Mia rolled her eyes, already lifting her hand in dismissal, but Jas continued, his tone turning suggestive.
"If you do co to ," he added, "you’ll have to pay a price."
Mia was about to wave him away completely when Ava tilted her head, curiosity flashing in her eyes. "What kind of price?"
Jas chuckled, his gaze roaming shalessly. "Mia would have to beco my girlfriend."
Ava stared at him for a mont, her expression eerily calm. Then she spoke. "You’re disgusting."
Mia nodded in agreent, their synchronized disdain unmistakable.
Seeing that look, Jas felt sothing snap inside him.
Anger flared in his eyes as venom seeped into his voice.
"You’re being too judgntal," he sneered. "You should be grateful that even with your attitude, soone is willing to like you."
Mia burst out laughing, as if she had just heard the most ridiculous joke.
"I don’t need anyone else to like ," she replied. "I already have soone who likes and I like that person romantically too."
Before anyone could react, she turned and leaned in, pressing a quick kiss to Ava’s cheek.
Jas sucked in a sharp breath, horror written all over his face. "Are you a lesbian?" he blurted out.
Mia laughed again, louder this ti. "I’ve seen stupid people," she said coldly, "but never soone as stupid as you. I’ve already kissed Ava on the cheek too. Isn’t my answer clear enough?"
Jas stared at Mia and Ava in shock.
Slowly, his rage lted away, replaced by a twisted excitent.
"Even if that’s the case," he said eagerly, "you can both co to for help."
His smile turned darker. "But the conditions will be more... advanced. This ti, both of you will have to serve ."
That was the final straw.
Ava didn’t hesitate. Her palm cracked against Jas’s cheek, the sound echoing sharply in the air.
She glared at him, her eyes blazing.
"If you have such a dirty mind, keep it to yourself," she snapped. "Don’t spread it around."
Jas froze for a second, then fury consud him.
He imdiately pointed toward a nearby guard. "She hit !" he shouted.
"She has violent tendencies. She should be kicked out right now!"
A smug look crept into his eyes. ’I’m already cleared,’ he thought triumphantly.
’I’ve even rented an apartnt. My status is far higher than theirs.’
What Jas didn’t know was that while status did matter here, the base wasn’t blind or foolish enough to protect the wrong person.
The guard approached, his expression neutral. "What happened here?"
Before Jas could twist the story,
Mia stepped forward and calmly recounted everything, her voice steady despite the tension. Jas frowned, then quickly smoothed his expression.
"I only made a suggestion," he said lightly. "Why are they acting as if I almost molested them?"
The guard looked at him for a long mont, eyes sharp and assessing.
Then, without hesitation, he grabbed Jas by the arm. "You’re coming with ," he said firmly, dragging him toward the background re-verification counter.
Jas was stunned. So were Mia and Ava.
When they had first seen the guard approaching, they hadn’t held much hope.
They had even wondered if they would be kicked out or never get the chance to et Ivy at all.
They had silently debated whether camping outside the base would be their only option.
Who would have thought that the guards here would be so fair?
After understanding the situation, they chose to reasonably punish Jas instead of blaming Ava and Mia.
For the first ti since arriving, a fragile sense of trust settled in their hearts.
anwhile, as Jas was dragged farther away, Ava let out a soft laugh, the tension finally easing from her shoulders. "Ivy really does choose the best," she murmured, a hint of pride warming her voice. "This base actually has a proper justice system."
Mia nodded in agreent, but the relief didn’t last long.
A crease ford between her brows as unease crept back into her eyes.
"Then what could have gone wrong?" she asked quietly. "Why were we still called out?"
Ava sighed, the cool air brushing against her face as she folded her arms.
"Even if there’s so problem in our background," she said gently, "we can still request the guards to arrange a eting with Ivy."
Mia nodded again, hope flickering faintly in her chest. ’Even if we gain nothing,’ she thought, ’if I can just see her one last ti...’
As long as their best friend was alive and safe, that alone would be enough.
Soon after, both Mia and Ava were escorted toward another building.
The mont they stepped inside, they froze. The room was filled with people, different faces, different builds, different expressions, but all of them shared one thing in common. Every single one was a woman.
What surprised them even more was what followed.
As they interacted, quietly exchanging words and glances, a strange pattern erged. Many of the won were nad Mia or Ava.
So were Ava spelled slightly differently, starting with an E instead of an A.
Others had nas that sounded almost identical to Mia, just altered by a single letter.
The realization hit them like a dull thud to the chest.
Mia’s heart began to pound loudly in her ears. Ava felt it too, that unsettling premonition crawling up her spine.
’This can’t be what we think it is,’ Ava told herself, even as doubt gnawed at her.
Neither of them dared to voice their thoughts.
They didn’t want to believe it. Whatever they were hoping for, reality rarely aligned with such fragile wishes.
So they sat there in silence.
As ti passed, more and more won were brought into the building.
Eventually, Mia and Ava began to wonder if they had wandered into so kind of bizarre amusent or a hidden facility where won were quietly being gathered for reasons unknown.
When an entire day passed, they realized sothing even stranger.
They were provided with food, water, and proper necessities without being questioned at all.
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