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Chapter 26: Mel finds trouble
It was the middle of the night at Haven, and Melodie got up out of her bed and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. As she walked into the kitchen, she was shocked at what she found.
"Dasi! What are you doing?" Melodie yelled.
"I… um…I'm." Dasi mumbled.
"Answer me!" yelled Mel, as she walked over to where Dasi was standing, and picked up the small camera that Dasi had just laid on the counter. "How many of these things are there?"
"What things?"
"Don't give me that!"
"Don't know what you're talking about."
"You've put cameras inside Haven, that means you're a traitor!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are, and as soon as I tell everyone, they will hate you for betraying us. And you can kiss Jesse goodbye!"
"Go ahead tell them!" yelled Dasi. As Melodie turned to get everyone, she was hit from behind and knocked to the floor, unconscious.
Dasi left Mel in the floor, and walked to the computers, she brought up the security cameras for the night. After making a few changes, she went to bed.
Brennan and Mari were watching the blurred video feed from the kitchen at Haven, from their prison. They could see that Melodie had caught the traitor, but couldn't see the face of the person. They couldn't believe their eyes.
"Oh no." Mari said. "I hope she's all right."
"All we can do is sit and watch." Brennan said worriedly. "I hate being useless! No wait, I hate feeling useless!" he said as he sat back down next to Mari and placed his head in his hands. "
For a moment, Mari thought he might be crying, until his head came back up and he leaned it against the wall. "Brennan, we know the others will find us, don't worry too much all right."
"Don't worry? My friends are out there with someone they can't trust! And us, we're here waiting for the Dominion and that traitor to just finish them off!" he loudly proclaimed. He looked over at Mari, and saw her eyes lower to her hands. "Hey, I'm sorry I am not mad at you, just the situation."
"I know, but I am mad, they are my friends and I'm scared too" she said as one single tear rolled down her face. Brennan pulled her closer to him and held her.
"It will be all right, like you said, our friends are going to find us."
They had been moved from the other location to this one. It was very similar to Brennan though he didn't know why, he and Mari both had tried to figure out why. He looked around, as there was finally light coming through the windows that were sealed with bars. As the sun rose up, what he saw shocked him. "Mari, I know where we are?"
"Where?"
"Sanctuary!"
"But it blew up, how is that possible?"
"I don't know, but this is it, I know, cause this is my room."
"Oh no, why are we here? Brennan this makes no sense."
"Yeah it does, this is the one place they will never look."
"Were going to die aren't we?" asked Mari as she started to cry.
"I don't know, I really don't know."
Three hours later...
Michael woke up beside Emma, and decided to make some coffee before she got up, maybe even surprise her with breakfast in bed.
He went out of his door quietly, and walked down the hallway toward the kitchen. As he turned the corner walking into the living room, he found Melodie lying on the floor.
'Oh no, not again,' he though as he ran over to her and knelt down besides her, checking her pulse, he was relieved to find one, "Melodie, Melodie wake up, come on." he said worriedly. However, she didn't wake up, so Mike carried her to the lab.
15 minutes later...
Melodie woke up. She blinked at the bright lights overhead.
"Good, you're awake. How are you feeling?" Mike asked Melodie, as he came from across the room to sit in the examining chair next to the exam table in the lab.
"Like I got hit in the head," she said blinking from the bright light, Mike reached up and turned it off. "Michael, I need you to do something."
"What? Wait a minute, you tell me what happened first, then I will do whatever you want."
"I know who the traitor is, I am pretty sure she knows where Brennan and Mari are. I need to find her." Melodie proclaimed, as she started to push herself up to get off the table.
"No, you need to rest. You tell me who it is, and I will wake up Shalimar, Max, Josh, and whoever else I can find!" Michael declared.
"Okay, I will stay." Melodie said, "Ok, the traitor is Dasi."
"Ok, never thought it was her. I will get Jesse; he will keep an eye on you. Make sure you're okay." Michael said reassured. Jesse needs his rest but he is the only one I can spare now, and one of the few I still trust.
"Michael, I can look after myself. I'm fine, my head just hurts a little." Melodie begged.
"No, I will get Jesse." Michael stated.
"Fine get Jesse!" Melodie yelled. 'I don't want to be near Jesse right now, but it seems to be the only was to get Mike to go after Dasi.'
Things weren't in the best state between her and Jesse. They had been fighting and arguing for no real reason, and then there was what happened in the dojo yesterday morning.
Dasi thought there was still something going on between Melodie and Jesse. Jesse had tried to tell her there was nothing going on between them. 'Of course that was after he accused me of trying to get him back.' Melodie thought Dasi hated her and 'apparently judging from the pain in my head, she does.'
