Reunion
Chapter 5
Nene had disappeared into a base, guarded by several heavily armed military men. She hadn't checked in with them, instead she waited until they were the perfect distance apart, and she snuck through. This lead Sylia to believe Nene was definitely putting herself at risk over this all. Sylia had been standing out on her balcony when Nene took off down the street. Nene was a direct lead to where Nigel was, Sylia was sure of it. Without hesitation she rushed out after Nene. Now, parked on the side of the road in view of the base, she needed to figure out what she was going to do next.
It had been around 2 pm when Nene passed by those guards, and now it was pitch dark outside. Sylia knew she couldn't get into the base alone. She could do what Nene did, but if she were to get caught there was no doubt in her mind she'd disappear just as Nigel had. With the information about Boomers she had it could be all the more devastating to her cause. She just couldn't let that happen. So, what could she possibly do?
Opening her eyes, the first thing Linna saw was Priss. She had to do a double take, because she fell asleep after watching Priss lay down on the floor, and seemingly fall asleep there. Now Priss was inches away from her, sound asleep. Linna smiled, and just appreciated the moment as long as she could. That moment lasted about ten minutes. Even in your sleep you can feel it when someone is staring at you.
Priss' eyes flickered, and then she was staring right back into Linna's gaze. At first it was startling, but then Priss smirked. Linna had such a silly crush on her, she really was like an over adoring fan.
"What?" Linna asked, in reference to Priss' smirk.
"How long have you been staring at me?"
Linna blushed, deeper this time than the last few, "I just woke up...."
"Ah." Priss said, obviously not buying it.
"Decide that sleeping up here was worth the chances of losing Leon?"
"Hey...." Priss scolded, "It's not like that...."
"It's not huh?" Linna teased.
"Would ya look at that floor?" Priss sat up and gestured, "He couldn't blame me for taking you up on your offer."
"He couldn't could he?"
Priss laughed. It was so ironic, he probably actually would be quite furious.
"Yeah, That's what I though Priss." Linna grinned, "If I called him up and told him 'guess what Leon!'"
"Okay, okay." Priss was still laughing, "Point made, he would be a little upset."
Linna sat up too. Priss was so cute laughing away at how mad Leon would be if he could only see this. Laughing about it. Linna couldn't help herself, it seemed like she was never going to know unless she gave it a try. She put her hands on Priss' shoulders and pulled her into a kiss. It wasn't a passionate kiss of any sort, just a normal kiss of affection right on the lips.
Priss stopped laughing, stopped moving at all. She had her eyes wide open, Linna had hers closed. After Linna let go of her she still didn't move, or breath for that matter. 'What just happened? That didn't just happen, did it?' Then Linna smiled at her, maybe because she hadn't thrown a fit over the action, maybe because she thought Priss was okay with this. Was she? Priss just remained frozen in time, unsure of what she was suppose to do. Laugh? Scream? Cry? Nothing seemed right.
The little black phone of Linna's started ringing right then. She was feeling a bit strange with Priss' blank expression so she was actually relieved to have a distraction.
"Nene?" Linna answered the phone.
"Yeah it's me." Nene said in a hushed tone, "Nigel is being held here. I also found out that the project is in progress. I think Nigel filled in the missing information for them. Things don't look good for us. I think we should meet again, how about the Starbucks on 4th and Alameda?"
"Right, when?" Linna nodded, trying not to notice the fact that Priss still hadn't moved at all.
"Asap." Nene said, and ended the call.
"Right." Linna said again, even though Nene wasn't on the line anymore, "Nene needs to see us again."
Priss nodded slowly.
"I'm sorry..." Linna apologized, "I didn't-"
"Eh." Priss grunted, seeming to kind of snap out of her daze. She slowly stood up and put her attention on getting back into her leather.
Linna felt very strange in the moment, worried about Priss' reaction. She started scolding herself for having done it. Then she set her mind on the task at hand; saving the world had to be more important than a little kiss.
Nene snuck out of the base again. At night it was so much easier than it was during the day. She could be out longer this time, since she wasn't suppose to be awake and doing her job until early morning anyway. She approached the Starbucks, which wasn't that far from the hotel Linna and Priss were at. Still though, neither of them were waiting outside of the dark building. Nene sunk into the shadows best she could to avoid unwanted attention. Just then, she noticed a black car had followed her. It was outside the base, and now, parked the same length away from her, there it was again. She tried to see in the tinted windows.
The distraction of this mysterious black car had her off guard. That was all the time it took, a cloth covered her mouth, while several sets of hands covered in black gloves grabbed hold of her. She struggled with all she had, almost freeing herself from some of their grips, but the white cloth was drugged. She blacked out.
