Antidote Crisis
Author's Note: This is chapter one of a Tribe Story. ((Duh)) I don't own The Tribe, or it's characters, but I would like to own Bray.*smirks* Anyway, I do own Jaena ((cause I came up with her)) and my friend MG owns Gia ((cause she came up with her)). Therefore please don't use our characters unless you ask us really nicely. ((You can ask me, I don't mind.))
Another Author's Note: This is like.take Tribe season 1 but take away Amber and Tai-San. Yeah, so that's kinda what's going on. All right! Happy reading!
A shrill alarm echoed through the mall, loud enough to jolt the few occupants who resided there. Although the rest of Sector Nine remained quite calm on the summer day, the Mallrats seemed to be dealing with stresses all their own. The Demon Dogs were still out for their blood and with the virus rapidly flowing through the city, and the Mallrats the ones with the antidote, all of their lives were at risk until a solution could be made. The Mallrats, who seemingly never ran out of troubles to deal with, were now in bargaining sessions with the rest of the city over the antidote. They even had the Locos at the reins for once; their queen, Ebony, following every order taken from a Mallrat. Finally, it seemed like the 'Rats had all the power and were finally bringing Ebony's 'Chaos' bit to a halt.
Unfortunately, everyone's bright attitudes had changed dramatically while Jack and Dal were busy fixing the alarm system in the mall. The siren had sounded various times during the day bringing activities in the mall to a sudden halt. And now, everyone's was patience was being tested as the siren's blaring sound echoed through the mall for another false alarm.
"What is THAT?" Jaena winched grabbing her ears and looking around, "Damnit, that stupid alarm!"
Gia set down the bread she was making sandwiches with and looked over at Jaena nodding slowly, "So do you think it's another false alarm?" she said in a worried tone.
Jaena rolled her eyes and headed down the hallway to check out what the situation was, "Might as well go check," she muttered and pulled her shoulder length teal and brown hair back into a ponytail as she paced quickly down the hall.
She strode down the hall quickly, her black leather jacket falling off her shoulders a little as she adjusted her green crop top and fixed her belly chain that was caught on her naval ring. Gia quickly walked after Jaena, her pink highlighted hair getting in her face a little and she had to push it back.
"This is just the perfect time for this to be happening," Gia sighed following after, "It's bad enough Lex is out on provisions, but now with Bray gone too."
Jaena stopped in her tracks and glared back at the girl following her. Jae noticed Gia's midnight blue eyes cloud over a bit as her skin fell a shade paler. Jaena just studied Gia for a moment and shook her head confused.
"Relax, Lex is just out on a provisions run. He'll be fine.he's done it before." Gia informed quickly, but Jaena wasn't interested in that.
"Where's Bray?" She asked quickly.
"He left awhile ago. Didn't he tell you he was leaving? Ebony summoned him, something about the antidote. He had to leave for a bit." Gia whispered a little unsure of how Jaena would take it, "He really didn't tell you did he?"
Jaena looked hurt as her face softened a bit, "He probably just forgot, like he's been doing about our tribe lately. Even Lex is doing a better job right now."
She was about to say more but the continuous buzzing alarm bade her to find out what the problem was. She continued marching off in the direction of the sewers keeping a straight face and not bothering to show emotion to Gia. Jaena was just plain frustrated now. She had worked with Bray the entire time on the antidote crisis and had helped him organize how it would be distributed throughout the city. They were in on this together and now he just left her so he could spend some more time with the Loco Queen. Jaena wasn't exactly sure what Bray ever saw in that girl, even before she was wearing the flame on her forehead. She hoped it wasn't lasting though, since her and Bray now had an official 'thing' going on. Jaena had been warned extensively about this Loco Queen, Ebony. And from what she understood from her conversations with Lex, Ebony really was loco.
"JACK!" Jaena yelled as she stormed down the hallway and halfway down the stairs with Gia on her heels.
