It wasn't Piccolo who woke the girls that evening, but Kip. He stood there
in the doorway, looking very pleased with himself as the light flickered
above their heads.
"Kip, I'm agonna kill you," Lindsey muttered.
Kip grinned. "Okay, be that way. I have a surprise for you, though."
"What?" Jenny asked.
"Someone's here to see you," Kip said. "He hasn't talked to ya'll in a while."
"What's he look like?" Lindsey answered. All the girls lay there, covering their faces.
Then came a familiar voice. It was smooth and calming. "Like a firecracker."
Lindsey and Jenny sat bolt upright, knocking Catie and Leelee off the bed.
"It can't be," Jenny breathed.
"Memphis?!" Lindsey shrieked.
There in the doorway, stood Memphis, the long lost member of Anarchy 99. He was tall with a slight build, short cut brown hair, warm green eyes and a long face.
Lindsey jumped off the bed and grabbed him in a tight hug. He hugged her back - the kind of hug you don't want to let go of. The kind where it's so tight you just feel so incredibly safe and it makes you warm from the inside out.
Memphis broke away from her. "There's my girl."
Jenny ran to him now and hugged him.
"What's this I hear about you being knocked up?" Memphis asked.
Jenny heaved a sigh. "News travels fast around here, doesn't it?"
"Is Kip's hair greasy?" Memphis asked in a teasing voice.
"Yeah," Jenny answered.
"There's your answer," he said, letting his arms drop dramatically to his sides.
Jenny giggled.
"That was low, man," Kip said, crossing his arms.
"And who is this?" Memphis asked, looking at Catie and Leelee, who had pulled themselves up from the floor.
"Catie and Leelee," Jenny said. "The newest members of Anarchy 99."
"Nice to meet you girls," he said, grinning chivalrously. "My name's Randall, you can call me Memphis if you want. I used to be Yorgi's best friend and I helped run this whole place. Then things went down and I left. But now I'm back and ya'll are gonna be seeing a lot more of me. You can count on that."
"You mean it?" Lindsey asked.
Memphis nodded. "You bet I do."
Lindsey grinned.
"Care to join us in some sleep?" Leelee yawned, dragging herself back onto the bed.
"No thanks, tempting as it is, though," Memphis grinned again. "One bed with four women? That's something I haven't tried before...." he blinked, "Oh! Anyway, I have to go see Kirill and Viktor. Ain't talked to them in awhile. I'll see you ladies in a bit!" He hugged Lindsey and Jenny again, then headed off down the hallway with his brother.
All four girls were back on the bed.
Catie yawned. "Can we sleep some more?"
"Not yet," came a low voice.
The girls turned. Yorgi stood in the doorway with a large bag in his hands. "You proved yourselves tonight. Not only in boosting the cars for me, but also for saving my brother. I have your reward. Use it wisely."
Yorgi stepped to the bed and opened the bag. He held it above the center of the bed and dumped the contents into the middle. "Enjoy yourselves. I expect to see you at dinner in an hour." With that, he left the room.
The girls stared in shock. There, in the middle of Jenny's bed, was the biggest pile of cash the girls had ever seen. It was banded together in chunks. Thousands upon thousands of dollars lay before them. They were speechless.
"Do you guys mind if I get naked and roll around in this for a minute?" Lindsey asked.
The rest of the girls were in too shocked of a state to answer.
"I can't believe they transferred the funds already," Jenny whispered.
"Guys, we are freakin' rich!" Catie screamed.
All the girls screamed and bounced on the bed. They grabbed some of the money, just staring at it in their hands. They were laughing ans screaming and tossing it at each other when there was a soft knock at the door. They all froze and turned to see Sabriena standing in the doorway.
"Jenny, can I talk to you for a minute?" Sabriena asked.
Jenny stood, pushing the money off her lap and pulling a fifty dollar bill out of her hair and laying it on the bed. "What?"
"I'm sorry," Sabriena muttered, looking at the floor. "I feel really bad. I dunno what I said exactly...... I guess I was more drunk than I realized."
"Drunk or not, that doesn't make up for it, Sabriena," Catie spat, building a small tower out of money.
