Secrets of the State

Fair Enough

"He just runs off and your not concerned?" Yao asked, the idea was absurd to him. He would never allow that.

"It's Austin, him being around just us puts him on edge!" Arizona explained.
"Yeah, Big bro Aussie just needs a break. He probably went snowboarding since his gear is gone" New Mexico said.
"Yeah, Austin just needs a break, hes around a lot more people then he's used to" Oklahoma laughed.
Sage nodded and Frederick continued sewing not paying attention.

"Hey Sage, where does Austin keep his books. He wrote down some spells for me but i don't know what book is the most recent. They all are so worn" Massachusetts asked walking into the room.
"I don't know, i think he took his recent one" Sage said thinking, "It's normally at his desk."
"Not there, I suppose the spell can wait." Masdison sighed before leaving the room.

"Anyway, Austin isn't good with a lot of people. Well a lot of people personally talking to him. He's great on stage," Sage commented, the other states nodded and agreed. Austin was always happy on stage, granted few knew he was one of the best performers in The Live Music Capital of the Word.

Yao thought, seemed logical enough. Although not knowing where his own child was, that would scare him.

"Don't worry Aussie can teleport to dad if anythin goes wrong, dat's why pops keeps his glasses on so much" Max hummed from under his heat blanket.
"Teleport?" Kiku questioned finally speaking up.
"Ye, Aussie can teleport to dad if in a pinch. Plus a bunch of other stuff we're still figurin' out." Jay muttered now happily curled up with Max.

"Hey! That's mine!" Nevada yelled, Yao and Kiku couldn't recognize him with his hair down.

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Kiku asked hesitantly.

Dean stared at him for a moment before shaking his hair out like a dog and whipping his head back up making his hair go to it's normal style, "I'm Nevada!" He declared, "Now give me my blanket!"

Dean wrestled Max and Jay for the blanket.

"Enough!" The voice made the freeze. Alma.
She marched over and snaatched the blanket from the three. "If you can't act civilly then I'll give it to Uncle Sam to decide" She declared.
"When did you get here?!" Dean yelled as she walked away.

"Whos Uncl-" Kiku was cut off by Jay.
"Dad, she's talkin bout dad"

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"Diego?" The triplets asked confused as Diego walked into the room.
"Si, I need to kidnap Sage and Frederick and maybe Max" Diego informed them.
"Uhh, why?" Alfred asked.
"The kids started talking and now the others want to meet them. Sage and Frederick are the only two that know Portugeese." Diego said.
"Fair enough, You'll have to wait until Austin get's back. He bounced for the day so you might have to wait until dinner." Alfred explained, "His crew needs his sign off or they won't leave."
"Alright" Diego sighed, "I brought Alma along with me by the way"
"I can hear her" Jackson laughed hearing Dean yelling about his blanket.

"Uncle Sam!" Alma called walking into the room, the blanket folded in her arms and Dean was on her heels trying to talk over her, "Dean, Jay and Max were fighting over the blanket, Again."

Alfred sighed and took the blanket, "you'll get it back when you go to bed, Dean"
"Oh come on!" Dean yelled and stormed off.

"Drama Queen" Leo said quietly before climbing into Alfred's lap.
"He's mostly desert, he likes to stay warm. He'll end up curled up on by the vents by mid-afternoon so don't worry." Alfred sighed. Leo just hummed in acknowledgment.

"He runs off but you are not at all worried for him" Francis asked now confused and curious.
"Austin knows how to take care of himself, he just needs time away," Jackson sighed shutting down the conversation before he even started.