As soon as she had rounded the corner, Amber took another route.
"Bingo!" She whispered to herself, as she looked towards the Horton Bailey Hotel. There were guards clustered all around the front entrance, so she walked quietly and carefully round the side. Looking through each window she walked past, she found most rooms empty. She was pretty lucky not to have been seen; a few times, when she had peered in, guards were facing the window.
She carried on making her way round the building, and soon came across a part where all the windows were all boarded up. She suspected this was where prisoners were kept.
As she was walking, suddenly the boards next to her head were ripped off. She cautiously peered in, and saw Lex, looking very old.
"What are you doing here?" He hissed to her. "If they see you, they'll probably have you killed!"
"Never mind…look, where's Bray?" She asked.
"Thought you'd ask that sooner or later."
"Where!?" She repeated.
"Ummm…oh dear, the virus must be affecting my memory, I can't remember." Lex said sarcastically.
"I wish it would! Where is he!" Amber's voice was getting louder.
"Alright, alright, keep your voice down!" He warned her.
"Well…?" Amber looked at him expectantly.
"He's usually by the pool." Lex told her. "Getting friendly with Ebony." He added, knowing it would make her irritated. Amber's eyes narrowed, and she walked off. "Well aren't you gonna help me get out of here?" He muttered after her.
Amber peered round the corner. Through the trees she could see the pool and poolside, even if it was from a distance. Someone was in the pool, Ebony most probably, and Bray was standing near the edge.
"Are you gonna come swimming?" She faintly heard Ebony say. Amber's eyes narrowed in anger as she looked at her.
"Keep your…claws off him!" Amber whispered to herself, fuming. A stone hit her gently on the back and she turned round, only to see Lex with his head stuck out the window of the cell he was in.
"Get me out!" He hissed to her. She sighed.
"In a minute!" She retorted, and turned to look over at the pool again, but no one was in it now. Amber looked round worriedly, and soon saw Ebony and Bray. Together. She turned away and looked at Lex. "Come on, let's go." She said to him. Lex looked confused.
"What made you change your mind so quickly?" He asked. Amber looked at Bray once more, Ebony sitting on top of him, rubbing in sun cream.
"N…nothing." She stuttered. Lex rolled his eyes.
"Oh well, the sooner I get out of here the better." He whispered as Amber walked over to his window. With the help of Lex, Amber ripped the boards off the wall and soon both of them were running away through the streets.
When they had cleared a safe distance from the Loco's headquarters, they slowed down to a walk. It took them half an hour to get back to the Mall, and Amber was silent for all that time; deep in thought. How could Bray do this to her? They hadn't been together very long, but still…why? Her mind was running round in a vicious circle.
"Come on Bray, relax!" Ebony said, rubbing sun cream into his back.
"Ebony, get off!" Bray continued to wriggle.
"When will you learn…" Ebony sighed.
"Lex!" KC spotted him coming through the doors from the sewer.
"Oh my God…" Salene stared at him. He was hardly recognisable.
"We're all gonna die!" Patsy whimpered, and Cloe hugged her. Amber appeared behind him.
"So Amber, where's the food?" Trudy said sarcastically. "You went and looked for Bray, and you could have got yourself killed!" She finished.
"Where is Bray?" Chloe asked, and Amber disappeared to her room.
"Oh no, not this again." Lex said.
"Well you were with her; where's Bray?" Trudy asked him.
"I don't know!" He said truthfully.
"You don't care more like." Salene walked off.
Amber was crying quietly in her room.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you out there; it's just that I was worried that something might happen to you." Trudy apologised to her and sat down. Amber was crying harder now. "What's the matter?" she asked sympathetically.
"It…it's Bray…him…and Ebony." She sobbed.
"Are you sure?" Trudy asked.
"I saw them Trudy, with my own eyes!" She snapped back. "Sorry." Amber added, feeling horrible for snapping.
"I should have told you about this…" Trudy sighed.
"Huh?" Amber looked at her.
"It doesn't matter Amber, really." Trudy was uneasy; she couldn't decide if she should tell Amber or not.
"What, Trudy. What?!" Amber was suspicious. Trudy took a deep breath.
"Before the virus…Ebony and Bray went out together." She hugged Amber.
