"Ezra, Ezra Bridger!" Tessbo said shocked and his skin color changed to a light purple. He grabbed the side of my arms and roughly shook me, "Ezra Bridger, La cura. Tessbo conoce el la cura."

   "You know I don't understand you when you speak Spanish," I snapped a little, pushing him away. I breathed in and out. I didn't want to lose control of my powers again.

   "La cura. La cura," he kept repeating to himself. I sighed annoyed thinking that this whole thing was a horrible idea. 'Thank you voices in my head,' I thought sourly. I turned to see Tessbo pace back and forth as if thinking of something. The question was, what of?

"Calm down and tell me what you said but in English please," I said getting very annoyed at this man.

"La cura. La cura," he muttered under his breath repeatedly and kept pacing still saying 'la cura.' I growled through clenched teeth and almost pulled at my hair. Then again breathed to stay calm. Keep a calm and cool head then no fire bugs will get in.

My father always told me that when I get upset or mad at something. It always helped. I bit my lip from the memories of my father. This was not the time to feel sad. Feeling sad will make you slow and slow is not an option in this world, only being vigilant and calm.

"Tessbo debe entregar información sobre la cura," he said then stopped pacing.

   "English, please," I told him then decided to give up. He went back to muttering things in Spanish and pacing back and forth. I walked over to the old couch and sat on it.

   'Ok voices, now would be a good time to help,' I thought. Nothing but silence. I saw something from the corner of my eye sticking out from between the couch cushions. My eyes turned to see a disc, probably a picture of someone.

   I reached over and swiped the disc then put it into my pocket. I looked back at my parent's old 'friend.'

   I stood from the couch and kept calm.

   "Tessbo," I said getting the man's attention.

'Here goes nothing,' I think then ask him my question.

"What are you looking for?" If the voices brought me here for a reason, it had to be helping Tessbo with whatever he was doing.

I admit, I hate his guts for leaving me to rot on the streets. Yet, I've never seen him act like this before. It was like his brain was malfunctioning in a way that it repeats itself like a broken record.

"Tessbo encontró información de la cura," he said. I rolled my eyes. Of course I'm speaking to a man that knows little English when his brain is fried. That's when it hit me, my parents had a Spanish book on the bookshelf. They used it to learn the language so they could understand what Tessbo would say at times.

I walked over to the book shelf and snatched the book.

"What are you looking for?" I asked once again.

"La cura," he muttered then started pacing again. I flipped through the pages until reaching the 'l' section then skimmed the page until finding 'la.'

"'La' in Spanish is 'the,'" I told myself and burned it into my head. Then started to flip through the pages again until reaching the 'c' section. My finger slid down each word but the word was not in there. I raised an eyebrow and kept searching until seeing a little bit of paper sticking out of the seam.

"Darn it, the page was ripped out," I muttered  then threw the book at the wall. No, keep calm.
Breath in and out...in and out.

   I sighed when all the pressure soon disappeared off my shoulders.

   Nothing made sense and questions still had no answers. I needed to know what is going on with Tessbo. It sounds important if it makes him like he is at the moment.

   "Think, Bridger. Think," I whispered to myself and almost started to pace like Tessbo.

   "This is where our sources told us that the guy is here?"

   My heart almost stopped when hearing a deep voice outside.

   "Yeah, now be quiet or we are going to attract more attention than we need," another voice came. It sounded almost like a feminine voice.

   "Please, those troopers are as dumb as dumb can get. Besides, I wouldn't mind dismantling them right now," the same deep voice replied.

   I quietly crawled over to a broken window and peeked outside to see two people.

   There is very tall and buff man. He was wearing a green buttoned shirt and cargo pants that went a little below the knees and black boots. A smooth head, with a slim beard encasing his chin and jawline. His eyes were a dark chocolate brown that held an almost crazy and enthusiastic look in them. A strange weapon was strapped to his back with a rod that stuck out from both ends.

   Then there was a girl about my age with blue and orange hair. She was wearing a pink jacket with a strange symbol on the left of her chest, black pants, and black boots. A belt was strapped around her waist with two holsters that had guns.

   What were the chances of getting out of this one unharmed or even alive? Was there more of them? Am I surrounded?

   'Was this all a trap?' I soon realized that this was all a trap set by those stupid voices. How could I trust them for leading into this trap.

