CH4: The Monster's Out of the Bag

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Two guards came running out from behind a pile of rubble and Ashelin couldn't do anything but to surrender. She turned around, put her hands in the air and kneeled down to the ground. The first guard stopped before he could fully see whom it was behind the dust, and ordered the other one to stop too.

"State your first and last name."

Ashelin felt a horrible jolt in her stomach as he asked the question. It was over. They'd find out sooner or later…

The guards came and walked closer to her as she spoke.

"Ashelin. Praxis." She said confidently, but also with fear.

The guards froze in their tracks when she came into view.

"Wait a minute! She's a she?!?" Said the second guard.

"What the heck are you doing here?" Said the first guard as he dropped his gun and came closer. He took off his helmet and held it in his arm.

"JINX? I guess I should have told you abou-" But she was interrupted by him.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me about this? …Damn, what happened to your face? It's bleeding like crazy." He signaled the other guard to come closer because it was safe.

"Who's your friend?" Ashelin and the other guard said at exactly the same time.

"Grim-Ashelin, Ashelin-Grim. She already said so, you moron. Are you deaf? But that's far beside the point. Ashelin, were you the one who murdered six of our men inside the Fortress three weeks ago? Was it you or someone else?" Jinx asked curiously but sternly.

"I…I… yes… I'm sorry… they tried to kill me first. It was kind of an accide-"

"And you never told anyone." Grim said angrily.

"I'm sorry…" She calmed down a little more and relaxed.

"Lucky for you, we haven't reported you yet." Grim said.

"We won't tell anyone. We promise you." Jinx said, still worried. "Eh, you can get up now, you know. We'll head back to the ship… unless it's destroyed by now or something by some stupid metal head."

"Oh… sorry." Ashelin said nervously and got up shakily. She leaned next to Jinx and they started walking back to wherever the ship was. Grim followed behind and rolled his eyes.

"I- uh- um, do you have sharp teeth and claws? I was just wondering, I'm not trying to get you down or on your case or anything, it's just- uh- nevermind…"

She was silent anyways and stuck him a mean glare, not wanting to answer the question.

"Sorry…You wouldn't ever think about killing US would you?" Jinx asked suspiciously.

"Probably not likely, since I do have almost full control of myself. That only happens when I get angry or frustrated, really, really angry or frustrated. If I don't build up anger, then everything works out and no one gets hurt. I really don't want to talk about it if that's okay with you guys…"

"What do you mean by ALMOST full control?" Grim stopped walking and also asked.

"Shut-UP, Grim," Jinx said while gritting his teeth, "Didn't she just say- AHHHHH!!! A METAL HEAD!!! KILL IT!!! KILL IT ASHELIN!" Jinx screamed in terror as prowler popped out from behind a pile of rubble and started charging right towards them.

"Why me? I don't have my gun! You're guys have the guns!"

"I'm on it… wimps…" He ran to the front of them and shot the metal head twice in the stomach, then it died and slumped on the ground infront of them.
"You guys suck." Grim said to them.

The metal head's front paw twitched. Grim shot it again just to be sure.

"What do you mean you don't have your gun? You told me you had it!" Jinx said a few seconds later after Grim's comment.

"I thought I had it at the time, but I lost it somewhere, and I don't know where. It's either in the Fortress, or the palace."

"We'll have to look for it later, we don't have time right now." Grim said.

They walked into the hole of a building, which appeared to be blasted open. Ashelin saw Jinx's cruiser and walked up to it. It had a dent on the left side of it, like something big punched it, but the rest of it was perfectly fine.

"Let's blow this pop stand." Jinx said as he put his helmet back on and hopped into the Hellcat.

"Right." Ashelin and Grim said at the same time again.

"It's gonna be a bit crowded, but we'll manage. Let's stop by the Hip Hog for lunch."

"Fine by me." Ashelin and Grim also said at the same time.