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Bree stretched her arms over her head and twisted slightly so her back popped, getting rid of the pain in her middle back for the time being. "Ooph!" She made a slightly relieved noise before she rolled her shoulders and rubbed her wrists, typing for almost thirty-six hours straight took it's toll on her tired body that was for sure. But, she managed to recode and fix Hannah's communication link and put a GPS on it so they finally knew where she was.
"You need to eat Firefly." Jay said as he walked into the dark room and flicked on the lights, which made Bree squint for a moment and blink repeatedly. "You haven't eaten anything in over thirteen hours and I'm not letting you two starve." He explained, walking deeper into the room.
"Stick's sitting on the floor!" Bree rolled her amused amber eyes and leaned back against the pillow tucked into the back of wheelchair with her hands resting motionlessly on the keyboard, the pillow made it more comfortable and not as hard on her middle back which still ached despite the pillow and her earlier stretch. "It's not my fault he's refused to get off my feet!"
Jay rolled his blind blue eyes and put down the dog bowl he had in one hand before he pushed Bree's keyboard out of the way and placed the plate of beef stroganof with pasta down on the desktop. "You know what I'm talking about Bree."
"I know!" Bree chirped with a lazy smile, too happy about finishing the coding and other things to really react to Jay's usual curtness.
Jay sighed and leaned over before he showed unusual affection by both kissing her on the cheek, and gently massaging her shoulders, "you're a menace to yourself, you know that?" he grunted with a hint of amusement in his curt tone.
"I'm pretty aware of that!" Bree smiled, relaxing slightly and looking up at him.
Holly stepped into the room and pretended not to see what was going on, what they did while they weren't on the field wasn't her business, her business was what Bree had been working on for the past day nad a half. Not that she didn't approve of it in the first place, since it had been her consistant suggestions that had made them both a couple eight years ago. "What'd you find Bree?" She asked, looking at the computer with curiosity as she noticed the softly blinking red circle.
Bree looked at the screen as well and typed a few commands, "well I found Hannah's position and we can contact her when the need arises, she has a tracker active, I broke the entire group's cyber security, so hacking them will be a cynch…"
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While Bree obediently ate what Jay had given her, everyone settled around her PC and started a conversation with Leon as the main focus. Everyone was in their various positions, Bree was off to the left where she was digging into the first thing she had eaten in over half a day with Jay watching her with a careful eye, Holly was sitting on the desk out of the laptop's view with a voice recorder in one hand, Leon was sitting in an office chair directly in front of the laptop, and Cynthia was standing behind him with her arms crossed protectively over her chest, like she was protecting herself from Leon.
Finally, after waiting for ten minutes, Hannah answered the call. "H-hello?" she asked nervously, pale blue eyes scared and frightened, her face was dirty and slightly bruised, but she seemed mostly unhurt.
"Hannah! Oh my StarClan, you're okay!" Leon spoke with a tone full of relief, "I'm so sorry about not being able to contact you, are you alright?"
"I'm okay," Hannah smiled at Leon, "how've you been?"
"Decent," Leon admitted with a smile, "I met my siblings again, but besides that nothing important happened."
Cynthia gave a stiffled snort and the sound caught Hannah's attention.
Right away Hannah's expression drooped and she looked rather upset, "Is that your girlfriend Leon?"
Leon blanched, "who? Cynthia?"
Cynthia ignored Leon and studied Hannah, her blank expression clearly unnerved the other blue eyed woman and she enjoyed it a little. "No, I am not Leon's girlfriend, he hasn't done anything not client like." She lied flawlessly, completely hiding their drama and burying her broken heart again for what felt like the hundredth time. "I have no intentions with getting involved with a person with his attitude either." She added the comment to prove to herself and Leon that she didn't need him and that she could function just as well without him then with him, plus that she was still pissed off at him. After that part of the conversation Cynthia zoned out, not interested in the small talk and mushy crap.
