Chapter 21: Morning Surprises
Jonas slowly opened his eyes. He was a little surprised to see the room lightening up some. He wasn't sure what had happened, but could see that he wasn't by the hallway where they'd made their stand. Which meant that whatever that blue orb as knocked him out. Although, he wasn't sure what to make of the two new people he could see by him.
"Good to see you're awake," Kim said, sounding a little bored, which made Jonas give her a smirk.
"Good to see your social skills are improving," Jonas remarked.
"Them? Oh, they were here when we woke up," Kim said, then in an indifferent manner, she introduced the new people present, though didn't indicate directly who was who. "This is Patricia and Patrick. I'm sure you can figure out which one is which."
"So, the kid's on watch then," Jonas asked.
"Actually, he's right next to you," Kim said.
Jonas snapped his head down enough for him to make out Elmo, bare chested, laying on top of him without his shirt on. Jonas looked back at Kim, not sure what to make of this development. Jonas could also see that Elmo was also in a deep sleep.
"What happened?" he asked, more curious than confused.
Kim described what she saw then what Elin learned about with her magic. There wasn't much to explain, so it didn't take long, but Jonas wasn't really happy with hearing what was said.
"So, you're saying that pretty much no one was on watch after that fight?" Jonas asked. "And that two others kept watch, even though they have no incentive to helping us stay alive?"
"Look, I don't really have an incentive to keeping you alive myself," Kim retorted. "The explanation they gave checked out and there's the part that none of us are used to wearing ourselves out and staying awake in pitch black darkness. Maybe you're used to that, but I'm certainly not, and I really doubt Elmo or Elin are."