A thick file with the title JNSQ drops onto her lap but sadly enough her hands couldn't reach it. She was seated on a mechanical steal chair, the kind that locks the arms, feet and chest, the minute she sat down. "I would go through all the crimes you are charged for but that would take all day..."
"Fine by me, I somehow managed to clear up my schedule and squeeze in my two favourite people in the world." Maya sarcastically teased as Agent Shaw roamed her thick glass cubical prison. "You shouldn't have went through all that trouble. We don't plan on keeping you for long." Said Clifton who was still bitter about her stabbed foot. "Bummer! I was really looking forward to spending some quality time with you guys, especially Mrs Clifton over here." She said smirking at the woman who scowled in annoyance.
"We ran a background check on you and guess what we found." The male agent said walking towards Maya and flipped through the pages of the thick document on her lap. "Name: Je Ne Sais Quoi, Surname: Je Ne Sais Quoi, Date of birth: Je Ne Sais Quoi and oh! Look at that." He pointed at an LMFAO emojicon. "Wow! That's a good picture, the camera totally loves me." Agent Clifton took a deep breath out of frustration which Maya could hear from the distance.
"Do you know what 'Je Ne Sais Quoi' is?" The woman asked as she limped towards the rebel who shrugged "I don't know what."
"That's the translation, Je Ne Sais Quoi is a quality that is hard to describe. A term that has been used to describe all of these big unsolved crimes and now, you. Claiming the number 1 spot on the Interpols most wanted list." Maya scoffed and chuckled as she shook her head "Agents, I am honoured. My mother would be so proud, I don't think I've ever been number 1 at anything."
"Who are you?"
"I should be asking you that, Agents. I'm sure you've got all the answers in this Bible you carry around." Agent Clifton sends a hard fist through the rebels jaw, causing her to cough out blood onto her new overall. Maya spat out the bloody mixture and wiped her lips with her shoulder "You guys treat your guests with such vile behaviour, expect this to be my last visit."
"The only way you're gonna leave this place is in a casket, don't forget you killed our soldiers and stabbed me."
"In self defense, you all attacked me first and whatever it is in this file you think you can pin onto me, think again."
"You hijacked the Malaysian Flight 370 and landed it at the Grand Canyon." Agent Shaw said but Maya knew that all the evidence they had were all dead ends. If there's one thing her mother taught her good, it was to cover her tracks. "Honestly Shaw, you give me too much credit. How could I possibly hijack a plane with 239 people, hide it for 3 years and then give it back?"
"What are you suggesting? The plane fell from the heavens?" Maya looked at agent Clifton inquisitively and hummed "God is one strange man indeed. He giveth then taketh and in this case, he giveth back again." The man walked around Mayas cubical, trying to think of a way to get the information he needed. "How about we cut you a deal. Immunity for your crimes and your knowledge about the Maestro and her Orchestra..."
"What are you talking about?" Maya asked defensively at the mention of her mother "The Maestro had always been the first on the Interpols list until you stepped into the scene committing crimes in almost the same manner as her and the orchestra. Clearly you were the Maestro's protégé." Clifton said causing the man to scowl at her for being too forward. "Look we are willing to overlook all your charges and your connection with the Maestro if you work with our team as a double agent."
"Shaw! That's ridiculous, I'm not going to work with a criminal." Clifton threw a tantrum which made Maya laugh "She's our best shot at cleaning the underworld. We can either bring one criminal down or use their benefactor to bring down the whole lot." Agent Shaw said to his partner. "I second what Clifton said about this being ridiculous but I like your out of the box thinking, Shaw. Maybe that could work."
"So we have a deal?" He asked but Maya shook her head, "How about we settle this like the professional we are, flip me for it. Heads: I join your team and help you catch all of the criminals you had been incompetent to or Tails: I don't join your team and you release me cause let's face it, you've got no evidence against me." Agent Shaw shook her head "You are in no position to make demands, you are facing execution with or without evidence, if you don't accept our deal."
"Are you chicken Agent... Just flip the damn coin." Maya challenged him "I take my job seriously, if you wanna flip coins you should have hanged around corners with gamblers."
"You know what!? I'll flip you for it." Clifton said retrieving a coin from her pockets. "Clifton?"
