UnBounded [Book 4]

You Had To Ask

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Chapter Quote:
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics."
~Theresa May
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Chapter 9: You Had to Ask

Bryn woke Luke up around ten in the morning, telling him that Silena and Derek had made breakfast for the rest of them. He groaned, rolling over to stare at the ceiling. Every part of him told him to stay in bed, to just relax and not get up. But there were things to be done, places to go, and gods to placate, so once again, the universe was against him.

"You sleep okay?" Bryn asked.

"Yeah, once I fell asleep. Which was about four hours ago."

"Nightmares?"

"No, just thinking about the quest. It's fine, don't worry."

"I'll go make you some coffee with a lot of caffeine and sugar. I'll see you soon."

"Thank you," he said, giving her a grateful smile. She kissed on the head and left the room. He sat up in bed, trying to rub the tiredness out of his eyes, but that wasn't working so well so he forced himself to actually stand and get dressed. Once that was done, he made his way up to the main deck where he found everyone eating omelets and bacon. He took a seat between Bryn and Hallie where he started chowing down on his meal, not wanting to hold everyone up from the mission since most of them were either done or almost done.

"So how are we going to find the weapon, whichever one is up there?" Brady asked.

"I say we start with the most obvious and most easily accessible place, the lighthouse," Silena said. "Bryn, Brady, and Bradley can fly us up to the place and then we can avoid any pleasantries with snakes."

"With how hot and humid it is out there, we won't be able to fly for long without tiring ourselves out a lot, so we'll have to be quick," Bryn stated.

"Yeah, we can't be tiring you guys out. We need you."

"Things tend to attack modes of transportation when they want to stop you and if you don't want to lose anything, take everything with you before you leave," Derek warned.

"All right, once you're done, meet at the bow of the ship. Once we're all there, the twins and I will take us up there," Bryn said. "I'm going to go get my stuff. I'll see you all soon."

Luke shoved the last piece of omelet in his mouth before going to do the same. When he arrived, Bryn was packing things into her backpack.

"I hope this is going to be an easy trip," Luke remarked casually, unceremoniously stuffing things into his backpack.

"Is anything ever easy for us?" Bryn chuckled.

"Come to mention it, no, but we can always hope."