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Moving on up to the east side...

Jun 20, 2008 13:24

It was time for the Cornfed Legion Guthrie family to move out. Apartment was found. Insurance money--after MUCH haggling and threatening with lawyers--was acquired, deed to the land and remaining farm equipment that hadn't be trashed was sold, and she already had the builders moving in on the new land and building (bless her Sam for what he'd done ( Read more... )

lucy guthrie, icarus, cannonball, ricochet, lewis guthrie, lucinda guthrie, husk, liz guthrie

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bubbles_guthrie June 20 2008, 22:24:15 UTC

Lucy was nowhere to be found. And if she had her way, neither would Lewis.

They were not going to be separated. Nope. Not at all. Not if she had anything to say about. She was going to take him and bubble up and no one was going to be able to make her stop it.

No matter what.

She just had to find Lewis first. And then... there were tons of places she could hide here! And they'd have to find them first.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 03:24:03 UTC

Lewis, meanwhile, was making sure that everything was packed away for the move. He didn't want to leave, true, but it was best to do what Momma wanted. Besides, he wasn't special the same way Lucy and Jay and the kids here were. And this was a school specially for them.

So he dawdled at making sure his few things were ready to go, fiddling with bits of extra wire that he'd picked up somewhere. Should he take them with? Should he leave them behind? Very important decision. Might take hours.

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 03:27:38 UTC

It might take hours indeed, but here was Lucy. She came up and took him by the arm, "Come on," she said tugging on him, "We're leavin'. Or hidin', or somethin'."

But they weren't going to be seperated.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 03:30:08 UTC

"Hiding?" Usually he would have some objection, being the twin least likely to get into trouble, but leaving Lucy behind was the hardest part of all this. He put the wires down.

"Okay."

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 03:33:15 UTC

"Let's go," Lucy said and started out down the hall looking in both directions. "Ah gotta go to the room with all the danger stuff. They'll nevah look for us there!" she said. If they could get in.

She hoped they could get in.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 03:38:19 UTC

"That's 'cos we're not supposed to go down there without adults, member?" Which didn't stop Lewis from following his twin, also keeping watch for people trying to find them.

He'd worry about getting in when and if they got there without being caught.

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 03:40:05 UTC

"Yeah, Ah know. But you can open the door like it's nothin', Ah know. And no one will look for us there. So then they'll all leave, or all stay and we won't hafta...

"We won't hafta...."

She couldn't say it. Not without crying anyway.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 03:46:40 UTC

Lewis grabbed his sister's hand and squeezed it. There wasn't time to stop and give her a proper hug.

"Ah ain't gonna if Ah don't hafta. Comin' with ya, ain't Ah?"

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 03:48:49 UTC

"Yeah, you're comin' with," Lucy squeaked and squeezed her twin's hand in return. It didn't take long to make it to the room in question.

"Can ya open the door from here?" she asked her brother. "Or do we hafta find another way in? And once we're in... can ya make it so no one else can get in?"

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 04:01:06 UTC

Lewis stared hard at the door, thinking. This wasn't as easy as a doorknob. At all. His head started to hurt as he moved his gaze to the key panel.

"Uh." Combinations and codes weren't really his thing. "Maybe if we can get at the wires?"

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 04:05:58 UTC

"Hold on," Lucy said and moved over, bubbling just under the panel of the room. She had found this out by randomly bubbling and putting a hole in a table in one of the rooms here. Her bubbles cut things.

"Okay, try it now..." she said, pulling the panel off.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 04:18:33 UTC

Lewis concentrated on the wires and circuits, ever so carefully, slowly, moving this one here and that one there until...

Tadda, the door finally opened. He had a raging headache now, but hopefully it was worth it.

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 04:26:27 UTC

She pulled him in, "Come on. And close the door behind ya," she said. Hoping it would stay shut. "And lets see if we can lock it!"

No one was splitting them up. Not even Momma.

guthrie_knowhow June 21 2008, 04:33:32 UTC

Lewis allowed himself to be dragged, then got to work at the inner panel. Luckily, this one had a little door for maintenance, so he didn't need Lucy's help.

It was easier this time, a matter of remembering what he did out there and doing something similar in here, but it definitely didn't help his head. It took him much longer to do something that, he thought, probably locked it.

"There. Ah think." He rubbed his forehead. Ow.

bubbles_guthrie June 21 2008, 04:38:54 UTC

"Okay," Lucy said still holding on to Lewis. "We'll go hide over there," she pointed. "And if things turn on Ah'll keep ya safe. Ah promise."

marvel_citizens June 21 2008, 05:56:29 UTC

Ah, kids.. they never seemed to know any better.

But, at some point, everyone learns. It's called the "Danger Room" for a reason.

And it did turn on. Suddenly, the kids found themselves in a dense jungle.

The sun was hot. The air was humid. And judging from the noises, they were not alone.

Shoulda been more careful with which wires you crossed, Lewis.

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