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The only sound that reached her ears was the noise of her feet pounding on the concrete. Her breathing was heavy and New York was just way to quiet for this neighborhood. No police sirens, no gun shots, nothing. Reaching the door that lead to Jake's home, Ally took a few calming breaths. Slowly opening the black door she found the living dark and Jake sleeping on the couch.
Ally slipped inside and went right to the bathroom where she knew her brother would be. Indeed he was lying on his side with blood on his arm, and several areas on his face that were cut up. His leg was laying in a funny position.
"Jason, Jason." Ally knelt down and kept her eyes on the doorway.
Jake shifted his leg as he felt a warm body touch him. Closing his eyes harder he hopped the voice would leave him be.
"Jason, you have to get up now!" Ally graved his wrist.
"Al, what are you doing back so late?" He lifted his head as he slowly sat up.
"Come on Jason, your not that hurt!" Ally hissed sharply in a hopeful voice.
"No…. Just my head, got bashed a couple of times, and I think he tried to break my leg or something. I don't remember much. By the way…Where the hell were you? I was worried sick, and I just got my ass….." Swiftly before her brother's voice got to loud, Ally cut him off.
"I know, I know, it's a long story." Ally lowed her head and waved her hands in a way that said 'it doesn't matter'.
"Ally, you need to be more…." Once again Jason found himself being cut off.
"Careful and you need to make sure that your not killed something else about cops and…. I know mother!" Ally glared at him as he shook his head wearily.
"Ally, I'm not trying to mother you, god. You are just so….." Jason shut up quickly and when Ally went to talk he pushed his hand against her mouth.
Ally raised her eyebrows when she heard the creaking of the floor. Both of their eyes locked on the shadow outside the door.
"Ally, I very well know your in there. Come out now." The threat was clear in his voice.
"Look, I'll go and you just stay in here. You should be safe until morning." Ally was about to leave when Jason graved her hand.
"Where were you?" His eyes were locked on the door handle.
"Hospital." With that Ally drifted away from him, and back to the devil on the other side.
"Damn it." Jason clicked his teeth together and wondered if the hospital knew who she was.
Suddenly the door was thrown open once more and Ally was pushed inside.
"You bitch, do you know what you've done?" Jake snarled as he glared at her. He was drunk and swaying from side to side.
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again, I promise." Ally was now sitting in the side of the bathtub shaking.
"I don't know, I'm taking another drink. You two are staying in here for the whole night."
With that the foster-monster slammed the door on them leaving only the moon as light.
"Well, maybe he will drink himself to death." Jason mumbled as Ally slid to sit next to him.
"I don't fear him." Ally whispered against his shoulder.
"You where shaking hard enough to convince a lie detector." Jason laughed lightly.
"Pretended, all fake…." Ally sighed as she stared in to the darkness around the small room.
"Look, are you sure the hospital did not know who you were?" Jason moved his left leg and hissed.
"They asked me my name, I did not answer. Look I am so sorry about this. I just didn't think they would help me." Ally touched his leg and sighed, "I can't see anything, you'll have to wait until morning."
"Did you say 'they'?" Jason ignored her last comment.
"Yes, they, they I tried to steal from, and they caught me." She waited for the 'what the hell were you thinking'.
"Wow, you got caught. Funny, real funny. Fuck they probably told the cops." Jason sighed.
"I know what they look like." Ally shrugged slightly.
"Well?" Jason closed his eyes.
"There was one with short black hair. He looked to be more of a solider then the rest. He wanted answers which I ignored. I think his name was John. Then there was smaller man. He looked nervous. He never spoke once…. I think…. Then a female, she had fiery red hair. Then this caveman, at least he looked weird. He looked to have braids all in his hair. Then the brown haired man. He was the one who asked of I was a street rat. He wore the watch I was trying to take."
"Interesting, they're tourist." Jason's eyes sprung back open.
Ally gasped as she touch her arm, where….
"Impossible." She whispered as she remember briefly of the claws that had run across her skin when the one who asked of she needed helped had held her.
"What is?" Jason eyed his sister with suspicion.
"Nothing, we should get some sleep." Ally laid down on the hard floor.
