Tale of two sisters, chapter four

 Anita blinked with her eyes. Someone or something caused the lights to go off at the spiderbase of T.H.E.M. and Anita hoped she wasn't the cause of this. Otherwise they would be looking for an intruder and that was the last thing she needed right now.

So, Anita decided to continue her journey. But there was such a sudden darkness, she couldn't see the difference between a wall and just emptiness. She had to feel her way through the base and meanwhile hoping that no-one would see her.

But, it was already too late. A pair of purple eyes had noticed the sudden darkness in the base and those eyes were now focused on a few screens. The owner of those eyes wanted to know who had caused this trap, because if there was an intruder, things could get very ugly for either the intruder or the expendables.

The expandable noticed a movement at one of the screens and it didn't take long before the intruder was recognized. "What on earth is she doing here? Is she trying to get herself killed?"

The expandable stood up and went to the hallway where Anita was seen last. I don't know what she's up to, but she has to go!

Meanwhile, Anita's eyes were getting used to the darkness and she stood still for a moment. What on earth am I doing? This is the sort of things Victor would do. Not me. Anita shook her head. This is my sister I'm talking about. I want to see her, it's been such a long time ago.

Anita walked further. What ever happened, she needed to find her sister again. She wanted to have her family together.

Suddenly, there was some noise behind her and before Anita could even react, something hit her head and she lost her conscience.

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Her head felt heavy, like she had one drink too many last night. Anita shook her head and looked around her. She was on a chair, and the worst part was, she was chained to it. Anita groaned, this was typical something that would happen to Victor, not her. This was the worst night she could ever imagine.

Suddenly there was a noise behind her. Anita tried to turn around to see who was approaching her, but she couldn't.

"Well, hello Anita Knight. What brings you here at my base at night?"

Anita groaned even louder and Doctor Doctor moved in front of her. "Nothing of your business, Doctor Doctor."

Doctor Doctor moved even closer towards Anita. "Well, it is all of my business when you are at my base, at night, while I'm not even trying to take over the world. So tell me," Doctor Doctor bent closer to Anita, "what is U.Z.Z. looking for in my spiderbase?"

"I'm not going to say a thing to you."

Doctor Doctor walked away from Anita. "Well, that would be very boring, wouldn't it? I mean, the whole thing of being a bad guy is that you have people who do what they are told and you're not going to do a thing on your own." She gave Anita an evil smile and she turned towards a doorway. "Black Eight, come on in, now!"

An expendable with a black eight helmet walked into the room. "Yes, ma'am."

Doctor Doctor turned back towards Anita. "Anita Knight, meet Black Eight. This expendable is the best in getting the truth out of people." Turning back to Black Eight, she said: "Just let her in this chair until morning, I'm going to take a nap now. If anything happens, don't wake me up, but take care of it on your own for once!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Doctor Doctor walked away, muttering about how she needed her sleep and that the Expendables couldn't take care of things on their own.

As soon as Doctor Doctor was out of sight, Black Eight walked towards Anita.

"Don't think I'll be saying anything to you!" Anita gave her best angry look to the Expendable. There was no way this person could be better in cracking someone than she was. She had done interrogation a few times and most of those times, she was the one who could get the most information within the littlest time.

"I know." said the Expendable. "You were always the better one when it came down to getting the truth out, even when you were younger."

Anita gave the Expendable a surprised look. "How can that be possible? I have never..."

Then, Black Eight removed the helmet. "Yes, you have seen me before, sis." Under the helmet was a pair of purple eyes and strawberry blond hair. "Now, again, what were you doing here?"

Anita didn't know what to say. Her sister had the highest rank at T.H.E.M. Having a seat next to Doctor Doctor and not having to fight all the battles, this was a dream job for most Expendables.

"I'm asking you again, Anita, what on earth are you doing here?"

Anita snapped out of her thoughts and remembered her mission. "Please, Alicia, come back with me. You can be better than this. Do you really think that when Doctor Doctor finally has taken over the world, that she would let you do the best things? You'll still be her slave. She's horrible, Ally. Please come with me."

Alicia sighed. There were many things she wanted to say to Anita, but she just couldn't. Not yet, that was. "I can't, Anita."

"Dad's back."

That caught Alicia off guard. "Dad...Dad's back? For real?" Being a Daddy's girl, she was devastated when she learned about her father's disappearance. Every day and every night, she prayed for her father to come back to them. And now, he was finally back.

Anita nodded. "So will you now come with me?"

But Alicia shook her head. "I'm sorry, Anita. It's much more complicated than that." She walked to the back of Anita's chair and she untied the knots. "I will let you go, Anita. Please promise me that you will go back home? Don't you worry about me, I'll be fine. Doctor Doctor won't know what happened and she doesn't know that I'm your sister."

Anita stood up from her chair, rubbing her wrists to ease the pain from the ropes. "Please..."

"Promise me you will go straight back home."

With a sigh, Anita nodded. "Okay, I will go back home." She gave her sister a hug. "Please, our door will be always open for you, Alicia. When you need a place, you can always come to us."

Alicia shrugged her sister off. "Just go now." she said with some crabby tone.

With great reluctances, Anita walked away from Alicia. Her mission failed. None of her missions had failed before. And now, her greatest mission ever, just failed. Big time. This would haunt her for ever...