Avoidance
Daniel was pacing around the room. The others watched her from the floor, obviously bored. Pammy let out a huff of frustration. Daniel stopped and stared down at Pammy, hands thrown up in the air.
“I’m sorry, okay! Do you have any bright ideas? I’d love to hear ‘em!” she snapped. Pammy’s face seemed to wind up, leaving her nose and mouth twisted.
“How about going back to Area 50?” she suggested through gritted teeth. Daniel’s arms dropped to her sides. The thought had crossed her mind but wasn’t it too dangerous? With a sigh she plopped onto the floor in front of the others. She crossed her legs and leaned forward to look them all in the eye, her ears flattened against her head.
“Do you think that’s a possibility?” she asked.
“Area 50 is dangerous,” Gassan muttered. Daniel jumped. It was the first time she’d really heard him speak since she’d arrived. A few moments of silence passed as the group waited for him to say something more but he said nothing, opting to gaze dejectedly out the window instead.
“Area 50 is dangerous,” Pammy admitted, warily looking at Gassan for signs of another interruption. “But it’s the only place we know for sure is connected to all of this and right now it’s the only the chance of getting things back to normal.”
“Eeeh, well normal’s all relative if you get down to it,” Jake argued. He crossed his arms and sat upright, puffing up his chest proudly. “To Danny’s parents and maybe the whole world right now, Daniel being a cat girl is normal. Maybe we should just...accept that.”
“We’re not going to make Daniel stay a cat girl just for your weird fantasies, Jake.” Pammy drummed her fingers against her temple. David put his arm around her shoulder.
“Alright, alright I get it but look I’m not thinking about that. All I’m thinking is Area 50 might not be the best route to take. Gassan’s right...it’s dangerous.” Jake was slouching again. He didn’t seem in the mood for getting into a debate with Pammy.
“What other routes are there to take? Our best shot it to try finding Imhotep again and cornering him into giving us some proper answers.” Pammy had calmed down and was now simply leaning against her palm, supported by David.
“Maybe we should take some time and sleep on it,” Jake suggested. Daniel was starting to get fed up.
Written by Flutterbest on 22 February 2018