Breakfast had turned into a crying fest so everyone had left for a few minutes to go freshen up and maybe a cry a little bit more in secret before heading back, this time to the Head's study, where they all gathered.
Cole stood at a corner in the room, and while most of what would be coming next was heavily reliant on him, he still felt like he was a bit of an outcast within his own family. But regardless he was hoping that in time he would be able to bridge that gap that he had let grow.
"We've confirmed Cole's information. He really has gotten to the second floor, also word has come down that the Sierra Corp executives would be having an announcement later today, so I think it would probably be to announce their new shareholder.
Once that's done a lot more eyes would be placed in our direction. And our enemies will definitely get a lot more frantic, which means we have to be wise. Every activity for the time being would be carried out from the house here, and Cole…. You will assume Control of your brothers duties immediately."
This wasn't a bombshell like news, it was understandable, and grandfather was not a man who would waste time pondering about how people will get or what they have to do…. He was efficient and really like to cover his bases as quickly as possible… profit and power before emotions…even though weirdly enough this was a family that were so in touch with their emotions they were never afraid to show it.
"Tehilla will be working closely with you on this, she is the interim head of the public liaisons and communication department. So she's responsible for spinning the stories that covers the family's activities. We received an email containing a warrant for your arrest from the police, but we have a little bit of pull with the government so that has been hung to the side.
The Mona Lisa blueprints can be reversed engineered as you say, however I don't think starting a line of luxury skimmer class starships would be the way to go, especially with what you say is coming. The family will need to be outfitted and prepared, also I do believe you should hurry and Complete the missions on the second floor, the atmospheric base will afford you a measure of security from any moves or attacks from the competition."
Then he fell silent. Cole knew there was still quite a bit more to be said, but whatever it is, it looks like His grandfather was having a difficult time.
"Our competition has gone into hiding, they have not left the country or the planet yet, but their subsequent failure in killing Cole, coupled with his brutal execution of that boy has given them pause. They will consolidate their power and that is time for us with full force now…. We will have to make a few more alliances of our own if we want to survive this."
This was tough, right now everyone would very much prefer to feel anger rather than grief, and with their enemies in hiding this would be beyond hard. While they weren't so blinded that revenge or blood will take the pain away, at the very least they would feel better, way better. This was a family of antiheroes, heck they were more villains than heroes anyways.
"While necks can't be broken at the moment we can hit them at a different angle. In the one hour after breakfast, just before we reconvened. Cole received a message from a streaming company… the Sierra Vector Entertainment. It was already a part of the documents he signed as an aspirant for the event that most if not all of his gameplay would be streamed and televised as episodic programs.
The split is generous enough at 75% to Cole and 25% to the company. The profit margin was set so high because the streaming aspect was a must and Cole would have no say on what content would be streamed or shown. They could paint him as a hero or as a villain changing the perception of the world about him and he won't be able to do anything about it.
But perception is no longer important, only power. And sooner rather than later, there will be a reckoning that only those with enough power would be able to survive. Nevertheless this would put Cole back in the limelight again, positive or negative I believe our stocks will rise along with the news of him now being a shareholder, Cole should be able to Drive our assets in a positive direction.
Then we all will use that opportunity to crush our competition. Before we ruin their lives I believe we should take their businesses. So for now it is work as usual with all eyes on the stock market. Buy out their subsidiaries from under them, and go after physical properties the most, we first need to limit their influence and then either turn their assets into ours or remove it completely from the board.
Cole, Tehilla will catch you up to speed and point you in the right direction. Train to master your abilities and handle your duties well, and make sure you spend as much time but not all time advancing in the event. Cut no corners and be thorough in all of your actions. And if anyone or anything gets in your way, you are to destroy them thoroughly and brutally. Give no mind to anything else…. As for the rest of us it's business as usual with the aim of going after everything our enemies own…. We're taking back this city."
There was a dedicated study attached to Cole's room, it wasn't until now he realized his next door neighbor was Tehilla. They were in it, sitting on a couch across from each other with her wheelchair hanging by the side. Cole could not stop moving his eyes from her to used gaze and back to the chair.
It was not surprise he couldn't look her in the face, the fact that they were working together was no coincidence. They had the largest amount of bad blood, and she was now a part of this family and the person Cole owed the larger apology too, and no amount of begging would make her hate him less other than them getting to know each other again, at least for a start.
"h-how have you b-b-been?" Cole asked, stuttering over his words in the process as he swallowed hard.
"I've been stuck in a wheelchair for the past three years, living every day in agony as theoretical nanite technology tries to fix my severed spine. So no Alexander I have not been good, or fine, or happy or complete and I don't know what grandfather is doing by having us work together…. I Have You!... is that perhaps what you were expecting me to say?"
Cole was shocked, she had started off very emotional and then towards the end it almost seemed as if she was going to cry. Every word cut deeper than a knife and it brought with a pressure of gravity that seemed all too willing to want to crash down on his head. Then she completely caught him off guard with the blank tone and emotionless stare in the end.
"You know me Cole…. Isn't one of the reasons you left me because of my disorder? I do believe the words you used was that I was washboard and had no feelings for you, only an obsession. Schizoid personality disorder is not the Complete absence of emotions Cole, so I feel it like everyone else, just at a much lower frequency, which means a lot more control.
So yes I was devastated, no man but you had the balls to break up with me, you did worse and called of our engagement, and left me for a subpar specimen with big boobs, blond hair and no brains. And she screwed you over… that delighted me.
So yeah my 'obsession' as you called it never left, I just started hating you. So when she cheated on you the first time, just 4 months after you left me in the rain I knew, when she aborted your first baby 3 weeks before that I knew. And every man she's fucked and every time she killed your seed I knew, and I was happy, I was so fucking glad because it meant she was hurting you right in the place that was most important to you.
And then you became pathetic, too pitiful that I have months if not almost an entire year of weekly reports that I haven't read because I stopped giving a shit about you or what you did. I've made my peace Cole, you're just not important enough to me for me to even have you, you're no different from the wind to me.
So you've lost your bitch and your brothers. While they never deserved what they got, especially Jason God bless his soul. Karma's a bitch, and the pain you are feeling now, you deserve it, and I'm not predisposed enough to care enough that you hurt me or you are feeling guilty and want to make it up to me. I don't want to be friends with you, let's just work together and save this family, do you understand?"
To which Cole replied "Crystal."
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