EPISODE 10
"So you thought that you could get the one up on me?" Zoot said to Faith as he dragged her to the street where his vehicle was, "You stupid, stupid girl. I thought you understood me, that our future would be a bright one. But you had to go and do what you did." Faith struggled to get free of him. He was a mad man if ever she saw one. It was one of the reasons she had gone along with him. She remembered Zoot when he was with the Locos, she remember the destruction he brought wherever he went. If she had said no when he first propositioned her, she knew she wouldn't be there today. Though in this present situation, she didn't know whether she would be there for much longer anyway. "You're a double-crosser, you know that Faith?" Zoot said as they neared the vehicle, "And I don't like that. I could slit your throat right now and have you done with, but no. You know why? I'm going to have my fun with you. Remember that one night we spent together? We're going to have fun like that!" Faith remembered that night. It was the night she had agreed to side with Zoot and his army. It was sort of consummating the agreement, though she didn't take any pleasure in it. She knew how men like Zoot worked. He wanted power in and over everything. Over the world and in bed. It was why she let him have her. Zoot pulled her up to the van and started to open the door. It was her only chance. And she took it. She elbowed him in the gut and he instantly released his grip. She ran then. She ran from him and the van, back towards the mall. She could hear him, yell out "Hey!" but she continued on. She hadn't gotten very far, when she felt something underneath her feet and realized that it was a pipe. She tripped over it and fell to the ground. She tried to scramble to her feet as fast as she could, but it was no use. Because of her tripping, Zoot had caught up to her. He caught her by her arm, and wiped her around to face him. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!" he yelled at her and began dragging her back to the car, "Now you deserve something worse than I had planned for you." "Oh shut up Zoot!" she spat at him, "Go and suck a horse!" "I'd choose my words very carefully missy before they get you in more trouble than you want." Zoot sneered back at her. "And I'd choose my actions if I were you," a voice said behind them. Zoot and Faith both looked and saw Pride standing there by himself. Faith looked at him. What was he doing? Zoot smirked, "What Gaian think you can save your princess by yourself?" he said turning and grabbing a tighter hold on Faith. "No," Pride said, "I plan on saving her with a whole lot of support" Right then the Protectors all appeared with the Mall Rats beside them. They had surrounded Zoot and Faith, without them knowing. Zoot turned around in a circle looking at everyone, taking Faith along with him. He then turned back to Pride and glared at him, "If they do anything I'll slit her throat," he said putting the knife again to her throat. "Go ahead," Pride said taking a step forward, "See if I care. She double- crossed me and the Mall Rats. Kill her. Make it a lot easier on us." Faith looked at Pride, what was he trying to do? Get her killed? "I don't trust you Gaian. I know how much this tart means to you. She told me about you. But did she tell you about me? How we slept together just the night before you first slept with her?" Zoot said throwing it out. Pride looked to Faith, who looked away from him ashamed. Pride looked back to Zoot, as he took a few steps closer, "Like I said she double-crossed me, she means nothing to me now. Do it? Kill her. Slit her throat. And let this be over with." Zoot was being backed up into a corner, "Brave words to say when her whole tribe is surrounding us," he said grasping at straws. "They understand. I've explained it to them. They now see she's double- crossed them too. They want her gone as much as I do. So do it. And get it over with," Pride said getting closer to them. Faith was starting to get scared. How could her tribe do that to her? Disown her like that? After all she had done for them. Zoot didn't know what to do. He had started to back up as Pride had started walking towards him. He was now literately in a corner between a whole bunch of Protectors and Pride. He kept looking around him, not sure what to do. It was the break Pride had been waiting for, "NOW!" he yelled. He lunged forward and grabbed Faith, while the Protectors near Zoot grabbed him. Pride pulled Faith to him in one go, while about 5 Protectors pinned Zoot to the ground. Pride helped Faith up. She looked at him, "You were bluffing?" she said as she looked into his eyes. "You're not the only actor around here," he said with a smirk. Faith smiled a little, "Are you mad with me?" she asked. "I was," Pride said, "But..." he ran a hand through her hair and cupped face with it and looked deep in her eyes, "I think I could forgive you." She smiled, "Good," she said.
