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After the whole sand storm fiasco yesterday, I was overjoyed just to lay down on the soft bed and sleep, while Lizard lightly breathed in his sleep next to me. As evil and cruel that I once thought his desert was, as I once thought how evil they were, how he was..I knew I was somewhat right and somewhat wrong. I knew he was a monster, but not because of his appearance. He was violent, I knew that. I've seen him explode in rage and anger, whether it was at me, or Ruby or an outsider, or one of the other mutants that tried to hurt us. I knew he had some control though. Back when Papa Jupe, Goggle and Lizard burst into the room when Hades was trying to rape me, Lizard had a gun in his hand. But as soon as he saw me, he let his rage go for the time being, handed off his gun and raced towards me. I knew he had a heart. Then again, I knew he had rage. He also murdered people, ate them, and..sometimes raped them. Yuck, I bet he has some creepy std. I cringed, and snuggled further into his side as I tried to feign sleep.
"Pst..Oph'lia..Elia..psssstt!" I looked up from Lizard's side with drowzy eyes towards the door. Goggle stood hunched at the door, sweat coming down his face, and his shirt was stained with sweat. He shook his hands over his mouth, telling me to be quiet. Whatever was wrong, he didn't want to tell Lizard, and I creeped off the bed as silently as I could. Lizard stirred, making Goggle and I freeze up, but he only groaned, feeling around where I once was before I stuffed the pillow I was once using against him. I smiled softly as I saw him sigh as he pulled and snuggled the pillow into his chest, and I could feel my heart beat quicker in my chest.
I crept out the door, on Goggle's heels and we scampered down the stairs and out of the house. Papa, Pluto and Cyst were talking in silent whispers, and their eyes shot to Goggle and I as we silently exited the house.
"What's wrong?" I asked as we came closer, keeping my voice down. Papa Jupe didn't say anything, but tossed me a walkie talkie, just like the kinds like Lizard and Goggle had. I looked up confused as Goggle slipped me a gun, and I had no clue what kind it was. It was thick, and black and was extremely deadly looking. I clicked the safety on and slipped in into the left side of my shorts, just like Lizard does with his pistol, and looked up at the elder man.
"Tha' right ther'sa glock 23 40SW. Powa'ful gun..be carful with 't. Rub-y and Greg are missin'. Lizard would loose 't ifn' we told 'im. So we're gonna look our'selves." Papa Jupe said, talking directly to me and then speaking to the whole group. It was obvious that we were splitting up in groups to find the two lovers, and I was extremely happy that they trusted me not just with the ability to leave the village, and to have a walkie, but to have a gun! Woo! Shawty gotta guuuun..Ugh, I have that song in my head now.
"Goggle, search tha' hills. Plu, take a look through tha caves, Cyst and I are gonna look through tha mines. Elia, yah look in the plains. The' could jus' be runin' out there near tha' stream 'er sumthin'." Jupe said, shooing us all off before he and Cyst turned and began walking towards the mine. Goggle grabbed my arm before I turned to walk into the somewhat hilly and rocky desert.
"Tha' gun...be careful. Dangerous 's hell. Shoot'cher foot off. Speak inta tha' walkie..hold down this butten'.." Goggle said worriedly, before he rushed off towards the hills. Pluto nodded at me, swinging the axe he always carried with him over his shoulder and hobbled off. I went back to walking through the sandy desert. After about two hours of walking aimlessly through the desert, I turned around and came upon a small stream. I sat down on one of the dry, smooth rocks on the edge and sighed. I felt the sun begin to slowly cook my skin into a juicy red color. I ignored it, and looked out into the bright desert. I heard the walkie crackle and I felt my bones quake at the ferocity of the voice on the other side.
"HEY! WHERE THA' FUCK IS EV'RYONE? WHERES ELIAH'!" I heard Lizard shout into the walkie, and I actually whimpered. Lizard's voice was cold, and threatened death for whomever opposed him, and I held down the button shakily, and began trying to hold my words together.
"L-lizard.." I said, and I was shaking. I was so confused, I've heard Lizard scream before, hell he's even smacked me around, but never before has only his voice sent me into quakes of terror.
"Eliah..Wher'e ya...comin' ta getcha." His voice lowered considerably, and a soft, worried undertone coated it. I knew he'd be mad after he knew I was safe, after all he didn't know Papa Jupe allowed me to search for Ruby, and I heard a small voice in my mind.
