Four days later, Kira stood at the Destruction Bay airport, dressed in her dark grey slacks, a tight black blouse with a yellow cami top peaking out at the top and bottom with her bright yellow Melie Bianco purse thrown over her shoulder. Her black stiletto with metal heels just barely poking out from the bottom of her pants. It had been an exhausting few days trying to buy a new car to replace the one that Vengakix had exploded, and just a few short hours before she was due to pick Trent up, she'd finally secured one. A yellow Chevrolet Malibu had caught her attention when she'd been at the dealership, and she bought it, as a change of pace from her original cobalt. She was partially grateful for small favors though. As much as it had been a chore to secure herself a new car, Andy and Mia, the part of this equation she thought was going to be most stressful over the next few days, were pleasant company. They had come by whenever they could to see if there was anything they could help out with in preparation for the arrival of her friends. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, Kira agreed to let them set up the guest rooms she had in her house by putting fresh linens on all the beds and tiding up the place. The teens agreed to help out except for the previous day, though she had been busy too since it was graduation and she had to be in attendance as a teacher while they were there in support of Lucy, whose valedictorian speech went off without a hitch. But now it was time for the stressful part. She hadn't seen Trent since she'd moved from Reefside three years before when he'd been home for Christmas... But he was the least of her worries. Though to anyone else, seeing an ex boyfriend could be enough stress to induce a panic attack, Kira and Trent recovered from their break up in the middle of their sophomore year in college and have been friends longer than they were a couple. She wasn't worried about seeing him in that regard; it was more the circumstances revolving around seeing him and the others.
"Flight 198 from New York City arriving at Gate C." Came the cool female voice over the PA system. Kira looked up at the voice before adjusting her purse on her shoulder and making her way to the aforementioned gate. She soon came to it and stood by as the saw the plane pull in from the large window showing the runway. After a few minutes, the docking procedures were completed and the line of passengers began to stream out. Kira stood back, looking over heads to try and see her old friend. She waited a few more minutes before she spotted his familiar face.
"Trent!" She called, waving as she did so. Trent Mercer was looking around for a sign of her when he heard her calling. He looked over to the source of the voice and smiled once he saw her as he squeezed through the sea of fellow passengers to get to her. Once she got there, his smile went to a perplexed look as he finally got a good look at her.
"Wow," he breathed out, surprised. Kira blushed.
"Oh stop." She commented, throwing her arms around him and giving him a hug. Trent slipped his arms around her.
"You look gorgeous." He commented. Kira chuckled as the two hugged.
"Watch it now," she playfully warned. "You saying those same exact words at the prom after party is what got us into trouble," she teased as they pulled apart. Trent chuckled.
"Was it really trouble?" He asked, winking at her. Over the years, the two had moved on from their past relationship and settled back into friendship to the point that they would sometimes tease and joke with one another about their time together. "Besides," he said, "Monique's enough woman for me these days," he grinned, referring to his girlfriend for the past three years. Kira had met her when Trent brought her home with him for Christmas, a mere month into their relationship. Kira smiled.
"Good to see that you're still with her." She replied.
"Yeah, unfortunately she's not as easy to get rid of as you," he playfully teased as he put an arm around her while the two went to the luggage carasaul.
"You got rid of me?" Kira replied with playful outrage. "I do believe it was the other way around, Mercer." Trent laughed.
"Whatever you say Ford." He replied. They laughed for a minute before falling silent.
"So when did this change occur?" He questioned. Kira shrugged lightly.
"Around when I started teaching," she replied.
"I get the change in clothing." He replied as the stopped in the baggage claim area. "But the hair too?" He questioned. "I think it makes your entire look." Kira laughed.
"Figured it'd make me look more grown up," she said. "Probably the same reason Dr. O cut his hair," she said. During her brief relationship with Adam Park, she had been regaled with stories of Adam and Tommy during their youth, along with pictures. Trent nodded.
"Makes you look more mature...Personally, I think it looks a lot better on you." He complimented. Kira smiled.
