Chapter 6
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The plane was right on time. As they boarded, a butler greeted them with promises to be at their beck and call and a note from Charisma.
𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝕱𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕬𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖘,
𝕺𝖓 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉, 𝕴 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖙, 𝖆𝖑𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝕴’𝖒 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖉 𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖘 𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖆𝖘 𝕴 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖍𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖉. 𝕴’𝖒 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖉𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖆𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖎𝖙𝖞. 𝖂𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖉𝖔 𝖆𝖓𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖊𝖇𝖙.
𝕺𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗, 𝖍𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗, 𝕴 𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖇𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖉𝖊𝖊𝖕-𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖔, 𝖆𝖓𝖉, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝕴 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖊, 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖚𝖕𝖔𝖓 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖛𝖆𝖑, 𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖕𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖉𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖞.
𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖔 𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊.
𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖑𝖑. 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚.
𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖒𝖆 𝕰𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆 𝕽𝖆𝖑𝖊
“Well, fantastic,” Ethaniel groaned. “What did you do to her?”
Cameo shrugged. “I’d rather not say,” he smirked, trying to play it cool. But Infinity looked at him and their eyes locked. She knew. She knew everything. She could tell everyone how weak he used to be. How weak he still was.
But she didn’t.
The moment passed and Cameo let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. Soon enough, they were wheels up and in the air, staring down at the United States. Cameo leaned back and closed his eyes, submitting to the dark world inside his mind.
Infinity sighed and slid her gaze to the rest of the group.
“So, what’s been going on with you guys? I mean, Cameo said that you guys got all the kids back home, but that couldn’t have taken six months, could it?”
Harley, Tanner, and Ethaniel exchanged tense glances. Eventually, Tanner cleared his throat.
“Well,” he began, eyes darting nervously around the cabin, “it only took about four months. We took a two-month break in between. We, umm, needed a break from all the, uh…” He trailed off, unsure of what to say next.
“Crying parents?” Harley supplied with a shaky smile.
“Right, crying parents,” Tanner nodded. “Anyway, Ethaniel was complaining about not being able to spend enough time with Harley.”
Ethaniel gasped. “I was not!” he exclaimed indignantly.
“Yeah, you were. And don’t interrupt,” Tanner said, elbowing Ethaniel in the ribs.
“OW!” Ethaniel yelled. Cameo’s eyes shot open and he sat up quickly.
“What? What happened?” he asked, frantically searching the cabin.
“Nothing,” Ethaniel grumbled, rubbing his torso. “Tanner just forgot that I got shot three months ago, and that I’m still not totally healed, that’s all. I’ll live.” Cameo sat back down, hard, then leaned forward and put his head in his hands, muttering things in Russian. Infinity stared at him for a few seconds, then shook herself and looked away.
Harley leaned over and placed a hand on Ethaniel’s knee.
“You know the doctor said it’d be a few years before the pain goes away,” she reminded him.
“Yeah, well, that idiot also said I'd probably never be able to fight again, yet here we are,” he snapped back. “Anybody got Tylenol?” he asked, grimacing and doubling over. Harley tugged open her backpack and pulled out a package of Tylenol and a water bottle. He gratefully threw back the pills and lay back in his seat. “This is gonna be a long trip,” he murmured.
No one disagreed.
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