"Jesse, wake-up. I need you to look after Mel." Michael whispered through the cracked door.
Jesse was still half-awake but as soon as he heard 'look after Mel' as if she was hurt he sat straight up. "What's wrong? Is she okay?" Jesse said concerned.
"She got hurt. It's a long story, she can tell you. Take care of her Jesse." Michael said as he left Jesse's room as quickly as he had appeared.
"Okay, I will!" Jesse yelled to Michael, as he was already gone.
Jesse went to Melodie's room to ask her if she needed anything. "Melodie, do you need anything?" Jesse asked as he knocked on her door. "Melodie, are you in there?" Jesse didn't get an answer so he opened the door and found Melodie pacing back and forth and she was talking to herself. "Melodie, are you all right?" Jesse asked apprehensively.
"Yeah Jess, I'm all right." Melodie said trying to hide what she really was feeling. "Hey Jesse, I need to tell you something." Melodie said nervously.
"Sure go ahead. I'm all ears." Jesse said jokingly.
"Look, I don't really know how to say this, and you may not want to hear this. Has Shal told you about the traitor yet?"
"A little bit about, why?"
" Cause it's Dasi; Dasi is the traitor and she just knocked me unconscious last night. She has been lying to us. You can't trust her Jesse. I'm sorry. I know how much you like her... love her." Melodie said sympathetically.
"You're wrong, and I can prove it," he said calmly. He figured it was the bump on her head talking.
"Impossible, I know what I saw."
"Come with me," he takes her by the arm and walks her to his room. As he opens, the door Melodie see Dasi asleep in Jesse's bed. "She's been with me all night."
"But I saw her!"
"Sh!" he whispered as he closed the door, " I don't know what you saw, but it couldn't have been her."
"Then explain this bump on my head!"
"Look, I didn't say you didn't get hit, but I am saying it wasn't her."
"Then she has a twin!"
"Come on, we'll look at the security video, we'll find out who hurt you."
"Ok, but then you'll owe me an apology."
"Well?" said Melodie. She had been waiting for the last 20 minutes for Jesse to queue up the video of her attack.
"Ok, I've watched this video, and ran it through the infrared heat signature scanner, according to this, no one else was here, but you!" he said angrily, it was now plain to him that Mel was lying.
"What?"
Jesse turned the computer flat-screen monitor and Melodie watched in horror as it showed her walking into the kitchen, and yelling at thin air. Walking over to the counter and picked up something she couldn't see on the video, and falling to the floor, "What the… I am not making this up!" she yelled knowing what Jesse must be thinking.
"I guess Dasi was right, you would do anything to get me back."
"I wouldn't lie to you."
"Goodnight Mel," said Jess as he walked away.
Dasi rolled over onto her back; she had just sensed everything that happened between Jesse and Melodie. 'That should teach her not to mess with me.'
But something still nagged at her, 'Why did he jump like that when he heard she was hurt?'
'Oh well, on to phase 2, and that will be the end of Melodie.'
2 hours later that morning…
Lexa knocked on Mel's door, "Mel?"
"Come in Lexa!"
Lexa walked in and was followed by Mike. "Hey hope you don't mine Lexa, but thought you might need help."
"Well I don't, but you can stay," she said, sensing some tension in Mike that she hadn't felt before.
"What's up you two?" asked Mel.
"I was awoken this morning by Mike, he said you were attacked by Dasi, and together we woke some of the others to help us. Jesse just informed us, that you lied!"
"I did not!" yelled Melodie.
"Shut up!" yelled Mike. "He told us everything, that you've been trying to get him back, and I don't appreciate you wasting our time and energy to your advantage!"
"I wasn't, I swear!"
"If you ever do anything like this again, we'll kill you, I mean for all we know, you sent us a wild goose chase so you can set us up for something, like betraying us!" yelled Lexa.
"You have to believe me, I would never do that!"
"Whatever."
"Ok, get Emma to read me."
"You stay away from my wife!" yelled Mike, as he went out of the door and slammed it.
"Mel, just watch your back," said Lexa as she followed Mike out the door.
Mel sat down on her bed, and her mind was racing. She had to do something, and then it hit her. She knew that Dasi had hurt her, and she needed to prove it, or at least get something on Dasi she could use.
She remembered Jesse telling her that Dasi had been at a warehouse at the time of his attack, 'No wait, not at the time of his attack, at the time we we're trying to save him. What if she attacked him?'
Ok, that's it for now, things should start getting faster here, the end is in sight, lol. Thanks to all of you who are still reading and reviewing.
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