Second upload to this story today. This one was half written, so I finished it. I have a couple more half written ones, but prompts are also very good. So, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Well, technically the only thing I don't own in this one is SHIELD or any SHIELD agents, but the rest is mine.
Warnings: Fun and cuteness
Rebecca's POV
It's been almost three years since the incident. On weekdays, Noah and I work with the Gemini kids, alternating between training them to use their powers and trying to reintroduce them into society. Today, since it is warm, we've planned a trip to the local amusement/water park.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no powers at the waterpark," I instruct, "If anyone thinks they don't have enough control, you can ask me to turn on the power cancelling features on your wrist bands. You've been working hard at controlling your powers for almost three years now. I think you can handle it. Or you can stay here and shadow one of the SHIELD engineers or secretaries."
There were no takers, which I didn't expect there to be. What kid doesn't want to go to a water park? I get the kids onto a bus and we headed out. Not every of the child from the Gemini program is eligible to go to the school Noah and I run. Some were are too dangerous and SHIELD is keeping them under heavy supervision. Some of the children in my care are too young, so they are being watched by SHIELD agents for the day, and some already graduated from the program because they adapted and adjusted quickly. That leaves twelve kids in the program currently going to the waterpark.
"Can you turn on the power deactivator?" a girl named Brooke quietly asks me, "I just don't want any incidents."
"Of course," I say. I pull out my phone and activate it. Their bracelets also measure their vitals and had GPS locators. That way we can tell if something is going on with any of them to avoid any incidents or we can find them if they wander off.
"Thank you," she smiles sadly. Brooke is a smart girl, but she thinks she can't control her powers, despite the fact that I know she very well can.
"Brooke, I honestly don't think you need me to turn off your powers every time we go out into public."
"I don't want to risk it," she says. I don't reply because I don't want to make her feel pressured. We do our best to make sure all of the kids are comfortable. They've already been through enough, they don't need anything else bad to happen. SHIELD built them a school quickly after we brought down Gemini. The kids all have rooms there as well as Noah and I and our two adopted kids, Jacob and Melody. It's a nice facility. Sometimes SHIELD agents also help out at the school, as Wanda and some of her friends with enhancements, as we prefer to be referred to. The help is really nice, but I know I wouldn't be able to do any of this without Noah at me side. I don't know what I did to deserve him. Maybe I had good karma in my previous life. Who knows?
"You okay?" he sits down beside me, drawing me from my thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about the school and the kids. Did you activate anyone else's bracelet?"
"Henry asked me to," he says, "I did TJ's too, though. After the incident last field trip, you told him he's not allowed out of the school without his activated until further notice." Our previous trip had been to visit the zoo. And TJ, who turns into a polar bear, thought it would be funny to change into his animal form and wander around the zoo. He tried to rope Lily into it too, but she knows better. Needless to say, he freaked out a lot of people and we just barely got to him and shut his powers down before the keepers could do anything bad. Everyone was puzzled about how a polar bear could get in and out of its enclosure and not hurt anyone.
"Everything will be fine," he assures me, "We know how to handle incidents. Plus, they are good kids. Nothing will go wrong."
"I know. I can't help but worry," I say, "We're taking a dozen enhanced students into a very public, crowded place."
"It's not like we've never taken them on field trips before. It'll just be a little more crowded than we're used to. But their bracelets have GPS in them too, so we can't lose them."
"I know. I should just relax," I lean against him and rest my head on his shoulder. He puts his arm around me and gently rubs my back. I smile to myself and manage to fall asleep on the bus ride there.
"Wake up," Noah shakes me, "We're here. Let's go have some fun." I stand up and grab my backpack from the floor. I exit the bus first, followed by Noah and the students.
"Before I give you your tickets, I have a few rules. First, you must stay in at least pairs. Second, you are not allowed to leave the park. I'll know if you do. Third, no horseplay. Fourth, listen to the workers. If anyone gets kicked out, we're all going back home. Fifth, don't eat and then go on a bunch of rides. Lastly, have fun. But if you get hurt, I have a first aid kit." The students all nod and I hand out tickets for the park. They end up in groups of two or so. Henry and Brooke stick with us as we head to the entrance.
"You two can stay with us if that will make you comfortable," Noah tells them, "But maybe the two of you can stick together for this and be partners."
"I'd rather stick together," Henry says, "Just in case."
"Yeah, me too," Brooke says, "It'll make me feel better."
"Alright," I say, "Whatever you're comfortable with. You can pick the rides and where we go, though. Noah and I don't really care what we do."
"Can we do the swings first?" Henry asks, "I love them. They're so much fun."
"Yep," I say, "You have a map. Lead the way, Henry." Henry nods and leads the way to the swings.
