I didn't have any reservations about Kyle being included in the discussion about the letter (which Theo told me was written in Arabic), but from the faces of everyone else in the room, I detected an air of discontent.
I had no idea the man sprinting off after the explosion was a terrorist, and that he was running away. Back in dad's younger days, he said terrorists strap bombs to their bodies and blow themselves up along with whatever target they're after. I guess things changed now days.
Kyle had something to say to Theo, which he did, walking over to where she sat, 'You knew about the secret passage, why didn't you tell me?'
Theo did not meet his eyes, 'I thought you already knew about it.' She said.
'You're lying.' Kyle said plainly.
I thought about everything that had progressed in the past seventy two hours, now that Kyle knew about Theo's secret about the secret passage, so I no longer had to not tell Kyle about it, which meant now I didn't have to not tell Theo about my conversation with Kyle in the smoking room; the secrets had to be canceled out so it's fair.
'That day Theo and I were looking for the rat or mole or whatever you call it,' I interrupted the silence politely, 'after Theo left, Kyle came into the room very quietly that I didn't even hear him, and we talked a bit about Danforth County where I come from.'
Kyle, Theo's other brother Dennis, Mr. Kent and Theo all narrowed their eyes, and Kyle loosened his pink necktie. 'And Kyle told me not to tell Theo about the conversation we had. But now that Kyle knows about the secret passage which Theo told me not to tell Kyle about, I think it's alright to tell Theo about the conversation I had with Kyle that he told me not to tell Theo about because he thinks she is nosy.'
The four people in the room looked at me expectantly, 'And that's all I have to say about that.' I concluded. Then there was silence in the room as they all contemplated what I had said. Theo glanced at Kyle with suspicion, Mr. Kent looked perplexed and Dennis leaned back into his chair with a frown.
Kyle finally broke the silence, 'Anyway, that is not important. Theo, you should not have withheld this information about grandfather's secret room from me, he is missing and now we've lost a valuable lead that could help us find him, what you've done is very irresponsible, leave this room now so we can clean up this mess you created.' Kyle sounded a lot more mature than I've ever heard him before.
Theo stood up sharply with no intent of getting out of the room and spoke firmly, 'Speak for yourself, who was in charge of the house security when the burglars broke in? And have you gotten any idea who did it before I discovered that letter in the briefcase just now? And what if I had told you about grandfather's room, you wouldn't have a clue what to do!'
Kyle walked up very closely to Theo and they continued to stare into each other intensely. Mr. Kent was halfway to getting up, and Dennis gestured for him to sit back down.
'If I had know,' Kyle said in a low and controlled voice, 'I could at least have gotten my experts to go in and find out about a whole lot more than what you stumbled upon. Never mind that though, thanks to you, the room is nothing but rubble, so why don't you get out before you damage anything else in this investigation-.'
'Kyle, you're not helping this situation.' Dennis spoke.
'Shut up Dennis, you're not in this either.' Kyle replied.
'And how am I not in this when I'm the one sitting here trying to figure something out while you're the one ranting?' Dennis raised an eyebrow at Kyle and regarded him with disdain.
Kyle ignored Dennis' question and turned back to Theo, he said, 'I'm the co-chairman of the Justice League, right now I am commander in the absence of grandfather, and I order you, Theo, to get out of this room.'
'Or what?' Theo retorted.
'Mr. Wayne! Mr. Parker! Escort my little sister to her bedroom!' Kyle shouted, and two clean shaven men with shades and in pink suits came in and took hold of Theo's arms, to much struggling. 'You're grounded.' Kyle said to Theo, and I assumed that was the end of the argument, which Kyle won unfairly.
Mr. Kent got up and shouted at Mr. Wayne and Mr. Parker, 'Let go of her!' The men didn't budge, they still held Theo like shackles of iron.
'You're not the command of this agency, Mr. Kent, I am.' Kyle said simply, 'Go.' He ordered the men, 'Mr. Kent, you are to gather every agent stationed in this household to the meeting hall in the next five minutes, we have a plan to make.'
'This-I...' Mr. Kent stuttered, but could not say anything.
'I am giving you an order, go now.' Kyle watched as Mr. Kent, dejected, left the room after the men escorting Theo. Dennis had sat through this in silence, frowning at Kyle; he remained sitting.
'Dennis, you know what I expect you to do, don't you?' Kyle said, acting very much like a dominant big brother, just like my sister.
'Kyle, if I'm not mistaken, which I know I'm not, I think something's gotten into you, something not quite pleasant.' Dennis said.
'You are mistaken, my brother, go back to your businesses, this does not concern you.'
'It's a family matter, it concerns the whole family.'
'It concerns the family, yes, but you are hardly family to us.'
'You would deny your own brother,' Dennis sighed, motioning for me, he said, 'Come on, lightning-fast young man, I have not properly introduced myself to you, let's leave my brother to his secretive devices.'
I followed Dennis out of the room and the hallway was deserted. Without warning, he capped a hand over my mouth and pulled me into a closet and closed the door quietly. We heard Kyle's footsteps go past.
Dennis whispered to me, 'The back of this closet opens into a passage that connects several rooms in this house, we are going to Theo's bedroom. Something is up, and together we're going to find out what's going on.'
It was the second secret passage I've been in in less than two weeks.
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