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Seven (Part 2)

Seven (Part 2)

"You were just a perk," She smiles and laughs at my confusion, leaning on Doug's shoulder. "I'm like a secret agent. I pretend to be a Government Official. My 'job' in the Dome is to ride along in the busses for the pairing parties to make sure everything is in order. I'm also one of the highest-ranking Government Officials in the Dame's Dome. The top Analyzer." She smiles, and starts walking toward me. She waves the other people in the tent away, and they leave the room. "Hm. You see, Eenie, on that bus, I knew exactly who you were. We've been looking for you for months. You weren't supposed to have that party. We were supposed to find you before you did."

"What?" I gasp, my brain whirring.

She stops to stand right in front of me.

"I even knew who you were the day you were working on the light panels inside of the main Dame's Dome building."

She was the other voice. The other set of footprints. The Analyzer.

She chuckles and turns on her heel to walk back to the table.

"She's right where we want her," Doug says, and smiles at her.

My confusion blocks out the silence, my head whirring with information and questions. Finally, Doug speaks.

"Eenralla," He says to me, beckoning me forward. The boy that had held me by the arm scoots me forward by pushing on the upper part of my back. "We don't mean to hurt you. If anyone tries to, inform me, and I will personally take care of them. I, and I alone, will deliver you to the person who is calling for you, and right away. Okay?"

I swallow the spit in my mouth and nod. Something inside of me tells me I can trust him. Not so much Lease, or Ken, or anyone else for that matter. It's just something about him that tells me he is good and he means what he says.

"Good. Justin, untie her. Now, I would show you where we're going, but only I know the way, and I don't want anyone else to steal the information from us," He looks at Lease and chuckles.

Lease rolls her eyes, and places her hand on one of her knives, seeming to grow impatient as Justin cuts the ropes from my wrists.

"You see, my dear, there are people in the rebellion that work for the Government. Double agents, as well as flat-out rats that just want a boost in their job or in their social status. We call those people rogues. They send information to the Domes, and they find out about us, more about the rebellion. The Government isn't sure what to do with us yet, from what I hear from Lease, but I'm pretty sure their catching on to what we're doing."

"Which is what?" I ask, rubbing my wrists.

Doug smiles and winks at me. "That's for another time, Eenralla. For now, I can just tell you that you have to be careful. Especially with who you are. There are people out there that are just waiting for you to slip up again, and are just waiting to kill you. Then there are people like me who want to help you."

"How do I know I can I trust you?" I ask, ignoring the trust I was already starting to feel towards him.

"Do I look like the kind of man who would betray someone?"

I shake my head in agreement to his rhetorical question. "Okay."

Doug smiles and nods back at me. "Good. Well, I'll have Lease bring you some clothes that are easier to move in, and Justin will show you to your tent for the night. We leave tomorrow."

"Justin," Lease says to the boy who brought me in. "Take her to a vacant bed."

Justin takes my arm again.