Chapter 7
"What is it?" said Ozzy, his smile suddenly fading when he saw Leah's expression. She swallowed hard, fighting back the tears.
"Ozzy look - this is really hard for me to say - I couldn't tell you - I didn't want to hurt you!" said Leah, tears streaming down her face.
"Tell me what?" said Ozzy worriedly, holding onto Leah's arm. She pulled her arm away from him, biting her lip.
"Ozzy I'm sorry - I haven't been loyal to you at all -" said Leah.
"Loyal? What're you talking about?" said Ozzy, his heart beating fast.
"I - That virus you saw - his name is Thrax," said Leah.
"Thrax? - Leah, how do you know his name?" Ozzy asked, his heart beating faster.
"I have to break up with you-" said Leah, sobbing.
"What! What the hell are you talkin' 'bout, girl!" said Ozzy, feeling confused.
"I lied! I LIED!" cried Leah.
"Lied about WHAT!" said Ozzy desperately.
"I lied about what I told and Drix what happened at the Zit!" said Leah, she breathed in deeply. "What really happened was... I met Thrax and - we had sex. I've been seeing him behind your back - " Leah admitted, tears still running from her eyes. Ozzy shook his head in disbelief.
"No, no you're joking right?" he said, half-laughing, he frowned, his expression changing. "I can't believe you'd do this to me..."
"Ozzy, I'm sorry-"
"Sorry my ass! I just can't believe you'd do this, Leah!" yelled Ozzy.
"I never meant it to happen!!! It just did! But I have to break up with you Ozzy!! - I love him more!" said Leah, crying.
Ozzy's head jerked, as if she'd slapped him. "...Fine...FINE!" he spat angrily, he stormed off, without saying another word; leaving Leah standing there, wiping the tears from her eyes.
You told him...and it's over now...it's over.....
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"F*ck, Drix, I just can't believe it!" said Ozzy, banging his fist against the wall when they arrived at Ozzy's office. Drix sighed, sadly.
"She told me just yesterday, when I went to Beatrice's house with Maria, Thrax was with her and I was just as shocked as you were now," said Drix. "She didn't want to tell you though...she didn't want to hurt you - she was confused, both regretful and ok with what she did... though she told me the truth - she loved Thrax more," Drix added sadly.
"Well how the hell d'you think I feel NOW!" Ozzy yelled, he buried his face in his hands. "Why - why did this have to happen?" he said, his voice becoming choked up.
"The only thing you can do now is move on..." said Drix.
"I know...I know..." said Ozzy, though he wasn't sure how he could.
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Leah knocked on the front door of Thrax's house, she needed answers right now about what he was doing in the nostril when the dam collapsed, he opened the door after a while; the black chain visible around his wrist.
"Hi baby, you look troubled today," said Thrax, letting Leah in.
"It's a long story - I did it -" said Leah, sadly.
"Did it? Did what?" said Thrax, closing the door behind her.
"I broke it off with Ozzy, but-"
"But you feel bad about it," said Thrax, finishing her sentence.
"Yeah.." said Leah.
"You'll get over it soon, babeh, the first time's never easy..." said Thrax, smirking. Leah frowned.
"What were you doing in the left nostril yesterday?" said Leah, angirly. "The whole dam collapsed!"
"Wasn't any of my doings, baby," said Thrax casually. "Like I said, I aint here to harm this body."
"Then what were you doing near the control room, Osmosis saw you, you were there-"
"He saw me, so what? That doesn't automatically mean I did something wrong!" said Thrax, becoming a little annoyed.
"...Sorry..." said Leah apologetically.
"No need for apologies, baby, I was just proving my innocence," said Thrax, twisting the chain around his claw. Leah gazed at it, Thrax caught her staring.
"You like this, don't you baby?" he said slyly, smirking.
"Well - it's not that, it's just - that chain is so ....peculiar..." said Leah.
"And I guard it with my life..." said Thrax, chuckling.
"Is it that important?" said Leah, raising an eyebrow to him.
"Yes."
"How important?"
Thrax chuckled again, wrapping the chain around Leah's neck and pulling her close to him.
"Well, baby...let's just say whoever tries to take it from me - it will be the last thing they'll ever do.." said Thrax.
Leah giggled. "Ok, I get it, it's VERY important!" she said, chuckling. "Listen, Thrax, I'll be out for a few days so I'll text you as often as possible, ok?" she added, kissing him on the lips.
