Just one touch
Chapter Nine

Anita groaned. She heard her communicator ringing, but she had no idea what time it was. Anita felt broken, she didn't sleep well and she cried for almost the whole night. She opened her eyes and saw that the light found a way through her curtains. Anita looked for her communicator and she looked to her screen. It was Ray. "What is it, Ray?" she asked as she answered her communicator.

"How are you, Anita?" Ray asked and he looked to her. He knew that she didn't feel alright and he would send her back home if she dared to place even one foot at the U.Z.Z. building. Anita was in no condition to save the earth today.

"I think you already decided to let me stay home today." Anita said and Ray nodded. "So I will be here when you need me." she continued.

"We won't need your help today, Anita. Just take some rest." Ray said goodbye to Anita and Anita placed her communicator away. She just wanted to be alone today.

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Anita sighed as she heard the doorbell ringing. No one would come and visit her, they all knew she just wanted to be alone; that she could get over it all by her self. So she wondered who on earth could be at her front door right now. Anita walked to her front door. She knew she didn't look wonderful. Wearing baggy clothes and she knew her hair was messy too. At least I have a good reason to look like this, she thought as she opened her door. "Mildred?" Anita said when she saw who was standing at her front door. Mildred was the last person she expected to come. "But…what are you doing here?"

"Victor called me this morning." Mildred said. "He said that you called in sick and I wondered if you…"

"Come on in." Anita said and she stepped aside. She didn't mind why Mildred came, but it was nice to have someone to talk to. They walked to the living room and Anita sat down on the couch.

"Anita, what's wrong?" Mildred asked as she sat down next to Anita. She knew exactly what was wrong with Anita, but she needed to hear from Anita herself.

"Victor is seeing that…that…that new agent…" tears slowly fell down Anita's cheeks and Mildred pulled her into a hug.

"Shh, it will be alright." Mildred whispered. She knew Anita loved Victor more than just friends, so she figured that seeing Victor and Delilah had to be really hard for her.

"No, it will never be alright." Anita said and she looked to Mildred. "Within a few months, they will tell us that they are going to get married."

Mildred sighed. "They won't hesitate things. Besides, I get the feeling that something is not right about their relationship."

"What…what do you mean?" Anita asked while she wiped away her tears.

"Delilah didn't seem to be really happy about their relationship. As if she is with Victor against her will."

Anita looked to Mildred. "Are…are you sure?" To her it seemed that Delilah loved every minute that she was with Victor.

"Positive. There is something wrong about that Victor and Delilah are together."

Anita thought for a few moments. "Maybe…Maybe Delilah still works for T.H.E.M."

"Delilah and T.H.E.M.? What are you talking about?" Mildred asked and Anita told Mildred what Delilah said to her earlier. "My son is in love with a T.H.E.M. agent?"

"What if something made Victor fall in love with Delilah?" Anita said after a few seconds. It sounded a little bit lame, but it could be the only explanation.

Mildred looked to Anita. "You mean like a poison?"

"Yeah, something like that." Anita jumped up. "I have to go!"

Mildred looked up in surprise. "Where are you going to?"

"To the T.H.E.M. base!" Anita left Mildred alone and ran upstairs to change her baggy clothes into her jumpsuit.

Mildred was just too surprised to react. First, her son comes home with someone else than Anita and then his girlfriend seems to be a T.H.E.M. agent. Mildred just sighed. It could be true about the love poison and it would explain something. Suddenly, Anita raced into the room. "Anita," Mildred said and Anita looked up. "You can't go to there all by your self. It's dangerous."

Anita gave Mildred a weak smile and she started to tie her shoelaces. "I can do it, no problem." and Anita jumped up.

"You're having emotional problems Anita." Mildred said and she grabbed Anita's arm. "You won't be able to think clearly and you need someone who could be your back-up."

"Why don't you come along with me?" Anita asked and she looked to Mildred. "You've been a secret agent too and you back on training karate again, right?"

"Anita, I'm not as young as you are." Mildred said and she wanted to say something more, but Anita interrupted her.

"Don't tell me that you don't want some action anymore." Anita looked to Mildred. "I can't tell anyone else about it, they would never believe me."

Mildred sighed. "Alright, I'll come with you."

"Thank you, Mildred." Anita whispered. "It really means a lot to me."

Mildred just smiled. "Let's go then." Both women didn't know what would happen at the T.H.E.M. base, but they were sure they would found out about it really quickly.

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"Alright, so I'll be waiting right here." Mildred looked to Anita. They were standing just outside the T.H.E.M. spiderbase, next to Anita's sky-bike. Anita would sneak into the spiderbase and Mildred would be waiting outside. She would call Anita when something would happen.

Anita nodded and she looked to Mildred. "You have my old communicator, right?" she asked and Mildred nodded. "Alright, here I go." Anita sighed and she walked away from the sky-bike. She hoped that the answer would be in the spiderbase and that Doctor Doctor was behind this all what happened the past days.

Anita sneaked into the base and looked for an easy way to get close to Doctor Doctor's plans. Suddenly, a few expendables walked into the hallway and Anita looked around to see if she could make a clear escape out of the hallway. She noticed a door and tried to open it. It went open and Anita raced into the room. "That was close." she whispered and she looked around. "Now that's what I call coincidence."
A few moments later, Anita walked out of the room, wearing expendable clothes. "Now, where could Doctor Doctor be?" she wondered and she walked around through the base.

"Red Six." suddenly sounded and an expendable stopped Anita. "Doctor Doctor's researchers need some help."

"Oh, okay." Anita said and she walked with the expendable to the lab of Doctor Doctor's researchers. Lucky the expendable doesn't talk much, Anita thought as the expendable opened a door and they walked into the lab.

"What do we need to do?" the expendable asked and the researcher looked up.

"You need to stay here." he said to Anita and Anita nodded. "And for you…" the researcher and the expendable walked away and started to talk about some kind of project. Anita looked around her and decided to give herself a tour through the lab.

I wonder where they would put the love poison, if there was one, Anita thought after she walked through the whole lab. Then she saw it, at the place where she looked first. It was a little bottle with a purple liquid in it. Anita walked to it and she smiled a little bit when she saw the description. I knew it was a love poison that made Victor fell in love with Delilah, Anita grabbed the love poison and managed to escape from the spiderbase.

"Did you get it?" Mildred asked when Anita jumped onto her sky-bike.

"Yep, let's hope that Professor Professor will be able to make an antidote." Anita said and she looked to the love poison. She put all her hope in Professor Professor's wisdom. Only the antidote could save Victor from Delilah. And only the antidote could save Anita from a terrible heartbreak.

Sorry it took me soo long to finish this chapter, but school, exams and work just don't mix with each other when I'm trying to write a story. I hope I will be able to write the chapter as soon as possible, but I won't promise a thing.

xxx'jes
Eszie