"Listen everyone..." began Bray as he called the meeting to order. "We have information about where Jack and Danni are." He waited for the confused murmurs to stop.
"We have to get them!!!" Shouted Ellie, she stood up but Alice pulled her back down and shut her up.
"We know that and that's what we're gonna do but we need to organise first." Replied Amber.
"We need to get this sorted. Then we go after the guardian and finish the Chosen once and for all." Shouted Lex and with that they began to plan their attack.
"I can't believe I finally get to see Jack again!!!" Said Ellie as she and Star began to wash up after dinner. "I mean it's been almost a year, when he wasn't at the mines I thought he was dead for sure. But now he's alive and we'll be together." Star had never seen Ellie so happy before.
She smiled at Ellie. "It's been a long time since you've seen him, what do you think has happened to him since then?"
"I don't know. But it doesn't matter." Ellie said distantly. "Thing's will be the way they were again. I just know it." Then she walked out of the room, almost ignoring Star. Star stared after her. Somehow she didn't think things were going to go as well as Ellie thought. She had a bad feeling about this a very bad feeling.
Jack sat in the corner of a dark room, it was so quiet but he didn't care anymore. He stared off into space. It had been so long since he'd seen the others, the Mall Rats. Occasionally he caught snippets of information. He hardly knew what was going on outside and he almost didn't care.
The light from the doorway grew and a figure was thrown in. He knew who it was immediately. "Hey Dannii." He said quietly, "did you find anything out?" He asked.
She stood up and walked towards him. "Nope. That guard said they'd be coming soon, didn't he." She smiled at him. "Bray will get us out." She said confidently. "Then we'll be a tribe again."
Jack shook his head and turned to her. "You really think he's waited for you? Jesus get real Dannii." Jack laughed. "He'll have someone else by now. He always does. Plus your supposed to be dead."
"Jack...when we get out things will get back to how they were." She replied with confidence.
Jack laughed "Ellie's moved on by now, it's been like a year." He looked at her. "It took Bray only a few months to forget Amber and get you. They had something, he'll have found someone else by now."
Dannii looked down at the floor, knowing Jack was probably right.
"Trudy I don't think this is going to work out." Began Pride as they sat quietly in her room. Salene was watching Brady.
Trudy looked at him incredulously. "Why? I mean, you know that I..." Her voice trailed off. "That's fine Pride I mean I should have known...It's fine." She repeated trying to convince herself.
"The war will be over soon and I'll go back to the forest and you'll go with the Mall Rats. If we stop now it will be easier when I leave...easier for the three of us." He looked down at the floor. "It's better this way. I'm sure of it." He kissed the top of her head, stood up and left. He didn't look back.
Trudy stared after him, then lay back on the bad and began to cry. This was how Salene and Amber found her almost an hour later.
Amber sat in her and Bray's room; it'd taken a while to calm Trudy down after Pride had dumped her. Amber still didn't know why he'd done it, she'd thought that they were together for the long haul. She considered playing matchmaker. Amber sighed, she shouldn't involve herself in other people's problem, and she had enough of her own. Namely one girl, Dannii. "Bray..." She began as he sat down next to her. "I'm scared." She said simply. "I don't wanna loose you. But..." She held his hand tightly and looked into his eyes. "If want to be with Dannii, when you get her back. I wont stand in your way." She had tears in her eyes. "I love you to much to let you throw away your life, your happiness." Bray just stared, open mouthed. He couldn't believe she was saying this. "I wont use the twins to make you stay with me." Bray was almost laughing at this point. Part of him wanted to reassure her, the other just laugh at her.
"I would never leave you. I never will." He smiled at her, half laughing. "Babies or no babies. Dannii or no Dannii." He lifted her chin slightly. "I love you, not Dannii. I care what happens to her, I don't want her dead." He shrugged. "But I've lost my heart to someone else." She smiled slightly and he wiped away a tear rolling down her cheek. "I can't wait till we get married." He kissed her lightly.
"You know I love you too. Right?" She asked. He nodded in reply.
Bray held Amber close. "When the Chosen are gone..." he began. He took a deep breath "...will you stay?" She didn't reply; just lay there in his arms.
"I don't know, I really don't. I don't know where to go." She tilted her head to look at him. "Except with you." She lay back down only to hear the cry of a baby. She sat back up, this mother thing was taking some getting used to.
The others had left earlier that day. Amber was finally content that Bray wasn't in love with Dannii, but still she was a little worried about what would happen when they saw each other again. She'd chosen to stay behind, they'd wanted her to but this time she hadn't put up a fight. She didn't really want to be there to see this Dannii.
She had no idea what to do about Trudy and Pride, she had thought things were going well between them. She'd even thought about a double wedding as there feeling for each other were clear. Bray had told her not to worry about it and that she should concentrate on herself. But she couldn't, she cared about these people and they were making a mistake.
