CHAPTER 5 TRUTHS AND LIES
As Amber walked up the stairs and into the kitchen, she heard the sounds of classical Hylian music. Getting caught up in the soft flowing notes, she felt like she was walking on a cloud and found Carl typing something on the computer. She could tell she was talking to Kathy, but his voice was to soft for her to understand what it was about.
Carl suddenly stopped talking , stood up, and asked her quickly. "Did you hear or see anything?" He made sure he was covering the screen.
"I, well...no." Amber said shaking her head, her eyes full of questioning
Seemingly satisfied, Carl turned around and pushed a few buttons. The screen went blank for a moment and came back to life showing a screen that connected to the word wide web. "You get the day off, use it wisely." Carl motioned to the screen. "Just tell Kathy to call me if you need anything." He walked away and a moment later Amber heard the door to Carl's room closing.
"Hmmmm," She looked at the screen. "well I guess I'll start then." She sat down in the chair and logged on to the internet and typed in 'The Trezen' in the search engine.
After three solid hours of reading articles and watching limited footage of the elusive Trezen. Amber hit a site that was password protected. She found it strange that the user name and password were already entered but she figured it was just her lucky day. The sapphire eyed Hylian clicked the enter button and a screen with a 3-D computer generated Trezen pointing at himself with his thumb. There was a caption underneath it reading:
To find me, follow your ears.
'Follow my ears?' All Amber could hear was her own breath and beating heart. But, a moment later, she could swear she heard a very faint high pitched rhythm, like from an ocarina or harp.
Standing, she briefly stretched the inactivity from her body and once again listened for the melody. 'Yes, I hear it again! I didn't imagine it!' She started walking around the house trying to pinpoint the source. As she past the small hall, the music could be heard much clearer. 'No way,' Her heart began to race.
Her legs became lead weights and her arm was shaking as she reached up and turned the door knob. Amber crooked her eyebrow when she stepped into the room and found out that Carl was not there.
She walked closer to his bed and jumped back and took a defensive stance when a part of the wall slid back to reveal a platform. Amber blinked anxiously as she walked on the lift and began to descend. The elevator doors opened to reveal a dark laboratory.
"He-hello?.....Carl?" Her whole body began to shake. Soon, she turned but stopped as she heard a light turn on and began shaking even more.
"Hey says not to be afraid and to turn around." Kathy said.
"Who-who says?" She mouthed.
"Just turn around." Kathy said simply. It was the slowest seconds of her life.
Her breath caught in her throat when she saw the light reflecting off of forest green armor. "N-n-n-n-n-o wuckin' fey!"
"He laughed." Kathy said.
"How do you know?" Amber whispered.
"I am connected to The Trezen as I am connected to Carl and you." Was the answer. "He says he's been waiting for you."
The Trezen walked forward and placed its left hand on Amber's cheek. She drew back as it reached out, but when the armor met her flesh, it seemed somehow....familiar. "He says that you are cute." He took his hand off her cheek.
'So The Trezen really is a he!' She thought as she felt her cheeks reddening. "How do you know Carl, and come to think of it....just where is that boy?"
"Carl repairs the damages to my suit, he also upgrades my suit, he said." Kathy repeated into Amber's ear.
Amber nodded. "Then, were is Carl? I heard him shut the door to his room."
"He is around." Kathy repeated for The Trezen.
Amber has suddenly become mad and frowned at all the secrets that had been kept from her over the time she had come to live with Carl and snapped. "ALL RIGHT THAT'S IT!" She shouted at the helmet of The Trezen. "Where the hell is Carl!? If you don't tell me right now, I'm going to the police and I mean it!" Her voice echoed in the silent lab and when neither Kathy or The Trezen answered, she huffed in anger and turned around.
"Wait," Kathy said as she reached the elevator. Amber stopped. "If you wish to know who I am and where Carl is," Kathy said for the armor. "You must understand that you're life will never be the same again."
"My life has already changed so much that I don't care anymore." She said solemnly, her eyes finding the ground.