"Don't be gone too long, r'else Big Daddy Thrax's gonna get too lonely without his baby..." said Thrax, stroking her teasingly across her neck.
"I won't, don't worry," Leah giggled.
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"You're off to stay at Roxy's place for a few days?" said Beatrice over the phone to Leah.
"Yeah, I am. She called me last week, asking me to come over some time, I called her last night and told her if it was ok if I'd come down today," said Leah, happily.
"Good, good, that's brilliant! ...So, about you and Ozzy...did you- break up with him?" said Beatrice cautiously.
"I did... the outcome wasn't good I can say ... I feel terrible..." said Leah, sadly.
"You had to tell him in the end and that's all you could do... but I'm glad you told him - If you'd kept quiet about this it would have only made matters worse," said Beatrice.
"Yeah, you're right - well, I'd better go now, I'll see you soon ok?" said Leah, glancing at the clock.
"Hope you have fun, Leah! See you soon!" said Beatrice happily, and she hung up. Leah flicked through the contacts in her cellphone and stopped when she saw Ozzy's name. She hesitated, wondering if she should text him, she ended up sending a small message to him:
Please - don't stop talking to me.
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Leah could see Roxy's house just up ahead when she got off the bus, her house was located somewhere in the knee, further away from where she lived.
Leah noticed another car parked in the driveway, it definitely wasn't Roxy's seeing as she only had one. It might be a relative or someone visiting, Roxy. Leah thought calmly, she walked up to the front porch and rang the doorbell. She heard mumbled voices in the background, and constant giggling, suddenly the door opened and there was Roxy with a big grin plastered on her face.
"Leah! You're here! I was starting to wonder if you'd gotten lost or something," said Roxy cheerily, Leah could hear her usual Nickelback CD playing in the background. "Come on in, Rex arrived about an hour ago so we'll now have a bit of company." she added letting Leah in and shutting the door behind her, she led her into the kitchen where Rex was seated on the chair at the table, tapping his hands on his knees. He smiled when he saw Leah.
"Yo, Leah! Long time no see, god I haven't seen you in a long while, is Cuzzy Ozzy treating you well?" said Rex.
"I've been ... ok, just a lot of things happened lately... but yeah, Ozzy's been treating me well," said Leah. "How come you've never visited us often? Ozzy is your cousin after all."
"He never answers his freakin' cellphone when I try calling him... I think he's still holding a grudge after I embarrassed him last year," said Rex, laughing.
Roxy turned to Leah. "You said a lot of things happened lately, what sort of things? I'm dying to know!" said Roxy excitedly, Leah looked at her, a look of guilt on her face. Roxy frowned. "It wasn't good...was it?" she added.
"That's right... I feel like it was a good thing, yet at the same time I wish it never happened!" said Leah sadly. "I met this virus, Thrax, at that club 'The Zit' while out with Beatrice and the others, he decided he'd just settle down in Frank and - well, we got talking - which eventually led to us actually having sex," said Leah, feeling ashamed.
Rex glanced at Roxy, not sure what to say. "So... you and Ozzy - you're-"
"I broke it off with him just this morning... the way he took it ... it was just horrible! I felt so guilty afterwards, I never wanted to hurt him - it just happened, but I have to admit it - I love Thrax more and there's nothing that can change that..." said Leah guiltily, cutting Rex off.
"Oh...I'm so sorry Leah," said Roxy sadly, she bit her lip, desperate to change the subject. "I heard about what happened to the dam in the left nostril... what caused it to collapse I wonder?" Roxy added.
"Weren't you there? I thought the Chief assigned you to go check it out with Ozzy and Drix?" said Leah confusingly.
"This is exactly why I've been quiet for a while. After crashing into the back of the Chief's car a week ago, he told me to go take a week long holiday, long enough to improve my driving. I'll be going back first thing Monday morning, that'll give the cops back at the station a big suprise now that Roxy's comin' back, and her drivin's better than ever!" said Roxy, jokingly striking a pose causing Leah and Rex to laugh.
"Whoa, steady there, babe! You may be not capable of crashing into things anymore, but you still have that nasty habit of exceeding the speed limit," laughed Rex, reaching out and giving Roxy's buttock an affectionate pat.
"It's why I became an FPD, honey, you need to get ready for those high speed chases," joked Roxy. "But after that event, now I understand why Ozzy never lets me drive."
