Chapter 223: Rescue Mission
"So, did you and Lois have any fun?" Max asked as he pulled a freshly roasted turkey out of the oven.
Ruby gave a lazy shrug and let out a yawn. She walked over to the table and casually plopped her daughter down in the chair. "It wasn't that exciting. Still, I bet it was more fun than staying in this place all day." She sighed.
The room Max had to stay in was way too small for someone so important. It was buried deep beneath the city in its own private section of the bunker and looked like a criminally small apartment. The TV was on, constantly showing a series of bleak news reports that were always going on in the world, and the lights would rapidly flicker back and forth. Already, Ruby was ready to leave, yet Max somehow had kept his cool for the last four years he had been forced to live in this prison.
She didn't know how he did it. This place was also full of cameras constantly watching him, and hundreds of Super-built nukes were ready to go off if it was deemed necessary, all in the hopes of killing Max.
"Did Lois say anything yet?" Max questioned, and he placed the turkey onto a nearby counter and began to slice into it. He had taken up cooking and reading, which were his only two hobbies in this place.
"Nah. I don't get it; she's four, soon to be five, but she still can't speak." Ruby grumbled, and she sat down on the table, not bothering with a chair. She grabbed Lois by an arm and lifted the girl up, peering into her eyes. That action only served to make Lois giggle and burp. "No sign of any power either."
"Give it time." Max finished carving the turkey up and placed it onto several plates. "You were a lot older when you got your powers. Besides, even if she does suddenly get superpowers, what do you expect to happen? She's four, Jill—
"Ruby."
"-So she still won't be able to go out on the front lines." Max slid a plate over to Ruby, who was still swinging Lois around by the arm.
Ruby's frown just grew, and she finally placed her daughter down. She had hoped Lois would start showing signs of a strong power so she could use the girl in her fight against the Emperor and his army, but that didn't seem like it was going to be happening anytime soon. Everyone kept telling her to stop taking Lois out onto the frontlines, but she knew that if push came to shove, Lois would awaken some sort of badass power and survive. Lois was the granddaughter of Full Monarch, after all.
"Have you thought about letting Lois play with the other kids?" Max took a seat at the table, sitting in a chair and not on the table itself like Ruby was doing. "River has been asking about getting Lois to participate in some playdates. It's crazy to think how many kids are running around this bunker now."