She saw a helmet roll to a stop by her feet. She was startled by it and picked it up to examine it. "Well come on girl, you do want to see my face do you not?" The Trezen said my means of Kathy.
Amber gulped audibly and turned slowly. When she saw his face, she inhaled sharply and nearly dropped the helmet in shock. "You? No!" She rubbed her eyes, but Carl's face was still there.
"Hello Amber." Carl stood blankfaced, hand on his hips.
"Okay, good joke. Hah, hah. We've all had our little jollies, now where is the real Trezen?" A cold look from Carl made Amber gasp. "You-you're serious aren't you?"
"It would seem so,"
"Then how did you make up the name Mister Trezen?" She made quotation marks with her fingers.
"You just said it." Carl smiled.
"All I said was 'then how did you make up the name Mister.....Trezen.....' hey wait a minute!" She dropped the helmet on the ground. "You really are The Trezen aren't you?"
"Duh," Kathy said.
"But, but the killings of Aaron, and, and,....."
"I'm still just Carl." As he took a step toward her, Amber took one back.
"Get away from me!" She screamed running backwards into the elevator and closing the doors.
Carl sighed as he watched her go. "Aren't you going to go after her?" Kathy asked with a cross tone.
"No, she can take care of herself." He picked the helmet off the floor. "Might as well get this suit off."
***
Amber was starting to shed tears as she ran from the building that was her home for the past two months. She ran until she was out of breath and leaned down on her thighs. Taking in huge gasps of air she stood back up and looked around. "Uh oh, I think I'm lost."
"Do you want directions back to Carl's house?" Kathy asked.
"No!" She said hotly. People that were passing by gave her funny looks.
"Okay if you're sure."
Amber began to walk in the direction of what she thought was the arcade where she first met her unlikely friend.
"Hey baby, wanna go someplace dark?" A rather large and muscular man with an unshaven face cat-called to Amber.
She turned and turned her nose up at him, insulted. "Piss off."
Just then a police cruiser slowly drove by. "Hey Danial, looks like Terrence is up to his old tricks again."
"He can't learn can he?"
"Come on baaaaby you know you want it." Terrence grabbed Amber's left arm.
"Let go...."
"Not until I have some fun first."
"Let's break this thing up before it gets any worse." Officer Henderson said.
"Yeeeeah!" Amber swung around, ripping the man's arm from his body and hit Terrence in the face with her metal arm, taking off his head.
"Shit! Looks like it just did!"
"30 H.T.C."
"Go ahead 30." Dispatch responded.
"Will be 45 at Trayn and South, witness murder."
"Clear, 15:37"
As the officers got to Amber, she was starring at her hand dripping with blood. She turned as she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Miss, you're going to have to come with us."
***
"CARL!" Kathy screamed into Carl's ear.
"Aaaah!" Carl screamed and held his ear. "What the hell was that all about?!" He put down a sheet of paper with lines of computer/bio output printed on it.
"Amber, she's just been arrested!"
"Really? For what?" He asked, still sitting.
"She took off a guy's head with her cybernetic arm!"
"Damn! Those things come in handy." Carl chuckled.
"Well, aren't you going to help her? Get your Trezen suit ready!"
"Oh don't get so excited." Carl said. "She'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Why?"
"To teach her not to go running the streets and getting herself in trouble."
"She's going to be mad at you for leaving her in jail all night."
"Does it look like I'm frightened?" He crooked his eyebrow and stood up and walked over to his terminal in the pit. "Feed me the data on how much strength she used."
***
"Amber" Kathy said softly.
"Yea?" Amber mouthed, looking down at the floor of the holding cell.
"Ummm...........I told Carl that you were arrested."
"Yes, and? He is going to come and help me, right?" She asked silently.
"Um, no."
"What?!" Amber screamed. People in other cells looked at her. "You people got a problem?" Her eyes burned all sho were unlucky enough to see them.
"What do you mean no?" She mouthed to Kathy, her brows furrowed in anger.
"Well he is, eventually. He says that he is leaving you in here overnight to have you learn some humility."
