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Date: November 12, 2009
Summary:
Merrick gets a major download from…kids!
"Wait A Second…Rewind"
Orpanage Kitchen in Germany
After their distraction that has become the recent internet craze, Merrick has been sleeping in his bed for 2 days. He used his ability a bit more then he expected, and he needed to get his rest. When you sleep for 2 days you wake up in the need of food. Merrick was starving and his body was telling him that. As he walks down into the kitchen in his jeans, t-shirt, his hair looking like an escaped mental patient, and barefoot he finds his way to the fridge.
He bends over and begins to raid it like a 15 year old teenage boy who is going through a growth spurt.
Padding into the kitchen, Micah is supposed to be playing or reading comic books, or whatever near-fourteen year old boys do, but he hasn't exactly been doing those things. He's not lying to Charlotte anymore, but he can't help it if people need papers or fake IDs to cross borders. AND he can help. He has a phone in his hand (not his) that he promptly shoves into his pocket upon seeing an adult at the fridge. An adult that he doesn't recognize from the backside. Furrowing his eyebrows, he asks more than greets, "Um… hello?"
Cm has been spending his time with less being useful than Micah. Actually been wandering around outside a lot, enjoying his freedom again. Now he comes back in, though. Not wearing a jacket at all, he waves to Micah, but he too stops as he spots the strange adult.
The kid's voice nearly cause him to jump, when Merrick stands up and turns around to reveal himself. He has whip creme and chocolate pudding on his face. When he smiles, a large clump of pudding stuck on his tooth is revealed, Merrick looks upon Micah first, "Hey Mate." His British accent clear as he moves to set down some fruit, pudding, a few links of meat before him. He plops down on the stool and looks over at Cam, "I am a friend of Charlotte's. I am kind of staying here guys. I 'ope that is ok. Sorry I know I look kind of tired…had a bit of excitement a few days ago." He begins to eat again, "Me name is Merrick. What's yours?"
Micah smiles easily as the man introduces himself, choosing to perch on a stool as well. The grin broadens as he introduces himself, "I'm Micah. I like your accent." He swallows as he shuffles on the stool to make himself comfortable. "Yeah, we've had a few exhausting weeks ourselves."
Cam nods to Merrick and says, "Oh, cool. I'm Cam," he adds, after Micah's introduction. He just goes for one of the chairs at the kitchen table, and nods quickly in agreement with Micah, "Yeah, we have."
As the young college kid blinks, he puts down the link and wipes his hands on his jeans. Merrick cocks his head to the side his messy hair falling into his face. He grins widely as he extends his hand to Micah first, "The infamous Rebel. Its a pleasure to meet ya mate. I have to say…your own awesome kid. You got a heart of gold but you put poor Lotte through some 'ell." He turns and looks at Cam and grins, "And that makes you Cam the Iceman." He extends his other hand to Cam, "You are some brave lots going to DC like that. Awesome to meet ya…and happy to help in getting you guys out yet by the sounds of it." He grins playfully, "It was fun though to leave the men in black a big fat present on the roof of your hotel."
Micah accepts the handshake and tilts his head a bit. "Yeah, I'm Rebel." His cheeks redden as he shrugs, "I bit off more than I could chew, but I learned something." He sideglances Cam and then adds, "Happy to be back though. Especially with everyone here, it's a good place to be. Are you liking it?" There's another pause as Micah raises an eyebrow, "You were at the hotel?"
Cam nods to Merrick at the mention of the name Micah gave him, and he grins, shaking the offered hand, "Yep, that's me." He nods in agreement with Micah again and says, "Yeah, we kind of messed up going like that, but glad to be back too. That hotel room they gave us was cool, but still nicer being able to go outside. And to have my power back."
As he grins and nods, "Yeah we did not know what we were heading into when they were gonna go get you. So I had come up with a diversion that would stop traffic and make it kind of impossible to get anywhere near the hotel for awhile." As he looks over at the sink some silverware is left in a strainer to dry. "You see I built a fake UFO with a friend of mine and began to float it over the hotel for the world to see." As he begins to explain why he was there, the silverware begins to float towards Merrick and begins to spin like a ufo.
