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[h2]Thea 'Teddy' Palmer - Near the Park, Two Hours Ago[/h2]
Well, she was here.

Staring around the Starbucks like it had undergone some surprise renovation, Teddy felt both embarrassed and excited at the prospect of a clandestine meeting. She was also very sure that if this did wind up being some elaborate plot to kidnap her(though why her, she couldn't figure out), she was going to laugh herself silly and then spend the rest of her days telling herself she'd told herself so, but had she listened, oh noooo... As though that wasn't liable to send her around the bend.

She'd left a note telling her parents where she was going, and that she was definitely still hoping for dinner. That would surely be enough time to not be kidnapped and still figure out who was texting her. Right?

Swallowing her sudden case of nerves, and wanting very much to roll her eyes at herself because she really ought to make up her mind about this being a good or bad thing, honestly, Teddy made her way to the counter, waving at the girl behind the register. She wrote out her desire for an iced caramel macchiato, which was damnably hard to spell, and a brownie, if she pleased, paid for it, and then delayed going to the back tables by dithering there until they'd got it made. But she couldn't wait forever, and when she had her brownie and drink, Teddy forced herself to take a deep breath, turn around and sit at a table in a back corner where she could see everything, and everyone, at once.

She shrugged her green sweater nervously up higher on her shoulders until she could catch the zipper tab between her teeth, and stirred the macchiato with the straw. It didn't need it, but she was really too nervous now to actually eat anything, she'd just wanted to fit in with all the other people ordering.

"Oh Dearie! You came! I knew you would." An energetic voice said from a lady in a colorful pink and orange scarf and multiple bracelets jingling on her wrists. Approaching Teddy, the woman gave the girl a quick hug before Teddy could have a chance to get away from the embrace and took a seat beside the teen. "I can't believe how young you are. I knew you were young and all from your profiles online but damn, I still can't believe someone as young as you has to be involved in all of this. I guess I was young too when the whole ordeal started. I wasn't even twenty yet when...when..." The woman said with enthusiasm and speed before pausing. "Oh shit. Here I am talking up a storm Dearie and I have no idea if you can even keep up. Can you read lip or should I grab my phone?" The woman said as she tried to fish out her phone from her pant pocket.

"Ah!" The sound escaped her as she jumped in surprise, caught up in a hug she had not been expecting. Definitely not from something as bright as this... lady was. She'd been watching her, had noticed her coming close, but who would ever suspect a lady in a pink and orange scarf to be a... well, a hacker?! Not her, that's for sure. But the woman remained adamant, as far as she could tell, that she knew exactly why she was here. She sat down at the table and everything.

Teddy only stared. She could see her lips moving. If she'd had any presence of mind, she might have remembered that meant talking, but she was just so surprised by her accoster that the notion of holding a conversation had been completely flung from her head. At least, until her anonymous stranger paused and went for something in her pocket, then Teddy blinked, shook her head and starting signing up a storm. Some of it was pure annoyance that they'd met and she'd understood absolutely nothing of what had just been said, the rest was just her taking a turn at forgetting herself. But she stopped when she got all her thoughts off her chest. It really wasn't fair that this woman, obviously confident about whatever she was talking about, looked more like a fashion(questionable) diva than a kidnapper. But seriously, did she want to be kidnapped?! She was being an idiot.

Frowning, Teddy held up a finger and pulled out her own phone, finding the app she wanted and typing in what she wanted to say. The most important point she'd take away from this meeting, she was sure. When she hit the button, it talked back at the lady, a very officious little robotic voice, so she'd been told. "You are very bright..."

"Oh yes, with all this doom and gloom business Lee likes to talk about I have to have some sort of fun." The woman said with a slight smile. "He says it isn't professional but some of the things he, Carter or Cam does isn't very professional either." Pulling out her phone, the woman messed around on her phone for a few seconds before giving a slight nod towards Teddy. "I am the best at what I do in the world but still, we don't want any eyes watcing us. The government is easy to avoid but there are other more mischievous people out there that might be interested in our little talk, especially if they are linked to Cam."

"Nm!" Teddy held up a hand, frowning and shaking her head. Then typed on her phone. "What? Did you say government?" Lipreading was a lot of guesswork, and right now, she had absolutely nothing to go on. "Can you write? Please?"

