Old Dreams
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Chapter Two:
Another Mission
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"Group number 16, you have thirteen minutes before you leave. Group number 16, you have thirteen minutes before you leave…" said a voice over the intercom. The four people who were currently strapping belts on with stun guns, regular guns, and even swords on them ignored the message. They each had pouches with first aid kits in them and flashlights and a few food sticks. This was group number 16.
They were all silent, ignoring the noise that was going on the other side of the door. They could hear the younger kids playing games and laughing with each other - being happy.
Ved, one of the four, was the quietest of the bunch. The dark haired girl beside him next on that list, though her mind seemed to be wondering, as it always did before one of these things. It didn't take him long to learn this was how she calmed her self, not thinking about the issue at hand, but the little things that didn't look as though they mattered much. He wished for a moment that he could do that.
A light flickered in the corner and the four people turned to look at it. In an instant, a whole person (though hologram) could be seen, and it was the same man that Ved had talked to the night before.
"Hello all." They all just nodded back to him. Ved was keeping a close eye on of the other three, especially a blue haired boy who seemed oddly sick yet happy at the same time. He's done this before… Ved thought to himself, what is he so happy about? "Do you understand what is needed to be done?" They all nodded again. "Then who am I to keep you?" He began to usher them out the other door, the one without all the happy sounds coming from behind it, had them walk a small ways, until finally they came to a part that had a door like thing (looked more like a safe door than a door 'door') that was in the ceiling. Ved walked forward and turned the metal wheel like knob and pushed it open, then climbed up the ladder, holding the door open so the other three could get out. Once they were, he closed it and began to follow them onto the docks.
Looking around, all you could see was water and land, giving you a small hint as to where they were all currently living, if you could call it that.
They all started to move into the city they were closest to quickly, and as one, not being able to risk suddenly splitting up from the group.
Ved, leading the way along with the dark haired girl, took a moment to look at the sky - dark, as usual. He could barely remember what it looked like on a good day.
He shook thoughts of the old days out of his mind when he heard something. He looked at the dark haired girl who was practically side by side of him, and she nodded to him.
"Shade wanted a Red Diamond ferret, right?" He asked her silently. She nodded, looking around to keep an eye out for anything that might pop up and kill them.
"Then we really need to get out of this area…" She nodded.
"Red Diamond's operations take place closer to the living areas - Black Banner and Silver Sun's are with the Mall and hospital." She whispered. He nodded.
"Underground then?" She shrugged, everyone feeling more nervous standing still than when they moved, the other girl in the group even brought her stun gun out, to make herself feel safer.
"We'll have to deal with Black Banner and Silver Sun's Ferrets then." Ved shrugged.
"Rather meet up with a couple Ferrets than a few Myrmidons." Ved said, walking forward to another part of the road, the part with the sewer entrance. He reached down and pulled it up, ushering the other three in again, making sure that when he followed, the top was on securely.
Even though it's been ages since the sewers had last been used, water and muck was still down there - yet the only person looking uncomfortable was the blond girl who still had her gun out.
Looking around quickly, Ved pointed North, which would take them closer to where Red Diamond's operations were. The four of them began to run as quietly as they could, trying to keep the Ferrets off of them.
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Mouse grabbed her food tray and turned around, looking for a spot to sit. Her mouth was shut tight as she searched, her eyes landing on a familiar red and black head, sitting farther back than anyone else and alone.
It didn't take her long to get back there, shorter than usual because she didn't stop to talk to anyone. Sitting down beside the boy she nodded towards him before looking back to her tray and staring at it for a few minutes. The boy beside her snorted before pointing to her food with his fork.
"Glaring at your food isn't the best way to eat it, you know." Mouse snorted back in reply. It didn't take a long wait until she was looking at him again and spilling out everything she was worrying about onto him.
"Why did they need to go? I mean, isn't there more? Shouldn't Shade have them here, doing something…you know, important?" 'Bug' rolled his eyes.
"You know that can't happen. They're the best on the field." Mouse slunk lower into her seat.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, but…aren't they the best at working on the computers and stuff too?" Sammy nodded his head.
"True…but that's also easier and safer to teach." Mouse thought for a moment and was able to come up with another argument.
"But doesn't Ved have those weird ways of hacking that he learned while he was a Techno?" Mouse asked. 'Bug' was silent for a moment before nodding.
"He does." Mouse looked sadder at his tone.
"Why do I have a feeling that bad news sticks to that too?" He shrugged.
"Because I've got some," He turned to look at her, "All Ved needs to do is to teach someone all those little hacking tricks he knows. I know for a fact that he's doing it now, teaching someone the tricks I mean - whether Shade knows or not, no idea, but, yeah." Mouse looked up at him confused, both ignoring their food now.
"How would you know something Ved's doing, that Shade might not know about it? And hasn't Shade been trying to get Ved to do just that?" Bug nodded all through this.
"Shade has been trying to get Ved to teach them to him, or send in files or however Ved would need to give Shade the facts, not teaching them to another kid." He grabbed his drink and took a swig as Mouse asked her next question.
"So, how do you know what Ved's doing? And who's the student?" All Bug gave her was one answer.
"You're looking at him."
-fin chapter-