1992 Valencia Rd. - Early Evening

[first_sixth]

Where, Tommy wonders as he sits in front of the computer, has Jason gotten to. Hayley had mentioned something about sending him on some sort of errand or other while she and the team worked on a solution to the problem of the day.

-Probably to get the worrywart out from underfoot.- The idea is somewhat amusing, really, because Jase can be an

Comments

[original_red]

Ah, but Jase has returned from his errand. Or so he does, four minutes later (yes, exactly!) - entering the lair, carrying a backpack in his hand.

...

Backpack gets dropped in the next second, and he Stares with his mouth open.

"......Tommy?"

[first_sixth]

Tommy promptly abandons the journal and spins the chair around to face his best friend.

"Jase! Hey, Bro, I'd started to wonder where you'd gotten to. Hayley said she'd sent you to the library for her, or something. I was starting to worry."

He knows he doesn't really have to worry, but oh well.

[original_red]

Jase doesn't really recognize anything's been said. He's too busy having reality sink in.

"Tommy," he says, again. "You're okay?"

He grins.

[first_sixth]

"You look like a kid on Christmas morning," Tommy chuckles. "Yeah, Bro, I'm okay." Tommy stands up and crosses the Lair to where Jason's standing. He's about explain how the team managed it, when he pauses and frowns.

"Well... more or less. It's more like we've traded one problem for another."

But at least he's not immobilized anymore.