[3rd POV]
After Dr Priscilla applied first aid to stop the bleeding, she showed Melina a spare room in which she could sleep.
"What about Felix?"
Melina asked Priscilla about Felix and where he was going to sleep. Priscilla told her that they should let him sleep in the living room for fear of reopening the wound because the first aid was applied to stop infection and the wound from bleeding.
She told Melina that she doesn't have medical equipment for Felix but she'll do the best she can in nursing Felix back to health.
Melina didn't argue with her and didn't do anything as she left. She looked around and realised that the house is brand new, probably less than a year old since Priscilla had moved in.
Priscilla came back with blankets and a pillow for Felix. She said good night to Melina before she headed to bed.
Priscilla saved her documents on her computer before she went to bed. Melina wanted to stay in the living room to guard Felix, but she left and came back with a pillow and blankets.
She slept on the floor near Felix.
In the middle of the night, Priscilla woke up to go to the toilet and saw Melina sleeping on the floor but didn't say anything. She decided to check on Felix, trying not to make a sound, but Melina noticed her when she got close and didn't say anything.
Priscilla saw that the bandages on Felix needed changing and she went to grab the first aid kit to change some bandages on Felix.
After that, she went back to bed.
The following day.
Melina woke up before Priscilla and decided to take a shower. "It's a good thing that Priscilla has spare toothbrushes and morning gowns, or was the house a safe house by any chance?" Melina thought to herself.
Melina decided to make breakfast. She was taught everything that could be used as a cover in an assassination attempt. She was taught how to cook, sing, dance, drive, shoot and many more things by the Red Room. Her training was harsher because the Red Room was in its initiation phase at that time.
It was a few decades ago when the Soviet Armed Forces had to fight against Hydra with its remaining agents. The U.S. Air Force released a gas in hopes of helping Soviet agents but things took a turn for the worse and the Battle of Finow happened. Afterwards, things happened and General Dreykov started the Red Room. Melina was one of the last generation of Leviathan but she wasn't programmed into the system because it was ending by that time.
Anyway, Melina made breakfast.
Priscilla was woken up by the smell of pancakes, sausage, eggs and bacon.
"Good morning," Priscilla greeted Melina as she came to the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Morning," Melina said without much thought.
Melina was not wearing SPACE because she left the glasses in the living room on the couch when she slept last night.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Priscilla said to Melina as she ate her breakfast that was served to her. Melina understood what she was talking about but didn't know what to say.
"We were attacked."
"I can see that but what happened?" Priscilla looked blankly at Melina but still asked the same thing.
"Felix and I went to an underground auction. Felix bought something at the auction and we were attacked by ninjas."
"Ninjas?" Priscilla said in shock as she looked at Melina with a wide expression. "Ninjas! There are no ninjas in Indiana." Priscilla said because they're currently in Gary, a city in Indiana.
"Then they wouldn't be called ninjas if you knew. By the way, we were in Detroit. We were attacked because of what Felix bought and I can't think of anything besides that."
Priscilla looked at Melina in surprise, then looked in the direction of the living room where Felix was and looked at Melina afterwards.
"Did you fight all of them by yourself?" Priscilla said to Melina.
Melina showed no reaction when Priscilla asked her that. "I was fighting with Felix. Felix can fight but this was his first battle ever since he learned to fight and that's why he made a mistake by thinking the fight was over," Melina said to Priscilla.
[NB: Melina doesn't know about the Bar fight.]
"Really!" Priscilla said in surprise as she heard that. She didn't think Felix could fight even when she first met him; she thought he was a weird kid. "Anyway, I'm running out of bandages and first aid supplies for Felix. Could you go to the shop to buy them for me while I change Felix's bandages, if you don't mind?"
Priscilla said to Melina as she finished eating and stood up to change Felix's bandages in the living room. Melina finished up and decided to go get the bandages and other medical supplies.
She decided to leave but returned from the door when she realised she forgot something: the glasses. She went back to get them and decided to put them on.
«There's something you need to know.»
Immediately after putting on the glasses, SPACE talked to Melina and before Melina could respond, SPACE said something to her.
«Melina Vostokoff is dead.»
SPACE revealed some disturbing news to Melina while she was walking outside. Melina froze mid-door to comprehend what SPACE just said.
"What do you mean by that?" Melina asked SPACE in confusion.
«Keep walking and I'll explain for you to understand.»
Melina began walking towards DRIVE that was parked in front of the house. She entered DRIVE while still talking with SPACE.
«Mr Vale thought that the whole agreement you had with him would backfire as time went by.»
[Melina POV]
What agreement is she talking about?
Is she talking about how I had to work for him while I report back to Dreykov about how the mission is going while I sit back and relax?
"Are you talking about the agreement about not working for Dreykov?"
«Yes. So, Mr Vale came up with the idea to fake your death but the death has to be believable and real.»
Great. Even unconscious, he still had a contingency plan. Did he thought he'd be attacked soon?
»Temporary permission is granted until The Director is back.«
So now the car is giving me permission to drive it.
"How did you kill me?"
«I edited the footage of last night by making you receive the attack that was meant for Mr Vale. In other words, I switched your place with Mr Vale by not making Mr Vale save you like you did to him.»
SPACE showed an edited video to Melina.
So Felix was going to die from that attack if I hadn't pulled him.
Something doesn't add up... Clearly we were caught off guard but...
"What did Felix mean when he said 'Stay dead' to me? Did he plan for this?"
«No, he didn't.»
"Then what was the plan?"
I'm curious what he was planning.
«He was going to shoot you.»
"ЧТО!!"