Akina's Reflection

XI

I opened up Aubrey's computer. The screen lit up, but I had a problem, the screen I looked at was a password screen.

"Antonioooooo" I whined.

"What's the password?"

Antonio stopped at a gas station. Before he went out of the car to the pump, he glanced at me.

"Right, I forgot to give you the password. How did I forget?"

He searched his hoodie pockets, then handed me a scrap piece of paper.

"This should have the password on it." He said, then closed the door while he set up the pump.

I was quite awed, just because I have Aubrey's computer password. It really should not be a big deal, but there seem to be lots of things in his laptop, maybe he has a log or something, so I can read about his feelings or whatever.

I gently unfolded the paper. I imagined the password would have something to do with Cody.

Finally unfolding it completely, I flipped the paper.

The password was, 0 9 7 0 Camille, without the spaces.

I have a small idea of who Cody is, but who in the world is Camille? She is obviously very important to him, of course, to make her name his password.

Was she some relative? A friend? A girlfriend?

It's actually hard to picture Aubrey with a girlfriend, so I decided that wouldn't be it.

Pushing aside the new question, I punched the password in. The screen changed, and I was now overlooking Aubrey's homescreen, a picture of two boys in a field. I quickly recognized them as Aubrey, the smaller, younger boy, and the other boy from the other picture.

Antonio got back into the car. He looked over at the screen.

"Awww!" He exclaimed, "Merry was so tiny! And look at Cody, he's-"

"Cody?" I interrupted, pointing out the brunette child.

"That can only be Cody. He's the guy we're looking for, except he's much bigger, of course, and not as cute."

I looked through Aubrey's files, looking for some clue of an entrance to go through. It was said to be in Indigo Creek, somewhere.

Perhaps if I look through pictures Aubrey has, he might have a map or something, pointing out entrances. Looking through his shortcuts, I finally clicked 'Pictures.'

There were several more folders, all conveniently labeled. 'Photos,' 'Charts,' I finally found one labeled 'Maps.'

I did not know why Aubrey had a separate folder for maps, but once I clicked the file, it all made sense. Aubrey left behind many, many maps. There must have been at least thirty of them, and most of them were of Indigo Creek and its surroundings.

Many of the maps also were marked and labeled, probably using a photo editor. I began to search through the maps.

The first map was just a map. It shown Indigo Creek, the main street, running down it, the houses to the east, and the shopping center to the north. In the south western region, I can barely make out the side of the college campus, which was mostly off the map.

Another map told where certain people lived, people considered 'not to trust.' I quickly found Mr. Farsdale's name, pointed out by a home a couple blocks away from a black lot.

Stopping at a red light, Antonio looked over at what I was doing again.

"Looking through those maps? Good idea." He commented, before moving the truck again.

I looked through many other maps. Then I found one, one that might be important.

"Hey Antonio, can we stop? I think I found something."

"Sure Sayoki, let me find a place to park." Antonio replied. He turned into another street, and parked on the curb.

"So, what's up?"

I showed him the two maps I found. One had lines, seeming to mark out the perimeter of a building under the town. A massive building, one part of it protrudes, and almost touches the campus. Aubrey had even labeled where some of the inside places of the big building were, and even,

"From what I know, I think these are the entrances." I said, pointing out the quarter circles spread out throughout the small town. Most entrances did not cluster around one area, and some were not even in the town, like a certain one that seems to be in a local forest.

Antonio stared at the map. "It'd take us a while to find out which entrance is the right one, though. Also, seeing how Aubrey hasn't wandered the 'Mirror' halls yet, this map might not even be accurate."

"I guess you have a good point, Antonio."

I stared at the town map a little longer.

"But we at least have to try some of these, who knows? Maybe they do work."

"Which one?" Antonio asked.

That was a slight problem. There were quite a few 'entrances.' Any of them could work, and any of them could not even exist.

But since it could be any of them, I could freely pick one, without no right or wrong answer so far.

"We should try the one closest to us." I said, pointing to a quarter circle near the road we were on.

"If that doesn't work, then we would move on to the next one, and so on."

"You're pretty smart, Sayoki." Antonio commented.

"So this first one is, about a half mile from here, maybe a third of a mile. We could get there, then look for any, entrances."

I nodded. Antonio turned the key again. The truck sputtered, then once again, died.

"God damn it" Antonio muttered under his breath.