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Chapter 30 - Lex
I really didn't get what all the fuss was about, this was Ebony. She never changed her loyalties; she was in it for herself.
As I watched jay storm off up the stairs away from mouse I didn't see Siva slip away into one of the tiny side doors. When I turned and saw she was gone I had to sigh, not another one? I know they were sisters but they had never exactly been the ideal of sisterly harmony. I really wasn't sure whether me and the other Mallrats were thinking of the same ebony because e the one I was thinking of was a scheming malicious bi!ch who was not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.
I pushed through the small crowd of Mallrats to the open side door I presumed Siva must have gone into.
"Siva" I called into the strange silence that greeted me after the sound in the entrance, only eerie silence returned my call. It looked like I was going to have to do this the hard way; I began opening doors along the corridor and checking in them. A few door down I found her standing in a small room facing away from the door.
I walked up to her and slipped my arms around her waist kissing her ear as I did so.
"She's not worth it" I told her "she'll cut a deal with whoever's pretending to be Zoot and come out best as always, you know ebony"
She shrugged me away and turned round
"What makes you think my problem is ebony?" she snapped
"Well what else is it gonna be?" I asked sarcastically
Honestly, women, I couldn't live without them but I could defiantly do without the unexplainable attitude and the winging a lot of the time
"Well, let me see, there's the whole insane dead man rising thing" she said tightly
I moved forwards and put my arms around her "aw, don't worry you pretty little head" I told her "I'll protect you, anyway you weren't here when Zoot was, you don't need to worry"
She pushed me away "That shows how little you know" she snapped "and don't patronize me, this isn't about me needing protection from you"
What was she on about? The female mind, a world unto itself
"What is it about then?" I snapped back at her begging to loose my cool
"It's about me and java being in the locos" she snapped back at me before hanging her head
I hadn't been expecting that one. But she looked so forlorn I went up to her and hugged her tenderly
"I wont let him near you" I promised sincerely, just let him try it "anyway, its probably not the real Zoot" I told her trying to reassure her
"Yeh?" said Siva sounding unconvinced
"Yeh" I said confidently holding her "its gonna be ok"
Amber
Bray had finally calmed down about Zoot and gone to sleep when I decided I need a drink and a little bit of space, after everything that happened that night I think I was entitled to it.
As I meandered through the mall I went past the stairs to the roof and I heard noises echoing eerily down into the mall from them. Already nervous and on edge I jumped and reached for a piece of iron pipe lying nearby. I waited for a minute then not hearing the noises get any closer I began to creep up the steps cautiously. As I neared the roof the sounds got closer. Crouched behind the wall around the steps I could see the night sky stretching endlessly above me but not who or whatever was making those noises. As I pressed myself against the wall and held the pipe up defensively I suddenly saw a stone skit across the end of the stairs just above me.
Did whoever it was know I was there? Was that a warning?
Swallowing my nerve I convinced my legs to carry on anyway, if it was an intruder who already knew of my presence going back not knowing who they were would be worse.
I reached the last steps crouched low behind the wall as another stone passed in front of me. Gulping I leapt out of hiding lifting my pipe high above a figure I saw as I leapt. I juddered to a halt as I hit the ground and I realized my weapon had been stopped mid flight by a hand and following the hand down to its source I jumped back in surprise at the same time as the other person
"Jay!"
"Amber!"
I dropped the pipe guiltily letting it roll away without hindrance. It was just Jay, not some invading force of Locos. I had to giggle slightly seeing the funny side of the situation
"You ok?" I asked
"Yeh" he said
I giggled again.
"Sorry about that" I told him "I thought you were Locos"
"Same for you" he told me grinning and sitting down on one of the many boxes that littered the roof looking slightly out of place because the box was slightly too small for him and his long lanky legs.
"How's Bray taking it?" he asked interrupting my thoughts as I stared across the deserted rooftops of the city.
"He's a bit upset," I said "You manage to adjust to your brother being dead and then he's not, its kinda unnerving for him" He nodded understandingly then asked
"So you two ok?"
I was surprised by his question; I didn't think many people knew about the massive argument that followed Ebony's comments. Of course it hadn't surprised me to find out Ebony's bi!chiness was behind Bray finding out about what had happened between Jay and me. Not that I should think badly of her at that time of course, from what we worked out Ebony had been through he1l and back recently. The thought of what you would have to do to make Ebony cut herself was unnerving and sent shivers down my spine, Ebony had a mind of steel, it would take a lot to make her feel that bad.
We now acknowledged him to be the true Zoot, as Bray had said, Ebony wouldn't be fooled by an imitation and now Ebony was at his mercy, for once I actually felt sorry for her and I presumed that was the reason why Jay was on the roof on his own.
"Yeh, we made up" I told him and then asked "What are you doing up here on your own?"
"Thinking" he said
"About her?" I asked
"Yeh" he said "Did you know she told me about Zoot just after the hotel" he asked staring out across the rooftops "I thought it was coz she bumped her head" he said and then he added sadly "I wasn't there for her when she most needed me" his head dropped into his hands despairingly as I touched his hand comfortingly
"We'll get her back," I said praying it was true
"Well until then she's in the hands of some insane freak" he said suddenly angry getting up to send a stone scudding across the rooftop where it hit a pile of metal cans with a resounding thunk.
"Hadn't you better be getting back to Bray?" he asked not looking at me
"Yeh" I said, "Sure you'll be ok?" I asked
"Its not me you should be worried about" he said ominously. That had a kind of finality to it so I hurried of the dark rooftop leaving him regretfully.
