Mau5in' Around

Chapter 22

The day painfully dragged on. Raven found herself lying on the coach in the lounge, thinking that an hour had past, only to be miserably disappointed to see that only seventeen minutes actually went by.

5:42 PM.

Fuuuuuuck…

Still had about five more hours until Daft Punk got here… She was dreading when they would, because for all she knew, they would take Mau5 and her and turn right back around on the plane.

She didn’t want to go back… but what else could she do? Daniel and James had the place locked tight… She had considered trying to pick a lock, but the problem with that was she wasn’t left alone long enough to do so.

A sound caught her attention and she sat up. Mau5 came into view from them door in the hall. He had his gaze fixed down in front of him still and his feet dragged him forward ever so slowly. Several more patches of fur were missing on his face. He looked lost. He looked insane. He looked… dead.

Raven sat perfectly still as she watched him creep along. His blank gaze seemed to not see her… she hoped he would just pass by without any trouble.

Unfortunately…

Mau5 stopped dead center in the doorway. He did not move a muscle for a very long time. Raven struggled to swallow the lump that again, formed in the back of her throat. Bloody fuckin’… where is Daniel when I might need him?

Mau5’s head then turned and his gaze fell on Raven. He said nothing, only stared. This stare had become soft… but it didn’t ease Raven’s fear.

Raven then felt the urge to speak, to break this horrible silence. It’s too risky… she thought.

“I want to get rid of this face.” Mau5 spoke up suddenly.

Raven shuddered slightly. She didn’t like the tone he spoke with.

Mau5 blinked slowly, taking in his words… then he nodded, agreeing with himself.

Suddenly, Raven knew what to say, “You’ll become human.”

At first, for a second, she thought it was a mistake to say it, because Mau5’s tail stood straight up. She had knocked a spark of life in him. His gaze fell back to her. Raven hesitated, but she nodded slowly. “You’ll be human.”

His eyes glazed with wonder as his cyboric mind absorbed her words.

She wasn’t sure why she was telling him this… because at this point, she had little faith that Dead Mau5 would ever reach such a significant goal. But it was what he wanted- what he needed to hear.

“Thank you…” He whispered, and walked off slowly… going back to think some more to himself.

…

10:00 PM

Fifteen minutes until Daft Punk’s flight would arrive.

Marie had already arrived. She sat with James and Daniel in the lounge, discussing what would come next. Something along the lines of confidential government bullshit… or wotever…

Raven was no walking around the empty halls alone. She had become anxious as hell and could not stay still. She didn’t have much more time of freedom. The chance was lost.

She walked into another hall that had large windows making a look out to the world. The glass looked thick… and cold. Raven’s feet stopped her in front of these huge, icy windows. She looked out them with hopeless eyes.

The moon had appeared high in the sky again; its white, soft gaze fell through the glass and rested on Raven’s face. She signed, biting her lower lip. She so badly wanted to be home… away from all this mess.