Yo! So, I've been workin' hard this here past week. Or was it hardly workin'? Figure it's high time I updated this here story. After all everyone is a quiverin' with anticipation, as always.
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Out of the corner of my eye I saw a movement and a split second later a rope was flung from behind a nearby tree
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a movement and a split second later a rope was flung from behind a nearby tree. Almost at the same time from behind the corner of a building there came two more such cords and not a one missed their target: Raimundo.
The first one got him around the right ankle and kept him from coming any closer to the two of us. The second and third both went over his shoulders and dug into his arms, stopping him from calling upon the wind to help him. Now I understood why the last Jackbot standing had not run for its life; they had reinforcements.
The three pulling the strings came out from the shadows and started reeling in their catch. These Ninjabots had something more elegant about them than the others. Somehow they appeared more streamlined and looked like they were made of a finer material and with greater care to detail than their fallen comrades. There heads possessed no faces and were in the shape of old fashioned Asian hats that looked very similar to tipi.
All three had bodies that were all but covered in black cloaks and underneath they wore green pants. One of the ninja turned it's back to me and I saw ironed on to the back of its cloak, a larger than life picture of Jack Spicer's face. That's what really ruined the affect for me.
I thought to myself that struggling would probably make Rai's chance of surviving considerably smaller so I stayed quiet and watched as the three sneaky ones proceeded to further entangle the warrior in ropes. These machines knew there jobs very well, as soon as they had carried out their first order they were ready for the next. Dragging the prisoner along they came to stand in front of their master in a perfect line and forced the boy to sit facing Jack in a respectful manner.
Raimundo regarded Jack in a way that greatly resembled his face when I had first given him Wuya's ransom note. Not an ounce of friendliness could be found in either boys gaze.
"Hey Spicer you know what your metal toys remind me off? You. Because they can't think for themselves and they don't do the greatest job of taking orders either; in case you haven't noticed I'm still alive." He shouldn't be making fun of Jack! It will only make him mad and that wouldn't help Rai at all. I had to think of something fast, otherwise Jack would have him killed and I could not allow that!
"Ha ha funny boy, in case you haven't noticed I have you right where I want you and-as a bonus- I've got your girl too!"
Though I found his statement offensive I also found it helpful. He wanted me more- I am sure- than he wanted to see Raimundo dead.
If that was the price he was asking then I guess that's what I was gonna have to give. It would after all be better than the alternative.
I tried my hardest to put all fear to the back of my mind and make sure my voice wouldn't betray me. I had to try.
"Hey Jack?" Alright, that didn't sound so bad, keep it up! "I was gonna wait and see how long it'd take you to figure out; but since your too dense, I'm gonna have to tell ya." Good that should get his attention nicely.
"Tell me what, sweet cheeks?"
I suppressed the urge to loose my breakfast and continued to lead him on.
"The only reason I've been hanging around with that loser" I indicated Raimundo with a flick of my head." was to get to the Shen Gong Wu."
"Ha ha ha! If that really was just a con then you are the best actress I have ever seen. Let's see… if it's true, that you're here for evil purposes, then you wouldn't mind if I ordered my robots to kill him. Would you?"
"NO DON'T !!" Ooopsy I might have just blown it, better think of something fast!
"I-I don't want you to kill him or anybody else!" I looked him square in the face and channeled my emotions toward sadness to bring a glisten to my eyes. Hoping he would mistake it for passion.
"The thing is… I could never love, a murderer. I couldn't care for someone who would throw away a human life like it was a piece of garbage. I LOVE YOU SPICER!!" I heard Raimundo intake sharply as I confessed the love that I did not feel. Jack's face was bathed in shock, my charade was working and though it felt as if I were forcing myself to commit seppuku I had to go on.
"Please, please don't make me hate you." My eyes were now definitely wet and I thought that perhaps I'd incorporated a little too much 'passion' even for Mr. Makeup. But hey, evil is usually eccentric so all the better I suppose.
"You must understand how I feel, how my body and soul ache to be near you, how I find myself longing to run my fingers through your bright red hair. I just hope that you can except my love as you would a gift and only give an equal amount in return."
Jack searched my eyes for a couple seconds before saying," Babe, if love is what you want then I'll give you so much your not gonna know where to put it all"
On the inside his words made me shudder, but on the outside my face broke into a teary eyed smile filled with relief. The only reason I was able to smile so convincingly was because I knew that Rai would be OK. Jack wouldn't lay a hand on him now.
The evil boy was eager to have me again in his arms (it was written all over his face) so he gave his Jackbot a new order.
"Hello, are you home? You heard what she said! Let her go, untie her right now!" He watched for just long enough to make sure the bot was doing it's job satisfactorily and turned his attention to his prisoner.
While I'd been paying attention to assuring Rai's safety I had not been paying much to my own. At lease not enough to have noticed that my hands had fallen asleep. The stupid Jackbot had tied his wires too tightly and cut off circulation to that region quite nicely. The feeling though, came back soon enough and I was free to think about the situation that we were faced with.
The Ninjabots presence meant that there was no possible way for me to over power Jack without putting Raimundo's life back into jeopardy. The only one here who possessed adequate skill to take down those bots was currently unable to pour himself a cup of tea, so unless he had a Houdini in reserve the only way out of this was to keep playing the love card.
