Breakfast At The Hotel

JP with Jaxx, Trustno1 and Cindy

Alyssa awoke the next morning to Peter sleeping next to her. Which caught her off guard. It took her a moment to remember she had had a nightmare. She could recall Peter helping her, Max breaking the door to get in to help with the pizza hanging from his mouth. She remembered fixing the door. Asking Peter to stay with her - oh, that was it. But the actual nightmare - that was like some weird haphazardly put together collage that made little sense. She sighed, not again.

Alyssa made her way quietly out of the room, pulled out her laptop. She fired it up. Spoke to Max through his chip. "Hey, Max. You awake?”

Max had taken a nap after downing two large pizzas and watching several hours of the "Outer Limits" series. At this point he was awake and ready to transform if needed. He already ordered room service and munching on a huge family size breakfast consisting of waffles, pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, crepes, omelets, juice, chocolate milk and hashbrowns. He was mostly done with breakfast and nibbling on the last few waffles as he was watching reruns of "Kung fu Theater" on the tv. Then he heard Alyssa ask him if he was awake through his chip. He replied through his chip, "Yeah just chillin for now and eating a snack. Feeling better?”

Alyssa wondered for a moment what a "snack" consisted of for someone like Max. "Yeah, I'm good, thanks. I'm headed to breakfast soon. We're going to be headed out later to check out a shop run by the Halliwell sisters. Just wanted to let you know so you could decide which side you want to go as." She didn't know if Max going as the 18 year old or hulk-man was better but it should be his choice. "Anyway, I'll talk to you later. Feel free to join me for breakfast. I'm not sure when Peter will wake up."

Despite the shower last night Alyssa had a feeling that, after last night, she needed another one. So, she quickly got in the shower and got dressed into a pair of jeans and a plain black t-shirt, and her shoes and headed to breakfast with laptop in tow.

Alyssa had been to breakfast areas in hotels before most were either restaurant like where food was ordered or a buffet area where guests got their own. The latter always seemed to be the case when the breakfast was free. This seemed to be a combination of the two. Their was a waitstaff for anything the guests wanted but also a buffet for those that wanted it. She opted to get some scrambled eggs, bacon and a bagel from the buffet. Also, grabbing a cup of coffee. Back at the table, Alyssa put two sugars and two creams into her coffee, stirring it. She turned her food into a breakfast sandwich by placing the scrambled eggs and bacon on the bagel. Then cut it in half, to make it easier to eat.

Alyssa still didn't see Peter or Max . She had gotten a table on a corner, big enough for four people as that area wasn't particularly bust at the moment. The computer hacker set up her laptop and started going to work.

Sartre awoke, Alyssa was already up. He thought of the cosmos. He and Wilson seemed to have bonded quickly, for the wrong reasons: her nightmare, its contents. Whatever was causing problems in the city and the world was big. As he showered he knew today was a day to get answers. After drying off he hastily got into his suit. Today was not the day of the factions, it was the day of the three sisters. Well at least two of them........ As he headed to the continental breakfast, he spoke to Alyssa Wilson in his chip. It was business for now. "The three living are Piper, Phoebe and Paige, though something tells me the other sister Prue is one of the keys. Also after I left the cult crime scene, I spoke with Charles Duane, a Pastor, he seems to know something as well, we need to stop by his church after the apothecary. Approaching Alyssa at her table he said, "Check the surveillance footage Alyssa, The Templars stole the book of shadows from the manor. who knows what team green has or is up to. I was not going to take things from their home, though we perhaps should have grabbed the book of shadows. After ordering a quick breakfast, in the headset he said, "we're in the same bed every night until this case is over. I'm not letting anything happen to you."

Alyssa heard Peter's voice in the chip and looked up to see the man entering the breakfast area. She had been down there long enough to eat half of her sandwich and get some work done. "I'm ahead of you. I already checked. It doesn't look like the Greens took anything." She wondered how he knew the Templars took the Book of Shadows. He seemed adamant about the sleeping arrangements, she had planned on getting her own room today. It was all making her feel a little crowded, but she was also uneasy about what was happening. Alyssa changed the subject and spoke back into the chip. "I got information on the other Templar. I'll tell you later.”

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Max was debating on going to eat breakfast with Alyssa. It was nice to hear her give him a choice on what form to come for breakfast, but his dad would lecture him if he was in his teenage form during work hours. Not to mention he was used to eating and sleeping alone be it a fancy hotel or the middle of a jungle. Then he heard a knock at the door and opened it to get his second room service tray of food. He replied to Alyssa through his chip, “Thanks for the invite but I already ordered room service. Just let me know when we are leaving so I can meet you downstairs.” Then Max began opening his trays to eat his second breakfast. He knew he needed the calories so he splurged on breakfast while watching his Kung Fu Theater

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Peter spoke through the chip, "Information, way to go Alyssa!”

"I'll be right back. There's one way to see what Team Green are up to." It had worked yesterday, so he was going to risk it again. Entering into a bathroom stall, he would relax, close his eyes and see through the haze. The book of shadows being removed from the house by the Templars, Eun Ji the dragon in possession of the bible of Saint Ede the Pious. The End Rite in the Halliwell basement. Then images of the Silver City bridge collapse. A man being questioned by the inquisition...... Armed men making a tactical entry against a man in his early sixties, something about "Green Dammit" followed by bursts of automatic gunfire. An Angry Theodore and Ammirillis Wicker arguing with a woman in the hell dimension. A dark haired woman in the woods. A portal. That same woman stabbing Alyssa with a scalpel then saying "Dark days are here......" He awoke shaken with a slight headache but it was manageable, returning to the table with the team he said, team green took the bible of Saint Ede. They left the end Rite in the basement. We will pick it up after we convince the sisters to go back to the manor and help us. “

"Hold on, let me get Max in on this." Alyssa tapped into Max's chip, so he could hear what Peter was saying.

Alyssa herself messaged Max through the chip. "Meet us in the lobby. 15 minutes good?"

She then spoke to Peter, as she was packing up her laptop. "I'll need to grab more coffee on the way.”

Max was scooping food into his mouth when he heard Alyssa’s voice in his chip. He replied, “Sounds good. I’ll meet you there.” He continued to shovel his food into his mouth so he could have enough time to transform and race downstairs. Once he was done he transformed back into Agent Powers and raised down the stairs since it was faster than waiting for the elevator. As he stopped before the last door to the lobby he calmed down and took a deep breath before he muttered, "I am at home with me. I am rooted in the me who is on this adventure. Now take a deep breath, and realize that this is me breathing.” Once he was ready he opened the door and made his way to the team.