Page 41 of Citiali: Teach
As I wash her, I smile at the unruly hair. She’s beautiful and I can picture her face framed by that thick hair when it’s grown out, but I like this now. Those tan-ish green eyes never open.
Lying beside her, I jump back to see my brother. Atohi is excited, I feel it.
Chapter Seven
Teach Club
Three days
The meeting room shouldn’t be used when it’s just us but I don’t point that out. I watch Ari flip through an actual book. Everything we use is on hologram boards or books we carry in our tablets but today he has a paper filled book.
“Here it is. You’re on defending, that’s Flight with the kids or Alpha-Bits. Kent is on daily physical and regular range and pop ups. Marjorie is planning, she’s been watching the feeds with Alder and Asa and I got her Prince kid tries, but we’ll get her more as we go. Dyani is defense all the way, she’s been working with Atseelsoi and Arndt. I want her teaching moves they can use to help but she needs the trainees to see what the kids can do. Then Rocko, he’s fanatical about the kids. He’s not Indian and does normal scenario and book shit.”
I smile, even the so called ‘normal’ isn’t normal. “All kids covered works for me.”
He looks surprised. “So, we’re done?”
“Yeah, Boss. We already have the training schedule. The Alpha-Bits are scheduled here on a weekly cycle and Alder and Asa will alternately show once a week.”
He nods. “Yeah. We start right after breakfast. I just want it to run right.”He’s been waiting forever to open.
I see anxiety and throw him calm. “Relax. Let’s go eat. You’ll feel better when we’re actually working.”
“Falcon’s sending two classes of actual trainees.”
I nod, pulling him away from his book and out the door. “We can do four at a time. This week is going to be boring.” Doing maintenance training annoyed him so much he continually called it a test class. He needs to lighten up.
He laughs slapping my hand off him. “Fuck off. Did you get the box I sent?”
“I sent you appreciation. Thanks. Dyani is excited to have tribal artifacts. She’s got them everywhere. Where did you get them?”
“Teller took me to Oklahoma. There was a harvest thing that had tables of everything.”
I smile at the disgust I hear in there. “It’s appreciated. Aiyana has regalia for her. They’ll be here this weekend.”
“Here?”
“Relax, Ari. At the Protector compound. We don’t need their kind of crazy our first week.”
“Sure you do.” I just barely catch myself spinning too fast. “Bosses. What brings you here?”Danny and Knight are in Virginia once in a while but Teller says they’re here a lot. It’s the first time I’ve seen them here.
Knight smiles and I see Prez in those flashing green eyes. “Givin’ you shit.”
Danny bumps his arm. “We’re here for breakfast. The kids will be over later. We do a check-in with them every couple of months.”
I look at Ari, glad he’s looking at me. “You didn’t tell me about this. Anyone else doing check-ins?”
Mucimi shows. “I can catch you up.”
Ari’s hands go up then right back down as he glares at Danny. “My father is here?”
“Fuckin’ kids.” Knight walks away with Mucimi following.
I look at my feet and laugh. They’re all fuckin’ crazy. Dyani is going to love this.
“Steve wants to see your back. He knows someone in New York that’s marked.”
My eyes go right to Danny. “My brother, Dyani are, Mag’s dad and grandmother were.”
