Hey guys! Ok, so I've had a few more reviews from some of you guys! Hopefully Can't Spell and Lazy Girl see that I've updated since their reviews, and a shout out to the Devils rivale and J2m0ftw for being the first two people to follow this story, and especially to Devils rivale for being the first favoriting this story, I hope you take pride knowing you were my first… favorite that is. Seriously, thanks for being (hopefully) the first of many people to really like one of my stories.
"Zeke!"
"Huh, wh-…" Zeke didn't get to finish as he saw the glimmer, then the ensuing bullet tore through him.
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"Sorry Zeke, I can't make it. Kuo says I have to, OW! Ok, ok, we are going out tonight."
"Sorry to bother ya, brother."
"Wow, uh, thanks for taking it so well bro. Next time, I promise."
"No problem Cole. We can't all help it if you're whipped! Hahahahaha, I'm making your ringtone a ppwwwtch now. (whip sound, I know, XD )
"Tsk ,whatever man. At least I got a girl." Cole replied, hoping Zeke would walk into his trap.
"Whatever man, at least the last chick I was with sure as hell didn't have me on a leash. At least, not without having established a safe word…"
"Ah, Zeke, what the hell dude?! I don't want to hear that! I got to go. Ya sick bastard…"
"Hehe." Zeke was actually rather disappointed. He just came off another boring shift and was hoping for a little fiesta with Cole and a couple of cold one's. Well, shit. What now? Zeke asked himself. Ya, this gig was about as close to being a super spy as Zeke was going to get, but most people failed to see how his job didn't only consist of vital information extraction and shootouts. There were grueling hours of mind-numbing boringness in between that really cramped the life style. Maybe, naw, she's too busy to bother with you. Zeke mentally argued with himself. Might as well catch a few Z's then. You need your beauty rest, international super spy.
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"Crap, Crap, Crap!" While Nix would never admit it, she was scared. Bertrand was having the militia send a battalion of men to the swamps! While the people of the swamps had to struggle with the normal troubles of life in the bayou, they had to deal with the Swamp Monsters overrunning them too. Throwing in Bertrand's men into the mix practically guaranteed that those who survived had wished they hadn't. Nix absolutely needed Cole right now. She almost teleported past the roof.
"Nix!"
Nix grunted as she pushed Zeke aside, hoping that Cole would be hidden behind Zeke. Panic was already rushing in.
"Nix, hold on girl. I don't know why I didn't think too radio you in! Care for a cold one with me?"
"Not now Zeke! Where the hell is Cole? I need him right now. Call him in on your radio!"
"Whoah, alright. Why don't you use yours thou- oh." Zeke said as he saw what remained of the clip on what was left of Nix's clothes. To be fair, they were practically non-existent in their best condition. That, coupled with the fact that Zeke respected any woman that could incinerate him in an instant, was why he hadn't noticed the poor conditions of what any sane person would call rags. Where most men would've faltered, Zeke shined.
"Hey Nix, I'm glad you're so comfortable around me, but maybe you should look for some extra threads. I might have something for you in that locker over there." Head level and straight, as what Nix hoped his eyes were as well, for his sake. Damn those shades! Now I can't even pretend that he snuck a peek and mess the foo' up
"Ahhh, whatever. You call him now though!" She said, teleporting off with a bundle of clothes in tow.
"You're welcome, no problem, really." He mumbled as he tried to radio in on Cole unsuccessfully for the next few minutes.
"Yo, you get him yet." Nix said as she teleported herself to have her hand on Zeke' shoulder.
"No, but I kinda expected that. They're out on a date now, ya know?" When she didn't respond, Zeke turned around to face her, realizing how she might not have known that they were a thing now. He decided he still had time to gauge any reaction on her face. He saw doubt.
"You mean they're making the bedrock?!"
"Wow, never imagined such sultry language from a proper lady such as yourself, but no. Yeah, they're together now, but I doubt they'd go that far. Little funfact about Cole, it took him two years to convince Trish to go on a date with him."
"Wow. That's amazing. Not that stupid bullshit you said, but the they part. Cole gave the ice bitch the cold shoulder, seeing as the Ice Princess shot him down. AAhhh, none of this matters though. Zeke, we gotta go!"
"I'm in."
"The militia are going to, wait? What? Just like that?"
"Yeah, it sounds like this is important to you. I'm in, no matter what it is."
"Alright, I'll find us a car, you hurry up and get geared up for a fight." With that Nix zipped off, presumably to help some unknowing Saint help them accomplish their noble mission.
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" So that's why we gotta go stop the militia."
"Wow, Nix. I never knew you cared so much. Seriously, this seems awfully kind of you? Any reason in particular you're so eager to help?" Zeke knew he was in this no matter what, but had to admit he was more than a tad bit curious as to who Nix was. He figured this could get a little of her past out in the open.
"I lived here in New Marais my whole life. My Momma always told me how hard those people lived. The worst of poverty, where money wasn't even the usually kind of payment. I figure that these people have enough on their plates."
Hell if that wasn't one hell of an evasion, but Zeke wasn't about to push the subject.
"Zeke, pull up here. This is as close as I want to be in the car. We trek it on foot from here."
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Never done a note down here, anyways, just to clarify some things, yes, Nix still lived in the Bayou, but she isn't about to tell anyone that, not yet at least. When Kuo rubbed Cole's head, we're talking about his scalp, you dirty apes! And yes, I am officially going to be working on making Zeke and Nix a couple, though the transition will be hard work , seeing as their personalities kind of clash. I will be staying true to their in-game personalities, or as close as possible. We'll still be seeing Cole and Kuo often, and where being in a relationship changes and doesn't change things. ~That Anonymous Prick