"So what time are we getting together?" The old guy asks the younger one, I want to know their names, but we've only got appearance. Hopefully, one another will say each others name. I pour a glass of whiskey for an old man, his health doesn't look to great, but I can't stop him from not drinking. "I don't recall if it was this Sunday or next."
"Next," The young guy takes a shot, and Lucas refills it with a fake smile. "This Sunday I'm taking the boys out," He laughs. "They're good at gambling. Besides, one of them is looking for a toy, if you'd like to join us." He smiles. "Just show up if so."
"Your partying when we're . . ." He sighs "That's indeed dumb." The young one winks. "You truly are something else, Jackson."
"Sometimes I wonder if my girlfriend loves me." he laughs, slapping his knee. Jackson. I . . . That conversation I heard while I was on a walk had the name Jackson in it. I don't remember what they said, dammit. I'll be up all night thinking about it. The old man rolls his eyes. "Hey old man, you should come and try to lay down on some ladies."
"Too old for that." He laughs. "Maybe I'll show up, maybe bring a few of my boys along too." I know what our next mission is, and that's in a few days. Today is Thursday, and we'll probably be stuck in the underground base until Sunday. I hate it there, no natural lighting makes me feel sick. Sometimes they have sky lights, which is weird cause this is underground. It's probably covered above with grass. I don't know.
"Dammit, I want my god damn body shot!" Jackson shouts. "It's even on the menu!" He points at the chalkboard menus above us. It' written in nice hand writing, and I wonder if anyone can actually write that neat.
Alex sucks in her lips. "I'm not in the mood, you can get one later when my shift is over."
"Awe, scared for your first day? Someone need to demonstrate it for you?" He smirks. "Don't worry, honey, it's not as hard as it looks. I can show you-"
"She know how to do a body shot, and she's not in the mood. You can get it free later from a different staff, I promise." I shoot back, sounding stern so hopefully he'll shut the hell up.
"I'm sure she does, have you given her one? Oh, duh, you two are a couple." he claps his hands, and puts them against his cheek. "Awe! If you won't give anyone a body shot, then you shouldn't be working here, now shouldn't you?"
"Leave her alone now," The old man says, laying his hand down on the desk. "No need to fight like Lions on a hot day." I walk to the other side of the counter, helping whomever is next. I can still hear them even over the sound of the crappy music.
"Any sign of her and that guy?"
"Well, you can't give me a appearance to look off of, and I don't know any people named Alexandra or Leo." My heart skips a beat, Leo and Alex. What do they want with us? I peek over at Alex, her breathing is heavy and it seems panicked. I want to go to the back, scream, hit someone, something.
"What about that that little girl?" The old man asks. "Sorry, getting really old. It's been two weeks since I've seen ya.
"I'll make sure to write it on your calendar," Jackson rolls his eyes. "All we know is that she's some little brat, we know nothing else about her. She has short brown hair, but that could be anyone." I glare at them. Feeling the need to rip their fucking throats out. Rage fills me up, and now I'm terrified. One wrong slip, someone says my name 'Leo' in front of them, I'm fucked. Same goes for Alex. I'm scared, and my hand shakes as I make drinks.
"What is that ceremony going to do to them again?"
"When you bring them to me, you'll find out." Jackson says it like it's obvious. "I'll write it down for you, faggot. Anyways, how's life?" He gets another drink, thanks to Lucas. I tap his shoulder, telling him I'm going to check on Alex.
"Hey," I say to Logan. "Where's Alex?"
"I saw her go in the back," He says, placing a shot glass on the shelf after drying it. "Where all the alcohol is and stuff, you guys busy? She looks stressed." I brush past him, and go to the back room. It's the wine cellar, and I don't know if I trust anyone anymore. I try to open the door, but it's locked.
"I'll be there in a minute, just getting more Jack," She barely manages to say, I can tell she's been crying. Well, she could be right. We do need more Jack Daniels.
"It's me." I say, hoping she'll be more relaxed. "And I'm sure you wouldn't be locking yourself in there when you don't have any keys to get out." I almost laugh, and she doesn't say anything.
"Alex, let me in."
A marker from the counter, dry erase, is floating, the cap being taken off. It floats mysteriously and starts writing on the door.
No.
"Please, Alex, we need to talk."
Do the mission without me.
