Neither moved. Neither spoke.

"I remember it now. I remember everything!" she said. She knew he was awake, she just knew it.

"Calm down.Start from the beginning," he said.

"I was born in Poison Jam, I was one of their's. But my sister was older than me and more experienced in the tunnels , so I lost the challenge against her and she continued her role as Queen. Our mother was the late Queen, so because she had two daughters we had to fight.It all makes sense now....although, I know now why I chose to forget about it all," Rhyth said solemnly. Neither spoke for a moment.

"Cube?" he asked, and it all connected. Why Cube spared her, how Rhyth could speak and understand them, with that simple explanation everything came together.

"Yes. She can no longer be called that though, I am no longer Poison Jam. I have the markings of a Queen, and that's why I had to be tossed out." Rhyth said, raising her hand to touch the tattoo on her cheek.

"Rhyth, you need to know something," he said, he sounded urgent.

"What is it?" she asked. He gently took her hand, unsure of how she would react.She did not resist , and simply intertwined her fingers in acceptance.

"Yoyo...his mother was raped by Poison Jam. He was the child of the rape. She hung herself when he was young, and left all her possessions and money to someone else...you." he said. Shock burst through her. She made the connection. Her father's girlfriend... Yoyo had wanted revenge from the beginning...

"But why?"she asked."Why to me and not to her own son?".

"You were the child of her late love.You were all she had left of him..."Corn broke off, and went silent.

"Corn...when we have to wake up, go back to the gang, will all this be a dream?"she asked. she had not thought about any of the happenings yet. And now that she was, she was unsure about everything. "Where will we go from here?".

Corn was silent.He wasn't sure about it either. Rhyth looked up at him , awaiting an answer.It didn't come. He had no idea of where they were going either. She gently moved, unwound her hand from his and wriggled out of his embrace. She stood up and slowly collected her clothes that lay around the room so messily. She was aware he was watching her. She wasn't embarrassed by now. She really thought there was no secrets between them now.

Rhyth was dressed and looked out into the fresh morning. She pulled on her skates. Corn had still not gotten up yet.

"Good morning," she said, then skated out the window and up the pole.She jumped down into the street then entered the garage. The others seemed to be discussing something. She skated up without fear, she felt like they could no longer hurt her.She was a GG now. It seemed to be a mutual agreement as she flopped onto the red couch beside Gum and Beat while the others stood around. She was aware the seat was saved for Corn but she knew he wouldn't be up for a while.

"So Yoyo has explored the sewers?"Gum asked.

"He's not fit enough to skate there, his skills aren't trained for the sewers.I should know, I've been there often myself," Garam remarked.

"But I think I should be able to handle it," Boogie interrupted.

"That's right, you're from Kibogaka Hill," Rhyth reminded herself. "And your skills seem to be pretty good,".

"Pretty good? I ruled that place. Just until those Rokkaku police showed up, but what was I supposed to do about those helicoptors?" Boogie said.

"But Rhyth took care of those and she's half your size," Gum said unapprovingly. Rhyth blushed slightly.It had been tricky but the gang had figured she could go check out Kibogaka Hill.They never knew the helicoptors would show up.

"And I found you, remember?" Yoyo interrupted prudently." So it shows I have some skills,".

"You showed up after the danger was over little man," Boogie said, then laughed good-naturedly. "So you're just as bad as me,".

"Well, it seems we have three people who are good for the job: Rhyth, Boogie and Garam," Gum said.

"And what about me?" Beat said, turning to Gum. Gum laughed.

"And you think you could outdo our three champs , pretty boy?" she said in an amused tone.

"I could skate circles around 'em!" Beat said, standing proudly. "Any place and time will do!". Combo skated up.

"Calm down Beat, if we ever need you to do work on Dogenzaka Hill, you're there.But I really think we should send someone who knows the place a bit better," Combo said, gently easing Beat back onto the couch by pressuring his right shoulder. Beat sighed in defeat then stuck his tongue out at Rhyth playfully. Rhyth laughed quietly at the gesture. A thought struck her.

"The Rokkaku police are getting worse lately. I doubt they would show up in the sewers again after Kibogaka Hill though," Rhyth said seriously. "What do you think their plan is?". The question brought a serious air about the place.

"We won't know unless we get out there. It brings up a good point though. The Rokkaku police seem to be getting worse lately," Gum said solemnly.

"I've chosen who we should send to the sewers to get a closer look,". The entire group spun around and looked over as Corn was standing there.He must have skated up without anyone noticing.

"Who?"Gum aksed.

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Tallulah:

computer make ff.net not come up=bad ~~ make kita sad. Anyway, I'd love to post more but ff.net isn't coming up for some reason. Oh well.

Mai:

YAY! HAMBURGERS!