Save The Girl

It's Going Down

It was around nine at night when I actually had a chance to enter my room. I had been having a slight argument with Selena, which was rare. She refused to give me any other code for B.O.N.E.S except for the destruct one. I knew how it worked, but there was no way I was reporting to anyone about it. I had left her alone for over an hour. It was wrong of me to even involve her in this mess in the first place. I had read the small scrap of paper she gave me over and over again, but nothing changed. A knock came to my room door.

            "Go Away!" I called out like a hurt child.

            "Its Joe." His voice somehow was a relief to me. I stood, walking over to let him inside. I had informed him of Selena's program and of the code I had to get into. Joe followed along, his head nodding just before he glanced over the paper himself.

            "So, we have to tell Joshua the plan I'm assuming." I sighed, bringing my head against Joe's shoulder as he shrugged.

            "Our base is in Naples Florida. That place is stunning." Joe had moved on from my coding dilemma. I could hardly see his face as I nuzzled into his neck. "If my brother had to go anywhere, I'd rather have him near base. So if Selena needs protecting, she should go too."

            "To Naples?" I questioned, pulling away as he gave a small nod. "Aren't we going to Naples in the afternoon?"

            "Guess one more day with her won't be so bad," he nudged me as I sighed.

            "We can't see eye to eye on anything. It was better when she thought I was saving the world, instead of defending it."

            "Same difference." Joe bellowed.

            "Right." I stood up as he did the same. We had spoken about a few things here and there before I inquired about my place. There was no going back to Selena's, and although this day was almost done, I had no word of my home. "What did Onyx do to my place?"

            "Nothing as of yet." Joe and I walked into the hall. I hesitated to check on Selena but chose against it. We made it down the flight of steps and out into the courtyard. The night air chilled me as we made it around the grounds. "I have to tell Nick of our plan. He won't like it that much is sure."

            "So, are you ready to go back to Guadalajara?"

            "That depends," we stopped, "how's your shoulder?"

            "I've been through a lot within the past twenty four hours, but I'll live. Its sore, but I can manage." I gazed out into the distance, wondering if Onyx was watching us right now. If they had placed a satellite into the sky that could listen to our conversations. I wondered if we were putting ourselves in danger just for standing on our own grounds.

            "I have a favor to ask," Joe faced me.

            "Go ahead."

            "I want to sneak away tonight, gather a few things before tomorrow's trip."

            "And you want me to go along?" I asked as he signaled to my nose. I swatted him away, crossing my arms before nodding. "What are we after?"

            "Just a few mementos of my former life. Who knows what'll be left after we leave this place." As we began making it back towards the building, I could spot Nick pacing the outside doors. We made it over to him, although he spotted us a while back.

            "What's wrong?" I questioned, as my hair, although still in a bun, began to let strands fall across my cheeks.

            "I just needed some air." Nick glanced over at his brother before shaking his head, his eyes falling back onto me.