Jessica stretched and rolled her cramped shoulders. Eighteen hours at the keyboard made her eyeballs feel as if they were rolled in cornmeal and then parboiled. She flexed her neck from side to side and automatically reached for her Starbucks cup. Empty. Glancing at the clock, she realized that Alex would be coming back soon. A look out the window confirmed the sun was coming up. He would be pissed at her for staying all night again. She interlaced her fingers, turning them backward, relieved as they popped collectively. So close, she had worked every way she could think of to crack the security code the state had implemented to keep information confidential. "Fuck confidentiality," she muttered.  Standing, Jess cradled her back, elbows akimbo and stretched backwards. She tossed her cup in the trash and hurried out the door. By the time she got back from Starbucks, the walk would do her good, Alex would be here. Jessica chuckled. He would think she was just arriving for work.<br/><br/>She logged off her computer, shut it down, pulled a clean Tee shirt from her bag and then hurried out the door. She was going to find Slenderman for Alex. They were going to save Seth, Hell, they were going to save the world from the monster. As Jessica walked the three blocks to the coffeehouse, she though she saw Seth lurking in the shadows. Shaking her head, she took a firmer grip on her bag. Coffee, she needed caffeine. Nothing wrong with her that a Venti coffee with two extra shots of expresso wouldn't cure.