The scenery of the Australian bush lands passed by the car window. One arm lay against the window with my head resting on my hand. My only hope at the moment was that Natalia knew where she was going. So far the car trip had been relatively silent, but there was tension in the air. What we were about to do was risky, but if we did not try at least then most likely the world would change for the worse. Out of nowhere I felt the car jerk right off the road and into the trees that towered above it. Eventually the car came to a standstill.
"We shall stop here, the rest of the way we shall walk." Natalia said as she got out of the car. I too got out and I heard the crunch of a twig snap beneath my foot. Walking was the best way to not be spotted once we arrived at our true destination. After about an hour had passed I saw the gate rise up ahead of us. We were here. I could feel butterflies; I was going to have to go in there. Natalia approached the gate wielding a pair of strong wire cutters that she had brought with her. As she cut away the wiring of the gate I clutched the sheathed revolver. I could feel the anxiety creeping up on me. I took a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself down. Natalia crawled through the hole she had created and waited for me to follow suit. Hesitantly taking a shaky step forward I knelt down and pulled myself through.
"Let's go." Natalia whispered. We scouted out the perimeter, spotting a few guards every once in awhile. Getting into the actual facility was not going to be easy. Over the entrances I saw three words on a plaque above them, "New World Order". Is that what they were calling themselves? Most likely that was the case. Natalia appeared to be calculating any possible entrances. The only thing on our persons was a couple of guns and a few tools. The last thing we needed was to use the guns at the time being. Noise from them would just attract trouble. At long last Natalia found an ideal place to sneak into. All it took was distracting the guard in front of it. We quietly slipped as the guard went to investigate our little distraction we had set up. Cautiously we made our way down a series of stairs. My heartbeat had increased and the butterflies were even worse. Soon we found ourselves in a hallway that looked similar to the one we had been in when we first escaped this place. However the doors looked much more secure than the one we had been contained in. Some had a green light above them; those were the ones that were unlocked. Till eventually we came across a door with a red light above it. This one was locked. I spotted a small observation window on it and I peered through it. Within a figure was slouched against the wall.
"There is someone here." I whispered to Natalia. She looked into where I was looking and then proceeded to examine the lock on the door.
"It looks like it unlocks with a key card. This will not be easy to get open." Natalia said. Looking back through the tiny window I attempted to make out who this person was. Foolishly I knocked on the window to see if I could get their attention.
"Idiot. What do you think you're doing?!" Natalia snapped at me. Mumbling an apology I watched the figure that had moved. Whoever it was. They were definitely a man. Then I noticed the short black hair cut in a very familiar style. Kiku Honda, that's who this was.
"Natalia, it's Kiku. Kiku is in there." I told Natalia.
"I can't believe we found him so quickly!" Natalia said in surprise. Natalia took out a screwdriver and began taking out the screws. I cautiously observed our surroundings to make sure no one was coming. Minutes passed and the lock came loose. Natalia opened the door slowly to prevent the lock from falling to the ground.
"Kiku?" I said forgetting to address him correctly. Kiku did not respond, but he did glance at me. Now that the light from the hallway could come into the room I could see him more clearly. Kiku may of had a face that betrayed no expression, but now it seemed like there was no life in that blank face of his. Even his eyes had become duller than they usually were. What the hell did they do to him? It did not feel right to touch him but I did so anyway. My hand clasped his shoulder. He did not even react in the slightest. All he did was continue staring at nothing. It was terrible to see him this way. Natalia looked angry as she observed Kiku's condition.
"It's as if they drained away his very being." Natalia said angrily. "We need to get him out of here. Now!"
"But what about the other nations, I'm sure there are more." I told her.
"If we find more I shall see what I can do, but remember this is a sabotage mission." Natalia said.
We hoisted Kiku upright between us, he remained listless causing his full weight to weigh us down. Moving into the hall Natalia indicated she would be leaving me by myself. I tried to protest to this, but she would not listen and left. I could only hope she would be all right. Doing my best to hold Kiku up I trudged down the hall. Perhaps I should have stayed put.
"Hey you, stop!" A man's voice yelled at me. Freezing I turned to see one of the many guards down a corridor I had just passed. Alarms rose up soon after and I attempted to get away and hide. Attempting to hide had been futile. I was caught. A group of guards took Kiku away and apprehended me, seizing my arms tightly. I felt myself go stiff from fear. What were they going to do with me? They led me to a room where a familiar man was waiting.
"Sir, we found one of the intruders." The guard to the left of me said.
"Good." The man I despised said coldly. I watched him as he got up and approached me. His grey eyes bore into mine. I tore my gaze away and did my best not to look at him.
