"Sir she checked into the old woodman motel on 49th street. We had cyan and the dogs follow her. It looks like she's checked in there for the next three days."
"Thank you Lenny, your dismissed."
Cyan enters
"She's going to come looking for you mr. president, I did what you told me to do and now she's caught on."
"Thank you cyan. If someone made me deaf I would be upset as well. I will be looking forward to her arrival."
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Its 7am and rinai is still thinking about what happened last night at the convenience store. Good thing she jumps back quickly otherwise she would have been long gone mentally. If it were not for her living a wild life anyway she would have many nervous breakdowns. No really, what made that man suddenly freeze out of nowhere? She shrugs her shoulders. That's why this city is strange, she thinks to herself.
"You know what's strange is I have never seen the president. All these years and growing up in this city, and even the country, I have never been out of the city and I have never seen the president." Rinai says to Geneva.
"Me too, I've only ever seen the horses he rides with and the huge crowds of people standing by." Geneva says in agreement.
Phone rings
"Geneva it's your mother I'm going to answer your phone for you. Hello Mrs Rosetti." Rinai says as she answers Geneva's phone.
"Hello honey, is Geneva doing well? Is she doing good?"
"Yes she's right here, but she can't hear so I thought I'd answer for her, but she can still speak to you if you want and I'll translate it."
"Oh thank you Rinai, tell her I said hello and I hope she is safe and healthy."
Rinai translates for them and Geneva takes the phone
"I'm doing fine, I'll be home in no time and thank you mom, I hope you stay safe and healthy too."
Rinai takes the phone back
"Rinai I'm going to send Someone to accompany you and Geneva, I know she has you but I don't like it to just be the two of you alone, so I'll send someone. Make sure to check in with me regularly ok, you guys be safe now."
"Bye bye"
"Bye Mrs. Rosetti auntie."
An hour later and someone knocks on the motel room door.
Lucas is my neighbors son, he is my age. Why would my mother send him here when she knows I used to like him when I was in school and why would he agree?
"Hey Geneva your mother sent me to accompany you and Rinai to your quest" says Lucas.
"Don't call it a quest when we're not nerds, call it an adventure." Said Rinai as she looked at Lucas intimidatingly.
"Oh because I guess we're just children, anyway your mother sent me here for you two." Said lucas.
"Did she pay you to come?" says Geneva.
"Yes" Lucas says.
"Oh ok well then you can leave, you got your money, now you can go."
"Wait no I wanna stay!" Lucas says.
"Why would you want to stay when you only came because of the money?" Geneva asked.
"That's not the only reason I came, it's also because I don't have anything better to do at the moment. What is the first thing we're going to do?" Says Lucas in a curious tone of voice.
"We'll throw a party" says Rinai.
"A party? I knew there was a reason I would want to stay, I'm glad I didn't just rush out and leave." Says Lucas
"Yeah cause it's not like I'm in an urgent need to meet the President and get my hearing back!" Says Geneva in a sarcastic manner.
"Hahaha, oh yeah! But can't we just head there in the morning?" Said Rinai.
"Uhh whatever." Said Geneva.
"Oh, your going to see the President?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, I have something I have to take care of, it's nothing." Said Geneva.
3 hours pass by and the three of them get ready for Rinai's party.
"It's a simple party with alcohol, food and music and you just have to make sure to dress fine for the occasion." Said Rinai to Geneva.
"You act like this and look at me like that. I was the one explaining stuff to you." Geneva says as she laughs.
"Hmm yeah ok." Rinai says in amusement.
"Lucas you look nice." Says Geneva.
"But I was wearing this earlier." Lucas explains.
Rinai laughs at the two of them. I knew Geneva still got nervous around Lucas, she had a crush on him since the 9th grade. I wonder if he could tell??
Just around that time people started flooding in. Good thing Rinai is social online and posted about the party. It's also a good thing she convinced the manager of the motel to let her throw this party here by convincing him that there was gonna be a lot of pretty girls at this party, or the party would be held at her place, no one wants to party at rinais.
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"Mr. President, she held a party at the woodman motel." Explains cyan.
"A party? Hmm ok, but keep an eye on her. Let her enjoy herself at the party tonight but if there is any funny business going on, don't let anything happen to her."
"I'm on it mr. President sir." Says cyan.
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"Which do you think comes first, the chicken or the chicken wing?" Says Rinai as she eats a chicken wing.
"Hahaha you pig, you make jokes with food in your mouth? Silly." Geneva says with a smile on her face.
Geneva gets up and goes to the bathroom as she suddenly hears the whistle in her ear. It's so unbearable to this extent. She sees the same man in the all black suit right outside the motel window
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Geneva says.
Someone in the party notices and walks up to Geneva to help her up. It's Lucas.
"Geneva what's wrong? Read my lips. Geneva what's wrong?" Lucas says in worry.
"Look outside the window, do you see the man standing outside?" Geneva asked.
Nobody can see him because it's already black outside and he blends right in. Only someone with great vision and or senses could see him standing outside.
"I don't see anyone outside Geneva. Come on, let's go." Says Lucas.
Geneva and Lucas heads back to the party. Meanwhile Rinai makes her way downstairs to the arcade. She notices the many vintage games they have and also some new ones as well. She comes across "in the name of the game" and finds herself intrigued. 'No way they programmed me into the game', she thinks to herself. 'This is tight!'
Rinai stays and plays the game for a little while and then heads back upstairs. Why would someone program me into that game? Maybe it was Geneva? Rinai shrugs her shoulders and continues.
Rinai sees Geneva and asks Geneva "did you put my name in the game that's downstairs in the arcade?"
"Hmm? I didn't put anyone's name in a game but my own name. What are you talking about? Why?" Geneva asks.
"Nothing, nevermind." Says Rinai.
"Are you sure? Did something happen or?" Asks Geneva.
"No it's fine, it was probably just someone else who did it." Says Rinai.
"Oh okay." Says Geneva.
Geneva finds throughout the night as the party goes on that strange things continue to happen.
The lights in the motel all shut off. Everything in the motel completely stops moving but the people at the party doesn't seem to notice anything. Why are they all dancing in the dark and acting normal? No one can see anything and all inanimate objects completely stop moving. The movement of air in the room seemed to have stopped.
Just like that everything is right back to normal.
"Rinai, did you see that?" Geneva asks in an anxious manner.