Stepping over wires and cords, Kam carefully made his way to the "living room" with Christian in arms. The only thing that defined it as a living room was the futon style couch and the coffee table,the rest looked straight out of sci-fi. There were about twenty-some television screens lining the front wall, half showing what looked like real-time views of the suburbs and half showing random television programs. The other walls were covered in wires, taped up to keep them off the floor, although that didn't keep it from being a spiderweb. Shelves and shelves of machines lined the back, VCRs,DVD players, Radios, you name it. The only free space in the room was a path that lead into the rest of the place.

Kam kicked the futon and it popped open to bed size. He tossed Christian onto it carelessly, and then sat down on the coffee table, picking up a headset radio from behind him.

"This is Kameron broadcasting from the rendezvouz point. Just reporting that phase one was succesful. Over."

Static....and then;

"Ohhh! Hi Kami!!" said a drunken female voice in between hiccups.

"Wh-What?! Lily?! Where's Daniel?!"

Lily giggled girlishly,"Hehehe! Danny? Silly Danny! He isn't feelin' too well at the moment, can i take a message?"

Kameron sighed, he guessed there had been some sort of party last night. He doubted there was any jack daniels left.

"Lily...I'm going to turn on the visuals now..." he said as he clicked a button on a nearby remote.

The T.V. monitor about four from the left and two from the bottom twitched and then swung out on a mechanical arm to meet Kam. The program, some anime about a green-haired and bikini-clad girl playing volleyball, fizzled out and switched to a view of a radio room in The Underground.

"Ah! Uh...No visual neccasary, Kami! I got it all- " She hiccuped,"I got it all under control!!"

Kameron looked at the screen with disgust. Visual was sure-as-hell neccasary.

The radio room was completely trashed. Chairs were knocked over, some with ripped cushions and feathers bleeding out onto the liqour slicked floor. Someone had unplugged all the headphones and tied them together in thick complicated knots. There were all manners of graffiti covering the walls, from simple tags to elaborate and somewhat obscene murals. The room was deserted though, the partiers knew that there would be hell to pay, motivation enough to get their drunk asses out of there. The only people Kam detected were Lily, wearing a male work shirt two sizes too large and an embarressed smile, and.... Dear god.

"Why...Why is Daniel unconcious and...naked?" Kameron asked cautiously.

Lily blushed fire-truck red, "Danny?" She tried to play dumb, "Daniel's here? I don't see him...Oh! Under the- Well how'd he get there?! And naked! Of all the things! Wow...that's just...Strange!" She smiled even more sheepishly as she covered the name tag on her shirt.

"Dear god...Did you two..? Ugh. I don't even want to know..." Kameron was sickened by the thought of such nonsense running rampant in his radio room.

"Is Boss watching?" Lily asked nervously.

"No, get that place cleaned up though. She's coming home, probably with a newcomer."

Lily's face brightened up," A newcomer?! Wow! I'll get this mess taken care of pronto!" She gave a salute and walked off toward the tangled headphones.

Kam clicked the button on the remote again, and the television swung back into place, showing the green-haired anime girl flirting with some spiky-headed blonde kid. Gloria walked in the door just as Kameron was removing the headset radio.

"You check in with base?" She asked, leaning up against an old fax machine.

"Yeah. Nothing that out of the ordinary." He replied, watching the fifth television screen. A National Geographic video, showing the gory corpse of a zebra.

Gloria pantomined a thoughtful look," Let me guess...some sort of drinking party in the old church?"

"Actually, the radio room this time." Kam corrected. Remind me to have the place sanitized.

"Ah. Well, it's still an hour and a half 'til the kid wakes up." Gloria said, now sitting criss-cross on the dusty wood floor," And i'm bored."

Kam looked at her with exhasperation," You're the only girl I know who can commit a kidnapping, govern the last free city in the hemisphere, and still be bored."

"I'm the only girl you know, period!" Gloria said, rolling her eyes and helping herself to a half empty Mountain Dew on the table.

"Hey! I know lily! And Celeste!" Kam retorted defensively.

Gloria laughed," Yeah, from the T.V maybe, but have you ever met them? No. Therefore, I'm the only girl you know. Check and mate."

Kam started to say something back, but realized he was beat. He gave Gloria a dirty look and stuck out his tounge.

"Oh, wah-wah, you baby. Why don't you change the T.V. to somethin' good? We've got time to kill." She said, sipping the flat soda and completely hiding the fact that she was bursting with anxiety to talk to the suburbian lying still on the couch.


Author's note:

Sorry, just a chapter to give you an idea of what Kameron is like. I had to split a really big chapter into smaller parts so...yeah. No interesting stuff in this chapter. It get's better though, I promise! Just wait 'til the kid wakes up. :)