-Yes, government- A message said appearing on Teddy's phone from the same number as before. -Oh and can you mute your phone? I don't need the audio to hear your phone ;) - The woman replied before taking a sip of her coffee. She knew that things would be difficult without words but this challenge was one she was interested in. Tech was her forte and with the right moves this could become an advantage to her.

She didn't? What...? Maybe she was just reading it upside down. Or... Teddy skipped that route in favour of doing as she'd been asked and turning off the sound, it wasn't as though she needed it. Then, because it kept niggling at her, she asked. -U can hear no audio?- How did that even work?

-The same way you can see things you're not supposed to Dearie. Tech and I have this weird bond, a superpower if you must call it that. We're not the only ones too-

-The bus?-

-Mhmm. It happened before too. I was only 19 then-

Only, she said, like 19 was that young. Of course, being 18, Teddy had a rather different perspective there. Alright, so, she wasn't imagining things. Well, she might be, but this woman probably didn't think so, and even if she was, other people were imagining things too. And she definitely wasn't imagining her not looking at her phone to know what she'd written. -Ok, weird stuff is happening. Why?-

-A serum. It was locked away but was stolen by the Reformers and was released during the accident (hopefully by accident...). It's not reversible but it isn't all that bad too-

-Reformers?- Well, it was already more exciting than she'd half been expecting. But there'd been very little clearing up of facts. So far. At least the woman seemed happy to answer questions and stay in Starbucks.

-Mhmm. We were once together but drama happened and Cam and a few others left. I almost went but Cam is an asshole. Not all of them are jerks though. Garrett is amazing and we still chat every once in awhile. They are actually why I wanted to talk to you. Most of the new guys are with them and Garrett isn't talking to me.-

That was a lot of very boring information that was actually exciting... How was that even possible? -New guys? Bus people? Who's Garrett? And Cam?-

-New guys= Bus People. The technical term is Charlies since you are the third generation (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie). Garrett is with the Reformers (my bff) and Cam is the one in charge (but you might want to call him Cameron. I heard he doesn't use the name Cam anymore...)- Pausing just to take another sip of her coffee the woman sent another message to the teen. -It's dangerous being alone with your powers. Not only do you not know how to control it, the TSP and Reformers are possessive and will meddle with your life. You should be able to make a choice and you should do it before one of them makes it for you.-

Reading all of that, Teddy's frown became more and more pronounced. It was true that she believed she could see things. This woman... actually, that was wrong. They'd skipped the second most important step of this whole secret meet and greet thing. They'd met, but they'd forgotten about greeting(apart from the earlier enthusiastic hugging, anyway).

-Ok, lots of questions, first. Hello, I'm Teddy, what's your name?-

Holding out her hand, she smiled as well as she could in such a situation. For all the strange manner of their coming together, she thought she might like this lady. And she wanted to make sure that was clear, but not so clear that she'd lose whatever small advantage she had right now in her probably wanting some trust and working towards it. She knew how these things worked, she watched lots of crime shows, and had seen as many of the superhero movies as she could, twice. Netflix had a pretty good collection. At least... She hoped she knew how this worked. All those stories were fiction, this was real. It was her life.

Giving a slight chuckle as she read the message sent her message to Teddy before tinkering on her phone. She could sense something was off but being overwhelmed with the abundance of signal in the city it was hard to pinpoint the exact source. -Whoops sorry about that. I'm a bit of a scatter brain sometimes. I'm Tia, an Aries and electronic communication is my ability.-

Tia and Teddy. Cool. Electronic communication? Also pretty cool. And explained the whole phone thing. Maybe. She thought she was doing a pretty good job holding herself together, but wasn't sure if she was waiting to explode, or didn't quite believe this was all happening yet. Either way, she'd find out eventually, and wouldn't that be fun... Nice to meet you, she signed, still smiling until she decided that was that and now she had to go back to thinking about this whole strange mess of super powers and Alphas and government things that she probably didn't understand at all. But that's what questions were for, as her English teacher had once said.

-Cool. Ok. tsp and reformers? Choices? What?- She didn't really know where to start, but the more she asked about anything, the more she'd be able to figure that out, right? Finally taking a sip of her mocchiato, Teddy pushed the plate with her brownie on it towards Tia, raising her eyebrows in question. She'd be happy to share if she wanted some. It was the polite thing to do, right?

