Following The Footsteps
Chapter Three - some explanations
Fifteen years after Xin Ru Si Hui, Max and Zack's daughter goes off on an adventure of her own, and finds out some startling news.
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"Krit?" Jonay cried. "But, dad would have known that you were here. He would have told us... wouldn't he?"
"No, Jonay. Your father doesn't know that we are here. As far as he knows, I am living in New Mexico at the minute. And it will stay that way. I don't want Zack messing around in what we are trying to do."
"You keep saying we. Who else is here besides you and her?"
"A few others. Not many, but there is enough."
"Enough for what?" Jonay asked as they began walking out of the alley, the woman having fallen asleep in Krit's arms.
"Enough to do what we are here to do."
"And what are you here to do?"
"Something."
"Come on uncle Krit, please tell me?"
"No. She will tell you when she is ready."
"Will you at least tell me her proper name. All I know is that it starts with a J."
"It does does it?"
"Krit!"
"Jonay."
"Please just tell me, I can't call her just J or the woman all the time."
"Why do you think her name starts with J?"
"Because she signed the note with a J."
"Oh. All right then."
"Will you just tell me, please?"
"I suppose I must, seeing as how polite you are being..."
"Oh just tell me already Krit."
"Well if you put it that way... Sorry Jonay, I don't mean to tease. Her name is Lex."
"Lex. But I thought her name started with J?"
"Obviously it doesn't. Her name is Lex, it always has been."
"Lex. I don't think that mum's ever spoken of her. Not that I know of."
"I wonder why not? Who has Max told you about?"
"She's said something about you, Syl, Zane, um... Ben and Tinga of course, and there's one other that I know of. Um... she was mum's best friend, and she killed herself... it was something like my name, Jonnie or Joan or... I know, it was Jondy."
"Jondy. She was your mothers best friend, back at Manticore they were always side by side, helping each other out, doing better than all of us others."
"Where's Manticore? Or what's Manticore? Is it like a boarding school that you guys went to or something?"
"You don't know about Manticore?"
"No. Should I?"
"Of course you should. Manticore's the reason that you have the barcode on the back of your neck, it's the reason you are stronger, smarter, can remember more than all of your friends."
"But, I just thought that mum and dad were both gifted people, and that they passed some of their gift's onto us?"
"No. Is that what Zack and Max told you?"
"Well, kind of. They don't really tell us kids all that much."
"Us kids. You have other brothers and sisters?"
"Yeah. Didn't you know that?"
"No, I didn't. What are their names?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because I'm your uncle and you should obey your elders."
"Like I'd ever do that!"
"Come on Jonay, just tell me please?"
"Alright. I'm the oldest, then the twins, Evalyn and Jackson, who're 8 and a half, then there's Tiera who's 6 and Bennet's 4. Evalyn and Tiera are the girls."
"Funny choice of names. Do you know why Max chose those ones?"
"Well I was named after Jondy, while Tiera was kind of named after Auntie Tinga, and Bennet was named after Uncle Ben. And what's wrong with our names. Mum and dad wanted us to be unique."
"What about Evalyn and Jackson? Do you know if they were named after any one?"
"I don't think so. Mum never said anything about it. Why? Do you know something about their names that I don't?"
"I might."
"Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Not."
"Fine. Don't."
"I won't."
"God, do you ever shut up?"
"Nope, don't think that's possible sorry."
"Where are we going?"
"To my place?"
"Why are you here?"
"To do something."
"Who else is here?"
"Would you quit asking questions?"
"Would you quit evading my questions?"
"Fine it's a draw. Now shut up and keep walking. We're nearly there."
Jonay and Krit walked in silence for the next ten minutes, until they reached a set of apartments in sector three. Krit led Jonay up the stairs to the second floor, and stopped at the fifth door on the right hand side of the apartment.
"This is it Jonay. Knock on the door three times will you. And then knock four more."
"Why?"
"Cause otherwise we are dead people."
"Oh. Ok." Jonay replied as she did as Krit asked and knocked three times on the door, paused and then knocked four more times.
The door opened slightly and Jonay saw a pair of purple eyes look her over, and then the door was flung open when they saw Krit.
"Krit! Finally you're back. You sure you took long enough?"
"There was a slight problem Teva."