I know she's going to be in there for a while, she's not just getting Jack. I'm silent for a moment.
I'm sorry for being a wreck, Leo.
"Stop fucking apologizing." I sign. "Fine, but I'm coming in when we're leaving. Okay?" She doesn't write anything, and the marker goes back to the counter in the same position it was in before, as if it never moved.
"Sup with her?" Logan asked. "Are we almost done? Are they talking?"
"Yeah, they just talked a little too much." I sigh, walking out to the lobby. And listening in on their conversation.
Later, Alex shows up. She brings a few bottles of Jack, and some others.
Honestly, it was mostly small talk for the rest of the time. Sooner or later, they leave, we stave five minutes later to make it look less suspicious. The most important things we learned were that they are looking for me, Alex, and sadly, my sister. They'll have some ceremony, their meeting up next Sunday, and this Sunday they are coming here to gamble. The next room has games like pool, Foosball, darts, things like that. It's twenty dollars extra, and only two staff members are there to make sure things are in line. Staff never leaves that room, so we didn't bother to change their staff since Jackson and some old fart come out here all the time.
I get Alex, and she takes off the uniform to put on the other staff member, putting on her long sleeved black lacy shirt. Me and the guys do the same, Alex putting her cloths on after us. She uses some of her witch power to wake them up, and make them think that they totally didn't get knocked out. Soon we leave, Jackson shouting; "You still owe me a body shot, girly!" I put y arm around her, showing him to back the fuck off.
Alex swallows hard, I can feel it on the side of her neck. When we get outside, I take my arm off her. "I'll get my own ride there," She says quietly, and I'm the only one who hears her, after everyone notices' I stopped walking they do too. "I wanna go for a walk."
"Sorry, Sophia said we all have to show up there. Ask her when we get there, Alex." Logan sighs, kindly apologizing. Alex opens her mouth to say something, but doesn't say anything.
We get a ride there, someone driving to pick us up. It's a special car, and I guess no one can see it when it parks. So when we're driving, no one can see us and we go right through traffic. Elkhart is full of supernaturals, I'd think they would all fly, I'm sure some can. I don't ask why. Alex used to know everything about Elkhart, now she's clueless. Alexandra Mae Rain barely remembers anything now.
We share the information gathered with Sophia, Lucas sharing most of it. When we mention our names came out of their mouth, she looks at us, worried. I didn't think she could-at all- look worried or feel that way. I suppose I was wrong. Alex is mostly quiet, asking if she can go on a walk. Sophia says it's best that me and her stay here for today, but Friday and Saturday, we can get outside and do whatever we want. Rules are; Don't leave the state. After a mission, we're given time to cool off and relax, me and Alex really need that.
We were also given phones. They can't be tracked unless anyone has high tech equipment, and it's illegal for anyone else to have it but the government, so chances are that we won't get tracked by anyone. If we give our number away, anyone can read the texts, change the settings, and so on. So we can't go out giving it away. I hate this.
I try to stop Alex from marching in her room, or going anywhere. But when I yell her name, she ignores me and rushes to her room. I text her later.
Leo: Hey, can we talk?
Alex: I'm sorry, no. I want to be left alone right now.
She always said that when we talked online. One time, actually a few, she told me when ever she says that, she's lying. She said she wants to talk to someone no matter what she's feeling, and I'm not going to forget that.
Leo: You're lying, just come in my room and we can talk.
Alex: I don't want to talk to anyone, I'm not in a good mood, just please leave me alone. Maybe I'll come in later.
A light bulb goes off in my head.
Leo: That bet we made during Titanic? Yeah, I've got one. Since you lost, I have to take you out on a date. Tomorrow. My treat, and I'll pick where we're going.
That was a daring move I made, but I didn't really regret it until afterwards. I almost say never mind, but she replies.
Alex: Fine.
I remember places while on the bus, not the entire ride, but the nice places I saw. I saw a bridge that crossed over a river, and underneath is a steep concrete hill to right under the bridge. It's right next to a park, and I saw a big ditch. It would be a perfect place if there was somewhere to sit under the bridge, and there was in California, so I'm sure there is here. Maybe the waterfall me and Makayla went to, or the beach, I don't know where I'll take her.
Author's note: Finishing this on 3-23-16. Daym, took longer than I thought I'd take. I've done a lot of editing and re-reading things, so hopefully the grammar and stuff is okay.