The Aces

2. The Announcement

"So are you guys like The Avengers, or some shit?" The very curious blondey asked. For the past forty-five minutes or so, he's been constantly asking questions. No one answers this time.

We were walking down the hall, towards our leader's chamber to report our newly founded "ace".

"Yo! Howz it, Tiny?" A large tan man with the same structure as Dwayne Johnson said.

"Uncle Maika, you're an actual giant. Everyone is tiny to you!" I sighed.

"Kat, you're tiny. Legitimately tiny. You're only five feet." Adrian said deadpandedly.

I gaped at him, highly offended.

Maika chuckled, "Haha whateva, kids what you need? Who's that hoale kid behind you?"

"Ahh, he's the new addition to our team. We're here to report To Mr. Grayus." I smiled brightly.

"Aight, he pao though. Been up all night."

I nodded. That's weird, maybe something's up. He's never been that busy to where he sleeps on the job.

I punched the code into the keypad that was placed by the double doors and scanned my eye. It opened to a very huge scaled room. It was modernized but also technologically advanced. It had a neon blue color scheme with soft black velvet covering the opposite wall.

We walked in and the first thing we noticed is our leader, cleary disheveled and stressed out. He looked like he hadn't showered or slept in months, his brown hair was placed everywhere, and his eyebags were dark and heavy. He looked like aged ten years although only being twenty nine.

"Mr. Grayus?" I said, trying to get his attention. "We have a new person to take care of. We think he'd be a great addition to our team."

Mr. Grayus slowly lifted his head but still managed to smiled very brightly. "Katie, Gaby, Adrian, Khai! My favorite team! How are you guys doing? A new person? Very good. If you're adding him to your team, then you know the drill. I'd also like to meet him."

I smiled respectfully and moved aside for Jonah. As Mr. Grayus and Jonah proceeded in their conversation, the rest of took our seats and filled out information of our new person.

"Hey guys have you ever seen Mr. Grayus like that? He doesn't look so good, he's always been clean and always had a bright aura. Like a never tired type of guy." Gaby questioned.

"It's worrisome. There might be something wrong, maybe Zenoc found out about our location?" Khai answered.

I stared at the wall, across the room and thought intensely. "I don't know about that. We would have evacuated this place immediately, if that was happening right now."

They all nodded in agreement.

"Just make sure, if anything happens. Be ready at all times. Stay together."

After filling out the forms and Jonah's short talk with our leader, we turned to leave the room. Adrian and Khai were going to show Jonah's new living area.

"Hey Katie, would you stay back for a minute?" Mr Grayus called out.

"Yes, sir!" I said, as I turned to him. "Have fun with the new guy!" I said to my team as they left the room.

I walked to the front my leader's desk. "Is there a matter that needs to be discussed?"

"Not exactly. I'm actually letting you know that we'll be having an awards banquet."

"Are you serious? We've never had that before, our facility has always been busy with taking in non Micros." I was internally cheering but maintaining a professional appearance. It was a weird occurrence, but I'm for sure not complaining.

"Yeah, why not? We all should take a breather and relax. I for sure need it. I just wanted to notify you since your team was out during the announcement. The theme is royalty. I'm sure you're ecstatic about that." He smiled.

Hmm, royalty. It's been awhile. "I'm so excited! Thank you for notifying me. I'll tell the team." I beamed. I excused myself out of the room and thought about the banquet in excitement. However, as I walked out of the room, I didn't get to catch a glance of my superior's sad and pitiful expression.