Chapter 2
Trudy gasped.
"It's- It's a unopened condom and strawberry flavoured lubricant," she said, horrified.
Lex scoffed. "So? At least it shows someone around here is practicing safe sex," he commented.
"That's not the point, Lex, and you know it-" Bray began, but broke off when he realised all the young children were staring at him with wide eyes.
Lex chuckled. "It probably belongs to you and Danni," he said. "So why this big show? Why do you have to try so hard?"
Bray narrowed his eyes. "It's not a show, Lex, and it doesn't belong to either Danni or I. As a matter of fact, I was actually thinking of you." His eyes bored down into the shorter man's.
Lex grinned. "I can understand why you'd think that, my sex-starved friend, but it's not mine. I'd gladly gloat if it was."
Bray looked at Tai-San for reconfirmation.
Tai-San shook her head. "It's not ours. We prefer to do things the natural wa-"
"That'll be enough, Tai-San dear, thanks," Alice stopped her. She tilted her head towards the attentive children.
Danni stepped forward, to a few unnamed people's annoyance. Naturally, she was ready to take charge.
"Whoever this belongs to, they shouldn't be leaving it just anywhere for the children to see." She looked over at the children grimly. "Though I suppose they've already seen it." She crossed her arms, earning the narrowed glances of some.
"Just come forward," Danni continued, ignoring the looks she was recieving. "We're not going to be angry, but we would like to be assured that this isn't going to happen again. For the children's sakes."
Like you really care about the children, Alice thought to herself. Everyone can see right through your false display of caring- It's only to impress Bray, isn't it, Miss Danni? Yes, indeed it is....
There was a brief pause of silence, and Danni began to speak once more.
"Well, then, since no one wants to admit to it, I suppose I'll have to ask one by one. It's not Bray's or mine, and Lex and Tai-San already said it wasn't theirs. How about you, Ryan, Salene?"
Salene was mortified. That was apparent by her face, which was as red as her hair. "No, it's not ours!" She said vehemently. "We're not dirty people."
Ryan looked embarrased by Salene's blatant implial that they weren't having sex. "It's not ours," he said, shyly looking at his feet.
Lex smirked.
"Alice?" Danni asked.
Alice rolled her eyes ceiling-ward. "Please," she said scornfully.
Danni's face was beginning to appear frustrated. She had been so sure her little act of Big Concerned Motherly Danni was going to force someone to confess, Alice thought. But it certainly failed. I better give it a try, for Bray's sake, so his little girlfriend doesn't embarrass herself anymore than she already has.
"Alright," she said. Her lovely blue eyes moved throughout the group, resting on each individual, deliberately trying to make them feel uncomfortable. "I know exactly who it belongs to." She bluffed. "And if they won't confess, then I'll do them a favour and confess it for them. Then I'll be glad to think of a favour they can return me."
"Alright! Alright!" a voice said. "I admit it, okay? It'ss mine."
Everyone turned towards the person who had spoke.
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They walked through the night, their lamps glowing like large beast eyes. The leader walked in the front, with two large and heavy men by her side- bodyguards, to assure the leader's safety, though she was capable of taking care of herself.
The frigidness of the night air was impenetrable. Inside they were fiery, and their lust for death drove them on. They didn't feel the cold, and merely ignored it. It wasn't even a setback for any of them.
In the front, the leader continued on her journey, her eyes glowing balefully into the darkness. Her mind played with scenes of the confrontation between her and her brother. Not that it had happened yet- but it would.
And she was ready for it.
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"Jack?" Danni asked, in surprise. Her expression mirrored everyone elses completely. They could hardly imagine it- unless Jack was merely taking the p*ss.
His face turned bright red. "Ye-ye-yess," he stuttered and lisped simultaneously.
"What?" Alice exclaimed furiously. She turned her massive weight toward her younger sister, who looked rather frightened, if I as the narrator may say so myself.
"Alice, don't start!" Ellie said. "There's no adults around to reprimand us anyway, and things in this world have changed since the virus. You can't raise a fuss over something like this."
"No adults around to reprimand you? Then what the hell do you call me?" Alice demanded.
"Alice, look-"
Lex interuppted, grinning widely. "Jack, you're finally a man," he said. "Unlike our Fearless Leader Bray over there. So join my club, mate."
Alice continued on angrily, ignoring Lex's useless drivel.
"What the hell were you going to do if you got my sister pregnant?" she said, turning to Jack.
"Baby? Baby??? I wasssn't planning on having a baby so ssoon, for God'ss ssakes!" Jack said, spitting and stuttering with an unbelievable speed.
"Yes, but it could happen," Bray, the voice of all b.loody reason, spoke up. "Look at Trudy for example, and Zandra."
