“Naecken, I have never seen this man before!” I whisper in the ear of the angel. But Nowhereman seems to know the green knight, if I can call him this way.
“Kristogar, old friend!” shouts Nowhereman, greeting the stranger. “Where have you been this two years?” he asks. “After that fiasco with the evil KidBucket, I though we would have never seen you again!”
The man watches Nowhereman with wide open eyes, that looks at me and move his lips to form the words “Who is this loon?”
I smile, and speaking louder, suggest: “Ehm, Nowhereman, I think your friend must have travel a lot to arrive here, maybe he need some rest before the meeting”.
Nowhereman thinks for a moment, and says: “Yes, could be better. Eurostar, you are a cook, prepare some meal for everybody. In the meantime, the angel will show me the features of this new Headquarter!”
Naecken stand up, and go toward a big door, followed by the Brit. “Angel, where is the Gymn?” asks Nowhereman, and the word echoes in the vast chamber.
Mxy guide me to the cooking facility, bigger than my own restaurant in Italy. Funny, it’s the first time I think of it since I left my place that night…
While I begin to check pots, pans and dishes, I talk to Kristogar: “So, how the hell have you arrived here, man?”
The tall man seems to think, and then, slowly, responds: “I was looking for you. I have seen the news about your two fights with the feds, so I tough it was the moment.”
“What moment?”
“The moment the metahumans of this country will raise their heads and breaks the chains of slavery…”
“And how have you found us?”
I have fled to Chicago, where you were spotted last, and while I was above this point of the lake, a vortex has appeared on the surface. It was the moment you and your friend were arriving. Ijust followed you.”
“My friend? So, you don’t know Nowhereman?”
“I haven’t met him before, but I know something of him… and of many of you. I have done my homework.”
“It seems a total lunatic, but we have some… information, that says he will have an important role in whatever we are going to do. And now with what the angel has said about you… I don’t know what to think.”
“What do you know?”
“Ahh, it is nothing, really. Danny is from the future, and remember history notes about ourseves…”
“Mhhh… the future is not yet set in stone, Eurostar. What the boy remember, could never happen”.
“Ah, good. Well, one last question, Mr Kristogar. Who are you?”
