History Shows Again and Again

Chapter 22

August 20th, 2020

"Hey Zeek!" Madison chirped as Zeek answered her call over Skype. The teenager seemed to be bubblier than before, smiling widely, as if she knew something that no one else knows. Zeek eyed his friend- well, more like a niece at this point- with mock suspicion, making her roll her eyes.

"Should I worry about what happened on your end?"

"Why yes, I've been well, thanks for asking." Madison sarcastically said before she snickered. "Okay, so, dad wanted to talk to me."

"Oh, that can't be good." Zeek chuckled as the other pout.

"Zeek, come on- do you want to know or not?"

"Alright, sorry, sorry. Go ahead and tell me."

"So, dad talked to some of the higher ups about what's going to happen for Christmas for us."

"He's trying to get Christmas off?"

"Yep!" Madison grinned. "They approved it and guess where we'll be spending the holiday?"

"Where?"

"In Florida- we're coming to spend Christmas with you!"

"That's great." Zeek smiled. "It would be good, seeing you and Mark in person again. I could show you guys some of my favorite spots here."

"I would love that- and I'm sure dad would too. He's been...sort of overworking himself, so this would do him some good. He's trying his best with everything but...well..."

"I understand. When are you guys planning to get here?"

"A few days before, I think three or four?"

"Alright. So, other than this good news, how are things for you?"

"As good as things can be at the moment. I think dad is getting better with schoolwork."

"Awesome." Zeek hummed before he paused. "Anything new with the big G?"

"Sorry to say...no. He's just been swimming around, taking pit stops here and there and just keeping everyone in line in general. Almost all of the Titans are back in hibernation but there are a few stragglers who don't want to listen. He usually puts them in their place rather quickly."

"I saw that on the news a few times. I'm surprised Rodan isn't one of them."

"I think he learned his lesson after Mothra struck him and saw Godzilla burn that alien to a crisp."

Zeek nodded, silently thankful that Madison didn't say Ghidorah's name. He watched as Madison paused, as if hearing something and she sheepishly smiled.

"Looks like I gotta go. Dad's calling me. Talk to you at a later date?"

"You know it, Mads. Tell Mark I said hi."

"Will do!" With that, the screen went blank, causing Zeek to sigh and ran a hand through his hair. He reached up and started to fiddle with the pendent that was resting on his shirt-clad chest.

He stood up, stretching before looking around his room. He's going to have to figure something out if he was going to have guests staying over, so why not start now?

First, maybe he should invest in a futon.