"Thanks," she said.
"Oh, there's mine," Trent said as he saw his bag on the carousal.
"Awesome." Kira commented as he grabbed it and pulled it off the carousal. Trent slung his duffle bag over his shoulder and rejoined Kira as the two made their way out of the airport to the parking lot. "So who else knows about your wonderful change?" He questioned. Kira shot a side glance at him as the strolled through the parking lot.
"Ethan... And now you," she replied. They soon reached her car and Kira opened up the trunk for him to put his bag in it.
"What, Conner doesn't know?" He teased. Kira looked at him.
"Oh no, not you too," she groaned. Trent laughed.
"By that I'm going to assume that Ethan already talked to you." He replied. He slid the bag off his shoulder and placed into the trunk just seconds before Kira slammed it shut, signifying this conversation would not be had. "All right then," Trent muttered as Kira went to the front of the car and got in the driver's seat as Trent climbed into the passenger's seat.
"Look Trent, I don't mean to be rude," Kira said as she started up her car, "but seriously, this is not something that's on the top of the list of priorities here, so don't start." Trent shrugged.
"It's your life Kira... We're just your friends who think we know what's best for you." He replied. "But sometimes I guess we don't." Kira sighed and pulled out of the parking lot, beginning the drive to her house.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap or anything," she said. "It's just….with this new evil making herself known, I don't want to get into my personal life." Trent nodded.
"I can understand that." He replied softly. Kira smiled and gave him a brief look.
"Thanks," she said.
"So, those students you mentioned when we talked yesterday, are they at your place?" Trent asked, changing the subject.
"Yeah, Mia and Andy are there just in case Ethan shows up with Dr. Oliver and Conner before we get there." Trent nodded.
"Good plan." He replied. Kira nodded. The two engaged in idle chit chat as they continued on the drive to her house. They finally approached her house and Kira saw Ethan's car parked right at her house. "Looks like it was a good thing those kids were here," Trent observed, seeing that they hadn't beat Ethan, Tommy and Conner to the house.
"I'd say." Was all that Kira replied with. Part of her was happy that she wouldn't have to sit in her living room worrying about it... But at the same time she was worried about how well Andy and Mia greeting Tommy, Ethan and Conner had gone. Sighing, she climbed out of the car and popped the trunk.
"Let's get this over with." She muttered. She walked up the porch with Trent following behind her after he got his bag from her car and closed her trunk. She opened the door to see Tommy, Conner and Ethan sitting on her living room couch with Mia and Andy standing against the wall.
"Oh, thank god you're back," Mia said, approaching her. "Your friends are so boring," she said.
"Gee, thanks," Kira heard Conner chortle behind Mia. Kira grinned as she tossed her purse on the chair and moved towards Ethan.
"Hope my students were gracious hosts while you guys were waiting," she kidded as the two hugged. Ethan laughed.
"Oh yeah," he said, "they were perfect hosts. All twenty minutes of silence were just great," he said.
"Didn't hear you contributing to the conversation," Mia muttered. Ethan shrugged.
"Not much of a talker." He replied.
"Then quit complaining," Mia replied.
"All right," Kira sighed. "Let's all get along now, shall we?" From behind Ethan came a chuckle as Tommy stood to greet her.
"How very teachery," he kidded. "It's good to see you, Kira," he said before giving her a hug.
"You too," Kira replied.
"Adam says hello by the way," he teased, causing Kira to blush. Kira's relationship with Tommy's friend, though brief, had made it to the ears of everyone else much to Kira's chagrin and thanks to Ethan's big mouth. At first, Tommy had found it completely inappropriate and even called up Adam to berate him for 'taking advantage' of his former student, regardless of the fact that said former student was 22 at the time. After some time, and some coaxing by some of Tommy's other friends, especially his then fiancé and now wife Kimberly, Tommy begrudgingly accepted the relationship a few weeks before Kira and Adam themselves decided to go their separate ways. After that, the relationship became a subject of teasing from everyone in both Adam and Kira's lives.