"Cat, hush," Jenny said, waving a hand at the warrioress of Earth.
Catie's eyes flashed in a blooming purple flower, then faded back to hazel.
"I am truly sorry," Sabriena said.
Jenny stood silent for a moment. "It's all right. Everyone would'a found out sooner or later." She hugged Sabriena.
Sabriena's eyes were watering. "I am so sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Jenny said. "It's over."
The two girls then sat back on the bed, Sabriena sitting opposite of Catie.
"Jenny," Leelee said. "You never told us where you found Toby."
"Oh!" Jenny giggled suddenly. Her face went as red as Lindsey's hair.
"What?" Catie asked, leaning forward anxiously.
Jenny was trying to recover herself. "Y-you guys know Scottie? You know, the tattoo artist that hangs around here?"
Lindsey and Sabriena nodded.
"Always thought that dude was a bit.... off," Sabriena said.
Lindsey nodded in agreement.
"Well, apparently, so is Toby," Jenny snickered. "It's so sweet!"
Sabriena looked horrified. "What?!"
"Toby has switched teams!"
"How do you know?" Lindsey asked.
"I saw the two of them!" Jenny exclaimed. "I went into his room and there they were! They were snogging on his bed!"
"That's so cute!" Leelee cried.
Catie blinked. "You mean he's gay?"
Jenny nodded. "I always kind'a suspected it, ya know?"
"Oh Lord," Sabriena groaned. "I hate mushy stuff."
"Well, I think it's sweet," Lindsey declared. "Whatever makes him happy."
"I'm not laughing cause he's gay," Jenny said, "I'm laughing because of the way he was apologizing the whole way down the stairs. It was like he thought he had scarred me for life or something. Poor guy."
Sabriena covered her head with a pillow.
"Good for Toby," Leelee declared.
Catie was shaking her head.
"What?" Lindsey asked.
"Kolya is going to give him hell for that," Catie said. But she smiled warmly as she said it.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Late that evening, the girls returned home from shopping, they pulled up in front of the warehouse. Yorgi stood there waiting for them. They stepped nervously out of Tumbler's Honda Civic that he had let them borrow.
"Whatever it is, Yorgi, it was all Xander's fault!" Lindsey cried.
"Bitch," came a deep voice.
Xander stepped into view.
"I have something for you," Yorgi said.
"It's poisoned," Lindsey said. "Whatever it is, don't take it."
"Little dove, you get yourself into trouble," Yorgi said in a warning voice.
Lindsey smiled innocently.
"If it had not been for you, we would have buried my brother today," Yorgi said solemnly. "And if you," he looked at Jenny "had not been watching the scanner, we could all be in prison right now. I have a thank you for all of you." He led them into the garage where five cars sat with the keys in them, waiting. Each had a personalized license plate.
"CATIE" was the license plate of a huge, black hummer. "LIN-Z" was on the front of a midnight blue Ferrari. The yellow Corvette convertible's license plate was "JENNY". A red Lamborgini bore the plate "LEE-LEE" and a silver mustang convertible said "BRIENA".
The girls stood speechless.
"Yorgi, it's too much," Lindsey whispered. "The money was enough."
"Nothing is enough for my brother's life," Yorgi corrected her. "Go ahead," he encouraged.
Jenny screamed and jumped in the air, then ran to her new Corvette. She threw open the door and slid into the leather seat. Her eyes were wide. "Sweet shit," she muttered. She ran her hands along the cool dashboard. "It's not...?"
"Paid in full," Yorgi assured her.
She smiled.
Lindsey walked along side her new Ferrari, running her hand along the sleek frame. The metal was cold and smooth against her hand. She turned to Yorgi. "You knew."
He smiled.
"Knew what?" Leelee asked.
"She's wanted one ever since she met us," Yorgi said. "So now she has one."
"I always had to sell them off," she muttered. She smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Yorgi."
He waved her off. "Think nothing of it."
Briena was admiring her Mustang. "It would have looked better in red," she said.
Yorgi shook his head.
Catie climbed up into her Hummer.
"She's gonna mash out in that thing," Xander declared.
"Do you think she can handle it?" Memphis asked, walking into the room.