"He'll change his mind now that you've improved," said Leah.
"So, like I was saying, what happened at the dam, Leah?" said Roxy, giving her a cup of coffee.
"Ozzy just said a couple of germs were there, they might have hit the pressure valves... he also said Thrax was there," said Leah, sipping her coffee.
"Thrax? Was he behind it all?" said Rex, frowning. Leah shook her head.
"He told me he was there all right, but had nothing to do with it," said Leah.
"Sounds a bit fishy to me," said Roxy. "But you can never really accuse anyone unless you have good solid evidence, and since Ozzy didn't actually see him do anything, he's innocent unless proven guilty." she added casually.
"Exactly," said Leah. "Either way, I don't believe that Thrax would have wanted to harm this body." she added, though sounding unsure.
"Don't you think Mayor Phlegmming should have put the city in full alert, just to be on the safe side?" said Roxy. "If those germs had something to do with what happened, then how can anyone be sure they won't try and sabotage something else?!"
"I tried telling him that before I left, but he just ignored it and said that there was nothing going on," said Leah angrily. "He's always pushing things Osmosis says aside, he just thinks he's a complete idiot, only capable of screwing up!"
"But what if Ozzy is right? Then that means the city could be in danger as we speak!" said Rex, banging his fist on the table. "Damn! I hate that stupid good for nothing Mayor! If we had someone like Tom Colonic for Mayor, then everything would be in control. The bowels wouldn't stink like hell the way they do now!" he added, grimacing. Roxy nodded in agreement.
"Too true," said Roxy. "So, about Thrax, what's he like?" she asked Leah.
"He's nice, but quite the charmer if I may add," said Leah, giggling.
"Ooooh...is he hot then?" said Roxy. She winked at Rex. "I'm trying to make you feel jealous, honey." she said jokingly.
"Ladies, please, talking about how hot a guy is in front of me is rude...you make me feel bad," joked Rex.
Leah laughed. "He is," said Leah.
"Wow, that sounds divine," said Roxy, chuckling. "Is the sex good?"
"Why are you asking?" laughed Leah.
"I need to write down ideas for Rex," joked Roxy, laughing at Rex's shocked expression.
"Hey now, that's an insult!" said Rex, laughing.
"Oh, don't mind me today, Leah, I've had too much caffine," said Roxy, giggling. She got up from the table. "C'mon, I'll show you where your room is."
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It was about 12 o'clock midnight, Leah and Roxy sat cross-legged on the floor in their bedroom, each clutching a mug of Hot Chocolate, Rex had already gone to bed an hour ago. The house was quiet, except for the occasional slurping sounds from Roxy and Leah as they drank. Roxy then started giggling, blowing the froth from her hot chocolate.
"What?" said Leah, giggling too.
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just glad that you came," said Roxy, smiling. "I'm so excited about going back, finally! It felt like more than a week!"
"Until then, we'll enjoy what's left of our little break," said Leah, draining the last drop of her hot chocolate.
"Absolutely!" said Roxy, raising her mug to Leah. Leah smiled, but her mind was somewhere else. She had texted Thrax when she first arrived at Roxy's place but he still hadn't answered back yet; which, to her, was quite odd.
What are you up to? She thought suspiciously. She picked up her cellphone from the bed and looked at it, still no reply. Roxy stared at her.
"What is it?" Roxy asked worriedly.
"Oh, it's just Thrax hasn't responded to my message yet, which to me is a bit odd," said Leah, she smacked herself on the forehead with the palm of her hand. "Uh, God, I'm becoming so paranoid after he showed me that chain..."
"What chain?" said Roxy, sipping the last of her Hot Chocolate.
"Oh, it's just this chain he carries around all the time, it's got DNA beads implanted in it, he said they were from his former victims... it such a strange chain," said Leah.
"He collects DNA from his victims? Why the hell does he do that?" said Roxy.
"It's how he kills them, he snatches one from the hypothalamus and it raises the temperature of the person from 98.6 degrees to 108," said Leah. Roxy raised her eyebrows.
"Holy shit that's high.." she said.
"I know, but even though he's not gonna take down Frank, he still carries it around with him," said Leah.
"Maybe he's got an OCD with it," said Roxy, shrugging. "Either way, it's only a chain. He just probably wants to keep it to remind him of his past killings."
