Page 10 of Vapor
“Call me you need help. Little Brother best way to learn.” Does he mean the Alpha-Bits?
“The kid group or Alpha-Bits?”
“Kids, I send you old feed. Tyson will send new virtual meet, book.”
This will be good. “I’ll take it. If you think of more that will help, let me know. I didn’t know anything about Badass until my mom died. The letter told me where to look but everyone she named from Michigan was dead or moved away.”
He shakes his head and the mohawk moves like it’s waving. “Same to Mason, secret no help everyone dead.” He swipes in to the pool area and I follow.
“I thought the same thing. They did know where Ranger was so it wasn’t a complete waste of time.”
“Good you look forward, show to Bravo. Pres Falcon, VP Jack like you.”
I chuckle. “You checked up on me. I don’t blame you. I’m new and Pres Bishop says it shows like a circus tent.” He always says weird phrases he got from Beacon and VP Marks. I don’t know either but always pay attention when he says them.
He laughs and points. “Pres Falcon here. Planning meet. Alder stuck to surgery.”
“Planning meet? Cort told me to show for dinner. Should I come back?”
The mohawk waves and hand points. “No, food here. Planning Club in Club. Pres Bishop no here. Maybe you do Law to meet.”
“Okay.” It’s like answering in ops today, I guess. Pres does these but he’s still out.
He giggles and runs. “Pres Falcon, you race?”
The table of Presidents turns with a smile and Falcon puts an arm out. Asa jumps and lands right on Falcon’s lap like they practice the move.
Not sure where I’m supposed to be, I go to the food first. The Night Stalkers are all on one side of the long table and Badass Officers on the other. Every one of them have a plate of food but they’re not all eating.
With a plate and some extra water bottles, I turn seeing the shifting of seats.
“Julius, sit here.” Cort indicates where and I move, glad to be a few seats away from him. The giant is intense sometimes.
This puts me almost across from Vapor. I throw her chin and put the extra bottles in the middle. “You brought friends.”
“Old Night Stalkers and strays with skill.”
The table smiles. Brothers like when you say it like it is.
“You know the Commander?” Cort asks and I feel a little too close to his intense steely eyes.
“Yeah, Boss. We met about a month ago in Champion. One of my last Flight suit lessons.”
Aaron’s head is going so I let him tell it. “Anton crash Boss Vapor one step out general store. Boss Julius and Brody help talk we fix flight pack and stitch Boss Vapor.”
Falcon shakes his head. “You needed stitches?”
Vapor doesn’t look broken up about it, her smile shows just the opposite. “Strips. It was superficial but the tiny one felt bad. They sent Julius a text saying they bought me dinner and the mechanic said the bill was paid, so servicing my truck was free too.”
Aaron nods. “Anton show he sorry.”
“He show Brotherhood. No hide to mistake.” Asa chimes in.
Everyone eats, so I do while asking Vapor about the team and strays. They’re all elite aerial but different branches.
Cort, Falcon and Jinx ask questions so I finish eating while taking in the answers.
Pres sits by me but I didn’t see him come in. “Marli said you helped the Protectors today.”
