The Mall Rats and the Protectors imprisoned Zoot in an abandoned prison near the docks, where they watched over him. Zoot wasn't too happy about this threatening that his legions would come after them and chaos will spread over the land. No one was listening to him though. Meanwhile back at the Mall, Faith was about to embark with the rest of her Protectors back to the woods. She stood alone with Pride in a secluded part of the mall. They had been kissing for awhile now. A long, passionate deep kiss, one that you would give your lover after not having seen them in awhile. She pulled back and looked to Pride, "Pride, I need to know," she said looking at him, "Was that one night, a one-off?" she asked. "No," Pride said but he had to be honest, "But I'm not ready for a serious relationship." "So a physical one will suffice for the time being?" Faith said with a smirk. "I didn't mean..."Pride started to protest. Faith smiled, "I know what you mean, sugar. And it's fine with me. Someone to fool around with is better than someone who comes with emotional baggage," she said, "I have to go. Will I see you soon?" "Of course," Pride said and kissed her one last time. Faith smiled as she pulled away from their locked lips. She didn't say a word as she turned and left him standing there in the mall. While Faith and Pride think that they are just fooling around, as it comes when one sleeps with someone, an emotional attachment is made, whether you want to admit to it or not. Faith thought about Pride day in and day out. And vice versa, Pride couldn't get Faith out of his mind. Pride paced back and forth in his room, thinking about Faith. Her red hair, her creamy white skin. He hadn't been to see her in awhile, since she and the Protectors had left. Perhaps this was a good time to go and see her. Pride grabbed a bag and left. He made a quick journey to the Protectors' village, and got there when night was well underway. There were only a few small fires marking the path when he got there, everyone had no less gone to sleep. He hoped Faith was still up so he could surprise her. Upon finding her hut, he went. The room was dark and he could see the outline of her figure in the bed. He put his bag down and quickly got naked. He slipped into the bed beside her and ran his hand down the figure of her. She moved and turned to him. She was about to say something, when he put a finger to her lips and then kissed her. He moved his hands under the sheets to find her naked. He pulled her close to him, kissing her, carrassing her body and her hair. He then proceeded to make love to her.

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Pride slept after they had made love and didn't wake up until the morning. The sun shone through a small window in the hut and he squinted his eyes open. It took him a moment to truly open eyes, and when he did so he realized something was wrong. This wasn't Faith's hut. Where was the desk? There wasn't a window there?
Pride looked beside him and saw a girl Protector sleeping in the bed beside him. What had he done? Pride immediately got out of bed and began putting his clothes back on, quietly. If he did so then, he could get out of here quietly without waking her up.
But that plan didn't work. The girl woke up on her own and looked to Pride. Her eyes widened a bit, "So it wasn't a dream," she said a little sleepy.
"Listen I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do anything. It was really bad on my part," Pride started to apologize as he backed up to the door grabbing his things.
The girl looked weirdly at him. He didn't care, he needed to get out of there before Faith saw him.
"Eve? Eve? Are you awake?" a voice said from outside. But before Pride could do anything, the owner of the voice came into the hut. It was Faith.
Faith kind of did a double take seeing Pride there, with his clothes half on and Eve in the bed, noticeably naked. She didn't say anything at first as she looked back and forth from them both.
"Faith, please...."Pride began going to explain.
"Don't you even dare!" Faith said to him. She glared at him, "How could you?"