"Thanks for telling me." She sobbed.
"Bingo!" She whispered to herself, as she looked towards the Horton Bailey Hotel. There were guards clustered all around the front entrance, so she walked quietly and carefully round the side. Looking through each window she walked past, she found most rooms empty. She was pretty lucky not to have been seen; a few times, when she had peered in, guards were facing the window.
She carried on making her way round the building, and soon came across a part where all the windows were all boarded up. She suspected this was where prisoners were kept.
As she was walking, suddenly the boards next to her head were ripped off. She cautiously peered in, and saw Lex, looking very old.
"What are you doing here?" He hissed to her. "If they see you, they'll probably have you killed!"
"Never mind…look, where's Bray?" She asked.
"Thought you'd ask that sooner or later."
"Where!?" She repeated.
"Ummm…oh dear, the virus must be affecting my memory, I can't remember." Lex said sarcastically.
"I wish it would! Where is he!" Amber's voice was getting louder.
"Alright, alright, keep your voice down!" He warned her.
"Well…?" Amber looked at him expectantly.
"He's usually by the pool." Lex told her. "Getting friendly with Ebony." He added, knowing it would make her irritated. Amber's eyes narrowed, and she walked off. "Well aren't you gonna help me get out of here?" He muttered after her.
Amber peered round the corner. Through the trees she could see the pool and poolside, even if it was from a distance. Someone was in the pool, Ebony most probably, and Bray was standing near the edge.
"Are you gonna come swimming?" She faintly heard Ebony say. Amber's eyes narrowed in anger as she looked at her.
"Keep your…claws off him!" Amber whispered to herself, fuming. A stone hit her gently on the back and she turned round, only to see Lex with his head stuck out the window of the cell he was in.
"Get me out!" He hissed to her. She sighed.
"In a minute!" She retorted, and turned to look over at the pool again, but no one was in it now. Amber looked round worriedly, and soon saw Ebony and Bray. Together. She turned away and looked at Lex. "Come on, let's go." She said to him. Lex looked confused.
"What made you change your mind so quickly?" He asked. Amber looked at Bray once more, Ebony sitting on top of him, rubbing in sun cream.
"N…nothing." She stuttered. Lex rolled his eyes.
"Oh well, the sooner I get out of here the better." He whispered as Amber walked over to his window. With the help of Lex, Amber ripped the boards off the wall and soon both of them were running away through the streets.
When they had cleared a safe distance from the Loco's headquarters, they slowed down to a walk. It took them half an hour to get back to the Mall, and Amber was silent for all that time; deep in thought. How could Bray do this to her? They hadn't been together very long, but still…why? Her mind was running round in a vicious circle.
"Come on Bray, relax!" Ebony said, rubbing sun cream into his back.
"Ebony, get off!" Bray continued to wriggle.
"When will you learn…" Ebony sighed.
"Lex!" KC spotted him coming through the doors from the sewer.
"Oh my God…" Salene stared at him. He was hardly recognisable.
"We're all gonna die!" Patsy whimpered, and Cloe hugged her. Amber appeared behind him.
"So Amber, where's the food?" Trudy said sarcastically. "You went and looked for Bray, and you could have got yourself killed!" She finished.
"Where is Bray?" Chloe asked, and Amber disappeared to her room.
"Oh no, not this again." Lex said.
"Well you were with her; where's Bray?" Trudy asked him.
"I don't know!" He said truthfully.
"You don't care more like." Salene walked off.
Amber was crying quietly in her room.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you out there; it's just that I was worried that something might happen to you." Trudy apologised to her and sat down. Amber was crying harder now. "What's the matter?" she asked sympathetically.
"It…it's Bray…him…and Ebony." She sobbed.
"Are you sure?" Trudy asked.
"I saw them Trudy, with my own eyes!" She snapped back. "Sorry." Amber added, feeling horrible for snapping.
"I should have told you about this…" Trudy sighed.
"Huh?" Amber looked at her.
"It doesn't matter Amber, really." Trudy was uneasy; she couldn't decide if she should tell Amber or not.
"What, Trudy. What?!" Amber was suspicious. Trudy took a deep breath.
"Before the virus…Ebony and Bray went out together." She hugged Amber.
"Thanks for telling me." She sobbed.
