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HOTEL Malibu
GAVIN
ARE YOU- WHAT? Gavin pondered in his mind, a scowl rested on his face as he fell deep in thought. Am I what?
He focused all his energies on concluding what Karma could have said, all so as not to think about the fact that Praga Ferrer is dead and her death falls on him. He raised his head slowly, his green eyes took in the road ahead, and paid no mind to the cars on his right that traveled at a high speed. Pepper had kindly offered to take Maya back home, Gavin tagged along because he and Maya had a deal.
Christian, Alora, and Kalum all stayed behind under the pretext that they had something important to do. Gavin couldn't be bothered to ask, he already obtained what he needed from them and that was getting him out of Rio. Now Maya Hansen will take it from there and get him closer to Aldrich, Gavin didn't trust the botanist But he was prepared to ensure that everything went his way.
"Why were you at the house tonight?" Pepper asked quietly, Gavin's thoughts halted as he paid close attention to the conversation. "What was so important that you had to speak to Tony?"
Maya lets out a long sigh, she leans her elbow on the door's armrest. "I think... that my boss is working for the Mandarin." She reveals. "So if you still want to talk about it, I suggest that we get ourselves someplace safe."
Gavin glanced down at his hands, green thoughtful eyes stared at his right hand, his thumb brush against his palm where a bullet scar should be. His mind sent him straight to Karma, he wondered how she was holding up, this was no life for a fourteen-year-old girl but Gavin never really stops to think. He sometimes envies how carefree and full of life she is, Karma doesn't need a purpose to keep her going, she just lives. And that's where Gavin and she are different, Gavin was built to be a soldier and whether he admits it or not, he will always act and think like one.
Gavin glanced at the rearview and caught Pepper's confused expression. "Your boss works for the Mandarin, you think?" She glances at Maya. "But Tony says you're a botanist, so..."
Killing Aldrich Killian is his life purpose, what happens after that? He doesn't know yet.
"She is not a common botanist," Gavin butted in. "or at least I know that much." He mumbled under his breath the last part.
"That figures," Maya responded nonchalantly. "In the past, when Tony and I met I talked to him about EXTREMIS and used plants as test subjects." She explained. "Hence the nickname of botanist."
