Chapter 3: And Then There Were Two
"What?" Jack gasped. "I-I mean, I don't know what happened. I'm not a hacker."
"Yeah, it should be obvious," the girl added. "He doesn't look smart enough to be a hacker. You gotta have brains, you know?" She smirked briefly, and went back to her air of calm indifference.
"WHAT?? What the hell do you mean I don't look smart enough!?" Jack was outraged, and as such, his brain momentarily switched off. "I am SO smart enough to be a hacker! For all you know, I am a hacker!"
"SO!" the manager triumphantly exclaimed. "You admit that you are a hacker."
The girl busted out laughing, and Jack felt his face go red.
"W-wait! N-No! That's not what I meant! This little you-know-what is putting words in my mouth!"
"Well, someone's gotta do it, you don't seem to be capable of doing it on your own."
"You!!!! When we get out of here, I'm gonna."
"SHUT UP!!! BOTH OF YOU!!!" The manager snapped, his face turning bright red. "I don't care if you are hackers! I just want you out of here! Go on, and don't come back! You two are banned for a year!"
The manager escorted them to the exit, and slammed the door behind them. Jack turned to the girl in anger. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off.
"Well, we're out of here. You said you were gonna do something?" the strange girl asked, not seeming to care about the answer.
"Ooooh, you are SO lucky I don't hit girls!" Jack fumed.
"Heh. You sound like a 10 year old." She smirked that little smirk of hers, and it pissed Jack off.
"Yeah well you look like you're headed for a funeral."
Great come back, he thought. I do sound like a 10 year old.
"I am," the girl replied, a sad look coming over her face.
"Oh."
The girl busted out laughing.
"Oh god, I can't believe you fell for that! Stupid and gullible. Great combination you got there."
"Grrrrrr. Well, are we going to talk about what's really important?"
"Oh, right."
The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a cell phone, black naturally, and flipped it open. Jack did the same with his phone. They both pressed the speed dial buttons, and the eggs came up on the screen, along with the mysterious heartbeat.
"Okay, what the hell is it?" the girl asked.
"That's what I would like to know. Huh?"
As they watched the pulsating eggs began to throb in unison, and the heartbeats became as one.
"That's a new one on me," the girl gasped.
The eggs continued to move together, and the heartbeat got steadily louder. A new sound joined the hearts, a slight ticking noise. In the center of the egg, a few pixels began to darken, and each time there was a small tick.
"Something's happening to the eggs!" Jack cried out.
"I can see that! What the hell is it though?"
Across the center of each egg was a crooked line of darkened pixels. The line slowly extended to the outer edge, and it began to widen. The same thing was happening to the eggs on both cell phone screens. Before both their eyes, the egg split into two halves, with a line of blank pixels between the two halves. With a loud CRACK, the shell of the egg exploded, and in its place was a large round blob.
"Finally!"
"We're out! Yippee!"
Silence.
"Well, aren't you two going to say hello?"
"Just our luck, we get a couple of rude ones."
Neither Jack nor the girl had spoken. The words had come out of the cell phones' earpieces.
"What?" Jack gasped. "I-I mean, I don't know what happened. I'm not a hacker."
"Yeah, it should be obvious," the girl added. "He doesn't look smart enough to be a hacker. You gotta have brains, you know?" She smirked briefly, and went back to her air of calm indifference.
"WHAT?? What the hell do you mean I don't look smart enough!?" Jack was outraged, and as such, his brain momentarily switched off. "I am SO smart enough to be a hacker! For all you know, I am a hacker!"
"SO!" the manager triumphantly exclaimed. "You admit that you are a hacker."
The girl busted out laughing, and Jack felt his face go red.
"W-wait! N-No! That's not what I meant! This little you-know-what is putting words in my mouth!"
"Well, someone's gotta do it, you don't seem to be capable of doing it on your own."
"You!!!! When we get out of here, I'm gonna."
"SHUT UP!!! BOTH OF YOU!!!" The manager snapped, his face turning bright red. "I don't care if you are hackers! I just want you out of here! Go on, and don't come back! You two are banned for a year!"
The manager escorted them to the exit, and slammed the door behind them. Jack turned to the girl in anger. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off.
"Well, we're out of here. You said you were gonna do something?" the strange girl asked, not seeming to care about the answer.
"Ooooh, you are SO lucky I don't hit girls!" Jack fumed.
"Heh. You sound like a 10 year old." She smirked that little smirk of hers, and it pissed Jack off.
"Yeah well you look like you're headed for a funeral."
Great come back, he thought. I do sound like a 10 year old.
"I am," the girl replied, a sad look coming over her face.
"Oh."
The girl busted out laughing.
"Oh god, I can't believe you fell for that! Stupid and gullible. Great combination you got there."
"Grrrrrr. Well, are we going to talk about what's really important?"
"Oh, right."
The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a cell phone, black naturally, and flipped it open. Jack did the same with his phone. They both pressed the speed dial buttons, and the eggs came up on the screen, along with the mysterious heartbeat.
"Okay, what the hell is it?" the girl asked.
"That's what I would like to know. Huh?"
As they watched the pulsating eggs began to throb in unison, and the heartbeats became as one.
"That's a new one on me," the girl gasped.
The eggs continued to move together, and the heartbeat got steadily louder. A new sound joined the hearts, a slight ticking noise. In the center of the egg, a few pixels began to darken, and each time there was a small tick.
"Something's happening to the eggs!" Jack cried out.
"I can see that! What the hell is it though?"
Across the center of each egg was a crooked line of darkened pixels. The line slowly extended to the outer edge, and it began to widen. The same thing was happening to the eggs on both cell phone screens. Before both their eyes, the egg split into two halves, with a line of blank pixels between the two halves. With a loud CRACK, the shell of the egg exploded, and in its place was a large round blob.
"Finally!"
"We're out! Yippee!"
Silence.
"Well, aren't you two going to say hello?"
"Just our luck, we get a couple of rude ones."
Neither Jack nor the girl had spoken. The words had come out of the cell phones' earpieces.
