Finn awaited the others to arrive patiently. He glanced at his brother, Vince. Vince, too, had no idea who, or what, his parents were. He had been sent to his room at the time of Acxa's visit and hadn't been there at the all-important conversation.
He had invited all the others for reasons of his own;
Kitty; a good friend. His oldest friend, even. According to his parents, her father had been the only Paladin to stay in contact with them throughout the twelve-year silence between them.
Shon; Shon was his best friend, despite having only moved to town a few weeks back. He needed a friend in all of this.
Laura; Laura was hot.
Hasher; Hasher, despite being annoying, was still a good person. Besides, he had lived in this town longer then the other four children.
Vince; Vince was his brother. He couldn't NOT invite him. Also, Vince hadn't met Shon yet. That was a big uh-oh.
"Finn, what are we doing here?" Vince asked, looking up at his big brother questionably.
"Waiting."
"Yeah. But why are we waiting for your friends? What's so important about here?"
"It's a secret."
"I hate secrets." Vince grumbled as a car lumbered into view. "Isn't that Kitty's car?"
"Her uncle's." Finn corrected.
The door opened, and Kitty hopped out. "Thanks, Uncle Rax!" Kitty waved to her uncle.
Her uncle just grunted, remotely closing the door before driving off.
Kitty grinned, skipping over to them. "Hey, guys! What's going on?"
"I'll explain as soon as the others arrive." Finn assured her, kindly placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Others?" Kitty frowned. "What others?"
"Shon, Laura, and the nerd."
"Ooh, the nerd." Kitty scowled doubtfully. "Why the nerd?"
"Dunno. I just felt like I should invite him."
"But he's a nerd!"
"Yeah, don't like it anymore then you, but, ya know."
At that moment, a red speeder drove up, Hasher at the helm.
Laura jumped off before it completely stopped, breaking into a roll upon impact with the ground. She stopped a few meters from the three waiting kids. She sprang to her feet, saluting.
"Finn. Kid. Girl."
"Vince." Vince corrected her, frustrated with being called 'kid'.
"Kitty." Kitty introduced herself.
"Hi!" Finn blushed, waving.
"Shut it, Finn." Laura sniffed, brushing past him as she gazed out over the cliffs. "Huh. Nice view."
"Yeah. I know."
"What are we doing here, Finn?" Asked Hasher, hopping down expertly.
With that, Finn dived head-into the information that his parents and Acxa had in-trusted him with.
"Takashi." Katlyn called, taking off her headphones and holding one of them close to her ear. "Remember that signal that interrupted broadcasting earlier today?"
"Yeah." Takashi responded, leaning close so that he, too, could hear the noise that arose from the headphone.
"I found a way to amplify it. It's still hazy, but more clear."
"Play it."
His wife nodded curtly, pressing the play button. Static filtered from the speaker, then a voice arose, old and tired.
"-aladins of Volt-on. Hagg-r is att-ki-g plan-t Puig. Yo-r assistance is requir-d."
"Uh-oh." Takashi hummed, frowning. "Do you think the others have picked up on it? Maybe Hunk found a way to expand the signal."
"I doubt it. Last I heard, he was running a seven-days-a-week bakery. Keith, however, has Galran hearing."
"He's never been a TV-guy. He prefers to read."
"Are you saying that Allura and Lance are maybe the only people who actually would have listened?"
"Possibly. I doubt Lance would look into it, though. We don't know where they live anymore, either. Last I heard, they lived near Varadero Beach. They could have moved, though." Takashi growled.
"Wait…" Katlyn hurriedly pulled up Google, typing in hurriedly 'Lance McClain'. "That should do it."
ERROR the screen chimed. GALAXY GARRISON HAS BLOCKED THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE INSERT PASSWORD
"Shoot." Katlyn hissed. "And it's against the law to hack into it."
"When has that ever stopped you?"
"Since we had children." Katlyn hissed. "If I could, I would, but I don't want CPS coming again."
Takashi snorted with laughter, leaning over her shoulder. "Why don't we put in your former password? You know, for being a cadet and Paladin at the Garrison?"
"I could try." Katlyn quickly typed in her password, but the computer rejected it. "Quiznak. What if you put in your password? You are a senior officer."
Takashi typed in his own code, but the computer blocked him out, too.
"Hmm. I wonder what happened that they blocked out."
"Okay. How about…'Allura McClain'?"
ERROR
GALAXY GARRISON HAS BLOCKED THIS INFORMATION.
PLEASE INSERT PASSWORD
"Quiznak." Katlyn cursed again.
"Where is your lion?" Takashi asked, curious.
"South America." Katlyn reminded him.
"Okay. You better summon the Green Lion here so that we can here out as soon as possible." Takashi decided.
"Understood." Katlyn signed out of her computer, began to stand, then froze. "What about the kids?"
"We can write them a note."
"Shon will forget to recharge his wrist band, much less wear it."
"Laura'll take care of that. Anyway, let's go."
With that, both started out of the office door.