Amber huffed angrily. "I'll teach him to leave me here." She mouthed
As Amber walked up the stairs and into the kitchen, she heard the sounds of classical Hylian music. Getting caught up in the soft flowing notes, she felt like she was walking on a cloud and found Carl typing something on the computer. She could tell she was talking to Kathy, but his voice was to soft for her to understand what it was about.
Carl suddenly stopped talking , stood up, and asked her quickly. "Did you hear or see anything?" He made sure he was covering the screen.
"I, well...no." Amber said shaking her head, her eyes full of questioning
Seemingly satisfied, Carl turned around and pushed a few buttons. The screen went blank for a moment and came back to life showing a screen that connected to the word wide web. "You get the day off, use it wisely." Carl motioned to the screen. "Just tell Kathy to call me if you need anything." He walked away and a moment later Amber heard the door to Carl's room closing.
"Hmmmm," She looked at the screen. "well I guess I'll start then." She sat down in the chair and logged on to the internet and typed in 'The Trezen' in the search engine.
After three solid hours of reading articles and watching limited footage of the elusive Trezen. Amber hit a site that was password protected. She found it strange that the user name and password were already entered but she figured it was just her lucky day. The sapphire eyed Hylian clicked the enter button and a screen with a 3-D computer generated Trezen pointing at himself with his thumb. There was a caption underneath it reading:
To find me, follow your ears.
'Follow my ears?' All Amber could hear was her own breath and beating heart. But, a moment later, she could swear she heard a very faint high pitched rhythm, like from an ocarina or harp.
Standing, she briefly stretched the inactivity from her body and once again listened for the melody. 'Yes, I hear it again! I didn't imagine it!' She started walking around the house trying to pinpoint the source. As she past the small hall, the music could be heard much clearer. 'No way,' Her heart began to race.
Her legs became lead weights and her arm was shaking as she reached up and turned the door knob. Amber crooked her eyebrow when she stepped into the room and found out that Carl was not there.
She walked closer to his bed and jumped back and took a defensive stance when a part of the wall slid back to reveal a platform. Amber blinked anxiously as she walked on the lift and began to descend. The elevator doors opened to reveal a dark laboratory.
"He-hello?.....Carl?" Her whole body began to shake. Soon, she turned but stopped as she heard a light turn on and began shaking even more.
"Hey says not to be afraid and to turn around." Kathy said.
"Who-who says?" She mouthed.
"Just turn around." Kathy said simply. It was the slowest seconds of her life.
Her breath caught in her throat when she saw the light reflecting off of forest green armor. "N-n-n-n-n-o wuckin' fey!"
"He laughed." Kathy said.
"How do you know?" Amber whispered.
"I am connected to The Trezen as I am connected to Carl and you." Was the answer. "He says he's been waiting for you."
The Trezen walked forward and placed its left hand on Amber's cheek. She drew back as it reached out, but when the armor met her flesh, it seemed somehow....familiar. "He says that you are cute." He took his hand off her cheek.
'So The Trezen really is a he!' She thought as she felt her cheeks reddening. "How do you know Carl, and come to think of it....just where is that boy?"
"Carl repairs the damages to my suit, he also upgrades my suit, he said." Kathy repeated into Amber's ear.
Amber nodded. "Then, were is Carl? I heard him shut the door to his room."
"He is around." Kathy repeated for The Trezen.
Amber has suddenly become mad and frowned at all the secrets that had been kept from her over the time she had come to live with Carl and snapped. "ALL RIGHT THAT'S IT!" She shouted at the helmet of The Trezen. "Where the hell is Carl!? If you don't tell me right now, I'm going to the police and I mean it!" Her voice echoed in the silent lab and when neither Kathy or The Trezen answered, she huffed in anger and turned around.
"Wait," Kathy said as she reached the elevator. Amber stopped. "If you wish to know who I am and where Carl is," Kathy said for the armor. "You must understand that you're life will never be the same again."
"My life has already changed so much that I don't care anymore." She said solemnly, her eyes finding the ground.