Around one, Henry and Brooke executively decide that it's time for the four of us to get some lunch. We end up at little place that sells pizza and wings. I get some boneless barbecue wing and Noah gets hot ones. Henry and Brooke decide to split a pizza.
"So, what did you to think of yesterday's guest speakers?" I ask them, trying to get a conversation going.
"I thought it was really interesting," Brooke says, "Fitz and Simmons are like SHIELD legends. Maybe one day I can work with them. I've always been into science."
"Well, maybe I can get you an appointment to meet Dr. Banner or Tony Stark," I say, "My friend works in their lab, plus I did help them take down Gemini, as you remember."
"The friend whose leg almost got ripped off by TJ?" Henry asks, "Will she want to be around any of us?"
"She's really nice," I say, "Plus, she's pretty forgiving. She's married to Bucky Barnes, and you know his history. He still has issues sometimes and he has a hard time forgiving himself, but she always forgives him. I think you would like them."
"I'd love to meet them," Brooke smiles, "But is it really possible for me to meet Dr. Banner? He's like a celebrity."
"He's just a normal person," Noah replies, "He's actually pretty nice. Although, it may have been fatherhood that softened him up. Who knows."
"That would be amazing," Brooke beams, "Thank you so much!"
"Of course. It's our job to make you happy and get you into the world so you can live your lives. Part of that is finding productive things to do once you're able to , I think you guys won't be in here as long as some of the others. I won't name any names," I say, "I don't think I have to."
"I'd love to be a scientist," Brooke tells me, "I want to be able to help as many people as I can."
"Me too," Noah says, "I want to be a doctor. Maybe in an ER. I could save people's lives."
"Well, those are both great ideas," Noah smiles as we all finish lunch, "Maybe you can find a way to help your classmates."
"We can try," they say.
"Maybe you can invent something to keep TJ in polar bear form and we can lock him in the zoo," Noah jokes and I lightly elbow him.
"That's not nice. He's getting better. Lily too. They just need time," I tell him.
"I know that, love. I was just kidding. If anyone can figure out how to help them, it's you. You're the bravest, kindest person I know."
"I knew there was a reason I loved you," I smiled and kiss him quickly, "Now kids, where to next?"
"We should go on the water rides," Brooke says, "I mean, we are at a water park. It would be dumb not to go on them."
"True," I say, "Come on, then. Let's head to the lockers we left our stuff in so we can change into our swimsuits. Okay?" They nod and we do exactly that. The lockers are near the water rides, so we get our stuff out and go into our respective bathrooms to change into our bathing suits. Then we lock up our clothes back in the lockers and head to the water rides.
"I vote we do the lazy river first," Noah says. We all agree, so we find our way over there and each get a tube. Noah and I stick together, but the kids propel themselves a little, so they get ahead of us. Once we turn a corner, there is a pipe type thing in the middle of the river, coming out of the water. It had streams of water coming down from it, all the way around, forming a circle. not wanting to get hit by falling water, I try to maneuver around it, Only to have Noah push my right into it. I manage to slip my foot though the handle on his tube, so I pull him right under with me and we both get wet. We look at each other and start laughing and smiling. After our second time around, the kids find us.
"Hey, do you mind if the two of us go on some of the water slides?" Henry ask.
"Go ahead," I say. They head out of the lazy river laughing about something and head in the direction of the water slides.
"Let me guess, you don't like water slides?" Noah ask me.
"No. Not the ones that are completely enclosed. They're kinda scary. Plus, they go way too fast."
"Well, how about once or twice more around then we hit the wave pool?" he asks me.
"That sounds like fun," I smile. After twice more around the lazy, we were completely soaked from all the water spraying at various points, so we head to the wave pool. We get there as the waves start. Noah wants to go all the way to the 6 foot end, but being only 5' 4", i'd rather not because I don't want to drown at a water park. So, I stay at a spot where the waves are big, but not to big and watch Noah play like a little kid until they turn back off.
After the second round of waves, my bracelet starts vibrating. I rush out of the pool. My bracelet vibrating means that one of the kids is having problems. I quickly hurry back to the locker to check my phone as to see what's wrong. One of the girls, Clara, pressed the button on her bracelet, which was a sign that she needs me. I find where she is in the park and hurry to find her and Jasper sitting on a half wall made of cinder blocks.
"What's wrong?" I ask them.
"My head," Clara says,looking on the verge of crying "All the voices are there again. I can't get rid of them. I tried your methods. Can you turn my powers off?" I nod and do so quickly.
"Did you go on too many spiny rides? Maybe getting a headache brought them back on. Do you want me to stay with you until you feel better?"
"No, that's okay. I just need a few minutes. I'm sure Jasper will keep me company," she says.
"If you're sure," I say, "If you need me, don't be afraid to press the button again. Have you seen any of the others?"
