I have no idea where this came from. I just sat down, opened a Word document and then this happened. I'm not entirely sure what this is. Well, I managed to finish it so I might as well let you read it.
-opens letter-
OH MY GOD I OWN-
A random guy appears and snatches the letter out of my hands, "You've just been punked, sucker!" He shouts before running away cackling.
-looking at a bit scared- Damn. I own nothing then. Absolutely nothing.
"Agent D, are you there?" The female voice asked into his headset.
Dan smirked, "Yup, present and in position. Subjects are in view and engaging in conversation." He replied as he looked through his binoculars from his spot, perched on a branch a good twenty feet off the ground.
"Can you make out the words, Agent D?" The voice asked.
He shook his head even though she couldn't see it, "No, I'm too far up but they look like they're transferring along some sort of information." He said in all seriousness.
"You mean they're having an intellectual conversation?" She deadpanned, "Honestly D, you don't have to be so formal."
He huffed, "Well you could call me Dan but you insist on calling me 'D' or 'Agent D'." He shot back.
He heard her sigh, "You've made your point, can you see Agent N getting into position?" She asked. He craned his neck to the side and spotted Natalie as she hoisted herself onto the branch and bending down to heave up a large box.
"Natalie is getting into position. Man, that box must be heavy." He said, muttering the last part.
"Alright, I'll make contact." She replied and he heard the familiar click meaning his microphone was temporarily turned off. He shrugged and continued to watch as Natalie pulled up a camouflage blanket and a medium sized fan. He heard the second click, meaning his microphone was back on.
"Agent N, come in." She said.
Natalie's head perked up and she nodded, "Natalie here, how's it going Sinead?" She asked casually, beginning to place the fan in position.
He heard Sinead grumble, "I told you not to call me Sinead while the mission is in action. Do you see Agent D?"
Natalie looked over to where Dan was sitting and he smiled and waved at her, she gave him a small smile in return and nodded, "Yeah Dan is in my vision." She told Sinead.
"How's it going over there Natalie?" He asked her.
"It's going well though this branch is extremely uncomfortable." She complained.
He scoffed, "It's a branch, it's not supposed to be comfortable." She looked in his direction and stuck her tongue out at him which he gladly reciprocated.
"Okay visual on the area has been established. Both of you stick your tongues back in before you catch flies." She scolded. They immediately stuck their tongues back in, their faces flushing.
"Sorry." They mumbled.
They could hear Sinead typing away on her computer, "No time for fooling around, the cherry blossom trees proved to be a better cover than we had calculated. You may not need the camo-blanket after all, N. But I still suggest you use it anyway, the subjects are highly observant and trained." She said flatly.
"They better be." Natalie remarked.
Dan peered through his binoculars once more and located the subjects. They were now sitting on a park bench, conversing normally, "Subjects have not yet left the area but have not arrived at the destined location." He relayed back.
He could practically hear Sinead's scowl, "I see, they show no signs of moving to it either. We must execute Plan Omega than. D, you know what to do. Commence Omega now." She ordered.
"Roger that." He said, before pulling out a dart gun of his own and the package of darts in his pocket.
Out of his peripheral vision he could see Natalie crinkling her nose, "Who says 'Roger that' anymore?" She asked.
He made a face, "We're on a mission, it makes sense." He explained to her.
"No it doesn't." She muttered.
"I heard that." He told her childishly and she just glared at him from her spot. He loaded the gun with the darts and sat up straighter, wrapping a camo-blanket of his own around himself quickly before he could be spotted. He raised the gun and took his aim.
"Okay D, you have one shot, make it worth it. If D succeeds with his shot, Plan Alpha shall commence immediately after the subjects move towards the destined location. N, be prepared." Sinead rattled.
"When am I not?" Natalie replied smugly.
Dan let out an irritated sigh, "Trying to concentrate here." He said irritably.
"Sorry." Natalie and Sinead mumbled and silenced themselves. Dan relished in the silence and took careful aim. As soon as he locked in on his targets, he placed his finger on the trigger and pulled it.
Before they could comprehend what was happened, there was a loud explosion above their heads. She let out a yelp before her instincts kicked in and she dropped to the ground, covering her head and neck with her arms. He dropped down beside her, copying her position.
"Come on, we have to get out of here!" He exclaimed, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and leading her away from the explosion. They stumbled across the park, towards the area with table and chairs and many citizens, coughing.
She coughed into her elbow, "What in the world was that?" She asked incredulously.
