5:00 AM - 1

[May 14, 2013, 6:42 PM]

As she walked down the street, she saw the old man sitting beside the tree. gray hair, glasses, face washed recently, not looking at her, anxious a little, shoes unclean.

she had her mask on, and Her long black coat on her shoulders; as a habit, as a defense mechanism. “Mr. Tray;” She said as she shook his hand.

Trays eyes were empty and silent. Like those for the blind, but she knew he wasn’t. He was a chess player, a marathon runner, a snake. “It’s nice to finally meet you, Miss...” He stopped there. “Sorry, What was your name again?” He said, looking confused.

Blakesley smiled of satisfaction, the kind of smile a warrior gives the audience when she finally finds a fit rival.

“‘miss’ will do.” she sat beside him and continued. “So... shall we talk?”

-3 months earlier-

“We do have some breaking news. Another kidnapping at 5:30 AM this morning. the boy and the girl that were missing for a week didn’t return and now another girl is gone. there’s no clue where they might be. The Police says that they think the kidnapping series might go on and suggests everyone to be caref...” She turned the TV off.

her phone rang. “yes?” She said, rolling her eyes. “I’m sure you’ve heard the news Ley! What do you think? it got me really confused.” said Bruna. Blakesley hung up the phone. “Why did I answer that? Idiot.” She knew she was ignoring it. Ignoring the fact that she wanted to work on the case and the other annoying fact that no one could ever figure the mystery out but her.

Where was Amaya?

She thought and then Amaya appeared at the door, holding so many bags. “What are those?” Asked Blakesley.

“Well...” Amaya put down the bags and continued cheerfully. “Been having this idea of making bombs. did a research on it and I’m kinda thinking of a mind-reader bomb. Can you imagine how cool that would be? Like you can rule the world, tying one of these to each person and tell them if they even think of something they’ll explode. And OF COURSE I know at first most will, because they try not to think of it and it’s the same thing as thinking of it; but after a while they’ll learn to control their thoughts! JUST IMAGINE IT!” Amaya kept talking and it gave Blakesley a smile. ‘As always’ She thought. When you ask Amaya about her ideas or any random topic she likes, she becomes the most talkative person on the planet earth. Otherwise, she just keeps in silence.

“And now you want to rule the world?” Amaya felt the mocking in her voice.

“Why not?” “give me here’s address.” said blakesley as she crossed her arms.

“Well, it’s the... the street with the I-know-what’s-best-for-you lady’s shop in the beginning. umm... then... then it’s the... one, two, three... yes! the third alley. and then it’s th...” Amya was really trying to make it sound sane but it wasn’t. “hey, Stop there. you know my point. your idea’s like an amazing idea for a teenage fantasy novel, but in real world, it will just be a total mess. and even if it could work, you’d be the clumsiest to try.”

Amaya was silenced for a moment. “I know. still wanna try it.” She started unpacking.

blakesley laughed. she was a bit relieved. attacking on people could always cheer her up. “Okay whatever. Do you want me to help?”

“No.” amaya said as she kept unpacking. “And Why?” asked blakesley. “Because I’m not gonna help you in forgetting who you want to be.”

“What?”

“I want you to think about it once more. Nothing suits you better than being a detective. I don’t see why you made the promise of leaving your dream, but it’s stupid. What are you gonna do for the rest of your life?”

“I’ll find another job.”

“What job exactly? you’re 26 and you’ve already found the perfect one! Do you have any idea how amazing that is?”

Blakesley was confused. What she said was true, but she had her own reasons.

“I don’t know. I’ll go for a walk.”

She said as she grabbed her coat and her mask and left Amaya alone.

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