Averting Disaster

[Nox]

Another set of feet trode down the basement stairs and an arm wrapped around his shoulders. Nox looked up to see one of the fosters. All of them once they'd felt safe in the house were the touchy feely kind of kids who liked hugs and cuddles and their sleeping arrangements in a shared bed didn't bother them at all. Nox often found a handful of them curled up with him in bed after he'd come home from Kallisti or Almaz. He almost never spent the night truly alone since he'd come back from the US. If they weren't in his bed, Lily was. She spent most of her nights on his chest because he fell asleep before she did.

Sasha stormed out of the basement as Jackson sat down at the bench. "I was. I was going for a... run." Sasha's outburst left Nox wanting to follow him until he realized the reason he'd run into Sasha was because he needed to distract the horde.

Nox stood up with one graceful movement -- an easy roll to standing from the seated position on the ground.

Jackson rolled his eyes "Showoff."

Nox didn't bother with rolling his eyes in return as he stated in no uncertain terms "The horde is gone." Nox looked up towards the ceiling even though there really was no need to do that "Sky can you access the data Wicked has for the nanobots in me?"

"I do. Would you like me to display them here?"

"No upstairs in the living room please." Nox had seen how Marta had looked at Jackson when he sat down to do his workout. He's leave them alone or they could come upstairs and see what he was about to do but either way. Nox gave Marta a side hug and waved at Jackson muttering to himself. "The horde is gone. And the power is gone..."