Rimnerel: Okay, everyone, I'm not dead. And FREAK, you can't kill Jordan yet, I need her for another few chapters, I'll let you kill her afterwards. I just want everyone to know that know.
Tala (mutters): I should have killed you.
Rimnerel: And I should have made that naughty food series too.
Tala (glares at her): You wouldn't dare.
Rimnerel: Wouldn't I Tala? Now get off my case, not like you'll let go of the boy long enough for me to pair him with anyone else anyway. I mean, if I wanted to I would have made that Bey/Digi crossover yaoi series I had half a mind to do.
Tyson: I got dibs on Tai!
Rimnerel: Okay...anyway, I would like to thank Angevar, B. Tiamat Atardecer (who helped me out again with another chapter, bless your precious heart), Raven Star, bmw, FREAKO14, blazing-wolf-08, and Kaikeyi Amorti. You all are so great and everything! And because of you, Oleander shall go on!! Enjoy!
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Okay, maybe it wasn't so bad after all, Kenny thought to himself as he, Tyson, Emily, Mariah, and Jordan walked to the store to get his mother some flour for the pies. Yes, it wasn't so bad....
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE STORE WITH JORDAN CLAMPED ONTO HIS ARM!!!
Kenny looked over at the girl with brown hair as she laid her head against his shoulder, looking up at him with loving eyes. Not that it wasn't nice to have a girl like him, but did she have to turn out to be some crazy, emotional chick? Seriously, he would have taken his chances with the pink fur ball of a friend that Emily called Mariah Shoran. I mean, at least she had some common sense to her, despite the freakish obsession with pink. Seriously, what was up with that anyway? Maybe one day, if he ever decided to get to know her better he would ask.
Speaking of the matter of the pink girl...Kenny looked over at Mariah, finding Tyson walking far too close to her for this heat. I mean, was he really the only one that noticed just how hot was. Hell, soon he was going to fling Jordan off his arm if it got any hotter. What was it, 100 degrees?
"Just how much farther is the store?" Kenny finally asked ten minutes into walking.
"Another ten minutes," Jordan smiled, batting her eyes up at him.
"Thank you..." Kenny said, supressing a groan of misery. Not just because it was hot, but Tyson had got him out walking in this weather, and Jordan clamped to his arm. How could it get worst?
"Are you hot Kenny?" Jordan asked. "We can go to my house and cool off while Tyson, Mariah, and Emily go to the store." Tempting offer, it was, but she was crazy and Kenny wasn't about ready to chance it. The young man shook his head, forcing a smile to his lips. The girl on his arm pouted cutely...or what she thought was cute. "Why not? You're not use to this weather are you? Don't be stubborn, I don't want you to get heat stroke. Once you cool off we can catch up to them later."
"Why don't you go?" Tyson said with a wink. "It's not like I'm not happy that you want to come with me to the store, but it's cool if you want to hang out with Jordan. I don't mind."
"Really Ty!" Jordan squeaked. Kenny glared at his cousin, telling him to shut up.
"Don't worry about it Jordan. I'll be fine," Kenny said, with another forced smile. "I mean, it's another ten minutes, I'll survive."
"Really? You sure?" the girl looked a bit crestfallen as she laid her head against his shoulder. "Okay...we'll continue on to the store then." Kenny would have felt bad, if not for the fact that she was holding on to his arm tighter than before. He could slowly feel the blood circulating out of it. Sooner or later, if she didn't let go, it would be numb.
"Why don't you go?" Emily said, giving him a sideways stare.
"That's okay, Em, he doesn't have to go," Jordan said. "I mean, we have all summer to get to know each other. I think that one day won't hurt our relationship." The smile came back to her face, only she didn't notice how big Kenny's eyes became. (Maybe because of the strands of hair in his eyes.)
"You're in a relationship?" Mariah asked, looking around at Kenny and Jordan with interest.
"Yep! He's my soul mate!" Jordan chimed.
"Whose who soul mate?" came another voice behind the group. The five teens turned around to find a blonde kid with wide blue eyes walking up. Following him was a teen with long green hair and another one with wild red hair. The one that Kenny recognized from the rave the night before.
