“So that's the third time I slept with her sister. I'm pretty sure it was okay since she knew about it, and anyways she was getting a little too old for me anyways.” said Li to Jordan.

“Didn't you say she was just finishing middle school?”

“I know...tragic right? Anyways how's life without that bitch of a girlfriend? Must be a pain paying for sex again, huh?”

“It does suck! Hey...how'd you know about that?”

“When you've mastered ki the way I have, it becomes second nature to read the people's around you thoughts and emotions, and boy is your mind an open book.”

“Can you not?”

“Sorry I don't take requests. How about you just stop thinking so loudly? You kinda lose track of your priorities when you overthink.”

“Maybe you're right...that's why I couldn't stand military life for too long.”

“That's when you hid in the dumpster.”

“Yeah the worst thing was that it was mystery stew night the night before, so there was a lot of vomit in there. They found me three days later when they finally tracked back the crying.”

“That's pretty pathetic. Also it was mystery Stu. The chef's name was Stu.”

"Then what was in the?.."

“Umm..so are you going to order something sir?” interrupted the waitress, aggravated by the fact that she was standing there for five minutes; waiting for them to stop talking so she could take their order.

“I'll have a water.” Jordan responded very moody.

“That it?”

“Yeah.”

“If you're short on cash I could pay for you.” said Li.

“I'll have a Loaded Skillet then, and a coke.”

"I'll have a cheeseburger, and coke," added Li.

The waitress rolled her eyes and walked away, annoyed.

“So your first day of hero work went pretty well.”

“What are you talking about? That guy killed himself!”

“So like I said, pretty well.” Li then turned around to the waitress who was busy with another customer. “Hey! Can I get more water?”

Her head nodded in confirmation but her eyes said cease with your living asshole. The food appeared in her hands shortly after, along with refills.

Jordan took a bottle of hot sauce and doused his skillet with it. He dug his fork in, blew a couple of times, and then took a bite. He flinched, and then gasped to vent out the heat.

“Hot!”

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“The food, the hot sauce, or your brain processing thought?”

“What?”

“Sounds like the last one.” Li then took a bite from his grilled cheese.

“So what do you think that guy at the rally wanted?”

“I'm not sure dude. You didn't hear him say anything now, did you?”

“I thought that you could read minds?”

“Ordinarily, but he wasn't really there.”

“What do you mean? We saw him!”

“That was a hologram. Awe wait..I know you're not the sharpest crayon in the box, so I'll level with you. Remember that scene from Star Wars where the Emperor was telling Darth Vader what to do about the rebellion, but he was really big and kinda faded looking? That was a ho-lo-gram.”

“I know what a hologram is.”

“I know, because I just told you.”

“No cuz..”

“Anyways, we should try our best to stay off his radar.”

“You're already on my radar.” said a strange sounding voice. Like a scrambling of a couple voices deepened and overlapped. Then the masked being manifested, sitting next to Jordan.

“How'd you find us?” asked Dao, “I masked my presence.”

“I followed him.”

“Nice one dick.” said Li.

“What did I do?”

“You existed,” Li looks at their new table guest, “so what is it that you want?”

“I came here to warn you both to keep your heads low. There are eyes watching..”

“Is that what you're worried about? The government is chump change. You know what kind of stuff they're up to though? The stuff I've witnessed will blow your mind. Did you know they've weaponised soldiers at Fort Baison? There's this one guy, Octane…”

“I'm not talking about the government.”

Jordan gasped, “The illuminati?!”

Li and the veiled being looked at Jordan and said unanimously, “Are you retarded?”

“I've tried my best to keep a balance in this gleefully chaotic world and I'm warning you both that if you don't watch your step, you will surely perish, and doom us all.”

“What do you?..”

It vanished again.

“What do you think he meant?” asked Jordan.

“I'm not sure dude. That dude was too vague. I'm no good at metaphors. All I know is that dude's dangerous.”

“Do you think he's a villain?”

“Did you forget that he stopped that mob from killing each other? So maybe.”

The sound of small footsteps approaching caught both of their attention. It was Bailey. He tossed his lunchbox on the table and began eating his sandwich.

“Hey Bailey.” said Li.

“Wait you know him?”

“Well no, but he seems like a nice kid, and doesn't exactly have the most normal family. Not that I can relate to that. You two seem to be close. I don't think it's doing you any favors for your image hanging out with a twelve year old boy.”

“That being said by the guy with the twelve year old girlfriend."

"Hey, I was pretty sure she was eighteen. Anyways, I'm seventeen, so it's all good you pedo."

"Hey wait...he's eating my skillet!”

“You weren't eating it. It was getting cold. Maybe you should try talking less and you wouldn't starve.”

“Hey I don't!..” That's when Jordan's head began smacking against the table uncontrollably. “Why..can't..I..stop?!”

“Nice one Bailey! Here's a pudding cup.” Dao put a chocolate pudding cup on the table.

“I'll have it after lunch. My parents said it would spoil my appetite.”

“That's a good boy.”

“Would you like a refill on your coke?” said the waitress to Dao.

“Hey, you like memes?”

“Sure.” replied the waitress unenthusiastically.

“Then #;!_”\#€€×&#;÷;*#€×&!;_=;:_#*×€×€ ÷\*!(×€/=7#\#&_÷*÷7\:\:8×9#&:88=\*÷08=\;÷\×9*×*÷*:8=\*÷&=.” said Dao incoherently. The waitress looked in a daze as her mind could not process what was being said. “Oh sorry. Guess you guys aren't ready for that one yet. This one should be about your speed; Can I has cheezburger?” The waitress then started convulsing in a seizure and collapsed on the ground, foaming from the mouth. “Yeah I like that one too.”