MEL'S P.O.V.
"I'm going to put a picture up on the screen" Alex said as he was entering the control room
"And I want every system to get me information on him. His name, age, address, nationality, everything" he added
"On it" they all responded
It sometimes fascinate me how attentive they all are. Just with Alex saying one word, they all stopped what they were doing and listened to him
With his reaction in the conference room, he must have watched it when Jace gave it to him. Speaking of Jace ... I scanned the room for him
There he is
I walked towards him and stood beside him
"Hi" I told him
"Hey" he responded
"How did your brief meeting go with Alex?" I asked him
"Better than I expected"
He turned to face me and said
"Are you aware of how much of a great boss Alex is"
I chuckled
"I do. I guess it went pretty well?" I agreed and asked
He smiled and faced the front
"He told me that I could tell him when I wanted and if I wanted"
"Well, that's Alex. So, what's your answer?" I asked him
"I don't know. What do you think I should do?" he asked, this time, turning only his head but, only to ask the question he asked
"What do you want to do?"
"I'm not sure of what to do. I'm thinking, whether I should tell everyone or, I shouldn't tell them, just take it as a thing of the past and move on with my life" he said
"What do you think is best?" he asked
"Maybe moving on" I told him
"That's sounds go. I'll just move on with my life. With a beautiful chihuahua" he said, leaning to whisper the last statement
I kicked the back of his leg while he laughed, rubbing it. Despite the serious face I wanted to put on, I couldn't help but laughed with him; his laughter was addictive
"What's going on here?" Olive asked as she walked towards us with her arms crossed
"Nothing" I said smiling
"You guys have been quite suspicious" she said
"I think it's very" Ken added coming to join us
"Really? I'm not so sure about that" I said still with a smile
"Then why is there a smile on your face as if a child was just promised an ice cream van?" Jade said also joining us
"Is this an interrogation?" Jace asked
"You can say that" Sky said
"Did you guys decided to come in one by one with something to say?" I asked
"Don't change the topic" Jade said
"Which topic?" I asked innocently raising my hands mid air
"The topic of what's going on with you guys" Olive said
"Guys, what could possibly be going on with us?" I asked
"Everything" Sky said
"Is it so wrong to be friendly with a fellow colleague?"
"You hated him? You wanted to swing the living soul out of him with a tornado" Olive said
I widened my eyes
How could she remember that?
I noticed Jace turn to me from the side of my eyes but, I didn't face him
"Mel" he called slowly
I put on an innocent smile and faced him
"Yes?" I asked
"Wow. I guess it was unfortunate that you didn't see the volcano. Should I help you go find it?" he said
I grabbed him when he wanted to go
"Seriously, Jace, you know how annoying you when then"
"And now?"
I smiled and shook my head
"I can put up with you now"
We were interrupted with our gazing at each other by some throat clearing
That's right, they are here. Along with Alex
"What going on here?" Alex asked
"Nothing"
"You can put up with him now?" Sky asked
"Well, he's not as ..." I was interrupted
"We are dating" Jace announced
I froze and I'm pretty sure they all froze with me. I looked at Jace with a widened set of eyes
He just shrugged and said
"They would have found out anyways"
So?
"Oh" Sky said
"My" Olive added
"Goodness" Alex completed
"I knew it" Ken said
"It was meant to happen" Jade said
"Congrats bro" he said as he shook hands with Jace who gladly took it. I looked at the joined hands dumbfounded
What's just happened?
Fortunately,
"We've got it!" someone announced from the front
"Someone has gotten it. Thank goodness" I said and went forward, leaving them behind but for few seconds
"What do you have?" Alex asked
"Connect it on the projector" Jace said
He pressed a key and the rubbish's pictures came out
"Name, Bonnie Bridge. Age, clocked thirty four years fourteen on February on valentines day" the man who got the information, Tom, started
I scoffed
"His mother is from here, Australia, while his dad is from Russia so, he's half. He was in an orphanage home when he was six but, he suddenly disappeared when he was fourteen. No one know why or who killed his parents and his whereabouts wasn't known so, they decided to give up five years later. My guess is that he lives in quietly and remotely, he doesn't have any phone, car or anything of a sort"
"That's isn't right" I said
"He had a phone in the footage" Jace said
"I don't know about that but, I searched and I couldn't find anything in his name"
"What of a credit card?" Alex
"No" Tom shook his head
"Okay, thank you. Good work everyone" Alex said to him and to everyone else then to us
"Let's go" he said and went into the conference room
"There are two options" Jace said immediately we were all seated
"Either he's using a different name or..." I started
"It's under someone else's name" Jace completed
"If he has an accomplice, the person should have been with him but, it was only him"
"Maybe he does the dirty work and the other person is just like a supplier" Jace said
"That's make sense" I agreed
"What of the blacksmith?" I asked him
"It might be the accomplice"
"Or he's just doing his job but, I doubt that" I added
"We just need to find where the sets of the same weapon is made and then a way forward will be made" Jace said taping his finger on the table
I smiled
"It's ending. It'll soon end"
He smiled back
"Yes, just a little more while"
"Are we invisible right now?" Jade asked
We looked at them
"Sorry" I said with a smile
He scoffed
Alex sat straighter
"Well, since our couple have done the talking for us, we know what to do next, right?" he said emphasizing the 'couple'. I rolled my eyes at the word couple but, still smiled
"Look at her smiling" Olive said and I immediately straightened my face but, I couldn't keep it. It went back to my smiling face
We all burst out laughing
"We've found it" Sky said as she and Jade entered into the conference
They went back to the control room to see if we could acquire the location of the blacksmith
"Good. What is it?" Alex said and asked standing
They said the location
"Jace and I will go and .." I stopped when Jace held my hand
"Jade, is it okay if we go together?" he asked Jade
"What?"
What? I asked both in my mind and aloud
"It could be dangerous. Jade?"
"Uhm, sure" Jade agreed reluctantly
"There's no need, I'm going" I stated
"Let's go" Jace said and stood up
"Jace!" I shouted
"We are going to a blacksmith and we don't know if he's skilled or how skilled"
"I can take care of myself!" I said with exasperation
"It might be dangerous and I'm not going to risk losing you. You're mean too much to mean" he said and left
"Jace" I called
Even though I had a warm feeling when he said that, I was still very angry. I was about to go after them but,
"Mel" Alex called and stopped me
I wanted to refuse but, I didn't want to take Alex's greatness for granted. I reluctantly sat back on my seat with annoyance