Chapter 21
Home. Well, sort of.
The continuous thought sequence that was tattooed onto David's mind. The revolution of his life had left him with this, his last corner of hope. What more it had left him with the greatest predicament his life had made him confront. Not only his life, but that of his friends, and even as far as every person who was alive on this earth was in jeopardy. The Professors words echoed through the channels of his brain. He had done this to himself. He had seen his enemy. He had confronted his enemy, but the time for running had passed, and for David's liking had lasted time too short. The next time he faced Althea, he had to fight her, and defeat her, even kill her if he got the chance. That was what his little escapades were all leading to. He could not rest until that moment had come and passed.
He had landed in the reception area. Samson and Daine were sprawled over the floor. They, quite obviously, didn't take to teleportation as well as he and Luca. Ella was behind the desk. Her eyes were wide open, it showed that their entrance had shocked her,
"Well," she stuttered, not able to say much more
"Get used to it, you're in a world relatively new," Luca advised.
"And one about to end, unless we move quickly!" Samson added brashly
"Unless I move quickly," David corrected, resigning to the fact he was going to have to lead the line.
"We can help!" Luca assured him
"But only so much," David sighed, "The hard part has to be done by me alone, anyone else will be killed if they try!"
"But..." Luca just couldn't think of the words to comfort him.
"Precisely," David muttered, and walked into the base
As he walked in, there was a second round of reunions. Sofamke had been placed behind the desk with Will and Olva at the spare desk. Pete, likewise, had been put into the garage office with Jess, being aid to Samson, who worked in the garage itself next door, Pete as his aid. Jason and Siobhan had taken up the two desks on the third floor, but a major renovation had happened between floors 2 and 3, the two desks spare on floor two had been removed and placed on a podium that had been welded to the framework, and had been occupied by Jet and Luca. The base was full of life, and ready to combat Althea. His intense mood was then multiplied when, over the stereo system, the Scissor Sisters rang through.
It was at this point that he started to regret putting Siobhan and Jess in charge of CD selection
But the music did start to lighten the mood of the other team-mates, and it wasn't long before their mood seeped into David, who then moved over to the built in bar, something he had specifically asked for in his design specification two weeks before his transformation. A Bloody Mary seemed in order; "nothing better than fighting an evil villain half drunk," he thought to himself, as Will poured him his cocktail. Jess then came to join him, a vodka already waiting for her. By the looks of things, she was on at least her third, although being mutants, they were all heavy drinkers, but also, only Siobhan and Fi were over 16, which worried Dan somewhat.
"I must say, that Jason's a bit fit!" Jess blurted out, although she didn't seem drunk enough to not know what she was saying. David looked at her in shock.
"Jason? Really?" He asked, half shocked, half intrigued.
"Yeh, nice torso, nice legs, i bet he has a REALLY big..."
"I really don't want to know!!" David stopped her sharply
"I was going to say personality!!" Jess looked at him innocently
"Down girl," David's tone told Jess he wasn't fooled, "He's one of my really close friends."
"After everything that happened at your school?" Jess asked
"How do you know about that?" he asked back
"Siobhan told me."
"You've always got to let the good in someone over rule the bad." David sipped harder on his drink.
"Perhaps, but how can you trust him, you had tried to kill him in Bracknell!" Jess reminded him
"So did you, in Sherwood forest!" David responded
"Yeh, but that was precautionary, you could have been working for her for all we knew." Jess seemed defiant
"I've saved his life on more than one occasion, i think that rules out the attempted murder!" David refilled his glass
"But, i'll say it again, how can you trust him?"
"How can i trust anyone?"
"True true," Jess seemed acquiescent
"At the end of the day, he's done so much for me, everyone has. It seems like i have to trust them if i want to get through this alive."
"You want to trust them." Jess hinted
"That too." David sighed "Anyway, aren't you wanting to go out with him, what's with the doubt in faith?" he asked
"I'm finding reasons for you not to like him, I think he's sex on legs!" Jess turned her attention to Jason, who was in a disco dance tournament with Daine, Will and M.
"Well, go for it, just make sure you know what you're doing." David warned
"I never know what i'm doing," Jess winked.
"That's assuring,!" David moaned, as Jess walked off to join in the competition.
Despite his feelings of deep worry, David seemed relaxed, and watched as Daine and Will collided mid dance, causing them to fall over, onto a despondent Luca. It was an evening to let yourself go, but in the back of David's mind, he knew it would be one of very few. His attention was then drawn as M and Jason beckoned him to the makeshift dance floor, and for the next couple of hours, not even Althea could spoil the party.