Hurricane // Danger Days (Book 2)

26.

The quarters had filled to the brim since Storm had been in the bathroom. There was almost no space to move around, especially with the herd of people rushing up the stairs. He noticed that a lot of them were looking at Alien and gasping just like all of her fans did. They all stepped aside for her, of course.

However, that crowd was only about half of the people, so the two of them still had to shove their way through the crowd. Alien took Storm's hand and led him through.

The main room upstairs was just as crowded. Everyone was grabbing their weapons and hurrying to put on their war paint.

"Okay, we're supposed to meet the gang right here," Alien said, looking around. "There they are!"

Revolution, Rampage, and Cola were all standing together in a corner. Storm and Alien ran over to them. "Hey," they said simultaneously.

"So you ditched the IKEA look, huh?" Revolution snickered.

"What are you, five?" Storm shot back as they laughed.

They all started running toward the garage. It was still cramped in there, as people got into their cars and onto their motorcycles. They raced to the van and jumped in in their usual arrangement; Cola driving, Revolution in shotgun, Alien and Rampage behind them in the second row, and Storm and Sunset in the very back.

"Wait," Storm said, "Where's Sunset?"

"She's with the Vs," Revolution told him.

"Why is she with the Vs?" he shouted.

"I dunno, maybe she wanted to be with her friends?!" Revolution yelled back.

Storm didn't reply. He just sighed. Am I losing her? he wondered. To that asshole, no less?

People were trying their best to get out of the garage, but it was going very slowly. "Ya know," Rampage commented, "Shouldn't they be letting us out first? You're leading the army."

"It is really crowded in here, General," Cola noticed. "More crowded than usual, and that's saying something."

"Yeah," she replied. "I've actually been thinking about that. If we can find a bigger place, we might actually want to move the Nest. To make more room, I mean."

"That makes sense," Cola said. "But let's think about that after this battle. This is gonna be the fight of our lives."

"Move the Nest?" Rampage joked. "How are we gonna get it out of the ground?"

Revolution facepalmed. "Move the people, dumbass! Not the building!" The rest of the group shared their feelings.

"It's gonna be hard to find a place that big," Storm said. "I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't anything in the Zones bigger than the Nest."

"I have faith," Alien smiled. "Anyways! Rev, gimme some music. I want something fun to get us riled up for the fight!"

Revolution dug around in the console, then their face lit up. "Danger Days?" they smirked.

Alien grinned from ear to ear. "Hell yeah!"

Storm hadn't heard the Fab Four's album in years, since they died. But now he felt he was ready. He was gonna fight for them today, as he always did. And he sang (and air drummed) along with every song as they flew through the Zones.