Kapitel 12: Ch. 12 Ring.... It’s for you

Machiavelli looks around to make sure the area is clear. He and his group had to stop the chopper on the other side of the Rocky Mountains.

"So why are we here again?" Elizabeth asks Mac who is working under the helicopter.

"I have to fortify the helicopter, Elizabeth, I will not be shot down by random psychopaths!" says Machiavelli in response. He was no fool, he knows there's idiots out there with high-powered guns basically purging now and a loud helicopter would surely be targeted.

The group thought about it. Far-fetched as it was still very possible so, they let him continue working. As he was working, the turrets he posted on the chopper were on the ground shooting any movement that came near their site. Ring Ring! The satellite phone goes off and only one person on the network ever actually calls him.

"Shit I didn't think of a name!" Machiavelli thinks to himself. He couldn't avoid the call, but he wasn't ready to talk to him yet. His brain goes into overdrive trying to think of any possible way to distract Julius. He thought of everything then had a memory of when they were younger.

About three years ago~

"I don't think I can be honey-trapped." Julius said to Mac with a smug expression.

"What the- of course you can! Anybody can! What makes you special?" Mac humored his nonsense.

"No, no, little brother think about it. It's natural for women to like my looks, look at me," he says matter of factly while he gestured to himself.

"So, you're saying that you're so arrogant, you've convinced yourself that any woman who laid eyes on you is attracted to you?" Mac asked.

"I don't like this, but I'm not going to lie. So yes, every woman can at least admire my beauty." He said as he vainly looked in the mirror, which earned a disgusted look from Mac.

"Well by your logic, your personality is trash only your looks matter. What if she's never seen you?" Mac asks try to get another dumb response.

"I only have a satellite phone and don't have social media, so I can't talk to anyone who hasn't seen me." Julius said like he was looking at a dumbass.

"Ugh" Mac said tiredly, his brother was so stupid when gets like this.

~back to present

Machiavelli looked around the group he had a brilliant idea, but it was his brother so he couldn't mess with him too much, It had to be a double trap! He looked at the group honestly none of them were worthy of his brother, but the world is ending he can't be picky! It was between Alicia and Ophelia, he was weighing the pros and cons, when he remembered one is in his age group, so he spoke calmly.

"Hey Alicia, can you get that for me?" he says without looking up from his work.

"Why me?" She says cautiously.

"Why is she cautious of me?"1Mac thinks.

"Duh, didn't you hear my brother? You're the least threatening if it's my little sister!" he says like it makes perfect sense.

"O-kay," She isn't convinced but answers the phone. "Hello?"

"Hmm? Hello?" says the other voice, definitely a guy.

"Wait who is this?" He asks. "Did Mac abandon you guys? My apologies, hold on wait did you steal his phone? And where is Heather? He is incompetent, but not her too." Alicia doesn't know what to say so she looks at Machiavelli for answers.

"Just answer. It can only be Clem or Julius, that is his ringtone." He says reaching for a wrench and acting like he isn't intently focusing on the conversation. He was listening, and it was obvious.

"Umm hey…Mac and heather are still here. He got worried we would be shot at while flying, so he parked to fix it up." Alicia said looking up at Mac for confirmation, he just acts unaware.

"Oh sorry, he gets like that with any probability of him getting injured." Julius says from the other side of the phone.

"Yeah, I think we've all noticed, do you want to talk to your brother?" She asks getting a turnaround look from Machiavelli.

"Sure, but one question. What's the baby's name?" Julius asks.

Danglingggg! The tool in Machiavelli hand drops to the ground he looks at Alicia looking mortified, he begins mouthing something to her.

"Uhhh" she says. She was starting to get what he is saying a little bit and it seems to be a threat. He's making a cutting motion across his neck and pointed at her family members.

"Don't worry I'm here, he won't hurt you now, what's up?" says Julius with a playful voice.

Alicia was torn between two bad answers, but Machiavelli seemed scared, while his brother did not, the choice was obvious. Plus, he pissed her off threatening her family.

"He hasn't named him yet." She says as his color drains she begins to feel bad.

"I know, ugh that's why he let you answer, thinks he's such a genius. He's indeed smarter then me but he isn't very manipulative. Tell him since the world is like this I won't beat him up, but name the damn kid! That's just neglectful," Julius says to her, she was going to repeat but it seems Machiavelli is already happy dancing.

"Oh what is your name by the way? You don't seem old enough to be the nurse." He says.

"I am Alicia." She says in response.

"Oh he's talked about your brother, is he better?" Julius asks.

"Yeah he is. And you said he talks about my brother?" she asks getting a grunt from Mac.

"Yeah, he said he was a druggie, but he seems very useful, I don't know what he means by that but it's rarely good." Julius said like he's not talking about his own twin.

"Hey! Tell him that's wrong! There is only useful or not now." Machiavelli slides from under the helicopter to say.

"See? He has always been this way. Tell your brother it's a compliment…maybe." Julius says.

"Yeahhhh I don't think he would feel that way." She says seeing the irritated look Nick was giving Mac.

"Oh wait Clem, here I come! Hey Alicia, since Mac doesn't know how a phone works I'd rather talk to you instead of him. So tell him he is not getting his phone and keep it. He'll be alright." Says Julius being petty Mac avoided his call.

Mac slides from the side of the helicopter, looking furious, thinks for a moment, then realizes he doesn't even use the phone, and his plan was working. Who wasn't a manipulator? She looks at Mac wondering how he would react, he just reaches in a bag pulls out a similar looking phone and snatches the one from her ear.

"Don't just give away my phone! Seven is my number! She has four, now get off my phone!" Machiavelli says feeling very smug his plan worked, he now has Julius distraction.

"Okay Sister bye! Hahaha" Julius says.

"Don't call me sister..." 'Beep' Machiavelli looks at the phone pissed off. He begins to hear snickering then full on laughing and looks to see Elizabeth laughing.

"Sorry, Sorry, but you know the sister one was funny." She says patting Mac on the shoulder.

"You know I can make where you sit, the least structurally safe place in this world." He says looking at the smiling woman.

"But then you would be at risk right?" she asks with a smile, only to hear Machiavelli's teeth grinding.

"Oh don't be a baby!" she says. He just looks at her and walks away.

"Don't be a baby" he says in a whiney voice, with a shaky accent mimicking Liza while walking away, leaving most the group snickering, earning Chris a stare down from his mother.