Chapter 30 - Lex
I really didn't get what all the fuss was about, this was Ebony. She never changed her loyalties; she was in it for herself.
As I watched jay storm off up the stairs away from mouse I didn't see Siva slip away into one of the tiny side doors. When I turned and saw she was gone I had to sigh, not another one? I know they were sisters but they had never exactly been the ideal of sisterly harmony. I really wasn't sure whether me and the other Mallrats were thinking of the same ebony because e the one I was thinking of was a scheming malicious bi!ch who was not worth getting your knickers in a twist over.
I pushed through the small crowd of Mallrats to the open side door I presumed Siva must have gone into.
"Siva" I called into the strange silence that greeted me after the sound in the entrance, only eerie silence returned my call. It looked like I was going to have to do this the hard way; I began opening doors along the corridor and checking in them. A few door down I found her standing in a small room facing away from the door.
I walked up to her and slipped my arms around her waist kissing her ear as I did so.
"She's not worth it" I told her "she'll cut a deal with whoever's pretending to be Zoot and come out best as always, you know ebony"
She shrugged me away and turned round
"What makes you think my problem is ebony?" she snapped
"Well what else is it gonna be?" I asked sarcastically
Honestly, women, I couldn't live without them but I could defiantly do without the unexplainable attitude and the winging a lot of the time
"Well, let me see, there's the whole insane dead man rising thing" she said tightly
I moved forwards and put my arms around her "aw, don't worry you pretty little head" I told her "I'll protect you, anyway you weren't here when Zoot was, you don't need to worry"
She pushed me away "That shows how little you know" she snapped "and don't patronize me, this isn't about me needing protection from you"
What was she on about? The female mind, a world unto itself
"What is it about then?" I snapped back at her begging to loose my cool
"It's about me and java being in the locos" she snapped back at me before hanging her head
I hadn't been expecting that one. But she looked so forlorn I went up to her and hugged her tenderly
"I wont let him near you" I promised sincerely, just let him try it "anyway, its probably not the real Zoot" I told her trying to reassure her
"Yeh?" said Siva sounding unconvinced
"Yeh" I said confidently holding her "its gonna be ok"
Amber
Bray had finally calmed down about Zoot and gone to sleep when I decided I need a drink and a little bit of space, after everything that happened that night I think I was entitled to it.
As I meandered through the mall I went past the stairs to the roof and I heard noises echoing eerily down into the mall from them. Already nervous and on edge I jumped and reached for a piece of iron pipe lying nearby. I waited for a minute then not hearing the noises get any closer I began to creep up the steps cautiously. As I neared the roof the sounds got closer. Crouched behind the wall around the steps I could see the night sky stretching endlessly above me but not who or whatever was making those noises. As I pressed myself against the wall and held the pipe up defensively I suddenly saw a stone skit across the end of the stairs just above me.
Did whoever it was know I was there? Was that a warning?
Swallowing my nerve I convinced my legs to carry on anyway, if it was an intruder who already knew of my presence going back not knowing who they were would be worse.
I reached the last steps crouched low behind the wall as another stone passed in front of me. Gulping I leapt out of hiding lifting my pipe high above a figure I saw as I leapt. I juddered to a halt as I hit the ground and I realized my weapon had been stopped mid flight by a hand and following the hand down to its source I jumped back in surprise at the same time as the other person
"Jay!"
"Amber!"
I dropped the pipe guiltily letting it roll away without hindrance. It was just Jay, not some invading force of Locos. I had to giggle slightly seeing the funny side of the situation
"You ok?" I asked
"Yeh" he said
I giggled again.
"Sorry about that" I told him "I thought you were Locos"
"Same for you" he told me grinning and sitting down on one of the many boxes that littered the roof looking slightly out of place because the box was slightly too small for him and his long lanky legs.
"How's Bray taking it?" he asked interrupting my thoughts as I stared across the deserted rooftops of the city.
"He's a bit upset," I said "You manage to adjust to your brother being dead and then he's not, its kinda unnerving for him" He nodded understandingly then asked
"So you two ok?"
I was surprised by his question; I didn't think many people knew about the massive argument that followed Ebony's comments. Of course it hadn't surprised me to find out Ebony's bi!chiness was behind Bray finding out about what had happened between Jay and me. Not that I should think badly of her at that time of course, from what we worked out Ebony had been through he1l and back recently. The thought of what you would have to do to make Ebony cut herself was unnerving and sent shivers down my spine, Ebony had a mind of steel, it would take a lot to make her feel that bad.
We now acknowledged him to be the true Zoot, as Bray had said, Ebony wouldn't be fooled by an imitation and now Ebony was at his mercy, for once I actually felt sorry for her and I presumed that was the reason why Jay was on the roof on his own.
"Yeh, we made up" I told him and then asked "What are you doing up here on your own?"
"Thinking" he said
"About her?" I asked
"Yeh" he said "Did you know she told me about Zoot just after the hotel" he asked staring out across the rooftops "I thought it was coz she bumped her head" he said and then he added sadly "I wasn't there for her when she most needed me" his head dropped into his hands despairingly as I touched his hand comfortingly
"We'll get her back," I said praying it was true
"Well until then she's in the hands of some insane freak" he said suddenly angry getting up to send a stone scudding across the rooftop where it hit a pile of metal cans with a resounding thunk.
"Hadn't you better be getting back to Bray?" he asked not looking at me
"Yeh" I said, "Sure you'll be ok?" I asked
"Its not me you should be worried about" he said ominously. That had a kind of finality to it so I hurried of the dark rooftop leaving him regretfully.
