The S.T.F. Files, Book 1: S.T.F.

Something A Little Unexpected...

Alagretto's POV 

I get a phone call. 

At two fricken am in the morning. 

My sister hands me the phone, saying, "It's Riza" I almost didn't believe her at first, but then, when I looked at the number, it was Riza's. 

The first thing I said was classic, "Riza, it's two fricken am in the morning, what could you possibly-" 

"Directions to where you are from the airport" Riza barked. She sounded as if she hadn't slept in days, and was tired, and annoyed. 

"You're-" 

"Yeah, and I'm the only one coming. The others are staying behind, because I want to get out of here as soon as possible. I'm going to get you, sleep over at your place, and leave in the morning. I haven't slept for a few days, since I've been non stop flying." Wait, a girl, who could kill me in a blink of an eye, who I haven't known for long, even though it seems like years, is coming to my place, to sleep?! WTFH?! 

"Okay," I gave her directions, with my sister March laughing the whole time. 

"Oh, and by the way, your sister sounds like a nice girl. You're lucky. I never had a sibling." Nice? How 'bout the biggest pain in the a- 

"Okay, so you'll be here soon?" I asked, looking at my feet. Why didn't she want to be with the others...? 

"Yuppers, gotta go" Riza hung up, leaving me with a thousand unanswered questions, with number one being, How is she going to get here...? 

Cleo's POV 

Planesitting. 

That's what Riza told us. 

She said to take it easy, DO NOT leave the plane, and don't blow up the place. She'd be back before three in the afternoon, leaving us alone for twelveish hours. 

"Cleo's hungry. Cleo needs food" I say, flopping back on to the seats. I start looking in the 'food stash' as we call it. There was almost anything that didn't need to be refrigerated. 

Except for the brownies. Dimitri ate them all....that little stripper. 

I finally settled for some crackers, something that was just easy to eat, while leaving other food for later, that we could eat, when we were on the way to who knows where. 

"How...much longer..." The moron moaned, as we sat down, finishing our round of poker. I was in the lead, since I used my shwiney things to reflect the light, which was reflecting everyone else's cards. It was cheating, but because they were so shwiney, i miss lots of rounds. 

The fort was being held down, and Aly kept everyone in line. 

Riza's POV 

Still driving on my moped, I sped through the small town, watching dawn start to unfold. The town was pretty, decorated with trees, shrubs, bushes, it looked peaceful. 

I finally found Alagretto's house, it looked...Normal. It was about threeish in the morning now, meaning I had about ten hours before I had to prepare for take off. 

I parked my scooter on the path by the side of their house, and took the keys, leaving my helmet, going to their front door, knocking. Alagretto immediately opened the door, and yanked me inside. 

"What?" I said in a hushed whisper, finding that his whole family was sitting in the living room, even his sister. 

"So this is Riza," His sister....her name was...March...said, looking at me, with a grin. 

"So you're the girl Alagretto was with this whole time?" His father asked, as if he was suspicious of me. What did I do? 

"Yeah, she kept me safe this whole time," Alagretto said.

"I did, I'm sorry to bug you at this hour, but," I stopped and sighed, "Al, do they...you know." 

"Gretto, what are you keeping from me?" March asked. 

"It's just," Alagretto started, "I'm not the same as you guys, I'm different. And with being different, there comes a price that even I have to pay, by going with people who are like me, just to try and stay alive." I watched horror flash in his parents' eyes, as he made water from the kitchen sink come to him, and swirl around him. I reached out, not touching the water, but summoning some of it to come to me, and float in my cupped hands. It was peaceful. 

Alagretto made the water around him soak withing him, and the water in my cupped hands disappeared. 

His mother crying, came up to hug us, asking, "Is there any way we could help you?" 

"Yeah" I say, looking her straight in the eye, "Move to Hawaii or Alaska, that way we know you're safe." 

"Just don't hurt my baby" She says, wiping her tears away, trying to seem strong. 

"We aren't leaving right away, I don't have the scheduled take off time till three this afternoon, anyway, I want to at least get eightish hours of sleep." 

"You own a plane?" His sister exclaimed. 

"Yeah, and I'd have to say, Alagretto's my best co-pilot I ever had." I say, as we go to bed, me sleeping on the couch. 

...Noon that day 

Alagretto gets on the back of my scooter, after he packed up some stuff which he through on the back. It was time to head off, back to Hawaii, so we could discuss a plan. Soon we'd be at the airport, and on to the plane. 

After arriving, the others would greet me, telling me about what the others did that annoyed them, as I would shake my head. 

It would be great to have the STF back together.