Finding a Dark Hero

Mike sits up in his chair, watching the video on the news with anger and rapt attention. "What the fuck?!" He just watched his own brother, Roger, the one person he cherishes more than himself, get beaten by a masked man on the television.

He grabs the telephone on the table and proceeds to press in some numbers and then he has a rethink and drops it. He picks up his own hand phone and dials another number.

"Hello?"

"Mr Drumlin, what's the occasion that you're calling me this afternoon?" A male voice climbs into Mike's ears from the other side of the call.

"Hank, we have to meet." Mike responds clean cut without any pleasantries.

The voice on the other side also loses the informal tone and changes abruptly. "Yes sir. Where?"

"Now, in thirty minutes, let's meet up at X club."

"A club? By this time in the afternoon?"

"Don't ask questions. Meet me there."

And he hangs up. Immediately, he stands up from his chair and grabs his coat and car keys. He opens the door of his office and steps o