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Sorry it's been so long my dears! i'm in college now, and have anxiety, so I need to find a way to 'relax.' and..well..this is my relax xD
So please read and review3
After that nut-job family had flown the coop-I ended up stomping myself home. I stampeded into the gas station, Jeb watching me with worried orbs.
"Whu's wrong?" He asked, sipping at a blue can of beer. I snorted, grabbing myself a soda and plopping down on the counter. I chugged half the bottle of soda, slamming down the bottle on the counter.
"Those people I told you about-when I went back they were gone! They must have fixed their truck or whatnot. But they didn't leave a note or nothing. Rudeness!" I said, turning up and stomping up the stairs. I was halfway up when I spun around, glaring at my poor uncle.
"RUDENESS IN THE DESERT! Fuckin' mines!" I snorted, hauling my ass up the stairs as Uncle Jeb turned white, racing up after me. I threw myself on the chair to my desk as Jeb stumbled in.
"M-mines?" He stuttered, looking out the window. I nodded, taking another sip of soda.
"Why'd ya go there!" He cried, his brown orbs glazed over in fear.
"..I followed the shiny, binocular man." I said childishly. "The one with the black bowl hat."
"Goggle..Tha's Goggle..H-how'd ya see him?" He asked, stupefied.
"I snuck up behind..him?" I questioned as Jeb wiped his brow with his sleeve.
"Goggle's alright..there's worse ou' there.." He mumbled as I kicked my feet onto my desk.
"Who?" I asked.
"There's three...clans..Hades..Jupiter..and Zeus..Each have children.." Jeb said, starring out the window.
"Ah..I 'work' fer Jupiter's clan..'n his kin..Hades..does his own dirt'y work..'n Zeus does 'is own too.." He said.
"Jupiter..'is wife Moon, their brothers Cyst 'n Big Brain...n' Jupe 'n Moon's babies: Goggle, Lizar', Ruby n' their cousin Pluto. Hades 'as only 4 childrn' I know of..and Zeus 'as about 10 children'." He admitted, starring at the floor.
"Uncle Jeb..how do you help them?" I asked, turning to him. He began to sweat.
"I bring 'em food..they can't jus' go out 'n get it like ya 'n me.." He grumbled.
"I used to do that for an old lady across the street..to old to get her own groceries.." I muttered, picking at my nails. He sighed, stomping his foot on the ground.
"PEOPLE! They eat people Lony! Tha' family ya saw today..they...they..supper now!" He cried, covering his face in shame. I frowned, standing up and patting him on the back.
"There's a reason for everything..I-I wish to sleep..Goodnight Uncle Jeb." I comforted him softly, but led him to the door. He smiled shakily, wiping tears and snot off his face as he stepped down the stairs. I sighed, shaking my head as I got ready for bed. I wasn't really one of those...clingy people. I often don't connect with people on an emotional level-if someone dies, leaves or something happens to them: there's a reason for it.
Same goes with Uncle Jeb's situation. I felt bad, but no amount of crying or bad feelings will ever change anything.
I slipped under the covers, as the desert nights were almost negative degrees, a complete opposite of the day. I snuggled into the soft blankets, but I only slept for about three to four hours before I was awoken by a strange noise. It sounded like someone was scaling the wall of the house, coming closer to my window. I turned slowly in my blankets, adrenaline slowly beginning to purge into my veins as I watched the window from the comfort of my bed.
I saw a large hand, attached to a large shadowed body grasp the window sill. His feet were supported by something as he used both hands to pry the window open.
Bad mistake fucker.
Blood and screams floated everywhere as the large man smashed through the window, sending glass everywhere. He landed on his bum, clutching at his hands as he screamed, and I flicked my lights on, and I finally got a good look at him.
He was a large, thin man, made of pure muscle. He had no hair, but one side of his face had a nasty burn mark, and one eye was closed shut. On the same side, he had a tiny ear and he was missing a few of his teeth, but the ones that he did have were elongated and sharp. He howled in pain, rocking himself, trying to pitifully comfort himself, I couldn't help but to plop to my knees beside him.
Strange for me, seeing as other people in pain hardly interested me.
