Chapter 15: Zero Gravity
Moonlight...being caressed by the gentle moonlight. Yes the gentle moonlight that wraps you up when you fall asleep, on a moonlit night. That sweet gentle light was the first I saw when I was born. It seems like forever since Ive seen that light...it was so much different when I was a kid...it was amazing...it was mystical. Now...its like, oh, look! Its a full moon, nothing to get excited about. I cant go back to that amazement kid time period...its just impossible. Behind my happy, loving exterior lies a child wanting to explore again, but cant.
Im stuck in the void of a young girl...and a soon to be woman. I know things are going to get hard on me, and I have to hold back my true feelings. I cant let my gang see there leader as...weak. What's wrong with me? I guess tomorrow Ill go out on a tagging session by myself.
Rhythm thought to herself. Ever since Arrow had joined, Rhythm decided that she needed a bit of time to herself, and away from her friends.
It was 12:23 a.m. and Rhythm was looking through an old box of things her parents had left behind before they had disappeared. She found her fathers old headphones, a couple of Yoyos old yoyo's, her moms helmet, Cubes blue lipstick, Rhyths blue dress, Combos old boom box, Jazzs scarf, Clutchs skates, Sodas old goggles that were discolored, a very revealing shirt worn by Boogie, and Garams spider glasses. The last thing she found was a picture of the gang posing by the old site of the Rokkaku Expo. Everyone looked so... happy. Rhythm smiled.
"I bet those were good times...but now, the present is what we have to concentrate on..."
Rhythm took the photo and pushed the box back up onto a shelf from where she got it from. "Ill be keeping this..." She smiled as she entered her room, but she stopped after looking back at her fathers headphones just laying there. She bent down and picked them up, and fumbled with them for awhile before a on button. She put the headphones on her head and it seemed as if she was being sucked into the music.
"GOD! Youd think dad go deaf listening to something this loud..." Pulling them off quickly she turned the headphones off and shook her head, putting them on her shoulder.
Next morning
Rhythm had gone out tagging. Poison Jam were at it again and needed to be taught a lesson by the GGs. No one stopped her though. They knew better than to mess with Rhythm when she said she needed her time alone. Scary Rhythm.
Just like old times...when mom and dad used to do this... Thought Rei as she finished her Phat Beats tag.
Rhythm brushed a piece of hair behind her ear from her loosely braided hair. Tugging on a waist length braid she threw a can up into the air and caught it. "Hrmph...this seems to easy...why would Poison Jam spend all this time tagging and not come to stop me?" Right as she said, in one swift action, Rhythm found herself unconscious.
Tokyo Underground Sewer
"Ugh..." Rhythm groaned and opened her eyes "Where am I?" She observed that she was tied up. "How obvious." She rolled her eyes and skated over to where the door was. The door burst open. Chain. "Chain!?" screamed Rhythm. She backed up against the wall as Chain closed the door.
"There was a reason I brought you here Rhythm."
Rhythm glared at him. "What do you want!?" she yelled.
Chain looked at her. "Rhythm, I need your help..." Rhythm blinked confusingly at him. "For what?" she asked, still keeping a defensive posture up. "Rhythm, Im sure youve heard of Zero Gravity?"
Rhythm bit her nail. "A little bit…"
Chain sighed. "Well, a while ago. The last surviving member has appeared in Tokyo-to, trying to revive Zero Gravity."
Rhythm shrugged. "What's the big deal?" she asked.
"It was 17 years ago, but Zero Gravity was an extremely dangerous group. They wiped out gang after gang after gang."
"Just after information was released that your mother was pregnant with you, Zero Gravity went to strike the GGs in hope of bringing them down also. It was a hard battle, but your parents were able to bring down Zero Gravity, with one last survivor. Gold. She was also pregnant with her son, Zero."
Rhythm blinked. "What's so dangerous about them then?"
Chain sighed. "Nothing now Rhythm, Im just worried about the future. You see, Zero Gravity worked for Rokkaku, and well, think about if they surface again and we cant stop them? The whole rudie world will be demolished."
Rhythm gasped. "Chain...you...you cant be serious."
Chain nodded. "Thats why I had Poison Jam to tag Shibuya Terminal, in hopes of you coming out, alone or not, so I could talk to you about this."
Rhythm shook her head. "But Chain, how do you know all this?" she asked.
Chain sighed. "I was 2 at the time when it happened, but I remember it as if it was only yesterday."
Rhythm walked up to him. "Chain, do you know where Zero is now?" she asked.
"He should be in Pharaoh Park in Benten-cho, that was the last place he was seen..." Chain turned his back toward her. "Go now Rhythm...you heard what I had to say, now the rest is up to you and your gang. Hopefully, by defeating Zero, he might be the lead to Rokkaku."
Rhythm turned around and said "Chain...dont worry, everything is going to be fine." she smiled and took off down the sewage way. "I hope your right Rhythm..." and with that, Chain walked down a long dark drippy corridor, and back to Poison Jams hide out.
GGs garage
Spiral was the first one to shout out, "WHAT!? Zero Gravity!? Jade told me about them!" Rhythm nodded.
Ichigo blinked. "So what does this mean, Rhythm? Graffiti wars? Killings?"
Rhythm shook her head. "What it means Ichigo is that we have to start getting serious. Chain told me how Zero Gravity wiped out other gangs, and I dont want that happening to us."
Blaze popped the question. "So what it means is all we have to do it find this Zero guy and rough him up some, right?"
Rhythm thought. "Well, we have to find him, and squeeze a bit of info from him."
Sketch rolled up from his laying position on the couch. "Like what?"
Rhythm put a hand to her chin. "Well, Chain said that Zero Gravity used to work for whatchamacallit, Rokkakus group, so if we ask him how to get past all that security of Rokkaku, we have a clear shot at killing him, and giving us rudies the freedom we need."
Arachne smirked and said, "Well if thats the case, lets get this show on the road, the sooner we get to Rokkaku, the sooner we can rough him up, which I am looking forward too!"
Rhythm grinned. "I agree Arachne! Come on people! Lets hit it!"