"Man, you are sooo lucky. My girl just saved your life. She may just have saved dozens of people right then. Seriously! Because now, if I feel like someone deserves killing I'll think about my shnuckums here and will somehow find it in my heart to spare them."
"You'd do that, for me? I'm the luckiest girl in the world." I said this mostly to get Jack's attention off of Rai because I knew that for him it was hard not to give the order. I could see in his eyes that he had been working towards this goal for a long time and with much anticipation tied into it. To not say the words must have been hard but, to resist me-I could see- has harder.
"Honey, when you run with the Spice Man you are the luckiest girl in the universe. Don't ever forget it."
He stepped towards me and I mentally squared my shoulders. For this to work I would truly have to be the best actor he'd ever seen. I would have to trick him into believing that I loved him, while tricking myself into thinking I even liked him was impossible.
I held my breath and took the plunge. I stepped right up to Jack and pulled him-rather forcefully- into a tight embrace. He hugged me back.
I closed my eyes tightly and felt two large tears run down my face and disappear into his black coat. I tried to ignore his unpleasant odor and moved my right hand slowly to his hair. Once there I grabbed on-perhaps a little harder than was necessary- and proceeded to pull on it in a kind of kneading motion. I thought maybe he'd like that and was relieved-as well as disgusted- when he said," You are one awesome girl. How did you know I had an itch there?"
I removed my hand quickly and moving my mouth closer to his ear whispered," I love you Spicer."
He must have thought that I wanted to kiss him because he rotated his head so he was looking straight into my face and whispered back," I love you too, Babe."
Slowly he came closer until his lips were no more than two inches from mine. I felt another tear run down my face, trying to escape Jacks rancid breath.
As it dropped from my chin Raimundo said quite loudly to the both of us," Get a room! You guys are gonna make even the robots sick if you keep this up!"
I could tell Rai had ruined the moment for Jack because the latter stopped his advancement and whispered," Sorry toots, but I've got business to attend to. Later OK?"
He released me from his arms and I tried my hardest to put a disappointed look on my face. Jack then motioned to the wall he had been attempting to drill through and said," In case this loser hasn't told you yet, this is were they keep their Wu. Now back up a bit, I wouldn't want my Honey Bun to get dirty." He waved one of his hands a little, to let me know he'd meant what he said and then remembered something.
"Oh yeah! Hmm, what to do with Raimundo. Can't- I mean, I've got no reason to kill him so… Ninjabots! Go tie him to that tree! At least then he'll be out of my way."
These bots-I then saw- were also very quick to carry out an order. They spent no time dawdling but got straight to work forcing the one to be tied to his feet and over to the indicated tree. I looked at Rai as he was being led away and was happy that I had finally been able to help him. That's about the time when I started wondering what was going to happen next, before then the future hadn't crossed my mind once. At least not past assuring Raimundo's safety but now the future was all I could think about. I new now that Jack was the very possessive type and would almost certainly not let me leave if I suddenly decided I no longer loved him. Plus he was also capable of being as violent as he felt like being and that was the side of his personality that scared me the most.
I watched as the Ninjabots brought out more rope and forced a squirming Raimundo up against a tree and continue to follow through with the dark prince's latest order.
Rai looked in my direction as the rope was layered on thick and his eyes told me that he wished that Jack hadn't chosen today to come, as badly as I did.
"Hey babe, a-are you OK? You're lookin' a little pale there."
The ground had begun to move in a way I found displeasing and I put a hand to my head to try and settle the pounding that had started.
I felt a familiar sensation in my legs, it was as if they had no wish to continue doing their job and allowed me to fall to my knees in the dirt.
I glanced to where Jack was and saw him step quickly in my direction, looking as if he
was worried that I might damage my "extremely attractive" body or something idiotically superficial like that.
He must have asked me something because I remember hearing his voice, but I was already too close to unconsciousness to hear whatever it was he had to say.
For some reason my eyes were drawn to the tree where the bots were standing, waiting to be told what to do next and the boy who was in the middle of them, struggling against his bonds. I could see that he was also saying something, something that I could not hear.
I saw his face light with sudden shock as one of the Ninjabots surrounding him caught fire and promptly exploded. The one to the left of him was closer and when it did the same thing he let out a yell. I hoped-faintly- that it was not one of pain.
The last robot under the tree exploded and this time I saw what had caused this shocking bit of luck.
The same shadow that I had come across in the woods was here now, throwing not acorns but other more useful items.
I heard from just out of my line of vision come the sound of a large slab of meat hitting the ground and somehow through the fog that had gathered in my mind, I was able to look to the side and see that Jack Spicer now lay spread eagle on the ground. His makeup sullied by the dirt. A very welcome sight indeed.
Before I had time to wonder what had brought about this welcome event I was knocked sideways by a powerful blast that sent a great wave of heat over the immediate area. The ground unfortunately was harder than I had expected and I knew my head would be sore in the morning.
I felt smoke burn my eyes and thought to myself that it stung like the fumes from an onion. Distantly I felt a pair of strong hands turn me onto my back. My world was reeling and I couldn't tell whether this entity was friend or foe.
I heard my name being called not from the creeping darkness, but from right above me. The voice was distraught. Had something bad happened? I channeled all of my remaining awareness towards the hurried voice and was able to see a pair of worried forest green eyes.
The sky was so pretty.
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