"Maxie!" Jordan released Kenny's arm to run up to the male, throwing her arms around him. "When did you come back!"
"I came back early this morning. Have you been behaving yourself, Jordan?" the blonde asked.
"Yeah! Oh, I want you to meet someone." Turning to Kenny, she beamed. "Meet my soul mate. His name is Kenny and he's Emily's cousin."
"Hiya!" the blonde beamed. "I'm Max. And it's a pleasure to meet my little sister's soul mate. I hope you take care of her."
"Your little sister?" Kenny said.
"She's not really my younger sister. She's a year younger than me yeah, but we've known each other since we were one and two. She adores me," Max said. "And now it seems like she adores you too."
"Oh, hey," Emily said. "Stop talking so much Max. You completely forgot to introduce Johnny and Zeo who are behind you. Never mind, I'll do it myself. Cousin, I would like you to meet two other local boys. Zeo Nakano and Johnny McGregor. You might have seen Johnny at the rave. Zeo hangs out around here a lot too. Guys, I want you to meet my cousin Kenny. He lives in the city."
"The city, woah, must be cool," the green haired male said. "It's not to meet you Kenny. I hope you enjoy your stay here. Are you just here for the summer?"
"Yeah," Kenny said. This male was friendly, he could say that much about him.
"Why didja decide to come here for the summer?" the red head asked.
"Johnny, don't be mean," Emily said.
"What? I wasn't being mean. I was just asking a question," Johnny stated.
"Yeah, but your tones sometimes scare people away," Tyson grinned.
"And you scary people away without trying, Tyson," the red head smirked.
"You'll get use to them doing this. They are rivals," Max explained with a bright smile. Kenny was being to see where Jordan had picked up her bubbly behavior from. Scary, if those two had really been siblings. Kenny didn't think he could take it, but since they were so similar now, he wondered how long he would last anyway. "Whenever they get together, all they do is bey battle. Do you have a beyblade?"
"Actually Chief builds and customizes blades," Tyson stated.
"Really!" Max said. "Wow, my dad would love to have you work for him. He owns the bey shop in town. I'll take you by there one day and introduce you."
"Yeah, which means this year Johnny, you're going down," Tyson smirked.
"You wish, Granger," Johnny smirked. "Even if you get your cousin to help you, you're still no match for my blade."
"Oh, we'll see," Tyson remarked.
"Okay, boys, can we get out of the blazing 99 degree Fahrenheit sun before we burn to a crisp, and take this conversation somewhere cool?" Mariah said, breaking into the conversation. About now, Kenny could have loved her. "I mean Tyson, you can argue with Johnny later over whose stronger and what not. The rest of us are turning into bacon and we still need to get your aunt the flour."
"Oh yeah! Sorry, Mariah," Tyson said. "You're right."
"Stop playing ass kisser," Johnny stated.
"Johnny McGregor!" Emily replied. The red head gave her a wide eye look. "And don't look at me like that."
"Em, come on, Tyson started it," Johnny remarked.
"And you should be mature enough to say when enough is enough. Or shoot those comments off on your own time," Emily stated. "Now are you going or what?"
"I have to go to the store anyway," Max said. "I'm coming!"
"If Max is staying, I guess I can stay too," Zeo remarked. "I mean, I want to see just how long Johnny and Tyson can go without shooting off more insults."
"Don't encourage them, Zeo," Emily sighed. She looked over at the taller, red headed male. "Well Johnny? Are you coming with us or are you going?" The young man crossed his arms over one another. "I don't have all day you know, carrot top."
"Fine! But after this Tyson, we battle," the male said.
"Why not? I have my blade on me," Tyson grinned.
"Okay, not that we have that settle, on to the store," Mariah said. The group, now made up of three extra people continued about their destination. Kenny found that Jordan had clamped back to his arm while chatting with the blonde kid named Max. Tyson and the red head, Johnny continued to give each other glares and such. Occasionally Emily and Mariah would sigh and go back to talking. While the kid with green hair, Zeo continued to ask Kenny five hundred questions.
"So, what's it like to live in the city? Is it bigger than this town? What do you do in your spare time? What are your friends like? Do you have any friends? Do you have a girlfriend?"
"I'm his girlfriend!" Jordan chimed in at the last question.
