On the weekend, when they got to the tree for their usual lab time, Lana was getting ready to ask the tree to put them in her lab, but Blaine had other ideas. She soon found herself in her room. They had put the furniture back after returning and he now sat in a chair, pulling her into his lap.
He pulled her in for a deep kiss.
After a few moments, she pulled back with a small chuckle, "don't tell me that movie…. affected you…"
Blaine chuckled, "having you in my lap, laying against me did. I barely saw the movie. I was lost in you diing for the torture to end."
Lana had been watching his eyes. She saw the love and desire and couldn't resist him. They spent the rest of the afternoon between the sheets enjoying themselves and talking. She realized she was leaning more toward Kyle than Blaine. They seemed to have more in common.
As dinner time neared, they cleaned each other up and got everything set up. They were sitting at the table when all the friends showed up. Blaine was in control of his body and Lana was reading a book that could only be found in her classroom. Kyle had been slowly using the duplicate ability on all the books in there so Lana could add them to her own library. The knowledge was simply too valuable for it to be hard to access. The bookshelf in her bracelet was filling up. One dresser was still empty so they figured that would be next.
Lana continued to study while dinner was prepared. She was looking for something specific and hoped this book held the secret.
When Kattie placed a plate in front of her, Lana couldn't help but exclaim, "Kattie! Your badge says 6!"
She jumped up and gave her friend a hug, "congratulations!"
Kattie hugged her back, "thank you! This was very hard to get. The higher-level monsters have such strong wills!"
Lana smiled, "that means you need to advance Sven now!"
Kattie grinned, "soon."
They all sat around talking as their meal digested. Not long after, they started sparing as had become their nightly routine. Blaine and Lana didn't participate but took on more of a supervisor role, helping people with their stance, giving pointers to improve accuracy and speed.
"Blaine, I have an idea. Switch to Kyle and have him buff up. Play the target," Lana said.
Blaine laughed and did as she suggested. Lana continued advising while Kyle danced around with everyone missing him. Some got close a few times. Once they were done, he gave them pointers and encouragement. Everyone was tired so they walked back to the dorms together.
Blaine walked Lana to her room, escorting her in and closing the door so he could kiss her goodnight.
"I hate leaving you here. You belong in my arms," Blaine said with a sigh.
Lana chuckled softly, "it won't always be this way. Enjoy having a bed all to yourself while you can!"
Blaine groaned, "I don't want to. I've had my bed to myself for 19 years. I want to share it now. With you."
Lana chuckled and brought him in for a deep kiss. After a while she pulled back, "get out of here before we end up doing more!"
She reached over and opened the door. Just as she did, Blaine's badge went off with an incoming call. He looked down and it was his grandmother. All thoughts of happy drained from his face as he stepped into the hall and answered it, making sure Lana's face could not be seen on the hologram.
"Blaine, darling, how good it is to see my grandson's face. I wanted to let you know, on Friday, I'll be there to pick up some volunteers. I'll be bringing you with me as well. The school has agreed to allow you to come for the weekend to apprentice with our company. I expect you to be here for the full summer as well here in a few months. Make sure you pack a bag for the weekend because I won't give you time once I get there."
"Yes ma'am," Blaine said, his face ghostly pale. He had no idea what she was talking about but the glint in her eyes said nothing good was going to happen this weekend.
He had left the door open to Lana's room, and she heard the whole thing. Just as he was going to turn to her room, her badge went off. It was a text from Paul.
[Come up here ASAP. Bring Dobin, Blaine and Chekof.]
Lana poked her head out to see Blaine just turning toward her. She showed her badge to Blaine, stepped into the hall and closed the door behind her. Blaine's face hardened. He grabbed her hand and they quicky went up the stairs, stopping by two rooms to collect the requested people. Lana let them all in and soon they were standing in front of Paul. Lana decided to take the chair at Blaine's insistence.
"Mother just called. It appears Barica Abel has the names of five students she plans to pick up and add to her experimental subjects. Two names on the list are Chekof and Lana."
Chekof looked excited, "Yes! I finally get to be inside!"
Blaine raised an eyebrow. Chekof told them about his mission to track down Abel Genetics and find his brother.
"Should I have you work with my parents? We have people on the inside now. Lana will be able to get some support to a degree. We'll need to have meetings throughout the week."
Blaine informed them he was told he'd be going as well but that the students were volunteers.
Paul nodded, "let me update my parents. For now, go get some rest."
Lana, Dobin, Chekof and Blaine decided to go to Blaine's room after leaving Paul to handle his end. While everyone sat down, Chekof asked them all to close their eyes for a few minutes while he got out his device.