Page 61 of Vapor
I nod surprised he already knows. I read it but haven’t been home and don’t know if they’ve been moved.
Ben talks but no one reacts. ‘Your job isn’t placement, you rescue, let them do their parts.’
I look around and realize he talked to me…in my head. He’s smiling when I look up there again. I nod. Good advice. I sit and wait for Mase, Hemy and Citiali, who looks much younger than I expected to finish talking.
Alder slides a tablet over. This kid is amazing. “This is everything I asked for?” I spin right around and see my SOAR members with their heads together in front of Julius’ new board. “They’re amazing, you are too. Parts lists for drones we have here?”
He nods. “All list to here. I make outline next page. You close to make timeline. Code to invisible to country, local, Boss Alexia share to Boss Sarah. I wait to Boss Natalia. Cloak same to Indian wrap?”
I smile. Jones answers. “Sarah calls it an invisibility cloak like the Harry Potter movie but that’s not it at all. The paint, steel and PAVE do the job well but we’re not invisible. The code she uses is to pick up and clear us from showing on any radar we’re close to. Now, if we show, it’s usually for minutes and someone veered off our Flight plan.”
Alder nods. “Same to Boss Alexia, not Indian cloak.”
I have to ask. “What’s an Indian cloak?”
Citiali answers from his board. “Wrapping bad or hurtful memories that will impact lives in a cloak the ancestors help healers create. It allows lives to be saved and futures to happen as they should.”
“Wow. That’s an amazing piece of your heritage to learn. Can we use that to help the kids we just picked up? Not one is over ten. Most are toddlers.”
He looks down then right back at my eyes. “I can shield them and Zeke can cloak but we’ll need time.”
Justice is back from wherever he went. “Mucimi said to shield them and get them to SOAR. We can all cloak them together. It’s not a complete cloak but it will shield the worst.”
Citiali looks lighter. “I don't believe in full cloaks and they rarely work for life. The worst, at this age, should be cloaked and I will be honored to help.”
I like Citiali. I feel like that too. I’m honored to rescue the kids. It’s not a job everyone knows or can do, but I have the best team to make sure I can do my part of our jobs.
“You think they have the hard jobs?”
I smile at Ben. “I do, Boss. Sarah, Moss, Lerch. Look at Alder, he’s got like twenty jobs. They work before, after andduring. I do the job and go play with the choppers like I’m quality control.”
Everyone laughs.
“You love the choppers so it isn’t like work.” Jones points out.
I nod. “I really do. If I wasn’t tapped for Officer, I’d have been a mechanic.”
“Zeke is here. I have to bounce, Brothers.” Citiali walks away.
Alder types faster on his imaginary keyboard “Boss Brantley have all supply list.”
“Two days is the earliest window, Commander Vapor.” Moss is smiling.
I shake my head. “Okay. Two days. I need weather…”
“Alder got us in. The boards are up, Commander but I don’t see them from here. Hold on. We can virtual your meets. It’s easier for us.”
Sarah has me laughing. The lights go off and virtual drops from the ceiling above the table.
I think it’s a computer set so we can all see it but it’s cool as hell effects that have Badass impressed. My team really is amazing.
~*~*~
Julius
My girl is sitting on the table watching the board that hasthe SOAR Club Ops room on it. “Baby.”
She spins holding her chest.
