Team Of Misfits

Chapter 6

I wake up the next morning to the sounds of power tools being used out in the living room. I groan and get out of bed, grabbing my glasses and change. I walk out of my room towards the living room when I hear Kyle yell.
“Geo, start removing the debris from the back door so we have access to it when we're done here.” I enter the living space to see them all working on cleaning up the massacre from yesterday. I walk up to Kyle and he looks at me.
“ How can I help?” I say as he looks around.
“Um, why don’t you go help Geo clean up near the back entrance. We are almost done fixing the doors to put back up.” He says waving his hand. I nod and head down the long concrete hallway to Geo.
“Hey man, what can I do to help?” I ask when I approach.
“Can you grab the other side of this door and help me bring it to Ben?” He says grabbing one side. I nod and grab the other side of the door and lift.
“Is he in the living room?” I say with a strained voice because of the weight of the door. He just nods as I can tell by his face he's having issues with the weight as well. We move in unison towards the living room. As my legs were about to give, we finally reach the living room.
“Oh! Good put it here I just finished the last side door.” He says pointing to the empty space in front of the TV. He immediately controls the power tools with his ability as they all fly around the air starting to repair the door. I stare in awe at this as Geo speaks up.
“There is one more door back there. Do you want it now or later?” He asks Ben not looking phased by what he's doing.
“Just set it against the wall out of the way till I’m finished with this one.” He says not looking away from the tools and door he’s working on. Geo nods and turns to me.
“So there are still some big pieces of wall and wood. Do you wanna work on that first or do the small stuff and sweep?” He says running the bottom of his shirt over his face, getting rid of the sweat building up. 
“Let’s get the big stuff out of the way first. Where are we gonna put it tho?” I ask also wiping the sweat accumulating on my brow with my shirt.
“We have dumpsters out back we can use.” He says starting to walk back to the back. I follow suit and we start hauling bricks, drywall, metal, and wood pieces to the dumpster. An hour passes as we finish finally with all the big stuff when we hear an announcement over the base’s intercom system.
“We are all taking a lunch break. Come to the dining hall! Nellie has made sandwiches and lemonade for us. Make sure to thank her.” The intercom shuts off and me and Geo basically run to the kitchen. When we both arrive I see my sister, but she's covered in white dust which I assume is drywall and dust.
“Aisha what happened to you?” I ask, trying to wipe it off her hair and shoulders.
“She has been helping us dust and sweep the hallways.” Kyle’s voice says from my left.
“Oh! That’s very kind of you Aisha.” I say ruffling her hair making her giggle. Nellie comes out from the kitchen carrying plates of different kinds of sandwiches. I sit down next to Aisha and grab a Philly Cheese Steak from one of the trays. After we all finish Kyle speaks up.
“We need two people to go to the store and get more supplies to fix the walls and ceilings.” He states to everyone.
“I’ll go.” I see Ben raise his hand across the table from me. I raise my hand as well.
“ I can go too.” I say and then finish chugging my lemonade.
“Here is my card and the keys to my truck. Ben, you drive and don't mess up my car or I'll kill you.” He glares at Ben before slowly giving him the truck keys. Ben rolls his eyes and takes them.
“I know how to drive. If I mess it up it was the other person's fault. Text me a list of what we need.” He scoffs and puts the keys and card in his pocket and turns to me. “ Meet me in the garage in ten minutes.Get dressed and grab a knife.” He says leaving the dining room and going up the stairs. I follow suit and grab my black snapback, combat boots, blue jeans, navy blue hoodie and green shirt. I grab the knife Kalin gave me from my nightstand and head down to the garage. It doesn’t take long before Ben comes into the garage and opens the door. He is wearing a black snap back like me with black skinny jeans, gray converse, leather jacket and a plain white shirt. He hops in the truck and starts it as I hop in the passenger's seat. We buckle up and his phone dings.
“That was Kyle sending the list, let's roll.” It takes us thirty five minutes to get there. 
“Alright we need Beige paint, screws, nails, door handles, and wood.” Ben says reading off the list from Kyle. 
“How much paint should we get?” I ask, thinking of all the damage that's been done.
“Probably like 5 huge buckets.” Ben says to me as we get out of the truck “ if we have any left over we can just store it for whenever we need it again”. He locks the car and we head inside.
