Chapter 49

Call walked outside to the car and stood by it. She was waiting for the man to come out so they could head off to work. Last night was uneventful as her and Sanda had just gotten home and went to bed. Now though she was by the car under the early sun's rays. The few rays that escaped from the clouds were bright nonetheless. I warmed the ground and creatures that it touched. And it now landed on Sanda who tapped her shoulder as he passed. Both of them got in the car and headed off. The silent ride was nothing new to them, but the street being blocked off was.

"Huh, I wonder what's going on?"

As they started to turn onto another street Call looked up on ahead. There were some signs and a car. She zoomed in on it and noticed a logo on its side.

"Interesting."

"What is it?"

"The signs that were up are for construction, but according to the plans we made earlier with the city this road wasn't going to be under work. The area around here only received small amounts of damage."

"...You're right; I think the worst thing that happened was a few broken windows."

"There also seems to be a PRSI vehicle in the road."

"What? There was a PRSI car?"

"Affirmative, I had to zoom in a bit but it has the institute logo on it."

"I wonder what that's about?"

"Perhaps we'll find out later."

"Yeah, it's probably just a car wreck or something."

It was quiet for a moment but only a moment.

"May I ask you a Question?"

"Go on."

"Question: How did escorting Ray to the PRSI building go?"

"It went alright, the best that it could've gone at least."

"Good."

Sanda smile lowered for a second and return back a tad bit sad. Call quietly stared at him and was about to start scanning him when he spoke up again.

"I'm sorry."

"I don't understand."

"I went with Beck and White to help them, but I ended up leaving you alone. You probably didn't know what was going on when you woke up."

"I didn't mean to trouble you."

"Y-you didn't trouble me! I just worry about you that's all."

"Well, then I didn't mean to worry you. It is my job to assist and help you. I'm supposed to make things easier for you, not harder."

"Call you don't make anything harder for me."

"I make you worry."

"Everything makes me worried or scared, not only you."

She didn't say anything to him.

"When we were stuck in that basement with Ray I was scared out of my mind. But you came, stood with me, and made things seem better. I felt alright most of the time, until the end."

He took in a big breath of air and let out a shaky one.

"My heart just stopped at the end when you-you."

She watched him carefully.

"I knew that you're injuries weren't devastating, but they still worried me. I knew I could fix you but well paranoid kicks in."

"Sanda."

They came to a stop and it suddenly came to Call's attention that they had arrived at the office. He turned off the car and looked at her for a minute, his sad smile growing a little bit bigger. He got out of the car and she quickly followed him. They didn't talk as they walked instead focusing on everything else around them. When they entered the main meeting room only two others were inside.

In the corner of the big room was a medium sized couch where they sat. Beck on the right was playing a game on a holoscreen. While Tritinty was lying on the couch folding some paper into a shape. Finishing her airplane just as her and Beck noticed their entrance. She let out a little beep of happiness and threw it. It didn't fly however and just crashed into the ground a foot in front of her. Beck let out a little chuckle at her as he waved at Call. Trinity waved as well with a pout on her face and let out some embarrassed but annoyed beeps.

Author's Note- Thanks for reading!