He looked behind them to see clear blue skies, not a single sign of an explosion thirty seconds prior, "I'm not completely sure." He thought aloud.
She looked back and was surprised to see nothing suspicious, "That was odd, could it have been-?" She began to ask but he cut off her off.
He shook his head, "No, we wiped them out and if it were the others, we were careful not to key them in to our interactions." He listed.
She nodded, "You're right, so what was it? It wasn't any normal explosive, it cleared up extremely fast." She pointed out.
He thought for a minute, "I'm not entirely sure either, but whatever it was, I don't think it's going to hit again." He told her.
She furrowed her eyebrows, "How can you be so sure?" She asked.
He shrugged, "Call it intuition." He said bluntly.
She kept her eyebrows furrowed, "Alright but I'm still keeping an eye out." She said warily.
He smiled and turned her around, "That's alright, we can continue over here- What's this?" He asked, abruptly cutting off from his sentence.
If they weren't confused before, they were certainly confused now. They were standing in front of one of the usual tables that were littered around the park but this one was unusual. It had petals scattered across the top with two plates set neatly and a burning candle.
"What in the world?" She gasped.
An old man came up to them, wearing a typical butler outfit, "Ah, you've arrived finally. Please sit." He said, gesturing for them to sit in the chairs.
He glared at the old man, "And why should we?" He snapped suspiciously.
The old man raised an amused eyebrow, "They told me to say 'Wordplay' if you were suspicious." He told them.
Her eyebrows furrowed once more, "Who are 'they'?" She asked, extremely suspicious.
He gave her a knowing look, "I think you know." He said honestly. They thought for a moment before sitting down. The old man disappeared before reappearing with a silver tray. Wordlessly, he placed the food on their plates and filled their glasses with Mountain Dew before slipping back into the background.
They stared at the food in disbelief, "What is going on here?" He cried out.
She poked at her food, "What's with the pizza?" She asked. Before he could answer, petals began to float down gently, filling the air with a beautiful aroma.
They both continued gawking as sparkles of glitter also began to fall down and the glow of the sunset made the sight even more beautiful.
"This is breathtaking." She gasped softly, reaching out to touch one of the petals.
He nodded in agreement, "Absolutely beautiful." He said as bubbles began to float down as well. They both looked around to find where all of this was coming from but all they saw were a few empty cherry blossom trees. Then music began to softly play in the background.
"I know this song." She muttered.
He pursed his lips, "Yes, it's Closer to Love by Mat Kearny right?" He asked and she nodded. They continued to watch in amazement as bubbles and petals floated down from the sky and sparkled slightly. The sun was setting on the horizon, casting a golden light over the falling objects, making it even more beautiful. Suddenly a sharp sweet scent lingered in and they were instantly on their guard again.
"Do you smell that?" She asked immediately.
He nodded, "Yeah, it's really sweet." He observed.
"Like sugar, honey and cookies." She murmured.
"Or cake, chocolate and Turkish delights." He drawled.
Before they could make a move to get up, the aroma took over. They felt themselves relax and all sense of danger was washed away. They felt at peace and kind of . . . happy.
"You know, it really is beautiful." He murmured to her.
She nodded at him and smiled, "Yeah, we should stay and enjoy it." She said in a dazed tone.
He gave her a charming smile, "We should, after all who are we to waste such a beautiful evening?" He remarked, his tone mimicking her dazed one.
She giggled, "Of course though I wish I was dressed a bit better. My clothes are a bit drab." She said in a ditzy tone as she looked down at her simple blouse, skinny jeans and flats.
"You still look as lovely as ever." He said, giving her another one of those heart-melting smiles that made her want to melt on the spot.
She let out another giggle, "Why thank, you don't look so bad yourself." She said back, batting her eyelashes slightly.
Though they were relaxed on the outside and the inside, somewhere in the back of their minds they were all too aware of what they were doing.
'What am I doing? What am I saying? Why am I acting like that? It must be that scent! We must have been poisoned or something!' She thought angrily.
'Oh hush, you know it's what you wanted to do ever since you saw the set table' Her other voice replied.
She could feel herself blushing, 'I would argue but-'
'But?'
'I know you're right. He really does look handsome.'
His thoughts weren't too different.
'What are you saying? You are just friends! Just friends do not act like this! It must have been that aroma in the air. We've been poisoned.'
'Oh just be quiet and enjoy the moment, you know you've wanted to ask her out for a long time now'
'That's not true, no matter how lovely she really does look'
'Just enjoy the moment, you never know, something good come out of it'
In the end, they both succumbed to the voices in their heads and the aroma. They let themselves go as they acted out on their desires. They laughed and joked with each other, ignoring the world around them. They carried out conversations that didn't involve their complicated family and talked about other things like current events and culture.
