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I made my way to the security guards. Sho was quite right indeed. Failure was not an option. As I approached them, the guards began to eye me with strange curiosity. In all my eagerness to get to Master, it would seem, I had forgotten to change out of my bathing suit.

"Hello," I said cautiously to the men, now standing only a few feet from them.

" 'Afternoon...." Replied one. It would seem he was at a loss for words. But I would not sit and think on it. I had more important issues to attend to.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could make out Sho, swooping over top one of the buildings and setting down the canister. He removed a grate that was covering an entrance into the building and, grabbing the canister, disappeared inside.

"You're a far way from the beach young lady...." The other guard said, eying me suspiciously.

"Well, yes. You see, that's exactly the reason I'm approaching you gentlemen. I'm a swimmer....And I find the best way to build up my endurance is to swim against the waves.... I'm not from around here. Embarrassingly enough, I get lost every time I come here."

The men still looked skeptical. Turning slightly, I gestured toward the truck.

"That's my car there. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction?"

The expressions on both their faces became more relaxed. It almost made me wonder if people typically came to the Water plant to cause trouble..... No matter. I had them fooled well enough. Master would be most pleased.

"You're going to want to get out of here, go way down to the other side of the parking lot. You should arrive at Yokituro Street. Make a left there, and then follow down the road for about a mile. You should come up to an old fire station on your right. Go straight for one more block, then go around the circle and bear right...."

I allowed the guards to give me these directions. Often, I would pretend not to understand something and ask them questions. Only when I saw Sho back up on the top of the roof did I thank the guards and hurry back to the truck.

Sho was already waiting there, grinning wildly at me.

"Did everything go smoothly? Were you successful?" I asked pointedly.

"Sheesh! Is that all you care about? Lighten up."
"Failure is NOT an option." I reminded him as he started up the car again.
"Yeah, yeah...." Shifting gears, the car was set in motion once more, and we began to make our way back to Master's hideout.

Sho kept trying to make conversation with me the entire drive back, only to find that I was quite unresponsive.

"Not much of a talker, are you?" He said as he stopped the car in the middle of the street.
"Shouldn't you put that back where you found it?"
"Why?" He asked, bewildered.
"Because the human that belongs to is going to notice it's missing, see it down the street, call the cops, and then Master will have to flee."

Ignoring me, Sho tried to make his way back to the house. Shaking with anger, I cut him off. With a force that surprised even me, I hurtled him back into the side of the truck.
"You WILL replace the truck. And you WILL do it now. The human will NOT ever know it was missing. And Master's plans will NOT be compromised." To emphasize my seriousness, I thrust my hand around his neck, tightening my grip and pushing his head back against the glass of the window.

"Al..right...Al....right!" He choked. I released my grip and stood on the curb, arms folded. Grumbling to himself, he got back into the truck and put it back exactly as he found it.

I waited for him as he walked back down the block, and together we re-entered the boarding house.

Master was exactly where we had left him, head still dropping from his shoulders.

As we entered, he raised it ever so slightly to peer at us through his hair.

"All went well, Master Nobuyuki." Sho said, kneeling down before him. I followed suite.

A sly grin poked out from the darkness that was masking Master so well.

"Excellent," he said. "Excellent." He stared at us both thoughtfully for a moment before he began to speak again. "Sho, I will need you to oversee the spread of the agent. Observe the humans as best as you can."

With a nod and a flash, Sho was gone.

It was just Master and I. I trembled slightly in his presence.

"As for you, Amaya dear, I have plans for you."

There was malice in both his eyes and his smile as he looked down upon me. Despite a voice that screamed in protest in the back of my head, I felt myself smile too.

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