It’s been 10 years since I last journaled — orders from our friend. We spent the rest of our senior year in High School training to discreetly and efficiently suit up, use stealth techniques, and go out on special operations to remove obstacles for law enforcement. All this while going to school. It became like an after school job, and Arya even paid us minimum wage as “support staff” for her consulting company, “Mtumishi Industries.”
We were successful at not being seen by anyone except for a few criminals, who I convinced would be called crazy if they told anyone that “purple and green lizard people appeared out of nowhere and did things — then disappeared into thin air.” Nonetheless, on one occasion one of Rita’s people told her about us taking all of her first batch of the new drug “solace.” We haven’t seen him since.
After High School I attended and graduated from the Citadel, then joined the Marine Corp after graduation. While in the Corp I was accelerated into a expeditionary unit, serving in a command element. Now that I’m back home I continue to serve as a reserve officer. I own and operate Thompson Security — providing specialized commercial, residential, and personal security.
After High School, Kimberly joined the Army and became an Apache Helicopter Aviation Officer, after finishing number 1 in her class from the Officer Candidate and then Aviation School. She just returned home, and serves as a reserve officer and has already landed a job with Duke Life Flight.
After High School, Mo earned an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke and continued into the Duke Medical Scientist Training Program, which is a dual-degree MD/PhD program. He is scheduled to complete that program next year and is working on his clinical study. He’s been working with Arya for his study, researching the use of nanobots to pulverize arterial plaque.
During our education and time in service, we have gotten together on leave and breaks from college to catch up on pressing Strike Team matters, and even to vacation together a few times. Since I went on reserve, I have done more work alone and with Arya.
We learned a long time ago that we should not talk about our abilities and work with family and friends. As far as my parents know, I stopped using my “powers” back in middle school and Mo and Kimberly’s parents never caught on. We have each tried dating, but it hasn’t worked for any of us due to our schedules. Even Arya’s boyfriend eventually broke up with her because she wasn’t spending enough time with him — accusing her of having an affair with me.
Our friend has been mostly quiet, seeming to guide more by thought than words after we became acclimated to Him. The last time we “spoke,” he told me to leave the sphere with Arya and that we wouldn’t need it again once Mo finished school.
We’re “meeting Boo” (the term we use to refer to our Base Of Operations) at 18:00 hrs — on orders from our friend.
JET (The Hero) 