* * *
Carli pulled on her leather coat. "I'm going, I can convince them to come here."
Lexa stood in front of Carli. "Oh no! Not here! I can barely stand to help save them, but keeping them here?"
Carli exhaled deeply and closed her eyes for a second. "Listen . . . Lexa. I'm trying not to blow up right now, but let me say something, you are not the boss, you do not boss me or them around. I don't care how long you've known about this place, or how much information you know, and I don't give a damn what the Dominion says or pays to this establishment. Any questions?"
Lexa licked her lips and transferred her weight onto her back foot. "Not really."
Shalimar could cut the tension with a knife. Jesse stepped between them. "OK, Carli, take this . . ." Jesse handed her a ring. "Just for communication."
Carli nodded and slid it on her finger and pushed past Lexa, bumping her shoulder. Lexa waited until Carli was gone. "I really don't like her."
Shalimar put her hands in her backpockets. "She's right though. You just came in here bossing us around."
Lexa lifted her hands. "Listen, I can't deal with this right now. I have to follow Carli to see if she's actually doing what she said." Lexa disappeared around the corner. Jesse walked over to the computer while Shalimar and Brennan looked at each other.
* * *
Carli increased her telepathic signal to try and pinpoint the exact location of Andy and Cameron. Then she stopped, 'the mall'. She raised the ring halfway up to her mouth. "They're at the mall on Preston and Lyon."
'Okay' Jesse replied. Carli drove the black Porsche into the parking lot and walked the rest of the way into the malls. People were screaming and running out of the doors, yelling 'freaks' and obscenities that made Carli cringe at what they were thinking. As soon as she got out of the way, she saw Andy and Cameron on the Merry-Go-'Round. They stepped off.
"Carli! Why isn't it the mind melding-telepath herself!" Andy squealed. He stumbled on what looked like a manakin from a store and fell to his knees. "We were wondering when you were gonna find us!"
Cameron was just as wobbly. "Yeah! It's not fun without big sister!" They started laughing insanely.
Carli didn't have to poke in their mind to see what their behavior was about. "How much have you drank?" she asked.
"What? We haven't drank anything . . . in the past hour," Andy mumbled.
"What are you guys doing? Terrorizing people like that?" Carli asked. Andy grabbed her hand and pulled himself up and Cameron leaned on him. A half empty bottle of alcohol floated towards Carli.
"Here, it'll make you feel better," Andy replied. Carli grabbed it and threw it in a trashcan next to them.
Lexa came in through the door and spotted Andy, Cameron, and Carli talking to eachother. Carli was upset and Andy and Cameron were drunk.
Carli crossed her arms. "Get on your knees, you can't listen to me when you're like that." Andy and Cameron looked at eachother. "Do what I say." Andy and Cameron dropped to their knees, Carli placed a hand on each other their heads. She closed her eyes and her eyebrows furrowed. Lexa didn't know what she was doing exactly, but it worked. About twenty seconds later, Cameron and Andy got to their feet and looked around.
"We sure made a mess," Andy replied. "Come on M.A.P. ads, let's beat it before the officials get here."
"I got somewhere where we can go, it's safe."
"Really? Where?"
Carli pulled on her leather coat. "I'm going, I can convince them to come here."
Lexa stood in front of Carli. "Oh no! Not here! I can barely stand to help save them, but keeping them here?"
Carli exhaled deeply and closed her eyes for a second. "Listen . . . Lexa. I'm trying not to blow up right now, but let me say something, you are not the boss, you do not boss me or them around. I don't care how long you've known about this place, or how much information you know, and I don't give a damn what the Dominion says or pays to this establishment. Any questions?"
Lexa licked her lips and transferred her weight onto her back foot. "Not really."
Shalimar could cut the tension with a knife. Jesse stepped between them. "OK, Carli, take this . . ." Jesse handed her a ring. "Just for communication."
Carli nodded and slid it on her finger and pushed past Lexa, bumping her shoulder. Lexa waited until Carli was gone. "I really don't like her."
Shalimar put her hands in her backpockets. "She's right though. You just came in here bossing us around."
Lexa lifted her hands. "Listen, I can't deal with this right now. I have to follow Carli to see if she's actually doing what she said." Lexa disappeared around the corner. Jesse walked over to the computer while Shalimar and Brennan looked at each other.
* * *
Carli increased her telepathic signal to try and pinpoint the exact location of Andy and Cameron. Then she stopped, 'the mall'. She raised the ring halfway up to her mouth. "They're at the mall on Preston and Lyon."
'Okay' Jesse replied. Carli drove the black Porsche into the parking lot and walked the rest of the way into the malls. People were screaming and running out of the doors, yelling 'freaks' and obscenities that made Carli cringe at what they were thinking. As soon as she got out of the way, she saw Andy and Cameron on the Merry-Go-'Round. They stepped off.
"Carli! Why isn't it the mind melding-telepath herself!" Andy squealed. He stumbled on what looked like a manakin from a store and fell to his knees. "We were wondering when you were gonna find us!"
Cameron was just as wobbly. "Yeah! It's not fun without big sister!" They started laughing insanely.
Carli didn't have to poke in their mind to see what their behavior was about. "How much have you drank?" she asked.
"What? We haven't drank anything . . . in the past hour," Andy mumbled.
"What are you guys doing? Terrorizing people like that?" Carli asked. Andy grabbed her hand and pulled himself up and Cameron leaned on him. A half empty bottle of alcohol floated towards Carli.
"Here, it'll make you feel better," Andy replied. Carli grabbed it and threw it in a trashcan next to them.
Lexa came in through the door and spotted Andy, Cameron, and Carli talking to eachother. Carli was upset and Andy and Cameron were drunk.
Carli crossed her arms. "Get on your knees, you can't listen to me when you're like that." Andy and Cameron looked at eachother. "Do what I say." Andy and Cameron dropped to their knees, Carli placed a hand on each other their heads. She closed her eyes and her eyebrows furrowed. Lexa didn't know what she was doing exactly, but it worked. About twenty seconds later, Cameron and Andy got to their feet and looked around.
"We sure made a mess," Andy replied. "Come on M.A.P. ads, let's beat it before the officials get here."
"I got somewhere where we can go, it's safe."
"Really? Where?"