I feel extremely uninspired to upload this, I have about 7 more chapters finished, and I'm still writing, but I feel like just letting them stay in my computer. If I only upload for myself, I can spend time on something else instead... If you actually read this, and want me to continue, let me know, because this feels like a complete waste of time...
Chapter 8.
The angels walked out of the minibus in Labuan, and a short, very dark man came towards them.
"Welcome to Labuan." The little man said as he shook their hands.
"Thank you. I'm Kris Munroe, this is Sabrina Duncan, John Bosley, Kelly Garrett and the little girl is Ella." Kris introduced them.
"Nice to meet you. Charlie's told me a lot of things about you. If you come with me, Budi will take your luggage to the hotel rooms."
The gang nodded and followed him over to a big table. There was maps all over the table. There was a big red cross in the ocean, a few miles from where they were know. There was red and blue markers over the map.
"The red cross is the airplane. The blue markers are where my people are now. The red is where they have been."
"Where are we going now?"
"I promised Charlie that you will be out with my gang. They will get back within half an hour, and they are going to go to sleep. There's no way we can find anyone in the dark here anyway. So why don't you go to the hotel and try to get some rest. My team will pick you up outside the hotel by sunrise tomorrow morning, if that's okay?"
"When's sunrise?"
"About 7 am."
"Fine." Sabrina answered.
"But…" Kris begun, but Sabrina put her hand on Kris shoulder, interrupting her.
"I want to go out and look now too Kris. But you heard him, we can't find them in the dark. They will be okay. We'll find them first thing in the morning."
Kris nodded. She knew the others were right. Her thoughts didn't even come close to being realistic. She followed the others to a waiting car, and they all went to the hotel.
They got their room number and entered the four bedroom suite. Ella woke up when Kelly pulled off her clothes and dressed her in her pajamas.
"Mom? Where are we?"
"We're in a hotel room, in Indonesia."
The little girl rubbed her eyes and looked around.
"Can I go back to sleep?"
"Let's brush our teeth, and then we can both go back and sleep."
"Did you pack my toothbrush?"
"Of course." Kelly smiled and pulled up the pink toothbrush.
Ella immediately grabbed it and smiled as she looked at it. Kelly couldn't help but smile too. A month ago, the little girl hated everything that was pink. Now she wanted everything in that color. Stubborn. And Kelly recognized that so well. She grabbed her own toothbrush and then took the little girl's hand as they walked into the bathroom.
Kris and Sabrina were standing in there, Sabrina in a cotton pajamas, and Kris in a silk nightgown. They both had their toothbrushes in their mouths, and they smiled as Kelly lifted up Ella and sat her down next to the marble sink. Ella begun brushing her teeth, but when about a minute passed, she was doing it more and more slowly, her eyelids begun to close. It was passed midnight, of course the five-year-old was tired. Kelly smiled, spat in the sink and washed her mouth, then the put her hands on the girl's knees.
"Ella, sweetie?"
Ella woke back up, realizing where she was, and smiled widely.
"Oh!"
"Spit honey, and we can go back to sleep."
Ella spit in the sink, the same procedure as the others.
"Do you need to use the toilet?" Kelly asked, and Ella shook her head.
"Nope!"
"You sure?"
"Yepp!
"Okay then. Say goodnight."
Ella smiled and hugged Kris and Sabrina.
"Good night aunt Kris! Good night aunt Bri!"
"Good night sweetie." They chorused, and Kelly lifted the girl off the sink, and walked back into the bathroom. They crawled down into the king sized bed, and turned of the lights. Just as Kelly's eyelids were getting heavy, she felt the little girl tug at her shoulder.
"Mommy?"
"Yeah?" Kelly answered with a yawn.
"I need to use the toilet."
Kelly couldn't help but smile. Every time.