"Life itself is worth living for. If you're not living the life you want, you fight for that life." -Jensen Ackles

Once everything had been piled into Jane's van — and in the proper areas — everyone was ordered to pile in so the scientific journey could begin. Jane wanted to get there early; she needed to make sure all her electronics were up and operational, that she'd be able to get the data quick and efficiently, while witnessing her phenomena firsthand.

"How long are we going to wait for this thing?" Darcy asked. Jane had ordered Darcy to drive while she, with the help of Erik, got all her things started up.

"It's supposed to occur relatively late in the night," Jane exclaimed. "So, we're going to be there for a long time."

Then came the collective groans from Opal and Darcy.

O.O.O.O

And wait they did. Darcy got Jane to her location relatively early — as in the sun hadn't completely set yet, it was probably a quarter of the way there — and Jane was still preparing for what she needed to gather. Erik helped when he was needed, Opal and Darcy just sat in the front, listening to Jane rattle on about what needed to be turned on and what needed time to warm up. It provided enough background noise to where the two women up front weren't completely engulfed in deafening silence, but it was enough noise that they found themselves getting annoyed. But they knew better than to tell Jane when she was in full-scientist mode.

"OK, everything's on," Jane exclaimed, looking almost like a kid in a candy store. "This is going to be great."

"Thrilling," Opal sighed, leaning back in the passenger's seat.

"I know this isn't your thing, Opal," Jane said, sounding almost like a parent scolding a child, "but at least try to be just a little excited?"

"I'm not a scientist, I don't even know what you're talking about half the time."

"Well, having you here is nice," she said firmly. "You keep Darcy company, you help out Erik, you're really helpful with me..."

"I get it, I get it." Opal crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm useful sometimes, that's good."

When Jane didn't reply, Opal could only assume it had to do with one of her gadgets either acting up or picking up some kind of frequency. Opal didn't bother saying anything else, either, given she didn't want to disrupt Jane's concentration.

Darcy and Opal shared a look. Whenever Jane went into full-scientist mode, and everyone had to be silent for her to keep her momentum going, Opal and Darcy usually found ways to keep themselves entertained; whether it be telepathic discussions or Opal using her telekinesis to perform little tricks until one of them grew bored of it. Usually Opal's little telekinetic tricks didn't last long, since her powers seemed to interfere with some of Jane's technology, and sometimes the telepathic communications would somehow tap into the frequency of Jane's gadgets, which meant Opal would have to just sit there and do nothing for hours on end. But that didn't mean it wasn't worth a shot.

O.O.O.O

Hours upon hours upon hours later, long after the sun had finally gone down and the chilled nighttime air — along with all the bugs and creatures that came with it — had settled in, that was when Jane's research really started to pick up steam. Opal tried using her telepathy and her telekinesis to keep herself and Darcy entertained, but they earned a heated lecture from their enthusiastically scientific friend about how it was messing up with her research. So that meant they had to sit, be quiet, and wait.

And wait and wait and wait.

That also meant having to listen to Jane furiously type into her computers, mumble under her breath, talk to Erik about whatever she thought she picked up — honestly, it was almost maddening. Then, without even consulting with anyone in the van, Jane threw open the sunroof on her van, grab handfuls of her gadgets, and shimmy her way out to gather more data. The sunroof itself was big enough for two people to squeeze their way out — and by squeeze, the two would literally have to squeeze — and when Jane did that, Erik grabbed a few more gadgets and worked his way through, as well.

Erik and Jane stood there for a good five minutes, not saying a word. Opal and Darcy would occasionally look back to make sure their friends were OK before settling back in their seats.

"You think this thing's going to happen?" Darcy muttered.

Opal shrugged.

"Wait for it!" Jane exclaimed.

"Can I turn on the radio?" Darcy asked.

"No." Jane's answer was immediate and left little to no room for argument.

"Why not?" Opal sighed. "Nothing's happening."

"No."

"Listen, Jane, you can't keep doing this," Erik sighed.

Without even responding, Jane sat herself back down into the van and started digging through her journals and computer files. "The last seventeen occurrences were predictable...," she stammered.

"You're an astrophysicist, not a storm chaser," Erik said.

"Exactly," Opal replied. "That's what I was saying."

"If you guys could just listen," Jane announced. "There's a connection between these atmospheric disturbances and my research. I wouldn't have asked you or Opal to fly out here if I wasn't absolutely sure."

Whatever Jane was saying after that had completely gone over Opal's head, Darcy's, as well. Their friend was so engrossed into her explanation on atmospheric disturbances and their connections to her research, that the light that was steadily growing brighter at least a mile in front of them hadn't caught Jane's attention at all. Any other time, random lights would have been chalked up as headlights from a car — maybe a couple that had been goofing around with hope of not getting caught — but the light Opal and Darcy saw was coming from the sky.

"Jane," Darcy exclaimed. "I think you'd wanna see this."

(A/N):

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