EPISODE 8
Pride had been back many a time to the Protector's village, on the sole purpose of seeing Faith. He hungered for her whenever they were apart, something he had never felt with anyone else he had been with. Something about Faith woke something within him, something primal, something so raw and so basic. It almost scared him.
He had gone back to the Mall the day before and was thinking about going to see Faith again, when it all happened. They heard them first. The screams and the yells and then the loud explosions that shook the Mall. All the Mall Rats came out at once, and "what was that?" filled the center court. Then they were there. Zoot's new army and himself at the lead of them, they came from everywhere, and all directions. They crashed through the skylight, broke through the barred up doors no longer in use, they came from the sewers and the main door. They were all around the Mall Rats.
So what did they do? Of course, they fought back. They fought back to protect themselves and their home. Pride struck out at the first guy, punching him in the ribs and then shoving him back against a wall. The guy dropped like a bag of potatoes. Pride looked around for Cobra, the Protector's ambassador as it were to the Mall Rats. He was the one who would go rally the back-up, who they had set up in the mall, but he wasn't there and neither was the back-up... what was going on?
The Mall Rats struggled, and at one point seemed to be pushing the lot back, but then new recruits for Zoot's army came running in and that was the end of the Mall Rats. There was just too much for them. There were about 5 of Zoot's army men to every one of them. They could do nothing in the end but surrender.
Zoot himself was unharmed by all of this, as soon as he had come into the Mall, and told his people to attack, he had gone swiftly up the stairs to where he knew Trudy was and more importantly where Brady was. He had snatched his daughter from Trudy and hit her into obedience. He now came down the stairs triumphantly, holding his daughter firmly in his arms. The Mall Rats were all assembled at the bottom of the stairs, surrounded with no escape.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen," Zoot declared as he handed his daughter off to one of his soldiers to look after. He looked over the Mall Rats, "Not so powerful are we now? You've had your taste of glory and now you'll taste the bottom of the ladder. Zoot is back! Power and Chaos will reign and you will all feel the wrath of me!"
Cheers came from his men as he threw his arms up in a powerful motion. He smiled wickedly and looked back to the weak Mall Rats, "Did you really think you could handle me? Thought you could through me over a railing again, hey Lex?" he said looking to Lex. Lex mummered something and the guard watching him, hit him over the head. Lex fell to the ground. "I thought you had a treaty or something with those Protectors? Whatever happened to them, huh Pride? Or was that just a rumour?"
Pride looked up to Zoot, how badly he wanted to wipe that smug smile off of his lips! But he was right, where were the Protectors? Where was Faith?
"I think it was all just a rumour..." a voice said from behind them all. Everyone turned then to see whom the voice belonged to and was surprised to see who it was really.
Dressed in a fitting black leather suit with a plunging neckline, and a black leather long coat, stood Faith. Her red hair was brilliant against her all black gear, and with her stood Zoot's army, or was it? For in a blink of an eye, the soldiers took off their helmets and there were the Protectors...but on the wrong side.
Pride had been back many a time to the Protector's village, on the sole purpose of seeing Faith. He hungered for her whenever they were apart, something he had never felt with anyone else he had been with. Something about Faith woke something within him, something primal, something so raw and so basic. It almost scared him.
He had gone back to the Mall the day before and was thinking about going to see Faith again, when it all happened. They heard them first. The screams and the yells and then the loud explosions that shook the Mall. All the Mall Rats came out at once, and "what was that?" filled the center court. Then they were there. Zoot's new army and himself at the lead of them, they came from everywhere, and all directions. They crashed through the skylight, broke through the barred up doors no longer in use, they came from the sewers and the main door. They were all around the Mall Rats.
So what did they do? Of course, they fought back. They fought back to protect themselves and their home. Pride struck out at the first guy, punching him in the ribs and then shoving him back against a wall. The guy dropped like a bag of potatoes. Pride looked around for Cobra, the Protector's ambassador as it were to the Mall Rats. He was the one who would go rally the back-up, who they had set up in the mall, but he wasn't there and neither was the back-up... what was going on?
The Mall Rats struggled, and at one point seemed to be pushing the lot back, but then new recruits for Zoot's army came running in and that was the end of the Mall Rats. There was just too much for them. There were about 5 of Zoot's army men to every one of them. They could do nothing in the end but surrender.
Zoot himself was unharmed by all of this, as soon as he had come into the Mall, and told his people to attack, he had gone swiftly up the stairs to where he knew Trudy was and more importantly where Brady was. He had snatched his daughter from Trudy and hit her into obedience. He now came down the stairs triumphantly, holding his daughter firmly in his arms. The Mall Rats were all assembled at the bottom of the stairs, surrounded with no escape.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen," Zoot declared as he handed his daughter off to one of his soldiers to look after. He looked over the Mall Rats, "Not so powerful are we now? You've had your taste of glory and now you'll taste the bottom of the ladder. Zoot is back! Power and Chaos will reign and you will all feel the wrath of me!"
Cheers came from his men as he threw his arms up in a powerful motion. He smiled wickedly and looked back to the weak Mall Rats, "Did you really think you could handle me? Thought you could through me over a railing again, hey Lex?" he said looking to Lex. Lex mummered something and the guard watching him, hit him over the head. Lex fell to the ground. "I thought you had a treaty or something with those Protectors? Whatever happened to them, huh Pride? Or was that just a rumour?"
Pride looked up to Zoot, how badly he wanted to wipe that smug smile off of his lips! But he was right, where were the Protectors? Where was Faith?
"I think it was all just a rumour..." a voice said from behind them all. Everyone turned then to see whom the voice belonged to and was surprised to see who it was really.
Dressed in a fitting black leather suit with a plunging neckline, and a black leather long coat, stood Faith. Her red hair was brilliant against her all black gear, and with her stood Zoot's army, or was it? For in a blink of an eye, the soldiers took off their helmets and there were the Protectors...but on the wrong side.