Lift To The Cosmos

Chapter 7

I had snuck on board a few hours ago, but still hadn't found he right time to free everyone, I had knocked out a few guards and disabled many cameras. I crept about freely; it was quite strange to hear what was going on. Why were they talking about tango dancing? I never really thought into it much, but what Madelyn was saying was very true. My heart was pounding; I wonder if Akiyoshi would have spoken more if it wasn't for me listening in?

As the night drawn in, the guards swapped but I quickly disarmed them, grabbing a gun and breaking into the canteen. Everyone was asleep so I went undetected; I hid in the corner and fell asleep. I didn't want to raise an alarm, so I was going to wait it out for when Mr Styles returned in the morning. Suddenly my eyes snapped out as the alarms sounded, the guards crashed in with the Leader marching in.

"Our systems have been shut down; we have a spy amongst us!" He declared.

Everyone was confused as they awoke; Akiyoshi had a small smile on his lips. Suddenly he was violently grabbed by a guard.

"We have detected a signal from this room!"

They searched through his pockets and found the broken ear piece, my eyes widened. As I realised they mistook my signal for his! A gun was to his head; I emerged from my hiding place and pointed my gun towards the guard holding Akiyoshi.

"Move away from him. NOW." I ordered.

The guards quickly armed their weapons towards me, Mr Style sniggered coldly, "Oh there you are, you're good at playing hide n seek aren't you?"

I held the gun firmly at him, "Let him go or I will shoot."

"No you won't."
Akiyoshi shook his head, looking uneasy, "Poppie."
"It's me you want!" I shrieked as they weren't listening to me, "I'm the agent. It was my signal, look!"

I handed my ear piece to Mr Styles, "Akiyoshi found one of my broken ear pieces, no signal could come of that."

Mr Styles snapped his fingers as the guards held me down, Jessie sobbed, "No! Poppie!!"

Akiyoshi's face painted with a pained expression, "Poppie, what are doing?!"

"Go while you can, I'll distract them!"

He tried to follow me out before being stopped by the guards, "Why are you doing this?"

"I'm stubborn remember?" I reminded him before being taken out the canteen.

He stood in disbelief for a moment, the doors slammed shut. He took a deep breath before he looked up with a determination. I relied on him to do the right thing. He led the workers out of the canteen to the lifts so that they could escape the station back to Earth.

I was tied up and interrogated in the supplies basement of the ship. Many would say I was crazy, probably most would assume I would be sentenced to death.

"How much do you know?" A guard asked leaning over me.
A bright light was shown on me, I sighed, "The part about blowing up the planet. Yeah that much."
"Don't be smart with us." One of Guards barked.

"Probably didn't expect it to be me, hm? A average looking girl."
"Oh you broke your cover when you tried beating me up."
"True. I'm actually a super sexy non-Asian spy." I remarked in a witty tone.

I seemed to be overconfident but it was nothing more than an act. Deep down I knew one wrong move I either was going to get Akiyoshi or myself killed.

The guard continued his interrogation, "So your plan was to go uncover on the ship then find out what's going on?"
"Yep."
"Well you've lost contact and you're stuck here now. So you haven't done such a good job have you, Miss Anderson?"
I shook my head, "My name isn't even Poppie Anderson, it's...Erm... Anna Summers." I tried to fightback a cheeky smirk.
One of the guards was growing frustrated, "Boss do you actually believe this? She could be stalling us!"
Mr Styles sat in the chair opposite me, he had been watching quietly until this point, "No she is an agent."
"I am, I'm the female equivalent to double zero seven."
"You mean double Oh?"
"O is a letter, not a number, Mr Styles."