"Ah," Xander said, "She's quick. She'll get it soon enough."
"Kip, I'm agonna kill you," Lindsey muttered.
Kip grinned. "Okay, be that way. I have a surprise for you, though."
"What?" Jenny asked.
"Someone's here to see you," Kip said. "He hasn't talked to ya'll in a while."
"What's he look like?" Lindsey answered. All the girls lay there, covering their faces.
Then came a familiar voice. It was smooth and calming. "Like a firecracker."
Lindsey and Jenny sat bolt upright, knocking Catie and Leelee off the bed.
"It can't be," Jenny breathed.
"Memphis?!" Lindsey shrieked.
There in the doorway, stood Memphis, the long lost member of Anarchy 99. He was tall with a slight build, short cut brown hair, warm green eyes and a long face.
Lindsey jumped off the bed and grabbed him in a tight hug. He hugged her back - the kind of hug you don't want to let go of. The kind where it's so tight you just feel so incredibly safe and it makes you warm from the inside out.
Memphis broke away from her. "There's my girl."
Jenny ran to him now and hugged him.
"What's this I hear about you being knocked up?" Memphis asked.
Jenny heaved a sigh. "News travels fast around here, doesn't it?"
"Is Kip's hair greasy?" Memphis asked in a teasing voice.
"Yeah," Jenny answered.
"There's your answer," he said, letting his arms drop dramatically to his sides.
Jenny giggled.
"That was low, man," Kip said, crossing his arms.
"And who is this?" Memphis asked, looking at Catie and Leelee, who had pulled themselves up from the floor.
"Catie and Leelee," Jenny said. "The newest members of Anarchy 99."
"Nice to meet you girls," he said, grinning chivalrously. "My name's Randall, you can call me Memphis if you want. I used to be Yorgi's best friend and I helped run this whole place. Then things went down and I left. But now I'm back and ya'll are gonna be seeing a lot more of me. You can count on that."
"You mean it?" Lindsey asked.
Memphis nodded. "You bet I do."
Lindsey grinned.
"Care to join us in some sleep?" Leelee yawned, dragging herself back onto the bed.
"No thanks, tempting as it is, though," Memphis grinned again. "One bed with four women? That's something I haven't tried before...." he blinked, "Oh! Anyway, I have to go see Kirill and Viktor. Ain't talked to them in awhile. I'll see you ladies in a bit!" He hugged Lindsey and Jenny again, then headed off down the hallway with his brother.
All four girls were back on the bed.
Catie yawned. "Can we sleep some more?"
"Not yet," came a low voice.
The girls turned. Yorgi stood in the doorway with a large bag in his hands. "You proved yourselves tonight. Not only in boosting the cars for me, but also for saving my brother. I have your reward. Use it wisely."
Yorgi stepped to the bed and opened the bag. He held it above the center of the bed and dumped the contents into the middle. "Enjoy yourselves. I expect to see you at dinner in an hour." With that, he left the room.
The girls stared in shock. There, in the middle of Jenny's bed, was the biggest pile of cash the girls had ever seen. It was banded together in chunks. Thousands upon thousands of dollars lay before them. They were speechless.
"Do you guys mind if I get naked and roll around in this for a minute?" Lindsey asked.
The rest of the girls were in too shocked of a state to answer.
"I can't believe they transferred the funds already," Jenny whispered.
"Guys, we are freakin' rich!" Catie screamed.
All the girls screamed and bounced on the bed. They grabbed some of the money, just staring at it in their hands. They were laughing ans screaming and tossing it at each other when there was a soft knock at the door. They all froze and turned to see Sabriena standing in the doorway.
"Jenny, can I talk to you for a minute?" Sabriena asked.
Jenny stood, pushing the money off her lap and pulling a fifty dollar bill out of her hair and laying it on the bed. "What?"
"I'm sorry," Sabriena muttered, looking at the floor. "I feel really bad. I dunno what I said exactly...... I guess I was more drunk than I realized."
"Drunk or not, that doesn't make up for it, Sabriena," Catie spat, building a small tower out of money.
"Cat, hush," Jenny said, waving a hand at the warrioress of Earth.
