*Accchhouuummm*
"........Thanks for the food, Serenity. You are dismissed."
"I am glad you enjoyed it, but this can't go on forever."
"You're right.
Even with my Healer Ants…..I feel it is not enough."
"Ummm….I don't think we got the same message."
"What message did you get?"
"When they all started going missing one by one…..I knew something was up, Darius."
"What do you mean, one by one? Even...
...…Oh no...This is bad. This is really bad.
You couldn't stop them?"
"She controls them.
…So what do we do?"
"As far as we know, she thinks I am still with my parents. My parents still think I am with my parents, and the Kids...….where are the Kids?"
"Out enjoying their new suits. We can't keep an eye on them twenty four seven, and with me still ...."
"Woo. Woo. Here."
*Prick*
"...Thank you. That's the other thing I want to warn you."
"What?"
"She is able to switch through these so fast; it makes her look like she is a….."
"I'll deal with it."
"If you hear the word 'Witch' yelled out...…you will know."
"I could use your help."
"What can I do? I can't leave this place. I could earlier, but now...there's no way."
"Hold that thought."
"Darius. Where are you going?
…..Darius!!!"
"You know how to use one of these?"
"Ummmmmm."
"I'll show you."
"Do I just slide my hands in, or…."
"What I like to do is bunch it up, lay it on the floor; and then step in the middle."
"Like this?"
"Grab the two sides, and give me a big ol hop."
*Phooouuuu*
*Thud*
"Woooo. Almost forgot your Thud shakes the ground. Now that it is over your knees, all you have to do now is step and twist. Lift your feet and with every step, you twist the suit like a cap.
I'll put your Helmet on, and then when we surface; I have an assignment for you."
*Stomp…..stomp*
"What's that?"
"Communications."
"Darius, I don't know the first thing about…"
"Theresa, you can communicate with more than just your lips. Rainbow thinks I am gone, and I am confident she will not hurt you. So, since I cannot get close enough to her to feel what she's like; I know what you feel like. The closer you are; start…"
"Acting out, raising my…."
"No. No. I need you to lower it. Act naturally. I know how you act around her. If anything is different, she'll get suspicious."
"Why.....am I taking advice from an eight year old?"
"Cause this eight year old…
*Zip, zip, zip*
Gets to play with dragons all day."
"You don't….yet."
"Imagination, T. Without it, I would never be able to be confident in myself."
"So, just believe you can, and you can?"
"Nobody else will believe but you."
Needle."
"Needle? But she has swords."
"You will thank me later."
"How will I know what Later is?"