Liam nodded, pressing a kiss to the top of Kasey's head, "I'll go get them now, then." He pulled away from his girlfriend, heading back to the door and out to the car.
He was quick to collect the cats, shutting the car door with his foots and then the front door of Ivory's home.
“So,” Ivory started once she got back with Kasey’s water, “you got yourself into some trouble?”
Kasey sighed as she took the glass. “Yeah. Someone found out my identity… And now Liam and I are being threatened.”
Liam grumbled something under his breath, placing the cats down on the floor, "Yeah, some asshole I used to work with at that." He shook his head, sitting on the ground to let the cats out of their cage.
Kasey glanced over at Liam and nodded, then looked down at the cat carriers. She mouthed “thank you” to him, bending down to pick Quake up.
“Huh. How did he find out? Do you know? What do you know about him? Oh, and Kasey said something about your phones. I can get those looked at as soon as Caelan gets here,” Ivory said, her gaze flickering between the couple and the cats. “Ooh, the cats! What are their names?”
Liam took a moment to process all that Ivory had said before he replied, “We don’t know how he found out. He’s got a massive underground network making weapons that can wipe out all supers. They probably tracked Kasey somehow. Matt in the outside seems like a reasonable guy when you don’t know he’s a psychopath trying to kill a shit tone of people,” He sighed, “The cats names are Mortem and Quake and we think he’s tapped our phones but we’re not sure.”
Ivory nodded and gestured for them to follow her out of the room. They passed through the mud room they’d entered in, the living room, dining room, and kitchen before they reached the top of a set of stairs.
“The walls down here should prevent you two from being tracked or anything,” she said as she led them down. “Caelan said he would be here in about fifteen minutes, and that was moments before you arrived, so it’ll be about five or ten now.”
"Who's Caelan?" Liam asked. Another super he presumed. Were their powers to do with hacking? Or were they just not a super at all and were just great with computers?
“Caelan is our tech guy. He makes a bunch of stuff for us,” Kasey explained, rubbing Quake’s head and leaning into Liam’s side. “And a bunch of other supers.”
Liam nodded a little. That made sense, "Well, let's just hope that if our phones are hacked he can do something about it. I doubt they are but you can never be too careful."
“He’s really good with tech, so I’m sure he’d be able to. He might also be able to do some other things for you two, also,” Ivory mused as she made her way to a bright white chair and sat down. “Feel free to take a seat wherever you’d like.”
Kasey nodded and sat down on the couch across from her, patting the seat beside her for Liam.
Liam took a seat, close to Kasey. He knew he had no reason to be cautious around the other woman, however after everything that had happened he couldn't help but be on edge, "How long have you two known each other?"
Both Kasey and Ivory thought for a moment. It had been a while, but just how long had it been?
“Was it since I was ten? Whenever I started figuring out about my powers. Harper thought another girl super would be good for me, and he’d known of Ivory for a while,” Kasey mused as Ivory nodded along in agreement.
"So, you and Harper are around the same age, then?" He asked, "And at least that was good you two met when you were fairly young. Having each other there while working through your powers would have been a help."
“I’m actually two years older than Harper,” Ivory said, checking the time on her phone. “And yes, I helped Kasey with her powers. I hope I did well.”
Kasey chuckled and nodded. “You did help me, thank you. Is Caelan almost here?”
“He should be here any—“ The doorbell rang before Ivory could finish speaking, and she stood. “I’ll be right back.”
"Don't tell me she's psychic too?" Liam joked, a small smile on his face. Hopefully Caelan would be able to help them. He had no doubt that he would, but hoping helped bring at least a little light to the situation.
Kasey chuckled, suddenly nervous. It had been a while since she’d last seen Caelan, and when she had… She may or may not have had the slightest crush on him. Which, now that she was with Liam, shouldn’t be a problem. Besides, he probably didn’t look as good, anyway. Right?
Most tech guys looked like they would be tech guys. Nerdy, socially awkward, glasses, the works, right? Well, the man who walked into the room was anything but. Except for the glasses, which he did have.
“Kasey! It’s so good to see you again,” the tall blond greeted her, tugging her close and wrapping her in tanned arms.
She laughed when he pulled her against himself and tapped his chest. “Hi, Caelan. Good to see you again.” No, he definitely still looked good. “This is my boyfriend, Liam.”
Maybe it was just because Liam was over protective of Kasey, or maybe it was because he was already on edge with what was happening with Matt, but he really didn't like Caelan from the moment he walked in. Even less when he hugged Kasey like that.
Liam drew himself up to his full height, giving the other male a small nod and a reserved smile that last only a moment, "Caelan. Nice to meet you." No it really wasn't.
Kasey stepped back from Caelan and took Liam’s hand. She looked over at him to find his lips pursed. Was he jealous?
Hey. What’s wrong? she asked him silently, her head tilting to the side.
Ivory handed the tech guru the phones, and they stepped away to go take a look at them.
Liam shook his head a little, giving her hand a little squeeze. It's nothing. He had no reason to be jealous, even if they did have history and he was pretty attractive. However he wasn't going to let Kasey know that.
Kasey frowned. She felt like something was bothering, but she really didn’t want to pry…
Are you sure? Because you know you can talk to me if it is.
Liam nodded, offering a small smile. Yeah, I'm sure. I'll talk to you about it later. At least that was better then talking to her about it her, in front of all these people and having a conversation where they probably looked like idiots.
Kasey gave him a small smile back and nodded. If he said he was all right, then she would have to trust that he was.
“So it looks like your phones were clean. No bugs this time,” Caelan said as he came back, holding the phones out to the pair.
Liam gladly took his phone back, slipping it into his pocket. Good, change in subject, "Great. Thanks for that. With the shit that Matt has pulled on the both of us we couldn't be sure he hadn't done something like this."
“So you two are here because you’re running from him? Ivory filled me in on a little bit of what’s going on, but not everything,” Caelan said, handing Kasey her phone and going to sit on one of the chairs.
Ivory nodded, sitting in the other. “I figured you could tell him the rest if you wanted him to know.”
Liam really didn't want him to know, prefer to keep that between Kasey, Ivory and himself so really it was up to her. He shrugged, glancing at Kasey in hopes that she understood. He moved to pick up his cat, sitting himself on the floor.