Note: Yay! Another chapter! Yay, I know, it's kinda going slow.


Brandi woke up at six a.m. It was pouring rain outside. She rolled over in her bed from an uncomfortable night's sleep and gazed sleepily around her dim room. The sound of rain soothed her and it reminded her of when she'd be saying good bye to her friends so she could head out to sea.

"Wonder if there's a shower in this place," Brandi pushed the covers off and stretched. She'd slept in just her bra and jeans.

Stryker must have given her some extra clothes and underwear because inside the nightstand there were some. Brandi pulled her white tank top back on and grabbed the extra pair of socks, jeans, underwear, and black tank top that had been provided. She wondered how in the world Stryker knew what size of underwear she wore. It was weird.

When she walked out of her room she could already tell that all the guys were up. Her sensitive nose could smell coffee brewing but strangely no food. Didn't they all have high metabolisms, like her?

Chris must've shared the second floor with her because he was coming out of one of the rooms.

"Hey, got a shower in this place, mate?" Brandi asked as she walked over to him.

"There're actually two showers," Chris smiled and pointed to a door next to his room. "There's the closest one."

"Thanks," Brandi dashed into the bathroom and shut the door behind her.

There was a shower, a toilet, and a sink. She could smell what three guys shared this bathroom with her. It was Chris, Zero, and Wade. There was a small rack with four compartments that each had a towel. Under each towel there were the initials for whose towel it was. The top was marked Z.N., the second was C.B., the third was W.W., and the fourth was marked B.W. Brandi guessed the last one was hers, it did have her initials on it. Brandi Wallaby.

She pushed back the shower curtain and twisted the handles until the water temperate was to her liking. After stripping off her clothes she stepped in and let the warm water run over her entire body.

Downstairs, the guys were all talking about what was planned for today. They usually did missions but Stryker wanted them to do nothing today so that Brandi could start to settle in.

"She's actually nice," Logan said as he sipped his coffee.

"I just wish we knew what her power is," Zero was irritable this morning.

"Oh I'm sure it'll show up here soon," Wade added in.

"It's impossible to hide a mutation for long," John said and set his feet on the coffee table.

"And I think I'm gonna go see if Miss Aussie is up yet," Wade stood and started to walk up the stairs.

"She's just getting ready," Chris called as Wade disappeared upstairs.

The guys were quiet as they waited for Wade to come back down, hopefully with Brandi. For a while it was quiet, and then a door opened. There was a low growl, a shout, then Wade said something, then there was a heavy crash.

Logan and Zero took off up the stairs and were surprised the see Wade slouched against the wall where he had landed.

"Man, she's got one hell of a kick," Wade rubbed his head as he stood.

All three men watched as the bathroom door slammed shut. Brandi was grumbling in that foreign language again and it didn't sound real nice.

Oh, was Brandi mad. That stupid Wade had opened the door without knocking and caught her in just underwear and a bra. Luckily she wasn't butt naked but still, he should've knocked first.

"Nosy goanna," Brandi mumbled as she pulled on the new pair of jeans and black tank top. She ran a brush through her mid-back length hair. There had been a brush under her towel and she assumed it was for her.

After gathering up her dirty clothes she walked across the small open room and into her room. There was a pair of tennis shoes and black combat boots. The cowboy boots in the corner were hers. She slipped on a fresh pair of socks and put the tennis shoes on.

Brandi walked down stairs and was greeted by none other than Wade. She stared him straight in the eyes.

"If you ever walk in on me again, mate, I will kill you," Brandi growled. The others may have thought she was kidding, but she was very intent on killing him if he intruded without knocking again.

"So, are you hungry?" John changed the subject.

"Starved," Brandi answered flatly.

"Are you okay with going to the diner just a few miles from here?" Logan asked.

"Yeah, fine," Brandi crossed her arms.

"Well, I'm driving!" Wade grabbed some keys from a rack by the front door.

"No you're not," Zero took the keys from his hand and dashed out to the big black van sitting in the driveway.

Brandi followed silently, slightly amused by the way Wade argued with everybody. He usually said something that offended the other guy and then it turned into a war of witty comebacks. Once outside she dashed for the van, getting soaked as the rain poured down. It was a bit crowded in the van, but all eight of them managed to fit in. Now Brandi only wondered what it'd be like once they got to the diner.


Note: It'll pick up once they're in the diner! Hopefully... Remember to R&R!