The sea kept crashing against the rocks, the mist recoiling every now and then. Cassian explained more and more, making Emery even more confused. They stopped at the corner store, where they had their first encounter. Cassian moved first, to open the door for her as she made a joke about 'what a great' gentleman he was. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUexzhHkGRz
"So we're here for what exactly?" She mumbled, not wanting to wake the sleeping cashier. Cassian stuffed his hand in his pockets, water droplets falling from his hair due to the stupid rain. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVTDQ3ZqTk
"Well I was planning on buying a snack or something, and maybe sneak into the office to look at the cameras. But if you don't want to we can ditch this place and you can go back to your cozy little home." He said, as he looked through the variety of chips on the shelf. Emery sighed. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTgOKhmvVx
"What if we get caught?" 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ed6rgnEzt
"Oh trust me, we won't. I work here, I have the key to the back." 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcj5bbmJ8g
Emery rolled her eyes, as she walked to the slushie machine, she could feel his eyes on her but she tried to act cool, but oh damn too late he was already behind her. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjb6iGzDa0L
She turned around, to be met with his face dangerously close to hers, she blinked.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyAPh6QCEf
"You lose something?" 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVdVIR1Fwg
"Nah, just watching."30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiylwLHPYes
Strange.
After a few minutes, Cassian took Emery to the back, and closed the door behind him setting down the bag of snacks they had bought, and Emery placed her cup down and stood next to Cassian as he sat down on the chair. He started to look through the camera history until it dated back to the exact day that Ian had disappeared. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss09O3ST3D
He had gone in, smiled politely at the lady and gone to the sodas. For Dr. Pepper, as he walked to the check out he turned to the camera, holding up something. A paper, it had numbers on it but they weren't clear due to the quality of the video. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEHLThDqBz
"Wait wait, go back... What numbers does the paper say." She said, bringing out her phone and opened her notes app. Cassian zoomed in. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjncdPE6BSq
"Uhm, okay... It's a seven digit code I think. Okay, uh. 3-0-5-2-0-0-3" He said, Emery paused. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk54SrSE4s
"Wait, that's his birthday... He uses that as his password for his laptop." She said, as she put her phone away. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VZdHSLD5I
"He does know using your birthday as a password is so so stupid right?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTkMcMK8CC
"It's Ian, he's my little brother he never listens." She said, as she grabbed the cup and bag, Cassian blinked looking at her. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjiCwFNR5M
"Where the hell are you going?!" 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDMCDkd1cE
"Follow me, you'll see." She said, already half way to the door, he followed behind her, catching up in eight long strides, now walking next to her. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepVtAGh3qJ
"So, where are we going?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHbdLv4IwY
"Home..."
Emery kept walking, entering the house and going straight to the stairs. Cassian looked around, his eyes memorizing each corner of the house. He followed Emery up the stairs up to Ian's room, she set the cup down and turned on the light. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo2k3Gu43I
"If he showed the password to the camera, it means he wanted someone to find it." She mumbled, grabbing the charger and plugging it in and waiting for it to glow back to life. Once it did, she logged in. And went through everything she could find, sometimes within these six months it felt as if Ian was frozen in time now, waiting to be unfrozen. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2mgIIw8SD
"Cassian, I know we just met and stuff, but... Do you know why I don't give up? Why I never stop to find something and make someone stay?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXziPD59BzR
"No I don't... Why?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwksTmax8p
"Because I'm too scared that if someone leaves they'll never come back, and they'll just become a frozen memory. That's why I need to find Ian, or I feel like he'll be frozen in a time that got lost forever." She said, turning to him. Then at the picture Ian kept of them two Summers ago, happy, normal, no Covenant mentions, no nothing. He was there, and now that picture would be frozen in time forever. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEaoK7Y2fi
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"So please promise me, you won't leave. And if you do, you'll come back and help me find Ian?"30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAIIZy1JXP
"I promise, little ghost. I won't fail, never." He smiled, patting her shoulder. She sighed, and went back to looking at the screen, the mist recoiled. Watching always watching, the same way golden dust fell as the wind turned towards the steps. The shadows have eyes, and only one of them knew who it was. As it started to rain again, Emery kept looking at the screen while Cassian watched the mist move, acting cool.. Because he knew something she didn't...
