Just one touch
Chapter Ten
A week went by and Anita walked through the corridors of the U.Z.Z. base. It was early in the morning and most of the agents would arrive within fifteen minutes, so she could have some time alone, to put things together. Anita walked to Professor Professor's lab, hoping that the professor could make an antidote against this horrible liquid.
"Professor Professor, are you there?" Anita called when she walked into Professor Professor's huge lab. She looked around her, walking carefully through the lab, hoping that she wouldn't hit some of the highly dangerous inventions.
"Ha, Anita. How wonderful to have you back here." the professor said with his German accent. "It's been quite a mess during your days off. Victor didn't quite cooperate with me and Eliza is a terrible labrat to work with."
Anita chuckled a little bit. "Do I have to remind you that Eliza hate it when you use her for totally untested experiments?"
"I know, I know." Professor Professor sighed and he looked to Anita. "Is there something you're holding back?"
Anita looked to Professor Professor in surprise and then she remembered she hold the little bottle behind her back. "Yes, this is what I'm holding back." she said and she gave Professor Professor the little bottle. "I forgot I had this. I found it some time ago near Doctor Doctor's spiderbase."
"Doctor Doctor eh? Maybe I should run some tests on it." Professor Professor turned around and he brought it to one of his many types of equipment in his lab.
"Do you think you could make an antidote, in case it's dangerous?" Anita asked as she looked to him. She just wanted to know if there was any possibility to make an antidote.
"I don't know, but I'll let you know." Professor Professor said.
"Thanks." Anita said before she left Professor Professor's lab. I hope it's possible to make an antidote, I don't want to loose Victor forever to an agent like Delilah.
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Anita walked into the Training Room. She just wanted to let off some steam just in case she ran into Delilah. Even though it wasn't Delilah's fault that Victor fell in love with her, it wouldn't be good when Anita would ran into her. Anita sighed a little bit and she looked around her. She saw Lucy Woo doing some karate moves in front of some new agents. Lucy was their fitness instructor, but every now and then, she taught the new agents some karate. Anita sat down at the bleachers and she looked to Lucy's lessons. It was nice to look how the new agents trained hard to become one of the best.
"Anita," Lucy said and Anita looked up. "I think I can use your help now." Lucy walked to Anita and she looked to her. "It's a new move and it's a difficult one."
Anita smiled. Maybe she could take her mind of Victor and Delilah for a while. "Okay, I'll help." she said with a smile.
A few karate moves later, the new agents walked away and Lucy and Anita were alone once again in the Training Room. Lucy looked to Anita. She heard about the rumours that Anita would be jealous and mad on Delilah because she stole Victor's heart. Lucy remembered the time when she was partnered up with Changed Daily. "Anita," Lucy said and Anita looked up. "I heard that something is going on between you and Victor."
"What…What do you mean?" Anita asked.
"I meant that you and Victor have a fight, more or less." Lucy said and she placed a hand on Anita's shoulder. "Because of Delilah."
"It's nothing. If Victor loves Delilah, then who am I to stop him?" Anita whispered.
"Listen Anita," Lucy said and she looked into Anita's eyes. "You're both young and you need to figure out what love is. And I know what you're going through."
Anita sat down on the bleachers and she looked to Lucy. "Why?" she asked. "I mean, how could you know what I'm going through? Nobody knew that I loved Victor more than just partners and now the whole base seems to know it."
Lucy smiled. "It is a little obvious; you and Victor are just wonderful together. And sometimes a look can say more than a thousand words. Besides, in my secret agent years, I found out that love can be difficult when you never say to the other that you love him." Lucy sat down next to Anita. "Changed Daily and I have been through some hard time when we were Secret Agents. There was a day when a new female agent stole his heart." Lucy sighed. She remembered how angry she was at him and she refused to work together with him. "But at the end, it appeared that she tried to get some U.Z.Z. secrets and I could stop her before it was too late."
Anita smiled a little bit. "All I can do is hoping that Victor would see that there is something wrong about Delilah, but nothing more."
Lucy looked to her and she gently squeezed Anita's hand. "Some day, he'll see that you are the right one for him, not Delilah." Lucy looked to her watch. "I think it's time for me to go to the Fitness Room. I'll see you later Anita." and she walked away.
Anita just nodded and she stood up. She wasn't in the mood anymore to train some, she just wanted to be left alone today. That was all she was asking.
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It was almost lunchtime and Anita was heading to the canteen. She kept herself busy the whole morning so she wouldn't have to think about Victor and Delilah. She just finished with the check-up of her sky-bike and after that she did some exercise in the Fitness Room.
Anita was almost in the canteen when her communicator rang. She looked to the screen of her communicator and saw that Professor Professor was calling her. "What is it, Professor Professor?" she asked as she answered the call.
"It's about that liquid you gave me." Professor Professor said and he looked to Anita. "I tried everything to make an antidote against it, but nothing worked."
"Are you sure?" Anita asked. If he said 'yes', that meant that it would be the end of her world. It meant that Victor and Delilah would be together for the rest of their lives.
"I'm just as sure as two and two makes four." Professor Professor said. "So let's hope that you got it just in time and that Doctor Doctor doesn't have a second recipe about this."
"Yes," Anita whispered. "Thank you, Professor Professor." Anita shut her communicator down. This will be it, the end of my dreams, Anita thought and she turned around. She wasn't very hungry anymore and she decided to go and look for Victor. There was just something she wanted to say to him, something that couldn't wait.
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She just couldn't believe it. Victor would never be there when she needed him, he would be with Delilah for the rest of his life. And she would be the lonely agent for ever. She didn't want to be with anyone else but Victor.
"Anita, what's out!" suddenly sounded and Anita looked up. She just jumped out of Victor's way, who was heading to her at full speed. Victor managed to stop a few yards further and Anita ran to him. "Are you alright, Victor?" she asked.
Victor gave her a little smile. "Yes, I'm alright. Only the next time I ask for jet-shoes, I'll check if Professor Professor didn't made some super-booster on the shoes." Victor took off his shoes and he looked to her. "But you look a little bit pale, is everything alright with you?"
"Yes, yes, I'm alright." Anita said and she looked to Victor. "I…I just wanted to say that I…" Anita gulped and she tried to hold her tears back. "I wish you and Delilah lots of luck together." She turned around and she wanted to walk away when she thought of something. "Just…" Anita looked into Victor's eyes. "Just remember that I'll always be there when you need me, even when we're miles away from each other." Anita sighed a little bit and she softly touched Victor's hand. "I will always be there." and Anita gave him a soft kiss on his cheek. "Good luck, Victor." she whispered and she walked away.
"Anita." Victor said and Anita turned around, just fast enough to see Victor collapse to the ground.
"Victor!"