Chapter 7: Family

This isn't right. I have to stop her. Star watched as her friend stormed out the door. Mentally preparing a heartfelt speech she grabbed Amber's shoulder and spun her around.Joke, I need a joke.

No, You cannot pass of all your problems with this mask of humor anymore, Celeste

Stupid voices...GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

I'm only here because you need me.

Okay, HEARTFELT SPEECH TIME!

Star...

Fine...

"What do you want?" Amber snapped.

"I want to help you, whatever I can do. I need you, and you know you need us."

"I don't need anyone."

"You need your sister." That was below the belt...

Ambers face filled with fury and she shoved Star back a few steps. "Just go away, I don't need any of you." She began to walk away again but Star grabbed her shoulders with a grip of steel. Amber wasn't going to be going anywhere until Star had finished her speech.

"Don't walk away from me again. I'm not going to lose another sister over sheer bull. Amber, you know you're going to die if you take on Shiki alone. Don't worry about Sven, he has trust issues. Considering my past I should have trust issues...but that doesn't fit in with the rest of my act."

Amber narrowed her eyes..."Act?"

"Yes, the whole 'happy crazy person' thing I have going on. It's an act, mask, it's FAKE." This was the most serious Amber had ever seen Star.

"Why go through all the trouble just to hide your feelings?"

Star released Amber from her grip and headed for a nearby bench. When she sat she motioned for Amber to join her. As Amber took her seat Star sighed. "Because I would be an emotional wreck, I would have no controll over myself and lash out at everyone I cared about. I learned that the hard way."

"That's why you were an assasin, a...Number?"

"No, I became an assasin because I was alone, I didn't have anything better to do. But I didn't like it. I just wasn't strong enough to face my past. I was scared of remorse and grief..."

"Surely you have some family?"

"No, they're all dead. Daddy and my oldest sister, Melody, were murderred. My brother, Draco, was killed too. And... I killed my half sister, Carol."

"Was that one of your missions or something?"

"No, it was after my Dad and sister died. I was barely able to control my emotions. I was making dinner and she bad mouthed my ...I lost it. The knife was in my hand one second and in between her eyes the next."

There was a moment of silence, and then, "So, your act helps?"

"Yea, all my emotions are dissmissed to a small corner of my brain that has been blocked off and censored."

"Well, telling me is not really helping, is it?"

"I have to let you know that I trust you and I figured this was the best way to do it." Star smiled a genuine smile for the first time in a while. "Actually, I feel alot better than I have in a very long time...I'm glad I finally told someone."

Amber was struck for words, To chose me, of all people. I wonder why...?

"You know what, this calls for ice cream. Let's go get Train and Eve." Star thought for a moment, "Eve is a killjoy, I say we only get Train."

"Um, okay?"

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Star was very pleased with herself. She had managed to sneak out of the house, with Train and Amber, without either of the killjoys finding had also managed to break in Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Shoppe in thirty seconds flat. She stood there, not knowing what to do next, when Train shouted, "ICE CREAM FIGHT!" and began launching ice cream bombs.

"You're kidding me." Amber crossed her arms. "This is ridicul-" She was cut off by a cold blob of ice cream in her face. "Okay, it's on." She scopped up some, but right before she couold throw it, they were all interrupted by a very annoying sound.

"Ring-a ding ding a dong, ring-a ding ding ding!"

"Hey, Sven's calling us!" Train clicked the cell enthusiastically. "Wuz up, Svenny?"

"Where are you?"

"Erm... at a friends..."

"You don't have any friends."

"Do too!"

"Okay, who?"

"Um... Ben. And Jerry."

Silently, Star was motioning for Train to shut up.

"YOU"RE GETTING ICE CREAM?"

"See ya." Click.

And the fight continued. While dodging a scoop of vanilla, Amber noticed something outside the shop door. "Dude, what the crap is that?" Star had seen it, as well.

"I'm not sure, but I think we should hide..." Amber added in a paniced voice.

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Sven was ticked. What on earth could've been going through these these people's head, to break into an ice cream shop? He's almost expecting this from Tain and Star, being the idiots they are, but not as much as Amber. He subjected them all to boot-camp-like claen up duty, and had suggested they take better lessons in hiding from him. When he had arrived at the ice cream shop, he had found the place in ruins. This was the second time he had to lecture them in not playing with thier food. Maybe if he starved them, they would eat instead of throw it. But they would probaly end up doing this again sometime anyway, why waste the effort? Suddenly, he heard an earsplitting scream come the backroom. Expecting something along the lines of Shiki, he darted to Star's room. He entered to find her positioned in her window.

"What's the problem? I... don't see anything."

"It's.. RIGHT THERE! GET IT, HURRY!"

"What, you mean this?" Sven motioned to a cockroach on the floor. This chick can walk up to an S-ranked criminal without breaking a sweat, but a raoch sends her flying? He then proceded to squash the bug, and pick it up in a tissue. As he was heading to flush it down a toilet, he heard Star shout after him, "I was only scared because I thought it was one of Shiki's bugs!"

Yeah, right.

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