[3rd POV]
Melina was surprised to hear what Felix was going to do to her. She drove the car as she thought about what SPACE had just said.
She suddenly had a thought about something.
"Was it his idea to shoot me or was it yours?" she said out loud as she waited for SPACE's answer.
It was his. He didn't like my ideas.
"And what were your ideas?"
«The first idea was to buy a car and rig it with a bomb. When you entered the car and started the ignition, the bomb would explode in front of civilians. That way you're presumed dead and the witnesses are manipulated. It'll force the government and news outlets to be involved.»
«The second idea was to rig your body with explosives and make you enter a bank while you blow yourself up in front of everyone. That idea would force us to extract approximately 2 litres of blood from your body before the idea could be acted on.»
«The third idea was...»
"Wait, wait..." Melina was in shock from what she was hearing from SPACE, so she cut in while SPACE was talking. "All your ideas are about BLOWING ME UP IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!!!"
Melina said in frustration.
Melina was wearing black pants with side-zipper knee-high black heeled boots and a gray hoodie that she borrowed from Priscilla because her upper clothes were too bloody. She thought about borrowing some clothes from Priscilla but decided otherwise and took only her hoodie to wear because it fit her.
[A/N: I never mentioned what she was wearing at the auction. I just said "...Melina dressed simply but respectably" because that's why.]
Turns out, the hoodie doesn't belong to Priscilla. Felix bought a few hoodies and pants for future situations like this one. Felix only thought about himself because he thought he'd be running from Melina or the Red Room when he thought about spare clothes.
When Melina heard that, she didn't become angry but understood Felix.
[/A/N: I realised something. I don't like to mention every detail, like Melina and Priscilla talking about some stuff while they were eating breakfast, or that Felix receives 2–3 calls a week from his mother, or that the last time Felix had sex was 4 weeks ago, or that his grandmother goes to church alone, and so on. I tend to focus on the necessary information, but I'll try to mention more details in 3rd POV.]
Returning to the conversation with SPACE.
Melina realised that SPACE didn't mention how she was going to survive that. "How would I survive those situations?" she said towards SPACE, or more like herself, because she appeared to be talking alone in the car.
«You were going to take NAPS.»
"What?! You were planning to BLOW ME UP and think NAPS would save me? Imagine, 'Oh, the car is blowing up, let me take a nap and I'll survive!'" Melina said in an angry, sarcastic tone.
«Not naps but NAPS—Nanite Adaptability Protection Suit. The suit Mr Vale was wearing.»
Melina thought about the suit Felix was wearing last night and understood what SPACE was talking about. "You think the suit can tank the explosion?" Melina said without much thought. She saw what the suit could do last night, but she didn't believe the suit was that powerful.
«The suit won't tank the explosion but absorb the impact of the explosion because the suit is made of Vibranium.»
"Okay. Now I understand," Melina said as she kept quiet afterwards and started to focus on driving. She switched on the music in the car.
She drove towards the supermarket. Since she didn't have anything on her, let alone a handbag, she had no money or cards. She went to a nearby ATM to withdraw money, but cardless withdrawal hadn't been invented yet, so that was another problem.
She stared at the ATM machine while thinking she should rob it or steal money from people walking past her.
«Hold the Cancel and Enter buttons simultaneously while pressing 5 and 0 after 3 seconds.»
[NB: Just For Plot]
SPACE spoke to Melina, and she was surprised to hear that.
"What will happen after I do that?" Melina asked while doing what she was told.
«The machine is not that advanced. What you're doing is causing the machine to glitch, and I'll log you in so you can withdraw money, though I could probably have done it without that.»
Melina wanted to say something but decided otherwise, and SPACE was able to log her into the ATM. Melina decided to withdraw a little over $5,000 since there was no account she was withdrawing from.
She decided to enter the supermarket. Some people tried to flirt with her, but she paid them no mind and just focused on her tasks.
She bought 5 first aid kits and 50 rolls of bandages. The reason she bought 5 first aid kits was because she realised that there was no first aid kit in DRIVE, just in case, and Priscilla's kit needed to be replaced. She probably bought 1 for the office and 1 for herself too.
She bought other stuff as well before she left the supermarket.
She realised that she currently had no clothes and decided to buy a few. After that, Melina was ready to return.
Priscilla was surprised that Melina bought that many first aid kits and said nothing. She was thankful that she bought many bandages because Felix would need clean bandages every day.
Priscilla was thinking of washing and reusing them since she had only 4 bandages.
The day went by, and Priscilla changed Felix's bandages in the evening. SPACE was getting low on battery, and SPACE told Melina to throw the glasses at the wall.
Felix learned this later after upgrading SPACE with Vibranium to make the glasses unbreakable and avoid building new ones every time they broke. SPACE needed to be charged regularly like any device.
So, one time, SPACE fell to the ground and the Vibranium absorbed the kinetic energy. Somehow, the kinetic energy was converted into electricity. So, Vibranium acted as a battery and also as a shield, which was cool.
After that, everyone went to sleep, and Felix hadn't woken up.
The following day, his grandmother called to know where he was, and Melina was afraid to pick up the phone because she didn't know what to say.
His grandmother left 31 missed call in a span of 1 hour.