"It's been over five years, think you could let that go already?" Kira grumbled.
"Aw, why when it's so much fun to tease you about it?" A new voice chuckled as Conner stood up from behind Tommy. He paused once he had an unobstructed view of her, his breath leaving him in a quiet, inaudible gasp. He stared at her for a long while, as if committing her image to his memory. Behind Kira, Ethan and Trent snickered quietly.
"Hey Conner," Kira breathed out. Conner blinked, bringing himself out of the reverie staring at her had put him in.
"Hey," he replied.
"What, no hug for Conner?" Ethan's voice rang out, referring to Kira's stationary stature. Kira sighed, closing her eyes as she vowed to kill Ethan later.
"Guess he does have a point," Conner said, giving her a warm smile coupled with a wink, which caused Kira's previous blush to return ten fold. "Don't I get a hug too?" He asked. Kira chuckled and went over to him, throwing her arms around him a hug.
"It's great to see you." She commented. She felt Conner's arms come around her in a tight embrace.
"Same here," he whispered in her hair, closing his eyes and inhaling, getting a strong whiff of the shampoo she'd used earlier that day. The two stayed in their embrace for longer than any of the embraces Kira had given thus far that day, causing the others in the room to give each other awkward looks.
"Uh," Andy finally said after a while, "so, if all the greetings are through, shouldn't we get to whatever work we need to get to?"
"Right!" Kira commented, finally pulling away from the hug, blushing furiously.
"Yeah," Conner muttered, looking away.
"We should all…uh…get downstairs then," Kira said. Without another word she began making her way to the basement. Tommy, Mia and Conner followed her. Andy went to go along when he felt a sharp smack upside his head before Trent passed him to go join the others.
"Ow," Andy muttered, rubbing his head. He took a step to follow only to get another smack upside the head as Ethan passed him.
"What the hell!?" He exclaimed.
"You had to say something, didn't you?" Ethan sighed before following the others to the basement. Andy stared at his retreating figure with a confused expression.
"What did I do?" He grumbled, rubbing his sore head.
"You stopped them." Ethan hissed.
"Stopped who?" Andy asked. Ethan gave him an incredulous look.
"How clueless can you be?" He asked.
"Very, apparently." Trent muttered as they walked down the stairs. Andy sighed and simply followed them. Once the three joined the others downstairs, they saw that Kira was just starting to show off her lair to Conner and Tommy.
"Impressive," Tommy said. Conner smirked.
"That's Dr. O speak for 'hey, you copy cat, quit ripping my style'," he joked. Kira grinned and rolled her eyes.
"I simply borrowed the idea." She replied. Ethan chuckled as he and Trent walked over to them.
"It's an homage," Ethan said.
"Hey, if it gets the job done who cares what it is," Trent smirked.
"I think I've got to agree with that," Tommy said.
"Glad to see that you guys like it." She replied. As the five friends chatted, Mia and Andy stood by with bored expressions on their faces.
"I thought once Ms. Ford's friends got here we'd actually be doing something other than standing around," Mia sighed. Andy gave her a look.
"What, do you want to go back to vacuuming her living room?" He asked.
"Did I say that?" Mia replied. She sighed, shrugging. "Just feeling restless, that's all," she said.
"Oh yes, having four days of not having some crazed woman try to kill you could make any one feel restless," Andy said, rolling his eyes. Mia shot Andy a look and smacked his arm. "Ow!" Andy exclaimed, catching everyone's attention. "All right, that's it, if one more person hits me, heads will roll," he groaned. Mia snorted.
"Another empty threat." She replied. He threw a glare her way.
"Everything all right over there?" Kira asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine," Mia grumbled. "Just bored out of our minds while we watch you five catch up on old times, that's all." Kira looked at them.
"You could always go back to cleaning." She offered.
"I'm not dusting another nook or cranny of this place even if you paid me," Mia muttered. She cast a look at Kira. "Wasn't the whole point of getting your old gang together was to do something about the evil chick? Well, guess what, catching up isn't exactly productive."
