Future Dragon: Rose Long (Season Four)
Chapter/Episode 3: Return of a Friend
In the Underworld, two of the hunched over minions emerged from the River Styx and started to climb up the bank, while two more lowered heads of the minions emerged from the soul-filled water.
Meanwhile up on the land, Katy and Mrs. Jenkins stood together. "Are you sure that this is a good idea?" Katy asked, turning her head to the side.
"Trust me, Katy..." Mrs. Jenkins grinned as she stared over the ledge, Katy slowly turning her head back to normal as well. "...This is a flawless plan..."
As she said this, two of the minions stepped up onto the ledge taking a step each, the two minions turned around and reached out, taking something. Then, the two minions took three more steps back as Katy was able to see the two lowered heads of the two other minions. Then, all four of the minions kneeled down, setting the rotting dead body of Angela down on her back.
In her dragon form, even in death, Angela's eyes were closed, her entire body drenched with water and was decaying. Her wooden leg was rotting and had mold on it.
As the four minions stood back up, the minion to the right of Angela's body turned around to face Mrs. Jenkins slowly lifting its head up, only to have Mrs. Jenkins point at it. "You!" She ordered, making the minion take a step back. "Go back into the river..." Mrs. Jenkins continued as she lowered her arm. "...And get her soul. It should be easier than fetching her corpse. You can do it alone..."
As the minion turned around and started to walk over to the ledge, jumping off, the grinning Mrs. Jenkins turned her attention to the others. "As for you." She told the other three. "Pump the water out of her lungs.
Then, Mrs. Jenkins turned her head to the side to look at the Huldra, who also turned her head to the side. "Tell me about this perfect plan..." Katy said.
"This is the sacrifice that perished here." Mrs. Jenkins explained. "She knows Rose Long. She will be able to find her."
"Then what am I supposed to do?"
"You are going to keep an eye on her." Mrs. Jenkins said. "Make sure that the dragon doesn't do anything stupid. Got it?"
"I understand..." Katy replied, just as the two turned their heads back to normal as they heard the sound of water splattering against the ground. They could see that one of the hunched over minions was standing by the side of Angela's body, while the other two were on opposite sides of one another, pressing down on Angela's chest. With her mouth open, Angela's body jerked as water came flying up out of her mouth, hitting the floor on both sides of her head.
To the side, they could see the final hunched over minion stepped up onto the ledge, carrying Angela's flopping soul behind it. "Good..." Mrs. Jenkins grinned as she saw this, clasping her hands together. "...Bring me her soul!" She shouted at the minion.
The minion complied, struggling to make its way over to Mrs. Jenkins as Angela's soul flopped against the ground. Finally, the minion was able to reach Mrs. Jenkins, only to have Mrs. Jenkins kick the minion off of its feet and to the ground a couple of inches away. Lowering her leg, Mrs. Jenkins leaned over and picked up the flopping soul in both of her hands.
Standing straight up, Mrs. Jenkins slowly walked over to Angela's body as Angela's soul flopped and struggled in her grip. "Stop struggling..." Mrs. Jenkins growled.
Upon reaching the body, Mrs. Jenkins turned around and straddled over the body. Angela's soul continued to struggle even as Mrs. Jenkins leaned down and started to lower her back into her body. As soon as Angela's soul sank back into her body, her body's eyes immediately snapped open.
LINE BREAK
Opening the door to his room, Joel stepped inside and closed the door behind himself. Walking over to his bed, he started to talk to himself: "It's the perfect place. It will be so filled with people that no one will see it coming, not even Rose herself..."
As he finished saying this, he had reached the bed. Turning around, Joel sat down on his bed in thought. "...The only problem is that I don't know how to get her to go with me..."
Narrowing his eyes, Joel fell back onto his back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. "Hey Rose..." He said to himself. "...Want to go to the mall with me?"
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Back in the Underworld, Angela swayed back and forth on her feet as she stood in front of Mrs. Jenkins and Katy. "Stop doing that!" Mrs. Jenkins barked. In response, Angela took one step back with one of her feet, trying to steady herself.
"Good." Mrs. Jenkins crossed her arms as she saw that Angela no longer swayed. "Now, you might be wondering why I reunited you with your body." After saying this, she dropped her hands to her sides and then put them behind her back, starting to walk over to Angela. "Are you?"
