Dangerous Game

Chapter twenty six: Mutant Stress...Not fun

"Where are we?" Mal asked as we spilled out of the wrecked plane.

Nadia took a small device out of her pocket and began tapping away. She observed the screen for a moment, then answered, "We are in a field..."

"Well, duh! I think we can all conclude that we are in fact in a field. Thank you for that expertese!" Kason snapped. I snickered at his comment before quickly suppressing my smile when Nadia glared at the both of us.

"I was going to say, we're in a field not far from the Dublin airport." she continued.

"We must be close to the facility that Dax is in! The file said it was located somewhere in Dublin." I said with hope in my voice.

"Well, Dublin isn't exactly small, especially on foot. Do you know exactly where it is?" Nadia questioned.

"Um...not exactly." I said, looking down at my feet. "I was too surprised to look through all of the details thoroughly."

"Just pull out the laptop." Seth urged.

"Yeah, about that...I kind of left it at Jenna's house." I said, blushing slightly.

"You left a laptop with top secret files and all kinds of dangerous information at Jenna's house?" Nadia inquired quite judgmentally. She sighed, "I think I can track the missiles' trajectory and it may lead us to the facility. It might take some time, though. We don't know if it even came from here."

"How are you going to do that?" I asked.

"Well, while everyone was busy screaming for their lives, I took the initiative to notice everything about our situation, including our coordinates and the direction the missiles came from. I notice everything," she explained. She looked at me when she said the last part and I couldn't help feeling that her statement had a double meaning. "We need a ride, though. We'll have to walk the rest of the way to the airport and pick up a rental. Seth can encourage them to help us out."

I scoffed, "I can do it, too."

"Seth's had more practice. It's only logical," she stated. It's only logical, I mimicked when she turned around. Yes, it was childish but she was annoying.

Kason groaned as we started moving, "Why can't Aislin just zap us to the stupid airport? Or rather the actual facility?"

I turned to him and narrowed my eyes. "That is horrible plan that could go wrong in so many ways. I can't even process the stupidity that is dripping off of you right now," I said flatly, "It's seriously overwhelming." I raised my eyebrows as I waited for a response.

I heard Nadia chuckle in front of us. "What?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"Oh, nothing. You two make a pretty good couple, if you ask me." she said with amusement in her voice.

I frowned. "No one asked you!" I said at the same time as Kason. We looked at each other and glared. I didn't know why I was being so rude to him. I was just feeling really annoyed for some reason. Maybe it was Nadia and her stupid know-it-all attitude.

"Hey! Is anyone going to tell me what's going on?" We heard an angry voice behind us. We all turned to realize the pilot had climbed out of the plane and was waving and running up to us frantically.

"Oh, great. This is all we need, some hysteric who's going to ask far too many questions," Kason muttered. Okay, forget my mood, why was he so bent out of shape? He'd had that same scowl on his face since the plane ride and I'd caught him lost in thought several times.

The pilot finally caught up to us, since we slowed down our pace for him. He was breathing heavily and trying to form a coherent sentence. Kason walked up to him and held his hand out to the pilot's head. I was wondering what he was doing when all of a sudden the pilot collapsed on the ground. "You looked like you needed a good rest." Kason said irritably.