She saw a helmet roll to a stop by her feet. She was startled by it and picked it up to examine it. "Well come on girl, you do want to see my face do you not?" The Trezen said my means of Kathy.
Amber gulped audibly and turned slowly. When she saw his face, she inhaled sharply and nearly dropped the helmet in shock. "You? No!" She rubbed her eyes, but Carl's face was still there.
"Hello Amber." Carl stood blankfaced, hand on his hips.
"Okay, good joke. Hah, hah. We've all had our little jollies, now where is the real Trezen?" A cold look from Carl made Amber gasp. "You-you're serious aren't you?"
"It would seem so,"
"Then how did you make up the name Mister Trezen?" She made quotation marks with her fingers.
"You just said it." Carl smiled.
"All I said was 'then how did you make up the name Mister.....Trezen.....' hey wait a minute!" She dropped the helmet on the ground. "You really are The Trezen aren't you?"
"Duh," Kathy said.
"But, but the killings of Aaron, and, and,....."
"I'm still just Carl." As he took a step toward her, Amber took one back.
"Get away from me!" She screamed running backwards into the elevator and closing the doors.
Carl sighed as he watched her go. "Aren't you going to go after her?" Kathy asked with a cross tone.
"No, she can take care of herself." He picked the helmet off the floor. "Might as well get this suit off."
***
Amber was starting to shed tears as she ran from the building that was her home for the past two months. She ran until she was out of breath and leaned down on her thighs. Taking in huge gasps of air she stood back up and looked around. "Uh oh, I think I'm lost."
"Do you want directions back to Carl's house?" Kathy asked.
"No!" She said hotly. People that were passing by gave her funny looks.
"Okay if you're sure."
Amber began to walk in the direction of what she thought was the arcade where she first met her unlikely friend.
"Hey baby, wanna go someplace dark?" A rather large and muscular man with an unshaven face cat-called to Amber.
She turned and turned her nose up at him, insulted. "Piss off."
Just then a police cruiser slowly drove by. "Hey Danial, looks like Terrence is up to his old tricks again."
"He can't learn can he?"
"Come on baaaaby you know you want it." Terrence grabbed Amber's left arm.
"Let go...."
"Not until I have some fun first."
"Let's break this thing up before it gets any worse." Officer Henderson said.
"Yeeeeah!" Amber swung around, ripping the man's arm from his body and hit Terrence in the face with her metal arm, taking off his head.
"Shit! Looks like it just did!"
"30 H.T.C."
"Go ahead 30." Dispatch responded.
"Will be 45 at Trayn and South, witness murder."
"Clear, 15:37"
As the officers got to Amber, she was starring at her hand dripping with blood. She turned as she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Miss, you're going to have to come with us."
***
"CARL!" Kathy screamed into Carl's ear.
"Aaaah!" Carl screamed and held his ear. "What the hell was that all about?!" He put down a sheet of paper with lines of computer/bio output printed on it.
"Amber, she's just been arrested!"
"Really? For what?" He asked, still sitting.
"She took off a guy's head with her cybernetic arm!"
"Damn! Those things come in handy." Carl chuckled.
"Well, aren't you going to help her? Get your Trezen suit ready!"
"Oh don't get so excited." Carl said. "She'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Why?"
"To teach her not to go running the streets and getting herself in trouble."
"She's going to be mad at you for leaving her in jail all night."
"Does it look like I'm frightened?" He crooked his eyebrow and stood up and walked over to his terminal in the pit. "Feed me the data on how much strength she used."
***
"Amber" Kathy said softly.
"Yea?" Amber mouthed, looking down at the floor of the holding cell.
"Ummm...........I told Carl that you were arrested."
"Yes, and? He is going to come and help me, right?" She asked silently.
"Um, no."
"What?!" Amber screamed. People in other cells looked at her. "You people got a problem?" Her eyes burned all sho were unlucky enough to see them.
"What do you mean no?" She mouthed to Kathy, her brows furrowed in anger.
"Well he is, eventually. He says that he is leaving you in here overnight to have you learn some humility."
Amber huffed angrily. "I'll teach him to leave me here." She mouthed