When she got no answer from Angela, Mrs. Jenkins only smiled as she started to walk in a circle around Angela. "How do you feel?" She asked.
"I don't..." Angela answered as Mrs. Jenkins continued to circle her.
"Believe me, that is normal..." Mrs. Jenkins said. "...I want you to put your hand over your heart. Tell me what you feel..."
Without saying anything, Angela obeyed and put her clawed hand up to her chest, right where her heart was. Immediately, her eyes widened. "Nothing." She said, lowering her hand as Mrs. Jenkins stopped pacing around her, turning to face her, a cruel smile on her face. "I feel nothing..." Angela told her.
"Now..." Mrs. Jenkins continued. "...Check for a pulse."
"I don't have a heartbeat." Angela told her. "How could I have a pulse if I don't have a heartbeat?"
"Smart dragon..." Mrs. Jenkins said mockingly as she took a step back. "...In case you're wondering, you may be back in your body, but you're still dead. Just thought I'd tell you this...so you don't get any ideas..."
"What do you want from me?" Angela asked softly, slowly bringing her clawed hands up to her head, placing them there.
"You remember your friends, right?" Mrs. Jenkins asked, making Angela's eyes widen again as she slowly lowered her clawed hands to her side.
"The team?" She asked softly.
"Most importantly..." Mrs. Jenkins grinned as she put her hands on her hips. "...Rose..."
"They're safe from you..." Angela growled, her eyes narrowing. "...If you think I'm going to help you claim Rose's life, then you are-ughh!" However, before she could finish, she grunted as Mrs. Jenkins slapped her across the side of the face.
"Sting?" Mrs. Jenkins asked as she pulled her hand back. "Good." Then, she waited for Angela to turn her head back to normal before she spoke again: "I don't think, I know. Do you know why?" She crossed her arms. "Because your soul is at my mercy. You are going to lead Rose Long here. Once she's here...well, you won't have to worry about that..."
Angela opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, Mrs. Jenkins turned around and faced Katy. "I want you to take her to wherever you are staying." She said. "Then I want you to get her cleaned up. Then, first thing in the morning, I want you to go out and look for Rose."
LINE BREAK
Opening the door to a room, Katy stepped out of the room and into the hallway of her home. Turning to the side, the Huldra walked down the hall, leaving Angela, in her dragon form, all alone in the room.
Slowly turning around, Angela looked at the Huldra's bubbling cauldron.
Meanwhile, Katy stepped into the next room, where there was a bed and a dresser with a large mirror on it. Walking over to the dresser and turning to the side, Katy looked down at the tabletop, using her hands to sort through several items, including a brush, bags and pieces of paper.
After a few seconds, Katy groaned as she looked up. "Lost cause..." She mused. "...I don't have any make-up. I don't know how else I'm going to be able to make a dead woman presentable and pass her off as actually alive..."
Meanwhile, Angela was still staring at the cauldron, only to turn around as she heard footsteps, seeing Katy walk back into the room. "Step away from the cauldron..." She ordered as she walked toward the cauldron. Without saying a word, Angela slowly stepped to the side, allowing Katy to step up to the cauldron. Looking down, Katy frowned.
"Master, we have a problem..." She said.
Within seconds, the potion inside the cauldron started to bubble, and within seconds, the head of Mrs. Jenkins emerged from the potion. "What is it?" Mrs. Jenkins asked as she looked up.
"I have nothing that I can use to make her look like she's actually alive." Katy told her.
"You don't?"
"No." Katy said, turning her head to the side to look at Angela, who was turned so that she was watching the two communicate. Katy then turned her head back to normal. "In my book, I'd say she's a lost cause..."
Mrs. Jenkins stared up at Katy for a few seconds before she finally opened her mouth: "Then here is what you'll do. First thing in the morning, when the mall first opens, take her there and get one of the employees to help you out."
"Do you think that will work?" Katy asked.
"Make it work..." Mrs. Jenkins told her darkly.
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
At Mermaid City, Rose, now dressed in her normal clothes, finished remaking her bed before she straightened up and turned around, starting to walk toward her door. As soon as she reached the door and opened it, she immediately froze, yelped and took a step back as she saw Joel standing right outside her door, smiling at her.
Her shock quickly vanishing, Rose frowned as she put her hands on her hips. "What are you doing?" She demanded. "You're really freaking me out, Joel!"
