Chapter 41: Gotcha

There is a huge sharp pain in my head, and then I black out.  When I wake up, all I hear is a strange sound I haven’t heard since I was a kid.  The sound of wood being split. 

Feeling the same pain from just before I blacked out but to a lesser extent, I try to raise my hand to rub my temple but find that my hands our banded behind my back.  So, I turn my head around to see where that noise is coming from.  When I glance at him, recognition hits me like a ton of bricks.  It is Omega Peter, and Janessa is standing right next to him. 

Not being able to believe my eyes, I pretend that I am still knocked out and listen to their conversation when he stops splitting wood.  Hearing him throw wood in the fire and then move closer, he says to her, “When Cassius sees what we have accomplished, he will reward us handsomely.  You just wait and see.  Speaking of that, he told me earlier that he will be back later tonight to collec