Chapter 13

Dominic and Anemone were on their way to Bellforest. Dominic had the weekend off and decided to meet Renton's Grandpa again. They were traveling on Dominic's motorcycle. Anemone was sitting on the co-seat as she cuddled Gulliver. Dominic noticed how easy it was to pick him up.

"How do you pick him up so easily?"

"He's very light." She said as she tossed the animal over to Dominic. "Wa-Wait! No!" But it was too late. Gulliver landed with a thump on Dominic's arms. The bike swerved and crashed to the side of the road. "My bike!" Dominic cried in anguish. Anemone eyes were focused on the ground as she slowly kicked the dirt at her feet around. "Sorry…" She said quietly. Dominic looked up from his bike and smiled, "Anemone, it's alright. I know someone in town that can fix this." Anemone looked up, smiled, and hugged him. Gulliver stared at them as Dominic's cheeks turned pink. "Come on, the town is only a mile away now." They started moving the bike towards town. Every few minutes, Gulliver would help move the bike with his head. It was dark by the time they reached the edge of the small town. "We need to look for a inn to stay for tonight." Dominic told Anemone.

"Why?"

"Renton's grandpa's house is on the other side of Bellforest I think."

Dominic opened up his map. "Let's see… If we continue North on the main street and then turn East, we should arrive at the motel."

"Ok, let's go." Anemone said. Dominic didn't move. "Um… which way is North?"

Anemone stared at him and laughed. "You don't know how to read a map even though you are part of the intelligence team?" Dominic laughed, "Yeah, the computers did the direction pointing for us."

"Oh, alright then." Anemone said as she led the way. They arrived at the entrance of the motel within five minutes. Dominic walked up to the cashier and paid for a room for two. The man looked closely at Dominic and Anemone. "Try not to bother the people in the next rooms." He said as he handed Dominic the key. Dominic thanked the man and went into the room he paid for. The interior of the room was nicely lit. The bed was a queen size bed with two small fancy lamps on each side. A table sat at the bottom edge of the bed and a bathroom was located to the left. "Wow! This is so cool!" Anemone exclaimed. Dominic laughed, "Yeah, and it was expensive too." Anemone jumped on the bed. The bed was one of the expensive memory foam types. "Wow! This bed feels so good!" She said as she laid back. She got back up and asked Dominic, "Want to go shopping?" Dominic was about to reply but then his cell phone rang. "Uhh…Hold up." He said as he answered the phone. "Lieutenant Dominic Sorel here." Jurgen's voice rang in, "This Monday, I will need you to compile the data we retrieved from Dewey's files."

"Ok, got it. This Monday." Dominic said as he hung up the phone. He turned around as he felt Anemone's arms slip around his waist. She was slightly blushing and was looking off to the side.
"Um, do you want to go do "it" now?" Dominic's eyes widened in surprise

"Really? You want to do it?" He asked.

"Yeah…Be right back, I'll change into looser clothes. These military suits are a little tight." Anemone said as she skipped into the bathroom.

The door slid shut and was locked with a click. Dominic could not believe what just happened. To him, it was almost like a dream come true. He sat down on the bed and sighed. He knew that he would be breaking the promise to practice abstinence. "Ah, who cares?" Dominic thought. He laid back and rubbed his forehead. "Will Anemone want me to go slow or fast? Which one will make her happier?" At that moment, Anemone burst out of the bathroom. Her hair was tied back and she wore the dress she usually wore.

"Let's go!" She said joyfully. Anemone noticed that Dominic was bothered. "You know, if you don't want to go then you don't have to." Dominic shook his head, "No, I want to do it too." Anemone smiled at what he said. Dominic blushed a little as he slowly said, "Do you want to do it on the bed or on the table?" Anemone looked at him queerly. She did not understand what he meant. "What are you talking about?" She asked slowly and then started laughing. "How can you go shopping on the table or bed!?! You're so funny, Dominic!" Dominic blushed partly because he had misunderstood shopping for "it". "Umm, never mind. Let's go shopping then." He said as gestured his arms at the door. They closed the door behind them and walked out to the city. Dominic smiled and thought, "How stupid of me…"

Dominic and Anemone went site seeing. They window-shopped and bought a few souvenirs. "Hey!" Someone called out to them. The man walked up to Dominic and pointed at Anemone. "She's one of Dewey's followers! Why are you with her!?!"

Dominic calmly said, "Sir, I do not want any trouble here. We'll be on our way."

"She should be dead along with Dewey!" The man hissed as readied his right arm to strike Anemone.

Dominic quickly grabbed his wrist and twisted them around to the man's back. The man cried out in pain. "She's a different person now!" Dominic said while choking on tears. "And if you don't stop, then you'll have to worry about more than your wrist." Dominic let go of the man. The man was about to say something but decided against it. He bowed his head down, "Sorry…" and walked away. Anemone clasped her hands around Dominic's fist. "Thank you…" She said quietly.

The couple walked back to their motel, each worn out by all the walking. Anemone wrapped her arms around Dominic. "Thanks for defending me back there." She quietly said.

"It's nothing." Dominic said as he turned around and looked into Anemone's purple eyes. Their face inched closer but then Dominic's phone rang and interrupted their moment. "Yes?" Dominic answered impatiently. Jurgan's voice popped in, "We have some info that Dewey was playing with new cloning technology. We'll need to you analyze it more though." Dominic sighed, "Ok then." He placed the phone down and turned to Anemone. "Now where were we?" Their face nearly made contact when Dominic heard someone laughing. "What the hell?" He said and turned to the phone. His mouth dropped open. On the screen was everyone on the Izumo. "Oh shoot! I forgot to turn off the phone." He said as he quickly picked up the phone and snapped it shut. He turned around to Anemone. She had lost interest and wanted to do something else. "Let's go make dinner." Dominic sighed, "Alright then."