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~Hey you have reached all of us at whatever number you dialed in. Please leave a message at the beep~
~Beep~
"Hey Wing, this is your brother, Nosedive. Look I'm at this place, can you come pick me up? Kind of like now. Um guess you're sleeping or not hom-"
"Dive?"
"Yeah."
"It's Duke. What are you doing calling at this hour?"
"Long story. Is WildWing there?"
"Yeah but I'll have to wake him."
"Please do that."
"Nosedive what's going on?"
"Well we didn't have school today, some teacher conference thing so all of us at school had this huge blow out party, only it got out of hand. There are kids getting arrested right now for illegal possession of stuff."
"What kind of stuff?"
"Drugs, alcohol, knives pick one."
"So what about you?"
"Well I'm not calling my grandparents telling them I was at this party! Man I didn't know the kids had that stuff, plus there was this huge fight and the cops are going to be questioning me soon if they find me! Duke come on! I need WildWing before the cops find this place."
"Where are you?"
"In a telephone booth. But that won't matter because I'm a teenager and all of the teenagers are being questioned and what not."
"So why aren't you calling gramps?"
"Well I uh-"
"They think you're at home sleeping don't they. You snuck out."
"Well you stole for a living! Now come on, get me my brother! I got my money for the subway taken by some freak that would only leave some kids alone if he had money. I couldn't fight because he had a knife. Now come on! Please! My grandparents won't even know, since they think I'm leaving early for the subway to go to your place. Now come on!"
"Okay, hang on."
Duke put the phone down and sighed. This was not like Nosedive to be so defiant and uncooperative. There was something wrong; you hear it in his voice.
"Wing", said Duke as he shook him gently, "WildWing wake up."
"Huh wha?"
"Your brother is on the phone, he needs a lift."
"Oh okay".
WildWing shot out of bed.
"Amazing", thought Duke, "How someone can be half dead and then out of nowhere they can find the most amazing sugar rushes."
WildWing went over to the phone.
"Nosedive", he asked.
"Hey big bro, I need a favor."
"Yeah what is it? Everything okay?"
"No, I got my money taken, and I'm in a bad spot, can you come pick me up?"
"Sure, where are you?"
"I'll be at the Pizza Palace, it's right off of the exit from the highway."
"Which one?"
"99. Remember? I took you there once."
"Oh yeah. Wait you're meeting me there? Where are you now?"
"At a friends."
"Liar. But I'll meet you there. If you're not there when I get there I'm calling the police."
"Yes I am a liar but I don't' have time to tell you the whole story. WildWing I was just going to make sure that you would were going to call the police, if I wasn't there, thanks. Bye."
"Bye."
WildWing ran back into his room, grabbed a sweatshirt, (he was already wearing sweatpants), threw on some shoes, (without tying the laces), and grabbed the keys.
"Wait up", said Duke, "I'm coming with you, I'm already up and it's a twenty minute drive, you can get lonely you know."
WildWing laughed, as both men dashed down the stairs and into the garage where they found their car. It was very similar to the migrator, but that was now at the NA. This was just a smaller version, like a jeep.
"Wing", said Duke once they were inside the car, "There is no way Nosedive gave you the whole story, did you even ask why he suddenly needs a ride at one in the morning?"
"Doesn't matter. He's my brother."
"Well don't you want to know it?"
"It's none of my business, but that isn't going to prevent me from persuading him to tell me though."
"Persuading or protesting?"
"Ha ha. Nosedive will tell me, I trust him."
"Well do you trust him enough to know that he was at a party where there were knives, alcohol, and drugs, and now the reason he needs a lift is because he is hiding from the cops?"
WildWing jammed on the breaks.
"Thought you find that interesting. It's not like that though, I just worded it like that to get your attention. He was at the party and a lot of the teenagers are being hauled down, and being questioned."
"But he didn't have any of that stuff right?"
"Nope, at least he didn't say he didn't."
"Than he didn't. I trust my brother."
"If you say so."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing…yet."
"What?"
"Never mind. Just drive."
So WildWing drove in silence too. Neither of them said anything. The raining had started out as a light drizzled but was now becoming to much hard down pour. All of which Nosedive sat outside in.
