I added an ending to Chapter 25 so check that out if you haven't already. In this chapter Jessi and Kyle talk about the night before, Foss catches Declan smoking, and someone comes to visit the Tragers.
Jessi was the first to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes and took in everything around her. She rolled over on her side and saw Kyle sleeping next to her. She immediately sat up remembering everything that happened the night before. They had completely forgotten about analyzing the data and instead fell asleep in each other's arms. She gently shook Kyle awake. "Kyle wake up we have to get back to the warehouse."
Kyle sleepily opened his eyes. A second later he also quickly sat up with his eyes wide open. "I can't believe we fell asleep," he said.
He looked at Jessi. "Wow," he said in awe.
"What?" she asked.
"I didn't think it was possible but you look even more stunning now in the light," he said.
Jessi blushed. "It's not the first time you've seen me naked," she reminded him. "You saw me in the shower."
"You're right. By the way you wouldn't believe the dreams I had after that day." Kyle said remembering. "It was so confusing because I was still attracted to Amanda but I was developing feelings for you at the same time. Although I wouldn't realize those feelings till I saw you at the Latnok party."
"You know that day when I let you see me in the shower, I didn't think there was anything sexual about it," Jessi said casually. "You and I are so similar I didn't think there was anything wrong with you seeing me naked."
"I was like that too," Kyle confessed. "When I first moved in with the Tragers I didn't think there was anything wrong with nudity. I remember exposing myself to Lori. She told me I wasn't modest. Or Jewish. I didn't understand at the time."
"She meant…" Jessi started to explain but Kyle stopped her.
"Yeah, I get it now." He leaned towards her and kissed her.
Kyle as much as I'd like to stay here and do this we really have to get back to the warehouse she reminded him telepathically while kissing him back.
Kyle reluctantly stopped. "Yes you're right. We still have all that data to look over. We'll have plenty of time to do this when we come back," he said with a grin. Jessi didn't say anything. They both went into the shower together.
"Jessi, I'm sorry if it wasn't everything you thought it would be," Kyle said to her.
"Why do you say that?" Jessi asked.
"It's just…I heard that the first time always hurts. And there was blood..."
"Don't worry about it." Jessi reassured him. "Actually I think it felt a lot better with you than it would have with anyone else. I'm pretty sure no one else feels that electric charge we felt when we were…you know," Kyle was glad she wasn't so blunt and straightforward anymore.
"So I guess we really are the perfect match," Kyle said smiling. "And I heard it'll only get better."
Jessi didn't respond. Instead she looked away with a blank expression. "What's the matter?" Kyle asked her.
"Nothing," she said before changing her expression to a smile. Kyle loved her smile. "I'm just glad we finally got to do this before we went after Cassidy." She kissed him and stepped out of the shower leaving Kyle confused about what she was thinking.
Declan arrived at the warehouse at exactly 6AM like he told Kyle. He walked inside and saw no one there. "Kyle? Jessi?" he called them but no one answered. He walked further into the warehouse and looked around. He saw Emily sleeping on the couch but she seemed to be alone. No one else was inside but him. Where the hell are they? Declan wondered.
He saw a pack of Emily's cigarettes and a lighter on the table right next to the couch. Declan didn't smoke once in his life especially since he was an aspiring athlete. However he knew he could very well die tonight or tomorrow night depending on when they attacked the Latnok building. Feeling very brave he pulled out one of her cigarettes and picked up the lighter. "Why thank you Emily," he said and headed outside the warehouse.
He walked outside and lit the cigarette and tried to inhale the smoke like he saw others doing. Immediately he started coughing. He looked up and saw Foss standing right next to him. "Whoa dude! Where the hell did you come from?"
"What the hell are you doing?" Foss demanded as he slapped the cigarette out of Declan's hands and stepped on it. "Since when do you smoke?"
"Hey relax. I just thought since there's a chance I might die tonight I might as well try it," Declan said rolling his eyes.
"What do you mean die tonight?" Foss asked.
"Didn't Kyle tell you? He wants to head down this afternoon if we can."
"What? We haven't even gone over all the data he stole."
"But I thought Kyle and Jessi did that last night." Declan said confused. "They told me to go home and that they would just stay here and look over that stuff all night since they don't really sleep that much."
Foss remembered what happened. "Oh yeah. I guess they were going to but then…" he paused, "they didn't call you up and tell you anything after you left did they?"
"No. Like what?"
Foss didn't answer. "I'll just give them a call," he said. "Oh and by the way if I ever catch you smoking again I'm kicking the shit out of you."
Declan make a coughing noise that sounded an awful lot like 'fuck you'. Foss glared at him. "What?" he said innocently. "I got a cough from smoking, god damn."
