Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the Tribe
Chapter X:
When Jack and Dal arrived at "their building" they couldn't believe what they were seeing. The building was destroyed.
"Oh no, what are we going to do now?" Jack asked.
"We have to come back to the mall. I hope the antidote wasn't there" said Dal and they started their way back to the mall.
In the meantime Lex, Tai-San and Ebony got to "their building". The first in entering the building was Lex then Tai-San and at last Ebony.
"We should split that way we'll cover more ground. Ebony you go to the second floor, Tai-San you go downstairs and I'll look in this floor" the two girls nodded and they went where Lex had told them to go.
Bray too arrived at "his building," he hadn't seen anyone so far. He got inside the building and he didn't see anyone either. The only sound he heard was his footsteps. But he wasn't alone, someone was watching him from the shadows. Bray went upstairs and saw a sofa bed where not long ago someone had been sleeping in. As he approached it he noticed there was someone behind him.
"Move and I'll kill you, I swear it." He turned and saw a girl with a crossbow in her hands pointing at him.
Meanwhile Amber got to Zandra's room.
"Hi! Can I come in?"
"Hi! Yes come on in, how are you?" Zandra asked smiling.
"I'm fine."
"Lex told me you can't walk"
"Yes and I can't but Bray got me these" she said lifting up the crutches. "I'm tired do you mind if I sit down here?" Amber asked pointing at a chair near Zan's bed.
"Sure" Amber sat down. "Tell me how are things between you and Bray"
"We are together again and we're very happy. He has been very worried about me"
"Yeah Lex has been very worried about me too."
"Oh this is for you" Amber gave Zan her breakfast. She had brought her a couple of granola bars.
"Thanks" Zan smiled. "You see, now Bray and Lex are getting on with each other better."
"That's great"
"Yeah, Bray has supported Lex a lot."
"I'm sure he wasn't the only one."
"No everybody has supported him but Bray was the only one who really understood what he was going through since he was going through the same. That meant a lot to Lex."
"That's fantastic"
"Yeah, and there is one more thing, I asked Bray to help me like he did with Trudy"
"He told me"
"But there is one more thing I wanted to ask you. I think Lex will agree with me, do you want to be the godmother of our son?"
"Yes, it will be an honour" Amber answered with a huge grin on her face.
"Do you think Bray will want to be his godfather?" Zan wondered.
"Sure he'll be delighted, but you'll have to ask him when he comes back".
"Thank you" said Zan and she smiled at her friend. "I'm worry about Lex."
"I'm worry about Bray too, but they two know how to look after themselves"
"Yeah I know, but Lex has gone with Ebony. I don't trust her"
"Yeah, Bray has gone alone. Tai-San is with Lex. That's why Bray sent her with Lex, he doesn't trust Ebony either."
"But Bray shouldn't have gone alone, it's too dangerous"
"I know but he insisted, he can be so stubborn sometimes. Hope he comes back in one piece."
"Don't worry, he will".
It was at about two o'clock and Dal and Jack had almost got back to the mall. They hadn't seen anyone in all their way back. 'What a waste of time. After walking all the way to the building it was destroyed. Well at least we haven't seen any Locos or someone worse'' Jack thought. They were now at the sewer entrance, Dal removed the grille and getting in. They saw Ryan not far from the entrance with a bat, he greeted them and the three boys entered the mall. They went upstairs and Dal and Jack sat down at the cafe while Ryan went to look for the rest of the Mall Rats. A few minutes later everybody had gathered in the cafe, all but Zandra.
"Hi everybody" greeted the two boys who were exhausted.
"Hi, what have you found?" Amber asked from behind Ryan.
"Amber! What are you doing out of bed?" Dal asked her very surprised to see her there.
"I was bored and wanted to talk with Zandra."
"But you're still weak"
"I'm better Dal. I promise I don't feel weak"
"If you say so"
"Ok now tell us what you have found there" Amber said smiling at her friend.
"The truth is that the building was destroyed, so we couldn't find anything" Jack replied.
"What??" Salene asked bewildered.
"It's true, that building is now loads of ruins" said Dal. No one could believe what they were hearing. "Don't worry we don't know if the antidote was there so all we can do is wait until the others come back"
"Dal is right we don't know if what we are looking for was there. All we can do is hope that either Bray or Lex finds it." Amber reasoned.
"But what happens if they don't find it and it was in the building that Dal and Jack have gone to?" Trudy asked.
"We must be optimistic" Amber said.
"Amber's right we have survived one time to the virus and we will do it again" Salene added, Amber smiled at her and then they all nodded except Trudy.
"Lex, Ebony!" Tai-San called them. Lex and Ebony run where she was.
"What's wrong?" Lex asked.
"I've found it!" the Asian girl exclaimed smiling and pointing to a big tank of some strange yellow liquid.
"Great!" Lex said, "ok we'll fill those drums and take them back to the mall." Ebony and Tai-San nodded and they started filling the drums. They managed to filled five drums.
"Lex I think we should look for the formula" Ebony suggested.
"Yeah, you're right" Lex agreed.
They started looking for the formula but they couldn't find it. Tai-San looked in one of the laboratory and there it was: the formula. Although she didn't show it to Lex or Ebony, she put it in her bag. While Tai-San was in the other laboratory Ebony was with Lex in the building's hall.
"Lex"
"What?"
"I want to propose you something"
"What is it?" Lex asked out of curiosity.
"Why don't we keep the antidote for us, I mean we can take it and sell it to everyone who needs it"
"Are you crazy Ebony? I will never let you do that"
"I am proposing to share the profits with you"
"I'm sorry Ebony but I'll never betray the Mall Rats or Bray for that matter"
"Oh, and can you tell me Lex since when is Bray your friend?"
"The Mall Rats are my family and my friendship with Bray is none of your business."
"Hey! What happen?" Tai-San asked.
"Nothing, have you found it?" said Lex.
"Nope" lied Tai-San.
"Well we should get back to before dark." Lex took two drums of the drums, Tai-San and Ebony took one each other and the other drum was carried between the two girls.