Her eye bags were full of water

Somewhere in the city

Inside the darkroom

"What are you thinking?" Lilith, looking like an ancient woman, brushed a strand of hair from Alice's face. Alice was hugging her knees and a deep frown was formed on her face. It seemed that she was deep in thought. Then, she suddenly shifted her position and started tapping on the wooden floor.

"What are doing?" Lilith frowned at her strange actions.

"Finding a way out", Alice replied in a hoarse voice, "Do you know the place around?"

"I don't think so", Lilith sighed, "They usually picked me up from the headquarters of the company and had my eyes tied up every time I was brought here."

"Hmm", Alice huffed.

Just then, the door opened and Lilith grabbed Alice's hands while Alice intertwined her fingers with hers. A girl entered with a platter in her hands. An unknown light flashed through Alice's eyes.

"Your food", the girl spoke in a mechanical voice and placed it don on the wooden floor.

"Is she hypnotized or something?" Alice whispered to Lilith.

When the girl turned to move out, Alice suddenly grabbed the platter and hit hard at the girl's head. The girl fainted and Alice dragged her inside. She, then, closed the door. It was the same girl Alice took for an assistant at the conference.

Lilith was at hysterics, "What did you do?"

Without a word, Alice removed her top covers and wore it over her. Then, she flashed a smile, "How is it?"

"What are you trying to do?" Lilith scratched her head in confusion.

"Spycraft", Alice smirked. Then, she began searching for more things. There, she found two pocket knives and handed one to Lilith.

"Stay here and keep your ears and eyes open for signals" Alice comforted her mother, "Well, do you know binary code?"

"Yeah", Lilith nodded with a deep frown, "Why?"

"Just keep your eyes open", Saying so, Alice left the room. Lilith, then, dragged the girl to a side, gagged her mouth and firmly tied her hands and legs with the ropes Alice was tied to.

...

Alice slowly walked out of the corridor after securing the door lock. To her surprise, though the building looked medieval, it could be called a mini high-tech center. She camouflaged herself among a group of people and where they stopped made Alice excited and shocked at the same time. A room with full-fledged computers. This was what she needed to distract the people around here. The next thing that caught her attention was the tiny opening of the ceiling, just covered by a net hood.

She only had to... The only thought made her laugh hard, but she bit her lower lip to stop herself. As a result, her eye bags were full of water. Thank goodness, she had this hoddie dress on!