"Um...Jordan..." Kenny started, then dropped the question all together. "Never mind." Shaking his head, he turned his attention back on the wide eyes green haired Zeo. "Let's see...the city's nice. It's bigger than this town. I like to surf the net in my spare time. Yes I have friends. They're nice."
"What are their names?" Zeo asked.
*Does this kid ever shut up?* Kenny wondered. "One's named Rei and the other is Kain."
"Do you---" Zeo was about to start before Johnny interrupted.
"Z, please. Shut up. I'm sure he doesn't want you asking him a million and one questions about his life."
"JOHNNY!" Emily said.
"What! I said please! Wasn't that good enough?"
"Look guys, the store!" Mariah pointed, interrupting. "Okay, Tyson go get the flour so we can leave."
"All right, I'll be right back then." The young man jogged into the store, while the rest of them stood under the shelter of the store's roof. The group waited for about two minutes before Tyson came back out the store. Besides the flour, he also had an armful of drinks. "Hey, I thought that everyone wanted one."
"Tyson buying? That's new?" Max replied, swiping a bottle from Tyson.
"Hey, what's that suppose to mean," Tyson remarked.
"Means that you only buy unless..." Johnny shut up, seeing the look that Emily was giving him. (A/N: Yes, if no one has figured it out by now, Emily is his girlfriend.) "Never mind. Thanks for the drink." Everyone took a drink from the blue haired male and leaned against the wall drinking. Jordan even let Kenny's arm go while she drank hers. Much to Kenny and his arm's relief. For a while things remained peaceful. No one insulted someone else, no endless chatter, it was peaceful. Too bad it couldn't stay that way.
Once everyone was done, it was back to normal. Well, at least it would be over soon. Or...so Kenny thought. Because just as he was about ready to step off the curb with the rest of the group, a pair of dirt bikes pulled up to the store. The two riders on the bikes pulled off their helmets, revealing....the two from the night before. The one with duel hair stared at Tyson for a long minute before a smirk rose.
"Well, well, well, look who it is," the male spoke. "Tyson Granger."
Tyson glared at the male on the bike. "What are you idiots doing in town?"
"One of those idiots live in this town, mutt," the red head spoke.
Tyson ignored the remark, as he turned his eyes on the red head. "Oh yeah. I forgot that the red baboon was still allowed here. I thought you would be dead in a ditch some where by now."
"Sorry to disappoint," the male replied with a mocked apology. "Next time I'll remember to go to hell and stay there. Maybe I'll send you a postcard telling you how your mother likes it down there with me."
"Tyson," Johnny warned, putting his hand on the younger's shoulder.
"I'm cool, let's go," Tyson said, turning furious eyes from the two.
"That's right run home with your tail between your legs. You know Kai, I was right, he's nothing but a mutt." The two boys on the bikes watched the group leave, but the red head's sight caught the glance of a brunette young man. He didn't remember him in their little group. If he didn't know any better, it was that kid from the other night. Maybe he was just mistaken.
"You really get off fucking with his head, don't you Tala?" Kai smirked as he watched the group leave. The McGregor boy nearly having to drag Tyson away before he came back for a fight. Not that they haven't gotten into plenty when they were younger.
"One day that fucker's asking for it, I swear it," Tala muttered. "I swear one day I might just blow his fucking head off his fucking body."
"You won't do it, you pussy. Now come on, I'm out of smokes," Kai said, cutting off his bike.
Meanwhile, back with the group, with the pissed off Tyson Granger who looked like he was going to explode, Kenny was trying to figure out exactly what was going on. He looked at his cousin, then the others who were silent. Jordan had even loosen her grip on his arm as they walked. Johnny had his hand on Tyson's head, keeping his attention straight forward.
"He pisses me off so much," Tyson finally said.
"Tyson, don't even think about doing anything. You know how those two are," Emily said in a low tone.
"Yeah, but I would give anything to run his face through the dirt. Him and Kai's. Not like we didn't have fights back when I was still living around here. I think Tala lives to piss me off," Tyson swore.
"Yeah, but back then, all they did was steal, smoke, and drink," Mariah said. "Now who knows what they get themselves into. Especially now that Kai lives in a big city most of his time."