See..he's acting sweet to get you back..then when you're back..he SNAPS! and lets all his anger out..it's a trap..its a trap..it's a trap..
The voice in my head, kept whispering over and over "It's a trap" that I barley heard Papa call back to Lizard.
"She fine! Lookin' fer Rub-y with us! Leav'er 'lone Lezar!" Papa Jupe hollered over the phone, and I could hear that he was about to say something, before the static, and Pluto's voice cut him off.
"Paa...paa..foun-nd...'em..." Pluto said, and I sighed, falling back and laying down on the warm rock as the water washed my bare feet. I really have to stop running out of the house without them on, the sand gets to burn at your feet eventually. I heard Lizard snarl on his side of the walkie, and I stood up and began jogging towards the caves where Pluto was sent to look for Ruby and Greg.
"Good Plu! Wha' cave?" Goggle asked panting, and I could see the black dot that was the running figure of Goggle, way off to my left. I kept running, but turned left a little, so I'd eventually be runing alongside Goggle. In about 10 minutes, and no reply from Pluto, I was right and was running next to Goggle, we said nothing as we were still racing towards the caves.
"Found who? Who lost?" Lizard asked, a little bit of bite in his voice. I huffed, lifting the black bot to my lips.
"Ru..by...an'...Greg.." I huffed, and I could see a bunch of caves in the large hills ahead of us, and I paled. There had to be hundreds of caves in those hills, and Pluto still hasn't told us which one, and they didn't seem like they were marked in anyway. I heard a snarl, and Lizard was back, barking on his side of the walkie.
"I TOL' YA PAPA! Greg NUTHIN' BU' TROUBLE! TOOK RUB-Y" He growled, and I could hear the wind whipping and I knew he was running towards the cave. I looked towards Goggle, and he had a grave look on his face, and I begged that Greg hasn't just used Ruby to keep himself alive here. But..I couldn't help but think that there was another reason that they were alone. I blushed, and I hoped that Goggle didn't see, and if he did, I hoped that he thought it was from the strain of running.
"Shut up Lizar'! Pluta! Whe'reya?" Papa Jupe asked, and Goggle pointed out another black dot crawling up along towards the caves. I guessed that was Papa Jupe crawling up the walls of the hill-caves. I sighed, knowing that we'd have to do some climbing.
"SHHH! 'hey...sleeeepingg..Whicka...Cave..." Pluto mumbled lowly into his side. Goggle and I came to the base of the caves, and Goggle followed each caves with his eyes, apparently looking for something. Soon, he snapped his arm up, pointing to a cave about 20 feet above us, and threw me into his back. We began practically flying up the rocky slopes, and with the wind whipping my hair around, I could still see the form of Cyst down below, and a little brown and grey dot racing closer towards the caves. I leaned down so Gog could hear me.
"Look! Lizard!" I pointed out the reptilian man as said man reached the bottom of the cliffs. He was still nothing but a little dot, and Goggle started going up the rocky slopes faster. I gasped, holding onto the watcher as I felt ourselves almost fall over the edges a few times.
"Gotta..get...there...fore...Leezar." Goggle wheezed as we bolted into a cave. Pluto was already there, hidden behind a rock, and jumped up when he saw us coming.
"Huuushh! sleeepingg.." He grumbled, leaning down against the wall of the cave. He pointed over the rock, and Goggle and I looked at each other worriedly. Did Pluto find their bodies, and just thought that they were sleeping? We crept up to the rock and peeked over, and Goggle had to hold back hyena giggles and I gasped, shocked out of my mind. In the cave, were Ruby and Greg, sleeping peacefully. But that wasn't it.
Uhm..they were..uhhm..naked.
..awkward.
Ruby and Greg's jackets were tossed over themselves, like a makeshift blanket, but you could still tell that they were naked, because of the majority of clothes littered around the cave. Suddenly, Goggle's eyes widened, and he began fumbling to get to his walkie.
"Lizar' can't see this! 'E'll lose it!" He whispered worriedly, and sent Pluto to guard the front of the cave. I nodded, rushing over to the two, and poked at Ruby's shoulder with my foot. She groaned, and turned her head to open her drowsy eyes at me, only to have them fly open in shock. She let out an ear splitting scream, which woke up Greg and no doubtingly let Lizard know where we were for sure. Goggle's cursing at the entrance of the cave alerted me that Lizard must be close.