Somewhere along the way, their hands met and he intertwined his hand with hers and she smiled at him. They ate the pizza and drank the Mountain Dew, not really caring what was going on inside of them.
A while later, they had left the table and were walking around the park, completely oblivious to the two dark figures trailing behind them, hand in hand, laughing and smiling and then it started to rain. It was a light rain, not a heavy pour. They looked up as the droplets of water began to hit the pavement around.
"Should we go inside somewhere?" He asked her.
She smiled, "No, let's stay outside." She said warmly.
He smiled back, "Alright, I don't even care that my clothes would get ruined. Should I?" He asked a bit confused.
She cocked her head to the side, confused, "Of course not, why would you fret over something so silly? Dance with me!" She ordered lightheartedly.
He chuckled and smiled, "Oh alright." He said, placing his hands on her waist as she placed hers on his shoulders. They danced together in perfect sync and waltzed around in a small circle. He twirled her and pulled her back to him, bringing her closer to him.
They stood there, panting in the rain, their bodies pressed close together, "I really want to kiss you right now." He said bluntly.
She didn't even blink, "I really want you to." She admitted and before they could even take back what they had said, his lips were on hers. He kissed her sweetly and lightly, his hand leaving hers and wrapping around her waist. She responded eagerly and brought her hands into his hair. They stood like that for a moment, enjoying that taste of the other, relishing in the fact that it was what they had both secretly wanted for so long.
"And cut. I got it all." Dan said, closing his camera phone.
Natalie smirked, "This is horribly cliché you know." She said, as she looked at the subjects from behind the tree.
Dan gagged, "Tell me about it." He said, as he looked on with her. He was standing right behind, his arm outstretched above her to keep him balanced and the other on her waist for most balance.
"It worked better than your idea to lock them in a box for a day." She told him, turning her head to look at him.
He crinkled his nose, "How was I supposed to know that the drug was going to know them out for the whole day?" He defended.
She rolled her eyes, "You could have read the label, you twit." She said sarcastically, leaning in to glare at him. He was about to say something witty back but found himself lost in her eyes and soon she found herself lost in his. They stared at each other, studying each other for a while, completely oblivious to the fact that Sinead had been yelling at them to get out of there.
"Move it, the drug is wearing off and they will see you!" She hissed in their ears but they were too busy.
Not too far away, Ian and Amy snapped apart, their eyes wide as saucers. Why were they kissing? Why did they remember bubbles and flowers? What had happened to them? Why were they enjoying the kiss?
"What the hell?" Amy squeaked. She knew she had wanted to kiss him for a while now but not like that.
Ian looked at her, his mouth agape, "What happened?" He asked. His thoughts were similar to Amy's.
Amy furrowed her eyebrows again, "I'm not entirely sure," She mumbled before spotting two very familiar figures in the distant. She squinted her eyes and realized it was Dan and Natalie, "But I have a feeling that they were involved." She snapped, breaking away from Ian's grasp and pointing in their direction.
Ian turned around and found what Amy was pointing at. He scowled, "You're probably right. Natalie is so in trouble." He growled.
"Touché." She muttered as she began to stalk towards them. Ian grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
"Wait." He said softly.
She turned around to look at him, "What?" She asked impatiently.
"I don't know what happened back there but I liked it." He told her.
She blinked, "You did?" She exclaimed. Was it possible he liked her as much as she did him?
He nodded, "Yeah, I did." He said, coming closer to her.
She bit her lip, thinking for moment. It could be possible that what had just happened was completely under the influence of some sort of drug that controlled their emotions and had nothing to do with what she really felt. She shouldn't rush into anything right now.
She nodded, "Alright, we'll talk about that later. Right now, we have some siblings to interrogate." She said, turning around and walking towards Dan and Natalie who were still lost in their own worlds.
Ian jogged up to her, "Well did you like it, too?" He asked bluntly.
She blushed, "Yeah I did."
Well if you didn't get it, I'll explain it to you.
Dan, Natalie and Sinead were on a mission to get Amy and Ian together. Natalie sprayed a potion in the air that makes you say and do what you want to do at the moment as long as it's appropriate for public (Specific yes.) When it wears off, it wears off immediately, leaving you instantly aware of what you're doing and a hazy memory of what happened before. It lasts only for forty five minutes.
So reviews? C'mon three updates deserves some love.