Chapter 8 – Meeting the Others and Discovery
I'm starting to think I was insane to think I would enjoy having them here in England with me; they're driving me crazy with their questions and teasing. If Ayako or Yasu ask me one more time how it was with Naru, I'm going to throw something at them. I don't remember their teasing being this annoying, Naru says it's the same, so I'm assuming my hormones are acting up.
We're currently in the meeting room, the only place I seem to get any peace around here anymore, talking about the case. "Mr. White has told me that he can stand for the activity no more; at first it was simply noises and random things being moved around, but recently, objects have started to be thrown around the room and one of his guests was pushed down the stairs. He has asked for our assistance in fixing the problem," Martin says, this is mostly a formality for his team that came over to hear the details of the case today.
Let's see if I can get them right. The one on the left of Luella is Michelle Lancaster; she's the other researcher other than Madoka. Next to her is her husband, Warren, who is Martin's assistant in the same way that Lin is for Naru. Next to him is Brandon Green; he is a spiritualist, but I'm not quite sure what he does. Then there's Ryan Truman; he's an ESP user kind of like me and he sort of creeps me out. "Martin, why do we have a bunch of kids here?" he asks, and it makes me dislike him even more.
"They are my son's team; this is my son Oliver, his assistant Lin Koujo, his assistant and girlfriend Mai Taniyama, a monk named Houshou Takigawa, a priestess named Ayako Matsuzaki, a Catholic priest named John Brown, a researcher named Osamu Yasuhara and a psychic medium named Masako Hara. Other than Noll, Lin and Mai; they came all the way from Japan to help us with this case," he answers, and from the looks of it, he doesn't really want to talk to this guy either.
"Why? We don't need their help; our team is more than enough to get this case done," is it just me or does this guy not want us here; gee I wonder.
"Because they are good at what they do and I'm not taking any risks, especially in Mai's state," is Martin's response, why the hell did he have to bring up the baby?
"Wait, Mai's what condition?" asks Bou-san after realising that Martin had said something about me.
I look over at Naru after giving Martin my scariest, which isn't very scary at all, glare. Naru notices my hesitation to answer the question so he grasps my hand and faces the others. "Mai is two weeks pregnant."
"WHAT? How do you know if it's only two weeks?" Bou-san exclaims.
"Easy, a doctor, a baby can be detected after a week from conception. We went to see a doctor last week and confirmed it," Naru answered and he was giving Bou-san one of those 'are you an idiot' looks.
"You guys sure work fast,-" Yasu starts before being interrupted by Sir Creeps-a-lot.
"Then why is she coming along? If you want more people for her protection; then why not leave her here?"
"Because she is a part of this team and she has exceptional potential with her ESP; even more potential than you," huffs Madoka, sticking up for me and my situation.
"Look, this meeting is over, we'll meet outside Mr. White's mansion tomorrow morning; Michelle, Warren, Brandon, Ryan, Lin will show the way to the door," Martins says before getting up from his chair and promptly leaving.
The rest of Martin's team follow Lin out, followed by Madoka and Luella leaving our old team, minus Lin, alone in the meeting room. "So, why didn't you guys tell us when we got here the other day?" asks Ayako suspiciously.
"Because you would act even more annoying than you already are after finding out we were together," is Naru's answer as he drags me out of the room and towards our bedroom.
"Naru, I really don't like that guy," I say, gripping his hand tightly.
"Yeah, I've never liked him; he always looked down on Gene and I, he also never really followed all of Father's instructions, always doing whatever he wanted. I'm not sure why he hasn't fired him already," he mutters, we are now in our room getting ready for bed.
"Yeah, but I'm sure Martin has a reason," I reply as we lay down to sleep.
"Probably, we'll find out on the case then, good night Mai," he says as we snuggle under the covers.
"Good night, Naru," and with that said, I follow him into the land of dreams.
Woo, another chapter. I'm currently on a three hour train trip to visit my cousin, so I had time to write this chapter and put it up. This is kinda what I had in mind for how the others found out about the baby, but not wuite. It's all good though.
Yesterday, was my last exam for uni, so I am now officially on holidays and can update more.
Woo hoo. Well, my laptop's dying, so...
Seza, over and out.