"You know what I heard, don't you," Zeo said. He looked at everyone in the group with a serious look. "Not too long ago I heard that Tala got up with some people that Kai introduced him to. And now he is in this huge drug racket for some small time mafia. I heard he even killed someone a while ago." The image of the red head pointing the gun at the drunk guy back in the woods came to Kenny's mind. He would not doubt that the guy would pull a gun on someone, but kill them too? Kenny didn't say a word as the others began speaking.
"It would not surprise me any. I mean both his mother and father are dead and he lives with his uncle who has to run a shady business because he's never there. And then his aunt is like crazy. Didn't your mom tell you that, Max?"
"Well, my mom says he comes in there a lot to get medicine for his aunt, but I don't know what kind. She never tells me or dad. Something about patient secrecy or something like that," Max shrugged. "If you ask me, I think he's selling them for his own benefit."
"You know what I heard," Mariah said.
:"What?" Tyson said.
"I heard that someone found them both somewhere drugged up to their eyes with something. And that someone was walking away counting money. But the person that told me this said they didn't get a good look at the guy because he stepped into this really long limo and drove off."
"Like I said, it would not surprise me at all," Tyson said. "Let's just forget about those two. They'll be dead in another year anyway if they keep this up, like I care though. They are the two biggest meanaces to this town. If it wasn't a sin to kill, I would have done it a long time ago."
"Amen," Johnny chimed in. The atmosphere within the group returned to normal, but Kenny's mind wandered. Those two males...they didn't seem so bad last night. After all, if they were really all that bad, they could have left him to be raped. Or better yet, raped him themselves. Or maybe they would have killed him. Yet...neither had done a thing to harm him. Could those two males be preceived completely wrong? Or maybe Kenny had just seen a false side. Whatever it was, his interest was not peaked by the mysterious Tala and Kai.
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Rimnerel: Okay, there we go. I think I'm over my limit for tonight.
Rei: You know, that was mean.
Rimnerel: Oh, just think, next chapter's going to be very nice once I plot it out right. Okay people, love it, hate it, praise it. It's your call for this chapter. Next chapter will be out Monday. I have a couple of things that I have to do from here on out. Blame school for it. But later people!
Tala (mutters): I should have killed you.
Rimnerel: And I should have made that naughty food series too.
Tala (glares at her): You wouldn't dare.
Rimnerel: Wouldn't I Tala? Now get off my case, not like you'll let go of the boy long enough for me to pair him with anyone else anyway. I mean, if I wanted to I would have made that Bey/Digi crossover yaoi series I had half a mind to do.
Tyson: I got dibs on Tai!
Rimnerel: Okay...anyway, I would like to thank Angevar, B. Tiamat Atardecer (who helped me out again with another chapter, bless your precious heart), Raven Star, bmw, FREAKO14, blazing-wolf-08, and Kaikeyi Amorti. You all are so great and everything! And because of you, Oleander shall go on!! Enjoy!
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Okay, maybe it wasn't so bad after all, Kenny thought to himself as he, Tyson, Emily, Mariah, and Jordan walked to the store to get his mother some flour for the pies. Yes, it wasn't so bad....
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE STORE WITH JORDAN CLAMPED ONTO HIS ARM!!!
Kenny looked over at the girl with brown hair as she laid her head against his shoulder, looking up at him with loving eyes. Not that it wasn't nice to have a girl like him, but did she have to turn out to be some crazy, emotional chick? Seriously, he would have taken his chances with the pink fur ball of a friend that Emily called Mariah Shoran. I mean, at least she had some common sense to her, despite the freakish obsession with pink. Seriously, what was up with that anyway? Maybe one day, if he ever decided to get to know her better he would ask.
Speaking of the matter of the pink girl...Kenny looked over at Mariah, finding Tyson walking far too close to her for this heat. I mean, was he really the only one that noticed just how hot was. Hell, soon he was going to fling Jordan off his arm if it got any hotter. What was it, 100 degrees?
"Just how much farther is the store?" Kenny finally asked ten minutes into walking.
"Another ten minutes," Jordan smiled, batting her eyes up at him.
