Truth Seekers

Chapter 2

“Grian, hello, come sit!” Xisuma welcomed.
“Xisuma, why’d you call me here?” Grian asked.
“Just have a few questions for you, I’m doing it to you and a few others, you’ll all get the rest of the day off today,” he explained as kindly as he could.
"Oh? Ask away!" Grian smiled.

Scar, Pearl, Etho, and Cub were outside the office. The four each think they're possibly in a small room with a dangerous villain.
"What do you think the questions are going to be like?" Scar asked, trying to lighten the awkward atmosphere between them.
"Knowing Xisuma, it's hard to guess!" Etho laughed.
"True," Pearl, one of the newest heros, giggled a bit, "tho I am a bit nervous, whenever I get asked questions I overshare and get in trouble for stuff I don't do! Or I did when I was younger, I don't know if I still would now."
"I have that problem sometimes too, it's a common thing when you're stressed!" Scar reassured her.
Grian walked out of the room, looking slightly worried. "I think I said something wrong."
"What's you do?" Cub asked.
"I kept explaining things over and over because I was stressed, it looked really suspicious!" He whined.
"Pearl was just worrying about that! Maybe if Xisuma sees the recurring pattern he'll let it slide?" Etho chuckled a bit and walked into the room Grian came out of. They had a list in the order of meetings because the group was so small.
Grian was first, Etho second, then Pearl, Cub, and lastly Scar.
"I wish you guys luck! Also he said we get the day off after this," Grian whispered while walking past.

Mumbo was waiting outside for Grian and Scar. They agreed that Grian and Mumbo would get food for the three while Scar was in the meeting.
"Grian! There you are!" Mumbo ran towards the door, seemingly more worried than Grian was.
"Hi Mumbo, and there's no need to worry about me or Scar or anyone else. Xisuma explained that it's just because during the meetings some hermits said we were acting weird," that didn't reassure Mumbo, "Xisuma told me that someone said I was acting weird the day after me and Scar had that big villain fight. Xisuma didn't think it was me, but was asking to be sure!"
"Oh thank the lords! Do you think the same happened with Scar?" Mumbo asked him, only slightly calmer.
"I bet, it's probably from the same day too, that was the toughest villain we've faced alone," Grian smiled, "what should we get for lunch?"
"We should get pizza! I know we all like pepperoni, so it'll probably work!" Mumbo grabbed his phone, looking at Grian for confirmation before ordering a pizza.
"Make sure to get two more, I'll repay you, they're for Pearl, Cub, and Etho." Grian went to grab his wallet before being stopped, Mumbo said he'd cover it.
Mumbo and Grian waited, stopping the others as they walked out of the room and asked if they'd like to join for pizza.
"Sure!" Etho agreed.
"Of course, I'd love to join," Pearl giggled.
"Why not, free food," Cub sat down near Grians feet.
"Scar!" Pearl yelled, "pizza!"
"Thank you, Pearl, I would've walked right past you guys!" He walks over to where the five were, right next to a bench.
After eating, they all decided to have a sleepover. Pearl got Grians bed (she won some random contest they made up), with Mumbo getting his bed, Scar getting the pull out couch, Etho getting a blow-up mattress, Cub getting the recliner (he begged for it), and Grian, who's one of the owners, getting the floor.

"Two hooded, black covered figures were in front of me, I couldn't see a face, I think there were masks. Both wore flowy clothes, but no skin showed. They got blasts shot at them, it was the other hermits from what I know. False, with a few others I wasn't paying attention to, were up there fighting head on. They didn't fight back, but I think one of their powers makes a shield because they weren't getting hurt! Then there was a giant blast, from what I could see it was from the villains, but I don't know. Then I woke up." Pearl finished explaining over the phone to Xisuma. It was the middle of the night and Pearl was outside Grian and Mumbo's apartment, urgently calling her boss to inform him of the dream she had.
"Do you know when this will happen?" He asked, worried for his workers.
"No, I tried to find out once, but it was always random. When I dreamed of joining the hero agency I was only 13," the now 26 year old told him.
"Okay, well, we'll have to prepare everyone. Their powers are a shield and.. a magic blast? Do you remember anything else about the blast? Uhh, texture, color, anything?" He got a negative answer.
There wasn't anything more that Pearl could do, she gave him all the information she could manage to remember. She went back inside, accidentally tripping over Grian and onto Etho and the mattress. The two woke up, Grians groan waking Cub, who was apparently a light sleeper.
"I'm sorry Grian! I couldn't see you, and I'm sorry Etho and Cub!" She kept whisper-yelling apologies after they got settled. The four decided to sit on Grians blankets until they got tired.
"It's okay Pearl, it's just a small mistake, nothing that we'd get mad over. Besides the initial waking up part, but I'm always mad waking up." Etho reassured.
"Yeah, we'd never get mad over that," Cub answered.
Grians jsut groaned again, still laying down like he was before, refusing to get up.
"Thank you guys, I'm sorry again for asking you, I had to call Xisuma," she admitted to them.
They talked a bit more, getting tired out(Grian was asleep after a few minutes), and eventually they split to see how much rest they could get before morning.

<Pearl> I remember something, Doc dies

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1015 words :D
I made sure to get this out quicker, I'll probably slow down my updating speed or burn myself out eventually.