Rosa’s lips are soft, and the warm taste of alcohol lingers in your mouth as you let her go and approach Zero. One more enemy to make, another person to run from, but you’re already running, and you can’t shake the feel of her breath from your mind. You need to get out.
Your words are checked by the knowledge that Zero is just as dangerous a man as Kaiba to betray, but soon you’ll be gone and they’ll both have each other to worry about.
“I’m gonna help Rosa escape the city.”
“What’re you talking about. We can’t help her, man, we have bigger things to worry about. Kaiba….”
You cut him off. “Not we, Zero, it’s just me. I’m getting out. I’m taking Rosa and I’m getting the fuck out. I need the datafile.”
Zero’s expression becomes grim, a plastic mask wrapped in neon light. He grabs me by the arm. “I’m telling you right now, okay, you’re making a big mistake. That woman is gonna get you killed.”
You pull your pistol from your belt and press it against his waist, then you reach out your hand and ask for the datafile.
Zero gives it to you. “I’m real fucking sorry,” he says.
You leave Zero. Rosa is waiting for you outside. The rain has stopped and you tread along the glowing sidewalk, go underground, to the train station. A bullet train departs at 2.01. Just like that you’re on your way.
At 3.15 Rosa is leaning against you, sometimes with her eyes closed, sometimes not, your jacket wrapped around her. You’ve been staring at the thumb-drive for over an hour, turning it over in your fingers like some precious gem.
“Why do you keep staring at it?” Rosa asks.
“I’m just – curious. What’s on here that’s so damn important?” You go cyber and tap into the thumb-drive. It’s encrypted but the code only takes you a few minutes the crack. You select the file and stare at the prompt that says ‘open’.
“Don’t, babe.” Rosa sits up. “Don’t open it. We don’t need to know. Let’s just get it to my contact and leave all this behind us.”
You consider why Zero had Rosa make a copy in the first place. Was he planning on using it against Kaiba? Whatever the file contained, it could be used against him.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
OPEN THE FILE (Go to chapter 8)
OR
TAKE IT TO ROSA’S CONTACT (Go to chapter 9)
ns 172.70.127.135da2