The plane had been in the air for almost two hours already. Violet began to wonder how close they were to their destination and how the rest of the family was doing. She wasn't so much upset anymore about Tony...she had other matters to tend to for now. Tony was Violet's problem....now Invisigirl had her own issues to tend to. She wasn't sure what she and Empath would be up against when they reached Mexico. All she knew was that they were going into some mountainous terrain to find out what some creeps were up to. Easy right?
"Stupid....little....cube...."
Violet looked across the plane at Empath fumbling to put together a Rubik's Cube. Simple minds...simple pleasures.
"You need a hand with that?" asked Vi.
"Me? Help? No way. I'm handling this just fine. I'm just..."
"Right," Vi said with a laugh. "I hope you're not as inept on the field as you are with with that thing."
Empath looked up from the cube long enough to give Invisigirl a dirty look before he went back to trying to finish the puzzle.
"Well, I'm glad to see at least you've stopped letting your love life get to you. You let it bother you on the field and you're only putting us both at risk. What happened...guy dump ya?"
Violet reached over and snatched the Rubik's Cube out of Empath's hands.
"I think that's none of your business now is it?" Violet replied with an angry tone.
Empath just shrugged his shoulders and sat back."Just wondering. Sheesh. Women."
"You know for a guy who doesn't seem to care about much, you sure seem to be interested in my love life. Why is that?"
"Girl....love sucks. Plain and simple.That's just the way it is."
"Wow, that's deep. For someone who's powers are based on emotion, you sure don't have a bright outlook on love. Bad experience?"
"Hey now....I'm the one who's supposed to be asking the annoying personal questions here..."
Violet just giggled and crossed her arms. "What's the matter...answer the question."
"I know my constitutional rights. I plead the fifth. No more questions please. Now can I have my cube back Lil Miss Nosey?"
"Fine, I see how you're going to be..."
Violet twisted the cube a couple times and tossed it back to Empath before getting up to look out the window.
"There you go....all done."
Empath looked down at the finished Rubik's Cube and tossed it over his shoulder.
"Man....shown up by a girl," he muttered under his breath.
Violet saw the mountainous terrain under them. They seemed to be circling overhead. Guess it wasn't long now.
"So Rick said you had some experience down here."
:Empath turned around and looked out the window behind him.
"Yeah, I've had a few missions around here. Not too many pleasant memories."
Violet turned around and sat back down.
"So that would be why you were so happy about coming here, right?"
"Yeah....I'm SO overfilled with joy," Empath replied sarcastically. "I wonder when we're landing."
All of a sudden the doors at the front opened and a man dressed in an army uniform popped out.
"We've arrived at our destination. You both ready?"
Empath turned and looked back out the window.
"Yeah, we're ready. So when we landing there Spanky?"
The man just laughed.
"Landing? Who said anything about landing?"
Empath turned in time to catch a parachute the man tossed him.
"You've got to be kidding right?"
"Nope."
Empath looked over at Vi who already had her parachute on. Empath began to slowly put his on as the back of the plane began to open up. Obviously it was used for drops.
"Why didn't I notice this before?" Empath muttered under his breath. "Stupid, stupid me."
Violet and Empath walked to the back of the plane. Empath looked over the edge and down to the mountains below. They seemed so far away.
"Problem there?" Violet asked.
"Just a little one...I'm....deathly terrified of heights...."
Violet turned and looked back down at the ground below. She just shook her head and laughed.
"Hey, you remember that comment you made to me back when Rick said we'd be partnering together?"
"Yeah....but what's that have to do with anything right now?"
Violet reached over and grabbed ahold of Empath's hand and looked at him with an evil grin.
"Payback."
Violet took a leap out of the plane with Empath in tow. The man who gave them the chutes could only hear two things as they jumped out of the plane. What seemd like laughing and Empath screaming at the top of his lungs.
"I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!"
