Chapter Six: Explanation
Nita sat down with a sigh on the sofa next to her husband. Melanie was upstairs, presumably packing for her sleepover with Karen. "When are they going to be here?" she asked Kit.
Kit turned away from the TV which had been showing an alien sports channel. "Any minute now," he said after checking his watch.
Nita shifted anxiously. She didn't really know what to make of what was happening.
"We had better go now," Kit said, standing up. Nita followed suit, an anxious frown on her face.
Kit put an arm around her shoulder and said "it'll be okay."
Nita nodded wordlessly. She would be happier when all this is over.
Nita and Kit walked down the street towards the subway station. As they went, they were joined by Ronan. Carmella had wanted to come as well but Ronan said that that would cause suspicion among the children. Or so he said. Privately, Nita was under the impression that Ronan just wanted to protect her sister in law.
But none of that was on her mind at the present moment. At the moment, she was more concerned about getting where they were going.
The trio went down, speaking little, into the subway. They took the first train that came; they were right on time. And they got out at the first stop. It was a dark section of the city.
I wonder why they chose this place Nita thought as she and the others surfaced onto the street. Probably because no one, not even He, would suspect that we'd gather in a place like this…
They entered a small Café at the end of the street. It was dark in there, and the place smelled slightly of mold. Nita wrinkled her nose. The three of them sat down at a small table in the corner and waited. Two men, probably in their fifties, entered the Café and sat down across from them. Tom and Carl. They too sat silently waiting. Half an hour passed. No one talked much; they were all deep in their own thoughts.
Then, a beautiful woman entered the Café.
Nita felt a stir of humor at the sight of her. She stood up. "Hello Peach," she greeted casually.
The woman grinned at her. "Hey there Nita," she said. "You've grown since I was Peach. But then, Humans are always growing in one way or another."
Ronan stiffened.
The Defender (aka Peach everybody) went around and shook hands with them all. "And now," she said. "Down to business."
The group fell into an expectant silence. They had jabbered a bit at the Defender's arrival, but now, they were ready to know why they had been summoned to a moldy Café in the New York City suburbs. All they had been told to do, was to not tell Melanie the truth about what was going on no matter what. They had changed it a little, and just hadn't told all the non-wizards. That would make it easier, if Melanie did somehow find out. But what had been puzzling them, why they 'why' of not to tell Melanie what was happening.
The Defender took a deep breath and started to explain the truth about Nita and Kit's daughter…