It was a little after 5:00, so the 4 boys headed for the mess hall. The mess hall kind of looked like a school cafeteria if it was made of wood like a log cabin. At the end of the room was a lunch room styled food table, with a lady walking behind the tables in the corner sitting on a stool. The lady was reading a book while eating an apple. The was a black board in front of the line that stated the special of the day.
"What does it mean by the special?" Manny asked Eloni.
"Well every meal has the same foods except for the special, which is something different that is made every once in a while. Today's special is vegan beef and broccoli stir-fry." The purple haired boy explained.
"Oh…is vegan beef good?" Manny looked a bit concerned.
"Well I like it, but it depends on whether you like teriyaki beef." Eloni shrugged.
"I guess it won't hurt to try a bit…" Manny said a little uneasy.
"So is all the food here vegan?" Marcus asked, a little more concerned.
"Not all of it, but a lot of the food is vegan friendly because the majority of people here ether vegetarians or vegans." Bingwen chimed in.
"Oh" Marcus mouthed the word silently.
So the boys went and got there food; Marcus got a baked potato, chicken, and a biscuit. Manny got chicken, fried rice, a bit of that veggie beef, and a biscuit. They went and sat at a round table near the entrance. They could hear the rain pounding on the roof outside.
"I honestly wasn't expecting food this nice…I was expecting army food." Marcus stated.
"The people in charge of this place wanted healthy but cheap food, and that's what this stuff is." Bingwen explained.
"Oh…where do you get the money for this place from?" Marcus asked.
"Well donations, a gem mine nearby, and we have a very rich sponcer who loves helping animals." Eloni chimed in.
"That's funny, normally rich people are stingy and spoiled." Manny chuckled.
"Well he used to be like that, but his house caught on fire once and he was saved by a stray dog, now he it's like he's a different man." Eloni continued.
"Well that's cool..." Marcus chimed in.
It was at that time that the girls walked into the door; Lotus had and umbrella, but Frida and Chen were soaking wet, clearly loving the rain. The girls ran and got their food before sitting with the boys.
"Wow, you're soaked!" Manny laughed at Frida.
"Yeah, it's raining cats and dogs out their!" Frida stated happily as she wolfed down some fried rice.
"Greeeeeat, now I'm gonna get drenched when we leave." Manny groaned in annoyance.
"Wow, you really are a cat through and through." Marcus mocked.
"Actually tigers like water." Jade suddenly stated from behind the fire boy, scaring the hell out him.
"Where the crap did you come from?!" Marcus snapped, clearly startled.
"I came in through the back, it was closer." She sat down at the table with nothing but a biscuit, clearly not going to stay long.
"So…how did you get your magical mask?" Frida turned and asked the mint haired girl.
"It's been in my family for generations, my grandfather gave it to me when he felt he was too old." Jade stated coolly.
"Cool! My Tigre belt has been in my family for generations!" Manny chimed in.
"I thought it might, there were no records on where it might have been hidden, so it only made sense that it was still in the hands of the Rivera's." Jade responded.
Eric suddenly came running through the door, clearly trying to avoid getting wet. It was clear that his Cheetah ability's definitely gave him advanced speed, though Rodolfo could definitely beat him. He ran past the table and got some food before sitting next to Jade. The table was getting rather crowded…
"So Eric how is your family?" Leona asked.
"They're good; mom's bakery is doing well! She sent some snicker doodles, here have some!" Eric opened his satchel and pulled out a ziplock bag filled with cookies and set it on the table.
Eric handed one to Jade who took it and then stood up;
"Sorry, but I'm rather busy today, I have to get back to work see you back at our room."
"Ok, good luck with that Rhino!" Eric waved, though he clearly looked disappointed.
The blond boy turned back to see Marcus giving him an almost jealous look.
"What?" Eric tilted his head in confusion.
"How come you get a room with a girl? Why couldn't I get a room with a girl?" Marcus sighed with annoyance.
"Cause you're a perv, that's why!" Frida would have gently wacked him, but he was directly across from her.
