Chapter 21: Intruder Alert
Dinner was going surprisingly well. Alyosha wasnt there, so there were no conflicts to be started until...
"So you were sayin my name huh?" JayLa said smiling.
"Excuse me?" i said dropping my fork
"Yeah, isn't that what girlie was saying, that you were saying my name?"
"Her name is Alyosha, not girlie." I corrected her
"So i guess JayLa is easier to say than Alyosha." she sniffed.
"Umm..Moving On."
"No Zero tell me."
"Why is it that you want to know so bad" I said putting down my fork.
"Just for satisfaction."She said emotionlessly.
"Wrong answer." I said cutting another chunk of meat.
Dinner pretty much went silently after that. I guess she got fed up with me denying her the pleasure of admitting that i did say her name. I mean..well i know i did a couple time, just slipping up because i so happen to be thinking about her. Big deal, everyone does it right? Guess not..
After everyone had finished eating, and my hangover started to set in, I cleared the table and was starting to clean up everything. Normally this was Alyosha's job, but hey, she wasn't here, So it was up to me.
"I'm going to go take Zehra up to bed, then I'll be down to help you ok?" she said walking up the stairs,
"Got ya." I said putting the dishes in the sink.
I grabbed the dishrag and wiped off the table, even though there wasn't that much to wipe down at all. Just instinct i guess. I put some dish liquid in the dishwasher, and the loaded the damn thing . It was one of the new digital one which were a little difficult to work with. I shut it and pressed the start button and it hummed to life. Well the kitchen was done, one thing off the list. I sat in the chair and tried to relax. I was still kinda reeling from the events of the day. I heard JayLa coming down the steps. I'm guessing she and the mutt were sleep. That's good. At least the house will be a lot more peaceful with no one to start any trouble. So she would sleep good, i'm guessing. JayLa walked in the kitchen and took a seat beside me.
"So lets talk." she said.
"About what?" I asked.
"Anything."
"anything like what JayLa?"
"Why do i feel like you still have some hostility towards me?"
"Umm…because your feelings are right?"
"But why?..I mean i know why, but…well you know what i mean."
"Why? Ever since I've known you, you've just been in and out of my life."
"Yeah, well…yeah. I guess that would give me a reason to be hostile."
"yep."
"How can I make it up to you?"
"What do you mean make it up to me?" i said leaning forward. "You think you can just make everything better, make things go back to the way they were? JayLa, unless you can give me back the years of my life that you fucked up for me theres not a way in hell you can fix that"
She got kinda silent after that. Either the words finally got to her brain, or she was just confused. Either way, i didn't too much care. I said my piece.
"So, where can I sleep tonight?" she said breaking the silence.
"There's a bedroom that's right beside Zehra's room that you can make camp in." i said getting up
"where you going?" she asked
"To start the work on that Gundam. It's not going to fix itself." i said walking to the door.
"Oh well, may I join you?" she said twiddling her thumbs.
"What do you want JayLa." i asked
"I just want to comfort you, i know you. you're upset about earlier."
"Yes i am, and stop reading me." i said back
"Well let me apologize." she said walking towards me.
"What type of apology are we talking about here." i said taking a step back.
"A normal one, but if you want that type we can do that too." she said.
"No I'm ok. I don't think i need to be getting involved with you again."
"Why's that?" she said looking offended.
"Because it always leads to trouble. ALWAYS." i said capitalizing on that.
"When has it always…well…hmm you do have a point there." She said looking down.
"Yeah… I do." I said walking towards the door.
"Well I'm coming anyway, and theres nothing you can do about it." She said following me out the door.
I almost wanted to snap out on her, but I just didn't have the energy anymore. I walked towards the freight elevator with her in tow. When I stopped suddenly. The elevator was up.
"What's wrong?" she said running into the back of me.
"The elevator is up." i said grabbing one of my guns
"Umm, is that a bad thing?" She said rocking on her heels.
"Yeah it is, because when Alyosha left, the elevator would have been on the bottom." i said looking around.
Someone was here, but in the unlighted backyard, i couldn't tell where they were.
"Bushes, 5 feet to the right." She said reaching for her gun.
She didn't get that chance, It was almost like the bush exploded. A Flashbang. I stumbled back a couple steps, dazed and blind. Something took me off of my feet and the gun out my hand. I rolled to the right and missed getting my head stomped in. As I regained my senses i saw a black blur, that's why i couldn't see them. I ran towards the house again and hit the spot lights The yard lit up like a friday night football game. There were two of the black-clad people trying to hold down JayLa and one coming after me. Why in the hell were we getting attacked by ninjas? Were they ninjas? My eyes darted to the left and i saw my magsec. I blocked a fierce kick and dove to where the gun was. I got my hands on it, and it spelled nothin but doom for the guy attacking me. I let off 4 rounds and not one of them hit the guy. Its almost like he dodged them. I aimed for him again and again, but he kept dodging the bullets. I looked over and saw that one of the guys had JayLa in a choke hold. she was crawling towards her pistol, but the guy was on top of her. I ducked another kick sent by my aggressor and lowered my shoulder. His leg went over my shoulder and it sent him off balance. I aimed and fired. His body jerked and fell limp from the 45 caliber round entering and exiting his chest. I turned and pulled out my other gun firing on the ninjas attacking JayLa. They jumped up and came after me. That gave JayLa a perfect opportunity to catch them both in the back. They fell 1 foot away from me, face down. They were alive but they were hurt. I walked over to where JayLa was kneeling.
"Hey are you ok?" I said kneeling beside her.
"Yeah, bastard choked me pretty good." she said rubbing her throat.
"What the fuck is that about." i said looking over at the guys.
"I don't know. Were they there from me or you?" She said standing up.
I walked over to the injured attackers, and picked up his head.
"Are you going to make this easy?" I said looking into his eyes.
"hehehehe not at all." he coughed.
"Hmm, figures." I said letting him fall back to the ground. Then it clicked to me.
"JayLa go check on Zehra."
"Already on it." she said rushing into the house.
"You....you're doomed." one of the guys pointed at me.
"Oh yeah? how you figure?" i said raising an eyebrow.
"We were just after the girl, but you...now you are part of it."
"Apart of what?" i questioned.
"The Uprising...The Son of Brandywine...He's back for her, and everyone else." he sputtered .
"Brandywine? He's dead."
"heheh you fool. He was never dead." the guy said before he passed out.
Brandywine wasn't dead? JayLa like shot him dead on the spot, how is he not dead? I stood up and check around the yard again and made sure there were no other hidden surprises. JayLa came back down the steps, out of breath.
"Zehra and the dog are ok," she said panting.
"Why in the hell are you out of breath? It was not that far a walk?" i said looking her up and down.
"Yeah but your stairs man. Whoo..."She said doubled over.
"Brandywine..how'd you kill him?" i said kneeling in front of her.
"wha...What?" She said catching her breath
"One of those guys said the son of Brandywine is after you and that i'm involved." i said looking at her.
"I Hit him from 1000 yards away, while he was just a drivin down the highway. He wrecked and his car exploded, theres no way he lived." she explained.
"well i guess he did from what these guys are talking about." i said standing up.
"Shit, you cannot be serious." She said falling back on the grass. "That presents problems."
"Yeah I was going to say the same thing." I said standing up.