Bang and Burn ~ Dreamnotfound + Skephalo

Chapter 17

Dylan walked into the coffee shop first, quickly spotting two of the agents whose voices he heard earlier. The first one he saw was Agent Cat, who's pastel pink hair made him stand out. He had most of it tucked into a black beanie, but he was still easy to pick out. He was sitting at a table with a girl just a few years younger than him: Agent Thundah. Thundah had her laptop out and was typing something while casually tucking a strand of her short black hair behind her ear. Cat stared at Wilbur, a hot coffee cup in his hands. Dylan knew them quite well, having trained with them. Thundah was the same age as him and had a special maturity to her that came out when she needed to be serious. Cat was older than them, being closer to Nick's age, but lacked the maturity Nick had. If George wanted any shot at safely talking to Wilbur, Dylan would have to find a way to get them out of there. He didn't know why they were after Wilbur, but he wasn't going to let them get in the way.

Dylan smiles as he sits in the empty seat at their table. "Hey, guys! Long time no see!"

"Oh look," Thundah says. "It talks." Cat only scoffed in response, returning his attention to Wilbur.

"I was hoping we could catch up a little bit!" Dylan says, ignoring Thundah.

Cat rolls his eyes. "We've never spoken to each other before and now you want to magically catch up? I don't think so."

"What are you even doing here this early in the morning?" Thundah asks. "It's still dark out."

"I could ask you two the same question," Dylan says, crossing his arms.

"Sorry, guys! I'm back," Agent Sprite says from behind Dylan. She tossed her long, wavy brown hair off of her shoulder when she noticed Dylan. She was also the same age as Dylan. Despite his normal hatred towards people, Dylan had to admit that he was impressed that their team only appeared to have one adult in it. They worked quite well together. "What's he doing here?" she asks Thundah.

"He's ruining our mission, that's what," Thundah said sourly.

"Oh, sorry! I didn't realize you were all here on a mission." Dylan looks at Sprite. "It's been a while since I've seen you around."

Sprite smirks. "I haven't seen you since the day you were fired!"

Dylan had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing. Because the undercover team was so secretive, Techno publicly "fired" everyone that would make up the team so that no one would question their disappearance. If only they knew that he was specially chosen out of all of the other minors working at Forte. "Too soon, Sprite. Too soon."

"Seriously, Dylan," Cat says. "Why are you talking to us?"

"Because I want to hang out with you guys!" He stands up. "All I want is one hour where we can all just hang out like old times."

"Let's just humor him and go," a kid says, walking up to the table. Their voice was muffled because of the olive green turtleneck sweater covering their mouth. Agent Avocado in the flesh. "We all know he won't stop until he gets what he wants. Besides, Feni said that we have everything we need."

"Feni?" Dylan asks. "Is she here?"

Avocado shakes their head. "Nope. She's managing us from HQ today." Dylan was silently impressed. Feni and Cat were the only two adults he trained with, so it doesn't surprise him that she would be their team's leader. She was also always able to magically calm everyone down, so she was almost like the designated mom of the group. But what impressed Dylan was the fact that she must make a pretty strong leader if she can organize this group of chaotic children into a crime-fighting team. Avocado steps away from the table and gestures towards the door. "Shall we?" Dylan nods and follows him out. On their way out, Cat and Sprite exchange a silent look, knowing exactly what the next step of their plan was.