"No, Shaw. If this is how she wants to play it then game on." The Agent immediately tossed up the coin up in the air and caught it to place it on the back of her other hand. She leaned into the criminal and revealed the coin which had unfortunately for her, landed on tails. "Won't you look at that!?" Maya teased in victory. "I told you not to do this Clifton" Shaw said to the woman who was immensely disappointed "now how about you loosen these metals, Emily's waiting for me." Maya said as the Agents walked out of the cubical in frustration. "You will be lucky if you ever see her again. Interpol will never let you go, you're a danger to this entire universe."
"Clifton, now don't be a sore loser. We had a deal."
"Unlike you Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi, I'm not stupid enough to let a damn coin decide for me."
"Do you know what the aftermath of not following through with a heads or tails deal is, Agent? Bad luck, it will follow you to your grave like the black cat behind you." The agent stopped dead on her tracks and turned around to see bright green eyes staring at her. She looked back and forth at the rebel and the cat, trying to make sense of how the pet had made it into the building let alone the inmates cubical which was extremely secured.
"Arson, treason, terrorism... The list goes on and on but you, Ms. Fields can make the world a better place by helping us put that criminal away forever." Emily stared down at the zinc table which had a photograph of Mayas beat up face on it. She hadn't said a word since the rebel kissed her goodbye. The tears just kept uncontrollably rolling from her eyes as her brain tried to make sense of everything that has happened. Her father, the St. Germain's, Maya. It all couldn't be true, this had to be some vivid nightmare that she couldn't escape. "Ms Fields?" Agent Clifton said, shaking Emily from her thoughts.
"This is worlds most wanted criminal we're talking about, I'm sure that whatever information you know about Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi will be helpful." She said but the brunette remained quiet "Agent I think we should let her go. She's been here for almost 24 hours, she's exhausted." Said her male partner who just walked through the questioning room. "Shaw, I can crack this. Just give me a few minutes with Ms Fields..."
"Clifton, I know you've been trying to solve these 'Je Ne Sais Quoi' and 'Maestro of the Orchestra' crimes for a long time but this is an innocent victim, she's in shock."
"Shaw..."
"No, you can bring her in for questioning someday but for now... I'm releasing her. Her family has been waiting for hours." He helped Emily up and guided her out of the room. The swimmer could barely walk, her legs were all jellied up and she relied on the man strength to hold her up. Her mother and her friends were waiting for her at the foyer but the first person to run up to her was Paige. "Emily are you okay?" They all said as they gathered around her but she remained as quiet as she had been. "She is still in shock, I think you should take her home to rest." Agent Shaw said to Pam while Paige and the other girls helped Emily to the car.
"Thank you Agent Shaw, I don't know what I would've done if I had lost my girl." Emily heard her mother say as she entered Paige's car to sit beside her. "Don't you worry Mrs Fields." Said Agent Shaw "The person who put your daughter's life in danger will never threaten her again, in 60 days that monster will be executed." Emily's heart shattered as her mother thanks the Gods. None of them except probably Hanna knew that the so called monster was actually Maya. "I'm so glad you're safe, what were you doing at the Grand Canyon?" Pam asked as she closed the door and Paige looked at her though the rare view mirror. "She's not talking to anyone."
"Oh God!" Pam scooted closer to Emily who had her face pressed against the cars window. Her mom held her in a tight hug but she remained cold, looking out at all the armed men as they drove out of the facility. Emily watched the building where Maya was kept as they drove away, she stared at the property's signalling light until she lost sight of it in the dark night. Throughout the whole drive, her mother and Paige tried to make light conversation with her. They avoided all questions about the events which led her to the misfortune with the Secrete Services thinking that it was best that they tipped toed around it.
Her friends pulled up in her driveway the same time as Paige did, Emily hadn't noticed that the girls were right behind them all the time. Immediately when she walked out of the car, Paige rushed up to her and led her into her house. Everybody was fussy around her, even Alison offered to make her food which she declined by the shake of the head. Emily went straight for the stairs to her bedroom and closed the door behind her. She didn't want to be around anyone, especially since all they really wanted to talk about was what had happened at the Canyon.
The brunette ignored the voice of her mother calling out to her behind the door. She slipped into bed with the same dress with light blood strains on it and her thigh, some of which were Mayas and the soldiers she had killed. Emily closed her eyes, hoping that she could drift off to sleep but the events of the night before replayed themselves over and over in her head. At some point in the middle of the night she heard her door open and she pretended to be asleep. Paige had let herself in and cuddled her but to the brunette's convenience Paige immediately fell fast asleep. Emily sat as still as she could, staring at the darkness of her room.
