บท 18: Tell Us Everything or...
The night was quiet as Barnaby was kind enough to let her rest. He had gathered all the heroes together to talk to them. "I am going to be interrogating Maria. No one else will have contact with her unless I say it's okay. Is that clear?"
The group looked at him, silent. Nathan frowned at him. "No. It's not clear, Barnaby. She is my sister and I have all rights to speak to her. Family is always given rights to talk to each other."
Barnaby glared at him and growled. "Fine. But no one else is allowed to!" with that he quickly made his way to the hospital room, holding the sleeping female.
Nathan looked at the ground, frowning. He didn't want to let Maria go through this, but he had to. If he didn't Barnaby would find some way to arrest him as well, which was why all the other heroes were so damn quiet around him. Kotetsu sighed and made his way after Barnaby. "I'll make sure he doesn't go so hard on her, Nathan. Besides. She's all of our family."
With that he was left there to wait for the return of the duo.
Kotetsu entered the room behind Barnaby why gave him a glare. "Just let her sleep and let her talk on her own accord. If you don't, she might tell you what you want just to get you to shut up…"
The rabbit growled at him. "No. I won't. You heard what she said. She admitted to being Twisted and Fate. She lied to us."
The tiger stepped to his partner. "Maybe it wasn't a lie, but a truth. She is a singer, Barnaby. Most of those have second lives and in this case she wanted three lives. Hell! She probably wanted a fourth where her singer life was separated from her own personal life. Just cut her some damn slack…"
Barnaby took a deep breath and watched the female as she shifted to wake up. "ow…" she was clearly still in pain. Being a hero wasn't exactly a painless business. It was a miracle if one came out unscathed from a job.
"Maria. Listen to me and listen well. You will answer my questions and if you don't then you will be arrested for life in prison. Answer them truthfully or else. If you do your best then I will leave you alone. If you say something that leads me to wanting to arrest you then I will throw you into jail immediately after you are healed. Do you understand?"
The female frowned and looked at Barnaby. She looked to Kotetsu to see how his reaction was. She saw a blank, emotionless face. She gave a small sigh. "…yes… I understand, Barnaby… perfectly clear…"
He watched her carefully. "If you are in pain at all during this, let me know and we will get you medicine. If you are hungry, let us know. We don't want you to be treated badly as you are still close to us" Kotetsu finally spoke out.
Barnaby glared at Kotetsu and gave up, giving a sigh. "What he said." With that he paced the room to gather questions that he wanted to be answered.
An hour passed and he looked at Kotetsu. "Bring the others in so they can listen to her and if they have questions then they can ask her themselves"
The tiger watched the rabbit and nodded, leaving the room and coming back with the rest of them. Antonio, Keith, Ivan, Pao-Lin, Nathan, and Karina stood there, not liking how Barnaby was treating Maria, but they knew this was the only way to really get a truth without her avoiding them or even trying to run away.
"Now" Barnaby looked at the raven to make sure she was still awake, "let's begin."
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