1 Normal
Perfect. Just absolutely, positively, bloody perfect. To end a lousy day of freezing, boredom and frustration – not all that different from normal, but still annoying – Normal gets held at gun point, along with everyone else at Jam Pony. Mind you, Max was definitely going to be getting her sorry ass fired now. Whatever it was that got these people so pissed off could not be legal.
"Alright, all of you. I want some answers. Where is Max Guevara? We know she works here and we're not leaving until someone tells us where she is."
Oh great, they were determined too.
"Listen, she's not here," Normal spoke up, in an attempt to restore order to his empire.
"Then where is she?"
"I sent her off on deliveries two hours ago. She should've been back by now."
"Well, I think we'll just wait here until she gets back, shall we?"
That was not the answer Normal had been looking for.
"You know, Max isn't the only Guevara we have working here."
"Really?"
"Yeah. A new kid – name's Eddie. I figure they gotta be related."
The man checked with one of his partners.
"Yeah, and see that blonde girl sittin' over there?"
"Yes."
"She's his girlfriend."
"Thank you. You've been most helpful. Okay, all of you may go! Except for you," he said, pointing to Sarah, "and you," he pointed at Normal.
Shit. Definitely not the response he'd been looking for.
"No way, if you're here for my Boo, then I'm stayin'!" Original Cindy told the man with the gun, bold as brass.
"Fine. The three of you will be enough."
That Sarah girl was obviously as thrilled with the situation as normal. Her eyes were flicking from door, to windows and all around. They took stock of everything, as if the information was all that stood between life and death. Before Normal knew what was happening, the blonde girl, who looked like she would break in a strong breath of wind, had knocked out two guards and was holding a third by the throat.
"How the hell did you do that?" Normal yelled, although his was a most singular reaction.
The soldiers turned on the girl, guns trained and Original Cindy showed surprised, but between them all was a look of people who accepted what they saw.
It was then that several things happened at once. Two windows burst open as swung in amid shattering glass, Original Cindy ducked under one of the benches near the lockers, Sarah threw the guard his comrades and began running for the door except that her escape was cut off by a van that pulled up and blocked the exit. But most surprising to Normal was that one of the bodies to swing in the window was Max. That was, of course, until she started wiping out trained professionals without breaking a sweat.
Max was quickly joined by Sarah and the other fighter. This time, Normal was not surprised to discover that it was Eddie. It could not have been more than five minutes between their explosive entry and their successfully subduing a dozen, armed guards. At that moment, Normal finally understood what Max was - okay, he didn't. What he did know, was that she was a freak. That was certain and important people wanted her too. Visions of dollar signs began to dance in his head. This dream was short-lived, however, as Original Cindy began to talk to him.
"Ya do realise that Maxi is gonna hafta kill ya now? Cos if she don't, you just give me an excuse and I'll put such a smackdown on ya, cos I've been dyin for a reason!"
"Hey boo, you okay?" Max asked after her friend.
While she was talking, Normal saw that things were not over yet. Not by a long way.
"Max?"
"Yeah Dante?"
"Freeze, or I'll shoot."
Perfect. Just absolutely, positively, bloody perfect. To end a lousy day of freezing, boredom and frustration – not all that different from normal, but still annoying – Normal gets held at gun point, along with everyone else at Jam Pony. Mind you, Max was definitely going to be getting her sorry ass fired now. Whatever it was that got these people so pissed off could not be legal.
"Alright, all of you. I want some answers. Where is Max Guevara? We know she works here and we're not leaving until someone tells us where she is."
Oh great, they were determined too.
"Listen, she's not here," Normal spoke up, in an attempt to restore order to his empire.
"Then where is she?"
"I sent her off on deliveries two hours ago. She should've been back by now."
"Well, I think we'll just wait here until she gets back, shall we?"
That was not the answer Normal had been looking for.
"You know, Max isn't the only Guevara we have working here."
"Really?"
"Yeah. A new kid – name's Eddie. I figure they gotta be related."
The man checked with one of his partners.
"Yeah, and see that blonde girl sittin' over there?"
"Yes."
"She's his girlfriend."
"Thank you. You've been most helpful. Okay, all of you may go! Except for you," he said, pointing to Sarah, "and you," he pointed at Normal.
Shit. Definitely not the response he'd been looking for.
"No way, if you're here for my Boo, then I'm stayin'!" Original Cindy told the man with the gun, bold as brass.
"Fine. The three of you will be enough."
That Sarah girl was obviously as thrilled with the situation as normal. Her eyes were flicking from door, to windows and all around. They took stock of everything, as if the information was all that stood between life and death. Before Normal knew what was happening, the blonde girl, who looked like she would break in a strong breath of wind, had knocked out two guards and was holding a third by the throat.
"How the hell did you do that?" Normal yelled, although his was a most singular reaction.
The soldiers turned on the girl, guns trained and Original Cindy showed surprised, but between them all was a look of people who accepted what they saw.
It was then that several things happened at once. Two windows burst open as swung in amid shattering glass, Original Cindy ducked under one of the benches near the lockers, Sarah threw the guard his comrades and began running for the door except that her escape was cut off by a van that pulled up and blocked the exit. But most surprising to Normal was that one of the bodies to swing in the window was Max. That was, of course, until she started wiping out trained professionals without breaking a sweat.
Max was quickly joined by Sarah and the other fighter. This time, Normal was not surprised to discover that it was Eddie. It could not have been more than five minutes between their explosive entry and their successfully subduing a dozen, armed guards. At that moment, Normal finally understood what Max was - okay, he didn't. What he did know, was that she was a freak. That was certain and important people wanted her too. Visions of dollar signs began to dance in his head. This dream was short-lived, however, as Original Cindy began to talk to him.
"Ya do realise that Maxi is gonna hafta kill ya now? Cos if she don't, you just give me an excuse and I'll put such a smackdown on ya, cos I've been dyin for a reason!"
"Hey boo, you okay?" Max asked after her friend.
While she was talking, Normal saw that things were not over yet. Not by a long way.
"Max?"
"Yeah Dante?"
"Freeze, or I'll shoot."