"Mia, shush," Andy warned. He figured getting an attitude with their teacher, summer or not, wasn't a good idea. Kira nodded.
"No, you're right." She replied. Mia looked at her.
"I am?" She said. She cleared her throat. "I mean, of course I am," she said. Kira smiled.
"I can imagine these past few days haven't exactly been easy for you guys and I apologize for keeping you guys waiting around with nothing to do but chores around the house."
"Hey, we're just glad we could help out in any way we could, right Mi?" Andy said, nudging his friend. Mia gave him a look before looking back at Kira with a sigh.
"Yeah," she said. "But we helped out in any way we could already, now what?" She asked.
"Impatient, isn't she?" Ethan mused.
"It's one of my finer qualities," "It's one of her finer qualities," both Mia and Kira quipped at the same time, causing everyone to stare at them for a moment before chuckling.
"Did you two rehearse that?" Trent laughed. Kira laughed.
"No...She said the exact same thing to me a few days ago." She replied.
"Look, we've got a lot of things to figure out," Ethan spoke up. "Kira, as impressive as this place is….you could do with a good once over from the tech master," he grinned.
"I wouldn't expect anything else," Kira replied, sending a smile his way. He looked back at the teens.
"So, how about you guys just go home and relax and we'll call you when things are up and running?" He suggested. Mia and Andy stared at him, their mouths falling open in shock.
"We spend days out of our summer vacation to prepare this place for you guys and everything….." Andy begun.
"And you're just going to send us off on our way like that?" Mia finished for him. Kira looked at them, feeling bad.
"I know it's not what you expected... But there's just no reason for you to be sitting around doing nothing all day." She replied. As if anticipating any retort from them, she held up a hand and continued. "And there's nothing I can give you guys to do to pass the time, unless you want to get a head start on your summer reading lists," she said.
"Uh no, thanks, we'll just go then," Andy quickly piped up, taking hold of Mia's shoulders. "Let's go, Mi," he said. Mia didn't protest as she and Andy climbed the stairs and left the house.
"Nice kids," Conner muttered as the two left. Tommy chuckled and looked at him.
"As if you four were any different at their age," he replied.
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After leaving Kira's house, Mia and Andy drove to the park and sat at a secluded part, just lounging in the grass, watching their peers running around having water fights not too far away.
"I envy them," Mia said after a while, watching some girls giggle as they pelted some guys with water balloons. "They have no idea what's going on out there….how our city could be bad guy central or something…and they're totally blissful in their ignorance." Andy gave her an odd look.
"Okay, you're becoming a little too reflective there, Mi," he sighed. Mia shrugged.
"How else are we supposed to deal with the news?" She questioned. Andy shrugged.
"Maybe take Ms. Ford's friend's advice and relax?" He suggested.
"I can't relax," Mia grumbled. "I keep expecting you know who to just appear out of no where or something. It's not like she didn't do that when we were at the beach." The second those words left her mouth, the two heard a loud thump behind them which sprang them into action as they scrambled to their feet and turned around to face whatever danger there was by falling into fighting stances.
"Whoa, uh, okay if you guys need your privacy you could've just said so," said a voice. Mia and Andy blinked as they saw that the noise hadn't come from Vengakix trying to sneak up on them, but someone taking a seat at the picnic table a foot away from them. Mia blinked and looked at the person.
"What the hell were you doing?" She demanded. Nathan blinked at her.
"Uh, same as you, I suppose, enjoying the nice summer day," he said, adjusting his glasses. "Didn't know that was a crime," he said.
"It's not," Andy spoke up. "Settle down, Cujo," he murmured to Mia. Mia snorted.
"Right and the eavesdropping just happened to happen right?" She questioned. Nathan fixed her with an amused look before chuckling.
"Eavesdropping?" He asked. "I highly doubt either of you have anything interesting enough to say to warrant eavesdropping." Mia glared at him.
