He is moving quickly, trying to keep up with the fast pace of the code. The camera moves closer to look over his shoulder in a hope of seeing the code, on the paper we see but a piece of the so far hard to crack code.
“The Word of God will not be heard, and his kingdom will be destroyed.”
Talon has no time to even read what he is writing as he continues to keep pace with the code, jotting and scribbling at a rapid pace.
“The Ark shall carry but a few to the new genesis.”
Talon’s eyes dart back and for the from the code tree to his interpretation of the code as he writes the next line.
“Confess your sins”
After writing the last sentence, Talon’s eyebrow raises and he seems confused as he starts writing a series of numbers instead of words. The camera cannot see the numbers he is writing, other than the first few… “N3434” Talon continues writing, as the camera wonders away and out of his office.
Down the hall and around a corridor, the camera finds Ally Wilkinson sitting at her new front desk in the reception area of the Ice Box. Ally is on the office phone talking to a potential student, as she hangs up the phone, Kaleb Cross walks into the office dressed in a pair of black slacks, a white dress shirt, and a tie. Kaleb smiles confidently as he catches Ally smiling at him. He leans over on her desk and begins to chat.
Kaleb, “So, Ally… I see you’re working here now. A lot better than that little bar isn’t it?”
Ally smiles, like young girls do, as she plays with her hair and replies a bit sheepishly.
Ally, “The bar was nice, but it really wasn’t my style, ya know?”
Kaleb, “You definitely don’t strike me as a bar kind of girl… I’m glad you’re here, its always nice to have a pretty face to come talk to.”
Kaleb smiles as he thinks to himself about the gorgeous young girl before him. He continues on in his suave way as Ally blushes slightly.
Kaleb, “So, I hear you date Logan Neilson?”
Ally hears Logan’s name, causing her to snap back to reality a little, a sudden feeling of guilt strikes her for flirting with Kaleb.
Ally, “…oh… yes, yes Logan… We’ve been together for a while now. How about you? Got a lady??”
Kaleb grins slyly as he leans off of the counter. He crosses his arms as he replies.
Kaleb, “No, no girlfriend right now. I left everything in Indianapolis for my shot to make it in the Icebox, and the HWA…”
Kaleb’s tone changes to an inquisitive sort as he continues.
Kaleb, “So… tell me Ally, would you be interested in getting lunch with me this afternoon? I know a really good Italian joint called La Piazza right off of 42nd… of course I’d understand if you say no, I know how guys can get when their girlfriends go to lunch with male friends… jealousy takes over.”
Kaleb trails off intentionally as he hopes to trigger a response…
Ally, “Jealous? Logan doesn’t mind if I have friends…”
Kaleb smiles again, as he feels a small victory for himself as he has manipulated Ally into lunch.
Ally, “Give me a few minutes and I’ll be ready to go to lunch, I just have to run some papers to Talon and ask him about filing them.”
Kaleb, “Take your time, but do me a favor?”
Ally tilts her head in curiousity…
Ally, “Sure?”
Kaleb, “Don’t mention me to Talon when you tell him about your lunch break… please.”
Ally ponders the reasoning but ulitimately smiles and nods.
Ally, “Ok… No Problem” (smiles) “I’ll be right back.”
As Ally grabs a stack of papers and takes them up to Talon’s office, as she walks, Kaleb leans a bit and checks her out… he smirks deviously as he looks on, Ally none the wiser. The camera follows Ally as she goes into Talon’s office. She sets the small stack of papers on the desk and taps to the table to get Talon’s attention away from the code he is still working on… Talon looks up and removes his headphones.
Talon, “What’s up?”
Ally, (playfully) “Mr. Wilkinson, we are going to have to ask that you stop listening to techno and start looking over these files.”
Talon laughs lightly as he pauses the morse code and sits up in his chair abit, thumbing through the paper work on the desk… He reviews Ally’s work, and looks up at her. She is smiling nervously and a bit anxious as well.
Talon, “This is perfect, really good job, I don’t see any errors, and the filing is spot on… You’ve got a knack for this stuff. How do you like it?”
Ally smiles at the praise, and then confidently replies as she takes a seat across from her older brother.
Ally, “I really enjoy it so far. My desk is awesome, I get my own computer, and since you let me listen to my music when the lobby is empty, I think I’ll be juuuuust fine.”
Ally gives a cheesy smile as she giggles.
Talon, “Good, I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself so far…”
Talon pauses for a moment, clicking something with the mouse of his desktop.
Talon, “I do want to talk to you about school though…”
Talon pauses, and Ally crinkles her nose, anticipating a lecture.
Talon, “I talked with your advisors and a few of your instructors…”
Ally slumps down into her seat a little, still awaiting the storm.
Talon, “…and we have come to an agreement that you can switch your major to accounting like we talked about.”
Ally sits up, even more happy than before now.
Talon, “…wait, and they are also going to let you switch your math and history courses to online, so you will only have to take two courses a week on campus. That should give you some more time to do what you want once you go back to school from Christmas Break.”
Ally is simply beaming with excitement, she leaps to her feet, still in disbelief, and runs around the desk to hug her brother.
Ally, “Thank you sooo much! You’re the best!”
Talon smiles, feeling satisfied in his efforts to make his sister happy again.
Talon, “It was nothing, just a few calls and some thinking on my part.”
Ally, “You have no idea how much that helps me though. So I can work on my assignments from school when Im here and not busy?”
Talon, “Yep, anytime you need to kiddo.”
Ally continues to smile as she texts Logan.
Talon, “Also, let Logan know that I want to get lunch sometime, and invite him to Christmas will ya?”
Ally looks up at Talon as if she doesn’t recognize him.
Ally, “Did you bump your head this morning or something?”
Talon chuckles and smiles.
Talon, “No… I just did some real thinking and I want everyone to be happy. Nothing major.”
Ally looks as her watch and back up at Talon, remembering Kaleb is waiting downstairs for her to go to lunch.
Ally, “Thanks Talon, it means a lot… I’ll talk to Logan tonight after work… I gotta run though, Im late for lunch.”
Talon, “With Logan?”
Ally, “No… just me and a friend .”
Talon raises an eyebrow at Ally’s mysterious behavior.
Talon, “Ok… be careful.”
Talon gets up and hugs Ally before Ally leaves the office. As she heads back downstairs, Talon smiles and walks over to the observation window, looking down to the ring below. He stands and watches Malik being trained by James Brown and Mr. T as the scene fades to black.
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