"Thank you..." Kenny said, supressing a groan of misery. Not just because it was hot, but Tyson had got him out walking in this weather, and Jordan clamped to his arm. How could it get worst?
"Are you hot Kenny?" Jordan asked. "We can go to my house and cool off while Tyson, Mariah, and Emily go to the store." Tempting offer, it was, but she was crazy and Kenny wasn't about ready to chance it. The young man shook his head, forcing a smile to his lips. The girl on his arm pouted cutely...or what she thought was cute. "Why not? You're not use to this weather are you? Don't be stubborn, I don't want you to get heat stroke. Once you cool off we can catch up to them later."
"Why don't you go?" Tyson said with a wink. "It's not like I'm not happy that you want to come with me to the store, but it's cool if you want to hang out with Jordan. I don't mind."
"Really Ty!" Jordan squeaked. Kenny glared at his cousin, telling him to shut up.
"Don't worry about it Jordan. I'll be fine," Kenny said, with another forced smile. "I mean, it's another ten minutes, I'll survive."
"Really? You sure?" the girl looked a bit crestfallen as she laid her head against his shoulder. "Okay...we'll continue on to the store then." Kenny would have felt bad, if not for the fact that she was holding on to his arm tighter than before. He could slowly feel the blood circulating out of it. Sooner or later, if she didn't let go, it would be numb.
"Why don't you go?" Emily said, giving him a sideways stare.
"That's okay, Em, he doesn't have to go," Jordan said. "I mean, we have all summer to get to know each other. I think that one day won't hurt our relationship." The smile came back to her face, only she didn't notice how big Kenny's eyes became. (Maybe because of the strands of hair in his eyes.)
"You're in a relationship?" Mariah asked, looking around at Kenny and Jordan with interest.
"Yep! He's my soul mate!" Jordan chimed.
"Whose who soul mate?" came another voice behind the group. The five teens turned around to find a blonde kid with wide blue eyes walking up. Following him was a teen with long green hair and another one with wild red hair. The one that Kenny recognized from the rave the night before.
"Maxie!" Jordan released Kenny's arm to run up to the male, throwing her arms around him. "When did you come back!"
"I came back early this morning. Have you been behaving yourself, Jordan?" the blonde asked.
"Yeah! Oh, I want you to meet someone." Turning to Kenny, she beamed. "Meet my soul mate. His name is Kenny and he's Emily's cousin."
"Hiya!" the blonde beamed. "I'm Max. And it's a pleasure to meet my little sister's soul mate. I hope you take care of her."
"Your little sister?" Kenny said.
"She's not really my younger sister. She's a year younger than me yeah, but we've known each other since we were one and two. She adores me," Max said. "And now it seems like she adores you too."
"Oh, hey," Emily said. "Stop talking so much Max. You completely forgot to introduce Johnny and Zeo who are behind you. Never mind, I'll do it myself. Cousin, I would like you to meet two other local boys. Zeo Nakano and Johnny McGregor. You might have seen Johnny at the rave. Zeo hangs out around here a lot too. Guys, I want you to meet my cousin Kenny. He lives in the city."
"The city, woah, must be cool," the green haired male said. "It's not to meet you Kenny. I hope you enjoy your stay here. Are you just here for the summer?"
"Yeah," Kenny said. This male was friendly, he could say that much about him.
"Why didja decide to come here for the summer?" the red head asked.
"Johnny, don't be mean," Emily said.
"What? I wasn't being mean. I was just asking a question," Johnny stated.
"Yeah, but your tones sometimes scare people away," Tyson grinned.
"And you scary people away without trying, Tyson," the red head smirked.
"You'll get use to them doing this. They are rivals," Max explained with a bright smile. Kenny was being to see where Jordan had picked up her bubbly behavior from. Scary, if those two had really been siblings. Kenny didn't think he could take it, but since they were so similar now, he wondered how long he would last anyway. "Whenever they get together, all they do is bey battle. Do you have a beyblade?"
"Actually Chief builds and customizes blades," Tyson stated.
"Really!" Max said. "Wow, my dad would love to have you work for him. He owns the bey shop in town. I'll take you by there one day and introduce you."
"Yeah, which means this year Johnny, you're going down," Tyson smirked.
