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Chapter I: Things Changed, Jack

By: KaKaVegeGurl

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Oh YEAH! I've been into 'The Tribe' for quite a while but I never really knew what kind of fic to write and finally I've got one! : ) *Save for 'Season III'* this one, however, is something new for me... I'm going to put Jack in a situation he should NEVER be in. He finds himself between a girl and a guy, both love him... But how does he feel about it? Jack doesn't want Ellie anymore, she broke his heart... So what's his choice gonna be? Will he join the Technos? Will he stay loyal to the Mall Rats, Jack is loyal, but fear is a powerful weapon... When it's used against you.

~KaKaVegeGurl

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The room was always the same every time he came back, it never really changed. But now... Things were different, before when he came to his room after being gone she'd be there waiting for him... But she's not here now; she left him and she took his heart with her... Everything he felt for her went down the drain... When he saw her with her Luke he felt his heart bleeding and breaking falling down into this endless hole of darkness.... He could never feel for her now what he felt for her before... She crossed undrawn lines.

So now... Now he sat in his bed... Leaned against the wall and contemplated why he hadn't joined Ebony on her mission to take out the satellite dish, Pride had now been caught and Jack was safe at home; where he felt he shouldn't be. Jack sat there; messing around with his wires and metal plates and batteries, like he always did.... But also paying attention to Selene's raving coming from the Café. And Lex's booming voice; just glancing around stopped Jack from continuing on with his little project, he set it down slowly and smiled, "Wh-what is it Cloe?"

Cloe walked up to him and sat by his side, "Jack... Can we talk?"

"Yeah of course we can, Clo." Jack said sitting up indian style and looking at her, sorrow was painted across his face, "What's this about? You have something you have to get off your chest?"

"Kind of..." Cloe started and climbed completely onto the bed and sat before Jack, "Don't you have some heavy stuff on you, Jack? Ellie hurt you a lot, wanna talk about it?"

Jack licked his lips and looked down, "Sometimes.... Well, I'm not too sure what I want, Clo... Sometimes it just hurts too much... I don't feel like saying anything... You want to say your's first... I can help you out if you'd like."

Cloe smiles, "That's nice of you Jack... Thanks for it... Umm..." She stops and looks down.

"Yeah?" Jack asked cocking a brow at her.

"Do you think I'm beautiful?"

Jack was suddenly drawn back by Cloe's question and he gasped in disbelief that she'd ask him SUCH a question, "Clo..." He stopped and looked down thinking of various answers that could fit well with this question of her's, "I think you've grown to be a very gorgeous young girl, Cloe, no one would really think you were the same person."

Cloe nodded, "Thanks Jack.... Anything you feel like spilling onto me?"

Jack looked down once again, "Yeah... Erm... You don't think Luke'll be coming back, do you?"

"You still in love with Ellie?"

"No... I-I mean of course not... Why should I love her?" Jack asked suddenly putting on a protective shield.

Cloe frowned and put a friendly hand on Jack's shoulder, "I didn't mean to offend you Jack, I'm just trying to help... Why are you worried about Luke anyway?"

Jack looked around the room and made sure no one was coming, "I just really don't like him... He's never really been that popular around me and I don't feel like apologizing to him any time now."

Cloe giggled and hugged Jack close, "Oh don't worry... Everything will be fine Jack... I don't think Luke'll be coming back at all."

Weeks later

Middle of the night is never the time for a long life genious to wake up at, especially with only having four hours of sleep out of three days, he was walking around the mall in his loose black pants, he ran his hands through his hair once every two minutes and blinked; rubbing his eyes all of the time. After making a drink Jack began back down the stairs off to his room, he stopped in mid-sip when he realized that someone was watching him... No, more than one person. He finished stepping down the steps and stopped before the three guys; there was one with blond spiky hair, one with light tan spiky hair and the third had his mask on, but black hair could be seen through it. The boy with the blond hair had soft young facial features about him, however, he was tall.

"Who are you?" Jack asked tossing his empty plastic cup in a trash-can by him and stared at them all, "Well?! What do you have to say?! All three of you?!"

The blond boy smiled and stepped forward, "Are you Jack?"

Jack's eyebrows narrowed and he began to have a sickly feeling about him; he knew this boy... Ved, yeah, the brother of Jay, both of them came by every now and then, sometimes on business; sometimes not, "And what if I was?"

The now proclaimed 'Ved' walked up to Jack and stopped no less than centimeters from his face, "Are you? I'm not so sure."

"Is it important?"

"Of course vert." Ved stopped with these words and smiled widely, "Jack... Your girlfriend Ellie is at the hotel, would you like to come and see her?"

Jack's eyes widened and he stepped back a bit; why was Ellie at the hotel? Did she do something wrong? "Girlfriend? Me and Ellie split up weeks ago."

Ved chuckled and nodded, "Oh great."

The tan haired boy took a step forward, chuckling and looked at Ved, "I don't think that's what we came here to find out, your Vert-like relationships are no matter to us Technos."

Ved nodded to him, "Sure right, Tristen."

Jack frowned and turned around, "I'll be back, I've just got to get on my shirt."


The room was quite small, with a light above and a huge desk with two seats each set across from each other, Ellie sitting in one and Jack in the other. The two sat there and just stared at each other for some time until Jack finally broke the silence...

"What did you do?" He asked looking around the room and finally back at Ellie, his hands in his lap, back against the chair as he rested his body.

Ellie sat up, her eyebrows sharp and pointed as usual... She was on guard, she lifted up and placed her hands on the table, cuffs around her wrists and fingers lightly wrapped around the chain that held them both together, "I tried to kill Ebony..." She spoke finally, her voice light and casually, she said it like it was just an everyday thing.

Jack gasped and looked shockingly at Ellie, his eyes wide and mouth slightly opened, he now lifted his shoulders a bit and leaned in to whisper to her, "W-Why?..."

Ellie looked up at him coldly, her face frowned and expression blank, "Because she's a traitor..."

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Hmm... It went smoothly but do you think I should work on it more? Are any of the characters OOC? Please do tell me! Oh and how much I LOVED writing it! LOL, sorry, I'm feeling really good at the moment.

~KaKaVegeGurl