Okay folks, here we go! What's Psymon and Zoe's big secret? What is it about their past that keeps them so close? Why is Psymon uneasy about Zoe's hookup with Moby? It's all cleared up this chapter!... Stop reading this and read the story!... Go!

Chapter 6: Some time alone.

I do not own any of the characters or locations of the SSX series. EA games BIG owns all characters and places mentioned in this story.

Psymon sat quietly in the snow at the top of peak one. It was a clear night and the stars shone for him. He looked up at them occasionally, but mostly he just stared down at his feet with his arms crossed on his knees and his face resting on his arms. He was overwhelmed, all the knowledge of the last couple years of his life combined with the change that he and Zoe underwent made his head hurt. He didn't move much, only the steam of his breath would let someone know he was still alive, not that anyone was around to see him. It was well past 2 o'clock in the morning when he had reached the top of peak one, and that was a few hours ago. He remembered saying he needed some fresh air and leaving the lodge while a concerned Zoe asked him to let her come with him. He sighed gently.
"Zoe Paine... what a stupid name." he hissed to himself. "I guess I'm one to talk... Psymon Stark, man." He looked up at the stars, he looked angry, but not in a dangerous way, more like a frightened anger. "What was wrong with Simon and Zoe Morgan?" His thoughts then turned to Zoe with Moby in the car when he yelled at her just for touching his stereo. He felt uneasy, he knew Zoe was a smart girl, but he didn't like the feeling he was getting about Moby. "That dick yelled at MY little sister, that's not cool." He thought about when they were kids, when their parents died in that car accident back home, the accident that left him and Zoe orphans. He thought about how hard they tried to make ends meet when they had nowhere to turn. He smiled slightly as he remembered them watching out for each other, how he would scare away any guys he didn't want near her, and how she would likewise freak out any girls he brought home that she didn't approve of. He chuckled at how they drove one another crazy, but how they also knew it was out of fear of losing each other. He sighed to himself, he was proud of his little sister. She had grown up into a beautiful young woman, slightly perforated and drawn on, but beautiful nonetheless. He was happy that she was still with him after all those years when he was this raving lunatic that was Psymon Stark. He stared out beyond the mountains and at the lights of the city far below. He felt so distant from everything, he had missed five years of his life, and from what he had heard he hadn't put those years to good use.

He stared out into space for several more hours until the sun began to rise. He loved watching the sunrise, it seemed like it was only yesterday that he had done it, but for all he knew this may have been the first one in five years he watched. By the time the sun had nearly fully risen he heard a faint swishing sound behind him, followed by a loud sound of a snowboard stopping.
"Psymon? Man is that you?" He didn't face the voice as he heard the person approach. He heard a snowboard clunk on the ground and a figure sit in the snow next to him. He looked in the corner of his eye to see a young man with spiked blond hair looking at him, sitting cross legged in the snow next to him. He sighed and turned his head to face him.
"May I help you?" His voice was chilled, he shook slightly from the cold that he had spent the night in. The blond man looked at him curiously.
"Yeah, your voice is much more gentle now." Psymon looked un-amused at the man.
"Get lost." he said sadly. The blond man looked shocked.
"Psymon, it's me, Brody." Psymon assumed this man must have been another snowboarder. "I heard this morning that you were released from the hospital last night. I went to see how you were doing, but Zoe said you never came back to the lodge last night, she's really worried about you man. She's got anyone who's willing to look for you out searching." Psymon smirked slightly, he felt bad keeping his little sister worrying like that, but he needed to be alone.
"Tell her I'm sorry to worry her, I'll come down in a bit." He looked down as Brody quickly typed something into his M-comm. "Okay, I guess you could tell her that way to." Brody smiled once he was finished typing. "You're not going to leave me alone are you?" Psymon asked with an irritated voice, Brody nudged Psymon's arm.
"I just want to talk, man." Psymon looked away from him.
"What could we have to talk about?" Brody looked less happy now.
"Zoe told me about what happened dude. She told me about the first electrocution that turned you into Stark and that the new one has, changed you back, I guess." Psymon shook his head.
"Look, what is it you want to know? For all I know we could be hated rivals, I don't know who I can and can't talk to anymore." Psymon sounded angry, but it didn't intimidate Brody.
"I don't hate ya man. Yeah we had our moments when we weren't exactly getting along well, and I guess I couldn't say we were ever friends... I just want to know from the source if you're alright." Psymon looked back at Brody finally.
"What do you care?" He looked back towards the sun that now was fully risen and starting to ascend into the sky.
"Well, I know if I had just been informed that I'd missed the last five years of my life and that so much had changed over those years, I'd be hurting to." Psymon shook his head.
"How much did Zoe tell you?" Brody smirked at Psymon's question.
"Quite a bit, she was frantic after all." Psymon sighed, Brody leaned back on his hands. "She cares a lot about you, man." Psymon eyed Brody again.
"It's not what you think." Psymon spoke firmly, Brody chuckled. "She's my sister." Brody's face dropped.
"Oh... I didn't know."
"It sounds like not a lot of people do know, just as well I suppose." Psymon stood when he finished his sentence, his knees ached from sitting in the cold all night. Brody stood with him.
"Look, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers dude, I'm sorry if I got out of line." Psymon shook his head to Brody's apology.
"It's okay, I wasn't offended." Brody nodded at Psymon's statement.
"Look bro, you don't have to take me up on it, but if you ever need someone to talk to, just let me know, okay?" Brody fastened his boots to his board, Psymon watched him.
"I doubt I'll need to." Brody didn't reply to Psymon, but he stopped just as he got started. "Brody." Brody looked at Psymon over his shoulder. "... thanks." Brody smiled and pulled his goggles up over his eyes.
"Anytime bro."

There it is, now the truth about Psymon and Zoe's past has been revealed, didn't see that coming did ya? Sorry to all of you who hoped for a Zoe/Psymon hookup, maybe with another writer. What's Psymon going to do next? Is he going to confront Moby about Zoe? Will he make any more new friends? Don't miss any of the action in the next chapter!