"Lock her away for now, I'll speak to her when I have the time." The steely-eyed man said. The two guards roughly led me away. Almost tripping I felt the revolver in my left boot dig into the side of my leg. I winced a little bit. The guards jerked me upright and led me to a white room with only a metal chair inside. They shoved me in there and I heard the door latch close behind me. Damnit! What was going to happen to me now? Most likely they could kill me if they felt like it. I kicked the chair in frustration causing a sharp pain in my toe. Clutching my foot I crouched on the ground and waited for the pain to go away. This was happening to me because I did not stay put. I was so reckless to decide to wander around. What would Natalia say? She was most likely going to scold me big time. That is if I did not end up dead. Sitting all by myself in solitude gave me some thinking time, despite my situation. In that solitude I began devising alternatives of my fate, or ways I could possibly escape from the NWO. Eventually I ran out of things to reflect on and became increasingly bored and irritated. At this point I found I just did not care any longer. After all the events that had happened to me, this was just another one to add to the list. If they were going to kill me, fine then. My death would not matter anyway. I started tapping on the boot that hid the tiny revolver. If someone came in here I could just shoot them and run for it. Could I do that? Time was up now.
The door opened and in stepped that icy man. I wish I had a name to go with this man. That way I could curse it. It seemed as if anger and irritation had replaced my fear and anxiety. I sat up straight and looked straight at him.
"I believe it's time we got to know each other, Elena." He said with a sly grin, "No need to tell me who you are, I know that perfectly well. Though I have never gotten the chance to tell you who I am."
I continued glaring at him, hoping he would just get on with it.
"You may call me Seward Martin." Seward said. Oh good, now I knew his name at least. "Perhaps we could come to some sort of negotiation?"
"Like what?"
"You could simply make this easier on yourself and aid us with our cause."
"And that would be?"
"How would it sound if there was no strife in this world? What if we could take away all those differences that make humans hate each other so?"
They could not do that! If he was talking about what I think he was. It would mean they were planning to somehow take everything away that made people who they were. Every nations' individual culture would be gone.
"So what do you say to my proposal?" Seward said. Only one response came to mind.
"Fuck you." I cursed.
"What foul language, but I suppose I shall take that as a no." Seward shook his head. "Pity, you're just like your Grandfather."
My Grandfather? What did he mean?
"You see, the New World Order was established during World War II. Just like yourself, your Grandfather did not see eye to eye with my father. I suppose it runs in the family." Seward said, making himself appear as if he was lost in memories.
"It took us quite some time before we were able to rebuild to the point we are at today. I do believe it is obvious we have accomplished much more than in my father's time." Seward continued a cold smile on his demeanor.
"Why are you telling me all this? Why don't you just knock me off?" I asked as bravely as I could sound. Seward laughed darkly.
"If we wanted to do that, we would have done it the first time we met." Seward said, his smile widening.
"Then why didn't you?" I demanded, his smile was beginning to arise that fear I had felt earlier.
"I made the decision that perhaps you could be of some use to us. Useful you have been." Seward said his entire expression was mocking. He got closer to me and I tried to edge back, but I felt the chair clank against the wall behind me.
"I let you escape. You did not honestly think our security would be that lax did you? My older brother may truly be in control of this entire operation, or so he thinks he is in charge, but how wrong he is." Seward said sounding amused.
"Thanks to you, we have been able to find more of those unique individuals. How lucky we were when we happened by chance on some very special files about Belarus. All because you were there when we carried out that particular operation, we were able to advance considerably so. Shame I was not able to meet the face of my own homeland. It would have been an honor to meet Australia himself. But in time I'm sure I will get that chance."
As he continued to speak I felt tense, from both fear and anger. He was treating all this as if it was so easy. Eventually he turned to leave.
"I'll return later. Stay put." Seward said. The door closed behind him. I felt all the tension leave and I relaxed now that his presence was gone. There was definitely something wrong with the way this guy thought.
Then I heard the explosions. Something about them told me that Natalia had succeeded in her mission. Now if only she could take the time to get me out of here. As if obliging, I heard the lock on the door beep and it opened to none other than Natalia herself in the doorway.
"You are definitely an idiot, a bigger idiot than I thought possible!" Natalia yelled at me. "Now let's go!"
I followed her and we made a dash for it to escape the building.
"What did you do?!" I said over new sounds of explosions.
"I sabotaged them, what else?" Natalia stated. Clearly we had failed in the rescue part of our plan.
We barely managed to get away from personal that had spotted us, but soon we found ourselves back at the car we had arrived in.
Natalia put the car into overtime as she roughly drove it back onto the road and back to Sydney. I had a lot to tell her once I got the chance.
Hello and thank you for reading chapter 10. Now there are only five chapters left in this story and I will begin to wrap up shortly. I hope this chapter was able to answer a few questions that may have arose.
See ya, next chapter.