Melissa
Why did they ask me that? Surely they can't be thinking that I would help them. Seriously.
"What took you so long?"
"Huh?" lost in my thoughts, I did not hear what Heron said to me
"What. Took. You. So. Long?"
"Homework," I lie. Heron eyes me with doubt. I stare straght into his gray eyes.
"Hey! What took you?" Stephen comes along with the same question
"Homework,"I repeat
"Oh,"
I start walking to the computer room and he follows. Heron stays behind.
"Where are we going?"
"Well, I'm going to the computer room and you...I don't know,"
"Heh. I'm bored. No mission tonight and nothing to do. Are you checking those people now?"
"Yeah,"
We reach the computer room and take seats in front of the large screen. I start typing and search for the file with the pictures recorded of all the guard member's eyes that we've seen on missions. I organized the file before by eye color and click on the file containing all the brown eyes. Their boyfriend/ girlfriend both had deep brown eyes. Within seconds, I find a match. Giselle is in the guard. However, I can't find any match for Michael's eyes. I guess he's not involved.
"What's that?" Yeril, aka Zoe Fielders, suddenly enters the room
Quickly, I shut off the screen. No one is supposed to know what Stephen and I are doing
"Nothing," Stephen says. What's wrong with him? Everytime someone says nothing, its always a something. I sigh in my head.
"Didn't look like nothing. I thought I saw Giselle there." she knows Giselle? That's interesting. Quickly I send Stephen my thoughts
Play along with me
He looks at me indicating he'll shut up now and play along.
"Giselle? Who's that?"
"Oh. She's my friend in practically all my classes,"
"You met her here?"
"No. She went to the same school as me in Angel Falls. But that's not important," that's what she thinks, "Anyway, I came here because I needed to know when my next mission was. Stephen, your in charge of that right?"
"Yeah," He takes over the computer and starts looking through the files. He's the only one that knows the password for this section of the computer so he's the one that has to tell everyone when their next mission is, "let's see...aha...Benedict Arnold...persuade him to spy for the British,"
"Okay. Thanks," she leaves the room
"What did I have to play along for?"
"I just needed to write something for Yeril's name on the list,"
"Oh," still looking at all the names on the screen with their missions, he tells me, "you have a mission coming up. You have to go on the Titanic. Make sure it doesn't sink. There's some dude who will assassinate Woodrow Wilson if he makes it across the Atlantic,"
"Hm. Kay," I decide theres nothing else to do tonight and retreat to the library. I'm the only frequent user of this room. I do a lot of research here too. I animate a random book from the shelf and sit on the large couch by the fireplace. However, instead of reading, my mind drifts and I think about what happened earlier this evening. What memory did Dillon show Matt? Is it the one I think it is? I start thinking about the memory...
We had just returned from the Ardennes Forest and I discovered that my brother was dead. I went to the library, where I am right now, and cried. No one came in the room. They thought I wanted to be alone, but I really needed someone at the moment. I started thinking about my brother, everything he taught me, what he told me, I thought about that time when I caught him passing information to the Guard. The Guard killed him and he was on their side! I wondered why my brother would ever helped people such as Arkarian. Liars and backstabbers. Then, I started to look through his eyes. What he saw in them. They tried to make the world better for us...they weren't trying to gain world domination...was Lathenia actually making our lives worse with all the chaos she made...? I pushed the thoughts aside.
Then, Bastian came into the room. I tried to stop crying, but couldn't. I got up and went to the balcony. I didn't want him to see me crying. He followed me there anyway. He put his hand on my shoulder and I felt almost calm. I stopped crying and looked into his vivid green eyes. He didn't speak, then I started blurting out all my thoughts to him. I even told him that I was starting to doubt Lathenia. He listened, but he seemed angry. Of course he would, anyone in the Order would be upset if they heard these words. I told him I only knew my brother in the Order because he was with my dad and I was with our mom. I told him I missed him and how alone I felt. Then, he made me a promise. he said he would never leave me. I wondered where this came from. What in my conversation made him say these words? He pulled me closer and I had run out of tears by that time. He softly placed his lips on mine. What was going on? But it felt so nice, so I kissed him back. Suddenly, a knock at the door broke us apart...
I bring my thoughts back to the present. Dillon's going to pay if that was the memory he showed to Matt.
Natalie
I yawn. So sleepy... my eyes begin to droop then I jerk my head back up. Who knew Gavin's band practiced so late at night? Good thing I did my homework during free period yesterday. I guess I'll have to get used to it since it's the only time that fits everyone's schedule considering we have school and some have jobs. What went on last night? I can feel the tension between Ethan, and Dillon and Melissa behind me. I look behind me and see a really moody looking Melissa. Must have lost a fight last night. Good thing I wasn't there. I don't want to fight against Melissa and possibly ruin our friendship. I try to pay attention to the teacher but my head drifts in and out of drowsiness. I only catch a few words,
"scavenger hunt...trip...plane...freshmen...New York..." New York?! I sit back up in my chair and listen to the teacher. He's changed the subject. Damnit. Was it a dream that we were going to New York?
"Ethan. Did he say we're going to New York?"
"We are?" Guess he wasn't paying attention either or I'm getting all excited for nothing
Everyone gets up from their seat and some people are running across the room. Okay. What the hell is going on? I must have gotten distracted from the teacher's words again when I asked Ethan my question. Suddenly, someone grabs my wrist and takes me across the room. I see it's Giselle. She's Gavin's younger sister. She sits me on a chair and I see Zoe Filders and Melissa whose mood seems to have gotten better. So we are going to New York?
"What's going on?"
"The scavenger hunt!" Giselle answers excitedly
"In New York?"
"You just realized?!"
"Maybe she's in denial," Zoe says
"Are you?"
"Umm...I'm just clueless...I wasn't really listening," I confess
"Oh. Well, the freshmen are going on a trip to New York! Part of a scavenger hunt!"
I realize that although Melissa's mood isn't so bad, she still hasn't spoken. Maybe I'll ask her after class.
"So what are we doing here?"
"Getting into groups of four of either all girls or all boys,"
"Why are we separating ourselves?"
"I don't know,"
Professor Butler then starts combining some groups.
"I think he just wanted an even amount of boys and girls in each group," Melissa finally says something
"Ohh. So how does this scavenger hunt tie in with our education?"
"Something about historians's jobs being like solving mysteries and something archaeology and something something and another something about annual trips. He basically lost my attention after saying New York," Zoe replies
Professor Butler makes his way to us and scans his eyes around the classroom for a group to pair us with. We end up with Matt, Ethan, Dillon, and Stephen. I wish Gavin was a freshman...I turn to Melissa, she seems okay with this, but she always hides her emotions. Zoe seems a little upset with the pairing too. I just realize she was the one that gave me away! But she doesn't seem to mind I'm in her group. Giselle definitely doesn't and they're best friends so I guess I'll be okay... The tension is even thicker now. Everyone is just staring at eachother except for Giselle and I. We turn to eachother and I shrug.
Please remember, this is a fictional story so practically anything can happen. Including a free trip for college students to one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world! I love NY- lol. The best action scenes can take place there that include jumping from rooftop to rooftop and a bunch of alley ways and the Museum of Natural History, no where near as big as Louvre, but big with a bunch of corriders! Yay action scenes. And theres fluff too! I know I'm not much of a fluff writer, or writer for that matter, but it's fanfiction- a place for all kinds of writers including amateur ones like me! Please keep reading and reviewing!!