lights

new york

the ride was about 30 minutes long. all you could do was watch the pretty city lights past by quickly heading towards the destination. the car eventually came to a stop, as power released a loud sigh. "this is crazy. we're in the states." she said looking at reze in disbelief.

"yeah," reze said quietly. it was as if she was still worried and scared while everyone else were somewhat excited and surprised. you reached over to grab reze's hand after hearing her soft and quiet response. you gave her a look with reassurance, nodding your head to signal that she's okay.

the young man who drove us all pressed the button to turn off the car. he unbuckled his seatbelt and exited the car. once he was out, he opened the car door on power's side as she hopped out of her seat.

"you know," power stretched her entire body after sitting down for too long. "for a man with a stern cold face, you're pretty polite opening and closing these doors for us." she said with a slight smirk on her face.

you slid out of the car and turned towards reze clinging onto her arm, "you're okay." you said as softly as you could. it was pretty obvious she was tense and you wanted to try your best in not wanting her to have an anxiety attack.

the man scoffed at power's comment while closing the door after you got out. "i'm only doing this because this is my job," he continued walking in front power, "follow me."

it was windy and quite cold making you shiver a bit from the strong breeze. the sky was pitch black indicating that it was late at night, the timezones from tokyo and new york were really different so you didn't really know what time it would be.

the man had you guys walking on the sidewalk for about 5 minutes, the new york grounds were dirtier than you could imagine and way more louder. now you knew by what they said by the city that never sleeps referring to new york.

you were distracted by an incoming call the man had gotten. he answered the phone replying with, "we're almost there." and "yes, ma'am." after the call ended he shoved is phone into his pocket inside of his blazer. you looked up at the big building you were walking towards, it had a huge sign that said "hilton" on the side of it.

this was a huge hotel that you could only imagine to see in movies. power let out a slight gasp as she saw the sign on the side of the building, "we're at hilton hotel in manhattan new york, you guys." she said as her eyes lit up.

you finally arrived to the entrance of the hotel walking in with the rest of the girls. you were still hanging onto reze but your mind lingered as you observed the large hotel you just entered. the place you were in, was stunning. something you obviously couldn't even think to afford a one night stay.

that made you think again. why were you all even in here in the states, in the first place? where were these strange men taking all of you guys? all these questions came flooding back in after observing the place and learning that you should be back home by now, hanging out and drinking with everyone.

how could a simple hang out turn into something bizarre like this?

the man who led you all to the hotel, walked up to the front desk. "hi! how may i help you today?" the front lady asked. "checking in to rooms 201 and 203." he said greeting the woman with a slight smile. the woman took a look at her screen checking into the rooms.

she handed the man 2 key cards for each room, "have a goodnight!" she said as the man walked off. you immediately walked behind the man as he walked towards the elevator. each of you walked into the elevator one by one.

the elevator was very silent and awkward, nobody had said anything not even power. finally reaching the floor he pressed on, each of the girls walked out.