Linna and Priss walked up on the scene of three black vans peeling out and disappearing around the corner, followed by a black car. Nene was nowhere to be found, but everything just seemed wrong.
"Shit, do you think they caught her?" Priss cursed.
"Oh no..." Linna whimpered.
"Shit." Priss re-iterated, "What the hell do we do?"
"She might still be on her way... maybe that was nothing..." Linna rationalized.
"Wishful thinking..."
Sylia called Linna and Priss' room immediately. There was no answer so she left a message, telling them exactly what she had seen and where Nene had been taken. She said she was going in. And now, she stepped out of her car. She had to get inside of that building.
Luckily this place wasn't as well guarded as the base had been. This was a wrecked old building that looked like it was about to fall apart. The vans had parked around back, and the people with Nene had slipped in a broken window. There was a single dog circling the decrepit building. It was nothing Sylia couldn't handle by herself. She walked up confidently. To her surprise the Doberman Pincher showed her no notice at all, and she found her way in through the same broken window the kidnappers had gone through.
Inside it was dark. She felt around her, and felt that the window clearly lead straight into a hallway. A descending staircase lay out in front of her. She carefully placed one foot after another down this strange hallway. In the pitch black she could hear rustling down lower, and her heartbeat throbbed in her own ears. She paused, feeling as though she was walking into a trap.
Something brushed up against her leg. She pressed her body up against the wall, but whatever it was grabbed hold of her pant leg and started pulling her forward. She didn't want to struggle, not sure what had her leg in its grip.
Suddenly a bright flash of light blinded her, and her eyes felt horrible in the adjustment from pitch black to bright white. Shadows of people surrounded her in the small space, and as they started to focus into view a pin prick to her neck lead her right back to darkness.
"We should have followed them..." Linna fretted as Priss and her arrived back at their room. Nene had never shown, and Priss had her convinced Nene was bagged by her own people.
"In what?" Priss scoffed.
"I don't know... maybe we could have seen where they were heading...."
"Doubt it." Priss sighed, "I think we would have just found ourselves in a much worse situation...like them seeing us."
"We better tell Sylia what happened." Linna picked up the phone; the light was blinking on it, which meant there was a message. She hit the number combination to hear the message. The message answered more of their questions than she could have imagined.
"What is it Linna?" Priss waved a hand in front of her.
"Nene needs our help...." Linna announced, "Let's go!"
To be continued....
Chapter 5
Nene had disappeared into a base, guarded by several heavily armed military men. She hadn't checked in with them, instead she waited until they were the perfect distance apart, and she snuck through. This lead Sylia to believe Nene was definitely putting herself at risk over this all. Sylia had been standing out on her balcony when Nene took off down the street. Nene was a direct lead to where Nigel was, Sylia was sure of it. Without hesitation she rushed out after Nene. Now, parked on the side of the road in view of the base, she needed to figure out what she was going to do next.
It had been around 2 pm when Nene passed by those guards, and now it was pitch dark outside. Sylia knew she couldn't get into the base alone. She could do what Nene did, but if she were to get caught there was no doubt in her mind she'd disappear just as Nigel had. With the information about Boomers she had it could be all the more devastating to her cause. She just couldn't let that happen. So, what could she possibly do?
Opening her eyes, the first thing Linna saw was Priss. She had to do a double take, because she fell asleep after watching Priss lay down on the floor, and seemingly fall asleep there. Now Priss was inches away from her, sound asleep. Linna smiled, and just appreciated the moment as long as she could. That moment lasted about ten minutes. Even in your sleep you can feel it when someone is staring at you.
Priss' eyes flickered, and then she was staring right back into Linna's gaze. At first it was startling, but then Priss smirked. Linna had such a silly crush on her, she really was like an over adoring fan.
"What?" Linna asked, in reference to Priss' smirk.
"How long have you been staring at me?"
Linna blushed, deeper this time than the last few, "I just woke up...."
"Ah." Priss said, obviously not buying it.
"Decide that sleeping up here was worth the chances of losing Leon?"
"Hey...." Priss scolded, "It's not like that...."
"It's not huh?" Linna teased.
"Would ya look at that floor?" Priss sat up and gestured, "He couldn't blame me for taking you up on your offer."
"He couldn't could he?"
Priss laughed. It was so ironic, he probably actually would be quite furious.
"Yeah, That's what I though Priss." Linna grinned, "If I called him up and told him 'guess what Leon!'"
"Okay, okay." Priss was still laughing, "Point made, he would be a little upset."
Linna sat up too. Priss was so cute laughing away at how mad Leon would be if he could only see this. Laughing about it. Linna couldn't help herself, it seemed like she was never going to know unless she gave it a try. She put her hands on Priss' shoulders and pulled her into a kiss. It wasn't a passionate kiss of any sort, just a normal kiss of affection right on the lips.