He looks at Cam, "Yet I bit off more then I could chew and caused an accident where someone got harmed. They could have died but I was able to peel the doors open." He releases Micah's hand and the silverware bends and twists like it was paper. "You see I control the flows of ions that we know as magnets. Kind of stretched myself thin…" The silverware snaps back to its original state like nothing happened as he plucks it from the air. "Seems like you didn't need it. Which…I have to say was kind of…off. Why were you staying in such a nice place. I thought you were in trouble."
"Seems everyone bites off more than they can chew," Micah notes as he offers Merrick a weak smile, but the smile grows as he watches the silverware. It's at this point, the idea of the hotel is temporarily ignored, "That. Is. Awesome." He peers back at Merrick with an air of mischief, "So it works on metals of all sorts?! Wow, I wish I could do that! I just talk to machines." He shrugs a bit. "It can help a lot of people, but I can't do awesome stuff with it like that. Cam is also awesome…" He still grins as he considers the hotel a bit, "Well, Ivory helped us. He wanted us to be safe and stuff so we were moved."
Cam grins to Merrick at the demonstration, "Cool! I can make ice, and control it sort of like that, and give people frostbite." He demonstrates his own power by creating a pebble of ice in his palm and floating it into the air. He drops it back into his palm then and nods quickly again to what Micah says about Ivory, "Yeah. He wanted to release us altogether, but guess he couldn't arrange that."
"You both can do amazing things. The ability to talk to machines must be so cool and make ice like that…you could help people in Africa who can't even make clean water. That is so bloody awesome!" He cocks his head looking between the two and blinks. "Wait a second…rewind. Your power back? Who is this Ivory and how can he help do that when it is the government trying to harm us. Is this the same wanker who has your faces plastered all over the United States right now?" Merrick is curious and interested to know why he would help these two kids. However, curious or not he is still starving and goes back to eating.
"Well, they gave us something to stop our powers. Like the government did so we couldn't hurt them with our abilities," Micah explains with a hmm. And then he smiles, "Ivory is incredible. He looked out for us when we were all caught and … he's our friend. He did what he could to get us released - and… yeah, he was the one with the photos." He presses his lips together and then adds, "It's like I told Charlotte, he's just worried about us. We're friends."
Cam grins to Merrick and says, "Never thought of using it like that. But I'd die in Africa. I had to go to the hospital once when they had the heat on too high at my school. I need things cold." He then adds to what Micah says, "He may think the government's trying to make us disappear or something, and making a big deal so they can't. Probably doesn't realize we've been rescued."
"Well I don't trust anyone related to the government as of late. I am sorry…he just made us look worse by that little speech he did on you guys." Merrick may look like a party frat boy but he is not that in the least, "Lotte was doing just fine caring for you. If he is your friend…I would say send him a text or email telling him your ok and in good hands and to call that search off. I like Lotte. She reminds me of my god mother. Tell this Ivory your fine and in good hands and you will contact him soon enough. But back to this…stopping your powers." Merrick asks, "I am double majoring in physics and biology. Can I ask about what they did to you to make your gifts stop. Only if it is ok. I don't want to upset ya mates."
"That's a good idea," Micah says with a grin. "But I'm supposed to be staying away from technology right now." Sideglance Cam, and then back to Merrick. "Supposed to be reading comic books. But after I talk to Charlotte maybe we can come up with another plan…" He tightens his lips and frowns slightly as he considers the Solution. "Well, they shot darts at us at the airport and that made our abilities stop working. I imagine that's probably what they had in our IVs in the…" he shudders a bit before managing the words, "…human resources room."
Cam frowns and says to Merrick, "Charlotte's ordered us both not to send any texts to let anybody know that we've been rescued, or to talk to anybody outside this house. It doesn't make sense, but I think she's really freaked." Then he adds, "Yeah. And every few hours after we were in the hotel room they came back to give us shots."
As he takes out his disposable Germany cellphone, and says outloud, "Oh my…looks like I left my phone in this drawer that I will leave here for a few hours." He sets the phone in the drawer and closes it before looking back at the boys, "Tell me…what did it feel like…how did it make you feel…when you say stopped your powers…did it stop them all together or surpress them."
