Page 121 of Flash Fire (The Extraordinaries 2)

If he watches this interview, is there anything you’d like to say to him?

SB

Yes. Owen, if you’re watching, turn yourself in. Enough of this. Let us help you. Your mother and I love you very much, but the only way we can set things right is by dealing with the consequences together as a family. You’ve hurt people. But you’re still my son, and I will do whatever I can to help you. Excuse me. I didn’t think it would get to me as much as it has. I—ah, there’s the tissue. I—

RF

It’s all right. I can only imagine what you and Mrs. Burke are going through.

SB

I’m sure anyone who is a parent has the same fears. You do what you can for your children, try to raise them right, give them a future that most can only dream about, but then something happens, and … I don’t know. I’m scared for him.

RF

For him? Or of him?

SB

For him. I’m not scared of my son. And he should know he has nothing to fear from me.

RF

You’d turn him in if he came to you?

SB

Without hesitation.

RF

Two months ago, you stood with the Extraordinaries known as Smoke and Ice as you announced a bounty on Pyro Storm. They—

SB

Christian and Christina Lewis.

RF

Yes, them. Both are currently in custody, awaiting trial. It’s expected you’ll be called as a witness in the case against them.

SB

Terrible business, that. I thought they were people I could trust. We vetted them. Extremely intelligent, the pair of them. They worked for Burke Pharmaceuticals, but it wasn’t until they’d been employed with us for close to a year that they came to me, revealing their abilities.

RF

Why did you allow them to join you onstage?

SB

Because I thought they were good people, people who wanted the same things I did. I thought they could put a face to the wordExtraordinary. I was wrong. Unbeknownst to me, they had an agenda of their own, though I’m unclear as to what that agenda was, specifically.

RF

Sources have told me that they haven’t said a word since they’ve been in custody.

SB

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