As he heard this, Joel's smile slowly faded. "Gee, Rose, I'm sorry..." He reached over and grabbed his left arm with his right hand as he took a step into the room, forcing Rose to take another step back. "...It's not my intention to make you feel uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize."
"Well, if you're-" Rose started, but she was stopped as Joel spoke again, holding up one of his hands to silence her:
"I just want to help you out." He told her as he lowered his hand. "You're going through a very difficult time in your life right now. I just want to help you out..."
"I appreciate that." Rose told him. "But practically stalking me isn't the way to go about it." After saying this, she started to walk out of the room, making Joel walk backwards until he was out of the room. Stopping a few feet away from the door, Joel watched as Rose exited the room, turned to the side and started to walk off.
"Hey, Rose!" Joel called as he turned to the side, making Rose stop in her tracks.
Slowly turning around, Rose put her hands on her hips as she faced Joel. "What?" She asked in an annoyed tone.
"I really do want to help you." Joel said, starting to walk toward Rose. "In fact, I was even thinking...that maybe..." As he stalled, he stopped right in front of Rose. "...Maybe we could go out today-"
"Out?" Rose asked, her voice expressing a tone of disgust.
"You know..." Joel continued. "...Out to look for any clues that could lead you to finding the killer of your parents."
"Yeah, maybe after breakfast..." Rose waved him off, turning back around and starting to walk away.
"Rose!" Joel called, making Rose stop again.
"Joel, I told you-" Rose began, but Joel cut her off.
"Can I just say one thing?" Joel begged as he started to walk toward her. "You could wait until later, but let me just run one thing by you..."
"What, Joel?" Rose asked, turning around and putting her hands on her hips.
"...You could wait until later..." Joel said again. "...Or you could come with me now. You may want to wait, but you never know. What if the only way that you could find the killer was if you went right now?"
Hearing these words, the harsh look on Rose's face slowly faded, her arms dropped to her sides, and her eyes slowly widened, her mouth slowly opening.
LINE BREAK
The watery submarine emerged from the water and made contact with the dock. The top hatch opening up, the escalator slowly emerged, both Rose and Joel, in their dragon forms wearing their medallions, being lifted up as they stood on the same step.
As the top step reached the dock, Joel stepped up onto the dock, quickly followed by Rose. "I hope you're right, Joel." Rose said as she turned her head to the side.
"Everything in life is a gamble, Rose." Joel smiled without turning his head to the side, Rose returning her head to normal.
"Where are we going to search?" Rose asked.
"Everywhere." Joel said, his smile widening.
"What?" Rose's eyes widened as she turned her head to the side.
It took Joel a few seconds to respond, but when he did, he turned his head to the side to look Rose in the eyes. "Everywhere, Rose." He told her. "We've got wings, we've got strength. We can manage searching all throughout New York..." As he said this, he clenched both of his clawed hands into fists as he brought them up to his chest, turning his head back to normal. "It's early enough." He added.
"I don't know about this, Joel..." Rose said.
"Don't be silly, Rose..." Joel turned his head back to the side. "...I know you can handle it. I think this is for the best..."
"But..."
"Just don't think about it." Joel said as he once again turned his head back to normal. "Just flap your wings." He then started to flap his wings, starting slow at first, but then picking up speed. "Let's go..."
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Rose and Joel were flying side-to-side, high up in the air. "Where first?" Rose asked, turning her head to the side.
"How about Central Park?" Joel asked, not even bothering to turn his head to the side.
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Folding in his wings, Joel touched down on the grass. Turning his head to the side, he watched as Rose landed right beside him. Then, he turned his head back to normal, both dragons seeing that no one was there.
"No one is here." Rose said.
"Okay, then..." Joel took a step back. "...I guess we can look...we can keep on going. We can find some other place..."
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Back at Katy's home, Katy stepped into her own room and turned to the side, walking over to her closet and turning to the side again. The Huldra pulled open her closet, revealing a row of differently colored silk dresses.
"Hmm..." The Huldra thought out loud as she put her hand to her chin, staring at the dressed. Finally, after a few seconds, she reached out and pulled out a blue dress that was in the middle of the row.
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Still in her dragon form, Angela sat against the wall, her arms wrapped around her legs, which she held up to her stomach. She blinked, just staring blankly across the room.