"Give me your hands..crazy man." I mumbled, snatching his hands and looking them over. I nodded, grabbing tweezers off my nearby desk and began plucking out shards as he watched me, sniveling like a baby. I patted his hands once all the glass was out, his blood smeared on both of our hands. Rapid footsteps came up the stairs, as I headed to the bathroom to get something to clean his hands with as Uncle Jeb burst through the door.
He seemed shell shocked for a moment, before he rounded on the large man.
"WHAT'CHA DOIN' 'ERE?" He bellowed, causing the large man to grumble angrily.
"PLUTO!" Uncle Jeb yelled, stepping closer to the large man as I walked out of the bathroom with some band aids and a hot, wet cloth. I plopped down next to the hulking man, and began cleaning his cuts.
"I-I-I-I-..pretty.." Pluto growled out, angry about being caught. I chuckled, wiping away the blood from his hands, smearing more blood on my sleeping pants.
"DUN' GIVA SHIT! WHERE'S YER PA!" Uncle Jeb yelled, when a gruff voice cut him off.
"Jeb."
We all turned to a middle aged man with a long black beard and hair, with angry brown orbs.
"Jupitar'." Jeb visibly shook. I chose to ignore the man, still bandaging up the large one, who was looming over me as I pressed the band aids to his large, ham like hands.
"What'cha want?" Jeb shook, stepping closer to me. The man, Jupiter sneered at him, his gaze curiously running over me.
"We need more food. Hades stole those people." The man, Jupiter, growled as the one named Pluto sniffled still.
"What did ya do to 'im?" Jupiter asked, looking at his sons' bandaged hands. I shrugged, pointing to the smashed and ruined window.
"I put broken glass under the wood where you pull open the window. The glass goes into your hands, and boom. Instant security system." I said, yawning. Unlce Jeb was still trembling, watching the three of us with darting eyes. Jupiter snorted, a slow smile seeping over his face.
"Not as stupid as ya look." He said, tilting his head.
"Damn straight Juppie." I said, turning to look at my broken window.
"It's cold as fuck, there's a hole in my wall. And I'm sleepy. What the fuck's gonna happen?" I asked, watching as Pluto stood up. He was intimidatingly tall, higher than 8 feet tall. I came up to just below his chest, my head hitting just below his pectoralis major. His one eye was a strange sea foam green and was following me closely.
"Don't worry. It's warm back home." Jupiter said, pulling out a pistol. Jeb froze, his breathing hitching.
"Home?" I asked, inching closer to the gigantic Pluto.
"Yeah..you're gonna have a meet an' greet with me family.." Jupiter said, smirking. He shot a trying glare at the shivering Jeb.
"S-she better come back! Ya hear Jupitar'!" Jeb whispered, fear seeping in his eyes. Jupiter smiled kindly, nodding to Pluto who giggled uncontrollably. A shiver went up my spine as Jupiter's walkie talkie crackled from it's place at his hip. Everyone froze, Jupiter quickly snatching up his radio.
"'Ello.." He growled out.
"...There's gonna be a fight tonigh'. Bring yer boys. It's time we settled this..one clan will stand..'un will fall." A snarling voice growled over the line. Everyone froze and tensed once more, a shiver running though Jeb's spine. The voice was garbled and frightening, the hint of blood lust coasting along every word.
"Jupiter.." Jeb whispered as the brown eyed man turned the radio off. He turned to look at us, fire brimming in his eyes.
"They're tired of sharing ya' with us Jeb. There's gonna be a final stand..Let's get ya' two to tha' house. Safer there. Pluto, where's yer axe?" Jupiter asked as Pluto nodded outside the window, he'd left it outside. He nodded, turning back to the two of us.
"Go an' pack ah small bag. Yeh'll be stayin' at least tha night." He said, leading Jeb out of the room, leaving Pluto and I alone.
"So..Pluto.." I said, tilting my head. He tilted his own, a small smile creeping over his lips.
"E..eilon...wee..wy" He said slowly, as if testing the name. I nodded, watching the large man as I grabbed a backpack and stuffed it with some pj's, underclothes and a few extra changes of clothes. I didn't bother taking off my teal sweatpants and plain brown shirt as we both walked down the stairs.
Jeb and Jupiter stood by the store's front door, waiting for us. Jeb held Pluto's axe limply in his hand, swinging it around lazily.
"Let's go."