Invincible

Chapter Eight: /Morning/

*August 4th, 2093, 12:46pm*

Another sudden flash of blue light and they were back with Trix, Vince, and Mrs. Artemis. Mrs. Artemis immediately ran up to Isabeth and asked her, "Did you find out where he is? Alex didn't have time to explain it to me."

"Um.. well we may have some bad news for you Mrs. Artemis," Dylan said with respect.

"Yeah we kinda don't know where Dad is at the moment," said Isabeth. "He wasn't in his car when we went there. We think he," she paused, "might be being held hostage by the Order."

"I'm not worried about him. He could always handle himself. I'm just glad that all of you are safe."

For the first time I noticed Vince and Trix. Trix's hair had turned a purple-ish blue color and Vince wasn't currently being his confident and loud self. "It's okay guys," I said, trying to cheer them up, "I'm certain we'll find him soon."

I wasn't certain though. There are so many Order bases or stations around. He could basically be anywhere, but that doesn't stop me from having and giving hope.

"Yes," someone said from behind us. A tall blonde-haired man in a lab coat stepped out from a door in the back of the large room. Alex said to call him Sir. "We will find him, though we also  have a big threat to deal with. I will explain it in the morning, but for now, the barracks are over there," he pointed to a door on the left side of the room, "and the kitchen is over there," he pointed towards a door on the opposite side of the room. "So, make yourselves at home."

It being a long day and all, I decided relax for the rest of the day and then head straight for bed. I got to choose which bunk I slept in, but because Vince had to sleep in the same bunk bed as me I had to sleep on the top so Vince wouldn't fall off.

Dylan walked in and I sarcastically said, "Code red." She laughed at that. "Too soon?" I said.

"Nope," she sneered. I think this is the first time I've seen her smile since the crash. "Too late."

I climbed up into my bed and finally went to sleep.

*August 5th, 2093, 8:32am*

As I woke up, I found my covers and pillows had all fallen off my bed. Maybe Mrs. Artemis was right about Vince not sleeping up here. I flung my legs over the side of my bed and jumped down to the floor. 

As I walked out of the Barracks and across the HQ into the kitchen, I saw that Mrs. Artemis had continued her habit of cooking when she had nothing to do. The breakfast she had prepared was crazily outrageous, but I'm not complaining. I went over to the counter and grabbed a plate from a stack of them. 

I hadn't noticed them yet, but Diesel and Twitch were both sitting in a booth that looked like it could belong in a restaurant. They seemed to be talking about something. I don't think they fully trust me yet, and I don't blame them. I don't trust them much either.  I filled my plate up with food and headed over to the adjacent booth and sat down.

About three minutes into breakfast Trix walked in the door of the kitchen. Her hair had turned curly and pink again, which meant she probably was back to her normal sassy self. She walked over to the table full of breakfast and filled her own plate up. Once she saw me, she walked over to my booth and sat down on the opposite side. She gave me the look of 'I can't stand this.'

"What's wrong?" I said between chews.

Trix yawned and looked back at me and said, "It's that Adela girl. She's so hateful and disrespectful I want to strangle her."

"Well now you know how we feel," I said under my breath.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing," I said finally finishing off the last part of my breakfast. I picked up my plate and slid out of the booth. I put my plate in the sink and then headed out to the HQ. 

As I walked out of the kitchen, I saw Alex and Ram huddled over Twitch's computer in the corner. I walked over to where they were standing and said, "Hey, whatcha looking at?"

Alex turned back. "Oh, hey. So do you remember us talking about something we had to take care of?"

"Yeah."

"Well this is where it really gets good."