"Pride I think we should talk." She began as she entered the room. He was there with Ryan and KC. "Alone." She added and they others took the hint and left. Once they were gone she shut the door and turned to Pride. "What do you think you're doing?" She asked him but before he had a chance to reply she continued. "I know you have feelings for Trudy. Infact I think you love her. Sort this out." She turned to leave.
"But Amber...I have to go back with the Gaian's...It's better we do this now rather than later." He replied as she opened the door.
She turned back to him. "You're hurting her Pride. Do what you think is right, what you want, what's in your heart." Then she left, leaving Pride to consider what she'd said, and hoping it was enough.
Pride looked into the room as Amber and Trudy talked. He shook his head and turned away. He knew how he felt about Trudy, but surely it was better to stay away. Then he wouldn't hurt her and she wouldn't hurt him. He was going back, he had to. What if he didn't? He thought to himself.
Even going back was in doubt now, he was undecided in that, what he wanted to do, he really didn't know what o do. He walked away. He stopped by the children's nursery and saw Brady playing with the other children. He remembered when he'd first seen her almost 5 months ago, he'd grown attached to her, he'd miss her. He'd miss Trudy. In his room he stared out the window, it was dark outside and the others would be back soon.
"Did you hear that?" Asked Amber as she and Trudy sat alone in the main room. They were waiting for the others to return.
"No you're probably just imagining it." She replied as she took a sip of her drink. Then they heard it again. Trudy heard it this time, it was closer. As if someone was falling over. "But I heard that." They both stood and Amber went for the door, as she opened it she was pushed backwards and felt the pain as she was hit. She tried to stay on her feet but then felt a blow to the stomach. Then her head as she was continually kicked by the intruders. But then she felt no mare pain, she felt nothing. She heard Trudy scream and then her world became dark and her mind switched off.
Pride heard a noise outside his door and went to investigate. There was no one then. He was about to go back inside when he heard an unmistakable scream. He ran down the hallway and into the room he'd seen Amber and Trudy in before. He saw Amber lying face down on the floor, not moving and then he saw them, the Chosen, he searched for Trudy and saw her trying to get up, at least she was moving. He ran to her side, bashing Chosen as they came near, he grabbed her in his arms and then made a run for it. Kicking his way out of the room, he let the confused Trudy stand and looked around. He didn't see any of them. He turned to Trudy and began to say something, but before any words came out a blow to the head stopped him and everything went black.
"We have to get them!!!" Shouted Ellie, she stood up but Alice pulled her back down and shut her up.
"We know that and that's what we're gonna do but we need to organise first." Replied Amber.
"We need to get this sorted. Then we go after the guardian and finish the Chosen once and for all." Shouted Lex and with that they began to plan their attack.
"I can't believe I finally get to see Jack again!!!" Said Ellie as she and Star began to wash up after dinner. "I mean it's been almost a year, when he wasn't at the mines I thought he was dead for sure. But now he's alive and we'll be together." Star had never seen Ellie so happy before.
She smiled at Ellie. "It's been a long time since you've seen him, what do you think has happened to him since then?"
"I don't know. But it doesn't matter." Ellie said distantly. "Thing's will be the way they were again. I just know it." Then she walked out of the room, almost ignoring Star. Star stared after her. Somehow she didn't think things were going to go as well as Ellie thought. She had a bad feeling about this a very bad feeling.
Jack sat in the corner of a dark room, it was so quiet but he didn't care anymore. He stared off into space. It had been so long since he'd seen the others, the Mall Rats. Occasionally he caught snippets of information. He hardly knew what was going on outside and he almost didn't care.
The light from the doorway grew and a figure was thrown in. He knew who it was immediately. "Hey Dannii." He said quietly, "did you find anything out?" He asked.
She stood up and walked towards him. "Nope. That guard said they'd be coming soon, didn't he." She smiled at him. "Bray will get us out." She said confidently. "Then we'll be a tribe again."
Jack shook his head and turned to her. "You really think he's waited for you? Jesus get real Dannii." Jack laughed. "He'll have someone else by now. He always does. Plus your supposed to be dead."
"Jack...when we get out things will get back to how they were." She replied with confidence.
Jack laughed "Ellie's moved on by now, it's been like a year." He looked at her. "It took Bray only a few months to forget Amber and get you. They had something, he'll have found someone else by now."
Dannii looked down at the floor, knowing Jack was probably right.
"Trudy I don't think this is going to work out." Began Pride as they sat quietly in her room. Salene was watching Brady.
Trudy looked at him incredulously. "Why? I mean, you know that I..." Her voice trailed off. "That's fine Pride I mean I should have known...It's fine." She repeated trying to convince herself.
