Bishop and Faith.
I walk with Shaun and Phil and Shaun asks, “How does everyone have drones with guns on them?”
“I don’t know, but hopefully we can get a couple of them,” answers Phil.
Phil and Shaun enter Shaun’s house, and I look at Bishop and Faith who are walking up Shaun’s driveway.
“Faith assured me that I can trust you,” says Bishop to me.
“What else did she say?” I ask Bishop as I look at Faith.
“We have a lot to talk about,” answers Faith and then Faith, Bishop, and I enter Shaun’s house and join Phil and Shaun in Shaun’s living room.
TO BE CONTINUED…