"Doesn't matter." She shot back. Nathan rolled his bespectacled eyes at her.
"Hey, I just didn't feel like sitting over at the tables over there and getting caught in the water gun crossfire. I wasn't eavesdropping, just sitting, okay?" He said.
"Whatever." Andy commented. Nathan threw a glare at him before standing up.
"Right, well remind me next time Mr. James Dean wannabe says something to get your panties in a bunch to just keep my mouth shut," he muttered, feeling a little miffed that he'd done a good deed for them a few days ago and hadn't even gotten a thank you and was now getting attitude from them instead of gratitude. Andy blinked.
"That was you?" He asked. Nathan looked at him.
"No, it was my twin brother," he scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Yes it was me." Andy shook his head.
"Sorry man, craziness was going on then….Didn't really register faces or anything," he said. There was silence from all three parties for a few seconds before they heard a malicious laughter. Mia and Andy spun around only to come face to face with Vengakix. Mia sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Oh not you again, don't you have anything else to do but stalk us?" She snapped. Andy grabbed her wrist as he slowly backed up, pulling her back with him.
"Mi, back talk later, run now," he suggested. Andy moved backwards, his eyes still trained on Vengakix as he focused on pulling Mia back with him that he forgot Nathan was still standing there until it was too late.
"Ow!" Nathan exclaimed as Andy stepped on his foot and tripped over him, falling backwards causing all three teens to fall in a heap.
"That was graceful," Mia muttered.
"Get off me!" Nathan barked, his voice muffled by Andy's back
"I'm trying!" Andy shouted. Vengakix looked at them.
"Stupid teens." She muttered as she moved forward. Mia, who was trying to scramble back to her feet but was being pinned down by someone's leg—and she wasn't sure who's—looked up. She saw Vengakix approaching them and quickly stuck her hand out.
"Back off!" She snarled, sending a concentrated gust of wind at the woman, much like she did a few days ago. Vengakix laughed as she held her hand out, effectively stopping the blast. Mia's eyes widened.
"Shit, didn't know she could do that," she said.
"Who could do what?" Nathan asked as he was trying to get out from under Andy and Mia, his vision blocked by Andy being on top of him. "Ow!" He yelled as Andy, who was also trying to get up, accidentally slammed his elbow into Nathan's jaw.
"Okay, we need to go now," Mia muttered as she increased her efforts to get up. Vengakix chuckled.
"You three are almost too amusing to destroy," she mused. "I just might keep you as my court jesters."
"Doubt it." Andy snapped as he finally was able to stand up, shoving Mia off of him and causing her to roll a few inches away. "I think our friend here looks a little thirsty," he smirked as he raised his hand up.
"Andy, don't, wai-" Mia tried to warn but Andy didn't hear her as he sent a blast of water towards Vengakix, who held up her own hand. Instead of stopping it like she had with Mia's attempt, she deflected the blast and sent it right back Andy.
"What the-" Was all Andy could get out before the blast hit him directly in the chest, sending him soaring through the air until he landed a few feet away.
"Andy!" Mia shrieked. Over by Andy, the strange occurrence finally caught the attention of the teens engaging in water fights and the air was filled with panicked shouting as they ran away. Nathan's eyes darted between Mia and Andy.
"What the hell!?" He muttered. Mia looked over at him as she slowly pushed herself up to her feet.
"You need to get out of here, now," she advised.
"Aw, I think he should stay," Vengakix's voice rang out. "I wouldn't mind having a new playmate," she chuckled.
"Who asked you?" Mia barked. She balled up her fist and threw a gust of wind at Vengakix, hoping to catch her unawares. The strike simply made the villainess take a single step back before she chuckled.
"Is that all you've got?" She sneered. Beside Mia, Nathan was slowly raising to his feet, starring at the scene before him with wide eyes.
"You guys have powers too?" He breathed out. Mia went to tell him to shut up and run when what he said set an alarm off in her head. Her wide eyes darted towards him.
"What do you mean, 'too'?!" She demanded. Nathan grinned.
