Jay let out an enraged scream, violently thrashing the punch bag with his bare fists. It frustrated him so much; these technos, an unbearable force of good aimed at bringing peace to the city by first taming the savages who inhabited it. They'd tricked him into thinking that they were all about power, and chaos, but he wasn't so sure anymore.
Knock knock. "Hello? Jay? Are you in there?" Came the soft female voice from behind the door. It was Ebony again. When they had first met, she seemed interesting- and she had power, having just been elected city leader, but Jay soon learned that she had the same objective as Ram and his Technos- to bring about peace and democracy. Jay liked her a lot, but was beginning to question whether his values were the same as hers, and he wasn't in the mood for her right now.
" Go away." Jay replied angrily, " I'm not interested in whatever you have to say right now." He threw another punch towards the punching bag, causing it to swing wildly.
" But Jay honey, I just wanted to see you. It's important."
" Fine," Jay groaned, " Come in if you have to."
The door quickly opened. Ebony sauntered in, a sweet smile spread across her face as she laid her eyes upon Jay. Her hair flowed naturally down, sitting on her shoulders. With her pale white cotton dress and matching shoes, not to mention the giant yellow smiley face that had been plastered to her left cheek. He had thought, having heard that Ebony was previously a member of the infamous mallrats, living directly under the dictatorship of the great Amber and Bray themselves, she might actually have a shred of evil left inside her. But no; nothing but roses and smiles- that was Ebony nowadays, not that there was anything wrong with that- she was great as she was. However, today, Jay was not in the mood for her pleasantries.
Ebony set down on the chair opposite the bed. Jay put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the headrest of the bed, not even bothering to look at Ebony; he was too angry at Ram to make small talk.
"How are you today?" Ebony asked harmoniously. Jay was not in the mood.
" What do you want Ebony?" he asked impatiently, still not making eye contact with his girlfriend.
" I just needed your company Jay; I'm scared." Ebony whimpered. Jay looked up.
" Of what?" he asked eagerly. Ebony-scared? Finally things were starting to get interesting around here.
" I just saw Lex in the lobby." Ebony replied. Jay listened intently- he had met Lex a couple of times, so he knew that him and Ebony were close. They were both mallrats together, but they seemed to be the nicer of the pack- Ebony much more so than Lex, who, though he did have a soft side, would never betray his tribe like Ebony did. " He came to tell me that Amber's back. And I just know that she'll come after me Jay. After what I did to her and Bray…" Ebony says, her voice getting higher as she grew more panicked.
Jay had also heard about Ebony's triumph over the mallrats- mustering up the conviction to banish her competition. But people had also been afraid of what might happen if one or both of the former dictators came back- they would be vengeful, and, just like the way they had demolished the last democracy attempted to bring peace to the city back in the days of the guardian and his chosen followers, they would make it their pleasure to destroy Ram's efforts also. Jay was hopeful.
"Jay, are you listening to me?" Ebony demanded, " Amber has escaped from Ram's highest security prison and she's come back to kill me!"
" Ram had her prisoner?" Jay queried. Why hadn't he known about this? He was a Techno general after all.
" Yeah," Ebony said, calming down slightly, " He found her out in the bush, torturing some innocent kids…"
Jay grinned slightly at the idea. He stood up quickly, leaving Ebony without so much as a goodbye. Ebony sighed, with a look of deep hurt in her eyes- Jay didn't care about her.