Hey, Nukia here!
This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I'm going to keep going. So this is my last chapter for this fanfiction, I want to thank all the people who have reviewed my story and have given me the determination to get it finished. Hopefully you'll continue following me well I continue writing Beyond This Love, thank you for your support! I don't know much about airports, so forgive me if I got anything wrong about airports.
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Chapter 36!
I flicked through the television channels with the television remote as I sighed, Backup had been gone for over 3 hours now. I placed the remote down on the bedside cabinet, I climbed out off the king size bed and picked my empty teacup up from the cabinet. I walked over to the kettle and switched it on as I placed my teacup down in the side. I wrapped my arms myself as I walked over to the window of the hotel room, I pulled back one of the curtains and took a look out of the window. I could see Heathrow Airport in the distance, it was all lit up with white and purple coloured lights. I heard the kettle's switch click off, I walked back over to kettle and made myself another cup of tea. I blew into my teacup as I walked back over to the bed, I placed it down on the bedside cabinet and got back into bed.
I covered myself back up with the bed's blankets, I snuggled down into the bed and stared at the television as I picked a cheese flavoured crisp from a bowl next to me. I looked over at the room's door when I heard it unlocked, I sat up in the bed and watched Backup walk into the room carrying a blue suitcase. He closed the door quietly behind him, he gave me smirk as he walked over to the bed and placed the suitcase down on the end of the bed. I ate my crisp and then crawled over to the suitcase, I wonder where he got the suitcase from? I watched him open it up, I took a look inside of it and tucked some of my hair behind my ear. There was a leather cosmetic box, a blonde long-haired wig, a brown medium envelope, a few bottles of chemicals, a black handbag and a plastic bag with a camera inside of it in the suitcase.
" What is all of this stuff for?" I asked.
" It's the extra items I needed to acquire for our journey, but it seems that my plans are about to unexpectedly change..." He replied. " I do not want to alarm you my dear, but we're being followed by another connection of Watari's since we arrived in London. I believe this person as been tracking each and every one of our moves since we were booked into the hotel..."
" What?!" I asked. " Have you seen this other connection of Watari's yet?"
" I'm afraid to say that I have not seen this other connection, but I know for a fact that it's not the connection I paid off this morning because I met him in town a few hours ago to collect a few items for our journey..." He replied as he took his hoody off and hung it over the end of the bed. " It's important that we change our photographs in our passports in case we're being watched from a far by the eyes of a betrayer, I will not let my plan fail when we have come so far already. I would like you to put this wig on and get changed into some plain clothes, I need to get your photograph retaken for your passport..."
" Wouldn't the offertories at the airport notice that the passports have been tampered with?" I asked. " I know the passports are fake in the first place, but wouldn't it be hard to change the photographs in them now seeing that the glue as set them into place days ago. Also how will you develop the photographs? I don't think they have a dark room in the hotel especially made for developing photographs in, do you?"
" You doubt me again my dear, the camera is just a prop for the suitcase..." He replied as he took the brown envelope from the suitcase. " There is a photo booth downstairs in the hotel's reception area, I will escort you to the photo booth when you're dressed and ready. I suggest you hurry, the reception area is empty at this moment which will be a good thing. No questions will be asked, it will be straight forward..."
" Okay, are you going to change your passport's photograph too?" I asked.
" Of course, we both need to change our appearance for our journey..." He replied. " Now be quick my dear, it's nearly 12am and I would like to sleep at some point tonight unless you would like to socialize about today's events. Is there anything on your mind you would like to discuss with me?"
" It's okay Backup, you need to get some sleep for once instead of talking to me until ungodly hours in the morning..." I smiled and slid from the bed. " I'll be quick, I'll just wear one of my new plain dresses I brought in town today. But I will make sure I wear a different one at the airport later, I won't be long!"
I grabbed a plain white dress from my shopping bag, I quickly ran to the bathroom and got changed into it. I hurried back to the bedroom and took the blonde wig from the suitcase, I wonder if blonde hair will suit me? I walked over to a mirror above a wooden dresser, I placed the wig down on the dresser and tied my hair up into a bun. I looked at my reflection in the mirror, I bit at my bottom lip as I tucked loose strands of my hair behind my ears. I carefully picked the wig up from the dresser, I put the wig on and styled the wig as best as I could. I walked back over to the king size bed, I sat down on it and put my black healed shoes on as I looked over at the bathroom's doorway. I saw Backup standing in the doorway with his hands in his blue jean pockets, he had changed into a baggy black t-shirt and had his hair combed back. He looked different with his hair combed back, I could even say handsome in a strange way.
