due to so many people yelling at me to continue, I've decided to do just that. however, if you haven't read last days, don't continue. sorry, it's just that much fun.
I don't own anything written by scott westerfeld.
-Tally-
Tally looked over the motley crew with some contempt. They didn't look like they were capable of much. However, the boy being held by Fausto scared her in more ways than one. She shot him a glare and he glared back, baring his teeth like an animal. She smiled at him and turned back to the kids standing before her. "Did you hear me?" she sneered. Scaring them was best, she told herself.
The older girl with short, black hair stepped forward. She reminded Tally of the girls in some of the old magazines she had read back in the Smoke. What had they been called? Goth or something like that. She waited for the girl to say something.
"We don't mean any harm. My name's Melissa and this is Dess, Jessica, and Jonathan. You're holding Rex." Tally caught her looking worriedly in Rex's direction. Her emotions were easily read, and Tally could see the anxiety in that one look, like she was worried this Rex would hurt them. Tally laughed internally at the thought. The girl looked back at Tally. "We don't mean any harm, really. We don't even know where we are." The girl called Dess looked at her with confusion. Obviously, the girl called Melissa wasn't usually this polite.
Tally looked them over again. Jessica and Jonathan were holding each other tightly, as if worried either one of them was going to disappear. Rex was hissing again. Tally looked over at Shay. Shay looked just as confused as Tally suddenly felt. Neither one of them were used to feeling like this.
"Where did you come from?" Shay suddenly asked. Tally continued to stare them down and Dess started to squirm under her gaze.
"We came from Bixby, Oklahoma. Where are we now? Could you please tell us?" This new voice showed weakness in its shakiness. Tally looked over at the girl with red hair that was now holding the boy with the dark hair's hand a little too tightly. She noticed suddenly that they were all Uglies. She noted this with some interest. The barriers between Pretties and Uglies may have been broken, but most Uglies preferred not to interfere with Pretty life, still slightly afraid of the overly pretty teenagers. Her eyes narrowed. Something else to be suspicious about.
"Oklahoma?" Shay's voice was hard. "What city is that?"
The girl's eyes widened at the sharp edge in Shay's voice. "It isn't a city. It's a state."
Shay looked over at Tally in confusion. The word 'state' rang a small bell in Tally's mind, but nothing else. She was just as confused. Tally looked over at Fausto, but he didn't seem to know either. Not that he could think much, holding a struggling, growling Rex.
"Are you from somewhere far away?" David's voice came suddenly from the darkness behind Tally. Tally let out a breath. David might know.
The girl named Jessica jumped at the suddenness of David's voice. The boy holding her hand looked slightly nauseated. "We don't know," she said, eyes wide.
Tally's eyes narrowed. She looked at Shay, catching her eye, and Shay shrugged and looked back at Rex. Fausto was having a bit of trouble keeping a hold of him. He had thrown him on the ground and pinned his arms there. Rex seemed to be in some sort of pain, eyes wide and rolling. He was making an inhuman hissing noise.
"Please let him up," Melissa said, in a strangled voice. Tally raised an eyebrow at the girl.
"Why would we do that? He's more trouble than he's worth. We may have to destroy him." The girl's eyes widened and she started to shake her head, mouth falling open.
"Please don't do that," she begged quietly. Dess was now giving her an amused look. Melissa shot her a sudden exasperated glance and turned back to Tally.
"If we tell you exactly why we're here will you let us go?" Dess suddenly asked. She sounded more frustrated and bored than scared. The tone interested Tally.
"That depends," Tally responded, showing her pointed teeth.
"On what?" Dess answered, unperturbed.
"Whether or not you're a special circumstance." Tally raised an eyebrow at Shay and Shay nodded and shot a glance at Fausto. Fausto grinned and lifted up Rex with one arm, holding him tightly to his shoulder. Rex continued to hiss, but not as loudly.
"Alright." Dess looked around at Melissa and the others and started to advance toward Tally. Tally grinned at her and Dess grinned back, determined, Tally guessed, to prove she wasn't scared. Tally spun towards the woods and listened to a clock chime 12:30. She then headed towards the park woods, taking long, graceful strides in the direction of the thicker trees. If they were going to negotiate, Tally wanted it to be where they couldn't cause more harm.
-Pearl-
Moz was being weird again. I followed him further into the dead worm's hole, frustrated with his silence.
"Geez! Just as the end of the world is coming to an end, you need to find out why." He turned back and grinned at me.
"Yup. Besides, we haven't had very many gigs lately, and I'm bored." I rolled my eyes at him and followed him further into the darkness. Suddenly he stopped and I bumped into him. Zahler bumped into me from behind and I glared at him. He just shrugged and grinned.
"Pearl…" Moz started and then suddenly turned and grabbed my arm. He pushed me in front of him and pointed into the darkness. I squinted my eyes, grumbling about just because he had such great eyesight didn't mean I… Then I saw it. Some glowing blue light just ahead. I looked up at his face in wonder.
"What is it?" I asked stupidly. He grinned wider and shrugged, pushing me forward.
"Ladies first," he said. I glared at him and stomped ahead.
As we got closer, the light became brighter. My frustration gave way to wonder as a glowing, blue circle appeared out of the gloom. It looked like something right out of a sci fi book. It filled up the end of the tunnel, and it reminded me of a portal I saw once on Star Trek. Moz pushed me from behind. I caught myself before I tripped into it.
"Aren't you going in?" he asked. I could hear the grin in his voice and turned around to give him a third glare. Zahler was a few inches behind him, eyes wide with wonder and curiosity.
"Why in the FREAKING HECK would I?" I answered. He shoved me again and I caught myself once more. He finally pushed me aside and stepped in front of me. He poked the thing and it shimmered, edges glowing. I could feel my own eyes growing wider. He turned to look at me.
"We got a gig anytime soon?" he asked. I couldn't see his expression. He wasn't facing the light. I shook my head. He turned back around and stepped through the 'portal'. It sucked him in, glowing pink for a second before going back to slowly swirling and pulsing blue. My eyes bugged and my mouth hung stupidly open before I sighed and went in after him.
HA! gotta have those vampires.
wonder what tally's gonna do now…
-blacklitdogstar
