Beyond Sight.
Chapter Four:
"How is he?" Wildwing asked as he rushed into the infirmary to find his old friend sitting up and smirking at him.
"Hey Wing," Canard said lifting his good arm, "Dive and the others have been telling me all about you're stay here on earth," Canard tried to see past Wildwing, "so where this hot date Dive and Duke's told me all about?" Jessica and her friends finally caught up and Wildwing remembered the small fact that his girlfriend was blind and he really should have stayed with her until they got to the infirmary.
"Oh Jess! I am so sorry!" He said turning to her then back to glare at Canard who was in hysterics.
"You always were hopeless with girls buddy!" Canard chuckled whilst eyeing Jessica over, "Not bad for an alien though."
"Technically you're the alien." Cassie said hotly. Canard stared at her then smiled.
"Guess you're right."
"How'd you get here?" Wildwing asked before anyone else could ask him anything else.
"I have no idea," Canard admitted, "I remember that worm thing pulling me and the next thing I knew I was in that dessert with a busted arm."
"Canard we haven't," Wildwing started and then stared at the floor, "Draganus isn't . . ."
"I know Wildwing," Canard said more seriously, "we'll get him." It was then Tanya shooed them all out of the room telling them that Canard needed some rest and that Wildwing had better rest as well or she would find a way of giving him a sedative with a needle. As Wildwing hated needles with a passion he asked if anyone wanted to watch a movie. Hitome said she had to get home, Cassie said she'd stay and so did Jess; only Nosedive and Duke said they would watch the movie.
"Can I ask a question?" Duke said watching the screen, "What is this crap?" Duke watched as a young girl snorted cocaine whilst a bunch of others smoked suspect cigarettes, "and should they be watchin this?" He pointed to Dive and Cassie who were on the floor lying on their bellies.
"It's a serious piece about a teenage girl and her struggle to become accepted at her school," Cassie told him without looking back at him, "but she falls in with the wrong crowd and she has to really struggle to break free. And can you not talk so loud Wildwing and Jessica are asleep!" Duke blinked and looked over to the sofa and sure enough Wildwing had his eyes closed and was resting his head on Jessica who was curled up in a ball and leaning against him.
"Jess," Nosedive whined as she entered the rec room of the pond, "Wildwing's gonna make me go back to school!" Nosedive ran over to her and started to push her along, "Cassie doesn't have to go so neither do I, and will you talk some sense into him!"
"Why doesn't Cass go to school?" Canard asked trying very hard to keep a straight face so as to avoid being Dive's next prank target.
"Oh I tried to make her go but she threatened me with constant singing twenty four seven among other things and Hitome offered to home school her." Jessica said shrugging.
"I don't need to be home schooled either!" Dive said and Jessica laughed at him.
"So you're what all the paper's are raving about," someone said from the doorway, "I was reading the paper whilst I was sunning myself on the upper deck of the luxury cruise liner and saw a little piece in the gossip column, I can't believe Wildwing didn't tell me I would have come back straight away if I'd have known imagine the publicity!"
"Phil," Nosedive cut in before he got over excited, "Wing didn't tell you cause it's none of you're business! And I thought you were on that cruise for four months, it's only been two and a half!"
"Like I said when I saw that article I just had to come back to congratulate my team captain on his choice of date, I mean look at her tall, blonde, a figure to die for and she's even got the sympathy factor to boot, I mean I couldn't have made a better choice for him, the fans'll go nuts when they find out Wildwing's dating a . . ."
"Excuse me!" Jessica seethed, "Firstly I am not an ornament, secondly I am not going to be used for publicity and thirdly I am not a 'poor little blind girl'!"
"Uh Phil," Dive said backing away slightly, "you might want to run now."
"Why she can't see me so I'm safe!" Phil said pleased with himself.
"Why you insensitive," Jessica made to lunge in his direction but Canard grabbed her with his good arm around the waist, "creepy little man!" Jessica struggled against the tan duck's hold, "Let me go! I'll show him who's a 'poor little blind girl'! I more than capable of kicking his but any day of the week!"
"What's going on?" Cassie asked as she entered the room from the kitchen. Phil turned and his eyes bulged as he took in the girl in the doorway.
"Who are you?" Phil asked practically drooling.
"Hi my name's Cassidy, but you can call me Cassie, or Cass whichever you prefer." She said sweetly and held out her hand to him, but Nosedive waved his arms about trying to tell her not to be so friendly.
"So you're this manager guy huh?" Canard asked trying to change the subject away from the young blonde.
"That would be me, and I see I have another duck! That's great!" He exclaimed then started to wonder off towards the elevators, "I'll have to organise some sort of photo shoot with those three to introduce them." He mumbled as he left.
"Okay that was weird." Cassie said staring after him.
"Hmmm, well anyway," Jess said, "you guys know where Wildwing is?"
"I think he went out," Canard replied, "you gonna stick around for a while?"
"Sure why?" Jess asked.
"Cause I'm going to give Nosedive some self defence lessons," Canard grinned and Dive groaned, "Which should be fun."
"Oooo, can I watch?" Cassidy asked. Canard nodded and they all made their way to the gym where Nosedive and Canard went onto the mat in the centre.
"So you know anything pip squeak?" Canard asked a little nastily.
"A bit." Dive shrugged. Canard attacked and all Dive could do was duck and roll.
