Estrellas: Book 2

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: APOLGIES ARE DUE

(told in perspective of Tony)

As I neared the Media base, a few guards that were on post stopped me. "Nothing to see here, move along."

"I've got to get in there!" I told them, jumping off of my bike.

"No, you don't, besides, why would you want to go in here, it's just an old warehouse." The guard gave a suspicious smile and I stared at him.

"No, it's a Media base, and I need to get in there RIGHT now." I started raising my voice.

"I'm sorry sir but we can't let you do that, now please get back on your bike and leave." The guards started inching their hands towards their guns.

I shrugged and started walking in the other direction with my bike. "Well that's to bad!" I yelled back at them, "I was really hoping to report an upcoming attack to your commander, but, I guess that'll have to wait." As I casually walked away I heard the guards whispering to each other then they called after me.

"Hey wait! I guess it wouldn't be to much of a problem if you came in for a few minutes." The guard gestured towards the door.

I smirked, and walked in, it revealed a giant room and a woman at a reception desk. Her eyes widened when she saw me I noticed her inching towards a red button on the right-hand side of her. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." I walked up to her desk and she gave a nervous smile.

"Do what?" Her eyes darted to the button and she quickly tried to push it, but I caught her hand.

"What did I just say?" I rolled my eyes and let go of her hand, "Look, I'm not here for any trouble, I just need to talk to your commander." The lady gave me a suspicious look and she shook her head.

"The commander isn't seeing anybody right now, she is being put under constant surveillance until one of our teams returns." The woman shook her head, "Even if I was nice enough to let you talk to her, she isn't taking any visitors."

"I don't care how hard it is to get a meeting with this commander, I have something that I'm sure they don't want to just look the other way about." She shook her head, then I slapped the receptionist's desk, "If you don't get me some time with the commander right now, I will go on ahead and find her myself."

"I don't think that'll be necessary." I turned around, finding a woman with purple hair, pulled back in a pony tail, her commanders tag standing out on her brightly colored shirt. "So, what is this oh so important information that you are dying to tell me." I gave an awkward laugh and then took a deep breath.

"Both the Sols and Lunas are planning an attack ma'am." I stood awkwardly and gave her a solute.

"That isn't necessary, by the way, but what attack are you talking about?" The commander asked, interested.

"An attack on Matthew, Pandal, Danny, Brutus, and Cassandra ma'am." I told her.

"Why on Earth would they want to attack a single Media team?" The commander looked confused.

"They're threatening the very foundations of the war ma'am, once people have nothing more to argue about, what then?" I shrugged. She looked like she was thinking about it.

"How many are they planning on sending? Do you know?" She looked at me.

"I'm not sure, but according to my source, it sounded like they had been planning this for a while now, which means that there will definitely be more then their team alone can handle." I told her. She looked at me and nodded.

"We'll give them all the troops we can spare." The commander finally said.

"Zana, isn't this the irrational thinking that got you in trouble the last time? They're only one of our teams, we have plenty more..." The receptionist spoke up.

"Who's side are you on? Trenton's? If both the Sols and Lunas are sending as many troops as they possibly could to a so called unimportant mission, it has to have some importance." Zana said and sighed. "We'll send some troops, thank you for telling us." Commander Zana gave me a pat on the shoulder and smiled. I smiled, then looked down. "What's wrong?"

"Do you have a Miss Andrometa Turner in your med bay here?" Zana gave me a suspicious look then began to nod.

"Yes...we do..."

"Could you give her this?" I handed her a letter I had written for her. Zana looked at it, then she shook her head and put the letter back in my hands.

"Why don't you go tell her yourself?" Zana smiled and patted me on the back, "Room 124." I thanked her and waved.

(told in perspective of Andrometa)

I laid in bed bored, I was alone in the room and I had read all the magazines given to me three times now. I sighed and continued to stare at the ceiling. Suddenly the door opened and a doctor peeked inside, I sat up in bed.

"Hello Miss Turner, someone is here to pay you a visit!" Probably Zana again, I thought as I relaxed back in bed. "Should I send them in?" The doctor asked me.

"Sure, go ahead." I smiled and the doctor let the person in, I realized it wasn't Zana and suddenly recognized the face.

"TONY?!" I jumped out of bed, grabbing a pen from the doctor's desk, holding it out to defend myself. "I have a pen, and I'm not afraid to use it!!" I yelled he put his arms up, surrendering, then he sat down on the visitors chair and gestured towards my bed. I rolled my eyes and sat down. "What do you want?" I growled.

"I wanted to apologize Andrometa. I didn't mean to shoot you..."

"Save it Tony I know you were spying on me for Mrs. Spencer." I rolled my eyes.

"Yes, I admit, sadly I was spying on you for Spencer, but I did actually want to hang out with you, I care for you Andrometa." He sounded sincere but I still wasn't buying it.

"You sure there's no part you're leaving out? Huh? You shot me!"

"Your know I was aiming at Matthew..."

"So what?! You shouldn't have been aiming for anybody!" I yelled, deeply annoyed.

"I was just trying to protect you!"

"Oh yeah? Well mission failure!" I held up my leg and his face grew solemn.

"L-look, I don't expect you to forgive me, all I'm here is to tell you that I'm sorry, and you're boyfriend is in serious trouble." Tony shrugged.

"My boyfriend? You mean Crustello? Noooooo... Totally not my boyfriend you've got the wrong idea..." I blushed.

"Sure, keep telling yourself that." Tony teased.

"Ok ok you've got me so what trouble did he get himself into this time?"

"Every single Sol and Luna is after him." Tony told me plainly.

"That sounds like Matthew." I sighed.

"Well, I guess since I told you everything that I needed to, I'll be going..." He started heading out the door then stopped, "...and Andrometa?"

"What?"

"I have a crush on you." He gave an awkward smile, I rolled my eyes and nodded.

"I know."

"I wish things could've been different." Tony sighed.

"Me too." And with that, Tony left, and I was sitting alone in the med bay once again, alone with my thoughts.
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