(Atis Freivalds- Drowning...fits well while reading this chapter)
"I've gotten word from my agents...they went through one of the transition doors." Jared slowly paced back and forth in his room.
"Who activated it?" Luis was leaned against the wall by the door of the gray and dimly lit room.
"I was going to send some of the employees here out to the base in that era, so I activated it a good while beforehand. Looks like Ryan and his idiotic group got to it first...not that it matters, they'll be found once the snowstorm blows over."
"Not as stylish, but it works." Ryan had put on a pair of black pajama pants that were comfy enough and a white t-shirt with some matching socks as well.
Paige giggled a bit and rubbed her eyes with her left hand. "Mhm." She laid down on the left side of the bed that was against the wall and got under the thick black blanket to stay warm.
Ryan did the same, but laid more toward the right side and bundled up under the covers. "What are we going to do Paige?" He laid on his back and looked up at the ceiling.
"About what?" She turned over on her side and eyed him.
"We're not in the clear just yet, timə uses the same door that we did to get here. What if they have some kind of base here too?"
"I don't know Ryan, but I do know that Yan is dead. Luis is gone...it's just us two now. Like you said though, we'll get out of this. You've been right so far." Paige grinned warmly this time. "Oh, and thank you for comforting me, getting me out of there as well. I'd have lost all hope and died without you back there Ryan." She added, appreciative that he was there. Paige felt that she could actually trust him.
"Of course. There was no way I could watch you go through any pain alone...or leave you to let you die." As he spoke, their eyes locked for a solid few seconds before Paige would move from her area on the bed over to Ryan and hugged him tightly, her face buried into his chest.
"Thank you…" If she didn't mean that before, she definitely did now.
"Anytime, Paige." He responded, wrapping his arms around what was just above her waist area. It wasn't hard to do at all considering how fit she was. A moment later and Paige had slightly pulled away from his hold, only enough to be able to look at him. Her face not too far away from his as both of their eyes would again make contact.
Ryan took the opportunity to do what he couldn't possibly resist to do to the beautiful girl right in front him, and leaned in enough to slowly connect his lips to hers. And of course, Paige wanted him just as much as he wanted her, so she closed her eyes and leaned forward into Ryan which deepened the kiss as she held him close. The kiss was held for nearly a minute before it was broken. A soft exhale escaping both of their mouths as they gazed into eachothers eyes. Either in shock, or newfound love, probably a bit both.
"R-Ryan I…" Paige stuttered, she had no idea if what had just happened between them was real, or if she should continue or not, but she couldn't push away the feeling of how much she loved it, and wanted more even.
"I'm- I'm sorry Paige...was it wrong? I didn-" Ryan began, almost in a fit of panic, but was cut off by Paige pressing her soft lips onto his a second time. Since she'd taken more control this time, Paige shifted her body up onto him so that she was sitting on his lap as the blanket slid off of her back. Ryan was blushing at the sudden change in position, but it couldn't really be seen in near darkness. He looked up at her and could only slightly see her face through the small amount of light that had entered through the window.
Ryan gently placed his hands on her hips, it felt nice being able to touch her in this manner.
Paige wiped her mouth with her right arm and lightly placed her hand on Ryan's right cheek. After giving it a slight rub with her thumb and placing her left hand on his chest, Paige leaned down again and tilted her head to the left while giving his lips a few more passionate kisses. This time, a quiet moan escaping her mouth, followed by a surprised gasp as she looked back to his lap that she'd been directly sitting on.
"I was expecting that." She quietly giggled and teasingly shifted her hips against his lap, which brought a sudden exhale out of Ryan in response. She got off of him after this and laid back by his side, snuggling up close to his body and laying her head on his arm in silence for a few minutes. "Where are we gonna go tomorrow?" Paige closed her eyes and yawned.
"I don't know, maybe we can get some more info out of Davin tomorrow. We do have to keep moving though."
"The snowstorm is beginning to clear up. Head out now to find them. Preferably before morning...and if you find them, kill on sight. No more risks." Jared put down the talkie he was speaking into.
Luis felt a sharp pain in his chest as he heard Jared order his agents to kill on sight. If there was one thing Luis couldn't live with, it was Paige dying. Luis already hated himself for pulling the trigger on her once, he betrayed her.
"Let's go Luis, we're heading out to the base. It's almost fully set up...after that we only have two more to finish. Then all will be complete."