~Chapter 20~
The four stood staring at the shadowy figures, gripping their weapons tightly.
"So...we meet for the first time." one of the figures said in a deep, horribly scary tone. It stepped forward, revealing to be a boy about 17 with short brown hair, dark brown eyes, a darker skin as if he'd been out in the sun a lot, a grin on his face, and wearing a royal blue tunic. "You must be Link." he said in his normal voice. "I'm J.D.
"Uh..." Link faltered at a loss of words.
"I suppose you'd like an explanation. We rescued you from jail and were about to help capture the mayor..." JD explained.
"But you had nicely taken care of it." said another figure stepping up and revealing to be the boy from the office.
"This is Bobby." JD said gesturing towards the boy. "And I believe you've met Ron." Another figure stepped forward. It was the red haired boy that freed them from the cell.
"Hiya." Ron grinned, waving slightly.
"This is Mitch," JD said as the fourth figure stepped forward. This boy seemed the same age as JD. He had short dark blond hair, a slightly chubby face, a rather pale complexion and a dark red tunic. Mitch nodded and stood with the other three.
"And last, but not least, this is Sam." JD said before the final figure stepped forward. To Link and co's surprise, it was a girl.
"Short for Samantha, but call me that and it will be the last thing you say." Sam said harshly. She was also 17, had short sandy blond hair which reached a few inches above her shoulders, sparkling light blue eyes, soft pink lips, a very fair complexion, and wore a light red, almost pink, tunic. Despite her obvious attempts at being a tom boy, she was still actually very attractive.
"A girl?!" Jared shouted doubtfully. Sam gave Jared an icy glare and walked towards him.
"So, what? You got something against my being a girl?" Sam said coldly. Jared just stared at her with disbelief. Suddenly she quickly elbowed him in the stomach, sending him doubling over, then picked him up by his collar and belt, lifting him above her head, then slammed him down on his back, leaving him shocked and totally winded. She stood over him glaring as the other 4 burst out laughing and Links group just staring at her. Jared stood up breathing heavily and slightly limped back over to Link muttering something and glaring despisingly at Sam.
"Er…I have one question though…" Link said. "If you guys are trying to stop the mayor, why not do it before?"
"It's a rather difficult task, of course, the Mayor being heavily guarded and all, but once we heard you were in town, we figured you might help us and we thought it would be the best time to act." JD answered.
"Well, I guess it's good to find a few friends. I suppose we should thank you for setting us free." Link said
"Think nothing of it. We only ask that we may accompany you on your journey." JD said. Judging by the way he spoke for everyone, Link guessed that JD was the leader of the five.
"Sure, you can come along. This is Justin and Fenix." Link said pointing to the two.
"Wow, an elf..." Ron muttered under his breath to Mitch.
"And this is Jared." Link added. Mitch and Bobby snickered to each other.
"Nice to meet all of you." JD said. "But I think we should finish what we set out to do." he motioned to the mayor. Link smirked slightly as the nine approached the unconscious person.
"I demand you let me out!" the mayor shouted furiously, shaking the bars of the cell. The nine stood outside grinning at him.
"No, I don't think we will." Link said. "At least now these people can have their city back. As for you....well...hope you like prison food." The nine laughed and walked away as one of the peasants grinned, swinging a key on his finger. When the nine left the building, they were met by a loudly cheering crowd. People came up to them and thanked them individually for saving the city. A few even gave them gifts. Walton suddenly stepped through the crowd, grinning proudly.
"Hey, Walton. What are you doing here?" Link asked.
"Came to see you off. And to say that since I was with you during this little escapade, the citizens decided to make me the new mayor." Walton told them.
"Wow, good for you..."Link said with a half smile. He turned to Jared. "I'd have thought they wouldn't want another one after all this..." he quietly mumbled under his breath.
The nine soon left the city, sent off by the entire city waving them off. After the city was out of view, the nine began talking amongst themselves.
"So, you're an elf? That's fascinating!" Ron was saying.
"Did you see the way Sam laid him out?!" chortled bobby.
"That was hilarious! The look on his face..." Mitch replied.
"Hey, shut up, Mike or whatever your name is!" shouted Jared.
"Careful what you say, Sam might come after you." Mitch and Bobby burst out laughing.
"I'll kick your ass Justin!" Jared retorted to a grinning Justin.
Link and JD were at the head of the group talking to each other.
"So, where you guys from?" Link asked.
"We're all from Hensley. We've started a group a while back kinda like you and your friends, except we're not able to accomplish tasks as great." JD responded.
"You kinda remind me of some friends I used to have..."
"Who?"
"I don't want to talk about it..." (*note* yet another example of why you need to read my friends fic. I'll put the name in here eventually)
"Hmm..." JD paused. "So, we've been hearing rumors about you guys. Something about collecting the essences."
