Chapter Four: Field Work
"Do you think we could go get some food while we wait for what's-his-name to show up?" Stella asked for the ninth time in a bored voice.
Groans were heard throughout the large black car parked outside the night club 'Spark' in Magix at eleven that night. The girls had been sitting there for almost five hours waiting for a man to show up. They knew the procedure pretty well by now.
Wait for the guy to show up, three girls go, two wait outside at the entrances and one stays in the car. This time it was Musa's, Flora's and Stella's turn to go inside while Techna and Bloom stay outside and Layla wait in the car. The only problem was that the guy wasn't showing up like he was supposed to.
By now things were getting tense.
"And I can't believe you guys didn't wake me this morning! The guys were here and you didn't wake me" Stella continued, getting annoyed from lack of food.
"You know how hard it is to get you out of bed in the morning? Really hard. Like trying to push a giant rock into another giant rock, it aint gonna work" Replied Layla from the front seat.
Stella rolled her eyes "but Brandon was there, I could have seen Brandon!"
"Believe me Stella" Said Bloom "It wasn't that great"
Stella looked confused at this "What do you mean? Are they not hot anymore?"
Bloom snickered at this "No, there still hot...it's just that...well it wasn't that kind of visit that your thinking of, ok"
Stella still looked confused, Bloom sighed loudly and said "They weren't there to see us Stella, they were there to ask questions. Business not personal"
At this Stella looked sad and stayed quiet. Flora didn't want to be speaking like this so she tried to lighten the mood.
"Well I think it was nice seeing them again. And it couldn't have been that bad Bloom, I mean you got to talk to Sky" A wave of pain ran through Blooms stomach.
"What did you guys talk about?" asked an excited Musa
Bloom paused before answering "Nothing much. Anyway I think it's over between us"
The girls 'awed' at this and asked a series of questions that Bloom was expecting.
"Look it just didn't work out ok. We've been gone for too long, I'm sure he's moved on and I feel very differently now" Bloom said as she gazed out the fogged up window of the car.
There was a pause and as always Stella was the one to ask the person questions.
"What changed?"
Bloom sighed again and said slowly "On the night we left...right before I walked to the forest to meet you guys...I saw something" More silence and Bloom knew that they wouldn't let it go "I saw...Sky kiss Diaspro"
Thick silence descended on the car as the girls stared at her, she pretended not to notice.
"No freaking way" Musa muttered
"There must be some mistake, are you sure?" Flora said urgently, wanting to right the wrong quickly
"Doesn't seem like something Sky would do, do you think he was under some kind of controlling spell?" Techna asked helpfully
"I can't believe it! Sky? What a jerk! Well he has done something like this before...do you think Brandon has moved on too?" Stella asked worried.
The girls fell into silence and contemplated her words. What if they had moved on? There thinking was interrupted when Stella's stomach rumbled.
"Ugh, I need food please! Come on let's just go find the guy ourselves!"
"His name is Lucus Bane and he could show up any minute Stella, we have to be prepared" Musa said slightly distracted with her own thoughts of Riven, her face quirked into a smile as she glance at Stella "meanwhile just between you and me I think you could use a little less fast food, ya know"
"What!?" Stella shrieked as she tried to see her waistline in the dark car.
"Shh!" whispered all the girls except Musa and Stella.
Stella was unmoved by the shushing "What do you mean? Look at me I'm a freaking super model in these pants!"
"Those are my pants" Musa said as she observed them "Why are you wearing them, we're not even the same size, there too small for you"
"Guys" layla said from the front seat
"Hey all I know is that I looking freaking amazing in these pants Musa" Stella defended in a proud voice.
"Guys?" Layla said more forcefully
Musa rolled her eyes "Speak for yourself chubby" causing Stella to give her a death glare.
"Musa If I wasn't strapped down by this damn seatbelt and we weren't on a mission right now I swear to god!" Stella started shouting
Musa laughed and said "Oh I think I hit a nerve!"
"Guys!" Layla screamed from the front seat, turning to glare at the two girls "He's here!"
The girls in the car looked over to see a man exiting a limo that hovered off the ground in a dark suit with black hair. He had a scar across his left eye and a slight limp in his right leg.
"That's our guy, let's go" Techna said as she took off her seatbelt.