"What... oh my god, what happened to Lex?" Teva cried as she finally saw who it was Krit had in his arms.
"I don't know. Could be a bullet. I need Dom to have a look at her, see if he can fix it."
"Dom's not here now though. But don't worry about that, come in will you. And you to Jonay."
"How do you know my name?" Jonay asked as she went into the apartment.
"I have my sources."
"Oh no. Please don't start that. You sound just like Krit."
"I'll stop right now then. I don't want to sound like that idiot."
"Oi! Watch it Teva!"
"Sorry Krit. Anyway, Jonay, come and sit down." Teva said, as she pushed Jonay over to one of the couches and sat down. Krit had laid Lex down on the other, and was looking at the wound in her side.
"Where's Dom, Teva?"
"He went out to get some supplies."
"Well we're going to have to do something for Lex."
"I know, but what is there to do? I mean Dom is our only doctor. Except..."
"We can't. She's busy, and she doesn't want to show until the time is right."
"What are you guys talking about?" Jonay asked.
"Just trying to figure out how we can fix up Lex here." Teva replied.
"Well the best thing would be to take her to the hospital, wouldn't it?"
"Hospital. You want us to go to a hospital? Don't you know anything?" Teva squealed.
"Actually Teva, Jonay doesn't know anything." Krit said calmly.
"But... Surely Max and Zack told her about who she is?"
"Nope. They haven't told their kids anything."
"You mean to say Jonay knows nothing about Manticore or Lydecker or the nomalies or anything?"
"Nope. Not a thing."
"Excuse me!" Jonay interrupted, "Would you two stop acting like I'm not here and tell me what's going on!"
"I can tell you Jonay," a voice came from the other side of the room. Another woman had stepped into the lounge room, and was walking over to them.
"I'll tell you what ever you want to know."
"Who are you?" Jonay asked.
"I am the one who was going to meet you before, but I couldn't make it and sent Lex instead. I need to talk to you."
"What's your real name."
"My real name is 332340090210."
"Jondy?"
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There we go. Jondy's back as well now. Is she back from the dead, or is she an imposter? I know, but I'm not saying. Anyway, please review for me.
Chapter Three - some explanations
Fifteen years after Xin Ru Si Hui, Max and Zack's daughter goes off on an adventure of her own, and finds out some startling news.
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"Krit?" Jonay cried. "But, dad would have known that you were here. He would have told us... wouldn't he?"
"No, Jonay. Your father doesn't know that we are here. As far as he knows, I am living in New Mexico at the minute. And it will stay that way. I don't want Zack messing around in what we are trying to do."
"You keep saying we. Who else is here besides you and her?"
"A few others. Not many, but there is enough."
"Enough for what?" Jonay asked as they began walking out of the alley, the woman having fallen asleep in Krit's arms.
"Enough to do what we are here to do."
"And what are you here to do?"
"Something."
"Come on uncle Krit, please tell me?"
"No. She will tell you when she is ready."
"Will you at least tell me her proper name. All I know is that it starts with a J."
"It does does it?"
"Krit!"
"Jonay."
"Please just tell me, I can't call her just J or the woman all the time."
"Why do you think her name starts with J?"
"Because she signed the note with a J."
"Oh. All right then."
"Will you just tell me, please?"
"I suppose I must, seeing as how polite you are being..."
"Oh just tell me already Krit."
"Well if you put it that way... Sorry Jonay, I don't mean to tease. Her name is Lex."
"Lex. But I thought her name started with J?"
"Obviously it doesn't. Her name is Lex, it always has been."
"Lex. I don't think that mum's ever spoken of her. Not that I know of."
"I wonder why not? Who has Max told you about?"
"She's said something about you, Syl, Zane, um... Ben and Tinga of course, and there's one other that I know of. Um... she was mum's best friend, and she killed herself... it was something like my name, Jonnie or Joan or... I know, it was Jondy."
"Jondy. She was your mothers best friend, back at Manticore they were always side by side, helping each other out, doing better than all of us others."
"Where's Manticore? Or what's Manticore? Is it like a boarding school that you guys went to or something?"
"You don't know about Manticore?"
"No. Should I?"
"Of course you should. Manticore's the reason that you have the barcode on the back of your neck, it's the reason you are stronger, smarter, can remember more than all of your friends."
