/We are off to see Imara now, and if I'm honest I don't really like her because I am confused about what she has to do in Segolia and I'm confused about the scene in where she appeared on the Television, to talk to Carrie in episode 8.
Chapter 5
She had picked him up at 10:30 and they were now sitting in the car park with 15 minutes to spare before the meeting with Imara.
"She's not that bad you know?" Rebecca told him
"You don't have to keep telling me." He snapped
"Well you're nervous, I'm trying to calm you down." She explained
"I'm not nervous. Why would you think I'm nervous?" he asked
"Well you're doing that thing that you do when your nervous." She stated obviously "The fast talking, the nervous twitching. I remember when you did exams, you were a complete mess."
"That's not helpful." He stopped her ranting
There was silence for a minute as Tim continued to twitch nervously and fiddle with his hands.
"Right then, let's go," she started to get out of the car "before you start biting your finger nails."
…
The walk along the endless corridors had been nerve wracking. Tim was nervous about meeting Imara and Rebecca was nervous about what Imara would say when she saw him. Everyone had stared at them as they made their way up the several sets of staircases. The people weren't exactly used to seeing a school teacher walking through their corridors.
The pair were now sitting outside the office waiting for 11 o' clock. Jeffries had now taken to tapping his fingers against his legs.
"Tim, please stop." She finally said, exasperated at the tapping
"I feel like I'm going to be told off by the headmaster." He admitted "Tell me how I'm not meant to be nervous."
She scoffed
"It's not like you're going in there alone."
"It's still quite scary. What if she chases me out of the building? What if-"
"She won't do anything like that," she interrupted him, then looking at her watch "Right its 11 o'clock."
She got up and knocked on the door.
"Stay here a moment." She told him as she heard the summons of 'come in' from inside
She opened the door and went in, leaving Tim in the hallway.
"Dr Whitewood, what's this mysterious meeting to talk to me about." Imara greeted "Is this about Jeffries and his book?"
"It is actually." She started "I thought, as you disliked the book so much, that you'd like to make your criticisms to the author in person."
The smile from Imara's face vanished as Rebecca walked to the door.
"Tim, come on, you can come in now." She ushered him in
"Morning. You must be Imara." Tim offered his hand
Imara ignored his hand.
"Sit." she requested "Both of you!"
The pair sat in the chairs as Imara faced them over the desk.
"Well, I don't know what to say." Imara started "No, in fact I do know what to say." She turned to Jeffries "Take your book off the market!"
"Well can I ask why you didn't like it?" he inquired
"It reveals the secret!" she shouted "Humans could easily figure it out. You weren't exactly being subtle with your references were you? Selogia?"
"I tried to make my book as truthful as possible." He defended
"With your truthfulness, you could have exposed everything. Somebody could easily figure out Selogia is Segolia." Imara raged
"I'll tell you what I told Jana, if you dress something up as fiction, then people won't believe it, even when it's staring them in the face."
"Did she also tell you that, could easily backfire?"
"No," he said flatly, remembering who the woman sitting next to him had done exactly that "but tell me, has anybody made the connection yet? Has anybody come knocking at the door accusing your corporation of being run by a pack of shape changing wolves?"
Rebecca sniggered at this.
"Don't think that this is some type of joke?" Imara pounced "This is serious, if someone does figure out the secret then, the whole of Segolia is finished. Every Wolfblood would be in danger."
"You say that but I think that we are proof that humans can be trusted with the secret." She argued
"What happens when a large group of people find out and don't keep quiet about the secret?" She suggested "What happens when the secret is leaked to everyone? What happens when Wolfblood's become the human's enemy?"
"It might not come to that." Tim intervened "If humans found out the secret then, they could be made to understand that Wolfblood's are not dangerous."
"And if they don't? If they decide to hunt Wolfblood's to extinction?"
"Imara, aren't you blowing this a bit out of proportion?" she asked "Nobody is going to believe a person who starts ranting about how a global corporation is run by shape changing wolves, trust me." A flicker of hurt crossed her face
"Anyway, it's only a fiction book." he argued "If everyone believed what they read in fiction books the world would be filled with teenagers believing the Hunger Games, magic and vampires exist. It would be absolute chaos."
"What if someone finds visual evidence?"
"You can pass that off as makeup and contact lenses." Rebecca supplied for her
Imara sighed.
"I still think the book is a threat." She explained "The 17 sales-"
"It's 21 sales now actually," he made it clear to her, as Rebecca sniggered "21."
A growl came from the other side of the desk.
"Exactly my point. The sales of that book are growing and sooner or later, someone who will figure the truth out, will pick up the book and tell everyone, what they know," Imara seemed angry "And what about this sequel, Bloodwolf 2: War with the humans. You can't publish a sequel."
"I'll make a deal with you," he said "I won't publish a sequel, if you let me keep the first book on the market."
Imara considered for a moment
"Deal," she agreed "but, if anybody finds the out the truth, then you take it off the market. Agreed?"
"Agreed."
"Right, out the pair of you." she instructed "Oh, and Dr Whitewood,"
She turned
"Yes?"
"Good luck."
Catching the meaning of this, she nodded her understanding back to Imara.
…
As she pulled up outside his house, he gave her a smile.
"Thanks, Becca."
"Well, you made the deal with Imara. You helped your own book survive."
"I wouldn't have had the courage to do it without you there, to help defend me and the book. Now, is there any chance I can get you to come in for a coffee?" He asked
"I'm afraid not. I have some packing to do." At his look of confusion she said "I'm going with Jana to see her pack, checking on a few things and running some things."
"When you're back then?"
"As soon as I'm back." She smiled at his persistence
"See you then Dr Whitewood," he looked victorious as he got out of the car "and be careful."
Please review. Also tell me where you think it should go next. I might do something about where Emilia and Dr Whitewood were hanging off the cliff in episode 10, but I'm open to suggestions.