Serene

30

"It's been two days. All that's been accomplished was infiltrating Belle Corp.'s main factory and building." I say, exasperated.

Cal, Val and Odeo look at me, worry on their faces. Cassy comes back with cookies and I take one and hastily eat it. Stress eating, you know?

"Sophia, pray before you eat." Odeo reminds me.

I stop chewing and give a silent prayer.

"Sorry." I swallow. "But what are we going to do? We only have five days left to take Belle Corp. down and we don't have any new orders or updates on why things are being delayed."

Cal taps on his tablet and Odeo reaches for my hand. He massages it and I relax a little.

I look at Val and know she's got something in mind.

"What're you thinking Val?" I ask softly.

She smiles knowingly.

"We have to do this on our own. Either Greg or Jen will be here. And the other in the main building. They won't let us get in or take over so easily. So, we have to take them out. Then, we get into Belle Corp. here. We download all their data and give them online. The world will go nuts. We'll see how the Government deals with it then. For now, we bring down Belle Corp. this way." Val says, her voice strong but her eyes worried.

It's hard having to do this on our own, knowing that our friends are on the other side of the world and we don't know how they are.

"When do we do this?" I ask, really wanting to get this over with.

"Today. I will contact Greg. We'll see who comes. I'll deal with that. You all, you get into the building and download the data. But someone has to go to the factory and stop productions." Valerie says, her leadership skills coming back as well her determination.

"We got it Val." Odeo says with a nod of his head.

Val nods back. "Pray and get it done. We can't lose time."

We break up and arm ourselves all the while still disguising ourselves in the Contra outfits Cal lent us.  

"I'll be back tonight." Val says.

She walks out and we all look after her.

"Um."

I look at Odeo and Cal raises an eyebrow. Cassy just stands at attention, still used to her maid training.

"Is no one else worried about how our leader, probably the most confident of us just left on her own and left us to do a very big job?" Odeo asks nervously but with amusement in his eyes.

I roll my eyes. "I may not remember much but I'm pretty sure I know how to take care of my myself and get things done."

Cal smiles at that. "You got that right. Now Cassy, come. We have a lot of preparing to do."

Cassy follows Cal and they head to the car to get things ready.

Those two will head to the factory while Odeo and I will head to to the main building. Well, more like a skyscraper. The Belle Corp. buildings are the best in the world and so are their buildings.

"Come on Odeo. We have to do this." I say, taking his hand. My heart is racing fast but I really want to do this. We can't afford to lose time or opportunities.

He smiles and looks down at our intertwined fingers.

"Let's go."

***
"Chancellor."

Bethany walks in the office, her heels clicking and her posture straight.

Chancellor turns his chair around to face the woman he's assigned to take care of much of the Government's relations and tasks.