Diana was extremely uncomfortable in this position. She was tied to Lana and Brianna while being half dragged through a building by Katie. It was even worse because Brianna was putting up a good show.
"You'll never get away with this!" Brianna dramatically yelled between struggling to break free. Which resulted in Diana being accidentally smacked in the face a few times.
I shouldn't be going through this, Diana thought. I should be in a safe hospitable bed, maybe getting my stomach scanned to see if it's a boy or a girl.
Diana was thankful her stomach didn't become big enough that you could tell. At least while she was wearing a shirt that was too big for her. But sooner or later, Diana realized she would have to tell everyone, because it was growing faster than normal.
"I shall see you all in court!" Brianna cried to the people unfortunate enough to be walking by her at that moment.
"Brianna, it's a little much," Diana heard Astrid's voice say through the earpiece. Brianna grumbled something along the lines of how no one let's her have any fun.
"Um, excuse me," Katie said to the old lady sitting at the front desk. Diana expected the lady to sound like the secretary lady from Monsters Inc. She had a name tag that read "Hello, my name is Ms. Stanton."
"ID card?" the Ms. Stanton said before even looking up. Katie held her breath and put her ID card on the desk. The secretary looked at it and frowned.
"Katie Kimmet. Never heard of you before," she said. Ms. Stanton scanned the card and the light on the scanner turned green. She shrugged.
"Well, I don't know everyone, I guess. What do you need?" she said. Katie let loose a quiet sigh of relief.
"Well, I was told to bring these three in. They're the last of the moofs that escaped a few days ago," Katie said. The lady raised her eyebrows and looked down at them. She chuckled.
"Great, the General will be pleased about this," she started typing until she looked like she found what she needed. "Bring them to cell N-108, then check on the others. The first three are in cell J-105. Also, there's a girl in cell F-103. And, did you hear about one of these Anomaly kids that claimed he would help the General? He's in cell C-101, and I think it's all a big lie..."
Diana stopped listening to the old lady's gossip because she just processed what Ms. Stanton had said.
A girl in cell F-103.
It was someone else from the FAYZ who got caught. It could be Taylor, Sinder, Penny, Emily, or someone else Diana could have forgotten about. She glanced at Lana and Brianna, and they shared the same equally shocked expression Diana had.
"And try to stay away from Mr. Merwin's room. We tell him not to whip his fellow employees, but he doesn't always listen," the lady added.
Diana almost fainted. Brianna "silently" cursed, which caused several heads to turn towards them. Lana elbowed Brianna, then swore under her breath herself. Katie continued her act of being an employee of the fake CIA fairly well, which Diana was thankful for. She didn't want to get caught for real. Especially since she knew who was working for the General, now.
Katie continued to drag the three girls to the cell they were designated. She unlocked the door and gently pushed them in.
"I'm going to check on the others, explain what's going on," Katie whispered, then walked out the door. Brianna lost it immediately.
"Drake is here!" Brianna yelled. Diana couldn't tell if she was happy or scared. Maybe both. "I am SO going to slice him up this time! He doesn't even stand a chance!"
"Brianna, remember the mission. Don't let your need to kill Drake ruin the mission," Astrid said through the earpiece. Brianna looked crestfallen.
"I know," she muttered. "But if the opportunity arises…"
"Then feel free to rid this messed up world of Drake," Astrid finished. Brianna smiled.
"With pleasure," she said.
Dekka was not enjoying her stay. Neither was Sam or Caine. Once a day, the three of them would be dragged out so Drake could have his fun. There was already three casualties. Three different agents tried to interfere to prevent Drake from killing Sam, once. It was the last mistake they ever made.
At least Sam survived.
Dekka was awoken by a knock on their cell door. She realized she was laying with Caine and Sam on the floor. She immediately jumped up and threw up in her mouth a little. The door opened, and in walked a girl Dekka had never seen before.
She had red hair pulled back into a high ponytail. Her skin was very pale and had freckles across the bridge of her nose. She had bright green eyes and smiled at Dekka.
"I'm Katie, and I'm helping your friends rescue you," she whispered. Dekka stared at her with her mouth open. Katie looked down at the two boys sleeping next to each other on the floor. Dekka saw her try to hide a smile.
"That's cute," Katie said. "But we better wake them up."
Dekka gently poked Sam in the back and not-so-gently kicked Caine in the stomach. Caine woke up with a groan.
"What was that for?" he said to Dekka. Sam laughed.
"Katie here says that our friends are rescuing us," Dekka said. Caine and Sam both looked Katie over.
"So, are we leaving right now?" Caine asked. Katie snorted.
"Don't be silly. Wouldn't you think they would notice you three walking out the door?" Katie said. Dekka wanted to warn her to not poke fun at Caine.
Katie continued. "Astrid planned this big elaborate scheme. And I just wanted to give you a heads up before you waltzed into the Extractor room and saw Jack working it. I didn't want you to assume he betrayed you… again. Now, I need to check on Jack and the other girl. I'll be seeing you again, soon."
Then she smiled and walked out the door, leaving Caine, Sam, and Dekka staring open-mouthed at where she used to be with a small flicker of hope.
Drake loved his new job. His job was torturing people. Torturing Caine, Sam, and Dekka to be specific. And he didn't have to go to college or anything stupid like that for it. All he did was drive until he ran into a building. Drake would have literally ran into this building if he was certain he was still immortal. But he wasn't.
Drake had swaggered through the front door, snapping his whip at everyone within a 10 feet radius of him. Then the General walked up to him and smiled. That had made Drake falter, because it seemed like the fancy big-time military dude was expecting him. Drake had shrugged that off and agreed right away when the General offered to let Drake whip any Perdido Beach Anomaly kids that he caught.
Drake would have squealed in joy if he was a girl when he found out Diana, Brianna, Lana, and Jack would caught. The General disappointed Drake a little bit by saying Jack was on their side and therefore Drake couldn't whip him. Drake never followed the rules, though. He would still whip Jack when the time came.
Drake was pacing in his room, waiting for the General or some quivering intern to tell him it was time to torture. It was 2:00pm, the time he usually whipped Caine, Sam, or Dekka. Except now Drake would get to choose between six people. He couldn't decide if he wanted to whip Brianna or Diana first. He hated them both so much. It was a very tough choice.
Drake stopped pacing to look at his clock. 2:15pm. He snarled and twitched his whip. If an intern walked through that door, there was going to be a casualty. He deserved it, for making Drake wait so long.
2:30pm. Drake was growing restless. Five minutes later, he decided he wouldn't wait any longer. He broke the door knob off and walked into the hallway.