Chapter 5: Agent Down
Dorea's view
It had been a week since Saero was poisoned. I heard that when Callie found out who he was, she stopped appearing in broadcasts and was constantly visiting him in the hospital, leaving Marie to do everything herself. Agent 3 had asked me to take his place temporarily, but I declined. I just stayed at the shack with Agent 2, since Agent 1, who I realized was Callie, was still with Saero at the hospital.
"Even with that hood on I can tell that something's bothering you.", Agent 2 said to me, "It might help if you tell me about it." "It's just...", I began before pausing for a moment, "It's my fault that Saero got poisoned." "Don't say that.", Agent 2 began. "But it is!", I shouted out, "I'm the one who led him here and told him about the Octarians! If I had never done that, he wouldn't be in the hospital right now!"
"I know.", Agent 2 said. "You... know?", I asked, confused. "Saero said that somebody told him about what was happening to the Zapfish, but the fact that someone besides my grandfather and the Agents knew about it confused me.", Agent 2 said, "Not only that, but you're the only other person who's been here. It took me some time, but I realized not only that, but something else about you." "Something else...?", I asked her. "I realized... what you really are."
"Wh-What I really am?", I asked nervously, "D-Don't joke with-" Before I realized it, she grabbed my hood and pulled it down, uncovering my Octoling tentacles, still tied into a ponytail. I then slowly turned my head to look at her, but she was looking straight ahead. "I understand why you tried to hide it.", she said, "Back then, I wouldn't have trusted you at all if I knew. But after what you did last week, I feel like you can be trusted." "A-Agent 2...", I said before she turned to me. "My name is Marie.", she said, "What's yours?" I looked down for a moment before lifting my head up. "Dorea. Dorea Sastelle."
*To be continued*