However, when she heard footsteps, she turned her head to the side, seeing Katy walk into the room, wearing high-heels and the blue silk dress. "Come on, dragon." She said, stopping in the doorway as she put her hands on her hips. "Get up and follow me. We're going to make you look like you're actually alive."
"I have a name..." Angela said, slowly turning her head back to normal as she slowly started to get to her feet.
"I don't think that matters very much right now..." Katy grinned cruelly as she watched Angela slowly walk to the middle of the room before she turned to the side to stare at her. "...You're dead."
"I'd still like some respect..." Angela said softly, only making Katy's cruel smile widen.
"You think you're worth anything?!" The Huldra asked. "Because you're not! Just consider yourself lucky that my master allowed you a few hours of freedom from that river. Now..." She added as she crossed her arms. "...Just come with me. I don't want you to say a word on the way..." She then slowly started to turn around.
However, just as Katy took a step into the hallway, she froze as she heard the sound of Angela's voice: "Where are we going?"
Growling in annoyance, the Huldra slowly turned around to face Angela, frowning as she put her hands on her hips. "Weren't you paying attention when I spoke to my master?" She asked When she got no answer after ten seconds, she continued: "The mall, dragon. We're going to make you look a little more...lively..."
LINE BREAK
With a ding, two sliding doors opened and Katy stepped inside a department store in the mall with a now human Angela. In her human form, Angela's clothes were soaked and her shirt was torn right over her belly.
"Alright..." Katy said as the two of them walked further into the store. "...Let's go find you some help..."
The Huldra and the dragon then turned and continued to walk down the floor, passing by several aisles. As they passed by an aisle and neared another, they could see that a woman with a shopping cart stepping out of the aisle and turning, starting to walk toward them. However, when the woman saw Angela as she and Katy stopped, she gasped.
Just scowling, Katy put her hand on Angela's wet and rotting shoulder. Together, the dragon and the Huldra walked to the side of the cart and passed the woman, who turned her head to the side in horror.
"There..." Katy pointed out as soon as they passed the woman. Together, they could see a male cashier, who, with no customers, was hunched over at his station with his chin in his hands. "...Leave it to me..." Katy whispered, turning her head to the side briefly before she turned it back to normal.
At the cash register, the male cashier lifted up his head, his eyes wide as Katy and Angela stopped at the counter. "Excuse me..." Katy smiled as she spoke. "...Do you know where we can buy some make-up? My friend her really needs it..."
LINE BREAK
Landing on the Empire State Building, the still smiling Joel took a few steps before turning around, watching as a panting Rose landed on her feet on the edge of the building. "You okay, there?" Joel asked with a smile on his face as he took a step toward Rose.
"Wh...Why...?" Rose tried, but she stopped as she took a deep breath. After a few seconds of trying to catch her breath, Rose finally spoke again as the rising and falling of her chest returned to normal: "...Why are we here? Who would be here?"
"I don't know..." Joel admitted with a shrug of his shoulders. "...I just thought..."
"This is a waste of time." Rose cut him off as she turned around, looking out into the horizon as she crossed her scaly arms. "The killer of my parents wouldn't be up here." She said in a growl as Joel walked up beside her.
"I'm sorry." Joel apologized as he turned his head to the side. "Look, I can see that you're tired."
"You are so observant..." Rose said sarcastically as she lowered her arms. "...Good for you..."
"You don't have to be so rude..." Joel said with a mock tone of sadness as he turned his head back to normal. "...I'm only trying to help you out. I was just about to say that we go some place for lunch. Rebuild our strength..."
Annoyance flashed through Rose's eyes, but just as she started to open her mouth, her eyes widened as she heard a growling noise coming from her stomach. Sighing, she looked down at her feet briefly before she looked up. "Where did you have in mind?"
BLACKOUT; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Back at the mall, the male cashier pulled out a small glass bottle of makeup out of a glass container. Then, he set it down on the glass counter for Katy and Angela to both look at. "This should do the trick..." The cashier said, looking up at the two women, his gaze stuck on Angela.
"Well, we'll need more than one of these..." Katy said as she reached out and took the small bottle, holding it up so she could look at it properly. "...We'll probably need at least ten of these to make my friend look better..."
"I'll say..." The cashier agreed as Katy lowered the bottle back down to the glass counter. "...Say, what happened to her, anyway?"
