Chapter 2: Fragility
"Drew... Are we there yet?" Tallulah asked as she sent a message to Drew through the com-link. Tallulah was so tired that she nearly fell asleep while asking him. "Tally?" Drew asked as he peered through the com-link at her. "TALLY!!!!" Emerald screamed through her com-link. Tallulah woke up instantly and picked her head up, not knowing what happened. "WHA??!?!" "Drew, ARE we almost there yet? I'm really tired.." Emerald asked. "Sorry Em, not yet. Couple more miles." Tallulah pointed through the com-link at land, "LAND!!! OH SWEET LAND!!!!" Tallulah shifted her pteras down and landed on a beach. She opened the cockpit, ran out, and kissed the sand. Emerald and Drew also landed, but they didn't kiss the ground. "It's not safe here," Emerald said looking down. "They're coming.." Gunshots were fired after she said that. War Sharks from the Eastern half had followed them. "Give up now, or we'll fire!" one of the sharks called out. All three put their hands up, and were in shackles sooner than they expected. They were taken to a nearby Eastern base, where they were locked up in different rooms. Sisqo visited Emerald a few minutes after she was placed in her room. "I see we meet again." "You knew we had left didn't you?" she asked, giving him a look full of hatred. He shrugged, "Maybe." He grabbed his keys, and entered the cell. Emerald would've attacked him if she wasn't in shackles. He went up to her and grabbed her face, as he did the first time they saw each other. "Tsk, so much potential, you could've joined the Eastern half." "Tsk, so handsome, too bad on the inside he's such an asshole." she replied. He let go and chuckled, "Is that what you think of me? I'm flattered." She spit at him, "Go to hell." He wiped the spit from his face, and smiled, "No, that's alright, it's not my type of place." "You're so oblivious." "Am I? Well, what am I not informed of?" "How much I hate you, now leave." "I may leave if I want to, but I don't want to," he said sitting next to her. "And I'm not oblivious, I know you hate me." "Asshole," she thought. "Destroys my home, kills my family, now he tries to get in my pants." He grabbed her face once again, and looked into her eyes, "Is that what you think? That I'm trying to get you to have sex with me? You're sadly mistaken." "And he reads my mind again!" she thought. "What a prick." "Fine, I'll stop." "Quit that!" she snapped, and he jumped back a little. "Habit, sorry." "No your not." "You're filled with so much anger, why take it out on me?" "I can think of at least 20 reasons why." "You do realize, my father knew your father." She looked up at him, "My father?" "Maynard Sisqo, at your service," he said, standing up and bowing. "My father was Jack Sisqo, they were great rivals." "I remember you, somewhat, you were as much of an asshole then, as you are now." she said looking back down. "How sweet." Just then, a soldier from the Eastern half had come running, and he was breathless. "Sir!" He stood up straight saluting him. "There's an attack occurring in the fourth garage, it seems someone is attempting to steal the shadow liger!" Sisqo took a step forward, "The shadow liger?! I'm coming!" Sisqo followed the soldier, not knowing that he had left the door to Emerald's cell open. She grabbed a bobby pin from her hair, and picked the lock. It took her about 10 minutes, but she finally opened her shackles. "Freedom at last!" she thought as she ran out to save Tallulah and Drew. (from this point on, I'll refer to Tallulah as Tally and Emerald as Emma, it takes to long to type them out ok!) Emma ran towards the others, but turned around to find the keys. Guards were no where in sight, so she grabbed them, and ran towards the others, again. She reached them, and they were sound asleep. "Tally, TALLY!!" she whispered. Tally moved to her side, picked up her head, and opened her eyes with excitement. "EMMA!!" She was so loud that Drew woke up too. "Wha? EMMA!!" Emma smiled, and walked over to their cells. After Tally was free, she gave Emma a big hug. "Ok, there should be some extra zoids in the fifth garage, but we're also meeting someone in the fourth!" Drew said with a wink. "You mean the guy who stole the shadow liger?" Emma asked. "How'd you know?" "Hunch." "Ok, his name's Chris Hunter, fellow friend of mine, and also a spy from the Western half." "So what are we going to do when we escape?" Tally asked. "We're going over to my dad's home, in Trona, then we're going to awaken a nightfall that I found! After that, search for the crystal malachite!" Emma's and Tally's jaw literally dropped when they heard what they were doing. "ARE YOU MAD?!?!" Tally exclaimed. "AFTER THE CRYSTAL MALACHITE!! IT'S SUICIDE!!!!" "Well, you don't have to come, you can stay here and wait for your 20 year sentence to end." Drew replied. Tally thought for a moment, and agreed to come along. They ran towards the fourth garage, to find a man in his 20s firing rapidly at opposing soldiers. "CHRIS!" Drew yelled and made a signal towards Chris. Chris nodded, and continued to fire. They ran towards the fifth garage, and attempted to escape.
