The trio arrived in the Dining Room, Roxanne, Eiyuu and Meen-yawn gasping for the grandiosity of that place: the pavement was covered in marble, and at the wall were hanging some beautiful still-life paintings, mostly about fruits or edible things.
The table was one of those long, wooden tables, probably dating back to the Victorian era, with a fine white tablecloth made of linen.
Aidan was sitting at the head of the table, while Lily was at his right. Wayne sat at the left of his father, and Alfred gestured Roxanne to sit near Lily, and Eiyuu near Wayne.
"Hum…can I place Meen-yawn over the table, please?" the blue kid asked politely at the owners.
Lily smiled, and nodded. "Of course, little one. Minion, do you want some fish flakes or do you eat what we are eating?" she asked at the ichthyoid in the crystal sphere.
"Thank you, Miss Lily for asking me. I'm fine with what you eat, thanks," he answered, bowing his whole body.
"I will feed him some of my meal…hum…Lily…" Eiyuu said, blushing.
The noblewoman nodded, smiling, and gestured Alfred to start distributing the dinner: there were chicken thighs, mashed potatoes, French fries and spinach as side dishes.
Eiyuu took a little of all, since in prison they didn't give him some quality meal, and he slipped some of them into the crystal ball, through an almost invisible hatch in the upper part of the sphere.
Wayne also ate a lot of things, even if he needed a meal like an average human, since his body was able to produce energy by itself.
Roxanne ate a chicken thigh, and some French fries, giggling seeing the two kids eating like there was no tomorrow.
Even Lily giggled at the show, and Aidan cleared his throat.
"Boys, a little of composure…we aren't animals…no offense," he finished, looking at Meen-yawn, smiling, but like the other times, his smile didn't reach his eyes.
"None taken, Mister Scott. I'm indeed an animal, but very different from Terrestrial ones," he said, smiling.
The two little alien ate their meal in a more educated manner, and when Eiyuu finished, he sighed, and said, "Thanks for the meal. It was delicious. And by the way, this is a very beautiful room. If I'm correct, this table comes from the Victorian era, right? And I bet that those paintings are also really old…sorry for my curiosity," he finished, shyly, thinking that he was a little intrusive.
Aidan nodded, and said, "You're right. I'm impressed that you know about those things at such a young age, but Wayne talked about your inventions, so I should not be so surprised. You have really an amazing intellect for your age," he finished, looking at him with a strange glint in his eyes.
Wayne noticed that, and he stored the information for later.
Eiyuu was also suspicious about that eye stare, since he saw it MANY times when he was in prison, when one of his "uncles" told him about some of their ingenious plans, when they were outside prison.
"Thank you, Sir. By the way, speaking of which, Wayne showed me his Commodore 64, and I forgot to tell him that I invented some of the components when I was younger," the blue alien said proudly.
For the first time, Aidan made a genuine surprised expression. "You invented some of the components? Really?"
"Yes, when I was three years old, I created some transistors, and when I was four some chips and other technological things like those," Eiyuu said, smiling proudly.
Aidan had that expression again, and Wayne was more and more worried, while Eiyuu was starting to think about some escape plans, if things went ugly that same night.
"That's impressive! I think that you would have a future in the technological department, Blue!" the man said, smiling.
"Thank you, Sir, and I hope so…I like so much to create new things!" the little genius said truthfully, smiling happily.
After that, they continued to eat, and Alfred served meringue cake as dessert, and Eiyuu took two portions, and then the three kids and fish went to sleep in Wayne's bedroom: he had a very big and awesome bunk bed, with four bed instead of the usual two, custom made: it was all white, with stars painted all over, and to descend it had a slide for every bed, instead of the usual ladder. It had, obviously, a ladder to climb up, but Wayne requested that slide if some of his eventual friends came over to sleep. Wayne slept in the upper part, flying over.
In the room there were a big TV and a small table with a custom-made small sofa and armchairs too, a library and a door that leaded toward his personal bathroom.
"Wow! Awesome bed!" Eiyuu said, climbing up nimbly, even holding Meen-yawn under one of his arms.
He bounced on the very soft and thick mattress, enjoying it, since in prison his cot wasn't even remotely so comfy.
Both Roxanne and Wayne blinked at his agility. "Wow…how did you do that?" Wayne asked.
The little blue alien blinked, and asked, "How did I do…what?"
"Climbing up the ladder like that…with Minion under one of your arms…you seemed a…monkey…eheheh…no offense…" Wayne said, sheepishly at the end.
"Oh…that…mmmh…well, I think – but it's only a theory – that my race is really nimble…but I must check that out…" he said, thoughtful, thinking about his pod/encyclopedia.
Wayne and Roxanne nodded. "It make sense…ok, now, let's go clean our teeth, and go to bed…I have an alarm clock, I would set out to midnight, so we can do our plans, ok?" Wayne said, in a plotting manner.
Eiyuu and Roxanne nodded, and they went to his personal bathroom; the two guests gasped again, seeing it: it was covered in white marble, and there was a HUGE bathtub, and even a shower, but one of those where you can sit down on a sort of bench all around the border, and with frosted glass' panels all around. The washbasin was also white, with copper faucets, always reminding them the Victorian era.