Finally the jeep pulled up and Nosedive jumped inside taking a back seat.
"Thanks again Wing", said Nosedive who was sopping wet, "Hey Duke."
"Hey there kid", said Duke.
"Hey Dive", said WildWing. "Man Nosedive you are drenched."
"Thanks for the update, I didn't know that."
"Very funny. Take that shirt off, you'll get sick, I'll put the heat up."
"Thanks."
WildWing threw his brother his sweatshirt, leaving WildWing with a very light t-shirt on underneath.
"Here put this on".
"Thanks Wing".
"No problem."
"So we get another day of fun huh?"
"Yup baby bro. I was thinking we start the fun now, how about ice cream?"
Nosedive's eyes lit up, "Yeah!"
Duke elbowed WildWing, "Aren't you going to even ask what happened?"
"No. I trust my brother to tell me if anything happened that he can't handle on his own, besides you told me everything already."
Duke rolled his eyes.
"What", asked WildWing.
"Nothing."
"Whatever. Anyway Dive, they have that new movie out. You want to check it out?"
"When?"
"Tomorrow. I was thinking at night after dinner."
"Yeah that would be great! That movie looks so funny. As for dinner can we eat out?"
"Sure, have anything in mind?"
"Taco Tower".
"I can deal with that".
"Goodies, sugar and spice with a cherry on top!"
WildWing stared at his brother.
"Don't ask", said Nosedive.
"Don't worry I won't", said WildWing. "Don't worry."
So that weekend Nosedive and WildWing hung out the entire time together doing fun things. WildWing and the rest of the team didn't notice anything wrong with Nosedive except Duke.
Duke thought of himself being paranoid. But then he saw Nosedive changing his shirt and what he saw terrified him. He saw cuts all over his chest. Not old scars, but new cuts. Cuts done with by blades or something sharp. Accompany those cuts, were fading out scars, but new scars nonetheless. You could tell that they were new for they were healing themselves. There were also black and blues attending them.
"Is Nosedive doing that to himself", questioned Duke, "Or something else is doing that to Nosedive. Nosedive is hiding something, something that is probably very peril and grave."
~Hey you have reached all of us at whatever number you dialed in. Please leave a message at the beep~
~Beep~
"Hey Wing, this is your brother, Nosedive. Look I'm at this place, can you come pick me up? Kind of like now. Um guess you're sleeping or not hom-"
"Dive?"
"Yeah."
"It's Duke. What are you doing calling at this hour?"
"Long story. Is WildWing there?"
"Yeah but I'll have to wake him."
"Please do that."
"Nosedive what's going on?"
"Well we didn't have school today, some teacher conference thing so all of us at school had this huge blow out party, only it got out of hand. There are kids getting arrested right now for illegal possession of stuff."
"What kind of stuff?"
"Drugs, alcohol, knives pick one."
"So what about you?"
"Well I'm not calling my grandparents telling them I was at this party! Man I didn't know the kids had that stuff, plus there was this huge fight and the cops are going to be questioning me soon if they find me! Duke come on! I need WildWing before the cops find this place."
"Where are you?"
"In a telephone booth. But that won't matter because I'm a teenager and all of the teenagers are being questioned and what not."
"So why aren't you calling gramps?"
"Well I uh-"
"They think you're at home sleeping don't they. You snuck out."
"Well you stole for a living! Now come on, get me my brother! I got my money for the subway taken by some freak that would only leave some kids alone if he had money. I couldn't fight because he had a knife. Now come on! Please! My grandparents won't even know, since they think I'm leaving early for the subway to go to your place. Now come on!"
"Okay, hang on."
Duke put the phone down and sighed. This was not like Nosedive to be so defiant and uncooperative. There was something wrong; you hear it in his voice.
"Wing", said Duke as he shook him gently, "WildWing wake up."
"Huh wha?"
"Your brother is on the phone, he needs a lift."
"Oh okay".
WildWing shot out of bed.
"Amazing", thought Duke, "How someone can be half dead and then out of nowhere they can find the most amazing sugar rushes."
WildWing went over to the phone.
"Nosedive", he asked.
"Hey big bro, I need a favor."
"Yeah what is it? Everything okay?"
