2. Blue Hair and Djnn

"Dammit Mia! Get a move on!" bellowed Piers at his sister, Mia.

"I'm coming, give me a second"
Mia was terrified of escalators, and they happened to have to climb one to get out of the airport. Piers was already on top, waiting for her to get on.

Mia closed her eyes and kept repeating in her head "I'm in Lemuria" to reasure herself. She placed one foot on the escalator, then the other. She opened her eyes halfway and stepped off when she reached the top.

"Not so bad after all, is it?" said Piers. "Come on, the car's waiting for us"

Their rich grandmother had sent them to live here, in Vale. Piers was well responsible enough to take care of his sister. She really wasn't much of a handful now that he though of it, just a bit weak.

It was about thirty passed six. Mia and Piers got out into the sunshine. They were going to live in an already funnished house in town called Vale. The town wasn't big enough to have it's own airport. They had to land in Lunpa and from there, it would be an hour long drive.

Mia and Piers got in the back of the car. They were surprised to see their old driver, Sadaki at the wheel.

"Sad!" said Piers with entusiasm

"Hello there, Master Piers, Master Mia."

"When Gradmother said you were going to live in the country, i didn't think you meant this desert!" Said Mia.

"Now," said the driver while shaking his head "you'll find Vale even better than Lemuria,"

"How?" said Piers

"Look at your new address" said Sadaki while handing them a piece of paper.

Piers laughed and then handed it to Mia.

"So Grandmother has a sense of humor," said Piers "Check this out Mia, 187 Lemuria Street"

Sadaki chuckled. "Well shall we be going?"

The driver started the car and they were on their way.

Felix had taken (by force) Ivan and Sheba at the back of the mall to make them talk.

"Where are they?" he asked.

"Don't ask us," said Sheba "The three of them dissapeared"

"Three of them?"

"Well yeah Jenna was with them."

"She was?"

Felix strode off without another word.

"Is it just me," said Ivan "or did we get Jenna in trouble?"

"I think we did." said Sheba

Inside his car, Felix put on his sunglasses and started the motor.

I thought they were three when they took the pictures, he thought but when we came out, they were only two. I don't care right now, Jenna is going to get it.

Back at Jenna's house, the trio was sitting on Jenna's bed playing a game of "Go Fish for Poseidon".

"You got any eights?" asked Isaac

"Nope, go fish for Poseidon" said Garet

"You know what i've always wondered?" said Isaac

"What?" said Jenna

"Why is it that we say go fish for Poseidon? Where does he come from? Is Poseidon a card that none of us never got while playing this game? Wouldn't it make more sense to just say "go fish" instead? And anyways, how are you supposed to fish for cards?"

"Isaac," said Garet

"What?"

"You think too much" said Jenna

"Hey Jenna," said Garet

"What?"

"I think you have new neighbors" said Garet looking out of the window.

It had been a while since the house next door to Jenna's had been sold. It used to belong to an elderly couple named the Bushes. They had left saying something about "Presidency in the United States ("whatever that is" thought Jenna when they had told them where they were moving to).

"About time too" said Jenna getting up to look through the window.

Garet and Isaac went to look out the window with Jenna.

There was a car in the driveway, it was black and looked expensive. It had coats of arms on the doors, though it was too far away for them to see what they were.

A man got out first, he had blue hair which he tied back with a blue and white scarf. His clothes were different from Valeians. His style was more urban as though he came from a big city.

A girl got out next. She looked like the boy a lot. She had blue hair. She wore clothes that made her look short. They both looked very well educated and polite.

"Now there's one I won't let Felix steel from me." Said Garet "Let's go introduce ourselves!"

Without letting his friends answer, he dragged them out of the house and in front of the next door house.

Garet rang the doorbell only a dozen times, The blue haired guy opened the door.

"Hello!" said Garet in a cheery voice "We are your fellow neighbors, I'm Garet this is Jenna and thats Isaac"

"Why hello there," he said, grinning "I'm Piers and this-" He grabbed the girl's arm from inside the house "is my sister Mia"

"Um-hi everyone!" she said quite taken aback from the Piers had just dragged her in the doorway.

"Come in, Come in!" said Piers brightly.

The house was already furnished, They're were three couches forming a triangle and a round coffee table in the middle. There were sliding doors which led to the dinning room. Thats all that they could see of the house. Jenna supposed there were staicases into the kitchen because she couldn't see them anywhere else.

"Please, sit down" said Mia.

The trio sat on one couch and the siblings on another.

"So where do you guys come from?" asked Isaac.

"Lemuria," said Piers.

"Whoa..." said Garet "So what brings you to Vale?"

"Our Grandmother sent us here," said Mia "She says that every Lemurian has to go on it's own at one point or another"

"She was always the spiritual kind," said Piers "never in modern time...Well anyways, enough about us, what about you guys? Where do you live exacly?"

