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Megan thought back to Callum and then nodded. "He's fairly attractive, not my type but handsome nonetheless. Only you would manage to get a date after he hit you." She shook her head.
"Honey you're not his type either." Jack teased, not maliciously ... Megan was gorgeous but ...
"Gay as the day is long." he explained.
"But I swear to Jebus, if you try and poach all the bi-guys in school, I'll throw a bleach bomb in your wardrobe." JAck wasn't being serious ... hopefully Megan knew him well enough to know when he was being sarcastic ... She'd surely have known if he was being serious given how easily he could throw barbs back and forth with Eva.
"I can't remember seeing Penny back inside," Ansell said to Jack, trying to shimmy his way out from Jack's arm. "Might be thinking the same thing-" With a bend of his knees, Ansell ducked away from Jack, back finding the counter for support. "With her she's probably already there. After her joke this morning, she kinda dipped out." Typical Penny.
Jack didn't really notice Ansell shimmying his way to freedom ... fortunately no skin-to-skin contact disasters ...
"Maaaaan ... I thought we were cool but she must actually be mad at me for that accident in training this morning." he groaned, his whole posture dissolved into a sad slump.
"I'll go check her room I guess." Jack suggested but it seemed Ansell thought she'd already bailed out of school.
"Pardon me folks, I think Gideon has hurt himself. Can someone lead me to medical please ? "
"Med bay is down the hall, last door on the left." Jack answered ... he'd gone with Penny that morning to fix her arm after screwing up in training ... he didn't need the med bay much, his skin was almost indestructible when he paid attention to it.
"You didn't see Penny on your way down did you Giddy?" Jack asked hopefully.
Penny heard a noise ... but ... presuming there were no friends here, only foes ... she kept silent ... She waited. She listened hard and began to think ...
If they wanted me dead, I'd be dead ... they've taken me as a hostage so they either want information or to use me as a bargaining chip. Right now, they don't just want me alive, but need me to be alive...
That was one thing in her favour. Knowing that she had
some value to the Inhumans gave her a little leverage... She'd hold her nerve ... She'd find a way out of this.
On the off chance someone from the Academy had actually found her ... if Marvin had managed to get help in time ... perhaps this was her rescuers ... She didn't know how long she'd been out for the count for so ... maybe it had been hours, maybe it had been minutes. She had no way to tell. But she
did hear something close by ... It was either an Inhuman or a mutant ... and if it was a mutant they were friendly, if it was an Inhuman ... well, they'd expect her to wake up sooner or later to do whatever they wanted to do with her so what did she have to lose?
"Hey InLosers ... I'm awake, you dweebs feel brave enough to take me on now that I'm tied to a chair? Bring it on." she must have looked pretty pathetic ... but talking angry, being angry had strength in its own way ... she wasn't going to be a snivelling hostage they probably expected her to be.
Outside the door, two Inhumans waited, bored of their guard duty already.
"She talks a big game..."
"Her powers are ... " the lizardboy rolled his shoulders, creaking slightly,
"I felt her sap some of my energy but- ... She's not realised her full potential, clearly. We should have picked off an Empath or something ... This one could be trouble."
"She's no trouble tied to a chair. Go on, shut her up, unless you're scared."
Lizardboy glared at his companion and turned to the door, swinging it open then letting it click shut behind him.
Penny glared daggers at him. Her arm was bleeding from her half-healed stitches from that mornings injury ... that seriously smarts ... and her ankle was busted too but under closer inspection, she could see a crust of blood around the Inhuman boys scaled skin, scales were cracked and ripped off, some scales had turned a sickly purple-grey while others remained a healthier green shade... Maybe her drain powers
had been a little effective. She noticed the Lizardboy kept his distance and she liked that.
"Ready for round two?" she hissed.