"Yeah... ignore me, I was just being stupid," said Leah. She picked up her cellphone and started dialling.
"What are you doing?" Roxy asked her.
"Just calling him to see if he's gone out.." said Leah. There was no answer, she sighed and put her cellphone. "He's probably just gone out somewhere or has his phone switched off...."
"Say, Leah.. about Ozzy - is he - well - still talking to you?" said Roxy.
"I want him to, but I don't expect him to still talk to me after what I did to him..." said Leah sadly. Roxy bit her lip.
"Forget I even asked that..." she said apologetically, she glanced at the clock. "I guess we should turn in."
"Yeah..." said Leah getting up off the floor and climbing into the spare bed, pulling the covers right over her head.
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Ozzy lay down on his bed, staring at the ceiling, his hands resting at the back of his head. He ignored the message Leah sent him, he picked up his cellphone and threw it angrily across the room, it crashed against the wall and fell with a thump on the floor. He sighed irritably, getting up from the bed and snatching up the phone. He peered at Leah's message again: Please - don't stop talking to me. He thought of her and Thrax, how sick it made him feel. Leah having sex with a virus? That was just sick. He pressed the reply button and quickly typed down: Just f**k off you hoe! He read over his message, decided he didn't care and sent it. He felt like she was acting like a whore, sleeping around with that virus. He remembered his face clearly and grimaced, he seemed like a tough-looking guy, let alone the fact that he was much larger than Leah, including Ozzy. Ozzy thought about his claws, god wouldn't he have been piercing her flesh with claws that size?
Ozzy brushed the idiotic thoughts away, he was just finding excuses to hate Leah even more than he hates her now. Do I really hate her? Ozzy thought to himself. He thought about Leah - how she continued seeing Thrax behind his back - and decided he did hate her. But there was another that crossed Ozzy's mind - what kind of virus was Thrax? He didn't seem to be like anything Ozzy had seen before, definitely not Malaria or Influenza. If Thrax was a new powerful kind of virus, how was Ozzy sure that the immunities would be able to take down such a virus? What symptoms did he cause to his victims? And what was Leah doing with a virus in the first place?!
Ozzy quickly got off his bed and switched on the computer, eager to find out just what this Thrax guy was. He typed down his name, nothing. The closest thing was Anthrax but Ozzy wasn't convinced. He flicked through the newspapers, looking at the recent headline about how he and Drix tried to stop the dam, the newspaper stated that this was just a common cold! Ozzy shook his head in disbelief and flicked through more pages of the story, it said nothing about Thrax or any germs for that matter. No one else had spotted him, only Ozzy.
Ozzy became more desperate, he switched on the news on the TV and prayed that someone else would have spotted him and his existance would be publicly displayed. No such luck, there was news about the re-election, Mayor Phlegmming's upcoming preperations for the annual Chicken Wing festival in Buffalo, New York (and boy was he psyched about it);there was a couple of reportings of missing children and such, a murder down in the throat which involved a wrecked saliva boat, and that was pretty much it. Ozzy cursed under his breath, furious that he was unable to find a single thing about this Thrax.
He gave up and went downstairs to switch the kettle on for some tea, he needed to clear his mind. He made the tea and gulped it down quickly, his mouth tasted sour, let alone his attitude. Ozzy slammed down the cup and opened the cabinet, searching for some alcohol he kept. He succeeded in finding a bottle of vodka that had been left untouched, he quickly unscrewed the lid and knocked it back, swallowing it quickly. He just wanted to get drunk, to forget about his thoughts, to forget about Leah's disloyalty. He knocked back some more, his stomach feeling sick. He put down the bottle of vodka, feeling sick from it. He then had a sudden thought about finding out where Thrax lived - but even if he knew, what was he going to do? Randomly come up to him and ask him what he was? That was just ridiculous, of course he wouldn't do that. Ozzy sighed, his head throbbing, he decided to go take a walk to clear his mind.
"I don't need this shit..." Ozzy mumbled to himself as he walked down the street, the sky was pitch black, but he needn't worry about how dark it was seeing as the city was always lit up at night, not to mention they had street lights after all.
Ozzy huddled inside his jacket, trying to keep warm, the cold wind blew in his face, taking away the sick feeling he had. He stopped on the path in front of Leah's house, he stared straight at it, a look of anger on his face. He noticed all the lights were switched off, it seemed like no one was in it.
