Gah! I've spent tireless hours transferring all these chapters to under my penname, because I can't remember the password or email we used for the penname Lexie and I had this originally posted under. So don't worry – I'm not stealing the fic :) Enjoy!

Syl's Boots

Phonecalls

By: Jacey and Lexie

Summary: Our version of what happened with 'The Other's' - Syl, Krit, Jondy, Zane, Zack and Brin, after Freak Nation.

Disclaimer: Any character's you recognize, aren't ours.

A/N: This started as an RPG (with 2 member's) but we came to the decision that it was WAY to fantastic to just RPG, so we turned it into a fic!

Jondy was pacing in the living room, waiting for Zane to come home, when the phone rang. 'Hello?'

"Hola, Jay," Syl said, balancing her cell phone against her shoulder, as she went through her closet.

Jondy's eyes lit up, 'Syl!' she shrieked, 'I haven't talked to you in forever!'

"I know," Syl said, grinning to herself. "When was the last time I actually found my phone so I could call you? Christmas, possibly... or was that Zane... or possibly Krit... huh."

Jondy laughed, 'Did you see the news last night?'

"No. I was at work," Syl replied

'Whoa.' Jondy said, sitting down on the couch. 'I figured that that was why you called... Manticore's down, and there's Transgenics roaming Seattle.'

"Yes, and Lydecker has decided to go into prostitution," Syl retorted.

'No, and Lydecker's dead.' Jondy replied. 'I got a panicked call from Zack last night... something about a farm and cows, which if you ask me, was totally beside the point. But, apparently, Manticore's gone. Maxie burnt it down, and now there's nomilies roaming Seattle, and hundreds of X series everywhere.'

"And it was always Zane that liked the flamethrower," Syl said, recovering from the shock. "What's Zack doing hanging out with cows? "And," Syl said, pausing to think. "... so, what's happening in Seattle? FBI? CIA? National Guard?"

Jondy shrugged, and brushed her hair out of her eyes, 'No idea. All Zack said, was that we needed to get our asses into Terminal City, before the whole of Seattle was closed down.'

"Terminal City," Syl replied. "Isn't that where that toxic spill was a few years ago?'

'Yeah,' Jondy said shuddering, 'Not exactly a place I wanna go...'

"Neither," Syl replied. "Though if Zack wants us all in one place, there must be a damn good reason for it. You spoken to any of the others lately?"

Jondy smiled, 'Yeah. Well, I'm living with Zane, so that tends to enforce communication. Zack, last night. Krit, a few months ago. Maxie , not since the escape... Oh!' she exclaimed, 'Guess who rang me the other day!'

"Maxie?" Syl asked wryly

'Brin.' Jondy stated, 'It was real quick, but the impression I got, was that she was out, and she was her again, not some soldier...'

"Brin?" Syl repeated. "Brin... okay, I wasn't expecting that. Krit said he thought maybe she'd gotten killed when we blew up the Genetics Lab..."

Jondy nodded, 'Yeah. Well, what I got from her, was that she was OK, and heading up to San Fran, and that me and Zane should get our asses up there, cause we're heading into Seattle.'

"So, everyone has to head to Seattle? Man, that's part of a military state," Syl groaned. "Damnit, I wonder what Maxie's gotten us into this time."

Jondy groaned, 'Well, it can't be as bad as that time when she got us all in to PhyOps because she felt the need to learn the art of Yoga in the middle of the night.

"Or the time she decided she wanted a midnight snack," Syl agreed. "How much fire power are we going to need? I know a guy who could cut me a pretty good deal."

Jondy grinned, 'Syl, Syl, always with the contacts! How many guns do you have now chica?'

"Um, well, Zack borrowed a few, and I lent one to Krit... down to 24 handhelds," Syl replied with a grin. "C'mon, when's the next time I'm going to have a legitimate excuse to buy a .24 or a rocket launcher?"

'Fine.' Jondy said sighing, 'Get us as much as you can. Think big. Think war. Think taking over Seattle.'

"War?" Syl repeated. "This Seattle thing is pretty big, isn't it?"

Jondy winced, 'Bigger than we ever imagined.' She sighed, and headed into her bedroom, and pulled out a suitcase. 'Get packing sis, we're going on a trip.'

