Chp. eight
Fenix shuddered, a sudden chill running down her spine. She was sitting in her Dragon Bone, Jack's Command Wolf loping along at her side. They were leaving for the point where Fenix had selected. What they didn't know was that they would soon be very close. Fenix stopped her Zoid outside a small cave system, a tiny brook slipping through the rocks. The Command Wolf stumbled past the Dragon before turning and stopping.
"We here already?" Jack looked rather confused.
"I guess so. This seems like a nice place to be."
"Just what do you want?" Jack was stepping out of his Wolf now.
"I don' think you could give me anything I wanted, Jack. Its something only one person could give. But I think he isn't going to give it." Fenix stepped out of the Dragon's cockpit and leaned against a rock.
"I'll try," Jack said, standing with his arms crossed.
"So, how long has the town looked like this?" Fenix's voice wavered slightly.
"Nothing much has changed since you left. Nothing but Ty moved on, don't know where he went. Kiyo, we don't know where he went either."
The school burnt down, didn't it?" Her only answer was a nod from Jack. "The children, and Miss Jennifer, they're dead, aren't they?" Her answer was another nod. "I didn't want to leave, but my parents sort of forced me into it. I'm sorry."
"Hey, that's all right. I only want to know who it is you seem to be hanging all over this time."
"Its Raven. You know, from the Death Saurer battle? Raven." Fenix knew she wasn't convincing Jack worth anything. "You don't seem to believe me. I wouldn't imagine why. I don't lie at all."
"Sounds like the time you lied about your homework in Miss Jennifer's class." Jack laughed at the thought of a six year old Fenix stealing into class late and lying that her homework was in the garbage disposal, even though she didn't know what a "garbage disposal" was.
"That was almost twelve years ago, Jack. That was then this is now. Please, believe me."
"I believe you right enough." Jack strode over to Fenix and placed his hands against the rock on either side of her face, trapping her between himself and the rock. "And I know what you want."
Fenix looked up at him with disdain. "But can you give it to me?"
"If you let me, I can." Jack leaned down, his lips right next to hers. He could taste her sweet breath. "I can if you let me," he repeated in a whisper.
Fenix turned her head away. She closed her eyes, let out her breath, and allowed herself to feel the warmth of Jack against the side of her face. "You're right, Jack, but you can't give it to me. Not yet, not for a while. I'm sorry."
But she couldn't be sorry because the next thing she knew, Jack turned her head to his and put his lips to hers. Fenix's eyes went wide in a split second, but she quickly got over it and was kissing him back. She struggled only briefly as his warmth closed over her. She didn't fight him off, like she had intended. Instead, she let him finish what he had started so many years ago.
The next day, Fenix was rather revived. She was not so talkative, but she was a little bit more chipper. Her and Jack exchanged short glances and small smiles, but otherwise didn't talk. Raven was rather grouchy considering the Breaker was only ten minutes from being finished. Jack had gotten back just before sundown, leaving Fenix sprawled with her faded jeans and shirt on the ground, promising to see her later. She had only waved her hand at him in contempt and went back to sleep. Jack had given her a small blanket and told her to be back in the morning. She had waved him away again, and he left. Then he busted ass on the Genobreaker until he managed to fix most of the damage.
Now, Raven was sitting on the chair in the waiting room, one arm slung over the back, slumped in the seat. He yawned when he saw Fenix come in, buttoning her shirt up. He shook his head in disgust and went back to drumming his fingers on the chair. Fenix looked rather jittery to be back at the mechanic shop.
When the Breaker was fixed, Raven and Fenix took off in a hurry. Fenix was already regretting her choice. But Jack was much stronger than her, and she hadn't had much of a choice. But that was behind her. Beside, they hadn't gotten past the taking off the clothes. So Fenix was, however, safe from pregnancy. But she knew she had done the wrong thing. She knew it by the look on Raven's face.
"How did you like that deal?" Raven's voice came out of nowhere.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I get my Zoid fixed and you get some man to sleep with you. Sounds like the deal to me."
"Raven, I had no choice. He was bigger than me."
But no amount of excuses could stray Raven from his choice.
