The Serpent Queen

Black in Black | Part Three

At 4:45am the next morning, Miguel and Phoebe sat outside their apartments waiting for their ride to where Sensei wanted them to go. None of them wanted off the team.

Hawk's Sentra drove in and he honked the horn. The two other cobras got up and jogged to the car. They quickly got in as they didn't want to be late. Phoebe had her perks when being in her boyfriend's car. She automatically by default got shotgun, which meant Miguel had free reign in the backseats.

"Morning." She kissed Hawk.

He smiled, "Morning, sunshine."

She groaned, "It's too early on a Saturday morning."

Miguel leaned forward noticing two hot drink to-go cups. "Is that coffee?"

"Yeah. Well coffee for you. Tea for Phoebe." Hawk looked at his girl. "I made sure they made it just exactly how you like it."

The blonde took the cup in her hands. "Aww. That's so sweet. Thank you." She took a sip and leaned back in the seat. "That's pure heaven right there."

Miguel took and sipped his coffee. "Oh yeah. I agree. So, did you two have a Wendy's date after class yesterday?" He knew that from the wrappers on the floor at the back.

"Yeah. Then we went for a scenic drive around the Valley."

"Sounds nice."

"It was. I didn't realise how big it was. The beaches, the mountains. I got some good photos of the views."When the car drove away from the complex, Phoebe asked the boys, "Where are we going?"

"So I mapped the location and it's just a large yard." The driver explained.

"What kind of yard?" Miguel yawned.

"Builders yard."

"Why would Sensei want us to go to a builders yard?"

"I guess we have to wait and see." Phoebe said.

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Twenty five minutes later, the new recruits had officially become Cobras. They, along with the others were in the builders yard busy opening large bags of cement powder, carrying those bags, pouring water into wheelbarrows and mixing cement. For what reason? They didn't know. It was hard labour and very exhausting for all of them.

Hawk carried a bag over and opened it. Tipping it over, the powder poured into their wheelbarrow. Miguel added in water from a hose, while Phoebe got stuck with the hardest job, mixing the cement.

"Bob the builder, can we fix it? Bob the builder, yes we can. Scoop, Muck, and Dizzy and Roley too. Lofty and Wendy join the crew. Bob and the gang have so much fun working together to get the job done." Phoebe sung quietly to keep herself from yawning and to distract herself to her aching arm muscles. She stopped. "Why do I remember that words for word? Jesus Christ."

Hawk rolled his eyes. He had downloaded a VPN onto his laptop and began watching the Sarah Jane Adventures on BBC iplayer to see how Phoebe thought it was better than Doctor Who, though it was taking him a long time to watch since he had another interests other than the nerdy stuff he used to love, "Don't tell me that's another British show?"

"Yep. About a builder named Bob obviously and his vehicles. Don't get me started. It's a classic and iconic and for two year olds."

"Is there any programs that you didn't watch?"

"Wallace and Gromit. Freaks me the fuck out. Or, what's that one with the creepy guy....um...Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. That's it! It gave me nightmares. Don't watch it."