Lex's eyes narrowed coldly at the mention of his deceased wife. She had been carrying his baby when she had died on the explosion at Eagle Mountain.
"I don't care," Jack said, his jaw set in a determined frown. "Thiss is our business, and no one elses."
"Ellie, what are we going to do with you?" Alice demanded. "You would have never have behaved in such shocking ways before the virus."
"Stop it, Alice! You're not Mother!" Ellie yelled furiously.
Alice's face grew purple, livid, like a huge grape. "Do you have any idea how Mother would feel if she was still alive? Do you know how she'd react to finding out that her youngest daughter is a wh.ore?"
Ellie stared at her sister for one long moment, her face white and her mouth hanging open. Then with a cry she turned, pushing past Alice and running for the stairs.
Jack muttered a curse and followed behind her.
Alice sat down with a heavy sigh, watching their departure. "What have I done?" she asked the others wearily. "I shouldn't even be blaming her for this! It's Jack! It's that boy and his flaming hormones! I'm going after them."
Bray put a hand on Alice's shoulder. "Alice, calm down!" he said. "I know you're upset right now, but the best thing to do is to just leave them alone for awhile."
"Yeah, leave them alone," Alice said bitterly. "Leave them alone to have sex again, creating another baby that won't be taken care of around here."
Trudy's round eyes opened wider, and she glanced up sharply.
"Wait a minute, Alice," she began, hurt. "Are you implying that Brady isn't taken care of properly?"
"All I am saying, Trudy, is that teenagers should not be having babies. They're simply not responsible enough! And surely they're not mature enough to handle the consequences that generally come with having sex before they're married. That's what Mother always told us. She's defying our dead Mother!"
Trudy, tearful, said, "That's not true! I am responsible! Brady is very well taken care of by me!"
Tai-San stepped in between them. "Trudy, I do believe that Alice was mainly referring to her sister. "And Alice- I know you're upset by all of this, but Ellie and Jack are in love. Don't be so hard on them. You may have done the same thing if you were in her position."
Alice sighed. "You know, you're probably right," she admitted, slumping her shoulders. She shook her head sadly. "Mother would spin in her grave."
"No," said Tai-San gently. "I think at this moment, in the world we're living in now, she'd just be glad that Ellie was safe, happy, and alive. And in love."
Everyone sat back, thinking, as Trudy sulked and Alice contemplated saying she was sorry.
Trudy gasped.
"It's- It's a unopened condom and strawberry flavoured lubricant," she said, horrified.
Lex scoffed. "So? At least it shows someone around here is practicing safe sex," he commented.
"That's not the point, Lex, and you know it-" Bray began, but broke off when he realised all the young children were staring at him with wide eyes.
Lex chuckled. "It probably belongs to you and Danni," he said. "So why this big show? Why do you have to try so hard?"
Bray narrowed his eyes. "It's not a show, Lex, and it doesn't belong to either Danni or I. As a matter of fact, I was actually thinking of you." His eyes bored down into the shorter man's.
Lex grinned. "I can understand why you'd think that, my sex-starved friend, but it's not mine. I'd gladly gloat if it was."
Bray looked at Tai-San for reconfirmation.
Tai-San shook her head. "It's not ours. We prefer to do things the natural wa-"
"That'll be enough, Tai-San dear, thanks," Alice stopped her. She tilted her head towards the attentive children.
Danni stepped forward, to a few unnamed people's annoyance. Naturally, she was ready to take charge.
"Whoever this belongs to, they shouldn't be leaving it just anywhere for the children to see." She looked over at the children grimly. "Though I suppose they've already seen it." She crossed her arms, earning the narrowed glances of some.
"Just come forward," Danni continued, ignoring the looks she was recieving. "We're not going to be angry, but we would like to be assured that this isn't going to happen again. For the children's sakes."
Like you really care about the children, Alice thought to herself. Everyone can see right through your false display of caring- It's only to impress Bray, isn't it, Miss Danni? Yes, indeed it is....
There was a brief pause of silence, and Danni began to speak once more.
"Well, then, since no one wants to admit to it, I suppose I'll have to ask one by one. It's not Bray's or mine, and Lex and Tai-San already said it wasn't theirs. How about you, Ryan, Salene?"
Salene was mortified. That was apparent by her face, which was as red as her hair. "No, it's not ours!" She said vehemently. "We're not dirty people."
Ryan looked embarrased by Salene's blatant implial that they weren't having sex. "It's not ours," he said, shyly looking at his feet.
Lex smirked.
"Alice?" Danni asked.
Alice rolled her eyes ceiling-ward. "Please," she said scornfully.
