Hey, I forgot to mention this in the first chapter but, the name is the name of a song, by Silverstein, from their lastest album, A Shipwreck In The Sand. There an awesome band, go check them out. Here's the second chapter to A Great Fire
Chapter 2:
Broken Stars (Silverstein)
By a single shattered mirror
Seven years of trust
I know you'll never change for anyone
A gold heart never rusts
The four teens sat in silence, all you could hear was the loud music coming from Allii's headphones. They were in a car running down the streets of Beijiang, China.
"Where's this computer?" Tony asked finally breaking the silence.
"Don't worry, I'll have the address later on when we have some rest." Allii said.
"Do you at least know the cities?" Pepper asked.
"Beijiang, Shanghai, Guilin, and Xiamen" Allii said.
"Four cities?" Rhodey said.
"Yeah, one in each." Allii said.
"So that means, there's only one left." Pepper said.
"No. I said 5 Head computers, like in companies. the other 3 are family computers." Allii said.
"Which one is the head computer?" Tony asked.
"The one here, in Beijiang" Allii said.
"Great, Were gonna be late for school." Rhodey muttered under his breath.
"Don't be such a worry wart, you'll get to school." Allii said.
"How?" Rhodey asked.
"All of you will get on a plane and return to NY, and leave me alone." Allii said.
"What happened to 'I guess we're all going to China'?" Pepper asked.
"Back then it was too late to just dump you, wasn't it?" Allii said.
"Allii, we're in this together." Tony said.
"I don't need you" Allii said coldly.
"Yes, you do. You look like you haven't talked to anyone other than those three guys we met when we went to Australia. We are your friends" Tony said, not taking affect on her last statement.
"I don't need friends, I'm not even sure if I can trust you three" Allii said.
"How can we trust you when we don't know anything about you?" Pepper asked.
"Why would I want to hurt you? You're no threat to my life or anyone else." Allii said.
"Exactly, we need you to trust us, so we can trust you." Tony said. Allii sighed.
"Trust isn't something I take loosely." Allii said looking out the window of the car.
"Why?" Rhodey asked. "Do you have trust issues?"
"No. I can trust someone...It just takes me a long time to do so." Allii said.
"We trust you, Allii, can you least say you trust us a little bit?" Tony asked.
"I guess I can say I trust you a little bit." Allii said.
"That's a start." Pepper said, with a smile gracing her face.
Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Allii entered the 5 star hotel they would be staying in.
"Whoa...I've never been in a hotel this awesome." Pepper said.
"I'm glad I get to be the first person to do so." Tony said as he put an arm around Pepper shoulders. Allii checked them in, using the guy's native language.
"I didn't know you knew Chinese" Tony said.
"You don't know a lot about me." Allii smirked.
"Make that 4 things we know about you." Pepper said.
"Well, in the Saito family which can be traced back the 1700's it's mandatory, to know German, Italian, French, Chinese, and Japanese." Allii said.
"Damn!" Rhodey said.
"Yeah. We also need to master mathematics, and chemistry." Allii said.
"No wonder your a genuis." Pepper said.
"Blame my family. Now there's only 2 rooms. How are we gonna spilt up?" Allii said.
"Uhh..." Rhodey said.
"I'll share the room with Allii" Pepper said.
"No need to pretend you don't want to share a room with your boyfriend" Allii said.
Pepper and Tony blushed. Allii laughed.
"Come on Rhodes." Allii said.
"Are you sure?" Pepper asked.
"Oh come on, there are 2 beds" Allii said, before laughing again. She gave them the key to their room.
"Are you okay with this Rhodey?" Tony asked.
"Yeah. I don't mind." Rhodey replied.
"Alright, let's get some sleep." Allii said.
Pepper and Tony entered their room. The room had a great view of the city. It had one bed at the end of the room, and another at the other end. It had a 52 inch flat screen T.V. and a nice Samsung home theater system. The red plush sofa was in front the T.V. which was held up on a black shelf. It was a very nice room.
"Wow." Pepper said.
"Like it?" Tony asked.
"Yes! I've never been in a place like this!" Pepper exclaimed.
"I'm glad to the first..." Tony said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hmm." Pepper purred. Tony lightly kissed her neck, and then nibbled softly on her ear.
"Tony..." Pepper moaned. He chuckled lightly.
"Pepper." Tony whispered to her ear.
"What?" Pepper asked.
"Do you love me?" He asked still giving her neck butterfly kisses.
"Of course." Pepper said.
"Will you always be mine?" Tony asked.
"Always." Pepper whispered.
"Please stay with me until the end." Tony said.
"No. Forever" Pepper said.
"Of course." Tony said.
"Tony. What about you?" Pepper said. He chuckled.
"When I thought I couldn't love you more, you always prove me wrong." Tony said, tighting his grip around her waist.
"Hmm..." Pepper purred again. Tony then picked her up bridal style and walked towards one of the beds, they fell asleep in each others arms. They weren't expecting what would happen the very next day.
Allii woke up at 6:00 A.M. in her bed. She yawned, stretched and got out of bed. She entered the bathroom and got ready for the day. Rhodey followed 15 minutes afterwards. When both teens were ready, they went to wake up the 'lovebirds'.
"Well look at this." Allii said.
"What?" Rhodey asked.
"It seems they shared the night together." Allii said, tonelessly.
"What?!" Rhodey whispered loudly. He saw Tony's arms snaked around her waist, and Pepper was pulled closely to his chest. Allii laughed. Hard. Her laughter boomed through the room. Waking up the sleeping Tony and Pepper.
"What the..." Tony mumbled. He looked up to see Allii bent over holding her stomach, hurting from laughter. He blushed a dark crimson color. Pepper woke up to Tony's movement, because she felt so comfortable in his arms. She realised the 2 other people in her room and started blushing too.
The four teens rode in the car in silence. Pepper and Tony looked like they were still blushing. Allii stared at the passing scenes of Beijiang. They stopped at the front of a big company, named 'Sunshine Productions'
"What does this company do?" Tony asked.
"Supports green products. They do earth friendly stuff" Allii said. They exit the car and entered the building. They find solar panals, small wind mills, a fuel made by corn oil, etc., etc.
"Cool!" Pepper exclaimed.
"Right. Can we please move on to the computer?" Allii said.
"Aren't you Australian? Aren't you up for 'going green'?" Rhodey asked.
"Yes. I live near an ocean. I see all the crap they leave on the beaches. Mostly in the ocean, it's getting harder to surf now." Allii said, walking through the doors to the head office.
"You surf?" Pepper said.
"Yeah." Allii said.
"Cool." Tony said.
"Ah! Ms. Saito, how are you doing today?" A Chinese man stood near the glass desk.
"Good. How are you Sun?" Allii said.
"Great! A little behind because of my fastest computer is infected." The man said, with a frown.
"I'll fix it up for you, don't worry Sun." Allii said, with that warm accent and a heart-filled smile.
"I'll leave you with the computer! I'm trusting you with my baby!" The man left the office.
"Right." Allii said as she sat down on the chair.
"How are you going to fix this?" Tony asked.
"I know how don't worry" Allii muttered. She pulled a CD/DVD case and opened it. It held a white disc, with a green design on it. She put in the computer...
They stepped out of the company the virus from that computer gone. Rhodey entered the car, then Pepper, right when Allii was about to enter the car she was meet with a blow to her side, she fell on her back on the concrete sidewalk. Blood burst from her mouth and she was knocked unconscious.