Scarecrows from Jupiter part 5- by: Zane Hunter-Green
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Edmund decided that before he continued, he really had to get rid of the boy who was trailing him.
"Okay, Vur, I know you're there. What do you want?"
He heard a sing-song voice say, My name is now Cay."
"I don't understand why you're doing this, why do you keep changing your name?"
"Cause it belongs to me, Mr. Miller."
"Who is Mr. Miller?"
"You are, aren't you the actor, Thane Miller?"
"No." As he was about to explain he thought maybe he could use the fact people mistook him as Thane Miller to his advantage. If Vur-Cay were spying on him for someone, perhaps it would be misleading information. He knew that he looked like the actor, so he decided to play along with the boy. "Yes, I don't know how you spotted me, now let me give you my electro-graph, and bugger off. Here take some more Euros with you, and you don't have to show me anything in return."
Edmund watched the boy reluctantly leave. The boy seemed to realize that the game had ended for now. If he continued to follow, and annoy the actor he could be turned in for harassment. Celebrities had a special protection signal. That he wasn't a celebrity was Edmund's secret at the moment. He figured the boy would sell the info. that Thane Miller had been seen in New Hades; to whom ever he was working for Well it was his smallest concern at the moment.
A few minutes later he was upstairs in a converted oil tanker that Comter called his home. The old man had changed it into an electronic palace. Edmund looked around at the tubes and hardware that replaced normal furniture with a feeling of sentimentality. Edmund handed over his ear pilot and explained to Com what he wanted to know.
The old man was a whiz at obtaining information. "Well Edmund I am getting some interesting data from your computer." The old man said.
"What do you see?" Edmund asked as he leaned over Com.
"Well didn't you think it was odd when you were called Edmund Taylor instead of Edmund Konica?"
"Well now that I think about it yes, but the note about my two boys being criminals made me so irate that I didn't think about my name. I need to find them Com."
"Well, this is an interesting piece of data. I just linked into about Edmund Taylor. Apparently he was assigned to one of the boys, I'm not even sure which one, as a switch was made by some virus that got in the system a few months back."
"So who's this infamous Edmund Taylor? Can you tell that?"
"Yes, Actually it's an alias."
"For who?"
"Your test-tube twin. I didn't know you were a baby clone Edmund. I don't know how that escaped me"
" That is weird, well don't tell me, let me guess, Edmund Taylor is Thane Miller"
"Right, It looks that way"
"Damn" Edmund cried out, "Com I need your advice. I really don't know what to do. I feel so helpless. I really fucked up big time here! "
Com reached over towards Edmund. The old man started to stroke the younger man's hair. "Just like in the old days, when you were my boy, well you were smart to come to me for help. This is one time when I don't think you can do it on your own. This baffles me, and I know you always like to rush into things Ed. You were always like that."
Edmund sighed again. "There are times Com when I wish I could go back to those times in the past. I loved you so much, well I still do. At first I thought how unfair it was that I was getting an old man as my Dad, the other kids laughed when I was assigned to you."
"I bet they did, they probably told jokes about an old man getting it up, that there wasn't enough male hormone additives on this Earth to help me."
"Something like that, but I was the lucky one."
" You were always my favorite boy! I should never tell you that but you were, and still are Ed. I understand that today the boy-man matches aren't as randomly made as they were back then. I am seeing some of the history logs between you and this beautiful little boy. He is an angel, but what a mouth he has. You two were having such a fun time together. I'm sorry that he was taken from you, but don't worry, we'll figure a way for him to come back."
Edmund thought about how he longed for Nikki. This was his perfect boy, if he tossed the word love around what he felt for Nikki was something even greater, something that tore his soul apart. He also loved Andy too, but in a different way. Com had to come up with an idea to help them, or he wasn't going to make it. He saw despair in the distance teasing him with failure. Sadly he relayed all the events of the past day to Com. Then he told him about the joyful time he had getting to know Nikki before the boy was snatched away.
"I think that Ed, you need to play along with whom ever arranged to first give you, and then take away these boys. Flying aimlessly to find them is not going to help anyone. You know that they are out there, and someone who is an insider must have control of them."
"But they want to give me another boy. Com I can't take another boy and use him just so I can find Nikki and Andy."
"I know what you mean Ed. Whatever is going on here you loath for another innocent to get involved."
"You know there was even a boy who followed me here."
"Really? what did he look like?"
"Cute, a real street boy though, very dramatic, hot pink hair."
"Did he keep changing his name on you?"
"Yes, do you know him, Com?"
"I'm sure that I do, I wish he followed you here."
"I'm afraid that I scared him away."
"Ah well, someday."
"You like him don't you, you dirty old horn dog."
"Let's say I see great potential in him, now back to your problem, we have to help your boys first off. There is also one factor in all this that we need to include."
"And what is that?"
"The actor Thane, it seems like he was cheated out of his boy as well."
"Why does he need one boy, he can have 1000s of them. Isn't he used as the model for that Scarecrow cartoon that all the kids are into."
"What if he's truly just a nice guy, and has always just wanted one boy to secretly mentor."
"I don't know, it's not as if I can call him up and say "Hi I'm your long lost twin, and we have a problem."
"No, but I can do it for you. Remember we may not live together anymore Ed It may have been years since I was your lover, but I'll always be your best friend...and I do have some ideas. "
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Nikki picked up the toilet, and Andy went toward the door, The large man came in and Andy rammed into him making him fall forward, as he did Nikki hit him over the head. The man was down, but the noise brought others into the room. There were two laser guns pointed at the boys.
"Okay now put it down, and hands up. You two are more trouble than you're worth."
The boys looked at each other knowing they didn't have a choice. They were outnumbered. Nikki put down the toilet and backed up against Andy. The men used an invisible field to restrain the two boys. Nikki whispered quietly, don't worry Andy, be brave...Kiyro is going to save us!
To be continued