Both looked extensively worried and Jaena made a mental note not to yell out next time, just in case an intruder was present. Gia held her breath as she waited for something to appear from the sewers but wasn't surprised when Jack appeared from the sewers holding some wires and half smiling.
"No intruders?" Gia sighed with fake remorse.
Jack bit his lip a little and shook his head as Dal's head soon appeared after Jack climbed out of the dark pit that was used as their entrance into the mall. Dal's face was covered in dirt and he quickly wiped his face with his sleeve.
He smiled a little at the girl's faces, "Scared?"
"Dal! Jack!" Jaena frowned, "This is the fifth time today! I'm starting to get a little worried you're doing this on purpose."
Jack smirked, "Sorry Jaena, see I.well Dal and I.and it." he held up some wires, and sighed, "We're trying to make it safer. More reliable."
"More reliable?" Gia rolled her eyes, "You're trying.well you're not succeeding in doing anything but scaring the hell out of us.for the fifth time today."
"Well.see..we're working on it and it's." Dal started trying to think of monosyllabic words to explain what they were doing in the sewers. Unfortunately he couldn't think of non-scientific words to describe their process.
"Well it's not working Dal. And it's not very reliable if it keeps going off every ten minutes." Jaena shook her head and watched them for another few moments.
"Sorry girls, but don't worry about it ok? We'll have this thing fixed in no time!" Jack piped up and smiled, "Just give us the rest of the afternoon."
Gia gave Jaena a look and sighed, "Come on let's finish lunch."
Jaena nodded and pulled her leather jacket back around her, folding her arms and staring at the boys, "Just be careful." Jaena said slowly.
Dal smirked, "No problem! Good thing Bray's entertaining the Locos.or we'd be an all you can eat buffet for them today."
Jaena raised an eyebrow at Dal and sighed walking off back to the café muttering 'thanks Dal.' Gia watched Jae walk off for a moment and shook her head, thinking that it would have been a much smarter idea to have just stayed in bed this morning. Dal frowned a little and sighed, heading back into the sewers, calling Jack to follow.
"Let's fix this." Dal was heard, voice echoing in the sewers.
Gia turned back to Jack and sighed,"Any sign of Bray or Lex yet Jack?" Gia quickly asked hoping they would have seen one of them.
Jack shook his head and adjusted his headlight on his forehead and shrugged a little,"Sorry Gia. No word from either of them yet. But we'll both keep a look out all right?"
Gia looked down and nodded, turning around and walking right into Ryan. She took a few steps back and frowned, saying a quick apology and then quickly heading out of the way and back towards the café.
"So just a false alarm?" Ryan's calm voice caught Gia a little by surprise. With all the yelling and the stress, she didn't expect him to really say anything.
"Yea," Gia whispered, "False alarm and two Mallrats out playing hookey." She shook her head, "But everything else is fine."
Ryan smirked a little, "Well let's hope so right?"
Gia nodded agreeing and headed back off to the café. "Jae wait up!"
Just as she called out Jaena's name the alarm sounded as loud and obnoxious as ever. Jack who was still standing out of the sewers sighed and hurried down into the darkness to silence the alarm. Gia stopped walking and turned watching Jack go back down. Salene came up next to her and Ryan as the three of them watched entrance and waited for the alarm to be turned off. They stood for a few minutes waiting and nothing was happening.
"JACK!" Jaena yelled, "That's it! Just stop for the day ok?" She ran back up to the three just standing and watching and then started down the stairs, followed by Gia who seemed intent on stopping her.
"What's wrong?" Gia frowned and looked at Jaena who stopped abruptly on her own.
"I don't know," Jaena whispered as the alarm was cut off suddenly and things from the sewer were silent, "Jack?" She asked quietly standing a few feet away from the sewer entrance.
Suddenly yelling and shouts were audible from the sewers as strangers started up the ladder and into the mall. Jaena's eyes went wide as Demon Dogs climbed into the mall. She turned on her heel, grabbed Gia's arm and started running. Gia looked up at Salene and Ryan standing at the top of the steps and yelled to them.
