In his room, Blythe sat Indian-style, levitating three feet above the floor. His eyes were closed as he was in deep meditation.
A knock on the door. One eye opened.
“Boss?”
The other eye opened. “Enter.”
Hewitt and Becker walked in.
“We just overheard those shit heads downstairs,” Hewitt said. “Jack and some of his boys are gunning for Slade.”
“Interesting,” Blythe said. He revolved his body around to face his henchmen.
“You want us to break it up?” Becker asked. “They could set things off too early.”
Blythe sighed. “I had so hoped to delay the festivities until our friends arrive.”
“They’ll be here by midnight,” Hewitt said. “Last I heard.”
“Close enough,” Blythe said. “No, let Mr. Buchanan have his fun. With any luck, he’ll kill Slade for me and free me of the board’s predilections.”
Blythe put his feet down on the floor and stood up. “Gentlemen, allow me a moment to adjourn to my quarters on the Marvel, then dispatch all the Buchanans remaining here.”
“Finally,” Hewitt said. “Can’t stand those hayseeds.”
“I notice there’s no boy with you,” Blythe said.
“He’s long gone,” Becker said. “Gotta be.”
“Very well,” Blythe replied. “If Freeman makes a move, terminate him immediately.”
“With pleasure,” Hewitt said.
“Oh and gentlemen,” Blythe said. “Miss Lassiter and Miss Farquhar are to remain alive. That is imperative. I cannot overstate the importance of this order.”
“Got it,” Becker said.
“When you are done downstairs, search for them and bring them to me.”
Hewitt and Becker left. Blythe put on his suit jacket and packed his things.
“I swear, the board’s incompetence will be this plan’s undoing.”
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His eyes were closed as he was in deep meditation. – I don’t think you need “as he was”
I like the way you have arrange to keep miss bonnie and sarah alive. I hope you’re thinking of a why behind it though. smiles
Well…see this is where it gets complicated…think back to when Blythe had a meeting with Lady Blackwood…the board wants Blythe to try to turn Slade over to “the dark side.”
Blythe’s very much against it. He just wants to kill Slade and be done with it. So I thought why wouldn’t a villain just do that. That’s a problem with villains in movies, TV etc. They could just kill the bag guy when he’s asleep and movie over.
So I figure maybe we’ve all had a situation where a boss tells us to do X and while we think Y is the right thing to do, we do X anyway out of loyalty. They are the boss, after all.
Gunther does that a lot with Slade. Blythe does it for the board. Blythe is the board’s Gunther.
I assume Blythe has a plan to make Slade suffer in hopes that he will turn evil.
Sometimes I worry my 3.5 readers aren’t seeing what I’m seeing though.
By the way, as one of my 3.5 readers, does this chapter make you wonder why Blythe saved the Buchanans in court (from being hanged) only to, as seen here, order them to be “dispatched?”
It has bugged me as a bit of a plot hole. My best argument would be Blythe was aware they were all cranked up on Doc’s medicine and didn’t want anyone tipped off to his impending zombie attack until it was ready.
I don’t know if I need to explain that somehow or if people will get it.
Honestly, I go to a lot of movies where I think the screenwriter expected me to get something and I half-get it but can’t be bothered to figure it out so I just nod and look at the pretty colors.
I took dispatched to mean, send them out after Slade, not go kill them.
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