"No, I got my money taken, and I'm in a bad spot, can you come pick me up?"
"Sure, where are you?"
"I'll be at the Pizza Palace, it's right off of the exit from the highway."
"Which one?"
"99. Remember? I took you there once."
"Oh yeah. Wait you're meeting me there? Where are you now?"
"At a friends."
"Liar. But I'll meet you there. If you're not there when I get there I'm calling the police."
"Yes I am a liar but I don't' have time to tell you the whole story. WildWing I was just going to make sure that you would were going to call the police, if I wasn't there, thanks. Bye."
"Bye."
WildWing ran back into his room, grabbed a sweatshirt, (he was already wearing sweatpants), threw on some shoes, (without tying the laces), and grabbed the keys.
"Wait up", said Duke, "I'm coming with you, I'm already up and it's a twenty minute drive, you can get lonely you know."
WildWing laughed, as both men dashed down the stairs and into the garage where they found their car. It was very similar to the migrator, but that was now at the NA. This was just a smaller version, like a jeep.
"Wing", said Duke once they were inside the car, "There is no way Nosedive gave you the whole story, did you even ask why he suddenly needs a ride at one in the morning?"
"Doesn't matter. He's my brother."
"Well don't you want to know it?"
"It's none of my business, but that isn't going to prevent me from persuading him to tell me though."
"Persuading or protesting?"
"Ha ha. Nosedive will tell me, I trust him."
"Well do you trust him enough to know that he was at a party where there were knives, alcohol, and drugs, and now the reason he needs a lift is because he is hiding from the cops?"
WildWing jammed on the breaks.
"Thought you find that interesting. It's not like that though, I just worded it like that to get your attention. He was at the party and a lot of the teenagers are being hauled down, and being questioned."
"But he didn't have any of that stuff right?"
"Nope, at least he didn't say he didn't."
"Than he didn't. I trust my brother."
"If you say so."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing…yet."
"What?"
"Never mind. Just drive."
So WildWing drove in silence too. Neither of them said anything. The raining had started out as a light drizzled but was now becoming to much hard down pour. All of which Nosedive sat outside in.
Finally the jeep pulled up and Nosedive jumped inside taking a back seat.
"Thanks again Wing", said Nosedive who was sopping wet, "Hey Duke."
"Hey there kid", said Duke.
"Hey Dive", said WildWing. "Man Nosedive you are drenched."
"Thanks for the update, I didn't know that."
"Very funny. Take that shirt off, you'll get sick, I'll put the heat up."
"Thanks."
WildWing threw his brother his sweatshirt, leaving WildWing with a very light t-shirt on underneath.
"Here put this on".
"Thanks Wing".
"No problem."
"So we get another day of fun huh?"
"Yup baby bro. I was thinking we start the fun now, how about ice cream?"
Nosedive's eyes lit up, "Yeah!"
Duke elbowed WildWing, "Aren't you going to even ask what happened?"
"No. I trust my brother to tell me if anything happened that he can't handle on his own, besides you told me everything already."
Duke rolled his eyes.
"What", asked WildWing.
"Nothing."
"Whatever. Anyway Dive, they have that new movie out. You want to check it out?"
"When?"
"Tomorrow. I was thinking at night after dinner."
"Yeah that would be great! That movie looks so funny. As for dinner can we eat out?"
"Sure, have anything in mind?"
"Taco Tower".
"I can deal with that".
"Goodies, sugar and spice with a cherry on top!"
WildWing stared at his brother.
"Don't ask", said Nosedive.
"Don't worry I won't", said WildWing. "Don't worry."
So that weekend Nosedive and WildWing hung out the entire time together doing fun things. WildWing and the rest of the team didn't notice anything wrong with Nosedive except Duke.
Duke thought of himself being paranoid. But then he saw Nosedive changing his shirt and what he saw terrified him. He saw cuts all over his chest. Not old scars, but new cuts. Cuts done with by blades or something sharp. Accompany those cuts, were fading out scars, but new scars nonetheless. You could tell that they were new for they were healing themselves. There were also black and blues attending them.
"Is Nosedive doing that to himself", questioned Duke, "Or something else is doing that to Nosedive. Nosedive is hiding something, something that is probably very peril and grave."