"Just watch." He commented. He closed his eyes and waited just a moment before the ground began to shake violently. Mia stumbled backwards until her hip bumped into the picnic table Nathan had been sitting at before. She quickly grabbed onto the edge of the table to keep herself steady. She looked over and saw Vengakix try to keep her footing before failing against the force of the earthquake and falling on her back.
"Ha!" Andy laughed from his position a short distance away. Mia looked over and couldn't help break out into a relieved smile as she saw Andy make his way to them, the only evidence of getting hit by his own attack being a slight limp as he gingerly rubbed his chest, where the blast had hit him, and the fact that he was dripping wet.
"I think she's down for the count," Nathan's voice rang out as he observed Vengakix's fallen form. Andy slowly got closer to them, coming to a stop behind Nathan.
"We should get out of here then, while she's still out," Andy suggested.
"Who said I was ever out?" Came a chuckle from Vengakix's prone form. The three teens looked over at her as she gracefully floated back onto her feet. Her eyes narrowed at Nathan. "That wasn't very nice," she sneered at him. Before any of them could react, a ball of black electricity formed in her hand before she heaved it straight for Nathan.
"Look out!" Mia screamed, but the ball hit Nathan straight in the chest with such force it knocked him into Andy before slamming the two sprawling back a few feet before landing in a joint unconscious heap. Mia stared at their unmoving forms with wide eyed terror. "Oh god," she whispered. Just as she went to turn back around to face Vengakix, she felt the woman's hand clamp around her throat in a vice grip before she lifted Mia up and slammed her down on the picnic table, the squeezing grip on her throat keeping her in place as she struggled to get out of Vengakix's hold.
"Oh no," Vengakix sneered. "Looks like there are no more boys to help you," she chuckled.
"Who says I need help?" Mia choked out as she dug her nails into Vengakix's wrist in hopes of making Vengakix let go of her. This only made the woman tighten her hold on her neck. Mia gagged and struggled to suck in air but Vengakix's hold on her was making that near impossible.
"Just stop struggling and die already," Vengakix hissed out. Mia's eyes fluttered shut as she felt consciousness slowly slipping away from her. In the distance, she could hear the roar of an approaching motorcycle. Suddenly she felt an intense heat licking at her side before Vengakix let out a pained shriek, her grip disappearing as she stumbled back. Mia gasped as she fell off the picnic table, falling onto all fours on the ground as she sucked in precious oxygen. Once her senses returned to her she noticed her sleeve had caught on fire.
"Shit!" She gasped before quickly smacking the flame out. She looked over to see Vengakix stumbling backwards, her dress engulfed in flames. Mia looked up to see someone dismounting a motorcycle. By their stature she could tell it was a guy, and he was dressed in jeans and a black leather jacket zipped up to his chin, a large helmet on his head hiding his face. "Not that I'm not grateful," Mia muttered hoarsely, rubbing her neck, "but think you could work on that aim, Torchy?" She said, looking down at her sleeve which now had scorch marks and holes all over it. Her mysterious savior gave her a brief look.
"How dare you interfere!" Vengakix snarled. She waved a hand over her dress and caused the flames to disappear. The stranger in question shrugged before throwing another fireball at Vengakix. Vengakix stuck her hand up and brushed the attack aside, letting the fireball hit the grass before smothering out. "Oh," she chuckled, "is that all you've got?" The stranger took a step back in surprised before dashing over to Mia and grabbing her arm before hauling her to her feet.
"Come on," he said lowly, dragging her towards his bike. "We've got to get out of here." Mia tried to pull her arm back.
"You can't honestly be suggesting we leave them with her, are you?" Mia gasped out, looking back at Nathan and Andy, who were still unconscious. She figured Vengakix was too distracted with her and this new ally to think about doing anything to the two fallen teens but Mia knew that if left with no distractions Vengakix would not hesitate to take advantage of Andy and Nathan's current unconscious state. He ignored her as he put his hands on her waist and lifted her up, setting her down on the bike. "Hands off!" She snarled as she tried to get off the bike. "I'm not leaving them!" The stranger looked at her before emitting a groan and shaking his head.