"I'm next door, then it's Isaac's house, then Garet's" said Jenna

"And then across the street from us," said Isaac"theres Ivan and Sheba's house they're-"

"Sheba and Ivan! Thats what we forgot at the mall!" interupted Garet.

"Oh dammit!" said Jenna.

"Exuse me?" said Piers.

"Oh, nevermind that," said Isaac. "So you said you lived with your Grandmother?"

"Yes," said Mia "Our parents died when we were very young"

"Oh," said Isaac "I didn't mean to bring that up...sorry"
"It's okay," said Piers "We barely remember their faces anyways"

"I know what thats like," said Jenna "My parents are always travelling, they barely even raised me, it's as though my brother was my only parent, even though he's only a year older than me"

"You have a brother?" asked Piers.

"Yeah, his name is Felix," said Jenna "and he's probably going to come home very angry" She shot an angry look at Isaac.

"Oh well," said Mia "Make sure you introduce him to us when he's calm"

"Yeah, don't worry I will." said Jenna.

"Well, we better get home" said Isaac

"Yeah, we should" said Garet as he got up.

"It was nice meeting you." said Jenna

"And you." Said Mia and Piers together.

Once outside Mia and Piers's house, the three friends made their way towards Jenna's house to finish their game of cards before Felix came home. As they crossed Jenna's driveway, Felix's car pulled in. If Isaac didn't have good reflexes to pull Jenna and Garet out of the way, the car would have hit them.

"OI!" yelled Garet "ROAD RAGE!"

Felix got out of the car and took off his sunglasses. He grabbed Garet by the collar of his shirt and lifted him off the ground (which is an acheivement considering Garet's muscle's).

"You got a problem with my driving?" he said. Felix looked scary, his eyes were narrow and his eyebrows were almost forming a single one.

"Felix, calm down." said Jenna.

"Jenna," he said dropping Garet. "Get inside, I'll have a word with you"

Jenna walked apprehensively towards the house. Felix didn't get angry often, it was very frightning when he did.

"And you two," Felix said "Go back home."

Isaac and Garet both got up and headed for Isaac's house.

Felix opened the door, got in and closed it with a slam. Jenna was sitting in a corner, not looking at him. It was really the first time he had seen her tremble like this. He didn't care much about those details right now. He wanted those pictures back.

"Where are they?" he asked.

"Where are what?" she said, standing up.

"The pictures SOL DAMMIT! WHERE ARE THEY?"

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!"

"OH YES YOU KNOW! I SAW YOU WITH THEM!"

"You...did?"

"YES, NOW I KNOW THEY GAVE YOU THE PICTURES!"

"THEY DID NOT!

Of course, the pictures were safely in the Outlaw's Vault under her bed but she couldn't let Felix know that.

"YOU ARE GOING TO STOP LYING TO ME!"

"OR WHAT?"

It happened so quickly, Jenna saw Felix's hand, and then felt pain on her cheek. Her brother, Felix, the only one who could listen and not ask any questions had slapped her.

"Jenna-I-I'm so sorry! I-"

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU-YOU SILENT BRUTE!"

And with that, Jenna climbed the stairs that led to her room.

Jenna slammed he door of her bedroom. She was so angry that she didn't care what she did anymore. She threw everything she could find at the wall, took out clothes from her closet and threw them on the ground. Her furry stopped when she heard glass break.

She knelt on the floor and picked up an old frame, now with a broken glass.

Jenna looked at the picture inside and smiled.

There was Jenna, Garet, and Isaac all with cheezy smiles on their faces. They were each holding a plushie. From the picture, it looked as if Garet and Jenna had the same and Isaac had a different one.

Anyone who used to be a Djnn Plushie collector would know that each Djnn, no matter it's category was unique. There were four categories: Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.

Garet and Jenna had both found an interest at Mars Djnn. Isaac on the other hand, had found the Venus better. Each Djnn had a gold collar which was engraved a name. Kids used to love to collect them. Jenna recalled seeing every kid in her class at Sol Sanctum Elementary (including Isaac and Garet) with at least four of them hidden in their desks. Felix and his friends had also collected them, and she was sure Felix still had them in her room.

She remembered how the younger Outlaws had each nine of them. Jenna could only rememeber the name of her favorite one Cannon she thought.

Jenna remained on the ground looking at the picture for a long time.

"I hope he's not screaming too hard at her" said Isaac.

Him and Garet were both sitting at Isaac's computer. The two boys were talking to Ivan and Sheba in a group conversation on instant messaging.

ShebsRocks So why did u guys ditch us at the mall today?

Winded Master Ivan Yeah why?

R0binPwns We're really sorry guys, we went through a wild goose chase with Felix and then we hurried to leave.

Winded Master Ivan I guess it's okay, we had a run in with Felix too

R0binpwns U did?

ShebsRocks Shut up Ivan!

Winded Master Ivan Well he cornered us and asked us where you guys were, he didn't know Jenna was with you guys...until...

R0binpwns Until what? U didn't tell him she was there did you?

