"We're just hoping to have a look around, a routine check," One of the government men said. "Shouldn't be a problem if you've got nothing to hide, ladies."
"Nope, nothing to hide. Go ahead."
Addison kind of admired Valhalla in this situation though.
She was so calm under pressure, and she lied to easily. She was always to well-prepared too, which Addison would have envied more if she didn’t have her alter ego.
She smiled a bit and bowed to head to the men, trying to seem convincing and normal. Valhalla has done a lot, so Addison couldn’t screw it up now.
"Do you mind if we search the warehouse attached to your home? Just precautions. Person could hide a mecha or two in their easily."
"Possibly not a good idea. It hasn't been used for ages. Rotten floors, holes here and there, cobwebs everywhere. But who am I to stop you? Go ahead."
Addison felt herself get even more nervous and slip further into her thoughts. She could always depend on Valhalla, but then again, there were so many what-ifs.
She knew she shouldn’t doubt Valhalla or the tech- really anything for that matter, right now. Not even her alter ego could save her from being scared, the best she could do for now was to wait.
Valhalla waited until the government people disappeared into the warehouse. "We'll have to leave now. They wouldn't be here if they didn't have suspicions. Go collect as much as you can. Don't take the glamour off, just in case. I'll help you once they've left."
Addison nodded and ran off, not wanting to waste any time.
She wouldn’t need to worry too much, since she hadn’t really bothered taking everything out. Not that she had a lot. But when you’re on the run and have to move a lot, it’s better that way. So, for now, all Addison could hope for was that they’d have enough time to leave and that Valhalla would be alright.
Valhalla then followed the government people to the warehouse, standing in the doorway. "If you're searching for something, you won't find it. We don't store anything in here just because it's too dangerous."
Addison quickly grabbed a box from behind a shelf. The box was already half-full of the important items she owned.
She just hoped that she could save what she needed and got out of there, and try to make things easier for Valhalla. She felt bad depending on her for so much, but she wouldn’t have survived this long otherwise.
She tossed a couple of other things into the box, then opened a drawer where she had kept a little trinket. Despite it being useless, she could never leave this behind.
"Well, sorry for searching maam. We'll be on our way."
"Thank you!" Valhalla smiled, closing the door. As soon as it was closed, she rushed to the warehouse to start storing the tech in the storage pod below her mecha's cockpit.
Addison carefully tucked the trinket into the bottom of her box, then hid it under a few more things.
She quickly shut the box and rushed down the hallway, hoping that the government officials had left. She’d still try to avoid the main halls though, just in case, and get back to the workshop- to Valhalla.
"Pass it to the vines and then go get my things please!" Valhalla yelled. She was just about finished with the tech and there was still a lot of space in the storage. She loved her mecha for that.
Addison passed her box down to Valhalla’s vines and rushed off again.
Was there anything that Valhalla really needed? Her Mecha was probably the most important thing, so maybe not. So the next question was, where was her box?
Once Addison got where she needed to be, she scanned the room and chanced upon a box. She quickly got the box, re-checking that everything was in it, finding and putting in the couple of items that were removed, and rushed back to Valhalla.
Valhalla swung to the side of her mecha, having packed all tech and everything Addison gave her into the storage. "Is there anything else we really need? Stuff we can't live without?"
“I don’t think so. We’ve got everything we need, I think it’s really just our Mecha. But they’ll always come with us.” Addison answered. “I got my trinket, so unless you have something you didn’t tell me about … we should be good.”
She gave a thumbs up, and quickly went down to the workshop floor.
"If that's it, then we'll leave now. I have another safe house set up about 100 miles away. It's big enough to house our mechas and it's kinda secluded. We won't get found for a while. Do you want to get into yours?"
“Of course!” Addison quickly brought herself next to her Mecha so she could pull herself up.
How is she always so prepared? How many safe houses are there? Though it was kind of absurd to Addison, being over-prepared like Valhalla in this kind of situation, really helped.
Valhalla began to climb from the storage pod of her mecha to the cockpit. She began to push all of the necessary buttons and it sprang to life, gaining about a meter more in height from being activated.
Addison pulled herself up into her Mecha, just getting there made her feel a bit better. Nothing could beat a clean and beautiful Mecha.
She pulled down her restraints and slipped her arms through to the controls. Her heels clicked down, and she nearly smiled to herself. She’d, just have to turn it on now. Once she got out there, all these congested feelings should just melt away.
Valhalla pressed a button and the warehouse door opened. It took a few moments for it to open far enough for them to walk out. She began to head towards the general direction of the new safe house, motioning for Addison to follow her.
