Chapter 21

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Screaming, who was screaming? Why couldn't he see anything? Why was he cold?

"Bob?" Abigail? Why was Abigail there? She shouldn't be here, she's not safe here

"Bob!" Phoenix? Neither of them were meant to be there

Something gripped his arms aggressively

Suddenly he was in his apartment, on the couch, Phoenix looming over him concerned

"Hey dude, you were mumbling," she said gently

"I-It was nothing, I'm fine, Where's Abby?"

"Making breakfast, she was trying to wake you up for it" Phoenix said standing straight from where she was crouched near the bed offering him a hand

"I'm alright," he said standing from the bed

"You sure?"

"You keep asking that Nat and I keep telling you I am" Bob assured

"And I always don't believe you" Nat argued

"I need to get dressed"

Nat left closing the door behind her

"Morning sleepy head, I just sent Nat out to grab some stuff for dinner, you didn't have enough for tonight" Abigail smiled

"You cooking for an army?" Bob asked staring at the food she was cooking

"A family" she said simply

"Who's?"

Abigail stopped placing a hand on her hip "Robert"

"Don't 'Robert' me" Bob argued

"Your family is arriving in-" she checked her phone "20 minutes and your forgot"

Bob's face dropped "Oh shit"

"Exactly"

"It just slipped my mind"

"We told you yesterday"

Bob groaned sitting at the breakfast bar as Abigail slid a plate to him

Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast with peanut butter

She rounded the small breakfast bar to sit next to him with her own food

"I'm just worried about you" she said

"I'm fine Abbs, I've already told Phoenix" Bob assured

"I still worry, it's half my job to worry about you"

"Tattoos!" The two jumped at the random shout, Jake stood proudly holding shopping bags

"Is hello a word in your vocabulary?" Abigail scolded

"I ran into Hangman and Fanboy at the store" Phoenix said Fanboy behind her waving

"Tattoos?" Bob finally questioned

"We should get Tattoos" Jake explained

"Your brain is a wonder" Abigail sighed

"Well think about it, we've went on 2 different near death, impossible to succeed missions and came back, we are forever bonded and we should commemorate it, A dagger cause we're the dagger squad and something for our call signs, keep it so we can cover it!" Hangman told the two proudly

"Was this a drunk idea?" Abigail asked

"Nope! Stone cold sober!" Hangman announced hands placed on his hips in a superman pose

"I don't know which is worse" She sighed

"It's not a horrible idea" Bob shrugged

Abigail whipped her head to Bob "Aren't you the sensible one?"

"I mean a small tattoo, somewhere we can cover, is it such a bad idea?" He asked

"You're only hesitant cause I'm suggesting it" Jake called

"You are completely correct, because I've seen what your impulse does" she said

"I'm never that bad" Jake argued

"You broke your leg and collarbone via jumping off of our roof cause you thought a spider bite gave you powers"

"I was a kid!"

"You were 15!"

"The same age Spiderman was!" Jake argued

"Yeah but 2 major issues, 1 Peter Parker got his powers via a lab experiment Spider in a massive tech and science corporation, you got bitte when we were hiking and second Spiderman is fucking fictional!" Abigail countered

"Well luckily Jake's extreme impulse seems like it had a good idea" Phoenix said

"Team meeting?" Jake grinned

"Team meeting" Abigail sighed

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