Sal's Reality, Port aux Basques: The Official Road Trip Thread

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"So." Sal leaned on the hood of the van, sneaking in one more cigarette before they left for Florida. It was quite the sight: the massive maroon vehicle was stuffed to the rafters with luggage, snack food, and had a full tank of gas.

"So?" Ven was staring at her from the other side of it, completely amused at his mentor's stressed outlook. In all the years he'd known the woman, he'd never seen her really lose her cool - but she was coming close.

"So we've got ourselves reservations for the eight o'clock boat. And it's ten after six and we needs to get goin else we misses our spot. An' Mu launches in exactly forty-eight hours and..."

Ven stooped down to pick up Shae, who had barrelled down the stairs with her still-yawning mother in tow. "And we'll get there just fine. Didn't you say she had a portal waiting for you in North Sydney, anyway?"

Sal extinguished her cigarette and blew the smoke away from Shae, watching Jav, Kurt, and Vic come down the stairs hauling the rest of the luggage. "Yes, yes, and yes, but still, b'y, I hates bein' late." She held out her arms in response to Shae's attempt to get closer to her grandmother. "Give her here, look..."

She was interrupted by a loud bang that sounded like it was coming from her kitchen. She looked at Shae, who was grinning.

"D'you know what all that noise is?" she asked the toddler.

"Nope," the little girl shook her head, brown curls bouncing around.

"Want t' go find out with me?"

"Yeah!"

They went up the stairs together, Sal maneuvering Shae into a piggy-back position. "I betcha it's Leeroy. It always is."

"Uncle 'Roy is funny," Shae declared. "He's always doin' somethin'." The girl had a slight Newfie twang and it amused Sal to no end.

"Yes, b'y."

They opened the front door and peered into the kitchen where Sam had Leeroy in a headlock.

"Do I want t' know?" Sal asked resignedly. "Or should I just yell at the load of ye to get yer butts downstairs 'fore I loses it?"

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Sal bit her lip, wondering if she'd scared Jabez beyond all belief, and then she heard Jav talking about Vic.

"This isn't fair," she breathed before standing up to go see what was the matter.

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Kurt followed with Jabez, slipping an arm around his fiancee's shoulders as he looked down into the garden.

Sam knelt next to Vic's prone form as Scrat held down a fervently cursing Jav and tried to talk to him.

"He's alright," said the brunette softly, raising her head to look at Leeroy for a moment before putting her hands on the big mutant's chest. -Okay, God, I have my hands on him.-

Vic suddenly heaved for breath, then blinked and frowned disorentedly at the sky.

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Sadri inhaled sharply and took her turn looking down at the scene. She dropped down from the roof gracefully and landed in front of Jav.

"Vic is fine," she said. "But look at you. Would you like a hand?"

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Leeroy watched the spectacle from the edge of the roof with wide eyes - he could most definitely feel what was happening, and he wasn't entirely too certain if he liked it.

"What happened?" he asked.

It was all he could to do ask.

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Jav was staring at his friend, looking a little stunned as Vic growled and pushed Sam away so that he could sit up. "What the #$%&@? How?"

"God said yes," murmured Mykayla from behind Leeroy, sounding very happy.

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He made a noise through his nose and looked at the shorter woman. "And what the @$*%& does that mean?"