Chapter 120: Never film your crimes
After a few more minutes of teasing, the two found themselves at the door of the usual guiding room. Kellen took a few seconds to compose himself, much to Taylor’s delight, before they knocked and entered. Inside they found the Captain, shirtless, with the pad already in place while he was speaking into an earpiece. His long fingers were typing away on his phone, while Pamela sat next to him, doing the exact same thing but with her shirt on.
Both looked up when they entered, and a look crossed both of their faces. The Captain stopped typing and reached out, putting a hand on Pamela’s shoulder. Pamela looked ready to pounce on Kellen, and not in a good way.
"Guide Woods, I cannot believe that you-" She started, and the Captain patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"Now now, Pamela. He was only looking out for us." He soothed, but when Kellen met the Captain’s gaze, his eyes were rather serious. He swallowed.
"What happened?" Kellen asked, pulling his jacket off. He tossed it to the side, not noticing how the Captain froze at the sight of Kellen in his Field Guide uniform. Kellen began pulling off his leather straps, before taking off both of his shirts. It was then that he noticed how the Captain seemed stunned. The Captain shook his head as if breaking a spell before he spoke.
"The video that Casper took and sent to the group chat. Somehow, it was leaked to the media. It’s already blown up." Kellen looked back at Taylor, and it was clear that she had known what had happened. Some of the things she said now began to make sense. Kellen sighed, putting the pads onto his chest.
"What parts leaked?" He asked and Pamela ran her hand over her braids, clearly exhausted.
"The part where you were throwing the Guide around, and also breaking the other Guide’s arm. Everyone is in an uproar." She turned her gaze to Kellen, hostile. "I’m glad you stood up for us, but could you have not done it in a quieter setting?" She must have had a lot of work to do since she was the Guild’s PR person. He did feel bad, but he wasn’t going to apologise.
"Can I see the videos?" He asked, and the Captain quickly pulled it up on his phone. Kellen moved over until their shoulders were touching and took control of the phone. The Captain stiffened as Kellen watched the videos. After he watched them twice, he shook his head. "This isn’t from Casper’s video. Casper was to the left of me, where this is shot more like they were behind me. I’m sure if you compared it to his footage it would be slightly off. Someone else is clearly trying to make me out to be the bad guy." Kellen scoffed, smiling slightly. "I’m not apologising for anything I did in there." He told both of them seriously and Pamela looked like she wanted to scream.