"Probably staying 'round at that f*cker's place..." said Ozzy sourly, he walked up to the front porch and turned the handle curiously, wondering if it was locked. Surprisingly, the door hadn't been locked and Ozzy found himself wandering inside Leah's house. The whole place was pitch black, he walked cautiously around the house, not liking the utter silence in the house. The floorboards creaked as he walked around, occasionally frightening him. He sauntered upstairs into Leah's bedroom, no one was in there.
"Yep - she's definitelty staying at that f*cker's place," said Ozzy, frowning. He was about to walk out when he noticed something strange about the room, he looked back and noticed that some of her stuff looked out of place, as if someone had been in here recently. He moved further in, peering at her stuff, her photographs, ornaments and even the clothes in her wardrobe looked as if someone had been in here recently, looking through her stuff. He looked in her cabinet, opening each of the drawers, someone had definitely been in here by the looks of it. All the things she kept stacked tidily in her drawer had been pushed around, Ozzy then noticed something was missing from the drawer: Leah's photo album.
"What the f*ck... where the hell did it go??" said Ozzy confusingly, he searched around the room and failed to find it.
"Shit... who in the right mind would take Leah's photo album!?" said Ozzy angrily, he checked to see if other things were missing, but everything else was there. Ozzy stood there, feeling bewildered. He had no idea why her photo album was missing or who took it. Ozzy decided to leave the house, feeling a bit frightened by the sudden disappearance of something so unimportant - not only that but the quietness of the house was really unnerving. Ozzy walked quickly out the door, closing it behind him. He decided he'd go pay Drix a visit, if he wasn't asleep yet.
Ozzy knocked on the front door impatiently, the lights were still on thank goodness so Drix was obviously still awake. Drix answered the door and was surprised to see Ozzy.
"Ozzy? What are you doing here at this time of night?" said Drix.
"Drix, man, I need to talk to you," said Ozzy hastily. Drix let Ozzy inside and shut the door behind him. He followed him into the kitchen.
"What's all the rush about, Ozzy? Did something happen?" said Drix.
"Sure as hell something happened!" said Ozzy. Drix backed away, grimacing.
"Uh - Ozzy have you been drinking? Your breath smells strongly of alcohol!" said Drix, frowning.
"I have - but that's not the point! Someone's been messing through Leah's stuff!" said Ozzy. Drix raised one eyebrow.
"Couldn't that just have been her - wait a minute, how do you know?" said Drix, his eyes narrowing.
"I went into her house - don't look at me like that! It was unlocked!" said Ozzy. "Look - I know Leah and she wouldn't mess up her stuff, she has them all arranged in a particular way! And her photo album's missing!" Ozzy added.
"Wait a second - was Leah even there?" said Drix.
"No - she's probably staying over at that f*cker's place!" said Ozzy angrily, Drix winced at Ozzy's bad language.
"Well .... perhaps you're right, but who'd want to take Leah's photo album?" said Drix, feeling confused. "Is there anything else she kept in there?"
"Uh - well, she also kept some personal imformation in there, like her friend's contact numbers and addresses - that sort of stuff," said Ozzy.
"Uh-huh.... I seriously have no idea.. a stalker perhaps?" said Drix.
"Trust me, I was her only stalker..." said Ozzy, grinning. Drix frowned at him.
"So even though you're mad at her right know - you still care?" said Drix.
"So? I just don't want her to get hurt or anything -" said Ozzy, folding his arms.
"Ah, I see... well, whoever took it must be very interested in knowing about her personal life I guess..." said Drix.
"Yeah, it's getting late anyway, I'll see you tomorrow ok, Drips?" said Ozzy heading for the door.
"That's 'Drix', and one more thing Ozzy."
"What's that?"
"Don't you dare start drinking again - it's not good for you."
"Whatever." and he exited the house.
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"Finally! I'm back where I belong!" said Roxy happily on Monday morning, Leah chuckled.
"Go surprise 'em, Roxy, I'm sure the Chief will be happy to hear about your improvement," said Leah, laughing.
"Oh he will, trust me, as long as I don't crash into his beloved car he'll love to have me back," said Roxy jokingly, taking out her FPD badge and kissing it. "Mwah! I love you badge! Just as long you don't lead me into more trouble."
"Well, I'd better get to work," said Leah.
"You're not even gonna drop by your house for a while?" said Roxy.
