Disclaimer: I don't own A.T.O.M
Second chapter! I'm kind of bored this weekend.
Their Back!
The next five years passed quickly and everyone eventually forgave Axel and Lioness for their actions, though the whole subject was just a little tender and was usually avoided as much as possible.
The whole center was changed two years after the incident and everyone agreed it looked better than it did before. A new member also joined the team a few months after Axel and Lioness left and they now stood at a proud four. Shark and King hadn't changed much, they had changed their clothes a bit and they were a bit more mature. The same could not be said for Hawk, he didn't change just a bit, he changed a lot, mostly due to a startling revelation made right before the fourth member joined the team.
The city of Landmark remained mostly the same, except for a few more 'Captain Doughnut' shops opening around the city, much to the delight of King. Lee Industries had also expanded, much to the surprise of the team since they thought it couldn't expand further, and the team made more than enough money testing various equipment.
It was early on a sunny morning when a black and orange car drove up in the Aquatic Centers driveway and two people stepped out. The first was a woman with caramel skin and long brunette hair that was tied in a ponytail; she wore a green and white striped sundress and green flip-flops. The second person to emerge from the car was a young man with slightly tanned skin, his dark brown hair was spiked and he wore a pair of black, knee length shorts and an orange t-shirt. They both looked in awe at the building before them.
They stepped up to the large front door before taking a hesitating look at each other before the man pressed the doorbell. They could hear it ring in the house and waited for a few agonizing moments before the woman reached over and pressed the doorbell a few times in rapid succession. A few moments later a voice drifted form inside.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, no need to bite my head off." it said annoyed.
Moments later a massive figure appeared behind the sandblasted glass doors and they could hear a lock click from inside. The door was pulled open and a head was stuck out.
"What do you want so early...?" It trailed off and King stared at the two people outside the door. "Holy cow!"
The door was opened completely and the two of them were soon enveloped on a bear hug before they were pelted with questions and dragged inside.
"Where were you?" King asked them.
"Everywhere." Lioness replied with a grin.
"Great! Sorry, the others are still asleep; can I get you something to drink?" King questioned and led them through the large house.
"Coffee please." Axel said and examined the house.
"Coming up." he said disappearing around a corner, moments later his head popped around the corner and said, "Make yourself at home, since this is technically your home." Then he disappeared again.
The room Axel and Lioness found themselves in was big, to say the least. It had a high roof and was furnished in several multi colored couches and seats. There was a massive plasma TV on one side of the room, surrounded by yellow and blue couches. On the other side of the room there was a bookcase that stretched half of the wall and also had a few red and black couches around. The green walls were covered in splashes of paint and it looked like someone had a paintball gun fight there which, knowing their friends was not entirely impossible.
Axel took a seat on a yellow couch while Lioness went and examined the bookcase while he looked out the huge picture window which took up the entire front wall. A while later King came in holding a tray of mugs and set it down on a lime-green and purple coffee table. Then he took a seat across from Axel and Lioness, who had just sat down.
"What did you do the last few years?" King asked with a grin.
"We traveled the world, though we did stay half a year in Japan." Lioness answered with a smile of her own. "We went to Hawaii and we walked on the Great Wall of China."
"That's wonderful!" King said, looking a bit put down, but he still wore a smile.
"I proposed to her at the Taj Mahal." Axel said happily and King's eyes widened.
"You're engaged?" he asked incredulously and they both nodded in agreement. "That's great!"
King gave them another hug and congratulated them when a voice drifted from the kitchen.
"Dude, where's my cereal?" Shark asked and began making his way to the living room, where he heard voices. When he immerged from the doorway he stared in shock at the three people in the living room and then ran to them.
"Your back?" he asked them curiously after he greeted them, "Forever?"
"Yes." Lioness answered with a twinkle in her eye and Shark almost suffocated her.
"Guess what?" King asked Shark.
"What?' Shark questioned.
"Their engaged." King said with a smile.
"What!?" Shark asked again, this time louder. He really was a sight in his penguin pajamas, almost as much as King in his frog ones.
"I proposed a month ago." Axel said looking happily at his friend.
"Me too!" Shark said loudly and gave Axle a hug.
"Huh?" Axel asked confused.
"I proposed a month ago too." Shark said slowly.
"To who?" Lioness asked curiously.
"You know her, she joined the team a while after you...left." Shark replied a bit less happy.
"What's her name?" Axel asked.
"You'll see her in a moment. If I know her, and I do, she and Hawk will wake up in a moment." Just as the words left his mouth a screech rang through the large house.
"HAWK!"
Moments later two red and black streaks entered the room and one of the hid behind King, "Save me!" it said and maneuvered from the other black and red figure. When Lioness and Axel finally got over the shock and focused on the figure before them their mouths dropped in shock.
"Samantha?"
"Oh, hey honey. You remember Axel and Lioness?" Shark asked walking over to Sam and giving her a kiss on her cheek.
Shocker, right?
Please review. -LOTIA