“What do you want me to grab?” I ask as we enter the store.
“I'll grab the plaster and paint. You go grab the screws, hinges and doorknobs? We will grab the wood together since we need a lot of it.” he says reading off the list. I nod and head over to get the screws and stuff from the designated isles. I was on my way to the paint station to see if Ben was still there when I hear my name being called from behind me. I turn and look and it was my parents standing there in shock. I feel a hand grab me and pull me into an aisle.
“Who are those people? How do they know your name?” I look at who grabbed me and realize it's Ben. It takes me a second to come out of the shock of seeing my parents again.
“ Those are my parents. Can I just tell them I'm safe and so is Aisha. You can be there if you need to." I say pleadingly to at least say goodbye to my parents. He looks at me for what feels like hours, but it was probably more like ten seconds before he sighs and beckons me to go ahead. I practically run back to where I saw them last and see my mom with tears in her eyes.
“Mom… Dad… I am safe. I swear. So is Aisha. We got taken into a group with others like us. We protect kids with gifts from the government. Everyone there is super nice and it's the safest place for us. We can’t come back or contact you for our safety and yours. Not until we take down the government.” All my mom could do was hug me and sob. My dad was on the verge of tears as he puts his arms around both of us.
“Go save the world, kid. If anyone can, it's you and your sister. Come find us when it's safe to do so.” My dad whispers to me. He had to practically pull my mother away as I had to go. I smile weakly at them and wave as I walk away towards Ben. 
“We need the wood so we can check out.” He says not acknowledging what just happened which I’m thankful for. I follow Ben and grab the wood he tells me too and we go to check out.
“Five hundred dollars!?” I say surprised after we pay and grab our stuff. “How can Kyle afford this?” I ask Ben.
“Me. I take money from the government accounts undetected. I’m the best hacker in the world.”  He says quietly so only I hear. I stare at him wide eyed as we put the stuff in the trunk bed except the smaller items.
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We roll up to the back side of the compound and see Kyle and Nellie there. They start grabbing the planks and going inside.
“Break is over, get to work.” Kyle says. I start grabbing more broken pieces of wall and door as we toss them into the dumpster. Kyle walks up to me and beckons me over.
“Ben says you saw your parents at the store.” He says and I nod. “ Did they disrespect you or try to take you back? Did they ask where you've been?” He asks. I sigh and tell him all that happened. 
“No, I told them Aisha and I are safe and that I can't contact them until it's safe to do so. My mom wouldn't stop crying and my dad said he's proud of me. He also said to contact them when the government crashes and burns.” I say. He just nods and puts his hand on my shoulder then walks off. I continue cleaning until all that's left is to sweep the floor. I go into the living area and Ben speaks up.
“Can you bring me the last door? I’m finished with the other one.” He says. I nod and go find Geo.
“Hey, Geo, can you help me bring the last door to Ben in the living room?” He nods and follows me to the back entrance. 
“Okay, grab that side and on three lift.” He says to me, grabbing one side of the door. I nod and grab my side.
“Alright, one… two… three.” He grunts as we lift the door and slowly walk it in unison to the living room. Ben just points to where we sat the last one and we set it down with a huff.
“ Those doors are so heavy.” Geo whines as he plops on the couch. Kyle walks into the room with buckets of paint and brushes. 
“The west entrance is plastered and fixed. Geo, Nellie, and Mike go paint it over while me and Kalin go plaster the back entrance. Make it look nice! “He looks over at Aisha who is playing with Patches. “Aisha why don't you go help too?” He says to her. She hops up excited and skips over to grab a brush, putting Patches on the couch. 
“Otay I paint bestest I swears!” She says raising her brush to Kyle confidently. He chuckles and hands all of us a bucket and brush. 
“I already put tarps down, but still try not to spill it everywhere.” He orders us. We all nod and head over to the West wing. I look around and see some places way too high for us to reach.
“We are going to need ladders.” I say to everyone. Nellie laughs and takes a deep breath and floats up high to the places we can't reach.
“I got the ones up high. Focus on the ones down there.” I shake my head feeling stupid for forgetting her ability. We all start painting the walls as I see Aisha painting pictures of unicorns and flowers on the walls. I just shake my head and think to myself that I'll go over it when we've finished. I smile and go back to painting the walls.