Agent Chetiri

Chapter 35

New year, new chapter!

I hope you all enjoy this chapter, but I really should warn you first...this chapter is almost 12,000 words long...

So anyway, I hope you enjoy a really long chapter this week. If we make it to 500, I'll publish the new spinoff story about Q's past life. Also, I added a small surprise in this chapter too (though I'm sure most of you figured it out).

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The point of these things is to remind us that there's no going back. There's only a way forward.

-Michelle Yeoh

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(December 17, 2014- 3:04 AM)

Onega, Russia

The small, double prop-engined plane touched down roughly in the local airport of Onega, causing Q to flinch as his hands intertwined with Alexa's. Alexa, whose eyes showed that she was faraway in her own thoughts, squeezed Q's hand absentmindedly as she stared out the window towards the darkened sky. The clouds drew a haze over the moonlight city, as if a prelude to the uncertainty of the moments to come.

"Alexa," Q said suddenly after recovering from the initial panic of the landing process.

"Hmm? What?" she blinked as she turned to look at him.

"Don't fret so much. We'll be alright," he reassured her.

"I hope so," she sighed as she climbed out of the plane with him. "I just can't help but feel anxious. I don't know what for, really, but the feeling is there."

She suddenly let go as she hopped out of the plane, thanking the pilot as needed. Q pondered her words as they grabbed their luggage from the plane and loaded into a car that they had requested. As he began to drive down the darkened roads leading out of Onega, a burst of words popped out of his mouth unexpectedly.

"It's likely because you're coming back to your childhood home," he said softly. Q realized the implications of his words and saw that she would obviously be emotionally unstable, and it was only right to keep her from falling apart. She turned to look at him and bit her lip before nodding.

"Partially, I suppose. I haven't been back since I was taken away, and I don't know what it'll take to bring myself through that door again," she sighed. "Maybe you can help me."

"I'm your source of support. Isn't that what I'm supposed to do since you're my girlfriend?" Q chuckled as he began to follow the directions on his cellphone towards Kodino.

"I suppose. In turn, I'll support you, is that right?" she said.

"Right indeed," he said as he sped down a darkened highway. She bent her elbow and placed it on the side of the car before stifling a quiet yawn. Alexa's eyes drifted over to Q, and she smiled gently at him.

"I suppose I don't say it too often, but I really am lucky to have you," she said softly as she glanced over at him.

"What are you going on about now?" he said, sounding amused.

"I mean, not just any man would willingly head off into Russia towards danger just to be with me," she said. "Certainly not normal protocol."

"I suppose that makes me an abnormal man," he said. "Not of the ordinary sort in the least."

"No, that makes you an extraordinary man," she laughed quietly, sounding drowsy. "My extraordinary man."

Her words caused Q to chuckle as he drove down the local highway. "You're getting sleepy, love. Take a nap; we'll be there in two hours or so." Q said.