"Hmm..." Katy smiled as she leaned over the glass counter, holding her chin up with her palm, her elbow on the glass. "...Tell you what..." She proposed, reaching up with her free hand and putting it on the cashier's shoulder. "...Come into one of the back rooms with us and apply the make-up on her. I'll tell you all about it..."
The cashier's cheeks blushed a bright red and his eyes widened, blinking twice at the feeling of being touched on the shoulder. "O...Okay..." He managed.
LINE BREAK
Now in one of the changing rooms, the male cashier closed the door behind him before he turned around, seeing Katy with her arms crossed as she leaned against the wall and Angela as she sat on the bench beside a row of ten bottles of make-up.
Without saying a word, the male cashier started to walk over to where Angela sat and knelt down right in front of her. "Go into your dragon form..." Katy demanded, turning her head to the side. "...He'll be able to get all of you that way..."
The male cashier had turned his head to the side when he heard Katy speak, but as he turned his head back to normal, his eyes were wide. "You're...You're a dragon?" He asked as he looked up at Angela's face.
"She won't bite..." Katy said as she stepped away from the wall. The Huldra then turned and started to walk toward the door. As soon as she reached it, she stopped and turned around. "I'll be right back." She said. "I'm going to go pick out some new clothes for you to wear. I expect you to be hard at work when I come back, boy..."
Looking down, Angela could hear the boy gulp as she heard the door open and then close. Slowly the boy reached over and grabbed the first bottle of make-up. Holding it up to his chest, the cashier unscrewed the top; holding the top in one hand, he set the rest of the bottle on the floor. Angela watched as the cashier turned over the lid and reached into it, pulling out the sponge.
Angela then watched as the cashier dipped the sponge into the bottle and then took it out, inching it toward Angela's leg.
"Wait..." Angela said, making the cashier freeze and look up at Angela as she closed her eyes. "...Dragon up..." Angela said.
Then, in a bright light, Angela's human form was consumed. A few seconds later, the light faded, and in the place of Angela's human form sat Angela's dragon form. Looking down, Angela said softly: "Okay, you can begin now..."
Nodding, the cashier lowered his head and put the sponge to Angela's scaly leg. Closing her eyes, Angela tried her best to relax as the cashier started to slide the sponge up her leg.
LINE BREAK
Meanwhile, Katy was in the women's clothing sections, sliding racked shirts to the side that she didn't like. Finally, after pushing aside the second to last T-shirt, she saw that the last one on the rack was a large black T-shirt with a large, white skull on it.
"This'll do..." Katy said to herself as she pulled the shirt off of the rack.
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Back in the changing room, the cashier was now standing up, albeit leaning over as he ran the sponge up Angela's scaly belly. "Is this making you uncomfortable?" The cashier asked as he looked up at Angela, who still had her eyes closed.
Responding to the question directed at her, Angela slowly opened her eyes to look at the male as he glanced back down at her chest as he brushed it against her chest. "No." Angela said softly.
"Good to know..." The cashier replied as he moved the sponge up to her scaly shoulder.
As the cashier worked on her, Angela kept her eyes trained on the door, only blinking every twenty seconds. On her very first blink, the door to the room opened and Katy stepped inside, holding a bundle of clothes.
"Here..." She said as she dropped them to the floor, where Angela could make them out as a brown leather jacket, a pair of new jeans and a black T-shirt with a skull on the front. "...Once he's done with you..." The Huldra continued as she turned around and closed the door. "...You can throw out your old ones..." Then, she turned back around and smiled as she put her hands on her hips. "...And wear these..."
At this point, the cashier reached Angela's neck, but as he moved up, his index finger accidentally left the sponge and touched her neck. Almost immediately, the cashier's eyes widened and within seconds, he pulled the sponge away.
"I'm sorry, but-" The cashier started as he moved his free hand toward Angela's neck.
"Something wrong?" Katy asked, crossing her arms as she watched the scene in front of her.
As he touched the side of Angela's neck, the cashier turned his head to the side. "It's a funny thing." He told the Huldra. "I don't think I felt a pul-" However, he immediately stopped and quickly turned his head back to normal, a confused look on his face. "I don't feel a pulse."
Katy smiled with amusement as the cashier put his hand to Angela's chest, the Heliotrope-colored dragon looking down as the cashier quickly pulled his hand away. "Oh my God!" The cashier gasped, running backwards, only to trip and fall into a sitting position. Pointing at Angela, he exclaimed: "She doesn't have a pulse or a heartbeat!"
