Episode LXI: A Jealous Man With A Gun… Funny
Recap: Pyro has come to the rescue! Go Pyro, go Pyro, go - yeah, well, just keep reading. You'll get the point sooner or later...
Pyro blinked. "Holy shit. Sarah is that you?"
Sarah squinted up through the blinding light of the fire wall.
The figure before her was vague and silhouetted, and yet she recognized him without a doubt.
"Pyro…" she gasped before he stepped forward, dragging her into a hug.
Steph, standing beside Jack (thanks to that bloody rope) watched them. Pyro's arms were ridiculously low on Sarah's waist, and her arms were wrapped around his neck.
No way did 'friends' hug like that. Jack raised his eyebrows at Steph, not needing to say a word. Apparently Billie had come to the same conclusion as the others.
Steph looked passed the embracing pair toward the singer, and had to stifle a laugh at the sight he made. His jaw was clenched, muscles protruding from his neck. His green eyes were glaring so hard at the blonde newcomer that Steph feared for the safety of the veins in his eyes. In his left hand he clutched his pistol, his white knuckles straining against his skin.
Just as Steph was sure that he was going to blow something important, Pyro released Sarah, looking about him as if he were only just realizing that Steph, Jack and Billie were present.
He looked at Sarah. "Go on, introduce me," he said, smirking slightly.
Sarah smiled at him, and turned her back on Billie so as to speak to Steph and Jack. Steph bit her lip to prevent a laugh at Billie's reaction to Sarah ignoring him. The obscene gestures and hinting movements with his gun were enough to make Jack pull a face and scratch the back of his neck uncomfortably… with the hand that Steph was tied to.
But before Sarah had the opportunity to speak a word, there was a shout and a body was thrown roughly over the wall of flame. It hit the hard rock floor between Steph and Sarah with a painful-sounding thud. He moaned quietly and attempted to stand, but before he could lift himself properly, and thereby admit Steph, Jack, Sarah, Pyro and Billie to see his face, a large, slightly melted and deformed can of Creamy Soda with legs was tossed over the wall, colliding sharply with the man, who was now almost certainly Heath Ledger, and sending him heavily back to the floor with a loud "Ooof!"
The can quickly rolled off its master and stood. Heath groaned again and turned onto his side, looking straight up into Steph's face.
Steph stared down at him in disbelief. Hell no. Not again. Uncertainly, she took a step backward, tugging Jack with her.
The way Heath was looking at her was a little unnerving. It was as if he had never seen her before or something. He suddenly blinked, looking down at the ground, which as only millimetres from his nose. He seemed to think this was a little weird, for he stood up then, leaning on his slightly blackened Creamy Soda Can for support. He seemed completely unaware that he was standing between Steph and Jack and Sarah and Pyro.
After a few minutes of uneasy standing around doing nothing, Billie cleared his throat. "I don't mean to interrupt anything here, but –" he began in a voice that stated very clearly that he honestly didn't care if he interrupted anything or not. Whatever he had said to interrupt in the first place (whether or not it was important is still up for debate) was cut off sharply Pyro's formidable fire-wall suddenly fizzled and vanished, revealing…
Ooooh, what was behind the fire-wall? Will our SIX heroes escape it? What is with the Sarah/Pyro thing? Or is it nothing, and Billie is just being overprotective? Are Jack and Steph still mad at each other? What does Heath have against or for Steph? You know the drill: STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!!!