Foss tried calling them but it went straight to their voice mailbox without ringing. "Damn it they're not picking up," he said angrily. "The phone's not ringing either so they must have turned them off.
"Hey, you don't think that they just left without us did you?" Declan said worried. "I mean I could totally picture Kyle doing some dumb shit like that because he didn't want us to get hurt."
"I can imagine him leaving you behind," Foss admitted, "but not me. He and Jessi both know that they need my help."
They both went inside. Emily slowly woke up. "Hey Tom," she said to Foss. She looked over at Declan. "What's up kid? You're here pretty early."
"Kyle told me to come here at this time. He said that he and Jessi would stay up all night memorizing that shit you guys stole from Madacorp. You didn't see them last night did you?"
"We saw them alright," Emily said remembering how they walked in on her and Foss kissing. "But then they left without saying where." She then looked serious. "So they didn't call you up and tell you anything after you left them here?" she asked repeating Foss's question earlier.
"No, and that's the second time I was asked that question. Why are both of you so worried about…oh no…" a look of horror came on his face, "oh god, they walked in on you both doing it didn't they?"
Emily rolled her eyes while Foss smacked his head at Declan's stupidity. Declan continued to ramble on. "Yeah I don't blame them I would have run my ass further than Kyle did that day. Poor Kyle and Jessi are probably lying in a pool of their own blood sixty miles from here all because they saw you both…"
Foss grabbed Declan by the collar and threw him out of the warehouse. "There's a list of all the things we'll need in the passenger seat of my van. Start packing," he ordered.
Declan got up and walked towards the van muttering a string of curse words. As he got to the van he saw Kyle and Jessi come jogging towards him.
"Where the hell were you two?" he asked feeling annoyed that they told him to show up early when they themselves weren't present leaving him to deal with a grouchy Foss alone.
"We were at Jessi's apartment. We just had to collect some things." Kyle answered.
"Well why'd you have to turn your cellphones off? Go inside, Foss is looking for you. He's in a really bad mood. He threw me out just for making a joke."
Kyle and Jessi looked at each other and took a deep breath and walked inside the warehouse.
"There you are." Foss said to them relieved. "Look you can't turn your cellphone off like that. What if I had to reach you in an emergency?"
"We're sorry," Jessi said. "It won't happen again."
"It better not. So did you two come back later in the night and memorize the layout of that building?"
"No. We fell asleep. We'll do it now." Kyle told him.
"Okay then," Foss nodded. "Declan and I will pack everything we need in the meantime. In case you guys didn't eat I got some food over there on the table. Alright, let's get to it."
While Kyle and Jessi sat down at the computer and started memorizing the layout of the Latnok building so they knew where all the staircases, elevators, and large rooms were, Foss, Emily, and Declan packed all the supplies they needed. In less than thirty minutes Kyle and Jessi completely memorized everything and helped the others pack.
"Foss, that's a lot of bullets," Kyle said worried.
"Don't worry they're only rubber," Foss told him. "I'd still prefer using regular bullets. These will stun them but they won't keep them down for long."
"Yeah well the bottom of my shoe will," Jessi said smirking. Declan laughed while Kyle shook his head.
"So where in the building do you think the pods might be?" Foss asked Kyle.
"There are several large rooms located on the underground floors of the building," Kyle said. "I think these would be the best place to for someone to put the tanks without anyone who doesn't work there seeing them. The building goes about five floors below the ground."
"Well that's a pretty big building. It's probably chock full of security guards. We can't afford to get lost in there otherwise they'll trap us and overwhelm us with superior numbers. I just hope Omega Six isn't going to be involved in this."
"What's Omega Six?" Jessi asked.
"Omega Six is the name of Latnok's personal body guards," Foss explained. "They're a highly trained security force that should not be taken lightly at all. Every member of Omega Six has served in his country's special forces and has seen a lot of combat. These guys are from all over. I met guys who served in the Delta Force, S.A.S, Spetsnaz, and many other special forces from around the world."
"Were you part of Omega Six?" Kyle asked.
Foss chuckled as began remembering his old life. "I've been a part of them for the past seventeen years of my life," he said. "For most of that time my assignment was to watch over you while you grew up in Zyzzyx. I also served as Baylin's bodyguard."
"But why would you work for Latnok?" Jessi asked not understanding why anyone would join such a devious, unethical organization.
"This was back when they were the good guys," Foss explained. "I had just gotten out of the military and my old buddy Adam Baylin who I hadn't seen in years visited me out of the blue and offered me the job personally."
"You knew Adam? Did you also know Sarah?" Jessi asked excitedly. But much to her disappointment Foss shook his head.
"No, Adam and Brian met her when they were in college. I wasn't there."