"Fine, stay here," he ordered before turning back to Vengakix. "I'll get rid of her," he said.
"Oh, will you now?" Vengakix sneered. He nodded.
"Damn skippy I will." He replied before blasting another fireball in her direction. Vengakix smirked as she put her hand up, seemingly catching the fireball in her hand.
"Oh, this again?" She cackled before hurling the ball right back at him.
"Oh shit," the stranger muttered before the ball hit him with harder force as he'd sent it out, causing him to fly backwards. Mia quickly ducked as his body went soaring over her head before landing with a hard thud. Mia looked back at him before her attention was drawn back to Vengakix as the woman heaved a bored sigh.
"Oh dear," she said. "I really thought you humans would be more of a challenge." She looked at Mia. "You are not worth my time, little girl," she sneered.
"Oh and you're such a barrel of fun yourself," Mia snapped back. Vengakix simply glared at her.
"I will return when I have a much more worthwhile opponent," she said. "Tell your darling teacher I expect her to face me," she said before disappearing. Mia blinked, staring at the spot Vengakix had just occupied. A groan in the distance caught her attention, causing her to look over to see Andy and Nathan slowly getting up. She slowly slid off the motorcycle and went to them.
"You guys okay?" She asked. Andy nodded, rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah, you?" He asked. Mia opened her mouth to reply when she remembered that her savior had been on the receiving end of an attack.
"Oh crap," she said before rushing past the bike to the body. She found him lying on the ground, groaning gently. The fireball that had hit his chest had been snuffed out but not without burning a whole through his leather jacket, revealing a red shirt. She quickly kneeled at his side and gently lifted his head up. "Are you okay?" She asked. The man groaned gently. He tried to get up but Mia stopped him.
"You took a pretty hard hit," she said, "you should probably lie still." He chuckled at her concern.
"Aw shucks, my angel, didn't know you cared," he said. Mia's eyes widened as she finally recognized his voice.
"YOU?!" She hissed before quickly dropping his head and jumping back up to her feet. The man chuckled as he pushed himself up to his feet with one hand while the other pulled his helmet off to reveal Christian's smug face. Mia gave a disgusted scoff once she laid eyes on his face, causing him to give a mock frown.
"Hey now, I just saved your life," he grinned, going over and catching her hand in his. "I believe that deserves a thank you," he said. The second the words left his mouth, a stream of water shot out and slammed against him, causing him to release Mia's hand and fall over.
"That's all you deserve," came Andy's sneering tone as he and Nathan approached the bike. Christian shook his head trying to rid his ears of water as he slowly stood up.
"Huh, feeling all big and bad now, huh?" He said. "I was attempting to save your ass before gothic bitch knocked me down; I think you should be a bit nicer to me." Nathan scoffed.
"You were only doing that because she wouldn't let you leave us," he said. Christian narrowed his eyes at him.
"Nobody asked you, geek boy," he sneered.
"And there you go with the unimaginative nicknames again," Nathan sighed, shaking his head.
"Guys!" Mia commented. The three males turned and looked at her. "Fighting is going to get us nowhere... Andy I think we need to take them to see Kira." Andy looked at her.
"Didn't her friend give us a 'don't call us, we'll call you' kind of send off before?" He reminded her. Mia rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well I kind of think that's null right now, given new developments," she said.
"Who's Kira?" Christian asked, smirking. "She sounds hot." Mia turned to look at him.
"That would be Ms. Ford, jackass," she replied. Christian chuckled.
"Aw, not jealous, are you?" He said.
"Shut up before I knock you on your ass like I did the other day," she threatened.
"I thought you said no fighting," Nathan pointed out.
"Shut up!" Came a chorus of three voices. Nathan frowned.
"Sorry," he muttered. Mia sighed.
"Let's just go, okay?" She said.
