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June
"I swear if I hear another goddy complaint I'm-"
"Commander Iparis it's about Day, we think we found something."
Jumping up I stare at the private tasked to report to me in disbelief and hope. Could they really have found something? After researching and working with Eden, trying to pull all my memories from that time I was held captive I still couldn't find any clue on where Day could be.
"If your lying or your information isn't backed up with hard evidence and facts I'm going to make sure your time as a soldier here is so miserable you wish you didn't pass your evaluation exam."
The private visablly gulped before replying, "um-yes well,um-"
"Spit it out private!"
" Wing sent for me and told me personally that he found a link to where Day is being held. He said that Day sent a letter, and he's waiting for you so you guys can read it together."
A letter. My hope is riding on this letter that Day supposedly sent. All my instincts and training are telling me this could be a trick, a way to lure us in. Day might not have even sent it, but my hope is winning out and I find myself shoving all my documents aside and grabbing my coat before dismissing the private. Glancing down I read his name tag, "Thank you Private...Samson. Are you...by any chance, related to Chad Samson?"
"Yes Ma'am he's my younger brother."
"Right...your dismissed."
"Thank you, ma'am"
With that I run out of my office and head straight for Eden and Day's place.
*time skip*
"Eden! There's a letter from Day? Are you certain it isn't some setup created by-"
"Yes June I'm sure, he wrote it in the language John, him, and I came up with when we were younger and they were planning some scheme I was forced to take part in."
Smiling at my image of young Day causing trouble I look to where the letter is laying on the coffee table.
"Well, what's it say?" I ask impatiently.
Eden rolls his eyes and begins to read.
"Eden,
I'm safe but being held under scrutiny
I don't know when I'll be back.
This part is addressed to you,
June,
I love you, be strong and give this Commander hell.
Yours always,
Daniel"
Folding the note up he hands it to me leans forward in his chair, placing his elbows on his knees and ruffles his hair.
"Aargggh! Damn it Daniel, how are we suppose to find you if all you gave us was a short cryptic message!"
Staring at Eden in surprise I hesitate and go over and pat him on the shoulder, Edens usually the calm one that's reassuring everyone on Days safe return and helping them out with their worries but lately he's been moody and easily aggravated.
"Eden, we're going to find to find Day soon, this letter is a reassurance that he's still alive and as cocky as ever, Days the king of short cryptic messages. We were doing fine up till this point with our search, this letter just re-enforces the level of seriousness we have to take on our efforts."
Eden looks up from where his head is in his hands, his eyes red and shoulders sagged in the position of a man whose carrying a huge weight on his shoulders.
"I don't need reassurances on Daniel's well being, I know he's fine, he's the best fighter out there. What I need is to be able to do something useful, Daniel's always going off and doing all these amazing things ever since we were little, fighting all the neighborhood bullies when they made fun of me for building strange contraptions, working to help put food on the table when our mom got sick, and even creating this personality to get me medicine when I had the stupid goddy plauge. I haven't ever done anything to help the way Daniel has, I build things but I can't build anything to find where Daniel is. I wish they took me instead, at least everyone would have someone useful, but you guys have me, and all I can do is try to make up for Daniel's absence."
Once Eden finished his rant, he shook my hand off his shoulder and stood up running his fingers through his hair, making it stand up even more.
"Eden-"
"I'm going to go, I need some time to think and figure out where that letter was sent through to get to here." And with that, he opens the door and walls out leaving me to take in what just occured. Leaning back on the couch I close my eyes and talk to Day to call my nerves.
"Edens been carrying this weight around with him all this time and I didn't even know, no one did. Would you have known he was feeling this way Day?" chuckling I think of what Eden said, "yeah you would have noticed something was wrong with him and made him realise he's important to a lot of people, just like you are. He's hurting right now Day, and I don't know how to help him. Is there even a way for me to help him, he doesn't seem to like me much these days." Pausing I let my mind wander, not really thinking of anything but one memory that keeps bugging me oops up again.
Fighting in the car park of the hospital Eden is at with Day, laying down on the ground trying to hide from the people sent to capture me and analyzing everything around me. The can that pulls up has a logo on it from the Pine district, where the colonies headquarters was.
Suddenly I'm being carried to the van after the fairy dust is blown in my face, but before I black out I notice the faces of my captors. Their eyes and stances are those of people who have been trained for this kind of thing, as if what they're doing is something that they were taught was for the greater good.