"The last road trip I went on involved unset jelly. I do not like road trips," Syl muttered. "Cool. So where are we going to meet up?"

Jondy laughed, 'Honey, the last road trip you went on, unset jelly, because you thought up the idea of Jell-O Shots, using 7Up instead of Vodka. Which, by the way, doesn't work... Zane and I'll leave San Diego, in about an hour. We'll be in LA by noon, and Zack will join us there. Brin should be in San Fran by about 5pm tonight, and we'll be there around then too.'

"Cool. When's Krit getting here?" Syl said, giving up with the task of cleaning out her closet. "I haven't seen him since he was going out with the stripper."

Jondy laughed, 'Yeah, Candy got old fast. I heard that he's between girls right now... want to give him a go Sylly?'

Syl gave an unladylike snort. "Yeah right. First of all, he's my brother, second of all he's almost two years younger than me and third of all... I haven't got a third reason."

Jondy threw her new leather jacket into the bag, and laughed, ''Xactly sis. You two haven't been 'brother is sister' in years, and you know he's been eyeing you up girl! Try it out... if it doesn't work out, what's to loose?'

"He hasn't been eyeing me up! And to lose, do we even need to go there?" Syl said, going into the kitchen. "We'd be exes (sp?) and everything would be all tense... and in what way haven't we been brother and sister?"

Jondy snorted, 'Do you NOT remember the closet incident the summer before last?'

Syl blushed. "What? He was tickling me, Jondy!"

Jondy laughed, as she grabbed her bag of make up off the bathroom counter, 'Hon, if that's what you want to call it, fine. But that boy has had his eyes on you, since... well since, he figured out what having his eyes on a girl meant.'

Syl paused, unable to come up with a retort. "Didja know that Tinga and Krit slept together when Tinga was in heat, once?"

Jondy winced. 'Ouch.'

"Yeah. And," Syl said. "Krit didn't tell me. Tinga did. Krit followed her around with puppy dog eyes for two months after it."

'That boy doesn't know a good thing when he sees one.' Jondy mused out loud. 'Look Syl, apart from a few minor incidents... Candy and Tinga included, he's been in lust with you forever.'

"As long as we're on the lust topic," Syl said, grinning evilly. "Zack's been after you since you were, oh, thirteen."

Jondy snorted and flopped down on her bed beside her suitcase. She rolled her eyes. 'Oh, honey, you don't KNOW how far that lust thing went... but thank god the boy's not making puppy dog eyes at me like Zane.'

"How far did it go?" Syl asked, hopping up onto her kitchen bench.

'Further than it should've.' Jondy said, cryptically.

"Heat?" Syl asked.

'No.' Jondy replied, standing up again.

"Did you sleep with him out of choice?" Syl's voice reached a higher pitch

'Possibly...' Jondy said, wincing at the sound Syl's voice was making in her ear.

"You slept with my BROTHER?" Syl's voice reached a pitch only whales and X5s could hear. "Were you with Zane at the time?"

'God no!' Jondy said, 'I may have a problem with Zane following me around all the time, but I love him, and I'd NEVER do that to him.'

"Cool. Cause do you know what that would do to Zane, if something slipped out?" Syl made a face. "That would be horrible."

Jondy smiled slightly, 'Yeah, well, let's just say that I'm pretty sure that Zane got the idea, when he walked in on us.'

"He saw you having sex with Zack?" Syl said. "And with that statement came a mental image I never wanted."

Jondy laughed, ''Well, what he saw, was more like, the aftermath, but yeah, I think he got what had happened. Needless to say, Zack got kicked out, and Zane now knocks.'

"Yeah. Ben did that to me once. I was like sixteen. Poor guy," Syl mused

Jondy laughed, 'Yeah. I can just imagine his face and the look of horror on it...' she looked at her watch. 'Look, I better go. I need to call Zane's cell and get him to hurry up, so that we can get on the road.'

"Okay. I'll call Krit and see if he can bring his jeep. You can fit more stuff in it than my car," Syl said. "Nice to hear from you, baby sis."

'You too chica. See you sometime tonight.' Jondy said, pressing the end call button on her phone.

Syl turned off her phone, placing it in a random coffee cup, where it would remain until she next decided to do the washing up.

To be continued.. Soon!