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Bee shrugged, "What am I supposed to do around here with everyone gone? I don't want to be stuck here with just the girls, they drive me nuts." she complained with a sigh, "Why are you needed in England anyway? Wolfe is so protective I thought for sure you'd be here the whole time."
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"... Laurel's in trouble," Raven replied quietly. He slowly walked over to a chair and sat down. He looked a little too pale.
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Bee's eyes widened as she walked over to him. "Knowing Wolfe... he probably just dumped all the information on you at once..." she sighed as she walked around the back and started gently massaging his shoulders. She was fairly good at it. "You don't have to leave this second..." she reminded him.
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"... I couldn't if I wanted to," Raven replied quietly. He was pretty tense. "But I should let Dan know to start getting ready..." So he tried calling Dan. She didn't pick up. He sighed.
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Bee rolled her eyes at Raven before pushing a button on the table. Then she went back to rubbing his shoulders. A few seconds later one of the girls appeared, "Go the art studio and tell Dan that Raven needs to speak with her. Tell her it's urgent." the girl nodded, looking a little worried as she left.
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Dan was sitting by the window, looking outside.
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The girl approached her, "Raven needs to talk to you about something urgent. Please come with me." she told Dan quietly.
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"Tch," Dan replied. "I doubt that," she replied.
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The girl shook her head, "Bee was there too. Raven looked really pale." she murmured
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"Let me guess; he stubbed his toe or something," she replied with a sigh.
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The girl didn't look like she agreed, "... You need to come." she replied, gesturing towards the door.
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Dan sighed, looking out the window for another moment before silently following after her.
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So the girl led her back to the room Bee and Raven were in. Bee glanced up when Dan entered but waited for Raven to speak.
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Raven wasn't doing too much better. Dan was a little surprised to see the state Raven was in, but she still remained distant. "Laurel's run into trouble," Raven explained to Dan quietly. "We need to go to England to meet up with her."
"... And how exactly are we supposed to help?" Dan inquired. "... I'm not sure," Raven replied. |
Bee watched the two of them, "I assume you're taking the Juttle Wolfe brought you here on?" she inquired.
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Raven nodded a little. Dan still looked unsure about all this.
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"Then I'll go too." she decided, "You don't know where to stop to recharge. You can't fly from here to England in one go." she nodded.
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"Huh?" Raven asked Bee. It looked like Wolfe hadn't informed him of that. But he shook it off as he slowly stood. He didn't look any better, but he seemed determined to start moving. "... We should get ready to leave," he decided.
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Bee nodded, "You should get something to drink first, even if it's just water. I'll get the girls to ready the Juttle." she said as she turned to leave.
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"I'm alright," Raven insisted even though he knew Bee would get him something anyway. And so he and Dan went to pack.
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Bee sent a girl to him with a glass of water. She quickly got packed and went to check on the Juttle.
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Dan didn't take too long to pack. Then again, she didn't have much. But she made sure someone would feed the animals while they were gone.
Raven took longer, but he looked better as he walked toward the Juttle. |
Bee had everything checked and they seemed ready to go, "You can fly this thing, right?" she asked Raven.
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"... Yeah," Raven replied as he got settled and made sure they were ready to take off.
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Bee nodded and glanced at Dan, "You wanna be in the cockpit beside him or should I?" she asked.
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"By all means, go ahead," Dan replied. She didn't seem to have any interest in how the Juttle functioned.
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So Bee nodded and strapped herself into the seat beside Raven. "Ready when you are." she told him.
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And so Raven slowly but surely checked everything before taking off toward the coordinates Wolfe had sent. He kept a cool head on him the entire time; like he had done this many times before. Since that call he was much more serious than he normally was.
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Once they were in the air and stabilized, Bee went to get some food ready for Raven. Soon he would be able to put it on auto pilot. When she was done she took the food and sat beside him again, "What exactly is going on with Laurel?" she asked quietly as she held the food out to him.
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Raven waited for a moment until the plane was on autopilot before turning to Bee. He took the food, but he didn't seem too hungry at the moment. "... Uh..." he replied quietly as he looked at the food, "Well, her father was in a coma. But he started to wake up, so Laurel went to be with him. But he's hurting her."
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It was a simple dish, rather bland and easy to eat since Raven hadn't looked that hungry.
Bee's eyes widened at Raven's words, "He... what?" she asked, dumbfounded. |
Still, Raven didn't look to intent on forcing himself to eat right now. He didn't say anything as he poked at it a little.
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Bee cussed a little as she sat back in her seat, "What do they want you to do?" she asked quietly.
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Raven shrugged a little.
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Bee sighed, "Does Nic know?"
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"... No," he replied quietly. "But, for some reason, Wolfe doesn't want Nic to find out."
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Bee sat up and looked at Raven, "Isn't that... rather harsh?" she asked, "Not telling him? I feel like he'll be terribly upset when he eventually finds out... Do you know when he's supposed to be back at the mansion? It'll be pretty obvious something is up when he finds we're all gone."
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Raven shrugged, "I have no idea," he replied. "Nic gave no hint about when he'd return."
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Bee nodded, "Then I guess we just have to hope that he stays away for awhile." she paused, "Do you think we should call him and let him know we're leaving. We wouldn't say anything about Laurel of course..."
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Raven thought about it awhile. "I'm not sure how suspicious of a person he is," he replied. "But I'm not sure if I'd call him to let him know we're leaving under any other circumstances."
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