"You're supposed to fight back kid." Canard said watching Nosedive brush himself off. "I'm injured for Pete's sake!"
"Maybe if you actually taught him something then?" Cassie said in her sweet tone Jessica recognised as the tone she used when she didn't agree with something but she didn't want to be rude about it.
"You know something about martial arts?" Canard asked.
"I know when simply learning it's best to start slow and perfect the moves first rather than suddenly lunge at your student and frighten them half to death." She replied.
"Don't tell me you know how to fight princess?" Canard scoffed.
"Kick his but will you Cass," Jess said as if giving her permission, "just try to avoid the bad arm okay?"
"Will do!" Cass beamed and took her shoes off whilst Dive took her place on a bench at the side of the room.
"She any good?" Dive whispered as he watched the two of them eye each other.
"Uh huh." Jess said listening to the movement. Canard tried his lunge again and Cass dodged dropped to her knees, and swiped her right leg out, knocking his feet out from under him. Canard looked at her unsure of what to say so he got back up again and they began to circle.
"What's going on?" Tanya asked sitting down beside Jess and Dive, followed by Duke and Wildwing.
"Cass is giving Canard a lesson in humility." Jessica supplied. Canard tried a flying kick, but Cassidy dodged again and this time she attacked herself. She only used the most basic of hits and Duke noted that she moved with a certain amount of grace that only someone who had been fighting for a long time would have. Canard tried a few more moves and she blocked them then she knocked him over again and she pinned him.
"You pinned me!" Canard said as he brushed himself off once she'd got off him, "you're half my size and you pinned me!" The 'spectators' burst out laughing so he glared at them and looked back at her, "Where'd you learn to fight like that."
"Jessica," she shrugged, "and her father we may not be related but we've known each other since I was little and they taught me to fight, to defend myself."
"And teach you self control, right Cassidy." Jessica added making the younger blush crimson.
"It doesn't matter how strong you are, unless you know how to use that strength you are as week as a day old kitten." Cassidy recited.
"Self control?" Duke looked from Jess to Cass.
"Cassidy tended to get a little over excited at times," Jessica said and Cassidy laughed nervously, "one time she had this major sugar rush and her parents got back and the whole kitchen was destroyed."
"It wasn't a sugar rush," Cassidy protested ignoring the laughter now directed at her, "I was trying to make something nice for momma and poppa, you were there too you know."
"Yeah I was trapped in a room you'd managed to barricade with me inside."
"So I knocked a few things over no big deal!" Cassidy said angrily and Duke could have sworn her eyes literally flashed.
"You blew up an entire kitchen! That was not knocking a few things over!"
"What would you know little miss perfect! It's not like you ever put a foot wrong is it!" Cassie screamed and the lights flickered, the ducks all looked up.
"Look who's calling who perfect little miss panic every time I get a pimple?"
"Uh ladies?" Canard tried to intervene but quickly backed away at the murderous glare Cassie gave him.
"Before you two kill each other," Duke interjected, "anyone know what that power surge was?"
"Power surge!" Both Jessica and Cassie said together a little louder than they meant to. "What power surge?" in unison again. Much to Jess and Cassie's relief Drake one sounded it's alarm and the ducks all took off to the ready room.
"Whew that was close!" Cassie said after they had left.
"You used your powers in front of them?" Jess said in a tone that suggested forced patience, "Are you crazy!"
"It's not like I meant to!" Cass objected, "You know how I get when I'm angry. So you shouldn't tick me off!"
"Come on let's see what's going on." Jessica said trying very hard not to loose her temper.
". . . Robots everywhere," Tanya said as she typed the keys, "there's uh p-peo- humans injured everywhere."
"Says here the robots can fly." Wildwing took over before Tanya really started falling over her words.
"Jess?" Cassie said urgently in a whisper.
"Just make sure you're not seen." Jessica said and waited until she heard her footsteps die away. "What's up guys?"
"Trouble," Wildwing told her, "where's Cassie?"
"Oh she went off somewhere." Jessica replied vaguely.
"Oh okay, will you be okay to get home alone?" Wing asked ignoring the other's eye rolling.
"I'll be fine; I'm a big girl you know."
"All right," Wildwing said unsure "let's rock ducks!"
Jessica shook her head as she heard the ducks run off to the hanger and the overly loud noise of the air owing as they started the take off procedure. She made her way over to the lift and took it up to the upper levels. She decided to take the quickest way home and followed the familiar route along the back streets of Anaheim.
"Well look who it is," Jessica stopped and turned her head slightly towards the voice, "it's one of the freak lovers that preferred those stinkin' aliens to us!"
"Why don't you go home to your mommies before you hurt someone?" Jessica said and began walking again but she felt a hand on her shoulder that spun her round roughly.
"You ain't goin anywhere lady!" another voice said.
"Let me go." Jessica said in a low voice.
"How about, no." The first guy laughed. Jessica used her stick to knock the guy holding her over and began to run, she had no idea how big the gang was and she really didn't want to find out the hard way. She came to an abrupt stop when she heard the screeching of tyres right in front of her and heard running footsteps from behind. She reached out with her stick and tried to find the wall so she could go more quickly but someone grabbed her, she lashed out with her stick but it was grabbed and pulled away and she felt more and more hands grab her and she struggled against them.
"Help!" She yelled hoping someone would hear her, and then all went black.
Well there ya go, hope you liked it, please review. Toodles Angel xxx.