Save The Girl

Goodbye Blue Sky

         Nick wouldn't stop staring at me just as the noise in the courtyard grew. I had known not to tell anyone about Selena's coding skills, because I knew they'd try to lure her into the program. I, on the other hand merely suggested she'd help me. She honestly did more than that. There were three lines of maybe eight or nine agents all assembled one after the other in the building's hall now.

"We're guarding this place until noon tomorrow." Joe had obviously listened in on Joseph's ramblings. While I on the other hand, only heard him scold me for not being prepared and letting my guard down. I knew both were true. "We should head back to our rooms. Figure this whole thing out."

We trailed the steps back to our hall, where all of our rooms lie. My door was down the hall, right across from Selena's. Joe and Nick's were adjacent to them. Nick hadn't stopped staring at me until we reached a place of our own solitude. We gathered in Joe's room.

"How can you release government information to a civilian?" The younger of the two scolded once more. I was tired of being treated like a child.

"I knew she could do the job."

"Yeah, and now we're left in a predicament where HER program has to be activated. Manually. Within forty eight hours or we'll all be wiped out. And yet I'm sure you're happy that you have her here, because you can take care of her. Just like you can take care of yourself right?" Nick poked my shoulder as I hissed, swatting his hand away.

"I can carry out the mission. I just have to know what to do."

"Don't you think that's what everyone's been trying to do? The damn remote activation can't be carried out. If she programmed the virus guess what? She knows how to hack into it. She knows how to find whatever is stopping it from initiating, and she can begin the stream." Nick walked over to the small fridge in the room, pulling open the door to check its contents.

"I won't allow her to be put into danger."

"Too bad," The man hissed, "she's a part of it now."

"No, she isn't!" I stood my ground just as Joe stepped between the two of us.

"Listen," he sighed. "None of us had anything to eat. It's going on one o'clock. Who knows how much time we have left before Onyx breaks into our headquarters. If Selena knows the program, she can walk Demi through it." Joe faced his brother as a scoff arose.

"Right. How long is that going to take?" Nick awaited an answer, but silence only followed.

"Thanks to this agency, we're all screwed anyway." I had enough of listening to all of this talk. "They know our faces. They know where we live. It's just a matter of time before they wipe what we've come to know away. We have to work together."

"I agree. Lets just relax a bit, grab something to eat and we can worry about this later." Joe faced me, his eyes concerned.

"Nick," I faced his brother. "We can figure it out later on tonight. We have twenty four hours before this place is nothing but sand on a lot."

"Tick-tock." He stood, walking past Joe and I before the door flung open. I sighed, walking into the hall and back into Selena's room. Upon spotting me she sat up on the bed provided for her. She had untangled her hair, letting it fall across her shoulders. Her agent outfit still holding its place upon her skin.

"We should get something to eat." I informed her, just as she shook herself into the moment.

"That's how last night began."