All Cards On The Table
A new chapter already? How do i do it? Dont worry, its pretty short, actually, but it has its moments... Anyways, may i present chaper 8!
Chloe's P.O.V.
Kit came back with lunch, as he prommised, around 3pm. He called us down to the kitchen and we sat down to eat. Kit in the end of the table, me on his right side, Tori beside me. Simon to his left, facing me, Derek facing Tori. The air was thick with the unsaid. We looked at eatch other-Simon, Derek, Tori and me.
Who will bring up the topic? It was actually kinda childish: You tell him! NO, you tell him! I smiled at the thought. Tori looked at me and gave me a smirk. Oh, I forgot that she could read my thoughts. She gave me a teasing glare. As saying: Yeah, you better be careful about what you're thinking ...or who. I blushed slightly and began to think about how we should do this.
In the end niether of us said anything, but surprisengly Kit did: "Okay. There is clearly something going on here, and you are all acting like there isnt. Is there something you want to tell me?" Yes, a whole lot, actually. But how do you tell that kind of things without sounding dumb ar crazy? Answer: You cant.
So, the brave person I was, and becouse I was kinda tired of the four-way looks we gave eatch other, I looked Kit in the eyes and told him everything. Begining with me, being able to see the furture, to the meeting with Liz, to telling Liz' story, to us knowing he and my aunt having a rebelious group against The Edison Group, finally ending with our agrement on wanting to find the remaining kids and warn them. When I was done the presure somehow lifted and the air wasnt so thick anymore.
"Okay, let me get this right: A ghost of one of the testing-persons in Protject Genesis, told you about the protject and about the episode 4 monts ago, and about the other testing-persons and wanted you to warn them. Then she told you about the Darkest Rising, mine and your aunts so called rebelios group?"
I sighted. "Yes, that was what Liz told me," I said and waited for his reaction. He looked at us with concern and shok his head. "Well, this changes everything," he just said. We all looked questiongly at him. He looke apologizing at Simon and Derek. Then at Tori. And last of all, at me.
"We wanted to tell you. I wanted to tell you. Everything. The experiments, the deaths, all of it. But we thought that the less you know, the safer you would be. So we didnt tell you. We wanted to wait till you was ready. At the time, before those kids were killed, we thought we did the right thing.
We thought we could help other supernaturals, we thought they would help other supernaturals. Turns out, the only people the wanted to help, was themselves. They wanted power, without price. They wanted inproved supernaturals, that will do what they said, without hassitation. But they forgot on thing: You were not robots, not machines that they could turn on and off, whenever they wanted to. They couldnt just push a button and you will do anything they told you.
No, you were human beings, you had your own brain. And that was not inconvinient at all. Not for them at least. So, when things started to go wrong, the turned off the machine. Killed the kids. Just becouse they didnt want to be their lab-rats any more. Sure, Royce and Liz was a whole other story.
Royce was way to dangerous, there was no one who could control him, not even himself. And as you now tell me, he came back and made sure everyone thought that Liz was out of control too, so they would kill her. That just tells a little about what kind of people Royce and the Edison Group are. Royce wanted revenge, EG wanted to get rit of all the dengerous, emotionaly unstable, uncontoleble machines.
That is what you are to them. Their propety. Not people, just experiments that needed to be observed and controled. And if the experiment didnt do what it was supose to? Then they will be eliminated from the protject. In other words killed." He looked at us seriously and took a deep breath before he continued.
"When me and Lauren found out about this we quit our jobs and tried to hide you. We still are. We formed the group to get help, we want to find those other kids too. Thats why we moved here. The other kids, they go at your school. We wanted to find them and tell them, warn them. But now that you know... I guess I cant make plans, without totally shutting you guys out. I guess that we need to work together and..." Simon interopted him. "Hold on! Are you telling us, that we can join your rebelious group?"
Kit nodded. "As I said: I cant se an other option without being unfair... But, of course if you dont want to, im not gonna force you to..." Simon interupted him again. "If we dont want to? Of course we want to! Right guys?" He looked at us.
Tori nodded. "Yeah, I guess it could be pretty cool to kick some supernatural ass," she said and gave Kit a smirk. Derek cleared his throat. "I guess its the most rational to do," he said with his deep voice. Sexy, my girly brain corrected me. Would you shut up? We actually have an audience! So shut it! Tori gave me a weird look. Then a small smirk appered on her face. Busted. Oh shit! Okay, shut up, shut up.
"How about you, Chloe? Are you in?" Simon asked me. I nodded. "Yeah, deffently," I said and looked at Kit. He gave us a warm smile. "Amazing! All though, sorry to disapoint you Tori, there is not gonna be any ass-kicking right away. We mostly observe EG, you know, reckoning, spying on them, that kind of things," he said. I looked at Tori, who kinda looked disapointed. I gave her a smirk. She shot me a glare, but I could see the teasing in her eyes.
Kit looked over at me. "Chloe, I dont know, but maybe its a good idea, that you call Lauren and tell her all of this," he said with a little of concer in his eyes. Oh yeah, that. Minnor detail. Kinda.
After that we ate and talked. Just small talk. Mostly Simon and Kit. Me? I had a vision:
I was carriyng some platesto the sink, when I stumbled and fell on the floor. The plates shattered all over the place, and I have cut my hand pretty bad. The blood was running down my arm and I began to cry...
