Undercover

Chapter Five

"Here we are. My home. My casa. My hideaway. My-"
"Thank you Becca."
I laugh lightly as Zach puts sock on the table and Sock's terrified stare meets mine.
"Sock please don't do this right now." I plea.
He continuously meows as I inject the shots into him.
"How old are you again Kaitlyn?"
"16."
"Ah 16. God I remember those good times when I was 16. I had the best boyfriend in the world. Until one day I found out he was cheating on me with this peppy cheerful girl named Allison Parker and I dumped him right there in the lunch room. Don't blame him though. She was way better to look at than me."
She slowly shakes her head in a disapproving way.
"God Zachary you have yourself a keeper here. Don't screw this one up Zachary Matron I'm warning you."
I shake my head and look at Zachary.
"Becca, me and Zachary aren't-"
"Don't worry About me Becca right now we're on an important mission. To get her to the Above and get recruits from the underground."
The name itself sickens me.
"Kaitlyn sugar, do you know any useful information for us to see what we an do besides convince people to join our group." Becca glares at Zachary.
"They locked all the dorms we lived in. No way anyone will get in there. There are guards almost at every corner. Although... Captain Thorne takes a liking to me. But I've always wondered, Why are they so against the above?"
Becca looks at the ground and gives herself a small smile.
"It's not тнєу, it's a нιм."
"Captain Thorne?"
Her eyes brightened and her ears pricked up.
"Precisely. He hates the Above. And do you know why?"
I shake my head.
"Free oxygen. Trees and plants are there surrounded by the earths atmosphere. Its divided into four parts, thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, atmosphere. its all surrounded by a shield of gases, and those gases happen to be oxygen. Captain Thorne is leader because everybody thinks he is the one who invented air, the one who first discovered a safe way to have air in elusive. If people found out the truth he would no longer be leader and no longer have control over this community his father had built for 29 years."
"Becca if you don't mind, I need to take Kaitlyn to her room. It's almost closing time anyways."
Zachary takes sock and the carrier and grabs my arm. I gave Becca an apologizing smile.
"Goodnight Kaitlyn." She says cheerfully.
"Goodnight miss Almod."I say
"Please call me Becca."
"Alright um, in that case, goodnight Becca."
Zachary finally leads me out of the Laboratory and down a small hallway with millions of colorful doors and room numbers. I have never seen colorful doors as dorm holders, I thought the only mandatory colors were grey, white, and black. I stare at the doors in awe, the colors bright and beaming.
"Here Kaitlyn. Your room." Zachary nudges his head towards a blue door. It was a soft blue, almost a green color. I ran my fingers over the cold smooth surface.
Zachary puts down the carrier and tucks my hair behind my ear. What the?.. I almost lose all of the air in my lungs and I was probably almost as red as Zachary's t shirt. He steps back as I back away against the door.
"Sorry I didnt... goodnight Kaitlyn." He says completely embarrassed.
He walked down the hallway a little too fast. God, did he just... stop it Kaitlyn.
"Wait!"
Kaitlyn what are you doing.
"Goodnight Zach!"
He turned around.
"Can I call you that? I mean... if you don't like it I could-"
"It's fine. Goodnight Kaitlyn."
"Thank you for everything, really it was really sweet of you. I know i was a little pain in the..you know.. so I just wanted to say thank you. Really."
I walked back to my room with out looking back. I turned around, he was standing in the middle of the hallway. I gave him a small wave before entering my room.
"Meow."
Sock sat on my bed with his head sideways and his nose pointing towards the door. Referring to my moment with Zachary.
"Shut up."
"Meow."