Blind Case (Completed ✔️)

Chapter Forty-nine

We were wearing black suits and glasses. I adjusted the black wig on my head and smoothed the mask so it would look exactly like my face.

“Hey, have I seen you around?” Rania asked, standing in front of me. I smiled on seeing her again but controlled myself from hugging her.

“Uhm... Yeah. I'm one of the new recruits,” I said.

“Brought in yesterday?”

“Yeah. My name is...” I looked around and saw someone whose face was covered with a newspaper. At the front page, had boldly written words in blue. Ballalinda Vu. “Ballalinda Vu,” I quickly said.

“Balla what?” She asked.

“You can just call me Vu or Linda,” I replied.

“Really? Just get going,” Hayden said into the ear pod I was wearing.

“Alright Vu...”

“Listen, I'm so sorry. You have to excuse me right now,” I said and walked away hastily. Aston would certainly be in the lab right now. I should head there before checking anywhere else.

As I was practically run walking, I bumped into a guy. He decided to hold my waist even though I totally prefer hitting the ground to that.

He had a shoulder length brown hair with red at the tips and green eyes. His dragon tattoo was the first thing anyone would have noticed since he rolled up his sleeves. He looked rather suspicious to me but then again, one can't know who is who. He might be a good person and the actual FBI recruit.

All of a sudden, someone yanked me out of his arms and stood in our middle. I saw that it was Hayden and smiled. Was he jealous to see me in the arms of another man?

“Okay dude. I just saved her from falling when she bumped into me. You don't have to worry. She's all yours,” The guy said. I watched him leave.

“Shouldn't you be getting Aston?” He asked.

“Okay cool it mister. I'm going already,” I said.

“You felt rather comfortable in his arms,” He muttered.

“It was quite comforting. What do you think?” I asked as I walked away. It wasn't comforting one bit. I hated every minute of being in his arms. I wanted to punch him in the face for saving me. Like dude, you didn't have to. The floor is more favorable. But I couldn't miss a chance to tease Hayden.

“Fine then. You can go meet him,” He said into the pod.

“I would but I'm kinda busy right now,” I replied.

“What?! You can't be serious. Doesn't what we have mean anything to you?” He asked.

I stopped on my tracks. “What do we have?” I asked.

“Rather concentrate on what we don't have. No enough time. So get into that lab and get that dude out. Oh hey there baby girl,” He said.

Baby girl?

I turned around to see him talking to a girl. A blonde. When he raised his head to look at me, I raised my middle fingers at him and left.

“Are you jealous?” He asked me, chuckling.

“Why don't you stop talking so people won't think you're mad without knowing you're talking through pods,” I snorted.

“Is that a way to say 'Hey I'm jelly but I won't tell you that so let's change the subject'?” He asked teasingly.

“No. That's a way of saying, 'Hey, I don't care if you flirt with every girl you meet because it's not my business' Now, I have a job to complete,” I said and walked into the lab.

Aston was sitting at his usual spot. His reddish-brown hair bouncing as he worked with the systems. I saw Simone in a lab coat, mixing some chemicals. Her green hair was packed into a ponytail. Weirdo.

“I still think Hayden and Camilla ran off to get married and settle down somewhere. It's over two months now and we still haven't heard anything from them,” Simone said.

That isn't such a bad idea

“They wouldn't do that. They're too committee to their work to do so,” Aston replied, not taking his eyes off his work.

“Then why aren't you able to reach them?” Simone asked. “They aren't dead are they?”

I promptly locked the door and they just noticed my presence.

“Hey! Why are you doing that?” Simone asked glaring at me.

I walked forward. “Hi. I'm Bellalinda Vu,” I introduced.

They frowned. “What sort of a name is that?” Simone asked.

“My mum gave it to me,” I replied and sat on a chair the way I normally do. Facing the backrest instead of resting on it.

“Not only your name, but your voice give me the creeps. Please leave,” Aston said.

I gasped. “My sweet sweet voice,” I said.

“It's not so sweet,” Simone said.

“I bet Camilla's own is much better,” I said.

“How do you know Camilla?” Simone asked.

“She's probably been here a while and heard us talking about her,” Aston said.

“Or I am Camilla,” I said with a smile.

“I'm sure we know our coworker and she looks nothing like you,” Simone said.

Aston narrowed his eyes at me. “No wait. She is Camilla! Sitting posture, ankle length suit trouser... Camilla!” He exclaimed and came to hug me.

I stood up and laughed. “Get in here buddy,” I said and hugged him.

“How have you been? Why did you just disappear like that?” Aston asked.

“And why are you here in a disguise?” Simone asked.

“Ian Blackwell's men are part of the new recruits. They want you all dead. I had to come here looking like this just to get them off track. And Ian cut our means of communication that's why we haven't been able to talk to you and Thomas,” I answered.

“Camilla,” Hayden called.

“Yes Hayden?” I asked.

“Get. Out. Of. Here. Fast,” He said, gasping through each words.

“Where are you? What's wrong?” I asked.

“Ian. Has. Been. Alerted,” He replied. “The. Bomb. Might...” I heard a gun shot and nothing from Hayden.

“Hayden? Hayden! Hayden talk to me!” I shouted.

“What's wrong?” Simone asked.

“I think Hayden was shot. I need to find him,” I said.

“Wait, I'll check the CCTV,” Aston said and went to his system. We followed him. He clicked on a key on the keyboard and everywhere cameras were installed showed on the big screen.

“There he is,” Simone pointed. He was leaning against the wall, a hand on his stomach. He was bleeding. I didn't know when my eyes began to water. And he was still trying to fight a woman.

“Listen, I can't fight you,” He said.

“Why?” The woman asked with a smirk.

“Because you're a woman!” He shouted.

Darn it!

They sent her to him on purpose knowing he won't fight her.

“But I can fight her. Aston if you have the chance, run to the parking lot by the emergency escape unit,” I said and ran out, taking my wig off.

“Is that a bomb?!” I heard Simone ask.

The bomb