"No, I'm running late as it is, I brought my handbag with me when I visited you so there's no need for me to go back to my house," said Leah, she gave Roxy a big hug. "Thanks for letting me stay with you, I had a lot of fun!"
"It was no problem, sweetie," said Roxy. "I'll see you later, ok?"
"Sure," said Leah, she watched Roxy walk into the Police Station.
"I'm back everyone!" Roxy called out as she entered the station.
"Roxy? Hey you're back!" one of the cops said happily.
"It's great to have you back!"
"Has your driving improved?"
"Yes, definitely," said Roxy, she sauntered into the next room where Ozzy and Drix were.
"Hello boys, did you miss me?" said Roxy, leaving her bag down on the table.
"Yo, Roxy! Finally back from your week long "holiday"," said Ozzy.
"Yeah, I've improved a lot on my driving, no more crashing into objects -" said Roxy.
"What about that habit of exceeding the speed limit?" said Drix.
"....In need to work on that unfortunately," Roxy admited.
"For that - you're still not driving," said Ozzy, grinning. Roxy pouted jokingly.
"So, what have you guys been doing during my absence?" said Roxy.
"Nothing much really -" Ozzy admited.
"I heard about the dam collapsing, me and Leah were talking about it," said Roxy. Ozzy stared at her.
"You and Leah? When did she meet up with you?" said Ozzy.
"She stayed over at my place for the weekend," said Roxy.
"Er..she did?" said Ozzy, feeling stupid for accusing her of staying round at Thrax's place.
"Yeah - why?" Roxy asked.
"Oh nothing - listen, I think someone broke into her house while she was away - her stuff had been moved around and messed about - and her photo album was missing!" said Ozzy worriedly. "She didn't bring it with her, did she?" he asked.
"No, she didn't. She only brought her handbag, but her photo album wasn't in there," said Roxy. She frowned. "Who'd want to steal a photo album anyway?"
"She also stored some personal imformation in there, like contact numbers and addresses," said Drix. Roxy nodded, looking puzzled.
"I have no idea who'd steal it.... does she have any weird stalkers?" Roxy asked, Drix raised his hand. "Ozzy doesn't count." she added and Drix put down his hand. Ozzy glared at her.
"Hey- I'm right here y'know," he said. Roxy laughed.
"It's only a bit of humor, Jones," said Roxy, giggling.
"But who could it be?" said Ozzy. Roxy pondered long and hard, likewise Drix.
"Could it be that new guy of hers, Thrax?" said Roxy, she then shook her head. "No, no, I'm being stupid..."
"What would he want with the photo album anyway?" said Drix.
"Maybe to hopefully find erotic pics of Leah-"
"Ozzy! Shut up!" hissed Roxy, hitting Ozzy's shoulder.
"Ow! You hit hard, girl!" said Ozzy, rubbing his sore shoulder. "It was just a thought..." he mumbled.
"A stupid one.." said Roxy. "Swallow your last jealousy pill, ok Jones?" she added.
"Jealous? I aint jealous! Why should I be?" said Ozzy angrily.
"Look, never mind," said Roxy. "So...anything we have to do around here?"
"Well... I've been thinking, about that guy Thrax... I wanna know what type of virus is he and I wanna know what he's really doing here!" said Ozzy, Roxy raised an eyebrow.
"And your plan would be?" she asked.
"Well first thing's first, we need to go ask around - see if anyone can give us any information on this Thrax," said Ozzy. Roxy sighed.
"Ozzy, look, he told Leah that he wasn't gonna lay a finger on Frank, so why are you so suspicious?" said Roxy irritably.
"I just need to make sure, ok! You can never be too careful! What if that bastard's planning something right behind our backs!?" said Ozzy hotly.
"I guess you've got a point there - we hardly know anything about this guy - all Leah's told me about him was that he carries around this chain filled with the DNA from his past victims," said Roxy.
"And how exactly does this affect the person?" said Ozzy eagerly.
"It rises their temperature from 98.6 degrees to 108 degrees," Roxy explained.
"Right. So, shall we start looking?" said Ozzy, picking up his car keys.
"Sure." said Roxy.
"Absolutely," said Drix, they both followed Ozzy towards the car. Roxy looked at Ozzy hopefully.
"No." said Ozzy casually.
"Fine, fine, I won't drive," said Roxy, giving up, she climbed into the back seat and he drove the car off towards the south.