" Wow, you look tidy for a change!" I laughed slightly as I got up from the bed. " I wouldn't have guessed it was you in a million years, but I know you're the only person in the bathroom so the guess was kind of easy for me..."
" Your humor as always amuses me, but I will not be dressing like this for the airport..." He chuckled.
" That's a shame, I think you look rather dashing in a strange way..." I giggled.
" I find your complement rather interesting, but for now I would suggest we get our photographs retaken before the epoxy resin I just prepared in the bathroom goes hard and unusable..." He smirked and removed his hands from his jean pockets. " Did you order any room service? I myself could do with a bedtime snack after we have had our photographs retaken, my stomach is making such a grumbling racket..."
" I ordered some ham sandwiches and a bowl of crisps, there is a few left if you are interesting them..." I replied. " I also have some of that chocolate cake left, you are welcome to eat the rest of it if you like..."
" I guess that will satisfy my rumbling stomach until the afternoon, but for now I want you to follow me to the reception area..." He said as he looked over at the hotel room's keys on the bedside's cabinet. " Please bring the keys with you, we will need to lock the room's door while we are downstairs..."
" Okay..." I nodded.
I took the hotel room's keys from the bedside cabinet, we left the room and I locked the door behind us. Backup told me to talk to him about any random subject while we walked downstairs to the reception area, so I decided to talk to him about a film I had watched tonight on the television as we walked along the corridor together. I could tell he was not interested in the film I had watched, he kept chewing at his fingernail and looking at room numbers on the other hotel room doors as we walked pasted them. We took the lift to the lobby, but this time there was no lift man. We left the lift and Backup led me over to the photo booth near the reception area. He took some money from his jean pocket, he told me that he would go first and then I could get my photo taken after him. I watched him get into the photo booth, he put his money into the coin slot and drew the black curtain on the booth.
It wasn't long until Backup had finished having his photographs taken, he gave me a smirk as he got out of the photo booth and drew the curtain back on the booth. He told me to get inside of it, I did as he said and sat on the stool in the booth. He took his four photographs from the photo slot, he gave me some money and drew the curtain on the booth. I put the money into the coin slot, I looked at straight ahead like it said on the photo booth's screen and waited for it to start taking my photographs. The booth took the four photographs of me, the curtain quickly drew back and Backup sat down next to me.
" What are you doing?" I asked.
" Creating a memory, our new life begins in a photograph..." He replied.
I felt Backup quickly put his arm around me, he told me to smile for the photograph as he put some more money into the coin slot. I did as he said, he pressed a button on the screen which said one photograph and drew the booth's curtain. There was a flash of light and the photograph was taken. He quickly got out of the photo booth, I drew back the curtain and watched him collect the photographs. He told me to follow him back to the hotel room, I did what he said and we got the lift to the 3rd floor. We walked back to our hotel room, I unlocked the door and walked through the doorway of the hotel room.
Backup rushed past me, I saw him disappear into the bathroom and close the door behind him. I locked the room's door, I walked over to the king size bed and placed the keys down on the bedside cabinet. I sat down on the bed, I took my shoes off and lay back on the bed. I stretched my arms out on the bed and looked over at the bathroom's door, I wonder how long he plans to be in the bathroom for? I sighed as I rolled over onto stomach, I switched the television on with the remote and glanced over at the bathroom when I heard the door open. I took the bowl of crisps from the other end of the bed and quickly ate a few of the crisps as I watched Backup remove the suitcase from the bed. He placed it down on the floor and sat down next to me on the bed. He placed a small bag of malteasers down next to me, he told me they were for later in case I needed a little bit of sugar to give me a boost before we boarded the plane. I thanked him for the chocolates, he ate a few of the crisps from the bowl and then lay back on the bed.
" Did you manage to replace the photographs in the passports?" I asked.
" Yes, they're drying in the bathroom as we speak..." He replied as he put him hands behind his head. " They were fairly easy to change, I was taught by the best when it comes to forging documents and passports. My Alternative was a forging genius, I've never met anyone who could forge a document with so much skill and perfection. You should be grateful that he graced your life just the once, it may never happen again in this life time..."
" You miss him too, don't you?" I asked.