Catie's eyes flashed in a blooming purple flower, then faded back to hazel.
"I am truly sorry," Sabriena said.
Jenny stood silent for a moment. "It's all right. Everyone would'a found out sooner or later." She hugged Sabriena.
Sabriena's eyes were watering. "I am so sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Jenny said. "It's over."
The two girls then sat back on the bed, Sabriena sitting opposite of Catie.
"Jenny," Leelee said. "You never told us where you found Toby."
"Oh!" Jenny giggled suddenly. Her face went as red as Lindsey's hair.
"What?" Catie asked, leaning forward anxiously.
Jenny was trying to recover herself. "Y-you guys know Scottie? You know, the tattoo artist that hangs around here?"
Lindsey and Sabriena nodded.
"Always thought that dude was a bit.... off," Sabriena said.
Lindsey nodded in agreement.
"Well, apparently, so is Toby," Jenny snickered. "It's so sweet!"
Sabriena looked horrified. "What?!"
"Toby has switched teams!"
"How do you know?" Lindsey asked.
"I saw the two of them!" Jenny exclaimed. "I went into his room and there they were! They were snogging on his bed!"
"That's so cute!" Leelee cried.
Catie blinked. "You mean he's gay?"
Jenny nodded. "I always kind'a suspected it, ya know?"
"Oh Lord," Sabriena groaned. "I hate mushy stuff."
"Well, I think it's sweet," Lindsey declared. "Whatever makes him happy."
"I'm not laughing cause he's gay," Jenny said, "I'm laughing because of the way he was apologizing the whole way down the stairs. It was like he thought he had scarred me for life or something. Poor guy."
Sabriena covered her head with a pillow.
"Good for Toby," Leelee declared.
Catie was shaking her head.
"What?" Lindsey asked.
"Kolya is going to give him hell for that," Catie said. But she smiled warmly as she said it.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Late that evening, the girls returned home from shopping, they pulled up in front of the warehouse. Yorgi stood there waiting for them. They stepped nervously out of Tumbler's Honda Civic that he had let them borrow.
"Whatever it is, Yorgi, it was all Xander's fault!" Lindsey cried.
"Bitch," came a deep voice.
Xander stepped into view.
"I have something for you," Yorgi said.
"It's poisoned," Lindsey said. "Whatever it is, don't take it."
"Little dove, you get yourself into trouble," Yorgi said in a warning voice.
Lindsey smiled innocently.
"If it had not been for you, we would have buried my brother today," Yorgi said solemnly. "And if you," he looked at Jenny "had not been watching the scanner, we could all be in prison right now. I have a thank you for all of you." He led them into the garage where five cars sat with the keys in them, waiting. Each had a personalized license plate.
"CATIE" was the license plate of a huge, black hummer. "LIN-Z" was on the front of a midnight blue Ferrari. The yellow Corvette convertible's license plate was "JENNY". A red Lamborgini bore the plate "LEE-LEE" and a silver mustang convertible said "BRIENA".
The girls stood speechless.
"Yorgi, it's too much," Lindsey whispered. "The money was enough."
"Nothing is enough for my brother's life," Yorgi corrected her. "Go ahead," he encouraged.
Jenny screamed and jumped in the air, then ran to her new Corvette. She threw open the door and slid into the leather seat. Her eyes were wide. "Sweet shit," she muttered. She ran her hands along the cool dashboard. "It's not...?"
"Paid in full," Yorgi assured her.
She smiled.
Lindsey walked along side her new Ferrari, running her hand along the sleek frame. The metal was cold and smooth against her hand. She turned to Yorgi. "You knew."
He smiled.
"Knew what?" Leelee asked.
"She's wanted one ever since she met us," Yorgi said. "So now she has one."
"I always had to sell them off," she muttered. She smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Yorgi."
He waved her off. "Think nothing of it."
Briena was admiring her Mustang. "It would have looked better in red," she said.
Yorgi shook his head.
Catie climbed up into her Hummer.
"She's gonna mash out in that thing," Xander declared.
"Do you think she can handle it?" Memphis asked, walking into the room.
"Ah," Xander said, "She's quick. She'll get it soon enough."