"RUN!"
Author's Note: This is chapter one of a Tribe Story. ((Duh)) I don't own The Tribe, or it's characters, but I would like to own Bray.*smirks* Anyway, I do own Jaena ((cause I came up with her)) and my friend MG owns Gia ((cause she came up with her)). Therefore please don't use our characters unless you ask us really nicely. ((You can ask me, I don't mind.))
Another Author's Note: This is like.take Tribe season 1 but take away Amber and Tai-San. Yeah, so that's kinda what's going on. All right! Happy reading!
A shrill alarm echoed through the mall, loud enough to jolt the few occupants who resided there. Although the rest of Sector Nine remained quite calm on the summer day, the Mallrats seemed to be dealing with stresses all their own. The Demon Dogs were still out for their blood and with the virus rapidly flowing through the city, and the Mallrats the ones with the antidote, all of their lives were at risk until a solution could be made. The Mallrats, who seemingly never ran out of troubles to deal with, were now in bargaining sessions with the rest of the city over the antidote. They even had the Locos at the reins for once; their queen, Ebony, following every order taken from a Mallrat. Finally, it seemed like the 'Rats had all the power and were finally bringing Ebony's 'Chaos' bit to a halt.
Unfortunately, everyone's bright attitudes had changed dramatically while Jack and Dal were busy fixing the alarm system in the mall. The siren had sounded various times during the day bringing activities in the mall to a sudden halt. And now, everyone's was patience was being tested as the siren's blaring sound echoed through the mall for another false alarm.
"What is THAT?" Jaena winched grabbing her ears and looking around, "Damnit, that stupid alarm!"
Gia set down the bread she was making sandwiches with and looked over at Jaena nodding slowly, "So do you think it's another false alarm?" she said in a worried tone.
Jaena rolled her eyes and headed down the hallway to check out what the situation was, "Might as well go check," she muttered and pulled her shoulder length teal and brown hair back into a ponytail as she paced quickly down the hall.
She strode down the hall quickly, her black leather jacket falling off her shoulders a little as she adjusted her green crop top and fixed her belly chain that was caught on her naval ring. Gia quickly walked after Jaena, her pink highlighted hair getting in her face a little and she had to push it back.
"This is just the perfect time for this to be happening," Gia sighed following after, "It's bad enough Lex is out on provisions, but now with Bray gone too."
Jaena stopped in her tracks and glared back at the girl following her. Jae noticed Gia's midnight blue eyes cloud over a bit as her skin fell a shade paler. Jaena just studied Gia for a moment and shook her head confused.
"Relax, Lex is just out on a provisions run. He'll be fine.he's done it before." Gia informed quickly, but Jaena wasn't interested in that.
"Where's Bray?" She asked quickly.
"He left awhile ago. Didn't he tell you he was leaving? Ebony summoned him, something about the antidote. He had to leave for a bit." Gia whispered a little unsure of how Jaena would take it, "He really didn't tell you did he?"
Jaena looked hurt as her face softened a bit, "He probably just forgot, like he's been doing about our tribe lately. Even Lex is doing a better job right now."
She was about to say more but the continuous buzzing alarm bade her to find out what the problem was. She continued marching off in the direction of the sewers keeping a straight face and not bothering to show emotion to Gia. Jaena was just plain frustrated now. She had worked with Bray the entire time on the antidote crisis and had helped him organize how it would be distributed throughout the city. They were in on this together and now he just left her so he could spend some more time with the Loco Queen. Jaena wasn't exactly sure what Bray ever saw in that girl, even before she was wearing the flame on her forehead. She hoped it wasn't lasting though, since her and Bray now had an official 'thing' going on. Jaena had been warned extensively about this Loco Queen, Ebony. And from what she understood from her conversations with Lex, Ebony really was loco.
"JACK!" Jaena yelled as she stormed down the hallway and halfway down the stairs with Gia on her heels.