" In small doses my dear, but his goodness sometimes made me feel sick to my stomach..." He replied. " But let's change the conversation subject before it get emotional, I for one can not comfort you like a normal person. Why don't you get changed back into your nightwear, it is getting late and I need to sleep for at least 9 hours to be fully functional for our journey to the airport in the evening..."
" Okay, but can I ask you which bed you would like to sleep in?" I asked as I placed the bowl of crisps down on the bed. " I don't mind where I sleep, you can have the king size bed if you want..."
" Why don't we both share the king size bed, what do you say?" He asked with a smirk as he sat up on the bed. " I only say this because I felt a draft by the other bed, I believe there is a problem with the wooden frame of the window. I predict that the wood of the window frame as a damp issue, you would think hotels of this standard would make sure the maintenance of their rooms would be outstanding for the prices..."
" Well okay then, but can we put a pillow between us?" I asked.
" If you must, I would hate to make you feel awkward..." He replied.
I watched him take his sneakers off, I slid from the bed and hurried to the bathroom. I quickly got changed into my night-clothes, I folded up my new dress and switched the bathroom's light off. I walked back into the room, I put my dress back into my shopping bag and switched the bedside cabinet's lamp on. Backup then switched the room's light off, I pulled back the blankets on the king size bed and placed a pillow in the middle of the bed. I climbed into the bed and covered myself up with the blankets as I watched him open one of the room's windows. He told me he could sleep better when the room was cold, but to me that sounded just odd. He told me to keep the lamp on as well, something tells me he's going to be a hard person to live with in Los Angeles.
We had awoken at 12pm, today was the day our new life's begin. I got dressed into a blue dress I had brought yesterday and styled the blonde wig I had to wear until I got to Los Angeles. The cosmetic box from the suitcase was full of makeup, I had to wear some of the makeup to try and change my appearance a little bit. Backup had hidden the orphanage's money inside the lining of suitcase, he told me the suitcase was unique. It was designed by one of the graduated students at The Wammy House, the fabric of the suitcase was apparently unscannable and made from a top-secret material unknown to the public. We packed our clothes into the suitcase, Backup had disposed of the bottles of chemicals and got rid of my duffel bag. He gave me the black handbag from the suitcase and told me to use it from now on, I guess he knows what he's doing.
Backup had ordered us room service and we ate it in the hotel room before we booked ourselves out of the hotel, it was easier this way in case this other connection of Watari's was hanging around the hotel without our knowledge. We got a taxi from the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, it drove us to Healthrow Airport. The taxi journey went by quickly, it pulled up outside of the airport and Backup paid the taxi driver. I got out of the taxi, I hung my handbag over my shoulder and watched people entering the Airport. I tightened my grip around my handbag's strap, I'm starting to feel nervous about everything now. I heard Backup's voice as he placed his hand on the bottom of my back, he told me to stay close to him and keep my guard up. I gave him a nod and walked with him towards the entrance of Healthrow Airport, I guess there is no turning back now.
I walked through the double electronic sliding doorway of Heathrow Airport, I looked up at Backup walking next to me and linked arms with him. It was nearly 5pm, we had to arrive early so we could pay for the airline tickets. We also had to get checked in at the airport's check-in desk and have our baggage tags printed off at the check-in for our luggage. We stopped at some chairs in the middle of the airport's lobby, I sat down on one of the chairs and cupped my hands together as I watched Backup sorting out our fake passports. He told me to wait here for him well he went to pay for our airline tickets. I asked him if he wanted me to go with him in case they needed to see the both of us, he told me to stay where I am and that he would be back in a while to collect me. I sighed to myself as I watched him join a queue for one of the check-in desks, I looked around the airport's lobby and itched my cheek.
The airport was pretty busy at this hour, I guess many people are flying out to holiday locations or in our case a new place to live. I looked down at my hands and stroked my pale pink beaded bracelet on my wrist. I looked at the empty chair next to me, I placed my handbag down on it and unzipped it. I rummaged around in my bag until I found my bag of malteasers, I took it out of my bag and opened them. I began to eat them as I turned my attention back to Backup, he was at the front of the queue now. I watched him pay for the airline tickets, I put my chocolates back into my handbag and picked it up from the chair next to me. I got up from the chair, I picked our suitcase up from the floor and walked over to meet him.
" Did you encounter any problems paying for the airline tickets and getting our boarding passes?" I asked.
" No, it's all going to plan just like I thought it would..." He replied and took the suitcase from my hand. " We need to check ourselves in at the check-in desk and sort out our luggage, then we need to board the plane. But before then I would like to use the bathroom and maybe get some reading material from the airport's shop. I suggest you do the same, it will be an 11 hour and 25 minute flight to Los Angeles..."
