You hesitate. Kevin might not have been a close friend at school but he's become very important to you in a very short time.
Nonetheless, as you try to stand you find that your legs are trembling with exhaustion and you have to shake you head in frustration. Jade lends you her shoulder and helps you to one of the blue, rippling alcoves along the wall so you can sit down.
"I'm sorry." You say helplessly. Megabyte shrugs.
"That's okay, Jay." He tells you. "I'm sure you'd help if you could."
Megabyte vanishes in a flash of electricity and a few minutes later Adam and Jade follow him.
You follow the adventure mentally as they rescue Kevin from the government agents who had seized him. Although you're with them for every moment it seems no time at all before they find Kevin and strip him of the electronic waistcoat that was draining his powers. The Tomorrow people teleport clear just as WorldEx agents, led by Megabyte's father storm the building.
You join in the joyful reunion with a strange feeling of comfort, as if for the first time you've found a place and a group of people who understand and accept you completely. It seems no time at all before you're all sitting around the Ship's main cabin and the others are explaining to you about the ship, about your powers, about everything you've just become.
It's a lot to take in and you know that it's going to take a long time to come to terms with what you've just become. You're surprised at how natural it all seems to you. And you're surprised at how relaxed everyone seems. Just a few hours ago these people were tense, focused on the peril one of them faced. Now, they're sitting around laughing and joking. You can't help asking the question:
"Does this kind of thing happen often?"
Everyone looks at Megabyte, waiting, and he doesn't disappoint. With one of his broad grins he puts on his best Al Jolson voice and looks you in the eyes.
"Jay," He drawls. "You ain't seen nothing yet!"
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