The awoke brunette jutted as she felt the bed dip and was immediately met by a soft purr as the stray cat approached her. The black cat cuddled up against her, its green eyes lighting up the room while it stared into the brunette's sad eyes. She held the cat in her arms and closed her eyes as Jinx purred, licking her arm in comfort. The rattling of her window opening brought her back to life, she immediately sat up almost waking the brunette next to her. She watched as a shadow appeared behind the light of the moon "Maya..?" She whispered but the shadow was too large to be the rebels. Emily looked over at Paige as the man let himself in, she wanted to wake her up but she recognized those bright blue eyes and large structure.
"What do you want?" She asked as the man who dragged her computer chair to sit his gigantic body across the bed, in front of her. "You ask wrong question." The man said with a thick Russian accent which scared the life out of her. "What should I be asking?"
"No questions, only commands which I obey." The man's crystal blue eyes looked straight at Emily's as if he were actually daring her. "How'bout we start over." He said, Jinx skipped from Emily and into the large man's arms as if sending her a sign. A sign that the man could be trusted. "Ms Fields, what would you like me to do for you?"
She's on her knees with her hands at the back of her head as if begging for life. Her cubical is surrounded by men armed with guns and some with taezers, anticipating her every move. "If it were up to me I'd put a bullet on you head..."
"Who said it isn't? Go ahead Champ, knock yourself out." Maya teased as Agent Clifton stood in front of her. "Cuff her up." She ordered the soldiers who complied, chaining her feet and picking her up from the ground. One soldier came in front of her and cuffed her hands but there was something about him that intrigued the rebel. He had the type of chin that looked handcrafted, it was a weird feature to recognize but to the rebel these were the kind of things she always picked up. "Come on, move!" Agent Shaw said, nudging the rebel by the shoulders as they led her out of her cubical to her final resting place.
The clicks of the chains on her legs could be heard from the other side of the glass panel as she entered the execution chamber. There was a Priest and the death warden when Maya entered with her entourage of soldiers. A gurney was placed with medical drips attached to it and not far was a table with three lethal injections was stationed ready to complete the mission. The rebel faced the witness room as they sat her on the gurney bed. Emily was there with Jinx in her hands and on each side of her were Hanna and Caleb. The one soldier removed the chains from her legs and arms, his familiar crystal blue eyes staring deeply at her.
She lay back on the bed as they strapped her up. Her eyes were locked to the brunette who cried silently with only tears streaming down her face. "Where are all your jokes?" Agent Clifton sarcastically asked, teasing the rebel. "I'm saving them for hell." Maya replied with the same sarcasm as they tilted the gurney so she could face the witnesses. Her heart was beating fast as she seek comfort at the only place she knew it existed, Emily's eyes. If this had happened a few weeks ago, way before she went back to Rosewood, it wouldn't have had such a big effect on her. She was not afraid of death, she was afraid of life or death without Emily beside her.
"Any last words?" The death warden asked as if last words would make a difference in the last few minutes she had on earth. A tear which had been knocking on her eyelid escaped and dropped right onto her dry cheek as she looked straight into Emily's eyes. "I love you." Was all she said causing Emily to burst into tears and hold onto Hanna for support. Maya sadly winked at Caleb and he nodded with a sad smile while the death warden inserted two IV lines into her veins. The Priest opened the Bible to read a scripture for forgiveness of sins before the event could proceed. The rebels eyes remained locked to the brunette throughout the whole procedure, she wanted to take the sight of the only person in the world she dearly loved to her grave.
The death warden took the first injection and inserted it into the drip, Emily watched as the liquid spread to the thin tubes and into her lover's veins. Mayas breath became weak and steady when the second injection got injected, her eyes would close themselves but she would force them open with the last little strength she had. Even through the last lethal, Maya fought her eyes. Her vision of Emily became blurry as the lethal did their magic, softly killing her even though some would argue that she deserved a more brutal death.
She breathed out her last breath and the machine connected to her beeped as loud as a sirens. A sound that would haunt the brunette forever. Emily silently cried as they closed Mayas dead eyes and disconnected the lifeless body from the tubes and life support machine. The death warden covered Mayas body with a sheet and Emily sadly watched as they drove the dead body out of the death chamber. Her lover was gone and just like all the other times, she never got the chance to say goodbye.
