"Where are we going to put them?" Raven asked staring into a kitchen cupboard."
"Well we're not putting them in there." Said Zoya, looking up from her laptop.
"Aww but they could use the bean tins and tin foil to make little forts."
"They could indeed, if they were in fact mice."
"I like mice."
Today was the day the famous Bladebreakers would be reuniting and arriving at Heathrow airport where they would be picked up by a fancy car (arranged by Mr Dickenson) and brought to the city of Cambridge where Zoya and Raven would welcome the five-person team (and Hilary) into their three bedroom house with Hiro to follow a week later.
"In all seriousness though, what do you want to do about sleeping arrangements?" Asked Zoya watching Raven climb onto the kitchen counter to get a better look at the back of the cupboard.
"Can't we just stick them all in the living room?"
"I'm not convinced it's big enough for six sleeping bags."
"And Hiro."
"Seven sleeping bags."
"I guess you're right. Man, we need one of those funky sofa bed thingies." Said Raven closing the cupboard door and climbing off the counter.
"What are our options?" She asked. Zoya closed the laptop and thought for a moment.
"Well, we could sell all our living room furniture, buy sleeping bags and put them in there."
"Let's not do that."
"You and me could sleep in my room and split the others between yours and the spare room, or the other way around of course."
"I dunno, I think I'd feel a bit creeped out having people I don't know sleeping in my room unsupervised and I know you would too."
"This is true. I guess really the only other realistic option is-"
"Tin foil forts?" Raven grinned.
"…No. We put Hilary with one of use in our respective room, stick four or the boys in the spare room, one of them with whoever doesn't have Hillary and when Hiro is here he can have the sofa as I think Mr D said he wouldn't be with us all the time."
"Seems fair, I'm happy to share with Hils but how do we decide who stays with you?"
"We could just leave it up to them I suppose."
"Yes! Excellent, I love not making decisions!" Raveb clapped and skipped over to give Zoya an enthusiastic, squeezy, (slightly painful but well-intended) hug before skipping off into the living room.
"Ouch." Zoya mumbled opening the laptop once again.
"We're heeerrrrrre! Aww man this is awesome! I can't wait to have everyone back together again it's been so long! I hope they've been practising 'cos I'm ready to show them that I'm still the number one blader yeah!" Yelled Tyson much to the annoyance of the exhausted plane passengers.
"Calm down Tyson, we need to collect our luggage and find our taxi." Said Kenny wearily, but nothing could calm Tyson down.
It had been just over two years since he last saw his former teammates. They had kept in touch of course, even Kai though he wasn't in contact as frequently as Ray and Max, but Tyson missed the old days of training for hours with his best friends.
They collected their bags and made their way out of the airport where they were met by a stern looking man leaning against a taxi holding a sign that read 'Bladebreakers', and a familiar face.
"Kaaaiiiii!" Screamed Tyson so loudly even the stone-faced Kai visibly winced. Tyson dropped his heavy luggage on Kenny causing him to fall hard on the concrete and ran up to his slate-haired friend.
"Tyson watch what you're doing!" Snapped Hilary as she helped Kenny to his feet. Tyson ignored her as per usual.
"Hey Kai! Man it's been forever, how're you doing?" He grinned eagerly. Kai fixed him with a bewildered stare and promptly frowned.
"You seriously need to cool it." He remarked before folding his arms and leaning against the car next to the grumpy taxi man.
"Same old same old." Said Tyson, undeterred by Kai's less than warm welcome. "Where's Ray? And Max?"
"Right behind ya big guy."
Tyson turned to see Max and Ray helping Kenny recover from the impact of Tyson's luggage. They grinned at him and he laughed.
"Looks like we're all here! It's so good to see you guys again!" He said taking his bag from Ray and high-fiving Max.
"Let's move then." Said Kai cooly, climbing into the front of the taxi. The others bundled in followed by angry taxi driver and they started off on another Bladebreaker adventure.