"Drew... Are we there yet?" Tallulah asked as she sent a message to Drew through the com-link. Tallulah was so tired that she nearly fell asleep while asking him. "Tally?" Drew asked as he peered through the com-link at her. "TALLY!!!!" Emerald screamed through her com-link. Tallulah woke up instantly and picked her head up, not knowing what happened. "WHA??!?!" "Drew, ARE we almost there yet? I'm really tired.." Emerald asked. "Sorry Em, not yet. Couple more miles." Tallulah pointed through the com-link at land, "LAND!!! OH SWEET LAND!!!!" Tallulah shifted her pteras down and landed on a beach. She opened the cockpit, ran out, and kissed the sand. Emerald and Drew also landed, but they didn't kiss the ground. "It's not safe here," Emerald said looking down. "They're coming.." Gunshots were fired after she said that. War Sharks from the Eastern half had followed them. "Give up now, or we'll fire!" one of the sharks called out. All three put their hands up, and were in shackles sooner than they expected. They were taken to a nearby Eastern base, where they were locked up in different rooms. Sisqo visited Emerald a few minutes after she was placed in her room. "I see we meet again." "You knew we had left didn't you?" she asked, giving him a look full of hatred. He shrugged, "Maybe." He grabbed his keys, and entered the cell. Emerald would've attacked him if she wasn't in shackles. He went up to her and grabbed her face, as he did the first time they saw each other. "Tsk, so much potential, you could've joined the Eastern half." "Tsk, so handsome, too bad on the inside he's such an asshole." she replied. He let go and chuckled, "Is that what you think of me? I'm flattered." She spit at him, "Go to hell." He wiped the spit from his face, and smiled, "No, that's alright, it's not my type of place." "You're so oblivious." "Am I? Well, what am I not informed of?" "How much I hate you, now leave." "I may leave if I want to, but I don't want to," he said sitting next to her. "And I'm not oblivious, I know you hate me." "Asshole," she thought. "Destroys my home, kills my family, now he tries to get in my pants." He grabbed her face once again, and looked into her eyes, "Is that what you think? That I'm trying to get you to have sex with me? You're sadly mistaken." "And he reads my mind again!" she thought. "What a prick." "Fine, I'll stop." "Quit that!" she snapped, and he jumped back a little. "Habit, sorry." "No your not." "You're filled with so much anger, why take it out on me?" "I can think of at least 20 reasons why." "You do realize, my father knew your father." She looked up at him, "My father?" "Maynard Sisqo, at your service," he said, standing up and bowing. "My father was Jack Sisqo, they were great rivals." "I remember you, somewhat, you were as much of an asshole then, as you are now." she said looking back down. "How sweet." Just then, a soldier from the Eastern half had come running, and he was breathless. "Sir!" He stood up straight saluting him. "There's an attack occurring in the fourth garage, it seems someone is attempting to steal the shadow liger!" Sisqo took a step forward, "The shadow liger?! I'm coming!" Sisqo followed the soldier, not knowing that he had left the door to Emerald's cell open. She grabbed a bobby pin from her hair, and picked the lock. It took her about 10 minutes, but she finally opened her shackles. "Freedom at last!" she thought as she ran out to save Tallulah and Drew. (from this point on, I'll refer to Tallulah as Tally and Emerald as Emma, it takes to long to type them out ok!) Emma ran towards the others, but turned around to find the keys. Guards were no where in sight, so she grabbed them, and ran towards the others, again. She reached them, and they were sound asleep. "Tally, TALLY!!" she whispered. Tally moved to her side, picked up her head, and opened her eyes with excitement. "EMMA!!" She was so loud that Drew woke up too. "Wha? EMMA!!" Emma smiled, and walked over to their cells. After Tally was free, she gave Emma a big hug. "Ok, there should be some extra zoids in the fifth garage, but we're also meeting someone in the fourth!" Drew said with a wink. "You mean the guy who stole the shadow liger?" Emma asked. "How'd you know?" "Hunch." "Ok, his name's Chris Hunter, fellow friend of mine, and also a spy from the Western half." "So what are we going to do when we escape?" Tally asked. "We're going over to my dad's home, in Trona, then we're going to awaken a nightfall that I found! After that, search for the crystal malachite!" Emma's and Tally's jaw literally dropped when they heard what they were doing. "ARE YOU MAD?!?!" Tally exclaimed. "AFTER THE CRYSTAL MALACHITE!! IT'S SUICIDE!!!!" "Well, you don't have to come, you can stay here and wait for your 20 year sentence to end." Drew replied. Tally thought for a moment, and agreed to come along. They ran towards the fourth garage, to find a man in his 20s firing rapidly at opposing soldiers. "CHRIS!" Drew yelled and made a signal towards Chris. Chris nodded, and continued to fire. They ran towards the fifth garage, and attempted to escape.