Danni's face was beginning to appear frustrated. She had been so sure her little act of Big Concerned Motherly Danni was going to force someone to confess, Alice thought. But it certainly failed. I better give it a try, for Bray's sake, so his little girlfriend doesn't embarrass herself anymore than she already has.
"Alright," she said. Her lovely blue eyes moved throughout the group, resting on each individual, deliberately trying to make them feel uncomfortable. "I know exactly who it belongs to." She bluffed. "And if they won't confess, then I'll do them a favour and confess it for them. Then I'll be glad to think of a favour they can return me."
"Alright! Alright!" a voice said. "I admit it, okay? It'ss mine."
Everyone turned towards the person who had spoke.
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They walked through the night, their lamps glowing like large beast eyes. The leader walked in the front, with two large and heavy men by her side- bodyguards, to assure the leader's safety, though she was capable of taking care of herself.
The frigidness of the night air was impenetrable. Inside they were fiery, and their lust for death drove them on. They didn't feel the cold, and merely ignored it. It wasn't even a setback for any of them.
In the front, the leader continued on her journey, her eyes glowing balefully into the darkness. Her mind played with scenes of the confrontation between her and her brother. Not that it had happened yet- but it would.
And she was ready for it.
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"Jack?" Danni asked, in surprise. Her expression mirrored everyone elses completely. They could hardly imagine it- unless Jack was merely taking the p*ss.
His face turned bright red. "Ye-ye-yess," he stuttered and lisped simultaneously.
"What?" Alice exclaimed furiously. She turned her massive weight toward her younger sister, who looked rather frightened, if I as the narrator may say so myself.
"Alice, don't start!" Ellie said. "There's no adults around to reprimand us anyway, and things in this world have changed since the virus. You can't raise a fuss over something like this."
"No adults around to reprimand you? Then what the hell do you call me?" Alice demanded.
"Alice, look-"
Lex interuppted, grinning widely. "Jack, you're finally a man," he said. "Unlike our Fearless Leader Bray over there. So join my club, mate."
Alice continued on angrily, ignoring Lex's useless drivel.
"What the hell were you going to do if you got my sister pregnant?" she said, turning to Jack.
"Baby? Baby??? I wasssn't planning on having a baby so ssoon, for God'ss ssakes!" Jack said, spitting and stuttering with an unbelievable speed.
"Yes, but it could happen," Bray, the voice of all b.loody reason, spoke up. "Look at Trudy for example, and Zandra."
Lex's eyes narrowed coldly at the mention of his deceased wife. She had been carrying his baby when she had died on the explosion at Eagle Mountain.
"I don't care," Jack said, his jaw set in a determined frown. "Thiss is our business, and no one elses."
"Ellie, what are we going to do with you?" Alice demanded. "You would have never have behaved in such shocking ways before the virus."
"Stop it, Alice! You're not Mother!" Ellie yelled furiously.
Alice's face grew purple, livid, like a huge grape. "Do you have any idea how Mother would feel if she was still alive? Do you know how she'd react to finding out that her youngest daughter is a wh.ore?"
Ellie stared at her sister for one long moment, her face white and her mouth hanging open. Then with a cry she turned, pushing past Alice and running for the stairs.
Jack muttered a curse and followed behind her.
Alice sat down with a heavy sigh, watching their departure. "What have I done?" she asked the others wearily. "I shouldn't even be blaming her for this! It's Jack! It's that boy and his flaming hormones! I'm going after them."
Bray put a hand on Alice's shoulder. "Alice, calm down!" he said. "I know you're upset right now, but the best thing to do is to just leave them alone for awhile."
"Yeah, leave them alone," Alice said bitterly. "Leave them alone to have sex again, creating another baby that won't be taken care of around here."
Trudy's round eyes opened wider, and she glanced up sharply.
"Wait a minute, Alice," she began, hurt. "Are you implying that Brady isn't taken care of properly?"
"All I am saying, Trudy, is that teenagers should not be having babies. They're simply not responsible enough! And surely they're not mature enough to handle the consequences that generally come with having sex before they're married. That's what Mother always told us. She's defying our dead Mother!"
Trudy, tearful, said, "That's not true! I am responsible! Brady is very well taken care of by me!"
Tai-San stepped in between them. "Trudy, I do believe that Alice was mainly referring to her sister. "And Alice- I know you're upset by all of this, but Ellie and Jack are in love. Don't be so hard on them. You may have done the same thing if you were in her position."
Alice sighed. "You know, you're probably right," she admitted, slumping her shoulders. She shook her head sadly. "Mother would spin in her grave."
"No," said Tai-San gently. "I think at this moment, in the world we're living in now, she'd just be glad that Ellie was safe, happy, and alive. And in love."
Everyone sat back, thinking, as Trudy sulked and Alice contemplated saying she was sorry.