"Wow! I bet the tub is a Jacuzzi, right?" Eiyuu said, having read about architecture and whatnot in the prison's library.
Wayne beamed, and nodded. "You're right, and the water massage is really awesome!" he said, going to wash his teeth, followed by the other two.
Then they put on their pajamas and nightgowns, and they went to bed, Wayne setting the alarm at midnight, and they tried to sleep, but their excitement prevented them to do so.
"Oh, Wayne, I almost forgot to tell you…your father had a…strange expression when I was talking about my inventions at dinner. I noticed that you were watching him attentively too…you know what that means?" Eiyuu asked, suppressing a yawn: now he was somewhat tired.
"Yes, I know what that mean, and I'm a fool! Sorry…my father gets that expression when he's thinking something…illegal. I forgot to mention to you to not talk about remunerative things…I'm sorry…" Wayne said, sadly.
"Hey, don't worry…the warden is my legal guardian, and I'm sure that he has some agreement with the Government, so your father can't touch me…or so I hope…" the blue kid said, not sure if he was safe with that.
"I hope so…my father gave at the Government a lot of money to keep me safe, and I don't know if he corrupted some other Government's member to have his way…but if we succeed in our plan, all of this would come to an end," he said, in a resolute manner, yawning too.
They were both tired, and they went to sleep, until the alarm clock rung, waking them with a start.
"Oh my gosh! It's morning?" Wayne said, blinking, and yawning, then stretching.
"No, Wayne, we need to act our plans. You're ready?" Eiyuu said, after some while, since his brain needed more time to "boot up" compared to a human one.
"Oh, yeah…mmmh…ok, I'm ready…" he said, floating down, and waking up completely, because his body was quicker to wake up than an average human.
Roxanne was still stretching her arms. "Mmmh…I need a couple of minutes to wake up properly…but you may go, Wayne…we'll wait here, ok?"
Wayne nodded, and in a snap of fingers was gone and returned, with a VHS tape in his hands.
Aliens and girl blinked, and Roxanne was fully awake for the surprise.
"What the…? You've done it already?" Eiyuu asked, not believing his eyes.
Wayne laughed, and shrugged. "Superspeed, remember? Here it is the VHS," he said, handing that to him.
Since Wayne had a video recorder hooked to the TV, they checked the VHS, seeing that it was the right one.
The blue alien smiled, and took out the gun, dehydrating the thing, and placing it in the duffle bag.
"There, now it's safe," he said, smiling.
Both Roxanne and Wayne were impressed by his invention. Then they walked toward the room where the contract was kept, and thanks to Eiyuu ability to open doors even when they were locked, they entered into the room, Roxanne and Meen-yawn staying outside to see if somebody was coming.
"Ok, here's the drawer," Wayne said, pointing at a modern cabinet near an old glass cabinet.
First they tried to see if the drawer was opened, and they found that it wasn't, but Eiyuu unlocked it, with a key that the superpowered kid gave him, and Wayne took out the envelope with the contract, and even another envelope, which was thick and old.
Seeing the puzzled expression Eiyuu had, Wayne said, "I'll explain later, let's go."
The blue alien nodded, and they returned to Wayne's bedroom, checking out the teacher's contract, just in case: it was full of rules and threats, and they all frowned.
Some of them were terrible, and linked with other illegal activity of the nobles, like telling her that if she didn't do what they ordered to her, they would send at her house some of their "friends", or that they would fire her, and make sure that she wouldn't find another place to work.
"What's the other envelope, Wayne?" Roxanne asked, curious to know why he picked up that too.
The blue alien, in the meanwhile, had dehydrated the contract, and they were sitting onto the mini-sofa in the room, with the huge envelope on the small table, with a glass top.
The superpowered kid opened the envelope, and took out one of the files inside it.
The dates were recent, and he opened a random page: when they all read what was written, they all gasped.
Eiyuu recognized some of the names, since they were all criminal's names, some of them were in "his" prison, and some other were still outside, and he didn't believed at his eyes, but it was the truth.
"As you can see, in these files there are their…bad deeds…all of them. I saw them putting this envelope in that drawer long time ago, and I remembered it. I think that this is what the Police want," Wayne said, seriously.
"Wayne…you are a real hero now, really! I'm really impressed! Now I'll dehydrate this too, so tomorrow we can give that at the warden," the small genius said, smiling at his new – and unexpected – friend.
The superpowered alien smiled proudly, and said, "Thanks, Blue! That's really important for me! Ok, now it's better that we go to bed, I'm pretty tired right now, and I look for tomorrow!" he said, yawning loudly, and floating toward his bed.
The blue alien dehydrated the huge envelope, and put the cube into his duffle bag, together with the other two, in a little plastic bag, to avoid surprises, and then he went to bed too, followed by Roxanne.
They went to sleep almost instantly, and the next morning Alfred went to wake them up, to make breakfast.
They ate a breakfast fit for a King: pancake with various jams and maple syrup, fruits juices, latte, hot chocolate, cookies, and other delectable things, then they washed their teeth, and dressed themselves, and Alfred drove them at school.