"Well, of course she doesn't..." Katy said as she lowered her arms to her sides. "...You know how I promised you why she looks the way she does?" She asked as the cashier turned his head to the side to look at her. "Well, I'll tell you. She's a drowning victim. She's dead."
"But..." The cashier managed as he turned his head back to normal. "...She...She's right here!"
"The work of forces that are beyond your understanding..." Katy said, grinning before she started to walk over to the cashier.
As soon as she reached his back, she knelt down so that her head was at the level of his shoulder. Slipping her chin over his shoulder, she whispered into his ear: "Don't tell me that you're going to give up on her now?"
"But..."
"You promised..." Katy continued. "...And a promise is a promise, right?" As she finished saying this, she gave somewhat of a purr as she rubbed the side of her face to his. "Come on..." She whispered as she pulled her cheek away from his. "...Don't give up now..."
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Meanwhile, the sliding doors of the mall slid open as the now human Joel and Rose walked inside the store. "The mall?" Rose asked as she turned her head to the side to look at Joel. "Is this really the best that you could come up with?"
"Can you come up with a better place?" Joel retorted softly, not turning his head to the side as the two of them continued to walk straight through the department store.
"No, but-"
"Then just trust me..." Joel said. "...Besides, there are plenty of places to get food." He added, Rose sighing and turning her head back to normal.
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"Okay..." The cashier said as he set down the tenth and final empty make-up bottle next to the others. Stepping away, the cashier watched as Angela, who now had much more color in her scales and looked much more lively, looked down at herself.
"...That should do..." The cashier said. He then turned around and started to walk toward the door as Katy spoke up:
"Now go back to your human form..." Katy ordered as the cashier passed her. As Katy continued, the cashier opened the door and stepped outside: "...Take off your clothes and put these new ones on. I'll be waiting for you outside."
Then, the Huldra turned around and walked out of the room as well.
Outside of the dressing room, Katy stepped and he reached behind her and closed the door. Then, she turned to the side to see the cashier leaning against the wall. However, when he noticed her, he stepped away from the wall and turned to the side, watching as the grinning Huldra walked toward him.
"Thanks for helping out..." She said in a seductive tone.
"I wasn't helping..." The cashier said. "...You're going to need to pay..."
"Oh, I can do that..." Katy said with a smile on her face as she reached the cashier, reaching up with one hand and starting to stroke his chin. "...How much will it cost?" She said softly.
From behind the Huldra, the door opened and Angela stepped outside in her human form and wearing her new clothes. Closing the door behind her, the dragon turned around to see Katy facing the cashier.
However, upon hearing the door close, Katy turned her head to the side, a smile on her face. "Just stay where you are, dragon." She said. "I'm giving this boy his payment. I won't be much longer..."
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Meanwhile, Joel and Rose were facing each other as they sat at a small table at a small restaurant in the middle of the large hallway that people walked through to get to dozens of smaller stores in the mall. The two were seated in front of the railing so they could watch the passing people, but this was not the case.
Instead, Joel just sipped on his soda as he watched Rose reach into the tray of their order of french-fries.
"You like fries, huh?" Joel asked with a smile as he lowered his cup.
"It's a weakness..." Rose stated as she pulled out a long fry.
"Hmm..." Joel acknowledged as he turned his head to the side, watching all of the passing shoppers. He then quickly turned his head in the opposite way, seeing all of the busy customers who were either too busy with their meals or with their friends to notice.
Turning his head back to normal, Joel could see Rose pick up her cup of soda. She then sipped it as she turned her head to the side, watching all of the shoppers outside of the restaurant.
Smiling, Joel decided to act. In a bright light, his Peridot-colored tail appeared and it wound around the side of the table, over to Rose's limp arm that was dangling over the armrest of the chair. Joel's grin widened as he started to bring the tip of his tail closer to Rose's flesh.
Oblivious to this, Rose lowered her cup from her mouth, pulling the straw out as she watched. However, as she saw a woman wearing a brown leather jacket and a pair of jeans walk right passed her beside a woman wearing a blue silk dress, Rose gasped.
Turning her head back to normal to follow them, she watched the backs of the two women. "It...It can't be..." Rose whispered to herself, blinking in shock.
However, when she spoke again, her tone was much louder: "Angela?"
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: What did you think? Were you surprised that Angela was "brought back"? Please review.