Finn eyed the sheet. "I'll wait until you're inside, and the door is closed.
"Not until she gives me the password," Jin insisted.
Kira glared, her lips flattening into an angry expression. "You know who I am."
"Do I, though? You've been in contact with Odin, who is a sneaky, devious toadstool. Who knows what deceptions she's enacted?"
Finn seemed entirely too interested in their conversation for Kira's comfort. In the rooms around them, she could hear people stirring. It wouldn't be long before someone got up the courage to open their door. If they caught Kira talking to a floating blanket, it wasn't going to be good.
"If you don't let me in right now, I'm going to fry your circuits and reassemble them as a toaster oven," she threatened through gritted teeth.
There was a pause.
"Yup, that's definitely you."
Finally.
There was a slight buzz and the field covering the door disappeared. Kira waved at Finn. "I'll see you tomorrow."
He didn't look exactly reassured, but at least he didn't try to follow her into the room either.
Kira closed the door as she heard two others open.
She leveled a glare at her friend. "What the hell was that?"
Jin didn't answer as sharp jolts of electricity darted through her limbs.
Kira held in her yelp, knowing the sound would draw Finn, no doubt provoking an extreme reaction.
When the electricity died, Kira said through clenched teeth, "Jin, you're seriously making me mad."
"With Odin in the mix, I thought it best we up our security precautions."
"By electrocuting me?" Kira knew her voice was edging toward hysterical but found she didn't care. This was extreme, even for Jin.
"I needed to destroy any bugs she might have left on you. I'm not risking a single piece of her coding reaching my hardware," he told her.
She stared at him in disbelief.
"You're paranoid," she told him.
"No, I'm not. I found two suspicious lines in my coding," he argued. "I don't know what they do yet, but I will."
Unfortunately, Jin had good reason for his paranoia. This wasn't the first time Odin had pulled a stunt like this. The two had been locked into this odd war for as long as they'd known each other.
Odin thought it was a game. Jin didn't help matters, retaliating every time she snuck something by him.
"From now on, we're going to have a four-point authentication system and two sterilization sessions any time you return," Jin informed her as he swept around her to cut off her path to the shower.
"Not happening." She sidestepped him and entered the shower.
He stayed outside, raising his voice so she could still hear him over the sound of running water. "I thought you might say that."
Kira eyed the open door with suspicion. He sounded way calmer than he should have.
She finished up, grabbing a clean towel and wiping off before donning a shirt and panties for bed.
Dry and moderately warm again, she headed for the bed, collapsing into it, almost groaning in bliss at finally being horizontal again. She was so tired.
