Mmkay, I'm going to try and continue. Passport collection time!
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The bus rolled to a stop in front of a dilapidated building.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Sayomi asked, peering skeptically out the window of the bus. "This thing is hideous!"
"Well, we needed to do the exchange in a place that won't possibly have any bystanders," IU reminded her. "Okay, I'm going in."
"Alone?" KKLT asked.
"Yes, alone." IU confirmed. "I want you, Sayomi, and Gracestanding guard outside. Monsi, park the bus somewhere inconspicuous." She hesitated for a moment before deciding, "Actually, I want Tsukiko to come with me."
Sayomi's eyes narrowed for the briefest second but she didn't say anything. But IU noticed anyway.
"Is something wrong, Sayomi?" IU asked.
Sayomi leaned in close and whispered quickly, "I don't trust her. She's observing us wayyy too much... I find it suspicious."
"I intend to find out. I think something Mark told her has something to do with her behavior. I'll be asking him." IU said.
"Fine then. But just be careful. This building looks like it'll cave in at any second now." Sayomi gave the building a disgusted once-over before getting off the bus.
"Tsuki, you're coming with me." IU called. Tsukiko jumped in surprise, but she bit her lip and nodded.
IU and Tsukiko went into the dark building. IU switched on a flashlight she'd brought with her. "Mark? Are you there?" IU called.
"Yup." IU spun around and saw Mark emerge from the shadows of the room. "Nice to see you still alive."
IU snorted. "The Organization will have to try a little harder to kill us. Everyone's still alive and... mostly intact. Just minor injuries. That's about it."
"Good to hear." Mark then turned to Tsukiko. "Have you done any investigating?"
"I've been trying. I haven't found anything yet." Tsukiko answered.
"What do you have her investigating?" IU demanded. "She's acting really different... Observing everyone on the bus."
"That's because there's a spy. Someone you trust is actually working for the Organization... feeding them info on your locations and such." Mark explained.
IU paled. "Oh no. That is not good at all. They might ruin our plans."
"Exactly. That's why I have Tsukiko trying to find the traitor. Apparently, she's not being discrete enough." Tsukiko blushed at that. "But it's fine. Now you have someone else helping you investigate." Mark told her.
"All right then, we don't have time to waste. We need to be out of here before the Organization catches up. I need the passports." IU said.
Mark pulled his backpack off his shoulders and dug through it before coming up with a stack of the small booklets. "Here you go."
IU accepted the passports and gave Mark a QUICK (1-millisecond?) hug. "Thanks a lot."
"No problem." Mark nodded. "You'd better get going."
"We will." IU replied. "Okay, Tsuki, let's go."
But at precisely that moment, IU's cellphone rang. She checked the Caller ID. It was Sayomi. "Hello?"
"IU, we have to get out of here!" Sayomi yelled. There were the sounds of gunfire coming from her side of the line. "The Organization is here!"
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Anyone else can write the action scene :3