   "Where were you?" I heard the girl's voice say. Yet, I didn't listen to the rest of the conversation. I was to busy thinking of ways to escape.

"La cura. La cura. La cura," Tessbo kept saying.

"Be quiet," I whispered, covering his mouth. Tessbo stopped talking so I set my hand back to my side. Then quickly looked around until remembering a back door.

I began to shove Tessbo to the kitchen and in the corner was the door. That's when realizing that there could be someone on the other side waiting.

"Hello? Anyone home?" I heard a gruff voice call from the other room. Quickly, my eyes scanned the room and found a hiding spot big enough for the both of us.

"Tessbo! You here?" The girl's voice echoed. I pushed my parent's old 'friend' into a big kitchen cabinet then crawled in sitting beside him. I grabbed the cabinet doors and pulled them quietly shut.

The sound of a door sliding came from the room then footsteps.

"Tessbo?" a muffled, gruff man called, "ugh, where is that blasted man?"

"Settle down, Specter four," another voice said. It sounded like the girl. "Maybe he's  upstairs." Footsteps could be heard getting softer and softer. I sighed in relief and opened the cabinet doors then crawled out. I smirked at my sneaky skills while brushing myself off.

   "Alright, now it's time to..." I immediately stopped when turning around. There was a man, relaxed form leaning against the counter with crossed arms, staring at me blankly.

   His brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail and eyes were like evergreen trees. He was wearing a green shirt and gray sweats, on his feet were black boots.

   'Who were they? The black boots squad?' I thought even though I was wearing black boots too.

   "Hey kid," he spoke in an almost monotone.

   I scrunched my nose in confusion and replied, "Hey." Normally people would just try to hit, scream or walk by me with either pitiful or disgusted looks. Never once did I have such an awkward position like this.

   "Are you Tessbo?" The man asked but I didn't respond.

   "Who are you people?" I asked then felt something nudge me. I looked over my shoulder to see that Tessbo was standing behind me.

   When I turned back, the man was almost standing right in front of me. "Are you Tessbo?" The man asked Tessbo again. I bit my lip and paled when seeing the Spanish man nod.

   "You are Specter one?" Tessbo asked. Specter one confirmed by nodding.

   I glared at him. Tessbo would act and speak normally around strangers but not me?

   "Our resources tell us that you have important information," Specter one said. I raised an eyebrow. Important information?

   "Yes, but my mind is on the fritz after downloading it into my head. I might start talking Spanish again in a while," Tessbo admitted. I rolled my eyes.

   "It's ok. We have a crew member that is very fluent with different languages," Specter one told him.

   "Ok, I give. What's going on? What does Tessbo know and who are you and your crew?" I asked a bit annoyed. I didn't know who or what they were talking about but I needed answers.

   Something grabbed the back on my sweat shirt and lifted me off the ground. "That's for us to know and for you not to figure out." It was baldy's face that I saw first and then the girl stood next to him. I glared back into baldy's beady eyes and showing him no fear.

I could feel my heart pounding against my chest. This guy could squish me like a bug easily. Or throw me like I'm a simple and small toy.

"Put the kid down," the girl told Baldy irritated.

"He started it," Baldy said, letting go of me. I stumbled to keep my balance then shot another glare at him.

   "You...," I paused for a second, "...whoever you people are, get out of my house!"

   They all looked at me expect for Tessbo, who was in his own little world. "Kid, if you couldn't read then let me just say that this building is off limits," Ponytail told me.

   I rolled my eyes and sarcastically replied, "I hadn't noticed. Now, out!" I pointed to the door and glared at everyone.

   The girl, baldy, and ponytail gave each other a look. Everything was silent as their silent conversation continued.

   That's when and explosion was set off, the front door flew off its hinges and voices yelled from outside. We all were flabbergasted until ponytail ordered, "Get Tessbo out of here! Kid, come on."

   I hesitated before following them out the back door and down the alley. A gray RV with a yellow strip, was parked at the end of the alley.

"Get the rebels!" Someone yelled behind us. I didn't need to look to know who yelled. A trooper. The main thing that confused me was what he yelled.

'These people are rebels?' I thought then stopped when the stairs to the RV was a foot away. At the top, ponytail stood there and waited for me to come up.

"Come on, kid," he said, "Do you have any other choice?"

I looked over my shoulder to see the troopers running down the alley. I could feel the tension in the air surround me until making a choice. The same one I use in these kinds of situations.

I ran.

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