(Firiko is still on the couch, so Liam won't have spotted the wings yet, but he will as soon as he comes in the living room…)
"Uhm Tobias" Skye looked at him with a bit of nervousness, before whipping around to give the girl a very harsh glare.
Rio just waved, as he shoved Firiko's wing down out of sight.
Tobias wasn't sure what to do, and shoving Liam back out would be incredibly rude…. "Well…. Um… Yeah… These are– friends from out of town."
"It's nice to meet you all…" His voice had some wavering of awkwardness to it.
The awkwardness of the room is so thick I can feel it hanging on my arms… Tobias smiled nonetheless. "So… What brings you here…?"
Liam chuckled a little. "You don't remember? We decided to have dinner here tonight a few months back."
Skye watched Tobias carefully, "Rio we need to get Firiko out of here…." he spoke to Rio worriedly, "Rio how about you go get Megan, I believe she's in her office" Said Skye.
Rio nodded and headed upstairs,
"Oh– am I here at a bad time? Is she busy….?" Liam backed up a little towards the door.
"No… I think she just had to do a few things…" Tobias said, glancing at his feet. Holy cow, this is awkward…
Megan was tippity typing the rest of some stuff when Rio came in unnoticed.
"Uh Megan?" Said Rio tensely, "You have company over."
Megan was startled – yet again – by Rio's voice. "W-What?" She got out of her office and came downstairs, only to see Liam standing at the doorway. "Oh… Hey."
"I thought you were busy," He said calmly. "Tobias said you were working upstairs when I came."
"I was… But I'm not anymore."
Tobias kind of inched away as the got into a conversation and such, catching up on each other's lives.
Firiko sat up and got to his feet as the guy went upstairs, every feather standing on end he quickly went downstairs to stay out of sight.
Skye breathed a sigh of relief as Firiko was able to get out of sight, "Well that was close…"
"So… Who's all crashin' at your house?" Liam asked after enough of ignoring the so-called elephant in the room.
"Just some friends from outta town." Megan said quickly.
"Well…. I can't wait to talk to them. They all… Sorta… Disappeared." He muttered a little bit.
Tobias went and followed Firiko down into the basement. "It's probably tough having wings like those…" He said quietly.
"Not usually" said Firiko crashing in a corner, "Sure I stick out.. But it isn't really this much of a danger…)
"Yeah… Unfortunately, Liam came over and plans on staying at least through dinner. So… You'll be down here for quite some time." Tobias sighed, shifting his weight a little. "But I think once he leaves, you can eat…. Unless you don't care…"
"I don't care…" said Firiko gloomily, "I'm just bored outta my skull, albeit it's better than nearly dying all the time."
Tobias glanced down a bit. "Well… I would go out and help you guys, but Megan's against it. And since Liam's over…" He shrugged. "I'm sorry you're so bored. It's hard when you… You don't really know what all this stuff is or what it does…."
Megan turned and went into the kitchen, and Liam followed her. "So what do you plan on cooking tonight?"
"…Chicken and rice. As usual," She washed up her hands at the sink and got a box of rice out. "Hope you're fine with that."
"Oh, of course. As long as your other guests are." He leaned against the counter.
She bit her lip. "Yes, they're fine with it," She said through clenched teeth.
"I don't think we have a right to disagree" whispered Rio to Skye..
"I would agree…" said Skye
"Hm… So… I would ask what do you wanna do…" Tobias found another ball and began kicking it around lightly. "But… Sometimes, we just should kinda chill out…" He went over to the TV on the stand and tried turning it on.
Nothing.
He cocked his head. Hm?…
"Is it supposed to do that?" asked Firiko,
Skye tensed a little as he heard something on the roof.
"No…. When I turn it on… It's supposed to turn on…" Tobias reached back by the plug, but a terrible shock grabbed at his fingers and he barked out in pain before the shock channeled to his brain and knocked him out…
"Tobias?!" Firiko came over to him and checked his pulse using a little Aura to be sure he was alright. "ok.. That was weird…" He said to himself. He was just going to call the others when he froze, he wasn't sure.. but he felt aura magic, faint, and unnatural. "Solaris!" He sent out a mental projection outside. Now he was able to investigate, he looked up to the roof and saw the strange man from before! Whipping himself back to his physical body in the basement he scooped up Tobias and went upstairs. "Guys we ave a problem!" he said from the doorway keeping his wings hidden as best he could.
Liam suddenly froze. “….Megan…. Tell me you heard that.”
She stopped too. “What?”
“I thought I heard yelling from downstairs….” He got up, but she quickly stopped him. Megan smiled sheepishly, getting a little anxious. “It’s nothing, I’m sure. They’re probably playing down in the basement….” Come on… Can you be just a little quieter…?
Firiko stumbled up the stairs with Tobias in his arms, "Skye!" He whispered from the stairwell, Skye looked over to Firiko and saw Tobias, "What did you do?!!" Demanded Skye,
"I didn't do anything! He was fixing something on the TV when he got an electric shock." Replied Firiko
"Then why didn't you just call me from down there?!" Asked Skye
"Because we have bigger problems, That man who-" Firiko was cut off by a thump on the roof.
Skye and Rio froze when they heard it. Skye sent a mental probe up there and sense a dangerous presence up on the roof.
Megan heard a thump, and tensed a bit. Liam heard it too, and he flinched a bit. "I think there's something up on your roof…."
"What are you talking about?…. I didn't hear anything…" Skye…. Come on…. I just need Liam to leave… This is a bad time.
Skye having been mentally weaker than usual heard her thoughts, "Megan" there was another thump, "I don't think he is going to leave…. is it possible we can trust him with the truth?" that last part he said aloud so Liam could hear. he flinched again and held the girls arm as she paled in fear.
Liam flinched. "….What truth?" He glared at Megan. "Is there something you're hiding?"
Megan swallowed a bit. "Well… No…. Maybe…" She bit her lip. How am I supposed to tell him?
"Can he keep this a secret?" asked Skye mentally,
"What I'm about to tell you is no joke, and I need you to keep it a secret…." Megan said gravely. "…Can you do that?"
Liam stared at her, bewildered. "…Um…." He stammered, hesitating. "Y-Yes… Yeah I can."
"Because these guys aren't from outta town," She continued, "They aren't even from the same world."
"World????" He echoed. "…What are you talking about?"
"Me and my buddies" said Skye gesturing to Rio and the girl, "We aren't from your world. We're from another world, and we were brought here against our will by some creep that want's to use our power as an energy source."
there was another thump on the roof, and finally one in the backyard.
"Rio" Skye motioned for him to guard the back door. "And I think the guy who brought us here managed to track us down…"
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