secrets

chapter 8

Kovu:

"Where have you been!" Julie and Chris screamed in unison.

"We destroyed something, went grocery shopping, and had to pick up materials." Ben said.

"Why?" Julie shouted. Kovu had walked upstairs to take off the top of his armor.

"Your loud. I don't like you. Shut up." Kovu said flawlessly.

"Who are you to tell me to shut up?"

"He is my friend and my patient. Please remember that."

"We went to the mountain to destroy past. We need to create and protect the future." Kovu said.

"Why can't you speak correctly?" Julie growled.

"Julie stopped shouting." Ben said.

"I don't have translator. Sorry for not coming from here." Kovu said. Draco was outside. He was surprised but a translator explained a lot. Kovu grabbed some bags of groceries and headed to Ben's lab. Chris was surprised that Ben had let Kovu into the lab. He was never allowed into the lab. Pixel had morphed into her full sized form so no one could see her except Ben and Kovu. Kovu had a shirt with a pocket so she would go in there afterwards. She helped Ben and Kovu get the heavier materials inside. She the morphed into her Pixie form and dived into the pocket.

"Dinner!" Lira shouted. Ben had a sketchpad and began sketching a ship. Julie, Chris, and Draco were talking while Lira was serving dinner. Ben showed the sketch to Kovu.

"Angle the wings back. That makes it more fast flying."

"Aerodynamic." Ben corrected. "Okay." Ben quickly redrew. "How is this?" Ben asked.

"The angle is great the shape needs work."

"Okay. We will experiment on simulator and then find out what shape we will work with. An experiment is a test and a simulator is a computer model." Ben said defining the words without noticing that he did. Kovu nodded and worked on the suit designs.

"Ben did you ditch school after lunch?" Chris asked.

"Uh huh." Ben replied.

"Do you know how much time you stay out of school. You are at school less time than you are not." Julie said.

"That's nice." Ben murmured still focused on his sketching.

"I want you to go to school more often." Julie said.

"Nah."

"What do you mean nah! Listen to me!"

"Nope."

Kovu coughed and bit his lip so hard that it drew blood. A ring of red energy seemed to form around his neck. Kovu grabbed at it and was trying to claw it off. Kovu suddenly glowed yellow and the red energy faded. Kovu coughed and gasped as the cool air refilled his lungs. Ben held him up as his breaths drew longer and longer.

"Teko Beasa! Li se mares helo! Hikanai teos teko hikanai cip mek kio ma! Li se mares helo!" Kovu spat. Ben translated that bastard I will kill him. He thinks that he can mess with me. I will kill him.

"Who? Silo?" Ben asked.

"Cyberdyne. In head speak he said that he destraid mes pio. killed my mother with his own hands. Li se mares helo!"

"He was the one who destroyed your home?" Ben asked. Draco and Lira were frozen. "Head speak is called telepathy." Ben said after seeing Kovu nod.

"I need to recover. Let's go to my room so you can help me with my gear." Kovu said getting up and grabbing an empty tissue box. Kovu walked up to the room and set the tissue box down and made a small bed for the sleeping pixie that was in his pocket. Ben walked in a minute later and helped Kovu fully remove the armor. Before Ben left he helped Kovu lay down.