"So you thought that you could get the one up on me?" Zoot said to Faith as he dragged her to the street where his vehicle was, "You stupid, stupid girl. I thought you understood me, that our future would be a bright one. But you had to go and do what you did." Faith struggled to get free of him. He was a mad man if ever she saw one. It was one of the reasons she had gone along with him. She remembered Zoot when he was with the Locos, she remember the destruction he brought wherever he went. If she had said no when he first propositioned her, she knew she wouldn't be there today. Though in this present situation, she didn't know whether she would be there for much longer anyway. "You're a double-crosser, you know that Faith?" Zoot said as they neared the vehicle, "And I don't like that. I could slit your throat right now and have you done with, but no. You know why? I'm going to have my fun with you. Remember that one night we spent together? We're going to have fun like that!" Faith remembered that night. It was the night she had agreed to side with Zoot and his army. It was sort of consummating the agreement, though she didn't take any pleasure in it. She knew how men like Zoot worked. He wanted power in and over everything. Over the world and in bed. It was why she let him have her. Zoot pulled her up to the van and started to open the door. It was her only chance. And she took it. She elbowed him in the gut and he instantly released his grip. She ran then. She ran from him and the van, back towards the mall. She could hear him, yell out "Hey!" but she continued on. She hadn't gotten very far, when she felt something underneath her feet and realized that it was a pipe. She tripped over it and fell to the ground. She tried to scramble to her feet as fast as she could, but it was no use. Because of her tripping, Zoot had caught up to her. He caught her by her arm, and wiped her around to face him. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!" he yelled at her and began dragging her back to the car, "Now you deserve something worse than I had planned for you." "Oh shut up Zoot!" she spat at him, "Go and suck a horse!" "I'd choose my words very carefully missy before they get you in more trouble than you want." Zoot sneered back at her. "And I'd choose my actions if I were you," a voice said behind them. Zoot and Faith both looked and saw Pride standing there by himself. Faith looked at him. What was he doing? Zoot smirked, "What Gaian think you can save your princess by yourself?" he said turning and grabbing a tighter hold on Faith. "No," Pride said, "I plan on saving her with a whole lot of support" Right then the Protectors all appeared with the Mall Rats beside them. They had surrounded Zoot and Faith, without them knowing. Zoot turned around in a circle looking at everyone, taking Faith along with him. He then turned back to Pride and glared at him, "If they do anything I'll slit her throat," he said putting the knife again to her throat. "Go ahead," Pride said taking a step forward, "See if I care. She double- crossed me and the Mall Rats. Kill her. Make it a lot easier on us." Faith looked at Pride, what was he trying to do? Get her killed? "I don't trust you Gaian. I know how much this tart means to you. She told me about you. But did she tell you about me? How we slept together just the night before you first slept with her?" Zoot said throwing it out. Pride looked to Faith, who looked away from him ashamed. Pride looked back to Zoot, as he took a few steps closer, "Like I said she double-crossed me, she means nothing to me now. Do it? Kill her. Slit her throat. And let this be over with." Zoot was being backed up into a corner, "Brave words to say when her whole tribe is surrounding us," he said grasping at straws. "They understand. I've explained it to them. They now see she's double- crossed them too. They want her gone as much as I do. So do it. And get it over with," Pride said getting closer to them. Faith was starting to get scared. How could her tribe do that to her? Disown her like that? After all she had done for them. Zoot didn't know what to do. He had started to back up as Pride had started walking towards him. He was now literately in a corner between a whole bunch of Protectors and Pride. He kept looking around him, not sure what to do. It was the break Pride had been waiting for, "NOW!" he yelled. He lunged forward and grabbed Faith, while the Protectors near Zoot grabbed him. Pride pulled Faith to him in one go, while about 5 Protectors pinned Zoot to the ground. Pride helped Faith up. She looked at him, "You were bluffing?" she said as she looked into his eyes. "You're not the only actor around here," he said with a smirk. Faith smiled a little, "Are you mad with me?" she asked. "I was," Pride said, "But..." he ran a hand through her hair and cupped face with it and looked deep in her eyes, "I think I could forgive you." She smiled, "Good," she said.