"Hurry! Lizard's coming! Get dressed and hush! He might not notice!" I said, tossing Ruby her pale blue dress and tossing Greg his jeans as I scurried around, picking up socks and other articles of clothing. Just as Greg slipped his shirt on, Ruby was running her fingers through her hair, and I was picking up someone's sock, Lizard's shadow came into view. I looked up slowly, and his death glare at all of us were getting from Lizard..he knew.
Not that only, and because Greg forgot to put his boxers back on, and they were practically laying in front of him. His already somewhat sun burnt face, which was slowly becoming tanned skin, became a rage red, as he stomped forward. Greg wrapped his arms around Ruby, tugging her into his side, playing the knight in shining armour.
To bad the one that's supposed to be my knight is the dragon.
Well..Lizard technically..but isn't a lizard just a really small dragon? Whatever.
I stepped in front of the two, staring at Lizard unwaveringly. He wasn't going to hurt them over this, true they are very young, and a pregnant Ruby isn't exactly on our lists of good things to happen right now, but..they're in love. We can't stop them, there's no rules in the hills. I begged that Papa came soon, because apparently Goggle and Pluto have made themselves scarce..of course.
"Lizard..please calm down." I said, practically begging as he stomped closer to us. He grabbed my arm, throwing me behind him and onto the floor. I gasped, holding my pinkie and my ring finger on my left hand, seeing as when I fell, I landed on them wrong. I was just happy I didn't hurt anything else. I looked up as he rounded on Greg and Ruby and began screaming. I winced, his voice becoming louder, and echoing around the cave.
"WHA'S WRONG WIHCHA? BABIES! YOU'E STILL BABIES! CHIL'REN!" He hollered, punching the wall of the cave, causing some debris to tumble and Ruby to whimper. Greg stayed strong, and didn't take his eyes off the older man.
"Ruby and I are old enough to understand.." He started, but Lizard cut him off with a loud, jungle cat like snarl. Ruby cried, breaking away from Greg and running towards me, jumping into my arms. I winced, this was becoming to much like the Maury shows that Mama and I watch. I stood up, wincing at my scraped knee and sore fingers as I held Ruby, as he held onto my shoulders out of fear.
"Lizard..stop..you're not their father..stop acting like you're the boss of them!" I gasped out, causing Lizard to whirl away from Greg towards Ruby and I. She screamed, stuffing her face further into my shoulder, and Greg looked worried, but I held my ground. Lizard snarled again, his fists clenched as he sent his heated glare my way.
"Ya takin' there side, huh?" He growled out, his whole form stiff. I huffed, there was no sides.
"There's no sides in this. You're acting like the child, but trying to boss them around. You're not Papa Jupe, and when he gets here, he can say what he wants to his daughter." I said calmly, but I couldn't help but let that little drop of fear wiggle in my stomach. Lizard glared at me once more, before stepping closer, his nose flaring like those angry bulls in Spain. Another shadow crossed along he entrance of the cave, and I actually let out a sigh of relief.
"Lizar' leave 'em 'lone." Papa Jupe said, sending a mischievous smirk towards Greg and Ruby. He obviously didn't care about what they were doing, seeing as Greg was making Ruby happy. And Ruby happy meant keeping her out of the way of the recent kills. Which made hunting and getting their food easier without Ruby trying to warn and hide the people. That and probably more babies for the clan, I shuddered at the thought of a little pregnant Ruby. She was so thin and small, and I worried that if she ever did, she would die. Lizard huffed, stomping out of the mouth of the cave and started flying down the rocks.
I still held Ruby in my arms, and Greg silently followed us as Papa led us out of the caves and down the ledges. Ruby lent closer to my ear.
"Sorry...Lezar mad.." She whispered brokenly, her arms tightening around my shoulders. I smiled softly, rubbing her back lightly with one of my hands.