"But, I just thought that mum and dad were both gifted people, and that they passed some of their gift's onto us?"
"No. Is that what Zack and Max told you?"
"Well, kind of. They don't really tell us kids all that much."
"Us kids. You have other brothers and sisters?"
"Yeah. Didn't you know that?"
"No, I didn't. What are their names?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because I'm your uncle and you should obey your elders."
"Like I'd ever do that!"
"Come on Jonay, just tell me please?"
"Alright. I'm the oldest, then the twins, Evalyn and Jackson, who're 8 and a half, then there's Tiera who's 6 and Bennet's 4. Evalyn and Tiera are the girls."
"Funny choice of names. Do you know why Max chose those ones?"
"Well I was named after Jondy, while Tiera was kind of named after Auntie Tinga, and Bennet was named after Uncle Ben. And what's wrong with our names. Mum and dad wanted us to be unique."
"What about Evalyn and Jackson? Do you know if they were named after any one?"
"I don't think so. Mum never said anything about it. Why? Do you know something about their names that I don't?"
"I might."
"Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Not."
"Fine. Don't."
"I won't."
"God, do you ever shut up?"
"Nope, don't think that's possible sorry."
"Where are we going?"
"To my place?"
"Why are you here?"
"To do something."
"Who else is here?"
"Would you quit asking questions?"
"Would you quit evading my questions?"
"Fine it's a draw. Now shut up and keep walking. We're nearly there."
Jonay and Krit walked in silence for the next ten minutes, until they reached a set of apartments in sector three. Krit led Jonay up the stairs to the second floor, and stopped at the fifth door on the right hand side of the apartment.
"This is it Jonay. Knock on the door three times will you. And then knock four more."
"Why?"
"Cause otherwise we are dead people."
"Oh. Ok." Jonay replied as she did as Krit asked and knocked three times on the door, paused and then knocked four more times.
The door opened slightly and Jonay saw a pair of purple eyes look her over, and then the door was flung open when they saw Krit.
"Krit! Finally you're back. You sure you took long enough?"
"There was a slight problem Teva."
"What... oh my god, what happened to Lex?" Teva cried as she finally saw who it was Krit had in his arms.
"I don't know. Could be a bullet. I need Dom to have a look at her, see if he can fix it."
"Dom's not here now though. But don't worry about that, come in will you. And you to Jonay."
"How do you know my name?" Jonay asked as she went into the apartment.
"I have my sources."
"Oh no. Please don't start that. You sound just like Krit."
"I'll stop right now then. I don't want to sound like that idiot."
"Oi! Watch it Teva!"
"Sorry Krit. Anyway, Jonay, come and sit down." Teva said, as she pushed Jonay over to one of the couches and sat down. Krit had laid Lex down on the other, and was looking at the wound in her side.
"Where's Dom, Teva?"
"He went out to get some supplies."
"Well we're going to have to do something for Lex."
"I know, but what is there to do? I mean Dom is our only doctor. Except..."
"We can't. She's busy, and she doesn't want to show until the time is right."
"What are you guys talking about?" Jonay asked.
"Just trying to figure out how we can fix up Lex here." Teva replied.
"Well the best thing would be to take her to the hospital, wouldn't it?"
"Hospital. You want us to go to a hospital? Don't you know anything?" Teva squealed.
"Actually Teva, Jonay doesn't know anything." Krit said calmly.
"But... Surely Max and Zack told her about who she is?"
"Nope. They haven't told their kids anything."
"You mean to say Jonay knows nothing about Manticore or Lydecker or the nomalies or anything?"
"Nope. Not a thing."
"Excuse me!" Jonay interrupted, "Would you two stop acting like I'm not here and tell me what's going on!"
"I can tell you Jonay," a voice came from the other side of the room. Another woman had stepped into the lounge room, and was walking over to them.
"I'll tell you what ever you want to know."
"Who are you?" Jonay asked.
"I am the one who was going to meet you before, but I couldn't make it and sent Lex instead. I need to talk to you."
"What's your real name."
"My real name is 332340090210."
"Jondy?"
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There we go. Jondy's back as well now. Is she back from the dead, or is she an imposter? I know, but I'm not saying. Anyway, please review for me.