"So, this is the sister that I have heard so much about." Ram commented as he moved his chair so that he was in front of the three Mallrats, "We also get the Pretty Boy and the Sheriff. You three have quite the reputation and it will help greatly in our plan for the city." He added with a smirk as he gave the group a once over.

"Someone's getting ahead of themselves. You don't even know that we're going to agree." Lex frowned as he crossed his arms, already not liking the man.

"Of course you're going to agree. The Mallrats always do what is right and want to build a better tomorrow." Ram countered, "You haven't been able to do it on your own. Every chance you ever get close to rebuilding the city, it all gets knocked right down."

"We came here to talk about the specifics of this agreement. " Amber stepped in just as Lex opened his mouth to reply, "Also to find one of our own that is missing."

"Your tribe member has been located as is already on her way back to the Mall. She was very informative during her stay here." Ram answered as he turned his attention to Amber, "Let's have this discussion as civilized people." He added as he reversed his chair and moved towards the back of the room and a door that lead to an old conference room.

"Lex, do us all a favor and think before you speak." Bray warned as he spared a glance at the door, to make sure they were free of any Technos, before he moved his gaze back at Lex, "I know that might be difficult for you but we need to tread carefully,"

"Carefully? I bet you May has already spilt all our secrets already and this is just a set up. A way to see how much we are willing to tell or go along with." Lex countered.

"May wasn't even around when we had our discussion." Amber reminded, "I don't think we should be getting paranoid know. Let's hear them out and then worry about what May might have said."

"What she might have said? She betrayed us to the Chosen. She sold Patsy out to save herself and probably did the same thing to Chloe and got Ryan so worked up about not seeing his baby that he attacked the Guardian. Let's not forget that she caused Dal's death."

"You don't need to give me a list of what she did. I found the body, remember?" Amber snapped as she brought her hand to her stomach in a comforting manner, "We don't know what May told them. We can't worry about the unknown right now." She added once she had a moment to recollect herself.

"Once we get back to the Mall, we will find out what she said." Bray added just as the door to the conference room opened.

"I know some of you might be slow, but that was an invitation to follow us." Ved sneered as he nodded toward the door.

"I can't wait to get my hands on him." Lex grumbled under his breath as he led the way into the room with Amber and then Bray following.

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The conference room had a long table with chairs surrounding it and at the back wall was a smaller table lined with all sorts of food that the Mallrats had not seen since before the virus. There were platters of fruit, meat and bread, "Help yourselves." Ram nodded from the head of the table. Lex hesitated for a moment before he grabbed a plate and started to pile food on top of his plate, "It seems that the Sheriff just needs some food to make him come to the dark side. I wonder what it will take for the rest of you?"

"I was told to be on my best behavior and if my mouth is full, I can keep that promise." Lex managed to get out through bite of meat.

Amber and Bray spared Lex a glance as the two of them took a seat at the table across from Ram and Jay. Ved made sure the door was shut before he moved over to lean against the wall behind where Jay was sitting, "What is it that you expect from the Mallrats?" Amber asked, she wanted to get this meeting with over.

"I want the Mallrats to aid me in the takeover of the city." Ram admitted, "What better people to help me then you three. Everyone in the City looks up to the Mallrats as heroes and if they support the Technos, then the city will fall in line."

"Why go through all the trouble to try and convince us? I am sure that you are more than capable of getting the tribes to fall in line."

"I could control this city through fear and marshal law. But, if I do that I am going to cause more problems for myself down the road. History has proven that people grow to resent a dictatorship and I don't want to cause resentment."

"You want to use us puppets." Bray summed up.

"No, I want us to have a partnership. A relationship that will benefit both of us." Ram disagreed.

"What is that we get out of this arrangement?"

"That dream you Mallrats have for city is finally going to come true, with my help and the technology that I have access to. Once the city is secure, then we can build hospitals and schools. Or whatever it is you think will satisfy the people."

"You have the resources to open hospitals?" Amber questioned her interested was peaked.

"Of course, you have just seen the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to what the Technos have access to." Ram grinned.

"What would our positions be?" Bray asked as he glanced at Amber and then back at the leader of the Technos.

"Ebony would remain the city leader, but her power would be sufficiently less then what it was. I don't want her to get any ideas. Your Sherriff can keep the peace with his deputies and a few of my Technos will also be peace keepers." Ram listed, "As for the two of you, I was hoping that you would be part of a counsel of sorts with Jay and my wives. You would influence the actions that are taken in the city and handle a majority of the day to day aspects with the rest of your tribe."

"To bad there's no longer TV, you could pose for school opening and kiss babies." Lex laughed as he looked at Bray.

"All this and all we have to do is preach how the Technos are our saviors." Amber summed up.

"You don't have to preach anything. The Mallrats just being seen around the hotel and with my tribe is good enough. If things start to get out of hand, then Amber, you can make one of your famous speeches."

"I'm in." Lex shrugged.

"Our tribe is willing to help the Technos maintain peace in our city." Amber spoke as she stood from the table.

"When is all this going to start?" Bray asked, he was still having second thoughts about agreeing to this deal. He couldn't help but think that he was going against everything the Mallrats have fought against.

"Once we locate Ebony, we can have a meeting to discuss what we are going to tell the city." Ram announced happy that things were going according to plan.

"You lost her already." Lex smirked, "Good luck with that." He added as he grabbed his plate and walked out the door.

"I think she didn't appreciate her home being taken over." Amber spoke as she and Bray followed Lex out the door.

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"You sure letting Lex fill the others in is a good idea?" Amber asked as she slipped her jacket off and sat on the bed.

"I wanted to make sure you're okay." Bray answered as he sat down next to Amber, "I will what actually happened at dinner. Plus I am sure that he is going to be busy interrogating May for the time being."

"I am fine." Amber assured as she forced a small smile, but didn't let her eyes meet Bray's worried gaze.

"I know that this is more than just seeing your brothers again." Bray disagreed, "Are you upset with supporting the Technos?"

"No." Amber shook her head as her eyes started to tear, "The idea of hospitals or at least someone that has more medical knowledge then us is comforting,"

"Okay, so this is about the baby." Bray declared as he shifted so that he was now on the floor kneeling in front of Amber and placed his hand on her knees, "Why didn't you tell me that you were worried?"

"I'm not worried; I'm terrified that something is going to go wrong." Amber admitted as she looked him in the eye.

"Nothing is going to happen to you or our baby. You forget that I've done this before and both Brady and Trudy are safe and sound." Bray tried to reassure her.

"Trudy almost died and that was without everything else, Bray. Stress isn't good for any pregnancy, since I found out I was pregnant, I've been kidnapped, having nightmares, facing a new threat and being reunited with my brothers."

"All this just proves how strong our baby is." Bray promised as he brought his hands to her stomach, "This agreement with the Technos will ease that stress and I am going to do everything in my power to ease your fears."

"I am so afraid." Amber repeated as she tried to wipe the tears that were falling, "The pains I've been having."

"Love, you have to stop keeping things from me. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong." Bray shook his head as he gather the blonde into his arms and onto the ground with her on his lap, "We are a team."

"I didn't want to admit it out loud that something could be wrong." Amber admitted as she buried her head in his neck.

"I remember a conversation we had a long time ago about how lonely it can be being a leader and how I told you that you didn't have to do things on your own." Bray sighed as he placed a kiss on the top on her head.

"I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize; I just want you to share your worries with me."

"I will." Amber promised, "I am going to blame this on the hormones." She added as she wiped the tears from her face.