"You wish, Granger," Johnny smirked. "Even if you get your cousin to help you, you're still no match for my blade."
"Oh, we'll see," Tyson remarked.
"Okay, boys, can we get out of the blazing 99 degree Fahrenheit sun before we burn to a crisp, and take this conversation somewhere cool?" Mariah said, breaking into the conversation. About now, Kenny could have loved her. "I mean Tyson, you can argue with Johnny later over whose stronger and what not. The rest of us are turning into bacon and we still need to get your aunt the flour."
"Oh yeah! Sorry, Mariah," Tyson said. "You're right."
"Stop playing ass kisser," Johnny stated.
"Johnny McGregor!" Emily replied. The red head gave her a wide eye look. "And don't look at me like that."
"Em, come on, Tyson started it," Johnny remarked.
"And you should be mature enough to say when enough is enough. Or shoot those comments off on your own time," Emily stated. "Now are you going or what?"
"I have to go to the store anyway," Max said. "I'm coming!"
"If Max is staying, I guess I can stay too," Zeo remarked. "I mean, I want to see just how long Johnny and Tyson can go without shooting off more insults."
"Don't encourage them, Zeo," Emily sighed. She looked over at the taller, red headed male. "Well Johnny? Are you coming with us or are you going?" The young man crossed his arms over one another. "I don't have all day you know, carrot top."
"Fine! But after this Tyson, we battle," the male said.
"Why not? I have my blade on me," Tyson grinned.
"Okay, not that we have that settle, on to the store," Mariah said. The group, now made up of three extra people continued about their destination. Kenny found that Jordan had clamped back to his arm while chatting with the blonde kid named Max. Tyson and the red head, Johnny continued to give each other glares and such. Occasionally Emily and Mariah would sigh and go back to talking. While the kid with green hair, Zeo continued to ask Kenny five hundred questions.
"So, what's it like to live in the city? Is it bigger than this town? What do you do in your spare time? What are your friends like? Do you have any friends? Do you have a girlfriend?"
"I'm his girlfriend!" Jordan chimed in at the last question.
"Um...Jordan..." Kenny started, then dropped the question all together. "Never mind." Shaking his head, he turned his attention back on the wide eyes green haired Zeo. "Let's see...the city's nice. It's bigger than this town. I like to surf the net in my spare time. Yes I have friends. They're nice."
"What are their names?" Zeo asked.
*Does this kid ever shut up?* Kenny wondered. "One's named Rei and the other is Kain."
"Do you---" Zeo was about to start before Johnny interrupted.
"Z, please. Shut up. I'm sure he doesn't want you asking him a million and one questions about his life."
"JOHNNY!" Emily said.
"What! I said please! Wasn't that good enough?"
"Look guys, the store!" Mariah pointed, interrupting. "Okay, Tyson go get the flour so we can leave."
"All right, I'll be right back then." The young man jogged into the store, while the rest of them stood under the shelter of the store's roof. The group waited for about two minutes before Tyson came back out the store. Besides the flour, he also had an armful of drinks. "Hey, I thought that everyone wanted one."
"Tyson buying? That's new?" Max replied, swiping a bottle from Tyson.
"Hey, what's that suppose to mean," Tyson remarked.
"Means that you only buy unless..." Johnny shut up, seeing the look that Emily was giving him. (A/N: Yes, if no one has figured it out by now, Emily is his girlfriend.) "Never mind. Thanks for the drink." Everyone took a drink from the blue haired male and leaned against the wall drinking. Jordan even let Kenny's arm go while she drank hers. Much to Kenny and his arm's relief. For a while things remained peaceful. No one insulted someone else, no endless chatter, it was peaceful. Too bad it couldn't stay that way.
Once everyone was done, it was back to normal. Well, at least it would be over soon. Or...so Kenny thought. Because just as he was about ready to step off the curb with the rest of the group, a pair of dirt bikes pulled up to the store. The two riders on the bikes pulled off their helmets, revealing....the two from the night before. The one with duel hair stared at Tyson for a long minute before a smirk rose.
"Well, well, well, look who it is," the male spoke. "Tyson Granger."
Tyson glared at the male on the bike. "What are you idiots doing in town?"
"One of those idiots live in this town, mutt," the red head spoke.