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Cynthia slid one of her fingerless gloves over her left hand and wiggled her fingers slightly as she tested the fit. She could hear Jay and Bree gearing up behind her, Jay was pulling a bullet proof t-shirt over his head while Bree was strapping a quiver to the back of her wheelchair, her sleek compound bow shining dimly in the light. What. A. Nightmare, Cynthia sighed inwardly and repeated her earlier process of sliding her glove on, but onto her other hand. If only it was a nightmare. But of course it wasn't a literal nightmare, she had stolen Ashton's watch, she really did meet Leon, she also really did partially seduce him, and she definitely fell in love with him, despite how much she wished she could go back in time and stop herself from doing it. After all, all it didn't do any good for her, all she received for finally lowering her walls and falling in love with someone was a broken heart and a strong dislike for love in the first place.
It was hard, Cynthia reflected as she examined her modified black pistol for anything that would stop her from using it. With her first experiance in any kind of relationship besides the close friendship she had with Jay, Bree, and Holly, ending horribly with her tentative and fragile heart smashed to tiny pieces like it was dirt beneath Leon's black tennis shoes. Holly broke her out of her thoughts as she checked over a few things, and Cynthia stopped looking blankly at her pistol and tucked it into the belt of her jeans before kneeling down on one knee and tucking a knife in her shoes.
"Bree, are you ready for long range work?" Holly asked and looked up from her tablet, a spyglass partially obscuring one of her green eyes.
"Of course!" Bree chirped with her bow slung over the back of her wheelchair, the quiver full of her special technology related arrows.
"Jay, infiltration?"
"Stick's ready." Jay grunted as he rubbed his german shepard's-who was named Stick- ears, his blind gaze obscured behind a visor Bree designed to give him near perfect vision.
"What about you?" Holly asked her brother, slightly amused at his response and the dog's name.
"I'm fine." Jay replied, answering his sister's question curtly and sarcastically.
Holly groaned, "Jay, enough riddles, this is serious!"
"I am serious." Jay replied evenly, "I'm not sick, nor am I happy, so I'm fine."
Bree giggled as Holly face palmed and replied for the grumpy man who was being an absolute pain in the butt. "He's ready for the field Holly," she giggled, "and Lion is too!"
Jay smirked smugly at his sister's frustration and patted Stick's head as the german shepard's upper lip pulled into a dog like grin.
"What about you Cindy?" Holly asked, her voice softening with a little worry that shone in her green eyes.
"I'm ready, whenever you are Holly." Cynthia replied simply and didn't turn around to face them, instead, she stood up and buckled a digital watch around her wrist, keeping her head lowered and hiding her face as she straightened out her expression and hid what she had been thinking about.
Holly and Bree exchanged worried glances while Jay gazed at the blue eyed girl, his concern displayed enough for Bree to see it… but Bree could see everything on his face anyway so it didn't really matter that much.
Holly wisely didn't comment on her friend's state and instead directed them out of the room, "well lets get going, nightfall is in a ten minutes and we want as much time as possible to carry out the mission…"
"What mission?" Leon asked in confusion, cutting Holly off as he poked his head into the room.
Cynthia's entire body stiffened like a board and she quickly bit her tongue to keep from snapping at him as she refused to let him see how much he had hurt her, despite out much she wanted him to feel hurt too.
"A mission Leonardo." Holly spoke coolly to her younger brother, looking unimpressed by his ruffled appearance, she had no doubt that he had been either sleeping, or just gotten back from screwing around like he didn't have to go to work because of the threat he was under.
"We're saving your 'girlfriend'," Jay grunted, his voice gruff and annoyed.
Leon's eyes widened, "can I come?"
Holly caught the way Cynthia tensed up, hunching her shoulderes slightly and shoving her fisted hands into the pockets of her black jacket, from behind you could hardly see her. "No, now if you would kindly move, we'd like to leave." Her green eyes flashed dangerously, "now." It was more of a demand than an asking.
Leon's amber eyes widened slightly and he instinctly moved out of the way before Holly could knock him out of the way.
