A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I didn't realize how long it had been and when I was nearly done writing the chapter my computer crashed and it took awhile to fix it- although I still can't use Microsoft Word (thank God for Word Pad!). I had to rewrite it so here's what I've got. I hope you enjoy it!!
Disclaimer: Alex isn't mine! I thought you would know that by now!
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Cub looked at his alarm clock hazily, and was suddenly jolted awake. Five o' clock! He was going to be late. He jolted out of bed, loped over to his wardrobe and hastily started dressing. All of this had been accompanied by a long string of cursing. His day- and his stay with Auntie Spondings, wasn't starting off well.
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An Australian man whose true name is known only by himself and his mother sat at a small, folding table, staring intently at his guest, a man in his twenties.
Their surroundings were beyond rustic. The mobile home's exterior, which sadly was prettier than the interior, had rusted wheel caps, with white-rimmed tires. The paint job was faded green, sparsely visible among the scratches and dents, and to add to the effect there was a broken headlight.
The interior had a kitchen sink, the handles crusted with algae. The chairs were camp stools, and the radio's antenna was bent in the middle. The fridge, which was probably found at the nearby dump, had a door that had to be propped closed. The only source of heat (also used for cooking) was a small propane camping stove. I'll save you the details of the sleeping quarters and the other, worse places.
All in all a humble meeting place for someone from Scorpia's Executive Board.
"You leave tomorrow," stated the Australian briskly, surprisingly without any accent.
"And what do I do when I find him?" This man had a slight American accent.
"Bring him to me"
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Cub grunted with exertion as he lifted a bale of hay from the stack and walked towards the horse's stable. Katy had called this a 'hobby livestock farm', where they raised animals from personal interest rather than because of government needs. He had been here over a month and liked the calm surroundings- though he didn't think highly of waking up at 4:30 in the morning to get his chores done before he rushed to school.
He shivered as he watched Sooky chew on his breakfast. Although he wouldn't admit it, he was envious of the Shire Horse. At school the kids called him names like Pommy, Ocker, or even Bitzer. The hard thing was he couldn't even understand what they were saying. It was like speaking a different language with all the slang involved.
Cub sighed, resigned to another day of torture- from his classmates, his memory- or lack of it, and his "Pinyerrel" Spondings.
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A man in his twenties rode away from the Victorian International Airport in a silver Landrover Discovery SE rented from Budget. He was dressed in khaki trousers with an "I heart Australia" t-shirt. Cheap sunglasses covered his ice blue eyes. Wearing his safari hat so as to cover his so-blonde-as-to-almost-be-white hair, he looked like your average American tourist, ready to go out into the "wilderness" to discover a new lizard species or something. His real purpose was far more dubious.
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Cub walked away from the school gratefully. His day had not been a good one, especially since they came up with another name to call him- Drongo. Most of the other students had taken a bus or had been picked up by their parents and he was grateful for their absence. The street he was currently on seemed empty, with a field on one side and trees lining the other side of the lane. Just then a sliver car rounded a bend in the road.
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A/N: I tried to find several Australian phrases or words to liven up the reading and make it more realistic. Pm me if you think you know who the two men are! If you guess correctly both of them I'll pm you a sneak preview at chappie #7! Also, it'll be 8 reviews or one week until I release chapter 7!