Once all of them had met up again, this time in one of the large meadows between Cassie's barn and the national forest that rose up into the mountains that he'd seen so many times while flying over the area, Tommy found himself listening to a discussion about something Marco had done just the other night.
"I don't think we should really be morphing out on the street, or getting involved in everyday crime, Marco," Jake said, as the five of them continued on their way. "Remember what happened at the used car lot with Rachel and Tobias? You asked them if they were insane."
Before anyone else could say anything in response, Rachel spoke up: "I think Marco did the right thing. I mean, was he just supposed to let that old man get his butt kicked by those jerks? I don't think so."
"Okay, so now I know I made a mistake," Marco said, rolling his eyes. "Any time Rachel thinks I did the right thing, I know it has to be wrong. Besides, that was my whole point: I risked my life for that old man, and I didn't even get a thank you."
Shaking his head, Tommy followed along, keeping to the rough middle of their group. From everything that Jake was saying, it really sounded like Ax was getting homesick; like he wanted to go home. It made sense, sure, since he was so far away on what was – to him – a completely alien planet. Still, the way they were going to try to get Ax back home…
"We're really going to try stealing one of their Bug Fighters?" he asked, not quite sure how he felt about that.
Still, it did seem like the only way they'd be able to get Ax back home, so Tommy wasn't going to make too much of a fuss about it.
