"Jus' call me Red, for now." AJ said with a smile, "Maybe later, I'll let you know my real name."
"You want a can of soda, DJ?" He asked in his head.
As he heard the reply, he responded to Jackie, "Yeah, sure. Toss me a Pepsi, and a Cream Soda for my sister."
"Anything to eat?"
"Umm... bring me in one of those pre-made sub sandwiches that are in the fridge all the time. Anything with chicken on it is fine." He could hear a smile in the sound of her voice.
"And, a chicken sub." AJ added.
His eyes lingered on Jackie for a moment. She was blind, wasn't she? Or, well, sort-of blind. He couldn't imagine being blind. He knew what it was like to see in heat vision, but he couldn't think of what it would be like to
only see in heat vision.
But, he was sort of glad for her, that she had a way out. She was a shapeshifter, from what he knew of her. And she could see with animal's eyes.
That must be cool, he thought.
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Meanwhile, Dana was watching an update on the
Human Torch's condition. The man was severaly attacked by a crowd of civilians outside a night club, just after the war (and Dana did, indeed, consider this a war) began.
She marvelled at how many people thought that the attack was justified. Johnny didn't do anything. He didn't have anything to do with Nitro's explosion. In fact, he pitched in to help clean up. DJ found herself wondering how people could be so prejudice, and stereotypical.
"Alex, hurry up and get in here. They're showing an update on Johnny Storm."
"Ooooh," was the sarcastic reply,
"I can't wait to see what they say about him. Ten bucks says they're gonna twist everything around.
DJ sighed,
"I'm pretty sure they've already done that."