"Well you can hang out with me any time you like, sugar." Chen winked at Marcus/
Marcus was taken aback by this; he wasn't normally the one being flirted with. Manny was wide eyed and turned to his friend and spoke;
"Date her! She is the only woman who's ever going to go out with you!" Manny spoke with urgency, clearly for comedic affect.
This earned him an annoyed look by Marcus and laughs from the others.
"Chen, aren't you going to have a cookie?" Frida asked her new friend.
"I can't, cinnamon gives me a sore throat." The white haired girl responded.
"So…What are your powers?" Marcus asked Chen.
"None, I my sister got snow leopard powers, so I trained and became a fighter to help her. I really like panda's, so I call myself the "Skull Panda." and make myself look like one" Chen explained coolly.
"Who's you're sister?" Manny responded.
"Well she was the "Ice Cat." But she quit and went to a life of crime recently."
"By chance, did she have short white hair and bright blue eyes? Wears a gray and white outfit?" Marcus asked
"Yeah, you know her?"
"Yeah, she kicked our asses." Manny responded with an annoyed expression.
"Sorry." Chen chuckled a little bit.
"So, what are your powers and where did you get them from pinky?" Marcus asked Lotus, who hadn't interacted much so far.
"I telekinetically control plants, and I don't want to talk about it." Lotus spoke quick and firm, though with an elegance to her voice.
"Ok, what about you?" He asked Eloni.
"I am the "Dragonfly" I found this magic gantlet in a cave on my island, it immediately latched on to my wrist and now I got super powers! My suit has wings and I have wrist lasers and advanced agility. " the purple haired boy responded happily.
"Cool!" Frida high fived the boy, almost smacking somebody in the face in the process.
"What are your powers, Bingwen?" Manny asked the long haired boy.
"I have this medallion, it turns me into the "Rainbow Leopard" and it gives me cat like ability's." Bingwen smiled and took a drink of his water.
"Man, why are there so many cat super heroes?" Marcus stated with a tab bit of confusion.
"Jade's grandmother will likely know, she's a historian on the history of supers. She lives here now in order to watch over the animals, you should ask her later." Eric chimed in.
"I would think you would know…." Marcus raised a brow in confusion.
"I keep meaning to ask, but then I get busy and forget to…" Eric replied.
"So how did you get your necklace? That's the thing your powers come from right?" Manny asked the blond haired boy.
"Oh! It was a gift from my grandmother, she travelled to Africa when she was younger and found it and brought it back. Then she gave it to me on my 13th birthday and I figured out that it was magical and then I got into some trouble and Jade found out about me. She came and recruited me and she's been my best friend ever since!" Eric smiled sweetly.
"So, how did you get your belt?" Bingwhen chimed in.
"Long story short I found it in the attic of my grandfather's childhood house." Manny stated.
"That's it? No big adventure of self-discovery or something like that?" Marcus looked at his friend is confusion and slight annoyance.
"No, that's it."
"Wow, your backstory is as boring as dirt."
Manny rolled his eyes and Frida laughed.
"After dinner I'll take you to meet Jade's mother, she really wants to meet you 3!" Eric chimed in.
In case you were wondering the food that is fixed each day on the facility (they seemed like healthy and cheap foods);
Dinner;
Baked Potato's
Chicken
Broccoli
Vegan Chicken.
Mixed veggy's
Corn
Biscuits
Salad
Fried Rice
Baked Beans.
Lunch (dinner lacked fruit so here it is XD)
Fruit mix
Toast
Uncooked mixed veggys.
Watermelon slices.
Blueberry jam
Strawberry jam.
Breakfast.
Peach Oatmeal
Egg patty's (like for breakfast sandwiches).
Toast
Blueberry jam
Strawberry jam.
Bagels
Vegan cream cheese (not cheap, but let me have my fun XD)
Drinks (all day served)
Coffee
Apple juice
Water
I realize that I might be giving a "too good to be true" kind of air around the facility, I'm not trying too. I didn't mean to make the place seem overly nice; it's just there are plenty of nice foods that are cheap, and I hear army food isn't as bad as people give it credit for. And the house's they live in are not that nice, they just look that way. The facility's main concern is on the animals, they wouldn't waste the money on decorations. AND a lot of the food is grown nearby (with the assist of Lotus)
