Believe Me

Twenty-Two: The Words I Didn't Say

Agh, sorry for missing a week and then being a day late, guys. I suck. XD Take these two chapters and try to en-juh-hoy them anyway? :)

Happy late new years, by the way!

Believe Me

Ch 22: The Words I Didn't Say

Jason's POV

"Okay, we'll have a group on the southern side of the city, a group by the Northern Gates, and a group looking outside the city. Annie and Brice, you stay at the lab with Seto, okay? If you can track Sky or Ty somehow, do it." I say, glancing around at all of them. "Got it?"

"Yup!" Mitch nods, grabbing the bacca's hand and darting towards the Northern Gates. Quentin huffs and runs after them with Ian in tow.

"Sure thing," Seth agrees, prepared to head outside the city with Bashur and Bodil.

"It'll work out," Tyler promises me, smiling softly and taking my hand in his. Oh. Oh, okay. All right.

"Yeah," I breathe, trying to focus on the fact that my best friends are probably in danger. "Okay, go! Unless you've already gone. Thanks a lot, Merome."

Bashur and Bodil laugh and run after Seth as he flies away, Brice and Annie turn back to go to the lab, and Tyler and I start toward the Southern Gates.

We will find them.

Sky's POV

Here. Here, I'm here, is it too late? How will I know if it's too late? Where are all the squids, aren't they supposed to be here?

"Ty?" I call, throwing open the doors to the old traitor cell replicates. Nothing. No one. Where is Ty? Maybe he's almost escaped, maybe he's in the weapon room.

I peek my head in quickly (and contemplate grabbing more equipment, but I think I'm good, especially since there don't seem to be any squids around), but Ty is no where to be seen. Uh, let's see, I don't know any of these other hallways very well... Whelp, I guess I'm picking a random one and going with it.

"Ty, Ty, please be okay," I mutter, running through the halls of the squid base. "I'm sorry..."

"I'm not," replies a far-too-familiar voice, and I spin around to see Ty standing in the middle of the same room that the Team found me in last time we were here, when Ian thought I smelled like budder. Ah, good times...

"Ty, you're okay!" I shout, sprinting in to hug him. Before I can reach him, though, a cage falls down on top of me. Then a sheet of metal slides mechanically across the bottom, and I yelp as it hits my feet. "Wha-" The cage lifts off the ground, and I look up to see a metal arm controlling my cage. Is that a- oh, it's attached to the ceiling.

And, now I'm in a cage that's suspended in the air. Brilliant. "Uh, Ty?" I chuckle. "Feel like helping me out?"

"Hmm. No, thank you."

"Thanks- wait, what?"

"What's the point of letting you go immediately after capturing you?"

"I- What?" Please don't mean what I think you mean.

"I'm with the squids, Sky." Oh, I feel sick. "If you weren't so dense, you'd have known it by now."

"But you're- Ty, I-"

"Lights off. We'll deal with him tomorrow." Ty waves a hand, and the lights start flickering off, one by one. He turns to walk away, out of the room.

No, no, this can't be, what? He's been with the squids before, but that was for me, that was to protect me, to protect the Team! This has to be the same, right? He must be doing this for us. He must be. Unless... Unless... Unless, all this time, he's hated Tyler because Tyler knows his secret, he must have figured it out during their interview, and so Tyler tried to tell me but Ty threatened him and no, no, no, Ty can't genuinely be against me, that's not possible.