Agent in the Dark

Lori moaned out in despair, as she slipped some more out the window.

"Before you fly off Lori there's something I want you to see." Asia held out her ring finger in front of Lori.

"See that ring? The man you turned into a savage beast gave that to me. It's a commitment for forever. I am his and my desire is toward him. If John and I live through this night together I'm going to see to it, as God is my strength, that we live happily ever after, in each other arms, far from any twisted memory you ever managed to torment him with!"

Asia stood up to go and Lori watched her with a sick look on her face, "You're not going to help me are you?"

"No, I'm not." Asia said, as she turned away.

"But it's seventy floors down to the ground!" Lori said, as if that made a difference.

Asia turned back to Lori briefly, "It's not against my nature to help even the likes of you, but can wisdom be imparted to a fool?"

Lori didn't answer, as with one last cry her fingers slipped and she disappeared from view. The door burst open and one of the robot people came in followed by John and seeing him alive Asia ran to him.

I kissed her head, as she hugged me. My eyes searched the room and landed on the broken window.

"Lori?" I asked, in gesture to the broken window.

Asian nodded, "You just missed her. She couldn't hang around any longer."

"Oh dear! You're starting to tell morbid jokes!" I said, as I pulled her chin up to see her smile. "You've been around me too long already!" I said wryly.

Her arms brought my head down to hers, "Not nearly long enough honey!" She breathed out before she kissed me.

We broke apart in joint unison, "The Code!"

She left me then to sit down at a display terminal, as I turned to realize that the robot thing type person had been quietly watching us the whole time enigmatically.

"So who's your friend there?" Asia asked not looking up from her screen, as her fingers tapped away.

"Not sure, but I think she likes me."

Asia smiled and shook her head at my comment, but the robot girl showed no inclination as to what her sudden role reversal and part in all this was. It was clear to me that whatever I had severed with my sword going up the back of her neck had returned some matter of control over emotion and decision-making to her. I just hoped that she kept behaving and didn't freak out and go all Scissorhands on me again.