The Call

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

Jaime Reyes voice sounds over the comm-rings--all of them--and it sounds very urgent.

« Everyone on the ship, listen up! This is Jaime Reyes, your local 'Blowing this pop stand' coordinator and escape facilitation engineer. I need everyone on the ship to come to the City, in front of the Precinct, immediately. Grab people who don't have their comm rings with them--and tell them to grab their comm rings, people who are sleeping, whoever you find, and try to make sure everyone on the ship knows to come. This is very important. This is "getting the heck out of here" important. »

When they arrive, they arrive to find the Command Staff waiting, and a tiny, tiny young man standing on stone ledge from a fountain, waiting for them.

Here goes nothing.

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Re: Gathering

[escapednothlit.livejournal.com]

Elfangor if there, of course. Being part of the Command Staff, he's lined up with them. He'll answer questions if people want to ask them.

Re: Gathering

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

Tobias is watching his father from his position at the front. He doesn't want to morph yet and he can't see if he goes too far back. Hopefully he doesn't get stepped on.

Re: Gathering

[escapednothlit.livejournal.com]

Elfangor is checking to make sure no one is in danger on stepping on Tobias. He doesn't want his son stepped on, after all. < Do you know if Ax and Loren have gotten the message? > Elfangor asked in private thought speak. He wasn't moving though. After all, this was serious business.

Re: Gathering

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

At least one of them had. Ax slowed to a trot as he approached the meeting place, peering around for his brother or his nephew. Finding both conveniently in the same place, he circled a large portion of the assembled crew to meet up with them.

< Has Jaime Reyes said what this is about yet? >

Re: Gathering

[escapednothlit.livejournal.com]

< Not yet. We want to give everyone time to get here, > Elfangor responded to Ax, letting both Ax and Tobias hear.

Re: Gathering

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

< Good, I was worried that I'd missed something. >

Ax nodded to Tobias and moved to stand beside his brother. < I assume that you are already in the know on this? >

Re: Gathering

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

And there was the other member of this very weird family.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Re: Gathering

[escapednothlit.livejournal.com]

And Elfangor is very relieved to see all of his family made it to the meeting. < Yes, I know what's going on, > he said, including Loren in the thought speak. < It's a briefing for the mission to take the bridge. Mister Reyes will be explaining it in detail when we believe everyone has arrived. >

Re: Gathering

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

< Excellent, > Ax said. He was very, very tired of worrying about what was happening on Earth in his absence.

His stalk eyes migrated thoughtfully to Elfangor. He hadn't yet broached the topic of how they might see to it that his brother escape his impending (for him) death.

But he wasn't going to let his brother die again. Not when he could possibly stop it.

Re: Gathering

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

< No, I'm not sure > he replied. < It's so hard to keep track of everyone really...so much going on. >