Love Storm [COMPLETE]

Chapter 2

Amelia got up pretty early to make coffee like she always did. Her voice was so strong, either it worked for the entire night, or Deserey was just that tired. Amelia figured it was the second one.

Deserey slept in until late that afternoon.

Amelia finally had to wake her up so they could go. "Deserey, wake up."

Deserey stirred a little. "Hm?" She looked up at Amelia tiredly. Des rubbed her eyes, forgetting where she was for a moment and why she was there. "Oh yeah..." She sat up once she had remembered.

"We have to go. Come on, get up," Amelia said.

"Right," she said. "Yeah." Deserey stood up, yawning again as she did so.

"Was it too strong? I have a habit of doing that," Amelia said as she drank her third cup of coffee. "Want some? I put hot chocolate in it."

"Sure," Deserey said, taking the offered caffeine. "But no. I don't think this --" She gestured at herself. "-- is your fault. My depression makes it hard to function sometimes."

"Yeah. I've been there, but with mine, I wasn't allowed to not function, I would be sued by someone, who was mad I didn't show up," Amelia sighed.

"That's frustrating," Deserey sighed too. "Any way, I guess we better get going."

Amelia nodded and got up, putting a lid on her coffee. She walked towards the door.

Deserey followed.

~

They arrived at the location around the same time as Sara, Ray, the hawks, and the crooks.

Amelia looked a little uncomfortable as Sara talked to her a bit. It seemed like Sara knew who she was.

Deserey went over to talk to Kendra, who seemed less than ecstatic to be there.

Amelia went over with her to get away from Sara. Not that she had anything against the woman, but she didn't like people in general.

Deserey waved when she came over. "So, where is this Rip guy anyways?"

He came out of nowhere again! What the hell! "Ah, glad to see you've all decided to join me."

"Yup, looks like it," Deserey said, spotted Jax and the professor pulling up in a car as Rip showed up. Jax was unconscious.

"What the hell happened to him?" Amelia asked.

"I, uh, believe he drank something that didn't quite agree with him," Stein said. Mick let out a loud laugh at that, apparently finding the insinuation that the kid had been drugged amusing somehow.

Amelia raised an eyebrow at Stein, "was there not an easier way to get him to come?"

"I, uh, suppose there might have been," the professor admitted, looking rather guilty now. Deserey rolled her eyes at him, but she didn't say anything about it.

Amelia just sighed.

"Ready to take off?" Rip asked.

"I ain't footin' it anywhere," Leonard protested.

"Where's the ship? Or whatever you have" Amelia asked Rip.

Rip simply took out a remote from his pocket in response. He pressed a button, and a massive space ship appeared before everyone in the parking lot.

"Awesome," Amelia muttered.

Deserey nodded in agreement, staring up at the ship with utter shock.