Regona City: Flight (BK2)

The Unexpected (Final)

Jack's café was filled with laughter and noise; noise coming from the only seven people in the café. It was dark outside, and though the streets were lit up the café was closed to all but the Falcons; plus one.

"Cheers to the smallest and yet most powerful crew in Regona!" Regan declared as he raised a glass of juice.

"Well said," Alegra told him as the others lifted their glasses and banged them with his.

"Stronger than the Phantom?" Naomi asked.

"The Phantom?" Alegra snorted. "The myth?"

"Yeah, the myth," Noah spoke up from where he sat next to Naomi.

Sahara shot a glance at Terrell. He looked uninterested as he sucked a lollypop and ignored everyone around him.

"I heard he was spotted early today," Orion spoke up.

"Eh?" Reagan asked.

"Really?" Arden and his twin leaned forward, anticipating hearing more.

"Apparently there was a race with the Omegas," Noah added.

"What?" Reagan screeched.

Alegra glared at Noah. "What are you doing here anyway?"

Noah shrugged.

"Weren't you with the Omegas?" Orion asked Sahara.

She looked up.

"Yeah," the twins nodded in agreement.

"Did you see him?" Reagan asked eagerly.

"Who?" Sahara asked.

"The Phantom Omega."

"Oh," Sahara bit her lip. "He wore a mask."

"You saw him!" Reagan screeched.

"Jeeze boy, get those wind pipes sorted, will you?" Alegra complained as she put a finger in her ear.

"Terrell was there too," Noah spoke up. "Weren't you?" he elbowed Terrell who turned to glare at him.

Noah grinned innocently.

"You saw him too?" Regan asked. "What was he like?" he jumped up and down in excitement.

"He wore a mask," Terrell muttered.

"Did he board good?" Naomi piped up.

"It's board well, not good, honey," Alegra corrected her.

"He was okay," Terrell muttered.

Noah chuckled.

"What did he look like?" Arden probed.

Terrell looked like he wanted to sink into the floor.

"Hmm..." Sahara felt a grin alight on her face. "From what I could tell he was alright looking. Nothing stuck out to me in particular." She shrugged.

She was aware of Terrell glaring at her, yet she ignored him, enjoying the feeling of teasing him. It felt exciting being in on such a big secret. She wanted to tell the others...yet, it wasn't her secret to tell.

"All this talk about the Phantoms...shouldn't we be celebrating our new status?" Orion asked.

"Well, well, who would have thought you would reach the top," Jack said as he approached with a platter of food.

"Meat!" Naomi and Reagan yelled at the same time.

No sooner had Jack put the platter down than it was attacked.