«We Could be Heroes»

[Laodicia]

(no. Just say 'what?' I'll get to it in a bit.)

The woman pulled out her phone, a black one in a chunky protective case. "The digital version is that way, too." She said, worry etched across her face.

Gage couldn't stand it any more. "Don't you remember the apartments? The closest? The man who took you?" He searched his mind. "You even said something about Hydra when we were at River's apartment."

The girl hugged the toy, shaking her head. Not angrily, not a weird PTSD reaction, not a teary-eyed one. Just a simple shake. Just a generic, classroom answer, and it bothered him. "Come here." He said.

This time, she obeyed, though hesitantly. He gently placed his hand on her head and wiped at the scars with his thumb. They smeared. "Leona, who put this stuff on your face?" He asked as cheerily as possible. He didn't need the child clamming up. Not now.

Tayn looked between Gage and Leona's mother. Things were getting weird again.

"That you know me. You all keep saying we've met before, and we haven't."

"Oh, Right. Uh, because... we- we made spaghetti for you. and you really liked it. just two days ago. But you were really tired so maybe you don't remember." she answered.

 

[Laodicia]

(don't remember noels moms name is it Janet?)

"Does any one know that you leave Leona at home alone while you go out for a smoke?" she asked (Janet?)

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

(don't remember noels moms name is it Janet?)

"Does any one know that you leave Leona at home alone while you go out for a smoke?" she asked (Janet?)

(Nervously widened eyes* .....um. yes. No. I don't know! *runs away with arms flailing and sobbing*)

Then her eyes trailed back to her dragon. "I don't know. One girl came up to me and put makeup on me, and told me not to touch it."

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Aero shuffled his feet as he walked behind the guard. He kept his head down and his eyes on the ground, though occasionally looked upward to watch where he was going. He stepped into the elevator, then out, and was met by James Firestien, who was apparently calling himself... Dobby? "Hi, Mr. Fierstein." He waved, chuckling nervously, "Yeah... it seems the rest of the group decided to ditch the three of us." He said, motioning to himself and the two other teenagers. He forced a smile and looked at James, "But, we will do the mission that you had planned for us."

He seemed to consider it for a moment. "Three is enough." He grinned, spinning around with his pointer finger in the air. "The others will just have to miss out on the fun! Come. I will show you the subway."

 

[Laodicia]

(Nervously widened eyes* .....um. yes. No. I don't know! *runs away with arms flailing and sobbing*)

Then her eyes trailed back to her dragon. "I don't know. One girl came up to me and put makeup on me, and told me not to touch it."

"Gage, if her mom wasn't the one who sent us the message, anyone who knew that she goes to city hall for a smoke... I don't really know how to word this but, this could be a trap, either for us or maybe they didn't know exactly where she lived and we've led them back to Noel."

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

(no. Just say 'what?' I'll get to it in a bit.)

The woman pulled out her phone, a black one in a chunky protective case. "The digital version is that way, too." She said, worry etched across her face.

Gage couldn't stand it any more. "Don't you remember the apartments? The closest? The man who took you?" He searched his mind. "You even said something about Hydra when we were at River's apartment."

The girl hugged the toy, shaking her head. Not angrily, not a weird PTSD reaction, not a teary-eyed one. Just a simple shake. Just a generic, classroom answer, and it bothered him. "Come here." He said.

This time, she obeyed, though hesitantly. He gently placed his hand on her head and wiped at the scars with his thumb. They smeared. "Leona, who put this stuff on your face?" He asked as cheerily as possible. He didn't need the child clamming up. Not now.

"That you know me. You all keep saying we've met before, and we haven't."

(Nervously widened eyes* .....um. yes. No. I don't know! *runs away with arms flailing and sobbing*)

Then her eyes trailed back to her dragon. "I don't know. One girl came up to me and put makeup on me, and told me not to touch it."

Crow looked at Leona for what seemed like minutes but was really only a few seconds. "Someone put makeup on you?" He asked, though it was more of a statement than a question.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

He seemed to consider it for a moment. "Three is enough." He grinned, spinning around with his pointer finger in the air. "The others will just have to miss out on the fun! Come. I will show you the subway."

"No, wait!" Sammy exclaimed, "The others are going to come soon..... I think that's what they said, right?" She asked, looking at Aero.

(@CP Chicken )

 

[Laodicia]

(I've gotta go)

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

"Gage, if her mom wasn't the one who sent us the message, anyone who knew that she goes to city hall for a smoke... I don't really know how to word this but, this could be a trap, either for us or maybe they didn't know exactly where she lived and we've led them back to Noel."

Gage's insides seized up, and he clapped his hand over his mouth. Please don't hurl, please don't hurl, please don't hurl. He swallowed hard.

Janet, however, was faster. She got up, grabbed the backpack on the nearby chair and slung it over her shoulder. "No time to waste. They're already two steps ahead of us. Flyboy, if something happens to me, there's a pizza place across town where my friend works. He'll know what to do."

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

(I've gotta go)

(Me too...)