May 15th 3019
7:04 P.M.
Real Household, Cambridge
After training we head to my place after practice since Max wants to stay over still and so does David. As we open the door we see the staff doing their chores as usual and catering to this strange man sitting in the living room. I grab Melinda to the side and ask.
"Kris? Oh you guys are here too, good. There's this guy that keeps insisting he was part of your parents team? He's very friendly but somethings off about him, be careful!"
Melinda goes off into the kitchen telling the staff to get dinner ready.
"Oh Kris right? Goodness, you're much older than I imagined! and it seems you brought friends!" The man approaches and gives an Amicable smile as he waves at us.
"Oh um hi mister? You said you were part of my dad's team?" I ask, suspicious.
"It's Case, Case Chambers my name, and yes I was indeed part of their team, you see I was... Offgrid for a long time, imagine my surprise when I come back and everything's changed!" He asks, somewhat sad.
"That's odd I don't remember them mentioning anything about that" Says David
"Same" Max adds
Case stays silent and asks "Did they really say nothing about me? A missing member? I guess it makes sense all this time I wouldn't be surprised if they thought I was dead" He says bitterly.
"Well they mentioned an old retired member but it's a woman" I say
"What did they say about her?" He Asks curiously.
"I think something about her changing her Codename and leaving the team, it seems they had a fallout" I say as I'm sitting down, Max is eating snacks and David is back at it again with the Tea and Biscuits, I swear sometimes he acts so old.
"Anything else they said?"
"I think something about her Ego having to do with Stars?"
"Oh! Serena's Ego the Starlight Butterfly yes! She had a fallout with the group? why?"
"I don't know they don't like to talk about their previous job"
"Oh so I didn't go to the wrong place it seems"
"Wrong place?" Max asks
"Yes, like I said I was offgrid for a long time. I had to do some digging to find their new residence" He says as his figure goes blurry and in his hand is a cup of Tea. I blink and rub my eyes thinking I'm seeing things. He smiles and gives a light laugh.
"Oh my apologies I couldn't help myself, I always forget people don't know my Ego unless I tell them, Here why don't I show you?"
His figure blurs and suddenly the couch is gone from under me, Max's food vanishes then I hear a yelp and a thud. As David just keeps munching on his biscuits.
"Ow! Kid?! I think you spilled something on the floor" Case stands up and rubs his tail bone.
"Oh my bad" David sips his Tea calmly.
"Oh I see" I say while Max and I laugh.
"What?" Case seems confused.
"Dave can see the future, he probably did that on purpose" Max cackles in laughter.
Case looks at him up and down curiously. "A Prophet? That can't be, I've already met one"
"Why does that matter? People can have similar Egos to each other" David says nonchalantly as he sips his Tea.
"You don't understand kid a Prophet Ego is something else, only one can exist at a time." Case frowns at him as he sits back and eyes him up suspiciously.
"Are you sure? Have you thought That maybe the one you met only had something only similar to it?" David says Coldly.
Case responds "I... didn't think of that but regardless that's not important"
"Sure" David finishes up and goes upstairs to my room to rest.
"Is he always like that? He gives me the creeps" Case shivers.
Max is stuffing his face with more beast meat so I answer "Yeah pretty much, he does have some sense of humor but he's cold to strangers, even if he's seen that they might ally with us in the future"
"I see, either way when are your parents and the team coming back? The staff didn't say"
"I don't know, they didn't tell anyone they were leaving until that day before they left, I don't think they would have even told us if it wasn't my birthday"
"Your birthday? When was it?" Case seems to perk up.
"Five days ago last Wednesday, say you're part of my parents' team right? Which makes you basically my Uncle so... do you have any gifts for me?" I say expectantly, I messed around with the ones I received and they are all true treasures, if I can get another one of that caliber wouldn't that be great?
Case laughs loudly.
"Haha! Good one kid! I was thinking of giving you something regardless" He grins from ear to ear as an eerie aura envelops the room.