Cyrus Noble Chapter 7

We sat there long after the helicopters left. The others surrounded me and got down next to me. We were all breathing hard as if we were all holding our breath for the entire time. Sara sounded small and scared. "What do we do now?" I stood up and walked back to the hatch. I said, "We leave." "Magnet! Would you please hurry?!" Jazz called out to him. We were all standing at the hatch. We've packed up what we considered ours. As far as clothes go, we only had two or three sets of clothes, so, no real worry there. We each packed enough food that will last the whole group three days. So, that would make.....eighteen days of food. We would have to steal again, eventually. Arsenal didn't have any clothes, so it was easier for him to pack. He packed some tin foil and a skillet with all the other stuff. He said that he could come up with a thousand possibilities of food with those two items and any number of edible items. Whatever. Magnet was the last one up. He was followed by Viktor. Viktor said, "Sorry, Mag here tried to sneak a doll with him." Magnet protested behind him. "Battle Ready Batman is not a doll! It's an Action figure!" I cut in, "Well, either way, toys are going to slow us down. We need to pack lightly." He pointed at Sara. "She gets to bring toys!" I sighed and got down to his level. I whispered, as if I needed to keep this a secret. I said, "Believe it or not, I need you Mag. Sara is still a little kid. She needs to be entertained at times. You, I need you to focus on what's at hand, Okay? You're a big boy right? Now you get to really show how big you can be, Right?" He stared at me with a look of determination. Then, he nodded and said, "Okay. You can count on me Cyrus." I gave him a quick smile and stood back up. Truth was that Sara gave me her bambi eyes, and I didn't have the heart to say no to that girl. Jazz gave me a nod of approval. He's a kid still, I'll cut him a break every now and then, but with his abilities, he is our best bet in a fight. Not a whole lot of places where you won't find metal. Before I started up the ladder and through the latch, I thought of something. "Oh, right. I forgot, who here has to go to the bathroom?" Hands were raised. "That's what I thought."