Isabella Vaughn

Chapter 5

“Okay, clip the blue and yellow wires at the same time. Then you should see a green wire. Use the green wire and hook it up to a red wire. At the same time, clip the green and red wire, and the blue and yellow wires.” Jensen did as Mitchell said, but only two of the four pairs worked. “It’s still ticking! And we’re about to crash!”

“Okay, clip the yellow and the purple wire, then jump, NO MATTER THE RESULT!” Jensen clipped the yellow wire to the purple, then grabbed my hand, and we jumped through the train door, We both tumbled to the ground. The train rushed past the other train in the distance. Everyone was safe. We both walked to our destination, next to a hotel. We got a room and went to sleep. We thought it would be quicker to get up the next day if we shared a room, so we just got one room. I slept happily in Jensen’s arms.

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The next morning, I woke up alone on the bed. I sat up, and searched for Jensen. He came out from the bathroom shirtless. I couldn’t help myself from blushing. He wrapped the towel around his neck and grabbed a new shirt from his drawer. The middle drawer, which made me smile at an old memory. You see, my dad would always claimed the middle drawer everywhere we went. Ever since my mom offered my dad the middle drawer in her house. It always made me laugh. Jensen saw me smile, grabbed his shirt, sat on the end of the bed I was still sitting on, and put on his shirt. I blushed at the muscles rippling showing through his shirt. His arms looking strong, tightening up as he pulled on his shirt. Then I noticed something on his back, and crawled up to him to get a closer look. It was a red circle with three coy fish all in a yin yang pattern for each fish. all different colors. One was yellow and orange, one was red and black, and one was black.

I ran my hand on the tattoo slowly. “I’ve had that tattoo for almost a year now.” He said to me letting me touch it, then took my other hand and held it. I took my hand off and sat next to him on the end of the bed. “Why did you get it?” I asked softly, with the image still in my mind. “I did it for my family...” He answered slowly, then cleared his throat, which brought me back to Earth.

“You should get dressed, we need to go to our next mission.” I nodded and got up to get dressed. We got coffee on the go as we drove to the next location. The agency parked a car for us outside the hotel so we could get moving fast without waiting for a taxi. Jensen drove us to the next location. A party. I changed into my dress in the back seat, then he stopped the car at a gas station, and while I put in gas, he went in ConocoPhillips and puts on his tuxedo. He came back and we drove the rest of the way to the party.

Once we got there, we hung around until the party officially started at 7:00pm. Then we started dancing. I wrapped my arms around Jensen’s neck, as he wrapped his hands around my waist. We slow danced for awhile, then started doing dances from the 50’s. We danced around, and Jensen spun me around, holding my hand as I twisted my body around. Then we both took each other’s hands and swung around together. We laughed too as we danced, because we made a few mistakes as we dance. Then we go to the 80’s and danced a little more before the song turned back to slow music. After we caught our breath, Jensen offered to go get us drinks. When he went, I spotted one couple near the door, and go greet them.

The woman had light brown curly hair swayed to the side, along with a red shiny dress that dropped to her knees perfectly, she also wore gold bracelets on both her arms, and wore the most beautiful earrings on both her ears. Her heels were three inches from the ground, shining gold all around.

The man next to her wore a black and white tuxedo with a red tie strapped to his neck. He wore a red flower to the side of his suit, and his hair was swept to the side of his head. His eyes went perfectly with his whole outfit. Dark brown but gorgeous. His shoes went shiny black too. I went over to greet them, then noticed, they were my parents. "Mom, Dad? What are you doing here?!"

"We're the special guests!" My mom beamed. They both hugged me, I hugged them back then we talked a little. "So where's your boyfriend Jensen?" I didn't roll my eyes this time because honestly, I didn't know if he IS my boyfriend or not. "He's getting punch." I answered after a short pause. Right then, Jensen went over with punch for everyone. He handed me a cup, then handed both my parents a cup. "How'd you know my parents were here?"

"I went back to where you were originally standing and you weren't there, then I saw you talking to your parents, so I just decided to come over." He wrapped his free arm around my waist. My parents, Jensen,  and I talked for awhile until Mr. McRider called my headpiece and told us our next step. "Bella, you and Jensen stay here and dance until you get my signal. Sydney, Michael, you go upstairs and get the Tachyon information from the computer. Once you finish we'll move on."

My mom nodded towards Jensen and I, then my dad took my mom's hands and walked calmly to the stairs. Jensen and I kept dancing. "So we need to look normal?" Jensen asked as he slowly touched my waist. I nodded. He smiled and kissed me. I kissed him back before we started dancing again. Vaughn called my earpiece to tell us we're on track. I nodded to Jensen and started upstairs smoothly. Jensen walked over to someone and they started talking. This was the time to pretend like I need to go to the bathroom so I can sneak in the room. "I'm sorry, ma'am,  upstairs is off limits."

"But the bathroom is up here, and I need to go, badly!"

I pretended I need to go by talking fast, moving my legs, and holding my dress. The guard sighed and let me through. "Oh thank you!" I called to him before I rushed past him and head inside the bathroom. Once the guard went, I snuck out and headed into the room next to it. Once I was in, I looked for a small box sitting on a short cedar wood table. Polished, with no scratches on it. I grabbed it before I heard voices outside the room. "Angel fish alert." I heard Jensen say into my earpiece. "Two men were heading up to the room you're in! Get the Tachyon and go!" I got the box,  then noticed something else on the lab desk.

A news clip...about my grandfather! I grabbed it, stuff it in my pocket, and started to leave. I left just in time, and before the officers got in. Everyone immediately walked outside and waited for the car to show up. "THERE SHE IS!" One of the officers yelled, pointing at me. Just then the car pulled up, and everyone got in. "GO!" Jensen yelled, and we were off.