Next I'm back to where I was being held captive, right before Day bursts in to save me.
I overhear the conversation between the people there as I pass by them
"Commander Grieves says that he's bringing the best to show us how to beat any opponent, that it's just a matter of time before he comes for her."
"So you really believe that D-"
"What are you guys doing talking, there's work to get done!"
"Yes sir!"
"Sir, he's sir!"
What could that mean? The logo has to mean that they're not apart of any of our major enemies. Maybe some colony radicalist group. The eyes of those men, seemed kind of...brainwashed, as if they're apart of some group or organization though. Makes sense because that fairy dust was a chemical unknown to the doctors here or Antarctica. As for the conversation I bet they were taking Day, but to make him teach them things?
An idea is slowly forming as to why Day was taken and what this could mean.
Please let me be wrong.
Grabbing my coat I leave Eden and Day's place, along sure to lock the door and head back my office to do some research of my own to get Day back.
Eden
Entering my office I pull out my laptop and type in my password.
JohnnyDannyEddie
Those are the nicknames out mom use to call us when she wanted to embarrass us into doing our chores. We would already do them but we pretended to hate it so that we could see her laugh and give us a content smile.
"Eden your here! Save me!" Jason says running to hide under my desk. Confused I jump up to check for any danger but Jason whispers from behind my desk, "Its Anthem, she's on a rampage. I was just messing around, I didn't mean for that to happen I swear!"
Rolling my eyes I sit back down. Jason and Anthem are always playing pranks on everyone including each other and they always end up with a mad person trying to find them. "What happened exactly so I know what I'm getting myself into."
"Well I recently bought some paint to redecorate my house and I had it shipped here so that I could test out the colors on the office walls here before I ruined my house. So I went to her office because you know how ugly those walls are and I was going to surprise her but I left paint cans open on her desk and I was moving everything when I left to get a drink from downstairs, I didn't want anyone coming in and trying to steal my paint though so I placed them on the ladder by the door and when she walked in the door hit the ladder and the paint flew everywhere."
"Jason, what do you mean by everywhere?"
"Well…"
"EDEN IS JASON IN YOUR OFFICE!"
Jason's face turned pale and he looked at me with puppy dog eyes that I can never resist so I not my head and he scrambles back under my desk. Turning I out on a calm faccade when Anthem runs in, but I almost break it when I see her. Her hair is dropping with yellow green paint, blue paint covers her clothes and there's glitter covering her from head to toe. I almost go back on my promise because Jason apparently didn't tell me the complete truth.
"Anthem, I thought we agreed glitter just wasn't your thing."
"Aaaarghhh! That stupid, egg headed, yolk for brains Jason did this to me! Wait till I get my hands on him, where is he I know he must have come to you to hide him!"
"Anthem I don't-" A bing sounds on my laptop and I freeze, eyes going wide. Turning around I run to my laptop and quickly type in the security codes I have to access my laptop.
"Your always on that laptop, typing with your eyes glued to it, what's it have on there? Jason and I have an ongoing bet."
"It's information I need for my brother."
"You have one new video message."
That's weird never heard that before."
"Me neither" I mumble opening it up.
"Eden Baltaar Wing, this is General Grievous-Grieves stupid boy. I'm sending you this message to notify you that your search for your brother Day should stop now. There's no need to do that anymore seeing as he has decided to join us.-"
"Whose General Grieves?" Jason cuts in now standing beside me on my right. Anthem glares at him from my left and starts to move toward him when the video goes on.
"I'm giving you a choice here, join us also and help us with your technological skills and you will be able to see Day everyday, we need you Eden. Your invaluable to us, you can help make your society better and far more advanced than that of the Repubic. I'll give you three days to make your decision before I cut this line of communication and take your answer as a no. Your brother sends his regards."
Pushing back from my desk I stand up and run my hands through my hair thinking of what all this could mean. Daniel's joined them? No way he's more than likely just playing along, his letter seems to make it seem that way at least.
"Eden? Where did you say your brother was again?" Anthem asks from my desk. Turning I look from Anthem, dripping with paint and glitter, to Jason, glasses askew and hair sticking everywhere in a mad scientist way as always and make a decision.
"Jason, Anthem...I need your help."