Bree's usually warm amber eyes were hardened with anger and she completely ignored him, not apologizing when she accidently ran over his foot as he stiffened at the pain.
Stick growled at Leon and Jay guided the dog away from the blonde his gaze directed in front of him and away from his brother.
Cynthia followed Jay but Leon caught her arm, "Cynthia-" he tried to speak.
Cynthia violently wrenched her arm from his grip and pushed him back, her blue eyes cold like ice. "If you know what's good for you, you wouldn't touch me." She snarled coolly, her expression indifferent and controlled.
Leon winced when he back hit a wall but he tried to talk to her anyway. "Cynthia I know your mad at me," he said as he pushed himself to his feet and approached her, "but I need your help, you have to let me go with you."
Cynthia scowled at he got closer, her blue eyes narrowing into a deadly glare, "I don't have to do anything for you, Leonardo." she said, putting emphasis on his full name.
"Look," Leon sighed and ran one hand through his hair, at Cynthia's breif glance at his movements he kept doing it, hoping to get her calm enough that she would take him with her. "I'm sorry okay? I didn't mean to upset you or anything alright? I was hurt and confused, I've been living a lie since I was a kid, I'm sorry I upset you." he tentatively reached toward her.
Cynthia scoffed and slapped his hand away from her, her blue eyes furious, "upset? That's such a light word to use you should use it to fly away from here. You did more than 'upset' me Leon," she hissed at him, a fierce scowl on her face, "I have no ties to you anymore, whatever you do doesn't matter to me, get yourself killed and that's your problem, not mine."
Leon's amber eyes widened, Uh oh… he thought with dread, What did I do to her?
Cynthia's blue eyes flickered with remorse at her harsh words but she didn't take them back and instead reinforced them, "I'm no babysitter, I'm a spy, I don't 'let people come with me,' and nor am I responsible for you…"
Leon did the first thing that came to mind, he grasped her wrists and yanked her toward him, pulling her off balance and kissing her while sliding Bree's tracker into her jacket pocket.
Cynthia's stiff posture relaxed as she melted into the kiss, her blue eyes slid shut and she gently gripped his wrists.
What am I doing?!" Cynthia inwardly shouted a moment later and harshly shoved him away from her, turning her head in the process and rejecting the contact. "What the bloody hell was that for?!" (I just noticed that Cynthia is usually the one who does any of the swearing! XD) Her blue eyes flashed with rage and she trembled from it, tears pricking the corners of her blue eyes, "touch me again and you won't live to see another day!" She snarled at him, her body trembling with the force of her rage that was mixing with her broken heart. "I don't have to do anything for you you dosser(lazy person) and if I catch you so much as looking at me funny, I will hand you over to your own group!" She then stormed away from him, still trembling in rage.
Leon watched her leave, his amber eyes wide with surprise and shock at what she said. No wonder she's an asassin, she can be terrifying when she wanted to be…
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Cynthia stormed over to L.I.O.N and took a seat in the back, her fingernails digging painfully into her palms as she continued to shake with anger.
No one spoke, not daring to with how angry Cynthia was, even Bree, who would've cracked a joke if she had not been so worried about Cynthia damaging L.I.O.N.
But unfortunately for Bree, her AI was both too curious and too soft on people that he knew.
"No!" Bree panicked as she saw L.I.O.N about to answer Leon's call and slapped L.I.O.N's dashboard, startling the AI. "Don't answer that call Lion!" She exclaimed shrilly, her amber eyes wide.
"But Bree-"
"Lion please!" Bree begged, her eyes widening with slight fear.
"But I'm supposed to answer-"
"Lion just don't do it!"
"I don't understand-"
"Just don't answer him!-"
"Shut up!" Cynthia snarled and Bree went silent, the amber eyed women looking wide eyed at the blinking dashboard.
"Bree, what can't I answer the call?" L.I.O.N asked almost timidly, probably nervous by Cynthia's anger.
Bree didn't say a word.
