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Chapter 5: Out of Time

Mimori's P.O.V...

I told him everything, everything from the moment that I had discovered Zigmar's activities to this very second.

We were sitting in the same flat expanse of land at the bottom of the hill next to the forest. The sky was darkening, turning a magnificent shade of violet. The first stars were just coming our, shining brightly even though full dark hadn't fallen yet. The temperature was dropping and slight dew was collecting on the sparse grass.

Ryuhou was silent for a while, eyes closed. He was still as a statue. Slowly, he opened his eyes and asked, "Why didn't you tell me right away?"

"I... Well, first off, Zigmar called me to his office before I could tell anyone. Only I and Cougar knew at the time. And..." I trailed off. I didn't want to admit to anything.

"And what?"

"And... I didn't think you would believe me. You think the world of HOLY, Ryuhou, and I didn't think you would hear anything against it." I waited for a response. A few long seconds passed. Finally, I prompted, "Ryuhou?"

"I'm sorry." He stood up.

I frowned, getting to my feet as well. "For what?"

Ryuhou wouldn't look at me. "For everything." His voice was quiet, barely audible. Turning away, he made as if to start walking away.

Oh, hell no. He was not doing this. He dragged me back not an hour ago, and he was not going to just walk away. I would knock him unconscious if I had to, but he was staying right here until we resolved this, whatever "this" was.

I grabbed his wrist, digging in my heels. "Don't you dare," I warned.

"I need to think about this, Mimori. I need time," he said, pulling out of my grasp.

"No. We are out of time. Time is something you do not get." I walked around and stood directly in front of him. "If you walk, you go through me."

"Just let me consider some options. If it's true, then the other HOLY members need to know. It's my duty to report to them."

Sighing inwardly, I planted my hands on my hips. He had always been a stickler for duty. Oh well, time to try something else. But what?

"Good bye, Mimori." He began walking around me.

Dammit.

Again, I grabbed his arm, with both hands this time. "You said, if. You said, 'If it was true'. You still don't believe me, do you?"

"Let me go."

"I should have known..." I let go. I couldn't make him believe me, could I? If I had learned anything in my lifetime, it was that you can't make someone believe something. You have to wait for them to realize the truth, no matter how long it takes.

But we didn't have forever. Every second we spent doing nothing; more abominable things were being done to those people on the Mainland. Time to be bold I guess.

"Just one more thing, Ryuhou, and then you can go."

He turned to me. "What is it?"

"I'll probably get there before you, so..." I stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. "I hope that you someday figure out that I am telling you the truth."

He was blushing. I wanted to laugh, but I didn't have time. But I would remember that moment forever.

"I'll get you some solid proof. Bye," I murmured.

I jogged towards the City. I would probably come across a car soon.

It was time for a more direct approach.

An hour later...

Climbing the walls was easier than I thought it would be. There was almost no security, no guards. It was almost unnerving.

I "borrowed" a car once inside the walls, driving as fast as the thing would go towards HOLY headquarters. I was pretty sure Ryuhou wasn't there yet, but it probably wasn't going to be too long before he got here. Screeching to a stop, the car came to rest at the doors of the ground floor. I need concrete proof, so that everyone would believe me. I was sick of being second-guessed.

Copies of the reports would be that proof.

Quietly, I slipped into the huge building through a side entrance that was usually only used by orderlies and matinance staff.

There were no cameras at this entrance. Few people knew about it, and it was hard to actually find if you didn't know it was there. I knew the place well, and it was easy to make it to the top floor with ease. Disabling cameras and other security systems with codes I still remembered from when I had worked here.

The morons hadn't changed any of them.

Zigmar's office was trickier though. I had never had the codes to this room, no did except Zigmar himself. Gently, I rested my right hand on the door and watched with satisfaction as the door iced over. Stepping away, I prepared to kick it in. It was going to make a ton of noise, but there was no help for it. In a worst case scenario, I estimated that I would have about four minutes to get the files.

I really hoped that Zigmar organized his files clearly.

The door shattered with a horribly loud crash and I ran in, hurriedly running to the computer. Alarms started going off.

Shit.

Typing quickly, I broke the codes and passwords to get into the classified files.

Two minutes.

Downloading the files, I also looked for anything lying on the desk that would also help me prove the facts.

One minute.

I was out of time. Grabbing the disc and rushing out the door.

Alter users were pouring into the halls. I never stopped just ran through. Multiply Alters were hurled at me, but I ducked and froze things, hoping to get away clean.

Reaching the tenth floor, I found that my path was completely blocked by Darth, a lot of Darth. They blitzed me, swarming towards me quickly.

So I jumped out the window.

Ryuhou's P.O.V...

What did she mean? What was she going to do?

The team, especially Sheris, had asked nonstop questions about what had happened. I had lied, telling them that she had gotten away and that we needed to get back to headquarters. That I wanted to give my report to Zigmar face-to-face.

That and ask a few questions of my own.

I had been surprised when Mimori had let me go...and the way she done it. Shaking my head, I tried to not remember how her lips had felt against my cheek, how warm they had been.

We entered the City, driving along the main highway.

"Ryuhou!" Sheris yelled, sounding worried, "Orders! We're needed at headquarters now! There's an intruder! All available units are to respond!"

"Let's go," I ordered, shocked.

I'll probably get there before you do...

It couldn't be. She wouldn't be that stupid.

I'll get you some solid proof.

"Drive as fast as thing will go, Sheris!" I shouted, jumping up from my seat. There was no way to actually know if it was her, but somehow I knew. I just knew that Mimori was the "intruder".

Goddamn it all to hell.

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