Capped

Chapter 5

Sometimes when I was younger I used to pretend that I was a secret agent and I would have all these cool gadgets and everything, I would think that I'm different and dangerous but when you actually start doing it, you just think of it as another job. Like a teacher or an army officer. But right now, on the way to the crime scene, I feel like a normal twenty one year old tourist hangin' with her friends. We are in a shuttle bus and I am curled up next to the wall. On the other side of me sits Zeke. Sometimes I think I know what he's thinking while other times I can not imagine what goes on in his brain. Right now it's the latter. He's staring down the aisle, with his hair swaying each time we go over a bump.

Pippa bends over from the seat behind us and asks "what if their is another attack while we are there and we get seriously injured?"

"Then," says Zeke "we get seriously injured. And?"

"Well I was kinda hoping that we could avoid that."

"And how do you propose we do that?" Zeke asks

"I don't know. I kind of just wanted someone to reasure me that I'm not going to die today." She said

"Okay," he says "your not going to die today. There, you happy?" Pippa rolls her eyes at him and then says to me "how do you put up with him?" And returns to her seat.

Sitting next to her is Zoe, but I can't see Annabelle or Connor any where. I lean over next into Zeke's shoulder and ask if he knows where they are.

"Have you seen Connor or Annabelle?"

"They said they would meet us their. Something about computer crashes. I don't know. You know how excited Annabelle can get when you mention computer stuff. I think Connor went with her to help. I don't know. She didn't go into full detail.

Hey you didn't tell me where you went this morning." He says raising his eyebrows at me

"Well," I say scratching my head "um I ran into Edward and-" I crack into the story of what happened earlier that morning.

At the end Zeke raised his eyebrows at me and asked "are you alright. I had know idea about Connor and we definitely aren't plotting anything against you. But remember this is all coming from the man who, who er, um well you know." He said looking at where the bullet wound would be on my stomach if I wasn't wearing a t-shirt. "The point I am trying to make is you've known us for eight years now? And you see us everyday. The last time you saw Edward was when he had a gun in his hand and had to choose to shoot you or him. He chose you. For 3 years you could barely digest a thing without having to have a needle, antibiotic or operation and you trust this guy? Look all we are saying is that we should investigate more before we go snooping through Connors underwear drawer."

I laugh. The idea of looking through his under wear drawer is so strange that I feel it's okay to laugh.

"Just promise me one thing." Asks Zeke

"What." I ask

"Don't run away to India when your upset ever again."

"I promise." I say smiling

"Here we are, the Taj Mahal." Said Zoe

"Okay have a look around for anything. You aren't likely to get attacked because it is under very close surveillance since the last attack. Look out for anything like phones, bomb resentments, anything out of the ordinary." Said Zeke

"We have done this before you realise? In fact we have been doing this for eight years." Pippa said. Zeke have pipa a stern look as if to be saying 'seriously? I'm trying to save your ass and this is what I get'. Pippa then shut up. Zoe raised her eyebrows but didn't say anything.