Tyson ignored the remark, as he turned his eyes on the red head. "Oh yeah. I forgot that the red baboon was still allowed here. I thought you would be dead in a ditch some where by now."
"Sorry to disappoint," the male replied with a mocked apology. "Next time I'll remember to go to hell and stay there. Maybe I'll send you a postcard telling you how your mother likes it down there with me."
"Tyson," Johnny warned, putting his hand on the younger's shoulder.
"I'm cool, let's go," Tyson said, turning furious eyes from the two.
"That's right run home with your tail between your legs. You know Kai, I was right, he's nothing but a mutt." The two boys on the bikes watched the group leave, but the red head's sight caught the glance of a brunette young man. He didn't remember him in their little group. If he didn't know any better, it was that kid from the other night. Maybe he was just mistaken.
"You really get off fucking with his head, don't you Tala?" Kai smirked as he watched the group leave. The McGregor boy nearly having to drag Tyson away before he came back for a fight. Not that they haven't gotten into plenty when they were younger.
"One day that fucker's asking for it, I swear it," Tala muttered. "I swear one day I might just blow his fucking head off his fucking body."
"You won't do it, you pussy. Now come on, I'm out of smokes," Kai said, cutting off his bike.
Meanwhile, back with the group, with the pissed off Tyson Granger who looked like he was going to explode, Kenny was trying to figure out exactly what was going on. He looked at his cousin, then the others who were silent. Jordan had even loosen her grip on his arm as they walked. Johnny had his hand on Tyson's head, keeping his attention straight forward.
"He pisses me off so much," Tyson finally said.
"Tyson, don't even think about doing anything. You know how those two are," Emily said in a low tone.
"Yeah, but I would give anything to run his face through the dirt. Him and Kai's. Not like we didn't have fights back when I was still living around here. I think Tala lives to piss me off," Tyson swore.
"Yeah, but back then, all they did was steal, smoke, and drink," Mariah said. "Now who knows what they get themselves into. Especially now that Kai lives in a big city most of his time."
"You know what I heard, don't you," Zeo said. He looked at everyone in the group with a serious look. "Not too long ago I heard that Tala got up with some people that Kai introduced him to. And now he is in this huge drug racket for some small time mafia. I heard he even killed someone a while ago." The image of the red head pointing the gun at the drunk guy back in the woods came to Kenny's mind. He would not doubt that the guy would pull a gun on someone, but kill them too? Kenny didn't say a word as the others began speaking.
"It would not surprise me any. I mean both his mother and father are dead and he lives with his uncle who has to run a shady business because he's never there. And then his aunt is like crazy. Didn't your mom tell you that, Max?"
"Well, my mom says he comes in there a lot to get medicine for his aunt, but I don't know what kind. She never tells me or dad. Something about patient secrecy or something like that," Max shrugged. "If you ask me, I think he's selling them for his own benefit."
"You know what I heard," Mariah said.
:"What?" Tyson said.
"I heard that someone found them both somewhere drugged up to their eyes with something. And that someone was walking away counting money. But the person that told me this said they didn't get a good look at the guy because he stepped into this really long limo and drove off."
"Like I said, it would not surprise me at all," Tyson said. "Let's just forget about those two. They'll be dead in another year anyway if they keep this up, like I care though. They are the two biggest meanaces to this town. If it wasn't a sin to kill, I would have done it a long time ago."
"Amen," Johnny chimed in. The atmosphere within the group returned to normal, but Kenny's mind wandered. Those two males...they didn't seem so bad last night. After all, if they were really all that bad, they could have left him to be raped. Or better yet, raped him themselves. Or maybe they would have killed him. Yet...neither had done a thing to harm him. Could those two males be preceived completely wrong? Or maybe Kenny had just seen a false side. Whatever it was, his interest was not peaked by the mysterious Tala and Kai.
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Rimnerel: Okay, there we go. I think I'm over my limit for tonight.
Rei: You know, that was mean.
Rimnerel: Oh, just think, next chapter's going to be very nice once I plot it out right. Okay people, love it, hate it, praise it. It's your call for this chapter. Next chapter will be out Monday. I have a couple of things that I have to do from here on out. Blame school for it. But later people!