"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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The last thing Benicia knew was she was working in the office on her article and then she decided to go home. Maybe actually get some rest. But now she was zip tied in a bar covered bus. She was scowling the entire time and raised her hands up when they came to check if she was secured. She dropped her hands down as soon as they walked away from her.
She could tell that they were all speaking Japanese. Benicia looked up at them and then saw a woman, she wasn't Japanese but she clearly knew what they were all saying. She looked away as soon as the woman caught her staring. Just as the woman approached Benicia with her gun. But someone started to scream which got her attention.
Turk was seated beside her and when the woman was far enough away, he leaned to Benicia, "Hey. Any idea who these people are?"
"No." Benicia whispered back to him, "Where'd they grab you?"
Turk rolled his eyes, "Who gives a shit."
Benicia shot him an irritated look, "Just tell me."
"42nd and 9th. Wasn't doing nothing." Turk grumbled, "Taking a goddamn stroll. Supposed to be on house arrest."
Benicia's attention was on him now, "House arrest? Are you being monitored?"
"What are you, my PO?"
"Look-" Benicia murmured in a low voice, "I'm trying to actually help here. So just answer the fucking question. Instead of answering it vocally, he just tugged the bottom of his pants up to reveal his ankle monitor, "Thank God... That means they know you're here."
"Mm..." Turk winced a little bit, "I might have tampered with it."
"Right. Of course you fucking did..." Benicia exhaled deeply, "Can you turn it back on?"
"And get shot by these assholes?"
One of the guards bellowed at them, "No more talking."
Benicia waited until the guard was away before nudging Turk and muttering under her breath to him, "Do you want to stay alive or what?"
The female guard turned back around, "What's your name?"
"Benicia Duterte." She answered while looking up, "What's yours?"
The woman chuckled before backhanded Benicia hard enough for her glasses to partially slip off. A man at the front of the bus suddenly started to scream, "You leave her alone!" He struggled against the guards, "You leave her alone! I was a POW in Laos. This is a cakewalk. You and me! One on one. Huh? Coward! Coward!"
"Hey!" Benicia yelled from where she was seated, "Look, look, look, look! He doesn't know what he's saying, all right? He's fucking scared."
The woman shot him in the head, which made everyone in the bus scream, "Not anymore. The next one to make a sound dies."
Benicia kept her eyes on the woman until she finally walked away. She turned her head to Turk and whispered, "Hey..."
Turk just sighed before he flicked some kind of switch on his ankle monitor which caused a light to flicker on.
