Disclaimer: Once again, all I own are my characters and I've borrowed the other characters. The Tribe is owned by Cloud 9 Productions Ltm.

Chapter 5

The Mallrats came out of their rooms and the food court to see Lex twirling Tag around.

A tall guy with black hair stepped foreward when Lex put her down. "Who's your friend, Lex?" Before Lex could answer everyone heard footsteps. It was Ryan, coming from the other direction. He looked up and caught a glance at Tag's hair.

"Tiffani?" Ryan asked, stopping short. Tag looked up at him, everyone looked at her strangely. She reminded them of someone but they couldn't remember who. Ryan ran down the stairs and pulled her into a bear hug.

"Ryan, Lex. It's good to see you again, but my name isn't Tiffani anymore. It's Gattaca, or Tag."

"I'm Pride," the black haired guy said. "What are you doing here?"

"I was informed that you have three of my tribe members. I've come to collect them."

"I'll take you to them," Lex offered.

"Thank you, Lex."

Lex motioned for Tag to follow him. Tag in turn motioned for Maria to follow her. Lex took them up the stairs and to the room where Com was at. Lex pushed the blanket away so the two girls could walk in. A boy with flaming orange hair sat in front of a computer, muttering to himself. "What do you mean she's not there? She has to be." He got frustrated and hit the keyboard. Lex cleared his throat, and the boy turned around.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in," he said.

"So Jack, you're back. Did she come back with you?"

"Of course. And she wasn't the only one to come back with me."

"What do you mean?" Lex asked.

"You'll see."

"Where's Com?" asked Tag.

"Tag?" Jack asked.

"How do you know my name?"

"I'm Genius, your contact." Her eyes grew wide.

"Genius? You're Genius," Tag asked. Before Jack could answer, Tag heard a moan coming from the bed. She rushed over. "Com, are you ok?"

"Tag?" asked the sleepy boy.

"Yeah sweety. It's me. We've come to take you home, ok?" Tag asked. The little boy nodded. "When we're ready to leave, we'll come get you ok?" Te boy nodded again. "Maria stay with Com, I need to find Jay and Dot, and I need to talk to Lex and Ryan."

"Yes Tag," she said, straightening her posture as a gesture of respect when Tag left. Maria and Jack started talking, and sat down next ot the labtop.

Tag found Jay and Dot and told them to go and wait with the others. Calin, Luckie, and Pride went over and kept them company. /i

Tag, Lex, and Ryan went up on the roof to talk. Time flew by. The three were walking out when they heard the alarm go off. Lex and Ryan ran off to get ready to fend off the attack. Tag looked at her watch. i Oh no. Its been three hours, /i she thought.

Jack ran out of his room. "Salene, where's Sean?" he yelled.

"Right here," she yelled back, holding a young baby. Jack's face filled with relief.

The grate of the mall was forced open, and in walked a Techno foot army. They all pointed their zappers at the Mallrats. Tag saw that and rushed foreward.

"No, don't shoot them," Tag yelled.

"What'll you do if I don't listen to you?" asked a masked Techno, obviously the leader.

Tag stiffened her posture to one of authority. "I'll make sure you're brought up before the Council, and then deleted."

The Mallrats gaped at her, trying to understand what she was talking about, not understanding the language she was speaking. And the guard looked at her, not understanding how a vert would know about the Council and deletion. Then, when the rest of the vert-dressed Technos stood behind her, the foot solider recognized her. He moved his hand to salute, but she put out a hand to stop him.

She reached into her bag and pulled out her mask. She motioned for the others to do the same. They all put their masks on. Tag then signaled the soldier to procede, he saluted, then following her return salute he signaled for his men to round up the Mallrats.

Maria came down to direct a soldier to where Com was. After he came down, the Technos rounded up the confused Mallrats, and took them out of the mall. As they passed the hotel, Siva spotted a group of Mallrats, Tag told a couple fo the foot soldiers to grab them. They were pushed into the group. One of the girls, when pushed into the group ran straight for Jack. He put his arm around the brunette. Then Tag's eyes rested on the other girl in the small group. She was beautiful and she looked a lot like Java and Siva. A fact she pointed out immeadiatly. Their faces hardened at once.

When they got back to the stadium, they could see Ram pacing back and forth. At that exact moment, Ram looked out and saw Tag. He ran out and pulled her into a hug and gave her a passionate kiss. Then he noticed the group of kids behind her.

"What have you brought me?" he asked.

"The Mallrats, Lord Ram," Tag said.