As soon as I closed my eyes it felt like I was opening them again, but six hours had actually passed. I realized as I picked up my phone and the clock showed up. 'Well I feel rested at least. It's weird how no time had passed.' I looked at the time again, it was only five in the morning I had gone to sleep really early last night and as punishment I was up really early. I couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to do some research on the Code-X game before going to talk to Mr. Jerome. After an hour or so I found that no one else had discovered ths same bug that Rex and me had.
"It has to be about this bug." I declared to my phone which of course wasn't listening or offering advice. At around 8am I heard ths familiar sound of bacon being fried and went down stairs for breakfast. "Hey dad good morning" I called over to him as I sat down at the table.
"Hey darlin' you hungry? I made bacon and chocolate chip pancakes!" He excitedly told me while facing the pan. He always took cooking bacon extra seriously for some reason. I nodded without speaking when he looked over, I tried to pass off that I had just woke up.
"Morning hun, morning Addy!" my mom said as she walked into the kitchen yawning loudly. "Did you call Mr. Jerome yet Addy I know you have been up since five." She stated looking over at me.
"Not yet I will after I eat." I replied looking at the table knowing I had been caught. Ariel then walked in shortly after mom did and just sat down and stared blankly at the table with her eyes barely open. "Morning mermaid, how are you?" She didn't say anything and just nodded her head which made her blonde hair wave. We ate breakfast quietly dad told jokes to try and wake us all up and get us in a good mood. Mom laughed and got ready to go shopping her normal routine. Ariel was waiting for her friend to pick her up to go for a sleepover. Dad went to his office as he was in the middle of a new storyline.
I went to my room and grabbed my phone Rex had said that he would be over soon. I then decided to call Mr. Jerome. The phone rang a couple times before he finally answered. "Hello Mr. Jerome speaking how many I help you Ms. Rudacille?" I was shocked that he hadn't even asked who it was but already knew instead.
"I remembered something and wanted to know if it was related to what you were asking about. Can we meet at the park near my house?" I asked cautiously not trying to sound scared or nervous.
"I can meet you in half an hour is that ok with you?" He responded quickly as if he was expecting this. "Is the park you are mentioning north or south of your place?"
"I'm bad with compass directions hold on." I needed a map as I was telling the truth about the directions confusion. 'Where is the map!'I kept one in my room for this exact issue.
*Beep* I raised my head and found floating in front of me a map of my hometown, with a compass in the corner. "Its the one north of me Mr. Jerome!" I said after finding it on the map. "I will see you there in thirty minutes."
"I will see you then." He replied coolly as if he was trying to get a date.
I rushed to get dressed as I heard the front door open. "Addy I'm here!" Rex called from the door. He then started to climb the stairs. Before I could answer back as I had my shirt over my head at that moment he opened my door. He stood there for a few seconds frozen and then his face turned a magnificent shade of scarlet as I'm trying to pull my shirt down and cover myself up.
"GET OUT!" I screamed as I found a brush and threw it at him.
"IM SO SORRY!" He yelled as he ran back down the stairs face still red. I finished getting dressed and followed shortly after him. He kept apologizing as we left the house. "I'm sorry Addy I didn't know. Where are we going? Did you call him yet?" He asked while still avoiding eye contact.
"Yes I called him we are meeting him at the park we were at last night." I answered meanwhile my face was red from embarrassment. "If you tell anyone you saw me in my underwear I will kill you understood!" I threatened him trying to sound mean.
"I wont I promise!" He answered trying to reassure me. "I wont tell anyone but I wont forget it either!" He added in a whisper, I then punched him in the arm while my face burned hotter.
"Ms. Rudacille and if it isnt Mr. Porter good to see you guys again!" We heard someone say loudly as we entered the park area. We looked over and saw Mr. Jerome sitting on a bench by himself. 'Now might be the hardest conversation we will have.' I thought inwardly to myself.
"Good morning Mr. Jerome how are you?" I asked politely.
"Fine as can be now what is it you wanted to discuss with me?"
"What do you know about the game Code-X?" Rex asked trying to sound curious.
"Its the new game created by Scorpio industries and the company I work for!" He proudly stated.
"Why aren't you on their company website then?"
"Top members of a companies security are not required to be placed on the website. Only the federal government needs to know."
"Ok so why did you come to us and ask us about a mission or if anything weird has happened? That does not seem like a typical line for a company to be asking people." I stated bravely while Rex tilted his head.
"Wow that is a very smart question to ask." He said as if he was surprised yet his facial features remained unchanged. "I was sent to try and recruit you to our company because we found a bug in the Code-X game.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* The system alarm rang in my head repeatedly as a new emergency panel flashed in front of my eyes.