Chapter Eleven

LaVonne could not contain any of her laughter as she lay hunched over on the shower chair in her room. Hot water would beat on her back as she would listen to the orchestra of curses he heard coming from Hermione. She would listen to more banging, and liquid spill over the floor as the smell of cleaning chemicals would find it's way into the bathroom. She would call out, saying, " I am sorry I did what you told me and let it go!" with a sharp reply that could cut glass, all she could hear was, " Not another word."

Trying to hold in another laugh as she heard more scrubbing and the movement of tools. LaVonne would use one of her hands to gently push herself up as she would angle her body to get the clean was a rag that laid on her towel rack. She would carefully try not too over-reach and fall into the floor and expose her shitty ass on a shitty day lord knows they both don't want that. She would do the best as she could to wipe the remains of her shame, as best one could with the limited movement.

"You look like a seal that's trying to itch his back." Hermione would say after watching LaVonne struggle for five minutes. with a shocked expression, LaVonne would ask, "how long were you there just watching me you pervert." a stifel laugh would come from Hermione. "I was trying to admire your derriere, but it's hard with a distraction besides having successfully cleaned up your mess you left in the other room. People can now safely enter without gagging. With a grudging groan, "I told you I was sorry, but in my defense, you as a doctor told me, a patient, to Let It Go, so I did and as I might say being a patient, you gave me the best advice. So you don't mind since I cannot yet operate my legs to take a proper shower. I again require your assistance, doctor, please?"

"Sadly enough, this might be one of the very few times you have taken my advice, but since I can't watch you embarrass yourself any longer, I will against my better judgment help you finish cleaning yourself." She would grab a cleaning sponge that she had on the sink and lather it. "thank you so much I couldn't help but feel like a giant child." A snort would come from Hermione, "you are a giant child. The difference is I can't let anybody else wipe you without someone learning of our secret, so I unfortunately again am literally saving your ass." LaVonna would look at her "it's still a nice ass, right? Even with the whole, you wiping its thing." with no reply, Hermione would shake her head.

A few minutes of silence would roll by, content with the quite of the room and the steady stream of the water that landed on her body. The heat and steam that filled the small space made it easy to escape into her thoughts or rather what she can call ideas that the screams and ringing didn't smother. Hermione would brake the silence. "You know, with this new information about what James is trying to do behind my back makes things more difficult. You can fool the general public but not someone with identical skills like you. and you know he will show up here more often than not and unannounced on top of that." LaVonne would sigh as Hermione would flip her over on the chair so she can get her other side. Hot water would spray on her face as she would welcome the warmth. "Sadly, I know that will happen as well, so the only way to take control of this situation as to get Colonel Meathead on a schedule or know when he is coming ahead of time."

"That's easier said than done." nodding in agreement; she would sigh, trying to shove away the small tingles of excitement from being touched. LaVonne would then sigh again as she would look at her friend as she would try to reside the words in her head about what she have herd earlier that day just before a sentence or even a word was uttered. Hermione would interrupt her by saying."I got something to tell you. Also, it's a good thing we are in the shower too. There is less chance for it to being bugged. Yet I have, and I want to say humanoid AI in my possession as we converse. It was who discovered next to you when we found you amongst the survivors; however, you might not remember it. But it knows you, and it's strange, I know I am rambling but the chance to an AI knowing a human to its level of understanding is fascinating. I wanted to reunite you with the AI so you can get some answers, and I can study its mannerisms more. It's not like any other I've have seen before, but being under new surveillance is going to be extremely hard."

"So you gonna use me for more social experiments again, huh? "LaVonne would retorts as she would try to change the sitting position. "if you want an honest answer. Only somewhat of a social experiment, yes, because I want to learn about it. The only half is that I do care enough about you to look after you and want to know the answers to the questions you are asking yourself too. It just going to be a win-win for me. Until James came into the picture like a wrecking ball. "she would pout as she would slowly Pace back and forth on the sink to the wall."Well, I can always count on honestly with it comes to you. however, it still doesn't make me feel safe. "a scoff from Hermione was heard as she looked at her. " I set you on fire, ONE FREAKING TIME. Let it go, we've both been compensated for it even though half of the incident was your fault."

"Be that as it may, it still hurt, and I still have nightmares to this day. "Both women would laugh after the giggle fit subsided from both of them, LaVonne would sigh as she would then look at her friend, "we both could get court-martial and put into military jail for this. I don't want to ruin your career. You love this place, maybe it is not in your best interest and your future interest not to get involved with the missing survivors and just ignore it. Please don't think of me as a coward I just don't want to put you in harm's way after you've done so much for me this far. You can turn away and not get involved."

A smile would come across Hermione's face as she said. "I know, I can stop any time I want to, and I know this has nothing to do with me; however, Bonnie was my family, and you loved her, so that makes you family too, and I'll do anything to protect my own. That's why I became a doctor in the first place, and I'll be damned if I can't try to do anything to protect my family. Whether that be from our military or the God damn Titans we fight against, I will try to protect and fight with my family to the very end. just you remember that now we have to hatch a plan before things get out of hand, and I have a feeling that they will." she would start to feel around in her pocket. "What makes you think that?" LaVonne asks as Hermione takes out a small tiny camera. "I found this hidden under your bed as I was cleaning. At some point throughout the day, someone put this there, so I'm guessing they were trying to monitor you to see if you are awake or not. Pretty sure you do not know who nor do I, but you're now a target and oddly enough I had a feeling sooner or later you would be. I just didn't think it would be this soon."