"Lion!" Jay snapped at the AI who considered the blind man as his father and Bree as his mother. While Bree hated to 'disipline' the AI, Jay didn't mind too much. "Breanna said not to! Do you understand?"
When the AI next spoke his slightly southern accented voice was quiet. "Yes father."
"Thank you Li." Jay grunted a little curtly, he used the nickname he and Bree used and watched Bree as she let out the breath she had been holding when L.I.O.N rejected the call.
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"When we get back to base I'm giving you a backbone!" Bree snapped at L.I.O.N as he gave in five minutes later and answered Leon's twntieth call before Bree could stop him after Leon consistantly calling him.
"Uh, hello?" L.I.O.N spoke nervously, obviously thinking Bree was serious, but Jay knew better, she wouldn't do anything to her baby, absolutetely nothing.
"You're too gentle for your own good." Jay grunted to the woman sitting beside him in the front drivers seat while he was in the passenger.
"I know," Bree groaned and put her head down on the steering wheel that was moving on it's own.
"Please promise me you'll protect Hannah," Leon spoke, his voice in a near plead as he looked at them through Holly's laptop screen
"Cindy's the only one going into the building-" L.I.O.N started saying.
Bree cut him off, "Lion!"
"What?" L.I.O.N asked in confusion.
"Cynthia please!" Leon practically begged, looking at the woman his age who was sitting in the backseat with her arms folded across her chest, her blue gaze directed outside the window. "I know I hurt you, and pissed you off, but please promise me you'll protect Hannah!"
Cynthia's heart broke a little more at his obvious concern for the other woman while he had no problem playing with her feelings and she stubbornly refused to look at him, keeping her expression controlled. If she gets hurt it's not my problem. She thought, trying to make herself believe it. My job to get in and get Hannah out, nothing else.
"Cynthia I beg you!"
"Leon that's enough!" Holly snapped her brother as she saw Cynthia's eyes flicker with more hurt and heartbreak, "leave her alone already!"
"Fine." Cynthia said coolly, refusing to even look at him and pretending that he wasn't looking at her. "I promise."
"Thank you Cynthia," Leon said gratefully, his amber eyes gleaming with a thankful look.
Cynthia barely glanced at him before she turned back away, unable to hide how much it hurt to see how relieved he was over Hannah. Not even a be careful, well that proves it, I'm just an assassin who's feelings are fun to play with to him. She thought bitterly, He didn't 'love' Caylee either and I'm glad she wasn't a real person, cause if she was, she would be even more miserable than I am… I give up on love. She decided as they neared their destination, it hates me with a passion. First I was kidnapped, then I was raised as an assassin, then my parents were killed, and now I fell in love with a guy who broke my heart beyond repair. Love sucks. Period.
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Bree rolled down L.I.O.N's driver side window and notched a taser arrow in her compound bow before she took a second to aim and let the arrow fly with a faint twang. The guard at the front entrance spasmed from the electricity before he dropped unconscious on the ground, he was going to have a really bad headache when he woke up tomorrow morning. "Guard's down!" She chirped cheerfully and highfived Jay who had smirked at the perfect shot.
"Cindy, you're up," Holly directed briskly, "sneak into the base and locate Hannah, Jay, you circle around the building and take out any scouts on the ground, and Bree, you take L.I.O.N and take down any other visible guards and snipers."
Cynthia nodded and slipped out of the black sports car, her black hair and clothing blended in well with the dark and made her near invisable. "On my way." She then slunk over to the front entrance and slipped inside the large building completely undetected.
Jay glanced at Bree through and opened his mouth to tell her to be careful with a lot of of sarcasm masking his concern, but she beat him to the punch.
"I know," Bree smiled, her amber eyes glowing happily, "I'll be careful. Take your own advice too okay? I have L.I.O.N as protection, you don't."
Jay rolled his eyes affectionately before he ruffled her hair and pushed open the door so he could follow his orders. "I will," he grunted as he climbed out and grabbed Stick's leash, "lets go Stick, track," he ordered. Stick then put his nose to the ground before sniffing around and starting a perimeter job.