Fenix shuddered, a sudden chill running down her spine. She was sitting in her Dragon Bone, Jack's Command Wolf loping along at her side. They were leaving for the point where Fenix had selected. What they didn't know was that they would soon be very close. Fenix stopped her Zoid outside a small cave system, a tiny brook slipping through the rocks. The Command Wolf stumbled past the Dragon before turning and stopping.
"We here already?" Jack looked rather confused.
"I guess so. This seems like a nice place to be."
"Just what do you want?" Jack was stepping out of his Wolf now.
"I don' think you could give me anything I wanted, Jack. Its something only one person could give. But I think he isn't going to give it." Fenix stepped out of the Dragon's cockpit and leaned against a rock.
"I'll try," Jack said, standing with his arms crossed.
"So, how long has the town looked like this?" Fenix's voice wavered slightly.
"Nothing much has changed since you left. Nothing but Ty moved on, don't know where he went. Kiyo, we don't know where he went either."
The school burnt down, didn't it?" Her only answer was a nod from Jack. "The children, and Miss Jennifer, they're dead, aren't they?" Her answer was another nod. "I didn't want to leave, but my parents sort of forced me into it. I'm sorry."
"Hey, that's all right. I only want to know who it is you seem to be hanging all over this time."
"Its Raven. You know, from the Death Saurer battle? Raven." Fenix knew she wasn't convincing Jack worth anything. "You don't seem to believe me. I wouldn't imagine why. I don't lie at all."
"Sounds like the time you lied about your homework in Miss Jennifer's class." Jack laughed at the thought of a six year old Fenix stealing into class late and lying that her homework was in the garbage disposal, even though she didn't know what a "garbage disposal" was.
"That was almost twelve years ago, Jack. That was then this is now. Please, believe me."
"I believe you right enough." Jack strode over to Fenix and placed his hands against the rock on either side of her face, trapping her between himself and the rock. "And I know what you want."
Fenix looked up at him with disdain. "But can you give it to me?"
"If you let me, I can." Jack leaned down, his lips right next to hers. He could taste her sweet breath. "I can if you let me," he repeated in a whisper.
Fenix turned her head away. She closed her eyes, let out her breath, and allowed herself to feel the warmth of Jack against the side of her face. "You're right, Jack, but you can't give it to me. Not yet, not for a while. I'm sorry."
But she couldn't be sorry because the next thing she knew, Jack turned her head to his and put his lips to hers. Fenix's eyes went wide in a split second, but she quickly got over it and was kissing him back. She struggled only briefly as his warmth closed over her. She didn't fight him off, like she had intended. Instead, she let him finish what he had started so many years ago.
The next day, Fenix was rather revived. She was not so talkative, but she was a little bit more chipper. Her and Jack exchanged short glances and small smiles, but otherwise didn't talk. Raven was rather grouchy considering the Breaker was only ten minutes from being finished. Jack had gotten back just before sundown, leaving Fenix sprawled with her faded jeans and shirt on the ground, promising to see her later. She had only waved her hand at him in contempt and went back to sleep. Jack had given her a small blanket and told her to be back in the morning. She had waved him away again, and he left. Then he busted ass on the Genobreaker until he managed to fix most of the damage.
Now, Raven was sitting on the chair in the waiting room, one arm slung over the back, slumped in the seat. He yawned when he saw Fenix come in, buttoning her shirt up. He shook his head in disgust and went back to drumming his fingers on the chair. Fenix looked rather jittery to be back at the mechanic shop.
When the Breaker was fixed, Raven and Fenix took off in a hurry. Fenix was already regretting her choice. But Jack was much stronger than her, and she hadn't had much of a choice. But that was behind her. Beside, they hadn't gotten past the taking off the clothes. So Fenix was, however, safe from pregnancy. But she knew she had done the wrong thing. She knew it by the look on Raven's face.
"How did you like that deal?" Raven's voice came out of nowhere.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I get my Zoid fixed and you get some man to sleep with you. Sounds like the deal to me."
"Raven, I had no choice. He was bigger than me."
But no amount of excuses could stray Raven from his choice.