Akina's Reflection

XXVIII

The sword through my heart only hurt for a second, though it felt like an entire minute of horrible pain. Was this what death felt like?

Was I going to die?"

"Sayoki... Sayoki please wake up..."

"No... Sayoki... SAYOKI WAKE UP!!!"

My eyes snapped open. Cody and Paul were leaning over me. Paul looked as if he was about to cry.

"Paul.... Cody...." I whispered.

I suddenly lunged forward, hugging both at the same time.

"Thank you.... Thank you for helping me.."

Cody returned the embrace.

"We thought you were gone." he said, quietly.

Paul gave me a big hug after Cody finished.

"Sayoki... I would have never been able to live with myself if you were to have died.."

I got focused again.

"Where's Antonio? Did he make it?" I asked Paul.

"How did you even get here? How long was I out? Where's Farsdale?"

"I don't know where Farsdale is." Cody said, looking around.

"He wasn't there when I woke up. Paul was directed here by Aubrey, he was worried sick for you."

"You were out for five minutes as long as I was here." Paul included.

"But you could have been out for hours while Cody was out."

"And Antonio?"

"Sadly, he made it. I could imagine he'd survive a tank if he wanted too."

"Sadly? I'd think Antonio surviving is pretty good news." Cody said, nudging Paul.

"But anyways, we'd better get going. We have an underground building to burn."

I nodded. I was still a little shaken from my previous dreams, but otherwise ready to go.

"Yeah, let's go. But Paul, Cody told me that we shouldn't burn the building down."

I explained to Paul as Cody told me why we can't get rid of the facility by burning.

Paul sighed.

"Yeah, I guess that's true, but how are we going to get rid of this place, and disband MIRROR?"

"We'll find a way. This entire plan was pretty much improvised, very little of this was Aubrey's genius."

We walked out of the simulation room, now looking for more inmates as we brainstormed a way to finish MIRROR.