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Cynthia had to wonder what was going on with Bree as she ducked around a corner and avoided another guard. The brunette had been even happier than usual this past week and even more excited than when she and Jay got married. A thought crossed her mind as she sucker punched another guard in the chin, knocking him out cold. Hmm… I wonder… She quickly banished the thought with an inward snort. Nah, this is Jay we're talking about, the guy who doesn't say a thing about his relationship to virtually anyone and doesn't like showing affection.
For a little while she focused on locating Hannah, the faster she found Hannah, the faster she could get out of there and never see Leon again.
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Reaching Hannah wasn't too difficult and Cynthia easily picked the lock for the containment unit before letting her out, "Hannah, it me, Cynthia, let's go!" She whispered to the other woman, her blue eyes distinctly visible in the near pitch black darkness.
Hannah looked up from where she was huddled in a corner, clutching the small phone that she could talk to Leon through. "What?" she stared at the assassin, "you're going to get me killed!"
"No I won't," Cynthia reassured her, "I promise. Here," she took a com from her pocket and handed it to Hannah as the blonde stood up, "We're going to get you out of here okay?"
Hannah nodded nervously and put the earbud in, her pale blue eyes scared and frightened.
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But nothing goes according to plan, right?
Cynthia stifferned dramatically at the sound of police sirens outside of the stronghold, "Holly, what's going on?" she asked tersely as alarms started going off and guards strted filling the maze of hallways that the stronghold consisted of. "Why are there police?!"
"I have no idea!" Holly said with her voice full of worry and confusion, "Bree, was that you?"
"No! I didn't call the police, Lion didn't either!"
"Then who did?!"
"I did." Leon's voice filtered through the coms, "I called them."
"Why did you do that?!" Holly exclaimed, "now it's going to be even harder to get them out!"
"It was the only way I could come too!"
"And your selfishness is going to get us all killed!" Cynthia snapped at him and kicked down a door to another hallway to kept running.
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"A window?! Why a window on the second floor?!" Hannah shrieked shrilly as they raced down the dark hallway that was being lit up by the flashing police lights outside.
"Just trust us!" Cynthia snapped at Hannah and raced towards the window that Leon had decided where he wanted Cynthia to drop Hannah, since the stairs were being blocked off with the police trying to get in.
"Someone's behind us!" Hannah yelped in fear and ran faster, her pale blue eyes terrified and scared.
No duh, anything else obvious you want to point out? Cynthia bit back the retort, knowing that it wasn't Hannah's fault that Leon had played with and shattered her heart, so she didn't deserve the attitude from her. "Don't pay attention to him, just run!"
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"No, don't!" Hannah gasped, her pale blue eyes widening in surprise, "don't kill him!"
Cynthia hesitated as the words Hannah spoke reminded her of something she had said to Leon back when he didn't know who she really was.
"Don't scare him off, Leon," Cynthia chastised softly as she looked over at the german shepard who had interrupted their date -although Cynthia was supposed to be getting info out of him- by barking a few times and wagging his tail happily, clearly he wanted the food the two adults had. "He's just hungry," she said and leaned back before she untangled their fingers and carefully taking a meatball from her plate before she leaned down to offer it to the dog.
The dog avoided her fingers and swallowed the meatball whole before licking its lips and barking happily once.
Leon watched the interaction with curiousity and surprise before he smiled at Cynthia, "So you like dogs?"
Cynthia nodded slightly, a warm expression on her face, "yeah, they're pretty fun to be around."
Leon smiled back at her, "I couldn't agree more."
"Cynthia!" Holly's voice jolted Cynthia free of the breif memory, but the damage was already done.
That lapse of concentration cost Cynthia her life, the moment she hesitated for those two or three seconds, the guard far down the hall, pulled the trigger of his gun. Cynthia's enemy went down half a second after Cynthia felt pain explode in her ribs and she coughed violently, her eyes widening with surprise, she was shot, the guard shot through his companion to hit her and the shot barely missed it's target.
