Chapter 14
Dominic woke up. "Ugh…" He groaned. "What happened yesterday?" He thought quietly to himself. He looked around. The room was slightly out of order. Plates littered the table. Gulliver was sleeping at the end of the bed and Anemone slept peacefully to the right of him. Dominic smiled and quietly talked to himself. "Yeah, now I remember. We were up so late having fun. The manager even came and told us to shut up." He chuckled and continued talking quietly. "We shouldn't have played the Playstation 1000." Dominic pulled out his phone and flipped it open. "Huh, a text message." He typed in his password and read the message. "Message from Captain Jurgens." The screen displayed. "We found some info that Dewey had a small base in Bellforest. Please investigate and report back to us." The message stopped and displayed, "End of Message." Dominic sighed and shifted his fingers through Anemone's silky hair. He kissed her on the forehead and started packing. Dominic placed a bulletproof vest under his black military suit and strapped his trusty pistol to his side. He looked at the mirror, nodded, and placed his boots and hat on. He was about to leave the hotel room when Anemone placed her hand on his shoulder. "Take me with you." She said quietly as she rested her head on Dominic's back. "I can't, it'll be dangerous." Anemone held him harder, "Please, Dominic?"
Dominic sighed; he knew that something dangerous might happen. However, if he left her here, something else might happen; such as that one time he went away to find another person for her position. He exhaled loudly, "Alright, you can come along." With that, Anemone changed into her military outfit and they left the building. They walked around the town for a few minutes. It was still very early in the morning so no one was outside. They finally reach their destination. Dominic flipped out his phone to confirm their position. "Yup, this is the right place." He said as he observed the building. It was a rusty old warehouse. With graffiti on the walls and cracked windows, it looked abandoned. The door was chained shut. Dominic pulled out his pistol and screwed on his silencer. He aimed at the chain and pulled the trigger. The chains broke and slipped off. "Let's go." He said and pushed on the door, which slowly creaked open. Dominic and Anemone walked into the darkness. It took a moment for their eyes to adjust but once it did, they can tell the room was vastly empty. Dominic sneezed and covered his nose. Anemone covered her nose, "It's very dusty and has a bad stench."
"Yeah… Look, I will go check that computer. It might have useful information." Dominic said and walked up to the computer and switched it on. "Dewey!?! He's still alive!?!" Anemone gasped. Dominic shook his head, "No, it's an old recording." Anemone let out a sigh,"Thank goodness it's an old recording." she thought. Dewey began talking,
"Do you have it ready yet?" Dewey said.
"Yes sir." A voice rang in.
"Excellent, move the clone out of there as soon as possible."
"Will do."
The message ended. Anemone was extremely confused, "Clone? What was he up to?" She thought and glanced over to Dominic. "What? He's messing around with cloning?" He said as his eyes widened. A small beeping noise sounded. It beeped slowly at first and then rapidly sped up. Dominic gasped, "Get down Anemone!" He said as he quickly covered Anemone and pushed her to the ground. The computer exploded into flames. The force sent them flying back a few feet. "Ow…" Dominic groaned as he sat back up. He quickly examined his singed suit and groaned once more. Anemone was unharmed, however, because Dominic protected her. Dominic peered into the darkness; he thought he saw something glint. "What was –" A bullet whizzed past his head. "Damn! Anemone, get down!" He yelled as he pulled out his pistol and shot several rounds at the area the flash came from. A thump sounded as the foe's body hit the ground. Another shot whizzed past Dominic and ricocheted off the ground. "Dammit, there's more than one!" He cried as he fired several more rounds. The rounds did not hit however. "Stop moving dam…!" Two shots hit Dominic squarely in the chest. He groaned and slumped down to the ground. "Dominic! DOMINIC!" Anemone screamed as she shook his body. The man who shot Dominic emerged from the shadows and advanced slowly. "DOMINIC! WAKE UP! Don't leave me!" Anemone yelled as tears welled into her eyes. The man was five feet away from the couple. "Do I terminate them?" The man said into his microphone. "Yes." A familiar voice rang in his ears. The man advanced even closer and raised his pistol. Anemone didn't move, "Life's not worth it without you, Dominic." She thought. Dominic's eyes suddenly opened. He quickly shot the surprised man two times, one in the chest and one in the forehead. The man fell backwards and blood pooled out from the gunshot wounds. "Dominic! You're alive!" Anemone cried in joy and wiped away her tears. Dominic pulled of his jacket, revealing his bulletproof vest. He did not expect what Anemone did next though. She slapped him across his right check. The slap echoed throughout the empty room. "Wah-What was that for?" Dominic asked as he rubbed his cheeks. Tears welled up in Anemone's eyes. She hugged and scolded Dominic. "Don't ever leave me like that again!" Dominic smiled and looked into Anemone's pink eyes. "I promise then." A loud explosion was heard from the back of the room. The entire building started shaking. Dominic looked up from Anemone's eyes and pulled her up. "We need to get out of here quickly! The entire building is coming down!" Dominic and Anemone quickly ran towards the entrance of the building. They dived through the doorway just as the building collapsed. "That was too close." Anemone gasped as they got back up. Dominic nodded, "Yeah, let's get back. We need to report what we found to Captain Jurgens."
"Yeah." Anemone responded.
"But first, we need to see Axel and get my bike fixed."
Anemone laughed and grasped Dominic's arm, "Let's go back."