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Copyright: Tribe Princess 2002

Forget me not.

Written by: Tribe Princess

Chapter 1

Lex- "I told you Kc, gambling is bad for you. Now give me your profits that you've won today, and maybe next time you'll remember to include me in the deal."

Kc- "Yes Lex, I'm sorry."

~ with a tear in his eye's, Kc walks out of the market. ~

~ Now at the mall ~

Alice- "Well, Hello Kc. Did you enjoy your day of trade?"

Kc- "ehhh. It was okay, I guess."

"Any good dirt circulating around on the streets this afternoon?"

"Sure, there's lots of dirt around. Maybe if we swept this place up a bit, there wouldn't be so much."

"Well, excuse me for being concerned about what's going on in the market."

"Yea well. Maybe you should get someone else to do your dirty-work for you! I have to go. Bye."

~ Kc then walked away from Alice, and continued his trek out of the mall. Just then Lex walks into the room where Alice had just been talked to by Kc. ~

Alice- "Lex, What's up with Kc? He wasn't in his usual sarcastic mood. What's the problem?"

Lex- "He didn't include me in on a bet, so I taught him a lesson by taking away his profits for the day."

"Well, he was really upset."

"The little guy showed some emotion?! Oh, this is a big deal. Sound the horns, make ready the parade. Like I care."

- "Far be it for me to tell you what to do, But I'm gonna tell you anyway! Kc looks up to you, Lex. Now, If you patch things up, you'll follow him, apologize, and give him back his winnings. How would you like it if I took your winnings from you?."

"You're right Alice. You're very pushy, but you're right. I was too hard on him I guess, and maybe I should give him his winnings back. But don't expect me to apologize to him, and be all nice about it."

"Lex, I wouldn't have it any other way. You'd better go now before you lose him. And if you're not back by dark I'll."

"Yes mum."

~ Lex leaves the mall, and is able to find Kc. But out of suspicion, Lex decides to see where Kc was going, before he came up to him. Before long Kc came to a run-down, old wooden shack. Kc enters the shack. ~

Lex- "Why is Kc here? I'd better get a closer look."

~ Lex finds a clean window to look into. He is surprised at what he sees. ~

~ Camera swap back to Kc. ~

Kc- "Hey sis! So how's my Abbie girl doing?"

~ There was a 16 year old, sitting up in her old mattress, covered in quilts. Her hair was a dirty blonde, and her eyes were blue. The dirt on her face paid her beauty no complements. Her hair was long, but it was done up in a complex bun. She couldn't stand it put any other way. Inside the 1 room house, it was dusty, and UN-kept. Lex shuddered to think of what kind of person could live like that. But to his surprise, when he looked in through the small window, he saw a beautiful young woman in nice clothes, sitting in her UN-worthy bed. ~

Lex- "So what do we have here? Kc has an older sister, whom he has neglected to inform me of. And what a beauty she is. I'm gonna go tell the others of his little secret."

~ Back to Kc & Abbie ~

Kc- "I brought you your favorite flower."

Abbie- "Oh, Forget me not's. Thank you. You're such a great little brother, you know that."

"Yea, well. So, how are you feeling today?"

"Better than last week. Considering last week I was so sick I couldn't even get out of bed."

"That's great. Well, at least you're feeling better. "

"I don't mean to be so blunt, but I need the food money, before your tribe gets suspicious of where you are."

"Well, ya see, I did get it, but."

"Oh Kc, please don't tell me you lost my last bit of money. How am I going to buy food? I have nothing else to barter."

" I didn't LOSE it. Lex took it from me. Ya see, I had just won the big bet, and it was enough to get you through the rest of this month. But on my way out of the market, Lex caught me placing another bet with some of your money. He didn't like the fact that I was gambling without getting him in on the deal. So, as a lesson he took the money from me."

~ Tears began to build up in his eyes. ~

"Oh Kc. I'm not upset with you. It's not your fault at all. Hey, remember when mom and dad took us camping here that summer? We fished out of the river, and we ate nothing but fish, berries, and anything else, for two weeks. Well, this isn't nearly that bad. "

~ She had a nice way of looking at the bright side of life. ~

"I know, but I let you down. You trusted me to do something for you, and I totally and completely let you down. I just don't see why."

"Why, what?"

"Why you just can't come and be a mall rat with me. It would make both of our lives so much easier!"

"Not this again. We've gone over this a million times! I have polio, Kc. I can't walk, and I can't do much. All I really can do Is put myself in my wheelchair and that's it. Now, what if the mall was attacked, or something were to happen? I'd be stuck, helpless, and someone would get hurt, or worse trying to save poor little old helpless me. Plus, getting up stairs in a wheel chair isn't easy. Now, it might make our lives much easier, but we must consider the lives of others before we make a decision like that."

~ Back at the mall ~

Bray- "What do you mean, 'Kc has an older sister'? How could that be?"

Dal- "Well, it could be possible. I mean it's not like we know a whole lot about his past or his family. He never likes to talk about it. He usually changes the subject."

Ryan- "But why wouldn't he invite her to come and live with us?"

Lex- "I don't know. She must have some sort of leg problem, because she didn't get out of her bed. She didn't look sick or anything. Oh man was she pretty!"

Ellie- "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the shack and invite her to live with us. It must be lonely out there, no one likes to be alone. "

Jack- "That's very touching, but we can't just go to some stranger's house, and invite them to live with us. I mean what if she's like an Ex-loco? And while were asleep she slits our throats?"

Tie-San- " If she is truly Kc's sister, that would make her family, because we're all family here. And Mall Rats don't abandon their family members."

Alice- "True, but she's a family member we've never met before."

Ryan- "We should just go and check things out. It won't do much harm to ask a few questions. Don't ya think?"

Bray- "Ryan's right. Let's go."

Jack- "Fine, but if we all wake up dead tomorrow, Don't say I told you so!"

Ellie- "I can hardly wait. I wonder what she's like."

Lex- ~ to Ryan ~ "She's an angel."

~ Find out what happens in the next chapter to come ~

~ TO BE CONTINUED ~