" Okay, I think I'll use the bathroom too before I get on the plane..." I nodded.
I walked with him to the bathroom area of the airport, he used the bathroom first and then I went after while he waited with the luggage. After that we went to the airport's shop, we brought a few magazine each for the flight. I rolled my eyes when I saw the magazines Backup had brought, trust him to buy crime and paranormal magazines. I settle for a few makeup and costume design magazines, I didn't fancy reading anything girly. I paid for our magazines with the rest of my left over money, we left the shop and headed over to the check-in desk. We joined the queue of the check-in desk as I put my purse back into my bag, I was about to zip my bag up when I noticed a folded up piece of paper sticking out of my bag's side pocket. I took the piece of paper from my bag, I read what was written on the paper and bit at my bottom lip when I saw the words Los Angeles under what seemed like an address to an apartment.
" What do you have there my dear?" I heard Backup ask.
" I don't know, I just found it in my bag..." I replied as I looked up from the piece of paper in my hand at him. " It looks like an address, it says Los Angeles under the address. I'm guessing it could be an apartment address, what do you think?"
" Clearly you are correct, but my next question is who put it in your handbag?" He asked.
" I don't know, I've had my bag near me at all times in the airport..." I replied and put it back into my handbag. " But whoever put it in my bag seems to be looking out for us unless it's that other connection of Watari's, it's making me wonder if a trap is being laid out for the both of us. I mean what if we get to Los Angeles and someone is waiting for us at the airport there, what would we do then?"
" Please do not threat my dear Elizabeth, I believe nothing bad will come from this piece of paper you have in your possession..." He replied. " We shall take a better look at it when we've boarded the plane, I find it interesting that you've got an angel at your side guiding you into your new life with me..."
" I don't feel guided, I feel stalked..." I sighed.
I heard Backup chuckling to himself as we moved forward in the queue, I don't know why he's not taking it seriously. I'm not sure what is going on anymore, who is this other connection of Watari's and who put that piece of paper in my bag? Something strange is going on and I'm beginning to think Backup as something to do with it or he knows more than he his letting on. It wasn't long until we got to the check-in desk, I gave the dark-haired airport agent woman a smile as Backup handed her our passports and boarding passes. She checked through them and handed them back to him with some baggage tags, that went easier than I imagined. The next stop was the bag check-in desk, we attached the baggage tags to the suitcase and Backup's sports bag. They were scanned and sent down on one of the baggage racks to the baggage handlers of the airport, they even checked my handbag for security reasons. Backup placed his hand on the lower part of my back, he led me away from the baggage check-in desk and told me it was time to board the plane. I placed my hand on my stomach as I began to feel nauseous, I looked up at him walking next to me and tugged on his hoody sleeve.
" I've never been on a plane before, have you?" I asked.
" No, I was never allowed to travel by plane for many reasons..." He replied.
" What reasons were those?" I asked.
" I can not say at this very moment my dear, but if you're feeling nervous about the flight I once heard imaging the passagers without any heads works a treat..." He chuckled as he looked at our boarding passes. " It says we need to go to Terminal 5 on our boarding passes, do you need to get anything else or use the bathroom again before we board the plane?"
" No, I'm fine..." I replied.
I felt Backup draped his arm around my shoulders, he whispered in my ear telling me that everything was going to be alright. I slightly nodded my head at him as we stopped at Terminal 5's boarding gate, Backup gave our boarding passes and our passports to a blonde-haired man. The man eyed us both for a moment before giving them back to us, he gave us a smile and told us to enjoy our flight. I smiled back at him as he gave Backup our boarding passes, I said thank you to him and walked through the Terminal's gateway with Backup. He pulled me closer towards him as we walked along the plane's walkway, I looked over my shoulder as we walked and saw a hooded person watching us from the gateway. I quickly stopped Backup, I pointed back along the walkway and frowned when the hooded person was gone. I looked back up at Backup and told him about the hooded person, he told me not to worry about it and put his arm back around me.
I sighed to myself as we continued walking along the plane's walkway, maybe I was seeing things. But I know for a fact I saw someone watching us from the Terminal's gateway, maybe it was that other connection of Watari's watching us from a far. I felt Backup pull me closer towards him again, he told me it was all going to be okay and that I would be safe with him from now on. I gave him a smile and put my arm around his waist as we walked together, I guess I could live with that from now on.