ShebsRocks We sorta...did

R0binpwns Then it's your fault if Felix is yelling at her right now!

Winded Master Ivan We're really sorry...what did you guys do anyways?

R0binpwns THAT is classified.

ShebsRocks Dammit!

"Anyways, I have to go," said Garet getting up from the computer."If I'm late for supper again, my mom will kill me."

"Bye man," said Isaac getting up to take his friend to the door. "I'll call you and Jenna on three-way later."

"Alright,"

Garet got home on time, for a record. He happily strode into the dinning room, where his family were all sitting waiting to be served.

"Garet, dear," said his mother "there is something we need to discuss."

Garet knew before he sat down, that whatever his mother was going to tell him, it was bad. She hadn't called him 'dear' eversince they had sent him to an anger management course, that never really worked.

"Your father and I think that you are having trouble concentrating in class,"

"Mom, I'll get better I swear!"

"We have decided to sign you up for an activity which builds your concentration"

"Huh?"

"We have signed you up to an archery course"

"WHAT?"

Garet got up from the table and sped towards the bathroom (Garet had-umm bladder stimulation when he was angry).

"We are with you dear!" said his mother from outside the door.

"Well, I kinda want to be alone right now," said Garet "I'm trying to piss, see"

He heard his mother walk away. As soon as he was done, he climbed to his attic room (it was better than sharing a room with Aaron anyways) and slumped on his bed. All he had to do was wait Isaac's phone call.

Felix was in his room, he had turned on his stereo to maximum and was reading for at least the 4th time The Legend of Arthur.

I hit my own sister. I'm supposed to be a responsible tutor for her, and I slap her. I better make it up to her...he thought as he read the same line over and over.

Perceval turned away from her mother...I turned away from Jenna... Turned back once at a distance to see her crumble in tears...That's my case too, Perceval...

Felix had had enough. He got up and turned off his music and picked up the phone. Felix dialed Saturos's number.

"Hello?" said Saturos's deep and hoarse voice.

"Hey, Saturos. You wanna go grab a burger to eat and drive around?"

"Sounds good! I'll call Menardi and Alex, is that okay?"

"Yeah, the more the merrier, I'll pick you up in two minutes"

"Okay."

Felix hung up and went downstairs. He grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and scribbled a note for Jenna.

Jenna,

I'm gone for a ride with a few friends, here's 20$ for you to order a pizza or something. You can invite your friends if you want.

Felix

Felix got out of the house, he locked the door hoping that Jenna would call Garet and Isaac. He never liked the idea of his sister staying home alone at night.

The phone rang next to Jenna's ear. She had left it underneath her pillow again.

"Hey guys," said Jenna in a depressive voice.

"How was it?" said Isaac.

"Invader has liten Jupiter Lighthouse." said Jenna.

"What? What do you mean you want to change Felix's codename?" said Garet.

"I want to change it to Silent Brute" said Jenna.

"Why?" said Isaac.

"It's really weird, I'm usually the one who looses control like that...I would never expect him to..."

"Did he hit you?" said Garet.

Jenna didn't say anything at first, silent tears came down her face.

"He did, didn't he?" said Isaac.

"He came to his senses right after, he apologized but i went to my room and didn't listen."

"You guys should talk" said Isaac.

"Yeah, talk to him. Tell him this whole story is our fault" said Garet.

"Transfer to walkie talkies, too and hide it in your pocket." said Isaac.

The Outlaws hung up and picked up their walkie-talkies.

"Iris to Judgement and Kirin, do you read?"

"Copy that" she heard Isaac say.

"We really need to change our codenames..." said Garet.

"Yeah, can I be Azul instead? said Isaac.

"Do as you want, I'm keeping Iris though." said Jenna.

"Okay I'm Meteor now." said Garet.

Jenna pocketed her walkie-talkie (while putting in on non-press mode so that her friends could hear her)

She knocked on Felix's door and waited. She could hear no answer at all.

"Felix?" Jenna opened the door. Her brother wasn't in his room.

"Iris to Azul and Meteor, Silent Brute is not in his room. Going down stairs."

"Hey Iris! We never said your Jupiter Lighthouse was accepted! You can't change codenames like that!" said Garet.

"I can, he's my brother."

Jenna was in the kitchen, she found it empty. There was however a note on the table.

"Hey guys, listen to this," said Jenna picking up the piece of paper "Jenna, I'm gone for a ride with a few friends, here's 20$ for you to order a pizza or something. You can invite your friends if you want. Felix"

"Awsome! How 'bout some ramen and horror movie?" said Garet.

"Yeah! I'll order the food, you guys take care of the movie and popcorn" said Jenna.

"Right, Azul over and out"

"Iris over and out."

"Meteor, over and out."

Okay, i don't know if this is too short or too long for you. I'm not too proud of my writing skills though. And yes I know, Mia and Piers aren't related but I completely forgot about them and I had to bring them in sometime so why not?

Miyu