Reacting purely on instinct, Cynthia turned around and pushed Hannah out of the stronghold through the window where Leon was waiting, she didn't hear Hannah's scream of fear as she fell, due to the blood rushing through her ears and the pain rippling through her body all because that gun went off. Now she was barely able to breathe and was able to taste something copper like. I have to buy them time. She limped away from the window and away from the shooter, her footsteps silent and uneven, they won't be able to get out that quickly with Hannah's sprained ankle. She glanced at the blood welling between her fingers from the wound barely an inch and a half from her heart, hopefully I'll last that long. She added as blood started to bubble at her lips with a half cough half wheezing breath.
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"Cynthia, can you read me?" Holly asked, her com was getting some severe interference and she hadn't gotten anything from Cynthia since Hannah had emerged and Leon had caught her. "Cynthia?" Holly could've sworn she heard a gurgling sound, but she wasn't completely sure. "If you can hear me, you don't have to stall! Brad and the police are here, you don't have to stall for us, just come out okay?"
No response, just static.
Holly rubbed her temples with her eyes closed, Please be okay, please be okay!
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"Where's Cynthia?" Leon asked from where he was crouched down next to Hannah as the evening light was broken by flashing blue and red lights that had arrived half an hour ago, and nobody had seen Cynthia since she pushed Hannah out to their rendezvous point.
"I have no idea," Holly replied, looking worriedly into the building, "she hasn't responded to her com at all… Cynthia!" She pushed herself to her feet and sprinted over to her father who was carrying an unconscious Cynthia.
"No!" Leon got up and ran over too, staring at the blood covered woman his age, "is she alive?"
Cynthia was white as a sheet, her right cheek was bruised and bloody, but her front was soaked with blood, her left hand covered in the now drying liquid.
"I don't know," Brad replied quietly, looking at the woman he had raised when she was a teenager, "we found her upstairs near a few knocked out Dark Blades members, I haven't seen her move since she collapsed."
Leon stared at them, his amber eyes fixed on Cynthia's face and the blood that stained her lips red and trickled down her chin. "What happened?"
"She was shot," Brad replied quietly before lookingat Holly, "Holly, inside my squad car is a blanket, pull it out and we'll put her down on it until an ambulance arrives."
"We don't have time!" Holly shot back as she felt her friend's pulse which was slowing down slightly, "her pulse is slowing down and while her breathing is relatively strong, she won't survive the wait!"
"Lion has healing capabilities!" Bree exclaimex over the coms, her voice worried and frightened, "m-maybe he can help!"
"Bree, calm down," Jay's voice filted in, his voice oddly calm and gentle, "don't panic okay? I'm nearing your position now, get out of Lion and let him find Cynthia."
"O-okay."
Holly did as she father asked earlier and pulled out the blanket before laying it out on the lawn to shield her half dead friend from the dew on the grass.
"I'm on my way." L.I.O.N spoke a few moments later, the AI's voice was concerned and slightly scared.
Cynthia groaned softly when Brad carefully lowered her down onto the gray blanket and she wrinkled her nose slightly in pain before her eyes shot open and she gasped with heavy breaths, her eyes wide and confused, clearly she didn't understand what was going on as she tried to sit up only to nearly black out when her movements caused more pain to flood her body and the bleeding to start again.
"Don't move," Leon said sharply and pushed her back down, "you're hurt."
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"Please," Cynthia rasped, barely able to speak over the blood pooling around her body, her blue eyes glinted with a sapphire blue plead and Leon understood what she was trying to say. His amber eyes softened a decent amount, he owed her, she saved Hannah's life and got shot in the process, not to mention here she was, lying on a small blanket Brad had happened to have while they waited for Bree to arrive with L.I.O.N, with blood steadily soaking the cloth around her and her black clothing.
