Chapter 14:
The two motorcycle engines rumble in the distance city, disturbing the early morning peace. The sun has ascended itself from hiding behind the hills. People have begun to leave their homes and travel to the city for the day.
The hooded younger brother watched over the, now awoken, village from his comfortable spot on the tree branch. A scowl set on his face as the motorcycle engines grow ever fainter in the distance.
"Don't brood, brother." The younger brother faced the King, irritated.
"This is getting annoying." He started, "The girl is gone."
"But it is necessary." His brother countered, "They are going to clean her."
"They better fucking clean her," The young brother growled, "She's been with those vampires for too fucking long."
***/***
Yui was brought into the private jet – it's luxurious. Two unbelievable shower rooms with fully stocked vanity tables (makeup, skin care, etc.) and Dyson hairdryers, a lounge with a bar and several personal pods for sleep and privacy. The architecture of the jet is indeed impressive, to fit all these rooms in a single jet must have been like playing the ultimate collector's version game of Tetris.
The strawberry blonde haired girl had changed her clothes into casual grey slacks, mask and makeup off and is on the verge of drifting off to sleep. The other girl with pink eyes has done the same. Yui had borrowed some clothes and changed as well but is reluctant to relax.
They are in a private jet, waiting for someone to arrive before departing to God-knows-where.
Yui glances at the two girls, one with greenish gold eyes the other with pink ones. Both with long hair and fair complexions. Foreign.
"Um…" Yui shifts in her seat uncomfortably, hesitating her question for a second "Who are we waiting for?"
"We are waiting for our other teammates." The blonde said, not looking up from her laptop.
The strawberry blonde is asleep laying on her seat horizontally with her arm over her eyes, breathing lightly. The blonde is sat with her laptop typing. Suddenly the blonde looks up, a little alarmed. The strawberry blonde peels herself from her spot and hauls herself to the front of the jet. Yui stays quiet, observing the scene in front of her, their strange behaviour aggravating her curiosity even more.
"Who's outside? Intruders?" The blonde calls out.
The strawberry blonde girl comes back into the lounge, "Nope. Just them," She yawns loudly, slumping back into her seat. "Let them in, Maya."
Maya nods, getting up she walks to the small control panel, for assistance, embedded in the wall, presses one of the square buttons and speaks, "Open the door. It's Capri and Virgo."
"Roger that." The speaker replies.
Moments later two people dressed in dark clothing with matching masks appeared in the lounge entrance. Yui recognised them instantly. Purple hair with fuchsia pink highlights twisted in a Katniss braid and blazing eyes – Virgo. Curly mousey brown hair tied up in a ponytail and chocolate eyes – Capricorn.
"What took you so long?" The blonde asks, but not irritated.
"Look on the morning news." Capricorn giggled, earning a shove from Virgo.
"It's not funny!" She said sternly, narrowing her eyes in disbelief.
"What shit did you two do this time?" The strawberry blonde huffed, tossing around in her seat.
"Well-" Capricorn began but not before she was interrupted by a gentle *ping* sound.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning our departure from Fukushima Airport, Japan to our stop Incheon International Airport in South Korea. Please be seated, turn off all mobile and electronic device, thank you." It goes *ping* again before a team of uniformed flight attendants appeared in the lounge entrance.
"Ladies, please return to your private pods. We are departing in five minutes." One of them said politely, robotically.
Without another word, each of the flight attendants tagged each one of the girls in the masked team steering them away to the back, where the private pods are, only Yui remains in the room.
"Fukushima… I'm so far away already-"
"Miss Komori?" A foreign-accented voice asks her.
A flight attendant is stood next Yui's seat, waiting for her.
"Shall I help you get ready for departure?"
Her constructed speech is formal, it's not hard to figure out that she's still new to the Japanese language.
Yui smiles at her and nods, "Yes, please."
Five minutes later the announcement speakers ring again, *ping*.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now departing Fukushima Airport. Please stay seated in your pods until the seatbelt icon has turned off. Thank you." *ping*
Yui had found out that the flight attendant that's serving her is called Hetha and she's from Albania, a country in Europe. They seem to get along quite well (apart from the language barriers).
After showing Yui how to use the pod control panel, adjusting her seat, tucking Yui in Hetha left Yui to herself in a hurry, saying something in two blurred languages that she is behind.
"Wonder where I'm going."
Yui closes her eyes, letting sinking back into sleep once again.
***/***
Maya walks along the narrow corridor to the lounge, arriving at the empty room she settles down on one of the seats and read the book that she has brought with her, a classic – Charlotte's Web. Flipping open the novel she began reading from where she marked it.
"What 'cha reading?"
Maya looks up, it's Capricorn, "Charlotte's Web." She said burying her nose back in the story again.
"Again? Haven't you read it like six times already?"
"Don't care, it's good." Maya says, "Have you seen that girl around?"
"She's asleep." Virgo answers, entering the lounge. "Anyone up for a drink?"
"That was quick and the usual please."
Ducking behind the bar at the centre of the lounge, Virgo opens a small fridge door retrieving three pint-sized bottles of champagne and starts twisting the cork tops off.
"Can you blame her?" Capricorn butts in, "She's waaaay past her bedtime."
"I still don't get it," Virgo said, opening the last bottle. "Ellis why is night time their daytime?"
"I dunno."
Maya looks up from her book, giving her a weird look, "But you're..."
"I'm what?"
"Ugh, never mind."