(author's note:
a response to someone who left a review- yes, Bonnie's eyes are pink/red, but I did not make a mistake. if you read book 3, it says that she starts to wear green contacts because it matches her hair better. thanks ^_^)
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"I've found them."
I shivered, despite it being summer, and the air warm. She was smiling at her phone, her eyes glistening. "How?" I asked, my voice small. She was superior to me, and I wasn't afraid of anything in the world more than her. But I still loved her. Strange, isn't it?
"Hacking is my specialty," She answered simply. "Read this." She held out the phone and I read it. I couldn't believe it. She really did find them. They finally revealed something.
She let out a laugh. "Finally, am I right, He?"
She insisted on using our nicknames, even while we were completely alone. I called her She, and she called me He. The reason was "security purposes," because apparently someone was always watching. I didn't really see how that was possible, but I was in no poition to argue with her.
All I could manage was a small nod, pulling my jacket more around my shoulders. She smiled, turning off the phone and putting it in her back pocket. A sigh escaped her lips and she leaned against the dark red bricks.
"We wait until night, then we go," She told me. I nodded, then turned to view the sunset. The sun was just visible in between a couple buildings. It was red, stretching its last long fingers of light across the city.
"What luck they're so close, eh?" I asked, turning back to her. She smiled as I sat next to her.
"I know. I can't believe it myself." She looked up at the orange sky, her face stretched wide in a smile. Her arms were trembling, and I could tell she was excited. I couldn't help but smile myself. Whenever She was happy, it made me happy.
I pressed my shoulder hers and she wrapped one arm around my neck. We both sat there, against the cool bricks, watching as the last slivers of light dissapeared from the sky.
Twilight settled in. Headlights blared and the nonstop sound of cars on the road was endless. Stars flickered to life. The night began.
Her arm slithered off of me, leaving a cool spot on my neck where it had once been. I was slightly dissapointed, then remembered the task at hand. I pulled on my pack, which got lighter and lighter with each passing day. My sneakers were worn and frayed, my clothes dirty, but this was the life I was used to.
The best thing we had was She's phone. The only reason we had it was because She had stolen it. She hardly let me touch it, and when she did I made sure to protect it. The fear of losing that prescious phone consumed me sometimes. Without it, we wouldn't be able to do much. She had a charger, and somehow plugged it into power towers when she could. I wasn't completely sure of everything She did myself, but I never said anything.
How she was able to hack into varoius things was beyond me. It was quite amazing what she could do. I didn't question it though, I just stayed quiet and listened to what she told me.
Once we were all set, we pulled on our hoods and crept down the alley, crouching slightly in the cover of darkness. We avoided crossing streets when we could, but when we had to, we hid in the shadows until the crosswalk said we could go, then sprinted across the road to the other side.
By the time we had covered a couple miles, I was out of breath. We were in a park, which was deserted due to the late hour. She pulled out her phone and mutterd over her shoulder,
"It's ten."
I leaned against a tree, trying to get my breath back. "I-I'm sorry," I told her. "I don't know why I'm so tired tonight. I can't run for a while."
She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Alright, alright, that's fine. We can do some sparring practice," She decided.
Inwardly, I groaned. What was with her and sparring?
"Okay," I agreed, and set down the pack, getting into my stance. She got into the same stance and we circled each othe slowly.
"Right fist higher, by your ear," She told me, and I obliged. She threw a punch and I dodged, then gave her a light hit to the gut with the side of my hand. She nodded approvingly, then threw another punch.
I blocked her fist with my forearm, then planted a kick with no force to her stomach. She gave another nod, smiling slightly at my progress. It went on like that for a few minutes, kicks and punches with no force, dodges and blocks.
Finally, She stopped circling. "Alright. We're warmed up. Now, I'm going to try to pin you. You try to pin me. Ready? Go," she ordered, and then the circling began again. This was for real. She threw a punch at my face and I blocked, kicking her in the stomach with weak force.
I still wasn't used to hurting her, but she had obviously gotten over hurting me.
Before I could lower my foot, She grabbed it and spun it with strength she didn't seem to have. I collapsed onto the ground on my stomach with a grunt.
She lunged for me, but I rolled, making her hit the ground with a soft thump on the grass. When she landed, I reached my legs up and kicked her in the side, putting more force behing my blow. She fell over and rolled, standing right back up and lifting her fists.
With a grunt, I swung at her. She leaned back to avoid it, and used my own momentum against me, swiping my legs put from under me and causing me to fall once more.
Before I could roll away, she jumped and pinned me. "One, two, three," she counted, then let me up. I stood and dusted off my shirt, letting out a small sigh.
She clicked her tongue, shaking her head in discontent. "We'll work on your fighting as we travel. We should also work on your knifework. Anyway, we're burning darkness, let's get moving."
I nodded, making a small sound of agreement as I picked up the pack and slung it back over my shoulders. With that, we ran off into the night.