The air was warm, slowly lacing my skin with small drops of sweat. Abby didn't tell me where we were exactly at, so I was glad on that part. And also for the fact that we were under the cover of night, too.
"Why does every place that I choose, end up to be a forest?"
"It's because you're a tree lover. That's my theory, here."
I stepped over roots and shoved branches out of my way, as we headed towards the area where the attack had happened. Abby was staying close behind me, keeping mainly silent and many words to herself. Even though we've started to slowly grow close with each other, I still felt the anger of her hurting my friends and joining the other side of the fight inside me. Glancing at her, I stopped short and felt ready to just reach out and talk to her.
But fear got a grasp of me, turning me away and I continued on walking.
"You looked as though you wanted to tell me something Miranda, so what is it?"
"It's nothing Abby, merely a stupid thought. It's not even worth asking about."
"Guessing it was about me, wasn't it? If it was, then just say it already. Don't le the words come out by someone else later one, say it and be done with it. At this point, to me it's now or never."
"Fine, it was about you! How could you, my sister, hurt the same people that we both came to know and trust? How could you join a completely different side, after all the years we've grown up together and known? When I found out, I was hurt Abby. Hurt that my own sister had become an enemy to the Secret Scientists, and to myself."
She looked at me rather shock, and I could see that there was a bit of guilt growing in her eyes from my words. And I racked my words through her even more.
"It hurt me even more when they fought against you, and it made me afraid that they were going to kill you. So I got them to back off from you as only myself, the Saturdays and Doyle could only handle you."
"So even after all this time, you still cared for me? Even after all that I did? Then why did you threaten me back at Paul's house?"
"I was angry and upset at this whole situation! I'm starting to snap and fall apart in every direction, here. Everything is ripping up in front of me, and I can't even keep it all together."
"You were always the one that was sensitive to things that were close to your heart."
Shaking my head, we continued on walking towards the intended area. The chirps of crickets went silenced as we passed by, and we soon walked upon the area where the attack had happened.
Epsilon and his men had already excavated and taken every bit of evidence of the scene from the clearing, so we weren't sure exactly where to even begin. We walked all around, trying to find anything that Epsilon probably didn't even notice.
"He probably already found everything, Miranda. There might not be anything left now, so let's get back to Paul's place and continue on with what was already going on."
Turning towards her, I shot her a glare and she sent one back at me in return.
"Just why did you want to come here really, Miranda?"
"David, he wanted to try some of his methods to hopefully make me enter a memory relapse, to where I could probably remember the whole attack. I thought that maybe by coming here, it would have sent me into a state where a memory would be able to resurface. Then if one memory came up, maybe the others would follow. I don't want people to make them surface for me."
"They're pressuring you, because Argost might have given you some useful information. And because things were moving slow, they were getting agitated and tried coming up with reasons to use David's methods."
"Yes, and now, they just got a pretty good reason to do those methods."
She looked around the whole area, but from the look in her eyes I could see that coming here was hopeless. Leaning up against a tree that was near the large clearing, I looked at the whole area that was bathed in the moonlight and the usual beams of light from the flashlight that Abby was using. It was a rather beautiful field, no signs of disturbance could be seen at all, like nothing had ever truly happened here.
"Abby, can you do an aerial view of this area? Maybe from above, something can be seen then from down here on the ground."
"Worth a shot, I'll let you know what I've seen when I get down on the ground."
She took off before I could say another word to her, and I watched her from the ground as she circled around in the sky. And all I could do was stand here on the ground, like I was blinded by the sun when stepping outside from a dark room.
The chilly morning air, it brushed against my face as I saw a familiar Hummer pull up on my gravel driveway. Walking down towards the car, I met with Dr. David Bara as he stepped out.
"So, the Secret Scientists are really going through with this whole idea about your techniques and helping Miranda regain her memory?"
"Just going to try some basic procedures first before I try my style, mate. So I'm betting she's still sleeping?"
"Yeah, betting she is cause it's only seven in the morning here. But I have seen her up around five in the morning before, doing some training. We got into a fight last night, so she's probably just staying in bed to clear up her thoughts before we talk."
He grabbed his bag from one of the passenger seats and slammed the door shut. I could see his eyes glancing around, and his mouth twitched into a frown.
"And just where is Abby? Thought you said that she was staying with you, Doyle and Miranda for a while? Because I don't want that troublemaker around when I'm working."
"I'm guessing a mission caught her eyes and she went to do it. We can't hold her here forever, so don't worry about it. She'll be back in a few days, so there won't be any trouble."
The two of us had just walked onto the deck, when Doyle came out of the house on his phone. He snapped it shut, and looked over at the both of us.
"Abby and Miranda are both gone."
"Okay, I was wrong. There's definitely trouble now."
We tried just about every little thing that we could think of to where Abby and Miranda could just be. Doyle mentioned the whole scene where the attack happened, and we put that on our list of possibilities. My fingers drummed on the granite counter top, as I stared at the list of any place where she could be.
"I'm saying we go to the attack place and catch them there. Paul, did she mention anything about it last night, when you two were arguing. I was outside, trying out some new night goggles, so I just heard a bunch of mumbling."
"She believes it was Argost who did the attack, but I shot it down. Told her that there wasn't any evidence of him attacking the camp, yet. She got so riled up, that we started to argue. She told me that if he can kill a dozen or so scientists at Weird World, battle us and get revived, then he can do it for a third time. Then she left the room, after that, it was quiet from there on."
David merely nodded his head, and Doyle leaned up against the back of the couch. Letting out a deep sigh, I grabbed the phone and sent a message to Epsilon to send one of his jets to my house.
"So what are you doing?"
Glancing up at Doyle, he had a raised eyebrow at me.
"Going off on your idea, Doyle. If they're both there, the let's get them while we still can. I'm pulling Epsilon into this too. He's coming with a jet of his. So, gear up and get ready, he's going to be here in five."
"For a man who runs a whole society, he sure does move fast."
I merely nodded my head in agreement with David's words, and went upstairs to grab anything that I would need for this quick mission. Because with this mission, there was going to be trouble, well more of two people who will be in trouble.
And I don't know how things are going to play out.