We stayed in the state for a little and waited for the search to die down a little before leaving to go back. The ride was a little quicker than before but that was just because I have a speeding problem. When we got back, we dropped the cosmo stone off at the D-Lab and collapsed into our beds.
I woke up the next day as usual and went downstairs for breakfast.
"Morning," I grumble, rubbing the tiredness from my eyes. I looked at the table which had empty plates, never a good sign.
"Morning, um, chicken nuggets for breakfast because," Artsor clears their throat while pouring out more frozen chicken nuggets onto a plate. However, only a few chicken nuggets land on the plate, "of course, they always fill the bags with more air than chicken nuggets. Anyway, chicken nuggets and frozen meals for breakfast because-"
"We're out of frozen meals!" Boba yelled from half in the freezer.
"I get it," I say, grabbing my coat and heading for the garage," Grocery duty for me." I sigh and get into the car, Majung jumping in with me. My stomach growls ferociously and I chuckle, guess I gotta get some breakfast for me too. While driving to the grocery store, I stop at a McDonalds for breakfast, ordering water and a breakfast sandwich. When I arrive at the grocery store, I turn off the car, turn Majung back into a card, and pull up my hood. I go around looking for the stuff we need, but I have the slight sensation that I'm being watched or at least followed. This causes me to constantly be looking behind me, which, I'll admit, looks suspicious. In fact, I'm pretty sure the workers are half ready to call the police or the Space Pirates.
I stop at the cereal aisle to get some Cheerios and stumble while putting the Cheerios box into the cart. The box falls to the ground, and as I'm lifting myself up, a familiar set of heels walks up to me. The person drops down and hands me the fallen box of cereal.
"Thanks," I say, reaching out and grabbing the box from their hands. I glance up for a peek of their face only to realize it's Sheer.
"You're welcome, want some help up?" She offers a hand, which I hesitantly take. "Got a big family at home?" Glancing at my cart.
"Uh, yeah, you could say that." I give a timid nod, kinda terrified. She leans in towards me and whispers in my ear.
"Meet me outside at the back of the store. I want to help you." Before walking away completely. I shake my head struggling to get rid of the heat from my cheeks and come up with a plan. For the rest of my shopping trip I think it over, and it's only when I get to the cashier that I've made up my mind.
I head to the back of the store after loading the groceries into the car. There she is, leaning against the wall, examining her crimson nails.
"I'm here. What did you want to talk about?" I make sure to keep a few feet of distance from her just in case.
"Don't be so tense. Like I said I want to help you, I'm going to give you a way to disarm the droids when you go to collect the stones. Here." She tosses a light gray flash drive at me which I just barely catch, earning a chuckle from her. "Plug it into the captain droid's port at the base of the back of it's helm and it'll shut down the droids for about 10 minutes."
"Captain droid?"
"You haven't seen them? They're smaller, skinnier, and have a narrow head. They basically just control and direct the droids to where danger is. They're in the droid instruction bay."
"Oh that makes sense. We've never been near it."
"The bases are created so that you have to go past the droid instruction bay." Sheer raises an eyebrow in confusion.
"Well, not if you take the vents."
"Oh, I see. Smart." Sheer's smile gets a tad bigger.
"By the way, why did you do this? Aren't you gonna get in trouble?" I ask fiddling with the flashdrive before finally opting to stuff it in my hoodie's pockets.
"Well, I've grown tired of being Spectre's lackey and getting nothing in return for my services. It's not like Spectre cares about us, so why not betray him. Beside's he's too blind to see any of this coming." Sheer complains, waving her hand angrily.
"Oh ok. Well if you ever want to discuss your feelings, I'll probably be back this week for more shopping. And thanks." I turn to leave, shooting her one last smile.
YOU ARE READING
Her New Life
خيال (فانتازيا)****** wakes up and finds that she's much older and her basement has a secret entrance to a lab run by the D-Team from her favorite anime, Dinosaur King. She gives her self a new name for a new start and soon, her story begins.
