Chapter 4 - It's Just… One Little Prank…

***~~~~~~~*** The Mall ***~~~~~~~***

"So are Jack and them back yet?" Tai San asked walking into the café and sat down beside Ryan.

"Nope… no sign of them." Bray said lifting his head from the table and frowned.

!!!***~~~ LEX ~~~***!!!

"So exactly what are we going to do to Jack after Dal and the others are done?" Patsy asked walking behind a building.

"Don't worry Pats... You'll find out soon enough." Lex said smiling and looked back at Ebony, "Ain't that right?"

"Yeah... I can't wait... we'll show that twerp who's boss around here." Ebony said smiling at Patsy, "Do you see any sign of Jack?"

"Yeah him and Amber are walking with this weird guy." Patsy said sticking her head out from between the two buildings, "And there's no sign of Aren anywhere."

"What does the guy look like?" Lex asked placing his hand on Patsy's shoulder.

"Well... he's got green died hair with black at the roots... he's wearing a big black trench-coat, a cheetah skin-looking muscle shirt, long-tight baggy-at-the-bottom leather pants, and knee-high combat boots. He has jade eyes and a eyebrow piercing." Patsy said and then turned to Lex.

"Does he have any tribal marks on his face?" Ebony asked walking up to Patsy.

"Yeah." Patsy said turning back, "He's got a fire sign coming down from his right eye and another fire sign coming from the left side of his left eye AND he has this flower looking sign on his left cheek." She said and turned back to Lex and Ebony.

"He's one of the Irrationals." Lex said backing up a few steps.

"Irra-what?" Patsy asked looking at Lex oddly, "What's that?"

"The 'Irrationals' is a tribe of Goths." Lex said turning around.

"What's a 'Goth'?" Patsy asked turning all the way around.

"A 'Goth is a person that dresses strangely... They're said to be depressed and have probably had a very miserable life... they dress in dark clothes like our friend over there does, the sign on his eyes indicates that he was once one of the Irrationals." Lex said as they began to walk through the back alley.

"Oh... ok." Patsy said following Lex and Ebony.

***~~~~~~*** Jack, Jade, and Amber ***~~~~~~***

"So tell me… what are the people in your tribe like?" Jade asked as they came up to the entrance of the mall.

"Oh they're nice… very nice." Jack said opening the door, "Except for Ebony, Lex, and Glenn." He said smiling at Amber.

"Hmm." Jade said as he walked in.

"Jack your back!" Bray yelled running up the three of them he stopped in front of them and frowned, "Jack… what's going on… wh… where's Aren?" He asked looking over at Jade.

Jack stood there as tears developed in his eyes.

"Oh." Bray looked at Jack, "Don't… but… how?… Jack?"

"There was a fire in one of the buildings." Amber said as Jack walked into his room, "I stopped Jack from going in and getting killed himself."

Bray stood there in shock and watched as Jade followed Jack to his room.

/\à ~~~ß \/ Jack and Jade \/à ~~~ß /\

"So Jack…" Jade said walking into the scientist's room, "Just EXACTLY how… old are you?"

"I'm 16." Jack said laying down on his bed.

"And how old's Aren?"

"17…" Jack looked up at Jade and smiled, "How old are you?"

"I'm 19." Jade said and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Nineteen?" Jack sat up and looked into Jade's eyes, "You don't look nineteen."

"How old do I look?" Jade asked leaning in.

"Maybe seventeen at the most." Jack said leaning in also.

"I hear that a lot…" Jade said feeling Jack's breath on his lips.

"Jack?!" Tai San shouted walking into Jack's room.

Jade pulled away from Jack quickly and looked at Tai San.

"Yeah?" Jack said standing up.

"Do you want your friend to be voted into the Mallrats at the meeting in a few minutes?" Tai San asked crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah!" Jack said smiling at Jade.

"Ok then, Jade come to the meeting in a few minutes." Tai San said and turned around and walked out of the room.

Jack looked at Jade uncomfortably and then sat down in his computer chair and turned on his computer.

"I guess I'll… um… See you later." Jade said getting up from the bed.

"Yeah… I guess you will…" Jack said smiling as Jade walked out of the room.

!!!***~~~ LEX, Ebony, and Patsy ~~~***!!!

"Now... the meeting starts in a few minutes... when Dal, KC, and Chloe are done with him we'll get him later... ok." Lex said pulling on his jacket, "We'll arrange some way for Jack to go outside... And that's when we'll make our move... Meaning... we all will be in the meeting."

"Ok." Patsy said and her and Ebony walked out of Lex's room

à ***ß Tai San à ***ß

"Tai San… are you there?" Danni called out walking into the wise-one's room.

"Yes." Tai San said opening her eyes and looking up at Danni, "What is it you want?" She asked calmly.

"Well… there are a few things… One, your wanted for the meeting, two, Bray was hoping you could maybe talk to Jack about… Aren, and… umm… Three, your also needed for the tribal meeting tomorrow." Danni said and turned to walk away.

"What… tribal meeting tomorrow?" Tai San asked standing up.

Danni turned and looked at her, "The one for the antidote… didn't you hear… no one has the formula… we need to find someone that knows it." Danni said and walked out of the room.

"Oh… Ok then…" Tai San said following her to the meeting.

~~~@.@~~~ The Meeting ~~~@.@~~~

"Where is Dal, KC, and Chloe?" Bray asked walking up to his tribe with Danni and Martin by his side.

"I'm not sure… Dal said he was going to check on the electricity and I'm not so sure about Chloe and KC." Selene said walking down the stairs.

"Ok… then we'll have to continue on without them… we've waited long enough." Bray said stopping in front of the others.

ß /\à ~~~ß \/à Jack ß \/à ~~~ß /\à

Jack picked up his water bottle and took a sip, he stopped when he heard a sound… all at once… the lights turned out.

Jack turned around and looked at the door… no one was there! He turned back to his computer only to notice that it was off! Everything in the room was off!

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Jack: "Creepy…" *balled his fists and put them to his face* O*.*O "What's going on!?" O.O

J-G-S-N-T: "It's the end of the chapter." -_-'

Jack: "Oh… write more then…" @.@

J-G-S-N-T: "I'm too lazy…" ^.^'

Jack: *face faults* '-.-' "Oh…"

What happens next you ask… well wait for the next chapter!