I blinked a couple of times and sighted quietly. Well, now I know I dont have to do that. After we were done eating, Kit asked me to carry the plates over to the sink. Okay, be careful, I said to my self. Dont stumble, dont stumble... But that didnt quite help. And then I stumbled. Oh NO! I yelled in my head as I closed my eyes, prepering for the fall and the cut.
Only it never happened. I heard the plates shatter, and felt a warm arm around my waist. My rescuer pulled me in. I opened my eyes. Derek. I sighted in relief. "Oh god. You just saved me from an ugly cut, you know that?" He looked cunfuced at me.
"What?" I shook my head. "I ad a vision, that I fould fall and cut me on the shattered plates. You saved me," I said. My girly brain sighted. Ahh, my hero. Shut up! But the thought still made me blush. His arm was still around my waist though. When he realised that, his ears turned red and he let go of me.
Aww, so soon? I swear to god, just one more time... Okay, okay. Dont be so snappish. I am you, you know that, right? This is your thoughts and..."Thank you, though," I said and looked him in the eyes. His expression was unreadeble. "Sure, any time," he just said and walked away.
After I cleaned up my mess I took my phone and st in the living room. Simon, Tori and Derek were upstairs and Kit was in the kitchen, working. I typed in aunt Laurens number and waited. It called two times before she picked it up. "Chloe! I'm so glad you called, I really miss you, already...Is everything okay?" I sighted.
"No, actually. There is something we need to talk about," I said. She hassitaded. "Oh, okay. What is it honey?" I took a deep breath and told her everything. Including Kit's sudgestion that we join their group and help them find the other kids. When I was done I waited for her answer.
"Well," she started out slowly. " This is really unexpected, actually. Look, I know you are mad, but I did wanted to tell you, I just...i didnt know how. But now you know, and thats is just great. Really. And you tell me Kit wants you guys to join the group? Yeah, I'm actually not sure if thats a good idea though, but...I'll talk with him about that later. Look, I have to go now, and I really dont think that we should have this conversation over the phone. For more reasons then I will admidt. But remember: be careful. Expecially now...I have to go, bye," she said and hang off.
Well, that was a total flop, really. But she was right. We shouldnt have this kind of conversations on the phone. Anybody could be spying at he line, tracking the phonecalls... But still, I kinda wanted her to say something more then that, maybe explain me some of it...But again, some one could be listening, so maybe that wasnt a good idea. I shook my head and went upstairs in my room. As I walked up the stairs I had an other vision:
I was walking down the hall, towards my room. As I walked pass the bathroom door it opened right in my face. And my nose began to bleed. A lot. I held my hand under it, and could hear the person, that opened the door apologizing...
Thank you, oh trustworthy and really inconvinient power. For real though, thank god that I saw it coming. So, now warned about the bathroom-door, I walked on the other side of the hall, so the door wont shut in my face. But the vision didnt warn me who walked out of the door. And as I passed the door, it opened and out came...Derek.
Only wearing a towel. Look at those abs! And those muscles! Oh my god, im gonna die! I froze and just stared at him. And tried to shut up my girl brain. Derek saw me and gasped. "Jesus! You scared the sh..." Then he realised that he wasnt wearing any clothes. I aready knew. Trust me, I knew. He blushed and held the towel closer to his lower-body. But that didnt hide his abs. And upper-body muscles. I could feel my jaw drop.
I didnt expect Derek to be so muscular. I actually thought he was kinda chubby, becouse he weared baggy clothes, as if to hide something. Now I knew what.
Then I realised, that I just stood there and stared at him. With open mouth. I quickly shut it, and blushed extreamly meeting his gaze. He, with ears dark red, looked away and cleared his throat. I looked away quicly, and with a unclear 'sorry' I walked towards my room, shoulder up to my ears, forceing myself not to look back. Did you see those abs! Oh my god, its like he is photoshopped!
(Inside joke, if you get it, tell me. Anyways, back to the story)
Yes, I did see them. Now would you please shut up? But the girl brain continued: Oh my god, and he blushed! That was sooo cute! Of course he blushed, he was half-naked in front of a girl. I would blush too, if a guy cought me naked. But not if Derek did, eh? Actually, you could do anything else... Oh stop it, would you? No way! I have a great idea: Lets walk back, and ask him if he could show us those abs one more time!
No fucking way in HELL. Absoulutly not. Forget it. Dont even think about it. Aww, come on it would be so fun! And maybe this time he wouldnt have any towel... Oh no. No, no, no, NO! Dont even go THERE! But that didnt stop my stupid girl brain from showing me images of Derek, now naked...
I walked over to my bed and fell down on it so the matras jumped. I put my head in my pillow and growled. "Grrrrr!" Why are you growling? I hevent even begun yet... I took a book from my night-stand and began to read. But my motherfucking-stupid girl brain wouldnt leave me alone...
Soo, you like it? Tell me in the rewiews. I know its short, but i udate like crazy, so a new chaper will be coming soon! Sooner than you think... Remember sudgestions to Rae, Peter, Mila and Bradys extra-powers! Please guys, I would really appriciate it! And remember:
ALWAYS STAY FABULOUS!
Love ya!