"Alright, good night." Jason didn't bother to sleep, he knew he would never get any rest at all.
'Who are these people?' He wondered slightly as he watched he younger sister sleep. Never before has anyone bothered to help them. They would just call the cops, not take them to a hospital.
'Maybe Ally never gave me the whole story yet.' Jason knew that if his sister wanted to keep silent she would. She'd tell him everything in her own time.
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John sighed as he pulled up the last blind up. Todd was once again wearing the odd device, and the others were waiting impatiently for their breakfast.
"Here we go, down to the continental breakfast that our hotel so kindly gave us for over a couple hundred dollars." John mumbled as everyone headed for the food.
Ronon was of course was first in line with McKay right behind him. Teyla and John followed as Todd waited for them to sit at a table in the corner.
"You need to at least eat or drink something." John pushed a fruit towards Todd.
"No, I won't." Todd ignored the human food placed in front of him.
John shook his head as he and the others went on eating leaving Todd to his own thoughts. Todd watched as the humans walked by the hotel without a care in the world. A female was leading three kids into one direction and a male was holding a case and walking in the other way. Another man was eating and walking. Todd had heard of fast food, but that was just weird.
"John, do all humans eat on the run?" Todd watch as the man walked out of sight.
"They all have places to go, and they need to eat as they move. You should see people eating and driving. Wow, they should outlaw that." John grinned.
"Four legged beats, how would you control one if you were only using one hand? We wraith….." Todd found a hand over his mouth.
John glanced around to see everyone in the room minding their own selves.
"Watch what you say." John hissed as Teyla sat down.
"There a problem over here?" A man in a uniform walked over.
"No sir, he was just saying some rude things." John smiled and managed to glare at Todd at the same time.
The man walked away and Todd glanced at Ronon.
"How can you eat like that?" Todd grimaced as the runner once again ate like a pig…
"You know their coffee in places like this are usually terrible, but I must say this stuff is not half bad." McKay interrupted before a argument could break out.
"I thought you were going light on the coffee?" John resisted to roll his eyes.
"What? I did not get much sleep last night due to some girl." Rodney pushed himself away from the table.
"What are we up to today?" Teyla asked as she finished her morning tea.
"I don't know. I thought you guys would want to look over the more popular sites around here. The Statue of Liberty, Pizza, theaters. All that would a lot of fun. They shooting off fireworks tonight as well." john spoke swiftly.
"What for?" McKay sat back and all he caught was something about fireworks.
John laughed, "I made that up."
"Funny, I don't even see how that's funny." McKay growled out.
"So seems like got a lot to cover. Should we go?" Ronon eyed them.
"Let's go." John got up with the others following behind.
Todd sighed as he stood and followed angrily behind them.
"So what's this Statue of Liberty any way?" Todd wondered as John tried to flag down a taxis.
"It's just a nice landmark." Ronon mumbled.
"So you have been here before?" Todd questioned.
"Of course I have. You should not be here, but really this is all John's fault." Ronon snapped.
"What's my fault?" John glanced back at them.
"Nothing." They both reported back.
"Move." Teyla pushed John slightly out of the way then she waved her hand. Several vehicles stopped.
"Nice job Teyla, all we need now is a wreck." John grumbled as Ronon took the very front and the others followed in the back. The taxis was a van one and Todd sat in the very back with John.
"Take us to the Statue please." John called up to the front as the driver started to drive.
"I know a great place to eat that may be right across from there." McKay called from the middle seat.
"Cool, very cool." John rested his head on the seat.
"So, what if we got stuck in the Cash Cab?" McKay looked back at the others.
"That'd be funny." John grinned.
"What's that?" Teyla looked back at John.
"A game show that you play and if you answer questions right you get money, but answer three wrong and he kicks you out." John shifted as Todd stared out the window at the slowly passing scenery.
About an hour later the buildings began to thin out and an ocean came into view.
"So you guys have an ocean as well." Todd watched as human ships went out further and further.
"Yep, but it's saltwater so don't drink it." John laughed slightly.
"Like I would try to." Todd snapped.
A large statue came into view and Todd figured that was were they were headed to. The only problem was it was on the water. He then realized a boat was taking people there and back. Wonderful, more waiting.