Both looked extensively worried and Jaena made a mental note not to yell out next time, just in case an intruder was present. Gia held her breath as she waited for something to appear from the sewers but wasn't surprised when Jack appeared from the sewers holding some wires and half smiling.
"No intruders?" Gia sighed with fake remorse.
Jack bit his lip a little and shook his head as Dal's head soon appeared after Jack climbed out of the dark pit that was used as their entrance into the mall. Dal's face was covered in dirt and he quickly wiped his face with his sleeve.
He smiled a little at the girl's faces, "Scared?"
"Dal! Jack!" Jaena frowned, "This is the fifth time today! I'm starting to get a little worried you're doing this on purpose."
Jack smirked, "Sorry Jaena, see I.well Dal and I.and it." he held up some wires, and sighed, "We're trying to make it safer. More reliable."
"More reliable?" Gia rolled her eyes, "You're trying.well you're not succeeding in doing anything but scaring the hell out of us.for the fifth time today."
"Well.see..we're working on it and it's." Dal started trying to think of monosyllabic words to explain what they were doing in the sewers. Unfortunately he couldn't think of non-scientific words to describe their process.
"Well it's not working Dal. And it's not very reliable if it keeps going off every ten minutes." Jaena shook her head and watched them for another few moments.
"Sorry girls, but don't worry about it ok? We'll have this thing fixed in no time!" Jack piped up and smiled, "Just give us the rest of the afternoon."
Gia gave Jaena a look and sighed, "Come on let's finish lunch."
Jaena nodded and pulled her leather jacket back around her, folding her arms and staring at the boys, "Just be careful." Jaena said slowly.
Dal smirked, "No problem! Good thing Bray's entertaining the Locos.or we'd be an all you can eat buffet for them today."
Jaena raised an eyebrow at Dal and sighed walking off back to the café muttering 'thanks Dal.' Gia watched Jae walk off for a moment and shook her head, thinking that it would have been a much smarter idea to have just stayed in bed this morning. Dal frowned a little and sighed, heading back into the sewers, calling Jack to follow.
"Let's fix this." Dal was heard, voice echoing in the sewers.
Gia turned back to Jack and sighed,"Any sign of Bray or Lex yet Jack?" Gia quickly asked hoping they would have seen one of them.
Jack shook his head and adjusted his headlight on his forehead and shrugged a little,"Sorry Gia. No word from either of them yet. But we'll both keep a look out all right?"
Gia looked down and nodded, turning around and walking right into Ryan. She took a few steps back and frowned, saying a quick apology and then quickly heading out of the way and back towards the café.
"So just a false alarm?" Ryan's calm voice caught Gia a little by surprise. With all the yelling and the stress, she didn't expect him to really say anything.
"Yea," Gia whispered, "False alarm and two Mallrats out playing hookey." She shook her head, "But everything else is fine."
Ryan smirked a little, "Well let's hope so right?"
Gia nodded agreeing and headed back off to the café. "Jae wait up!"
Just as she called out Jaena's name the alarm sounded as loud and obnoxious as ever. Jack who was still standing out of the sewers sighed and hurried down into the darkness to silence the alarm. Gia stopped walking and turned watching Jack go back down. Salene came up next to her and Ryan as the three of them watched entrance and waited for the alarm to be turned off. They stood for a few minutes waiting and nothing was happening.
"JACK!" Jaena yelled, "That's it! Just stop for the day ok?" She ran back up to the three just standing and watching and then started down the stairs, followed by Gia who seemed intent on stopping her.
"What's wrong?" Gia frowned and looked at Jaena who stopped abruptly on her own.
"I don't know," Jaena whispered as the alarm was cut off suddenly and things from the sewer were silent, "Jack?" She asked quietly standing a few feet away from the sewer entrance.
Suddenly yelling and shouts were audible from the sewers as strangers started up the ladder and into the mall. Jaena's eyes went wide as Demon Dogs climbed into the mall. She turned on her heel, grabbed Gia's arm and started running. Gia looked up at Salene and Ryan standing at the top of the steps and yelled to them.
"RUN!"