"Hey..Roderick?" called a young girl as she made her way through a sewer far away from bayville, and far away from the Morlocks' lair.
"Ahhh. Fallah. What can I do for you, my girl?" said the colored man of atleast 40 years of age as he was sharpening a sword.
"Uh....I was wondering..." said the girl nervously as she looked at the sharpening blade. "Well...do you think you went a little hard on Scout? I mean..well..I dont think you should have kicked her out. She was a big part of our team you know..and you know the SCU are probably looking for her right now as we speak."
Roderick picked up the blade he was sharpening and shoved it quickly in the leather sheathe he had on the right side of his leg.
"Fallah. She put the entire team in danger..I had to teach her a lesson. You let her go too much. She has to learn sooner or later that the world doesnt in fact revolve around her. And as for the SCU getting a hold of her..I highly doubt that Scout would ever let that happen. She is a strong girl you know."
Fallah sighed and looked up at the sky through a rain-drain on the topside of the earth.
"I suppose so..but I just dont want anything happening to her..shes too valueble to just be thrown away like that."
"She'll be back, you know that. She has too much pride to be kicked aside like that."
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"Hey Scout," said Ray, as he watched her get up from the rechliner chair that she was sitting at.
"Yep?" she asked, stopping and looking at him.
"Well, wanna go pay the Morlocks a visit? I mean you know..they'd be happy to know your alive too." he said, hopefullness in his voice.
"Gee..I dont know Ray. I really dont think I would be able to face them ever again..why dont you go and tell them if you wanna see them so badly?" she said, tiredly.
"Well, Im sure Calisto would want to see you and if I go there by myself, they wont believe me anyway. After I left them to come here, they really lost my trust."
"I wouldnt trust you either." she said gloomily.
"I guess so. But you know..I needed to have a life other than living in a sewer you know?" he said, a little bit annoyed.
"I lived like that my whole life until now." said Scout, offended.
"Look at what you've been missing. So are we gonna go or what?"
Scout hesitated. "Okay. But we gotta go now before it gets really late."
"Alright then, come on."
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Ray and Scout walked all the way from the mansion into the city, until they reached the sewer in the alley way by 10th & Main.
"This is it. Ladies first." said Ray.
"Well, then go on." said Scout, Jokingly.
"Ok, funny. Now just go." he said laughing.
Scout jumped down the hole where the sewer plate once was and landed straight on her feet.
"Come on slowpoke!" she said laughing.
"I'll show ya slowpoke.." Ray muttered to himself as he jumped in and almost landed on Scout.
"Hey! Watch it dirtbag!" she said, punching him playfully.
"I'm not the one who lived in the sewer for 15 years! Whos the dirty one now?" he said, laughing.
"Ok, playtime over. Which way do we go?" she said looking at the 4 tunnels that divided the sewer.
"Uhhh...this way." Ray said, pointing to the north tunnel.
They were walking quite sometime in silence until a figure jumped out in front of them.
"Ber...zer..ker..what did I tell you about bringing friends...?" said Caliban as he checked Scout out up and down.
"Caliban, its me? Remember? Scout Turro? Spitfire?" she said, hoping that he had infact remember her, but she forgot that the name 'Spitfire' was givin to her by the Underdogs.
"Yesss....I think I do. Welcome home, young Scout.." he said, hesitating.
"Yeah..so wheres Calisto..." said Scout looking around at some of the familiar faces that were popping up.
"Shesss out...looking for food..." Caliban said, hissing.
"Oh...its..uh..great to see the uh... family again.." Scout said as Scaleface and Facade were staring at her.
"Im sure Callisto will be happy to see you again." said Caliban.
A few moments later, they heard a drop, and then Calisto came running in.
"It...was...the...SCU...they..almost...caught...me..." she said, out of breath.
"But, again..I was..too fast for..them.."
"Calissssssto....Look who it isss..." said Caliban, his hissing getting louder.
Calisto looked Scout up and down, and then it hit her.
"Scout Turro?" she asked, schocked.
"Um...yeah..remember me..?" Scout said, timidly.
"Of course I remember you..where have you been..its been so long.."
Scout sat down with her former team, with Ray next to her, and starting talking about her life after she was stolen.
"Wow...I knew you were strong..I just wondered what they wanted with you..they didnt do anything bad to you..did they..?" asked Calisto, concerned.
"Well...." Scout hesitated, not wanting to say anything and betray Roderick.
"..no.." Ray could tell she was lying, but decided not to say anything to her about it until later.
"Well...thats good.." Calisto said, she knew Scout wasnt telling the whole truth as well.
"Well, we gotta go. Nice little reunion eh? The whole team back together." said Ray. "Its getting late, they're probably gonna start a search party for us sooner than we think."
"Yeah..Its been good seeing all of you." Scout said getting up from her spot on the ground and standing next to Ray. Calisto got up and put her arms around Scout, and Scout did the same.
"We missed you. Go now. We will meet again soon."
"I hope so," said Scout, and with that, Ray and Scout walked away from their former team, and onto the topside of the planet.
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Ray and Scout got home about 1 o' clock in the morning, and they decided to hang out on the swing-set for a little while. They talked about a lot of things, until Ray remember to ask Scout about what really happened with the Underdogs.
Scout sighed when he asked her this question, but she felt that even though they hadnt talked in years, that she could trust him with anything.
"Well....when they first took me..whenever...I was you know..uncooperative..Roderick would..." She stopped to look at Ray, she could see the eager concern in his eyes.
"He...well..." she stopped.
"..forced me to..." she said in a whisper.
That was all Ray had to hear and he understood.
"Scout..I feel-"
"You dont have to feel anything, its over and done with. Apart of the past. There was nothing you could of done to stop it I guess." she said, putting her head down. There was a long period of silence until they noticed Bobby had opened up his window and started yelling to them.
"Hey you guys! I'm Bobby whats up?!" he said stupidly, knowing that he was ruining the moment.
"You'll be black and blue in a few minutes when I get up there, popsicle boy!" said Ray angrily.
"Eeeeeh!" said Bobby, making a face and then closing the window tightly.
"We should go in..it is kinda late. I'll see you tomorrow Ray." said Scout, as she headed for the door.
"Uhh...Scout..?" said Ray nervously.
"Yep?"
"Eh...nevermind. Seeya tomorrow." he said. She smiled and walked in the door.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid.." he mumbled to himself, putting his hands on his eyes.
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