Chapter 19: Faith in The Fantastic Delusion

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"Maybe we should just go out the back door and he won't know that we were even home." I suggest to Freakboy. "I don't think we should...do anything that would get us into...too much trouble or attract more people here though.."

I turn to Armin and Kasper and they seem to agree that we should leave the house through the back. We were heading out anyway. No use wasting time on a conflict.

[Freak Boy]

Freak Boy puts the pistol back in his coat pocket. "Alright then, let's get the hell out of here."

He made hisway to the back then motioned for Hilja to lead the way.

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

Ceph turned his head, eyes darting upwards to look at the man that had appeared behind him. He was a familiar ally, though he had only ran into him once or twice. It was good to see that Red Infinity was slowly growing in man-power. He made a face when Kith had offered to go with him to the meeting. He didn't exactly have a problem with it, he was just used to going places by himself.

He turned his attention back to Li and quietly clicked his tounge when she winked at him. When she walked off to give Annette her flowers, Ceph looked back to Kith and shrugged.

"It doesn't bother me." He stated flatly before calmly walking past him and to the exit of the conference room.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

We slip out the back door with Armin and Kasper, but leave Lucio and Yasmin inside since they are in the basement. The person at the door doesn't seem to see us leave. We sneak through the bushes, making our way to the nearest teleportation booth.

"Do you think you can make that thing give us a free trip to London?" I whisper to Freakboy.

[Freak Boy]

Freak Boy already has the setup hooked in and was running the program as Hilja posed her question. "Two steps ahead of you, where specifically in London are we heading," he asked, waiting to send them off to the nearest teleportation booth to their destination.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"I think that it was walking distance from Hyde Park. But I don't know. Just get us there and we can figure it out!" I say in a hurry. I look over my shoulder but I don't see any sign of that guy at the door. He must not know we left. I wonder how long he will wait?

[Freak Boy]

Freak Boy punched in some coordinates. "Done and done. Let's get the fuck outta here," he says hurriedly as he yanks some cables from the teleportation booth and stuffs them into his laptop's carrying case. "Kee-yah!" He pulled Hilja into the teleportation booth and they were zapped to merry old Hyde Park in London.

[Master Scrag]

(To Max)
The party continues for a while longer and Master Scrag sense that some people want to know his secret. He decides that he will make his announcement sooner than expected. He turns to Max Alexander first when he takes the stage.

"I am not the entertainment, but I have an announcement to all of you...and the rest of the world. Mr. Alexander, can you arrange to have my announcement broadcasted on M TV right now?" The Master asks Max.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"Alright, the building is an old school which has been turned into an apartment building and the bottom floor is where our HQ are. The meeting will be there." I say to Freakboy. I look around to try to get my bearings straight.

"Thanks for getting us out of there. I am not sure what he wanted, but I think it is better to not find out."

We start to walk and I notice a large video screen for M TV on the side of a building. It is the news. The news announces that there will be a new monitoring system involving sattelites and blimps.

"So...it seems they have already made their decision on that matter you were discussing earlier.."

[Freak Boy]

"Heh... I foresee a massive computer failure upon launch... not that I would know anything about that," he said coyly. "How far is the school from here?"

The cocaine's rush was wearing off and the mellow feelings that heroin is famous for began to kick in. His movements got less manic and more sluggish.

[Horacio Hatfield]

"Well, I think I am headed out Linnea. You are always welcome to come along.." Horacio says as he stands by the door. He is a little surprised to see Keitoleinen there, but since Linnea said that she works for him, maybe it is work related. He waits there for a moment to see what she will do, since he wouldn't want to leave her behind.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"I think it is a few blocks.." I state. We walk and I notice he is going slower as we do. Maybe he is tired. I slow down as well so that I don't tire him further. We continue walking and after a few blocks we arrive at the old school. We enter and it is now a matter of finding the downstairs. We wander past old classrooms that had been turned into apartments.
Then we come upon some stairs.

"So you aren't worried about the new system?"

[Freak Boy]

"Oh, of course I'm worried," he said. "Their resorting to constant surveillance... we can't have that. Which is why I'm going to do what I can to nip it in the bud."

[Kith Keitoleinen]

Kith leaves the party with Cephrien and doesn't say anything to him. They walk to the nearest teleportation booth and Kith punches in the coordinates for London. He steps inside and assumes that Cephrien will follow. In a flash, he is in London and starts off for the meeting.

He leads the way since he is not sure if Cephrien knows how to find the building. He walks quickly though since they are already late.

Kith leads Cephrien to a school building and enters. He wanders down some stairs and spots Hilja and Freakboy. He follows behind them silently.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"It's a big world. I don't think they could watch...EVERYTHING.." I say quietly. I notice that we are being followed so I walk a little faster. We must almost be near the meeting spot. I decide that maybe we should turn down a hall to avoid leading some stranger to the HQ of Socialist Revolution.

I decide to change the subject.

"Tell me about some of your hobbies.."