"Yeah, this guy named Gondar is trying to take them and use them. So far we've gotten two...we don't know how many he has."
"That's interesting...which ones have you got?"
"Water and earth."
"Hmm...y'know, there's a myth going around Hensley. It's about..." JD was suddenly interrupted by shouting and laughter behind them.
"What the...?" JD and Link turned around to see a dazed Jared on the ground with Sam over him panting angrily. Mitch, Bobby and Ron were falling over themselves laughing and Justin was shaking his head sighing. With a huff, Sam walked ahead of the group and continued on.
"If he says one more thing like that you'll lose a friend." she growled to Link.
"Why do you always have to mess with Sam?" Link said annoyed at Jared.
"Erm...herum...effuhb....mehy..." Jared mumbled in response. His cheek was red and slightly swelling.
` "You're such a child..." Justin mumbled, referring to what he had said.
"Oh schut up..." Jared retorted with a slight slur, standing up and rubbing his cheek.
"Yeah, picking on a girl like that. You're so mean!" Bobby said with mock anger to which Ron and Mitch burst out laughing. The party continued on, Sam about 20 feet ahead of them. Justin ran ahead to catch up, leaving Jared victim to the jokes of Mitch, Bobby, and Ron.
"Erm...sorry about him." he said.
"What's it to you?" she muttered, still angry.
"Well...I just think if we're all working together we shouldn't be fighting with each other. I mean...I know he's an ass sometimes..."
"I can tell..."
"Yeah, well, it's easier if you learn to ignore it..."
"Y'know, I take alot of cracks from this group, mostly from being the only girl. I know they're kidding sometimes, but the jokes get old after awhile."
"Eh...sometimes Jared doesn't joke around..." Justin mumbled. "Uh...but...I don't think he knows what he's talking about." he added quickly, noticing the expression on her face. She smiled slightly. Suddenly lewd laughter was heard behind them.
"'Oh, I don't think he knows what he's talking about.'" Bobby said in a mocking tone.
"'Justin, your so sweet. Kiss me my love!'" Mitch said in a dramatic high pitched voice. The two broke out in laughter, hugging each other mockingly and making kissing sounds. Justin blushed slightly and Sam looked back at them shaking a fist menacingly. They stood straight at attention and quieted, but the look on their face shown they were trying not to smile and were in fact mocking her. They snickered quietly when she turned back around.
~end~
The four stood staring at the shadowy figures, gripping their weapons tightly.
"So...we meet for the first time." one of the figures said in a deep, horribly scary tone. It stepped forward, revealing to be a boy about 17 with short brown hair, dark brown eyes, a darker skin as if he'd been out in the sun a lot, a grin on his face, and wearing a royal blue tunic. "You must be Link." he said in his normal voice. "I'm J.D.
"Uh..." Link faltered at a loss of words.
"I suppose you'd like an explanation. We rescued you from jail and were about to help capture the mayor..." JD explained.
"But you had nicely taken care of it." said another figure stepping up and revealing to be the boy from the office.
"This is Bobby." JD said gesturing towards the boy. "And I believe you've met Ron." Another figure stepped forward. It was the red haired boy that freed them from the cell.
"Hiya." Ron grinned, waving slightly.
"This is Mitch," JD said as the fourth figure stepped forward. This boy seemed the same age as JD. He had short dark blond hair, a slightly chubby face, a rather pale complexion and a dark red tunic. Mitch nodded and stood with the other three.
"And last, but not least, this is Sam." JD said before the final figure stepped forward. To Link and co's surprise, it was a girl.
"Short for Samantha, but call me that and it will be the last thing you say." Sam said harshly. She was also 17, had short sandy blond hair which reached a few inches above her shoulders, sparkling light blue eyes, soft pink lips, a very fair complexion, and wore a light red, almost pink, tunic. Despite her obvious attempts at being a tom boy, she was still actually very attractive.
"A girl?!" Jared shouted doubtfully. Sam gave Jared an icy glare and walked towards him.
"So, what? You got something against my being a girl?" Sam said coldly. Jared just stared at her with disbelief. Suddenly she quickly elbowed him in the stomach, sending him doubling over, then picked him up by his collar and belt, lifting him above her head, then slammed him down on his back, leaving him shocked and totally winded. She stood over him glaring as the other 4 burst out laughing and Links group just staring at her. Jared stood up breathing heavily and slightly limped back over to Link muttering something and glaring despisingly at Sam.
"Er…I have one question though…" Link said. "If you guys are trying to stop the mayor, why not do it before?"
"It's a rather difficult task, of course, the Mayor being heavily guarded and all, but once we heard you were in town, we figured you might help us and we thought it would be the best time to act." JD answered.
