Catalyst

Chapter 33: Breather

Three days later...

Jacob: "Hey look! It's Peter!"

A large male with black, curly hair, bright red bag, black t-shirt, tan shorts, black glasses, pale, acne covered skin, white shin high socks, and black shoes takes a seat next to Jacob in the same room as the day of the attack on the school.

Peter: "Hey, where have you guys been?"

Spencer, Bryant, and Phillip have left the room, but CJ and Max are in.

CJ: "Being awesome."

Peter: "You guys haven't been in the chat for weeks."

Max: "That sounds-"

The three pull out their phones to find that they have 46 notifications.

Max: "(awkwardly) Oh..."

Peter: "Where have you been?"

Awkward moment of silence...

CJ: "Anime."

Peter: "Say what now?"

Jacob: "We have the powers of gods and anime on our side."

No one else is in the room.

Max: "Watch."

Max swiftly equips his gear before changing back.

Peter: "What the hell?!"

The bell rings.

Jacob: "Well, time for Spanish class."

Phillip, Bryant, and Spencer grab their stuff.

Spencer: "How ya doing?"

Peter is out of it.

Phillip: "Who did it?"

Max: "Me."

Bryant: "Oh boy."

They all hurry to class.

Meanwhile...

Denton: "(in head) When is something going to happen?"

Denton is already sitting in his first hour.

Denton: "(in head) Anime..."

Meanwhile...

Isaac: "(bored) I really didn't feel like school today."

Isaac is heading for his first class.

Several hours later...

Robert: "(relieved) Food..."

The others are currently relaxing at base while eating a mix of pasta and vegetables.

Jake: "It's the best I can do right now, but how is it?"

Randy: "(stuffing face) It's great!"

Dawn: "Try not to choke on your food."

Dante: "(smiling) But it's actually pretty good."

Eryth: "Cooking is one of Jacob's specialties."

Cereza: "Such a shame BroBot can't have any."

BroBot: ":'(."

Marcel: "You're a robot, you don't need sleep, food, and a lot of other stuff."

Kyle: "That's a true fact."

James is shedding a single tear.

Zack: "You okay?"

James wipes the tear away.

James: "This actually my first time having cooked food."

Jay: "It's true."

Connor: "How is he alive?!"

Jack: "(smiling) Where he's from, they have these things called, 'Atom Arrangers,' that make the food for them."

Bell: "That's one hell of a device!"

James quickly finishes eating along with Dr. LeeAnn and Alphonse.

Samuel: "Done already?"

Alphonse: "We've got to get to work."

Shoma: "O-On what?"

Dr. LeeAnn: "Wait until we've finished the blueprints at least."

The three walk away.

???: "Did we miss something?"

Jacob and the others have arrived.

Diane: "Those three are working on something."

Isaac: "It's a secret?"

Tyler: "That's the gist of it."

Bryant and Spencer grab some paint, rollers, and trays.

Phillip: "We'll get started on painting."

Lariat: "We're almost done."

The eight have already started.

Owen: "Talk about fast."

Rox has already booked it over to help.

Rox: "Mind getting some water ready?"

Jack: "(smiling) On it!"

Everyone begins the painting process.

However...

Austin: "Talk about being cooked alive."

The enemies have arrived in Arizona.

Zion: "We'll take care of our mission."

Everyone feels like they're in the worst sauna ever.

Lillian: "(cooking alive) After we get somewhere cooler."

They wander the area to find someplace cooler.

Three hours later...

Makoh: "(sweating) It's finally done!"

All of the buildings have received a fresh coat of paint, the right buildings are black and the left are white.

Bryant: "Girls on the left and guys on the right?"

Dominic: "Sounds about right."

The sun is setting.

Spencer: "You guys figure out who shares what rooms."

The Catalysts head home.

Jeremy: "(thinking) I've got a few ideas.

Rose: "Really?"

Jeremy begins explaining his ideas...