-Hmm where to start...- Tia said pausing to take a piece of the brownie as she thought things over. Compared to the others she wasn't the best conversationalist to discuss important information such as this and without the protection from the constant barrage of information she had while at the TSP headquarters, keeping her focus was getting harder the longer she sat down with Teddy and she wasn't going to compromise her own safety or ruin her plans by turning her powers off. She would just have to make it until she got back. But still, something was off. If only she could clearly see what it was. -The TSP (the group I'm with) and Reformers are both groups with people like us. There some bad blood between us and the Reformers are trying to recruit the Charlies (the new guys like you) too. The choice is yours on who you want to join, I don't want to force you but it's too dangerous to be on your own when you don't understand your powers. I might meet you in private but I don't think the others will. What would your family think if news got out? These powers are dangerous and do you really want to get them involved in something like that?-

She was pleased, strangely, when the woman, Tia, when Tia took some brownie. Like they were sharing a secret and dessert. Made it all the better. She was less pleased when the full explanation arrived on her screen and her family was brought up. She thought it might have been something of a threat, but at the same time, Tia wasn't throwing it in her face, just, making it very clear that not knowing what she was doing was a bad idea. And probably, that she shouldn't have been talking about it with Dana...

No, I don't want that. She finally shook her head, signing the denial without bothering to type it out. But, they were her family. She didn't expect them to suddenly kick her out or stop talking to her. What she didn't want was them getting involved with the news or anything like that if the public got curious. And, well, maybe it never would. But, if this was a thing, and her headaches and seeing things wasn't her own imaginings, then she kinda did want to learn more about that. -How do I choose? I don't know either of them.-

She might have simply said she'd go with Tia and never mind making any other informed decision, but if these two groups weren't seeing eye to eye, there had to be a reason. And if it was the Reformers who had the other... Charlies, then she'd be alone with the TSP.

-TSP might be a good choice (they have ties to the government too) but I'm worried about the Charlies and Reformers. Maybe you can check in on them Dearie if you feel up to it?- Without being in contact with Garret, she was worried about what was going on within the walls of the Reformer's base. The news of Wilson joining the Reformers was new to her and she wondered what else Cameron might have up his sleeve. -Of course you will have to keep our meeting a secret but we can keep communications open between us just in case something happens.

-How?- For a moment, Teddy was baffled by how they might talk to each other secretly, then she grinned and picked up the phone, eyebrows rising questioningly. Of course! Tia had found her that way before, she could probably do it again. -Nvm... No offense to you and TSP, I think I want to be with other people in my boat.-

It didn't take her a lot of consideration to reach that conclusion. There wasn't a whole lot encouraging about two groups of powerful people chasing each other. From what she understood, the Reformers had the others who were just learning, and if they didn't, they'd keep trying to get the rest. Better to go with them first and just see what they were like. Maybe she could help them see eye to eye! -I can learn with them, and still talk to you?-

-Mhmm, of course- Reaching for the bag that Tia had, she searched through it before pulling out a small case and slid it towards Teddy. -There's a microSD card inside. Keep it hidden for now and after they check your phone or give you a new one just put it in and it will do all the work for you. Just make sure they don't find it and you will be good to go.- The chip was a pet project she had been working on since the TSP was shut down and although she haven't had a chance to put it to use in a real life senario she was strongly confident that after all the work and tests she have done that it should work fine. She only hoped that was the case.

Pulling it towards her, Teddy opened the case curiously before reading the text, which, in retrospect, she probably should have done first. But nothing bad happened, so she just grinned again and started nodding before a thought made her frown. -They will take my phone?-

-Not sure. If they see your phone as a a security risk they might do something to it or give you a new one to avoid me from finding them. Cameron has allies that knows how to do things like that so be prepared- Yet again she could feel something familiar coming from her powers. Was it a cell phone? Video surveillance? Something else? Whatever it was she knew it was close and something she should have recognized but what was it. Turning the vibrate on on her phone, Tia closed her eyes as she tried to focus on the source hoping that one less stimuli would help her figure things out.

-Ok, I- Well, losing her phone would not be the biggest trouble she'd have to deal with. It was convenient, but it wasn't the end of the world. Her parents wouldn't appreciate it, but if the Reformers were likely to give her another one or just fiddle with hers... She could live with that.

-I'll try and find them and text you where to meet-

-Ok.-
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