Cynthia's blue eyes were drooping shut again from the blood loss but she was trying, fighting it, fighting the blackness to the best of her ability. She wasn't an idiot, she knew that her tiny chance of living was shrinking the more she struggled, but she didn't care, she just wanted to feel what it was like when Leon was oblivious and had believed she was Caylee. She wanted to feel loved by the one she loved before she left, she had to feel it at least one more time.
Leon's amber eyes softened further as he noticed her visible struggle against her injuries pulling her unconscious, so he lied and gave her what she wanted, to be loved. He gently lifted her chin before he leaned down and gently kissed her for a few moments before drawing back. "I love you," he lied in a soft tone and watched slightly guiltily as the dulling blue of her eyes lit up slightly at the worlds before it dulled more than what it was before he said anything as she realized half a second later that he wasn't being truthful.
Cynthia felt a wave of hurt wash over her and she accidently let out an attempt of a small wail of both disappointment and hurt, but all that got out was a pitiful strangled gasp like sound as her cheek rested against the blanket beneath her.
Leon looked like he felt worse. "I'm sorry," he whispered, "I'm sorry for breaking your heart."
Cynthia licked her lips and tried to speak. "Caylee… loves you," she managed to say, words slurred and barely understandable, "she's sorry…"
Leon's amber eyes softened, he could pretend she was Caylee, well technically she was, but it wasn't the same. "I love you Caylee," he spoke sincerely and kissed her again like he had when he didn't know that Caylee wasn't really her.
He felt her respond just barely for a few moments before he leaned back as Cynthia's blue eyes slid completely closed and rolled back, and her lips parted as her breathing grew to faint to see and hear.
"L.I.O.N's here!" he heard Bree shout over the coms as the silver car drifted around a corner and stopped in front of Leon.
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A smile spread across Leon's face as he watched Cynthia heave herself to her feet and leave L.I.O.N's leather interior, her balance extremely shaky from her near death experience. He hurried over and stopped her from falling when she nearly did and smiled at her, "hey."
"Hi," Cynthia rasped, her blue eyes withdrawn and as sad as usual.
Leon didn't catch how upset she looked and tenderly kissed her, this time meaning the kiss and not pretending. When they broke apart he smiled at her, "I love you Cynthia," he said completely sincerely.
Cynthia looked like she couldn't believe what was happening, Leon loved her too? "Uh…" she stammered still confused before it sunk in and she smiled lovingly at him, her blue eyes were soft and held admiration, "I love you too."
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Leon's amber eyes widened and he quickly drew back from Hannah to look at the black haired assassin who cleared her throat to get their attention. "It's not what it looks like!" He exclaimed, horror tickling his senses as the assassin who he had just kissed a few minutes ago caught Hannah kissing him.
Cynthia's blue eyes showed none of her emotions, her eyes were blank, facial expression controlled and indifferent, her body language showed nothing of her mood, nor her physical state. "I'm sure it's exactly what it looks like." She spoke coolly, "I came to tell you that we need to go back to our base and that Hannah is coming with us. Now go ahead and carry on, we'll be waiting by Lion." With those words she turned on her heel and left, limping heavily, obviously Lion's healing system couldn't heal everything.
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I'm sorry, I love you Cynthia, Cynthia mocked Leon, yeah right. She growled inwardly as she limped back to the others, he's not sorry, he doesn't love me, tears pressed against the corners of her eyes again, he's a jerk.
"Did you find them?" Holly asked her friend worriedly, noticing how she had her emotions closed off.
"Yes," Cynthia replied impassively as she hid the pain stabbing her heart, "kissing, but yes, I found them."
The other three winced, all three of them had seen Leon kiss Cynthia before she slid unconscious before L.I.O.N healed her with what he could, and after when Cynthia could actually talk and wasn't dying, it made all three of them wonder what Leon was doing.
Cynthia shrugged, "whatever, I get it at this point, I'm a toy to him, simple."
"Leon isn't like that," Holly said and didn't really believe her own words, her green eyes were full of doubt and uncertainty at the thought of what her brother was thinking.
