Chapter 18
I was back home again, and I felt like I was going in circles. After calling my dad and the hospital to check in on things I sat trying to figure out what to do. The good news was Matt had gotten what he was looking for. He promised to fill me in when he was done with whatever he was doing.
My main problem was that not only did Gabriel have the virus, he was using it. The other good news was that there was an anti-virus, or at least Gabriel had said there was. I wasn't putting a lot of trust on his word, but I doubted he'd lie to Matt.
I needed to figure out how to make the anti-virus. I needed a way to protect everyone, or at least as many people as I could, and I could only think of one way. I needed help, the best people working on it. There was only one person I could trust enough to do anything.
Julia.
It took about two seconds after I realized that to grab the phone and hit the speed dial button. The phone didn't ring, it sang. Julia had got it to play a little tune from phantom of the opera, she liked, I used to, then it got annoying.
"Hello?" I heard Julia ask way too happily.
I took a deep breath before answering. "Hi, Julia."
"Alex! How are you? What's up?" she asked.
"Nothing good, I need your help with something," I said. "We've got a lot of problems and I need you here ASAP."
She paused. "What's wrong?" she asked, sounding concerned.
"Hmm… where to start. It's too long to say over the phone," I murmured. "But if you hurry you can quickly catch a plane and I'll tell you when you get here."
"Okay, but I'm going to have to bring Zoë, and probably even Nicolie. We're really busy here, and Zoë's sitters won't put up with here that long. Nicolie should be able to help, and I'm sure you can find someone over there…"
Zoë, that would be interesting. Julia's daughter was only two years old but she was already a little nightmare, if also adorably cute. I'm sure I could sucker someone into watching her, but only once per person. I could put up with her if it would get Julia's help. After all, I didn't dislike her.
"Fine, when can you be here?" I asked.
"Soon, let me call the airport. I'll use the other line, you talk to Zoë," Julia said.
I opened my mouth to say that I would just call her back, but Zoë was already on the phone. "Auntie Ax?" she said.
"Hi Zoë. How're you doing?"
"Goo, mummy says that I getta go see you!" she squealed. Two years old and, even though her words aren't always right, she understood almost everything that you said. It didn't take long for me to stop listening to what Zoë was saying. I gave the occasional "yes," and "that's great honey," saying just enough that Zoë thought I was listening. I was about ready to just hang up when Julia took the phone back.
"Okay, we're leaving just as soon as we can get packed," Julia said. "We'll be there in about four hours."
"Okay, see you then."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye." We hung up.
I had only one more thing to do before going to the airport. Somehow I had to talk to Duo and get him to be there too. I don't know what all Duo had been doing about keeping track of Julia, but I had the feeling he didn't even know she had a daughter.
I wasn't sure where he would be, but I knew where I could see him eventually.
Hey all, another short chapter, but the good news is that the stories almost done! Well, at leat almost almost done. I'm not going to have more than four more chapters, maybe not that. *shrugs* Thanks again to Mooncancer, my wonderful faithful reviewer *thanks mooncancer*. You are so very nice to review so much! Thanks also to Ryston, who is my second best reviewer. alas, you two seem to be the only ones reviewing, so if someone else is reading this story, you can review too! Hmm... I don't think I really have anything else to say. I'll get the next chapter up by the end of Christmas break.
~Rave
I was back home again, and I felt like I was going in circles. After calling my dad and the hospital to check in on things I sat trying to figure out what to do. The good news was Matt had gotten what he was looking for. He promised to fill me in when he was done with whatever he was doing.
My main problem was that not only did Gabriel have the virus, he was using it. The other good news was that there was an anti-virus, or at least Gabriel had said there was. I wasn't putting a lot of trust on his word, but I doubted he'd lie to Matt.
I needed to figure out how to make the anti-virus. I needed a way to protect everyone, or at least as many people as I could, and I could only think of one way. I needed help, the best people working on it. There was only one person I could trust enough to do anything.
Julia.
It took about two seconds after I realized that to grab the phone and hit the speed dial button. The phone didn't ring, it sang. Julia had got it to play a little tune from phantom of the opera, she liked, I used to, then it got annoying.
"Hello?" I heard Julia ask way too happily.
I took a deep breath before answering. "Hi, Julia."
"Alex! How are you? What's up?" she asked.
"Nothing good, I need your help with something," I said. "We've got a lot of problems and I need you here ASAP."
She paused. "What's wrong?" she asked, sounding concerned.
"Hmm… where to start. It's too long to say over the phone," I murmured. "But if you hurry you can quickly catch a plane and I'll tell you when you get here."
"Okay, but I'm going to have to bring Zoë, and probably even Nicolie. We're really busy here, and Zoë's sitters won't put up with here that long. Nicolie should be able to help, and I'm sure you can find someone over there…"
Zoë, that would be interesting. Julia's daughter was only two years old but she was already a little nightmare, if also adorably cute. I'm sure I could sucker someone into watching her, but only once per person. I could put up with her if it would get Julia's help. After all, I didn't dislike her.
"Fine, when can you be here?" I asked.
"Soon, let me call the airport. I'll use the other line, you talk to Zoë," Julia said.
I opened my mouth to say that I would just call her back, but Zoë was already on the phone. "Auntie Ax?" she said.
"Hi Zoë. How're you doing?"
"Goo, mummy says that I getta go see you!" she squealed. Two years old and, even though her words aren't always right, she understood almost everything that you said. It didn't take long for me to stop listening to what Zoë was saying. I gave the occasional "yes," and "that's great honey," saying just enough that Zoë thought I was listening. I was about ready to just hang up when Julia took the phone back.
"Okay, we're leaving just as soon as we can get packed," Julia said. "We'll be there in about four hours."
"Okay, see you then."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye." We hung up.
I had only one more thing to do before going to the airport. Somehow I had to talk to Duo and get him to be there too. I don't know what all Duo had been doing about keeping track of Julia, but I had the feeling he didn't even know she had a daughter.
I wasn't sure where he would be, but I knew where I could see him eventually.
Hey all, another short chapter, but the good news is that the stories almost done! Well, at leat almost almost done. I'm not going to have more than four more chapters, maybe not that. *shrugs* Thanks again to Mooncancer, my wonderful faithful reviewer *thanks mooncancer*. You are so very nice to review so much! Thanks also to Ryston, who is my second best reviewer. alas, you two seem to be the only ones reviewing, so if someone else is reading this story, you can review too! Hmm... I don't think I really have anything else to say. I'll get the next chapter up by the end of Christmas break.
~Rave