Chapter 36
Well, that just shut everybody up tout suite.
Fang and I looked at one another with that dazed and confused "Huh?" expression that we've been sharing way too often lately.
I turned my attention to Angel. "Sweetie, what do you mean?"
"Just what I said," Angel replied plainly. "We're all going to help you save the world. Including your mom and Jeb."
"But how?" Gazzy questioned.
Angel appeared to be in deep thought momentarily then offered slowly, "Hmmm… I don't quite know yet."
Yet?! What was going on with Angel? Did she have a voice in her head too? Could she predict the future? Oh – that thought was so so scary. And Jeb helping us?! I don't think so. I still wasn't sure we could completely trust him. And while I loved the thought of my mom being with me almost 24/7, she was not about to get near an Eraser battle… or Itex… or any crazy mad scientists. No way.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I heard somebody say, breaking up my perplexed mind ranting. I turned around to see that it was Gillian, striding toward us quickly. Our little pow-wow separated like Moses parting the Red Sea.
"What an extraordinary day!" she exclaimed, the exuberance stampeding off her face like a herd of wildebeest. She turned to Nudge. "Honey, you were one hot mama up there! People are really going to take notice of us now. The first publication won't go out for two weeks but we'll include shots of all you flying all over Central Park and excerpts from your speeches. Oh I am just too excited for words!" Her tone then changed as she glanced at her watch. "Oooh… we have to get out of here. We have about ten more minutes in this room before MicroCom and their straight-laced stuffy monkey suits start setting up in here."
I stared around at the empty room. Wow. This party sure cleaned up fast. While we were gathered around Angel and her latest episode of weirdness, the cameramen, personal assistants, organization reps had all tidied up and hightailed it on out of here.
I glanced around at my crew of merry mutants and sidekicks. "So – I'm thinking we grab some dinner and head out to that safe house."
They all agreed in unison and I let Jeb lead the way. I smiled just dreaming of the hot shower that was soon to become my reality.