Priss stopped laughing, stopped moving at all. She had her eyes wide open, Linna had hers closed. After Linna let go of her she still didn't move, or breath for that matter. 'What just happened? That didn't just happen, did it?' Then Linna smiled at her, maybe because she hadn't thrown a fit over the action, maybe because she thought Priss was okay with this. Was she? Priss just remained frozen in time, unsure of what she was suppose to do. Laugh? Scream? Cry? Nothing seemed right.
The little black phone of Linna's started ringing right then. She was feeling a bit strange with Priss' blank expression so she was actually relieved to have a distraction.
"Nene?" Linna answered the phone.
"Yeah it's me." Nene said in a hushed tone, "Nigel is being held here. I also found out that the project is in progress. I think Nigel filled in the missing information for them. Things don't look good for us. I think we should meet again, how about the Starbucks on 4th and Alameda?"
"Right, when?" Linna nodded, trying not to notice the fact that Priss still hadn't moved at all.
"Asap." Nene said, and ended the call.
"Right." Linna said again, even though Nene wasn't on the line anymore, "Nene needs to see us again."
Priss nodded slowly.
"I'm sorry..." Linna apologized, "I didn't-"
"Eh." Priss grunted, seeming to kind of snap out of her daze. She slowly stood up and put her attention on getting back into her leather.
Linna felt very strange in the moment, worried about Priss' reaction. She started scolding herself for having done it. Then she set her mind on the task at hand; saving the world had to be more important than a little kiss.
Nene snuck out of the base again. At night it was so much easier than it was during the day. She could be out longer this time, since she wasn't suppose to be awake and doing her job until early morning anyway. She approached the Starbucks, which wasn't that far from the hotel Linna and Priss were at. Still though, neither of them were waiting outside of the dark building. Nene sunk into the shadows best she could to avoid unwanted attention. Just then, she noticed a black car had followed her. It was outside the base, and now, parked the same length away from her, there it was again. She tried to see in the tinted windows.
The distraction of this mysterious black car had her off guard. That was all the time it took, a cloth covered her mouth, while several sets of hands covered in black gloves grabbed hold of her. She struggled with all she had, almost freeing herself from some of their grips, but the white cloth was drugged. She blacked out.
Linna and Priss walked up on the scene of three black vans peeling out and disappearing around the corner, followed by a black car. Nene was nowhere to be found, but everything just seemed wrong.
"Shit, do you think they caught her?" Priss cursed.
"Oh no..." Linna whimpered.
"Shit." Priss re-iterated, "What the hell do we do?"
"She might still be on her way... maybe that was nothing..." Linna rationalized.
"Wishful thinking..."
Sylia called Linna and Priss' room immediately. There was no answer so she left a message, telling them exactly what she had seen and where Nene had been taken. She said she was going in. And now, she stepped out of her car. She had to get inside of that building.
Luckily this place wasn't as well guarded as the base had been. This was a wrecked old building that looked like it was about to fall apart. The vans had parked around back, and the people with Nene had slipped in a broken window. There was a single dog circling the decrepit building. It was nothing Sylia couldn't handle by herself. She walked up confidently. To her surprise the Doberman Pincher showed her no notice at all, and she found her way in through the same broken window the kidnappers had gone through.
Inside it was dark. She felt around her, and felt that the window clearly lead straight into a hallway. A descending staircase lay out in front of her. She carefully placed one foot after another down this strange hallway. In the pitch black she could hear rustling down lower, and her heartbeat throbbed in her own ears. She paused, feeling as though she was walking into a trap.
Something brushed up against her leg. She pressed her body up against the wall, but whatever it was grabbed hold of her pant leg and started pulling her forward. She didn't want to struggle, not sure what had her leg in its grip.
Suddenly a bright flash of light blinded her, and her eyes felt horrible in the adjustment from pitch black to bright white. Shadows of people surrounded her in the small space, and as they started to focus into view a pin prick to her neck lead her right back to darkness.
"We should have followed them..." Linna fretted as Priss and her arrived back at their room. Nene had never shown, and Priss had her convinced Nene was bagged by her own people.
"In what?" Priss scoffed.
"I don't know... maybe we could have seen where they were heading...."
"Doubt it." Priss sighed, "I think we would have just found ourselves in a much worse situation...like them seeing us."
"We better tell Sylia what happened." Linna picked up the phone; the light was blinking on it, which meant there was a message. She hit the number combination to hear the message. The message answered more of their questions than she could have imagined.
"What is it Linna?" Priss waved a hand in front of her.
"Nene needs our help...." Linna announced, "Let's go!"
To be continued....