"I'm not sure anymore." Bree murmured quietly, playing uneasily with a thin simple silver band around her right ring finger, "Leon's not exactly being loyal."
Jay grasped Bree's hand, the movement gentle and reassuring as he laced his fingers with hers and gave a light squeeze, the silver band that matched her own was tucked in his pocket for safe keeping while he was on the field. His expression remained nuetral, but the action itself reassured her that he wasn't like his brother and didn't want anyone else. "Leon's an idiot." He said curtly, "He doesn't like to settle for anything."
Leon came over to them a few minutes later, his amber eyes concerned for Cynthia as she flinched when he brushed past her while guiding Hannah along toward all of them. "Cynthia, I swear it's not what it looked like-"
"Just pretend I'm not here will you?" Cynthia snapped at him as L.I.O.N's doors popped open after it morphed into a black sedan, her blue eyes glinted coldly. "Just pretend I didn't make it! It'll make my life much easier!" She climbed into the very back of the AI car and buried her head in her arms, feeling exhausted in every way possible.
Leon looked stunned, "what?"
Jay snapped at his brother as he pulled on Stick's collar preventing him from rushing Leon and attacking him. "Don't talk to Cynthia, don't bother her. If you do I will set Stick on you." he then got into the passenger seat while Bree rolled up the ramp to the driver's seat.
Holly got into the back with Cynthia and Leon and Hannah took the middle seats. "It's okay Cindy," Holly quietly soothed her friend, trying to make her feel better.
"I wish I didn't survive!" Cynthia snarled softly at her best friend, tears gleaming in her blue eyes. "I'd rather be killed in the field than deal with this anymore!"
Holly's green eyes widened before her eyes softened and she pulled Cynthia into a hug, "but I would be missing a sister and so would Bree, who would be there to keep us safe?"
:(
Bree drummed her fingers on the dash, her body language tense and oddly nervous as she frequently glanced between the AI's displays and the rear view mirror back at Holly and Cynthia.
Jay looked over at her, "are you going to tell her?" he asked in a whisper and leaned toward her, his voice oddly lacking any curtness, instead concern was in his voice.
"I don't know," Bree whispered back, "maybe…"
"You should," Jay said before his voice regained his curtness, "I heard girls and women freak out about that kind of stuff."
"Yeah but…" Bree nibbled nervously on her lower lip, weighing her options, "I don't want to overwhelm her…"
"It won't," Jay replied with a small snort.
"How do you know?"
"Because I'm a guy and it didn't overwhelm me." Jay replied with a shrug
"You're a doofus." Bree sighed and lightly shook her head.
"You're a firefly."
"You're Mr. Grumpy Gills!" Bree teased and smiled.
"You're a clownfish." Jay deadpanned with a roll of his blind eyes behind his visor.
"You're a talking mime!"
Jay rolled his eyes, "I got nothing."
"Ha! I win!" Bree cheered and threw her hands into the air.
Huh, I wonder what's Bree and Jay are talking about! XD Anyway, hope you all like this! Maybe I'll write a second part, we'll see! :D
Next Chapter: Meet The Kitties
Sneak Peek: "Wait," Holly said as she crouched down and stared at the five cats squished together in the cat carrier in front of them. "What?"
Caylee (me) rolled her eyes and repeated her earlier statement, "these our cat counterparts."
" Ooh! I wanna see!" Bree squealed and looked at the carrier in hyper excitement.
Cynthia looked a little intrigued, "they're really us?" she asked as she knelt beside Holly and peered into the carrier.
The six cats were squished together, a dark brown tabby she-cat was attempting to sleep through having a gray tom practically sitting on her, a silver tabby she-cat was hissing in annoyance at a large golden tom as his tail whacked her repeatedly in the face as he tried to shift his position into a slightly protective one, a small gray tom was attempted to sit comfortably, but he ended up sitting partially on top of the dark brown tabby inside, and a small ginger she-cat with a tan underbelly and an incredibly short tail was curled up in a ball