"Well, I guess it's good to find a few friends. I suppose we should thank you for setting us free." Link said
"Think nothing of it. We only ask that we may accompany you on your journey." JD said. Judging by the way he spoke for everyone, Link guessed that JD was the leader of the five.
"Sure, you can come along. This is Justin and Fenix." Link said pointing to the two.
"Wow, an elf..." Ron muttered under his breath to Mitch.
"And this is Jared." Link added. Mitch and Bobby snickered to each other.
"Nice to meet all of you." JD said. "But I think we should finish what we set out to do." he motioned to the mayor. Link smirked slightly as the nine approached the unconscious person.
"I demand you let me out!" the mayor shouted furiously, shaking the bars of the cell. The nine stood outside grinning at him.
"No, I don't think we will." Link said. "At least now these people can have their city back. As for you....well...hope you like prison food." The nine laughed and walked away as one of the peasants grinned, swinging a key on his finger. When the nine left the building, they were met by a loudly cheering crowd. People came up to them and thanked them individually for saving the city. A few even gave them gifts. Walton suddenly stepped through the crowd, grinning proudly.
"Hey, Walton. What are you doing here?" Link asked.
"Came to see you off. And to say that since I was with you during this little escapade, the citizens decided to make me the new mayor." Walton told them.
"Wow, good for you..."Link said with a half smile. He turned to Jared. "I'd have thought they wouldn't want another one after all this..." he quietly mumbled under his breath.
The nine soon left the city, sent off by the entire city waving them off. After the city was out of view, the nine began talking amongst themselves.
"So, you're an elf? That's fascinating!" Ron was saying.
"Did you see the way Sam laid him out?!" chortled bobby.
"That was hilarious! The look on his face..." Mitch replied.
"Hey, shut up, Mike or whatever your name is!" shouted Jared.
"Careful what you say, Sam might come after you." Mitch and Bobby burst out laughing.
"I'll kick your ass Justin!" Jared retorted to a grinning Justin.
Link and JD were at the head of the group talking to each other.
"So, where you guys from?" Link asked.
"We're all from Hensley. We've started a group a while back kinda like you and your friends, except we're not able to accomplish tasks as great." JD responded.
"You kinda remind me of some friends I used to have..."
"Who?"
"I don't want to talk about it..." (*note* yet another example of why you need to read my friends fic. I'll put the name in here eventually)
"Hmm..." JD paused. "So, we've been hearing rumors about you guys. Something about collecting the essences."
"Yeah, this guy named Gondar is trying to take them and use them. So far we've gotten two...we don't know how many he has."
"That's interesting...which ones have you got?"
"Water and earth."
"Hmm...y'know, there's a myth going around Hensley. It's about..." JD was suddenly interrupted by shouting and laughter behind them.
"What the...?" JD and Link turned around to see a dazed Jared on the ground with Sam over him panting angrily. Mitch, Bobby and Ron were falling over themselves laughing and Justin was shaking his head sighing. With a huff, Sam walked ahead of the group and continued on.
"If he says one more thing like that you'll lose a friend." she growled to Link.
"Why do you always have to mess with Sam?" Link said annoyed at Jared.
"Erm...herum...effuhb....mehy..." Jared mumbled in response. His cheek was red and slightly swelling.
` "You're such a child..." Justin mumbled, referring to what he had said.
"Oh schut up..." Jared retorted with a slight slur, standing up and rubbing his cheek.
"Yeah, picking on a girl like that. You're so mean!" Bobby said with mock anger to which Ron and Mitch burst out laughing. The party continued on, Sam about 20 feet ahead of them. Justin ran ahead to catch up, leaving Jared victim to the jokes of Mitch, Bobby, and Ron.
"Erm...sorry about him." he said.
"What's it to you?" she muttered, still angry.
"Well...I just think if we're all working together we shouldn't be fighting with each other. I mean...I know he's an ass sometimes..."
"I can tell..."
"Yeah, well, it's easier if you learn to ignore it..."
"Y'know, I take alot of cracks from this group, mostly from being the only girl. I know they're kidding sometimes, but the jokes get old after awhile."
"Eh...sometimes Jared doesn't joke around..." Justin mumbled. "Uh...but...I don't think he knows what he's talking about." he added quickly, noticing the expression on her face. She smiled slightly. Suddenly lewd laughter was heard behind them.
"'Oh, I don't think he knows what he's talking about.'" Bobby said in a mocking tone.
"'Justin, your so sweet. Kiss me my love!'" Mitch said in a dramatic high pitched voice. The two broke out in laughter, hugging each other mockingly and making kissing sounds. Justin blushed slightly and Sam looked back at them shaking a fist menacingly. They stood straight at attention and quieted, but the look on their face shown they were trying not to smile and were in fact mocking her. They snickered quietly when she turned back around.
~end~