Chapter Seven
Fanny's POV
I couldn't believe what just happened! If my female intuition was right (which I'm afraid to admit it doesn't) I'd say he was hitting on me. But to call me cute! Could really get any stupider? Wait, don't answer that.
"Hey, wait up!" Ugh, fifteen minutes and he was still lagging behind. I felt him slow down and fall into step beside me, panting slightly.
"Do you always have to walk so fast?" He asked. "I mean, I was complaining about the view but…"
I stopped and glared at him so bad that I started to blush from it. I grabbed his collar, and pulled him down so low I swore he started to choke from us being too close. "Listen here you little perv, we are on a mission, not a joy outing. So, I suggest you quit while you're ahead, and just stick to the plan, ok?"
He gave me a devious little smile, and I couldn't help but go pink over it. I never really thought about it before, but he was really cute all of a sudden…
"Umm, Numbuh 86-T?" I snapped back to him, who was gesturing to my hands. I let go and turned to continue, with or without him. He was totally confusing me at this point in time. I didn't like him in any way. I don't think I could like him that way…could I?
"So, how are we gonna go about this?" He asked, startling me slightly. He noticed this, and put his arm around me once more. On the inside I was ready to kill him, but on the outside, I was too tired to care.
"Well, we go in, explore the whole facility, report in and leave. Then HQ will take it from there."
He took his arm away, which surprised me. He stopped and looked around for a bit, and there I was again, looking at how unique he was…what's happening to me?
"Well, so far it looks like nothing's here." He said, turning back to me. I went to agree, but froze when something slunk around behind him. I thought it was a shadow at first, but it was too 3 dimensional to be.
"What?" He asked, noticing my face. All I could do was point. He got a confused look, and turned around to find nothing. I put my hand down, and heard a hissing behind my legs. I couldn't help it, I squealed. And before either of us could help it, I jumped up in his arms and hid my face.
"Ugh 86-T? There's nothing here." He said, still holding me up.
"But I sware I heard something down there!" I pointed to where I was previously standing. I looked back at him, and he wasn't convinced. I looked down at us for a second, and realized where I was now. I pushed his face away suddenly, and leapt out his arms. I decided if I could lose him somehow, I wouldn't have to use him as an excuse to protect me. I could look after myself…
I hope.
"Ok, what was all that for?" I heard him call in the distance. "Toots? Hellloooo….." he cut off as I turned a corner. I wasn't going back for him; he'd have to find me himself. Then I kinda felt guilty just leaving him there…
No, I didn't feel guilty leaving him. I don't like him, I don't need him, and I don't want to think about him…
I felt some of the floor give way. This couldn't be good. I attempted to step back a bit, but it was collapsing faster than I could move. I turned to run, but the floor finally caved in. I didn't have time to prepare for this, let alone scream. Luckily my fingers worked without my help and grasped a metal pole sticking out from the center of the floor. I grabbed it with my other hand, but I knew my grip wasn't strong enough to hold on much longer. And swinging myself up was out of the question, so I just hung there for a moment. I had to give in and call him, but my arrogance was too high…Ah to hell with it, this is the only time I'll need to anyway.
"HOAGIE!" I cried for a second, then my ears caught the sweet sound of him running.
"Fanny?" He called me by my name. I tried hard not to get annoyed, but I couldn't help it. I felt my fingers starting to slip, so I panicked.
Bad move.
I lost my grip, and began to fall. As every person who was ever in this situation did, I closed my eyes. I felt a tug, and reopened my eyes to see I was hanging in midair. I looked up, and noticed my teammate had hold of me, and was pulling me up fast. Once I was able to, I swung the lower half of my body up to stand upon the unbroken surface, and he pulled my top half toward him. I stumbled at the last second, and fell into his arms. He pulled me away from the hole, and looked down to see if I was all right.
"That was lucky." He said, grabbing my chin and lifting my face. I looked up into baby blue eyes, and realized how mesmerizing they truly were.
"Thanks." I replied with great difficulty. We both looked at our position, and pushed gently away from each other. I couldn't help but blush, and I felt a small smile creep upon my face. It bought me back to the fight we had earlier, and when our noses brushed…
Okay, so it wasn't how I pictured my first Eskimo kiss to happen, and he wasn't the guy…well, I don't think he was.
"Hey, from now on we stay together, all right?" He looked at me in concern. "We don't want anymore of this happening."
"Fine, whatever." I folded my arms and turned away from him so I couldn't look at him at all. I had to keep my cool, and act as natural as possible. He bumped me slightly with his shoulder, and we continued down a different path.
"An interesting turn of events, don't you think?"
"That was just the beginning. A lot more in store is waiting for them. Patience is a virtue. They'll be crushed…in the end."
"Indeed they will. I hope they aren't ready for the next obstacle, I want to see them perish."
"Calm yourself, I've saved the crushing blow to the last."
