“Samantha, we need to talk. Now”, a stern voice said, coming from my pants pocket. I just finished my 12th floor and ran into the elevator, looking at the image of the ginger.
“For three minutes, can I have it so you can’t hear or see anything that happens in the room? Just have to do something quickly”, I asked as the elevator door closed behind me.
“Fine, you have to wait for your boyfriend to get done anyways. And when you’re done, we have to talk, too”, she replied before the screen turned black.
I quickly slid the yellow and black walkie talkie out of my pocket and next to my face as I groaned,” Couldn’t you just wait till I was done with the whole challenge thing to yell at me or whatever? And why are you even yelling at me?”
“I’ve been listening in the whole time. Why the hell is the Nigma girl saying scarecrow is your boyfriend”, he yelled in response, causing me to stagger backwards in shock.
I hissed at him under my breath before I retorted,” I’m not dating him, and you’re the real Nigma if you’ve been listening to me go through the challenge rooms.”
“I just don’t want you to date the devil’s child; that’s all. And I’m nothing like that psycho”, he said, most likely rolling his eyes.
“Whatever. So what do you want?”
“I need to talk to you…”
“You already are, sweetie.”
“Alone. Face to face. I don’t trust this Nigma girl; she’s most likely listening in on us right now”, he sneered, causing me to sigh.
“Ok, listen up. If anyone is listening to this private meeting, tell me now or get your face clawed off”, I said out loud to anyone who was listening to us; if anyone is. I waited a minute of silence till I heard the television screen turn on behind me.
“I’m sorry, Samantha. I just wanted to make sure you were safe”, a soft voice replied, coming from the television. I chuckled as I turned to the screen.
“It’s fine, Julie. And making sure I’m safe is Samuel’s job.”
“I’m guessing your bodyguard or something”, Juliet asked as she turned to another computer screen.
“Yep. Samuel Kane, Juliet Crane. Juliet Crane, Samuel Kane”, I said as I held up the walkie talkie so she could see it.
“I’m guessing you guys stole the walkie talkies from the batcave”, she asked, seeing the yellow batman symbol on it.
“Yep, and it’s nice to meet you, Miss Crane”, Brendan replied, causing Julie to roll her eyes.
“You’re only being nice to me because I’m not a threat to Sammy, unlike my brother and Elina”, she retorted, causing him to laugh.
“Smart girl. She’s a keeper”, he stated, as he continued to chuckle.
“Creeper. And she’s mine; back off. But, back to our previous conversation, I’ll meet you after I get out of here, ok?”
“Fine by me. Bye Julie, hope to meet you soon”, Brendan said before I turned off the walkie talkie and slid it back into my pocket. Once the device was out of sight, I watched as the screen split into half, one side still being Julie and the other occupying the image of Elina.
“Time over; oh, hi Julie! I didn’t know you were joining our conversation.”
“Yeah, she is. So, what did you want to talk about”, I replied quickly, not wanting her to question Julie’s presence.
A grin grew on her face as she began to say,” I just wanted to ask about you and James. You both seem to have feelings for each other, but you won’t admit that you have them. Care to elaborate why this is?”
“Because he’s a guy who I only met yesterday and he saved my life? I barely know him, so how can I like him if I don’t know him?”
“Like you said, he saved your life, and not only that. He helped you in a time of need even though he didn’t know you”, she replied, trying to use my words against me.
“And if I could intervene, James never acted like this before; and it’s a coincidence that James was there to save your life. Maybe you two are meant to be together”, Julie added, making a good point.
As the different things they said began to fly through my mind, I looked back at Nigma and asked,” Why are you asking me this?”
“I’m just trying to help”, Nigma replied, making it obvious that she has an alternate motive to asking.
Shrugging off the hidden motive, I chuckled out loud before saying,” No cocky self-centered comments? It’s a miracle!” I could hear Julie chuckling while Nigma let out a sigh.
“Yeah yeah, laugh all you want, but I still expect an answer. Do you like James?”
As she asked this, I stopped laughing completely as I began to ponder at this question. Do I like James? Let me rephrase that: do I have feelings for James? Well, he is nice and fun to be around; along with being intelligent and protective of his family and friend. I know I’m not head-over-heels for him, but I know that I like him more than a friend.
As thoughts of this kind began to fly in my head, I looked up at the ginger and said,” Yes, I guess I do…”
Once I said that, a buzzing noise came from Nigma’s screen before she said,” Seems like Crow boy is done. Okay, all you need to do is arrange the cards in order on the glass projector with the words facing you. Got it?”
“It’s that simple”, I asked, surprised that it wouldn’t be harder.
“Yep. See ya in a few”, Elina said before both screens turned black and the elevator door opened to a green walled room with a projector in the center of it.
I ran to the projector and pulled out my twelve cards, putting them in their place. I fit all the letter onto the screen by having three row and four columns; having it spell out ‘Riddle Me That’. I looked on the side of the projector to see a blue button.
With me and my curiosity, I pressed the button, causing the projector to turn on and show a photo of a purple half of a heart on the wall in front of me.
‘So it’s a heart? Clever girl’, I thought to myself as I saw the wall to my left turn transparent, letting me see through it.
Looking through the wall, I raised my eyebrow in confusion to see a purple walled room with a projector in the center. I would have thought it was a reflection if it wasn’t for seeing James being in the opposite room with his cards. I could see his lips moving, as if he was talking, but couldn’t hear him until my room’s intercom turned on so I could hear him talking.
I’m starting to think I’m not going to like this…
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SURPRISE! I'm not dead XD I'm so sorry for not updating sooner and you don't know how happy it is to finally be able to update my stories again!
And i'm saying this now, no this isn't going to be a romance based story. It's still an action story, but there will be some drama to help the characters develope and change later on in the story.
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