"Don't worry about it. He's just being a jerky older brother. He needs to grow up." I whispered back, and I looked down to see Pluto, Cyst and Goggle at the bottom waiting for us, as the dot that is Lizard walked back home. Didn't even wait for us, I huffed in my mind as we eventually got to the base of the caves, and Ruby asked me to place her down. I complied, going to walk beside Goggle as we slowly made our way home. He said nothing about my fingers, which were bruised a crazy purple shade, or my left knee that was scraped and bleeding slightly, a few crimson drops going down my leg. Nothing to serious, I've had scraped knees from falling down when I was a kid.
LATER THAT DAAYY:
The rest of the day was extremely awkward. Mama was crying, not because her daughter was too young, but because it was a sign that she was growing up, and she excepted the couple with open arms. Nobody really seemed to care, except for Big Brain and Lizard, one of whom was throwing annoying little comments until Mama told him to go into another room, and Lizard, who was playing Houdini for most of the day. He eventually showed up around eight at night, just as Ruby and I were sitting in the kitchen, drinking orange soda and teddy grahams. Ruby froze up, but we ignored him, contunuing our conversation about how teddy grahams were better than oreos, and other little dabbles.
Lizard said nothing, just munched on what looked like arm meat and just glared at us. I saw his eyes travel to my purple fingers, and my knee that was still crusted with dried blood. Heh, I should probably clean that up soon. He just watched us for awhile, before Ruby went outside to go swing with Greg, and I went upstairs to go clean up my knee and see if there was something I could do for these fingers. I grabbed a little plastic baggy from a drawer, and filled it with a few cubes of ice and went upstairs. I heard Lizard's footfalls behind me, and I was happy that he hadn't followed Ruby and Greg outside, but I was worried that I was alone with him.
I stepped into the bathroom, not even bothering to close the door as I rummaged for the plastic container that had all the medical stuff in it. I pulled it out, and tossed it on the counter, before hefting myself up and onto the counter. I saw Lizard in the shadows across the hall, watching me with sharp blue eyes. I refused to acknowledge his presents and proceeded to clean my knee. The scrapes had healed closed pretty well during the day, so I only had to clean it. I popped my fingers back into the right ways, and placed the ice bag around them as I tossed the medical container back into the closet, and headed for my room. Again, I could hear Lizard's foot steps behind me.
If he was so damn pissed off because I "took their side", shouldn't he be leaving me the hell alone? I felt anger bubble in my chest, but I ignored it as I kept on walking towards our bedroom. I layed down on the bed, the white-pink sheets were soft as I snuggled into them, and nagged myself internally as I forgot to turn off the lights. I was to tired to even get up now, the drama of today just drained me to much.
I heard the lights flick off, and the bed sink down as someone laid down behind me. I felt his shaggy hair against my back as he nuzzled his face in between my shoulder blades while he wrapped his arms around my waist. I sighed, rubbing one of the arms that were wrapped around me, and I couldn't help but bring it up again.
"Please don't be mad Lizard..they're in love.." I said softly, and I felt him grip me tighter, and he mumbled into my back.
"...They jus' kids.." He mumbled, and I could tell he was upset. Even though he yelled and smacked at her alot, Ruby was his little sister and he worried about her. I knew where he was coming from, I was the youngest, and my elders were two brothers! True, I've never had sex, but my brothers were always all over my little dates. But Ruby and Greg, they are young, but they're grown! They've been forced to grow up because of their families and where they're from.
"They're mentally aged, love.." I said, then I sighed knowingly as I felt him stiffen as I called him love. He gripped me even tighter, and I was worried that somethings like my ribs or hips would start popping from the strain. I heard his muffled voice from my upper back once more.
"Jus'...kids.."
Then I snapped. I was tired of him always talking down to Ruby.
"Do kids kill people? Do kids fear their own family members? Do kids know right from wrong? Do kids eat flesh? No..no they don't. But Greg and Ruby do.." I snapped out, but kept a calm, even tone of voice. I knew that it was the worst thing to do, to try to win a fight against Lizard. Even though it's only a verbal fight. I cringed as I felt him hold me tighter. I let out a soft cry as I heard some popping noises sprout from around my hips.
".." Was the only response I was given, as Lizard's arms slunk away from my form. I felt him turning around in the sheets, facing away from me.
"...goodnight..."
"Goodni'ht's er fer kids.." He huffed, fully turning away from me.
That was the first night since we started sleeping in the same bed, that we weren't touching at all.
I didn't sleep at all that night.