Hurricane // Danger Days (Book 2)

Epilogue - The Nest

Moving the Nest was a very chaotic process. Mainly because Alien was attempting to pack everything she needed for her cross-country road trip to find her dad. Storm was left in charge, however, so things weren't as chaotic as they could have been. The hotel was also relatively close to the bunker, so that made it a bit easier as well.

It took him a couple of days to get the hang of the leadership thing. He was thankful to have Alien there to answer his questions, even if it was only until the Nest was finished. He still wasn't ready to face the fact that she was leaving.

Alien said that he'd get his own room since he was the General (at least until the next election, anyway), so he'd picked one for himself: number 105, the closest room to the hotel manager's office, which would become the new General's office. He didn't have any stuff to move into there, but Alien did gift him her computer, her radio, and her CD player.

One thing that really annoyed him was that he had to sort everyone else into a room as well. It would have been easy enough if everyone had just cooperated and just went with what rooms they were assigned, but of course, that didn't happen. It just wasn't in the Killjoys' blood to cooperate. It was as if every other person had specific conditions that they wanted to be met, and if Storm couldn't do that, they would scream at him. He struggled to not tell every single one of them to fuck off, but he managed to keep a cool head and get everything organized.

By the time the Nest was finished moving over, everyone was of the opinion that Storm was an awesome leader, and that they would vote for him in the next election.

The Ultra Vs were one of the first gangs to move in. Sunset wanted to share a room with Val, and just to make her happy, Storm let her. They had room 301. The new Ultra Vs all kept their original rooms, and Volt and Volume shared one.

Most of the other Killjoy groups Storm knew had their own places, so there were very few familiar faces moving in. However, he did get to meet Mad Gear properly for the first time when he moved in. He explained that he and Missile Kid (who he refused to believe wasn't real) had been nomads in their half-destroyed car, until the battle with the Riot when they rammed it into Grenade's van, destroying it even more. So, of course, they needed a place to stay.

Saying goodbye to the old Nest was the hardest part for Storm. Seeing all of his friends' personal items gone and replaced with new ones was really strange. He'd never seen the bunker, the most familiar place in the Zones, look so unfamiliar.

The last thing he did was take his box of the Fabulous Four's things from under his bed and carry it out of the bunker. Then, he rode his bike to the nearest mailbox and placed the box of things beside it. He hoped it would make the Four a bit happier in the afterlife. He was finally saying goodbye.

But he kept Poison's mask with him, in the hopes that a part of Poison would stay with him forever.