Human Kid (II)

17.

"Your mission is to deliver this parcel to Wong Chi and he lives at 5, skylight street, Wippi." Alex told them.

They had met at Mel' O's Burggies.

"Wippi?! That's at the other end of Herotapolis!" Ethan exclaimed.

"On the outskirts of Herotapolis," Andrew corrected and took a sip of the latte that was on the table in front of him.

"Big difference!" Ethan snapped at him.

Ryan looked at Alex. "Why do we have be the ones to deliver it?"

"Because it's your mission," Alex replied pointedly and went on with what he was writing.

Ashley frowned slightly.

Ryan's birthday was a day away and they hadn't done the bakings yet. At least they had already decorated the field.

"Um, how long would this take?" she asked.

Alex checked his watch.

"It's a four hour journey, to and fro. And if you leave early and quit whining you'll be back before 3:00pm," he added the last part as he glanced at Ethan.

Ethan huffed and looked away.

Suzanne didn't even say anything throughout. She was busy munching what she considered the greatest food in the world; hamburgers.

Andrew downed the remaining of his latte down at one go and stood up. He grabbed the neatly wrapped square package and shoved it in his brown bag then he slung his bag over his shoulder and looked at his teammates:

"We should leave."

"Hold on!" Ethan hurriedly started chomping on the corndogs that laid on his plate.

Ashley also stood up with a smile. "We'll see you soon LIN," she said.

Ryan got up grouchily. He hated going to far distant places.

He yanked Ethan by his shirt sleeve. "Leave it, let's go!" he snapped as he pulled Ethan away from the food he was hogging.

Suzanne had finished up with hers and used a napkin to wipe her mouth.

"Bye Jamie." She waved once they were exiting the restaurant and she sighted him.

He was putting on his uniform this time around.

He was with a customer so he just waved back before returning his attention back to the woman and her extremely fussy daughter.

"There's hardly any means of transport once we near Wippi and also there's lots of mountains," Ryan informed his team as they all walked to the bus stop.

"There are cable cars!" Ashley grinned in reply.

"How'd you know that?" Suzanne asked, turning to face her.

"My uncle friend lives there, sometimes I also follow him when he wants to go get some supplies," Ashley said with a smile.

Ryan snorted. "So your parents let you walk around much?"

Ashley's smiled faded for a second and she looked away.

"Actually no." When she faced him again, her smile was back on. "My parents are both dead. So I'm kinda living with my uncle now."

Ethan jabbed Ryan's ribs sharply.

"Did you have to say that?!" Ethan hissed at him.

"Sorry about that, Ashley," Suzanne said with a sober look.