The Outcasts

Chapter 25 -Hiding-

Addison gasped as her head immediately shot up but there was nothing there, the big, bright beam was just beaming from the sky, well that's what it seemed.

Jason followed her eyes up, just as her, he gasped and looked over at her.

"Addison, I don't feel so good." Jason said putting his hand on his forehead.

Addison looked back at Jason and suddenly she felt her feet lift off the ground, she looked down to see her gently lifting off the ground.

Jason's eyes grew wide and his face filled with panic, "Addison's, what's happening!?" Jason sputtered out.

Addison swallowed hard and clenched her eyes tightly with a big sigh, "It's an..." she paused, "Abduction."

Addison replied to his fear filled question with fear in her own voice hoping and praying it wasn't Illuminate as the two gently were pulled up by a strange force.

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"Um, there are two life forms, sir." A young female voice said.

"Would you quit calling me sir!" Another voice yelled back, this time it was a deep male voice, with an Irish accent, "It's probably just a cat anyway."

"We don't need a cat! We have a Rocco!" Andrew yelled as he came around the corner of the ship, entering the cockpit.

Rocco stood next to Candaler, glaring sharply at Andrew, "I am no cat!" He hissed.

The two immediately began arguing back and forth to each other. Candaler turned himself in his seat in the cockpit and glared at the two, "Would you two quit already!"

"Sir, you do not need to get angry, it's what they do, you should know." Grimm replied.

"What did I tell you just barely Grimm!!" Candaler screamed as he stood up from his seat and coldly glared at Grimm.

Grimm looked down to the floor, "To not call you sir..."

"Yes. Now shut up, I'm trying to work." Candaler growled as he rubbed the side of his temples over the bickering of Rocco and Andrew.

"You have cat ears, you obviously are part cat!" Andrew said to Rocco as he crossed his arms.

"These are just my ears!" Rocco growled pointing up to his white furry ears, "They might look like a cats, but that's doesn't mean they are!!"

"Oh my word, you two!" Candaler finally snapped, he stood up and stormed over to them, he pushed them apart and turned to Andrew, "Would you shut those annoying human flaps of yours and help me out! I need you to open the floor door!"

Andrew quietly stared at his godfather in shock before he nodded slowly and walked away, leaving the cockpit. Rocco snickered to himself as Andrew left the room.

Andrew frowned to himself as he pressed a red button on the wall beside the side entrance of the ship and a loud whirring noise came from the ground and slowly two slabs of the metal floor began to slide to the side and disappear under the floor leaving a wide entrance on the floor.

Soon Andrew's frown turned into a smile as he thought about having Addison back aboard the ship and part of the Outcasts once again.

He casually waited for her to float up into the ship from the Anti-gravity beam below. It didn't take very long until Andrew was able to see her strawberry blonde hair peek up from the entrance on the floor and later coming the rest of her but there was something else with her, another person!

Andrew quickly pressed the red button once again to close the door once they were both inside. Addison's long hair covered her face as she laid on the cold metal flooring next to the other person.

"Uh. Guys..." Andrew called for the rest of the group.

It didn't take long until Grimm, Rocco, Candaler and Danez entered the main area of the ship. They all stared at the other human.

"Uh, that is no cat." Rocco muttered as he looked around at everyone else.

Addison quickly blew her hair from her face when she heard the familiar voice. She immediately laid eyes on Andrew and the biggest grin spread across her face.

"You came back! You guys really did come back!" Addison exclaimed as she hastily picked herself up and bolted straight for Andrew and tackled him in a big hug.

Jason nervously opened his eyes that he had tightly closed after Addison mentioned being abducted. He looked around at all the strange looking beings, his face was as pale as snow and his pupils were the size of a poppy seed.

Addison turned her head and quickly noticed Jason and his terrified expression. She quickly let go of Andrew and ran to his side, kneeling down next to him.

"Okay, I know it's a lot to take in but um remember when I told you I was abducted before?" Addison asked him but he couldn't keep his eyes on her, his eyes darted everywhere, except for on Addison.

Addison turned his head towards her, forcing him to lock eyes with her, "Jason, focus on me please."

Jason blinked a few times before nodding very slowly. Addison smiled, "Okay good. Well I want you to know we are safe, these are my friends. They will not hurt us, I promise, everything is going to be just dandy."

As soon as Addison finished saying that Rocco awkwardly cleared his throat, Addison looked over her shoulder at him.

"Well maybe not all so dandy..." Rocco awkwardly said.

Addison stood up and raised an eyebrow at him, "What do you mean?"

Rocco was ready to respond before Andrew cut in and replied, "Well we came here to get you is because Illuminate found out."

Addison nodded, "I know. That's what I was doing, I was trying to run from him before this happened. He found the bot and knew my location, I got his letter." Addison replied.

She reached into her pocket and pulled the note out and handed it to Andrew, "See."

Andrew carefully unfolded it and read it to himself, his eyes darted across the paper as he read, they slowly widened before he frowned and folded it back up.

"We should've been more careful, I'm sorry." Andrew said as he handed the note back to Addison.

"No. It's fine, I'm glad you came back." She said to him.

Andrew sighed, "Now we're just going to have to go into hiding."