"I don't really know…" Micah tries to answer Merrick's question. "I just know I cut the power in the airport and after I was shot… it went back on. After that I couldn't speak to the machines." He frowns. "Sorry, can't really explain it any further…"
Cam adds his own, "I felt cold. But that's normal, too, because my power protects me from cold usually. But I felt a little… I don't know. Like my eyes were closed or I was wearing gloves, or… I don't know, something like that, but not."
"Well I am not a genetist, yet if I could figure out…well sadly I would not be able to do much unless I could create a forumla that could block these…" Merrick hmmms and then smiles, "No worries, yet if I can get my hands on some medical supplies. Could I take a small sample of your blood. I would like to see if any traces of this drug is still in your system. Maybe…just maybe I could do something to help against that. Or I could find someone who could." Merrick hmmms as the wheels turn.
"Uh… more needles?" Micah quirks a bit and then sighs. "I guess that would be okay if it could help people." He forces a weak smile. The notion of getting prodded further doesn't exactly sit well, but they need to find a way to combat this drug.
Cam, too, hesitates a moment at the prospect of another needle, but says, "Yeah, ok. That should be ok. And I'll try not to freeze your hand when you're doing it," he adds, joking. He grins a bit and says, "If it'll make it so you can stop them doing that again, it'll be awesome."
As he nods slowly, "I can not promise anything and I would have to go back to the States for awhile. I would…" He hmmms, "I would need a new id and all. I need to be able to get myself back to the university labs to start. I could take your samples and start with the Kastle-Meyer test. Then check your polymerase chain reaction against any unknown agents that might have been left over…I would be willing to see what I can do…if anything." Merrick finishes eating all the food in front of him and says, "Let me get back to ya…see what I can do. Yet I dont want to wait to long especially if they drug fades the longer it is in your system."
"Uh.. okay," Micah says before adding, "I can work on getting ID and the like ready for you… but I think I need to clear that with Charlotte. She probably would know I did it." He shrugs a bit. "If you need to take a sample now you can… assuming you have what you need to do that…"
Cam nods quickly in agreement with Micah, and says, "Yeah. Better not to do that kind of thing until Charlotte stops freaking out." He leans back in his chair and says, "Yeah, might as well take it now. Would rather you did now, rather than wait around knowing it'll be coming sometime later."
As he shakes his head, "I don't have the needles…yet I can see what get in the village. I will be back in the hour and take your blood. I would say this way I have your samples ready. I can at least try and help us in some way…maybe make some progress to not stop it completely but make a vaccine against it. Yet if there is any in your blood it could be the first step for me to finding a way to protect us." Merrick is up on his feet…
"Okay… I guess," Micah answers with a nod as he stands to his feet. "We'll be here… sitting with our blood in our veins.. ready for the taking." His face pales a bit and he feels slightly woozy. He sits down on the stool again.
Cam blinks, looking up to Micah and quickly stands, moving closer to him, "Are you ok? You're not getting sick again, are you?"
As he looks over at Micah, Merrick cocks an eyebrow, "You ok mate?"
"Yeah, I think I'm okay," Micah flushes slightly. "Just… really don't like needles." He could handle the IV in his arm, but the anticipation is not good. "Sorry." He forces a smile.
As he hmmms, "Well I could find another way. Let me see if I can find the proper equipment first and we can go from there. Alright?" Merrick walks to the door where his sandels are and slides his feet into the shoes and the door opens by itself. "You two be good…" Merrick grins and knows boys will be boys, "Or good at it. Let me run into the village and see if I have any luck with finding what we need for this…Micah will you talk to Lotte and maybe explain to her I want to see if I can counter act this Solution and will need a bus back to the the states with a new ID and all?"
Cam looks a bit relieved at that, and nods a bit as he sits back. "Yeah, that's normal. I don't, really, either." Just not bothered as much, really. He sits back down again and says, "I just remember how much worse pain I've been in before, like when that acid-lady burnt my shoulder." He nods then to Merrick and says, "Ok, cool. We'll be around."