"Last I saw, TJ and Lily were going on the Music Express again. I think Will and Nicolas were playing the games. I don't know about the others."
"Well, that leaves John and Jacob and Lauren and Anna. Thank you. I'm going to find them and make sure they're doing okay."
"Alright," Jasper says. I walk away from the pair. I find the games first. It was a midway at a carnival or a fair. Only instead of prizes the booths gave out tickets for winning, which you could take to a prize booth. And from the look of it, the boys were winning all the games.
"Are you two alright?" I ask them, "I'm just checking up on everyone.
"We're fine," Will smiles, "Just playing some games."
"I hope I can trust that you're playing fair," I say, looking between the pair, "We're not supposed to misuse our abilities."
"Don't worry, we won't cheat," Nicolas says, "even if the games are rigged. I guess we're just really good."
"Alright, well, remember to meet at the front gate in two hours, okay?"
"Yeah, ma'am," Will smiles at me again before I turn and walk away from him and head to the Music Express. I wait for it to finish and approach TJ and Lily.
"Are you two doing alright. Just thought I'd check in," I say.
"Well, Noah turned my powers off, so it's not like I can do anything. And I'm sure you would have heard people yelling if there was a wolf in the park, so no, we're not causing any trouble," he tells me, "Don't worry about us."
"I'm checking in on everyone, TJ. Not just you. Have you seen John and Jacob or Lauren and Anna?"
"Lauren and Anna said they were going to hang out by the water park and look for cute guys," Lily says.
"I just came from there. Although, it is a big area. I'll have to look again," I say, "Or I could check their GPS signals."
"Oh, John and Jacob said they were gonna keep riding the roller coasters until one of them chickened out. So they're probably still going back in forth between the six roller coasters," TJ says.
"Okay. See you at the front gate in two hours," I tell them. I check my phone to find where John and Jacob are. I find them between coasters.
"How are you guys?" I ask, "And how many times have you been on the rollar coasters?"
"Not enough times," Jacob says, "We just finished our fourth rotation through."
"The coasters here are kinda lame," John says, "But they're the best part of the park."
"Okay, just don't get sick, please. If you start feeling nauseated, just stop going on the roller coasters."
"We won't get sick. That would be lame," Jacob says.
"Well, I'll see you in two hours, okay?" I ask the pair of twins.
"We know," they both say. I smile at them and leave as they hurry off to the next coaster.
Satisfied that all the students are mostly staying out of trouble, I go back to the wave pool to find Noah waiting for me.
"Where did you go? Is everything alright?"
"Clara got a headache and couldn't block her telepathy. So I turned her powers off. Then I decided to make sure the others aren't causing any trouble."
"Are they all being good?" Noah asks.
"Yeah. Although, I think Nicolas and Will are cheating at the carnival games, but since they're rigged and I don't have any proof they're cheating, I just gave them a warning. Our two local animorphs are over in the dry rides. The twins are riding the roller coasters repeatedly. The only pair I haven't seen is Lauren and Anna."
"Oh, I just saw them. They were on their way to the lazy river. They seemed fine. Don't worry so much. You'll know if something is wrong. But as long as the kids are kept busy, there shouldn't be any problems. You wouldn't have brought them here if you didn't think you could handle it."
"I guess you're right," I tell him, "come on, let's go on the log ride."
"Alright," he takes my hand and we walk over and wait in the line. We end up waiting about 20 minutes, but we both really wanted to go on it, so we wait anyways.
After the log ride, we dry off and change out of our swim suits. We go on the Music Express a couple times. I don't mind that I kept getting pushed towards him as we spun faster and faster, backwards then forwards. I love spinny rides. They're my favorite.
We get off and we start walking. Noah stops in front of a roller coaster, one that flips you upside down. I look over at him like he's insane.
"Let's go on it," he suggests.
"Absolutely not. I don't do roller coasters and I definitely don't do upside down. Plus, we don't have very much more time and I'd like to get some ice cream before we go," I tell him.
"Alright. You win. But one day I will get you on a roller coaster," he says, declaring it like a mission.
"You most certainly will not," I reply.
"Challenge accepted," he smiles at me, "It is now my single goal in life to get you on a roller coaster."
"Well, you're going to have a disappointing life then, because I'm never going on one of those death machines. No thank you."
"We'll see," he smirks.
"No, we won't," I say, then walk up to the ice cream place and order a chocolate-vanilla twist. Noah gets a hot fudge sundae and pays for our ice cream. We go and sit down and enjoy our ice cream. Most of the kids end up joining us. Then we get back on the bus and return to school. The ride back is quiet, as everyone is tired out. I turn everyone's powers back on quietly and end up falling asleep on the bus and we're back before I know it.