"Thanks." John told the driver as they all pilled out.
"Well let's get in line to wait." John walked for the long line.
Todd snarled, the humans were everywhere! Behind him, in front of him, to every angle possible there was a human present.
"Are places on Earth always so crowed like this?" Todd asked.
"No, this is a large city so a lot of people are going to live here. But there are smaller less busy places to live." John watched Todd eye a man to left.
"Why did we not go some place more….silent?" Todd glanced back at Sheppard.
"Look, just be happy you're here. Mr. Woolsey was not even thinking of letting you anywhere near the main land. Not even with the special bracelet on. I got you here, so be happy and enjoy it." John snapped close to his so called brother's face.
"Hope you did not go through to much." Todd almost rolled his eyes.
John went back to ignoring him. Todd was spending to much time with humans. He as picking up their traits and ways. He needed to get away from them. Then what did it matter? He would never return to his own. He would die here.
The line started to move and soon he found himself on a ship towards the statue.
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Ally groaned as she rolled over. Her body hurt from sleeping on the cold hard floor. She looked over to where her brother was watching her.
"I take it you slept well?" He half smiled as she rolled her eyes.
"Sure, whatever makes you feel good. Did you sleep at all?" She sat up and rolled her shoulders.
"Kind of, not really." He stood and helped her to her feet.
"I need to get out of here. Get a shower and we're taking a walk." Ally mumbled as she walked away from him.
"Um….whatever you say." Jason mumbled as he started the water.
A few moments later Jason walked out and his sister walked in. He sighed as he threw on a pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt.
"We probably look terrible. How's your leg?" Ally questioned as she walked into the kitchen fully dressed and cleaned up.
"Fine, just fine. Hurry up." Jason walked slowly. His leg was hurting but he did not need Ally worrying about him.
Jake looked half decent. He was dressed in what he was in when they first met him. Blue jeans and a white t-shirt.
"You two better be back or else." Jake snarled as the two siblings headed for the door.
Neither of them replied as the door slammed shut.
"God damn it, I wish he would fall over and die." Jason growled out as they blindly walked on the streets.
"Watch yourself Jason." Ally mumbled as the sun warmed her body.
"What? Do you want to have a normal life or not?" Jason graved a wallet that was loosely hanging from a man's back pocket.
"If he dies then we get placed right back to the foster home. We will then be separated and you know that." Ally shook her head as Jason flashed a credit card in her face.
"Good job, what are you going to do with that?" She glanced at him.
"Buy stuff of course." Jason placed the golden card in his pocket.
"Who's going to sign the paper?" Ally smirked at her brothers stupidly.
"Damn it, I hate the rules." Jason took out a couple of bills.
"Those rules protect people from people like us, you idiot." Ally laughed gently.
"Still I never wanted this life Al, you didn't either." Jason watched as the Statue of Liberty came into view.
"Funny, we've lived here for so long and never have we once been inside the great statue. Do you think it's as great as everyone says?" Ally stopped walking to watch people board the ship.
"Don't know, don't care, never want to find out, let's keep moving." Jason walked past his sister.
"It's them." Ally whispered and her brother stopped and looked back at her.
"Who?" He looked to see five people much like the ones she described last night.
"We should go before they see me." Ally turned her back and headed for the nearest alleyway.
"Do you know how much we could get from his watch?" Jason sat back in the shadows and watched the tourists.
"A lot of money, the watch is probably mostly gold." She was sitting on a cardboard box, more or less really leaning on it.
"I think I could get it." Jason watched as the five loaded themselves onto a ship heading to the statue.
"Without getting caught? I don't think that's a good idea." Ally shifted her weight.
"Come on Ally, this will be fun." Jason grinned as he looked back at her.
"They will recognize me." Ally looked worried.
"Yep, and they will be pissed that they have to cover the bill right? So we use that to trap them." Jason grin widened.
"Your ideas never work, but they are fun. Let's do it." Ally made her way to the window as Jason pushed his hair out of his face.
"This is going to be easy, like taking candy from a stupid baby." Jason mumbled as he and Ally waited for the five to exit the statue.
That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!