As Reno walked away, I felt my calm vanishing. Cari was still in danger. What if Reno couldn't save her? What if I had just sent him to his doom? I stood up and grabbed my messenger bag as I scurried to the desk. It took them a full ten minutes to discover my sister was in an important meeting, unable to be reached. As I returned to the Lobby sofa, I stared out the glass doors. Calm down Elena. It hasn't been that long... I sat down slowly, trembling as I shut my eyes. Cari had been a life saver when I met her five years earlier. My sister had transferred to Shin-Ra Military Academy. So there I was, a terrified eleven year old moving into middle school, my thirteen year old sister had gotten to skip a grade rather then help me survive middle school. I don't think she'd thought of it that way, but making friends was never my strong suit...
"Hi!" There had stood Cari, her Curly black hair reaching her shoulders back then. It was before were would endure high school uniforms together, but she'd already been wearing a blue plaid skirt to her knees, socks under her knees, and a white blouse with a blue tie. Cari had been the first student to speak to me. At the I was in my goth phase. I had black eye shadow and black lipstick on back then with white blush, wearing a black blouse and the same tone jeans with excess zippers and chains. So maybe I worked to scare people away from me.
None the less, there stood Cari by the table I was reading Angel Sanctuary at. I lowered my pink and white Skull Candy headphones and faced her.
"No, I don't worship the devil." Was my instant snap. Cari laughed slightly and shook her head.
"Didn't say you did. Wanted to know if I could borrow your Fallen CD sometime." And so our friendship was born on Amy Lee.
"Hey." I blinked slowly, looking up as the figure spoke. Another Turk, he was tall and bald. He had a piercing and wore sunglasses, and at first I couldn't tell if he was speaking to me.
"You Elena?" I nodded drowsily. I must have dozed off while thinking of the past.
"Reno sent me to alert you if you're not out front when they drive by he's not stopping. The Don didn't get Cari. AVALANCHE did." My eyes widened and I was fully awake.