"The war will be over soon and I'll go back to the forest and you'll go with the Mall Rats. If we stop now it will be easier when I leave...easier for the three of us." He looked down at the floor. "It's better this way. I'm sure of it." He kissed the top of her head, stood up and left. He didn't look back.
Trudy stared after him, then lay back on the bad and began to cry. This was how Salene and Amber found her almost an hour later.
Amber sat in her and Bray's room; it'd taken a while to calm Trudy down after Pride had dumped her. Amber still didn't know why he'd done it, she'd thought that they were together for the long haul. She considered playing matchmaker. Amber sighed, she shouldn't involve herself in other people's problem, and she had enough of her own. Namely one girl, Dannii. "Bray..." She began as he sat down next to her. "I'm scared." She said simply. "I don't wanna loose you. But..." She held his hand tightly and looked into his eyes. "If want to be with Dannii, when you get her back. I wont stand in your way." She had tears in her eyes. "I love you to much to let you throw away your life, your happiness." Bray just stared, open mouthed. He couldn't believe she was saying this. "I wont use the twins to make you stay with me." Bray was almost laughing at this point. Part of him wanted to reassure her, the other just laugh at her.
"I would never leave you. I never will." He smiled at her, half laughing. "Babies or no babies. Dannii or no Dannii." He lifted her chin slightly. "I love you, not Dannii. I care what happens to her, I don't want her dead." He shrugged. "But I've lost my heart to someone else." She smiled slightly and he wiped away a tear rolling down her cheek. "I can't wait till we get married." He kissed her lightly.
"You know I love you too. Right?" She asked. He nodded in reply.
Bray held Amber close. "When the Chosen are gone..." he began. He took a deep breath "...will you stay?" She didn't reply; just lay there in his arms.
"I don't know, I really don't. I don't know where to go." She tilted her head to look at him. "Except with you." She lay back down only to hear the cry of a baby. She sat back up, this mother thing was taking some getting used to.
The others had left earlier that day. Amber was finally content that Bray wasn't in love with Dannii, but still she was a little worried about what would happen when they saw each other again. She'd chosen to stay behind, they'd wanted her to but this time she hadn't put up a fight. She didn't really want to be there to see this Dannii.
She had no idea what to do about Trudy and Pride, she had thought things were going well between them. She'd even thought about a double wedding as there feeling for each other were clear. Bray had told her not to worry about it and that she should concentrate on herself. But she couldn't, she cared about these people and they were making a mistake.
"Pride I think we should talk." She began as she entered the room. He was there with Ryan and KC. "Alone." She added and they others took the hint and left. Once they were gone she shut the door and turned to Pride. "What do you think you're doing?" She asked him but before he had a chance to reply she continued. "I know you have feelings for Trudy. Infact I think you love her. Sort this out." She turned to leave.
"But Amber...I have to go back with the Gaian's...It's better we do this now rather than later." He replied as she opened the door.
She turned back to him. "You're hurting her Pride. Do what you think is right, what you want, what's in your heart." Then she left, leaving Pride to consider what she'd said, and hoping it was enough.
Pride looked into the room as Amber and Trudy talked. He shook his head and turned away. He knew how he felt about Trudy, but surely it was better to stay away. Then he wouldn't hurt her and she wouldn't hurt him. He was going back, he had to. What if he didn't? He thought to himself.
Even going back was in doubt now, he was undecided in that, what he wanted to do, he really didn't know what o do. He walked away. He stopped by the children's nursery and saw Brady playing with the other children. He remembered when he'd first seen her almost 5 months ago, he'd grown attached to her, he'd miss her. He'd miss Trudy. In his room he stared out the window, it was dark outside and the others would be back soon.
"Did you hear that?" Asked Amber as she and Trudy sat alone in the main room. They were waiting for the others to return.
"No you're probably just imagining it." She replied as she took a sip of her drink. Then they heard it again. Trudy heard it this time, it was closer. As if someone was falling over. "But I heard that." They both stood and Amber went for the door, as she opened it she was pushed backwards and felt the pain as she was hit. She tried to stay on her feet but then felt a blow to the stomach. Then her head as she was continually kicked by the intruders. But then she felt no mare pain, she felt nothing. She heard Trudy scream and then her world became dark and her mind switched off.
Pride heard a noise outside his door and went to investigate. There was no one then. He was about to go back inside when he heard an unmistakable scream. He ran down the hallway and into the room he'd seen Amber and Trudy in before. He saw Amber lying face down on the floor, not moving and then he saw them, the Chosen, he searched for Trudy and saw her trying to get up, at least she was moving. He ran to her side, bashing Chosen as they came near, he grabbed her in his arms and then made a run for it. Kicking his way out of the room, he let the confused Trudy stand and looked around. He didn't see any of them. He turned to Trudy and began to say something, but before any words came out a blow to the head stopped him and everything went black.