"So you knew my father then?" Jessi asked much less enthusiastically. She didn't really hate him the way she initially hated Emily but she didn't care for him that much either. He never really loved her like a daughter and instead used her for his own purposes. Still, he trained her and made her as powerful as Kyle in a much shorter time and she could be somewhat grateful for that.
"Oh yeah. We go way back. When Adam learned that Brian had betrayed us he was devastated."
"What about my mother? Grace Kingsley. Did you know her?" Kyle asked Foss.
Foss stayed silent for a few seconds before finally saying, "Yeah. I knew her. She can be one real mean bitch. And I bet you anything that she's the real brains behind Cassidy."
By noon they had all finished packing everything they needed. "Finally," Emily said exhausted. "We should all take a lunch break. And I really need a shower and a change of clothes."
"You can shower at our house and I'll give you some of my clothes," Jessi offered.
Foss and Declan drove back to their respective homes while Kyle drove Jessi and Emily to the Trager house in Emily's car. Emily had to keep her head down in the back seat the whole time because she was paranoid that someone would recognize her. When they arrived at the Trager house Jessi saw a very familiar Mercedes Benz parked outside. She looked at the license plate. "Emily, stay down," she told her sister. "That's Brian's car."
She looked at Kyle questioningly. "Should we go in?" she asked.
Kyle nodded. "Even though he knows it was us he still can't prove it. And I don't think he knows that we know where he's hiding Cassidy."
They both parked the car far away from the house. "Stay here," Jessi told Emily. "We'll come get you when he leaves." Emily nodded nervously. She really didn't want to go to jail. Kyle and Jessi walked to their house. They both took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.
Steven opened the door and saw his two adopted kids and stared at them incredulously. "What the hell is the matter with you two? Is this some rebellious phase that you're going through or something because this whole month the two of you have caused more trouble than Josh and Lori and that's saying something. I thought you two were supposed to be the good kids! You have any idea how much we were worried? You stay out all night without even calling and when we tried to reach you your cellphones were turned off!"
"We didn't have sex," Jessi blurted out.
Kyle closed his eyes in disbelief. Great that was just what we needed. Thanks a lot Jessi he thought sarcastically.
"WHAT?" Steven yelled loudly.
"Well I mean that's why you were worried right? Well don't worry we didn't."
Steven glared at Kyle. Yeah he knows Kyle thought. This is going to be bad.
"We'll talk about this later," he growled quietly. "But I wasn't even thinking about that," he said to Jessi. "I was talking about what the two of you did at Madacorp last night! It's all over the news for Christ sakes and by the way we have a visitor who wants to see you." He led them to the living room where Nicole was sitting with Brian Taylor.
"Hello Jessi," he said greeting his daughter without smiling. He was pretty angry. "So you think you can just abuse your abilities and break laws like that? You broke into a corporate office and assaulted police officers. If it were anybody else they would go to jail for years!"
"You're lecturing us about breaking laws? What about your deal with Latnok?" Jessi shot back.
"Look Jessi, why don't you and Kyle just mind your own business and live your lives in peace? I have no more reason to bother you and neither does Latnok so just leave us alone."
"We can't do that." Kyle said. "You kept Jessi in a tank for sixteen years and then when she finally escaped you almost trained her to death just to prove that creating her wasn't a mistake. We can't let you do that to others like us."
Taylor was beginning to lose his temper. "Look asshole. It doesn't concern you. Why care so much about things that don't affect you? Just so you know everything that we do will eventually turn out to be for the greater good of the world. Don't you see that this is your chance to live your life like an ordinary person just like you've always wanted? This is your chance for freedom. No one will ever bother the two of you again."
"Unfortunately Taylor we're not ordinary people and it's all thanks to your company and Latnok. We're not going to let that happen to anyone else. The world is not ready for experiments like that because of people like you and Cassidy." Kyle said defiantly.
"Kyle I swear if you and Jessi pull something like this again your family will regret it. Madacorp has billions of dollars at our disposal. We can make things very, very, difficult for you all if that's what you want. Remember how we got your father fired? Don't fuck with us," he warned them. With that he got up and stormed out of the house leaving the two teens and their parents speechless.
Next chapter they say their goodbyes and everything and then head on down to AZ for the final battle with Cassidy and Grace. Now Foss was saying "I hope we don't have to deal with Latnok's badass bodyguards" obviously that means they will otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned them. Jessi is continuing to act mysterious around Kyle she's up to something. Abby your english is perfect don't worry about it. Thanks for the constant reviews Kessi38. CptLatnok real sorry for the cliffhanger I literally had to go that minute. By the way guys how many words do you think each chapter should have? I noticed that for most fics it was like 2500. I try to get at least 3000 that's like 7 pages on Microsoft Word.