Chapter Three: Memories On The Ice

Author's Note:

Chapter Three: Memories On The Ice has arrived! This chapter will mainly take place at the skating rink, then it will forward to the Angel's Headquarters. Also, Inez's assignment gets tougher with a secret revealed, that Inez has to stop before it's too late! Wanna know what it is? Read and review to find out! Until Chapter Four: Gotta Try Harder... (Featuring the original song that I wrote, "Gotta Try Harder..."), see ya! ;-)

-CelestialTime93

Inez had to talk to Matt, without revealing her true identity! Too bad she wasn't so creative with fake names... She just won't have to mention names.

"Elizabeth, have you seen Matt?" Inez asked.

"I think he left for the skating rink." Elizabeth replied, "It's skating season after all."

"Thanks!" Inez replied, and sped out the door.

Inez rushed through the snowy forest, her hair in a formal bun and wearing a winter coat over her outfit. Her gloves didn't help her hands warm up, and she didn't have any boots to get into, so the snow kept on getting into her shoes.

Crunch, crunch...

"Gah!" Inez hissed, and shook the snow out of her shoes. Then, she looked up, to see Matt, skating on the outdoor skating rink.

Inez carefully walked towards the wooden porch by the edge of the rink, and rented skates. She put them on, and skated over to where Matt was.

"Hi!" Inez smiled, "I didn't know you'll be here." Total lie...

"Oh, you skate here too?" Matt asked.

"Always." Inez replied. Okay, really a lie. She's dead. She can't always skate.

"I used to." Matt explained, "After my friend died, I never came here. Reminded me of her too much. I thought it was time to come back here after 2 years."

"I see." Inez said. She felt a pang of guilt. If she hadn't died, if she had taken her pills before going to skate, if only she had listened to her parents about the medications, if only she had listened to the doctors to take it easy, she could've lived longer.

"So." Matt said, breaking the silence, "What brings you here during work hours?"

"Oh!" Inez was pulled back to reality, "I...um...I got out of work early."

"Lucky you." Matt smiled, "By the way, I didn't get a chance to catch your name."

Inez froze. She was hoping he wouldn't say that...

"Uh..." Inez frantically changed the subject, "So, how long have you been skating?"

"C'mon. Answer my question." Matt said, "What's your name?"

"Uh-uh!" Inez shook her head, "I am not telling you my name! Not now, not ever!"

"C'mon!" Matt whined playfully, chasing Inez around the rink, "Can you at least give me a hint?"

"No way!" Inez called back.

"Please?" Matt begged.

"No!" Inez replied.

"C'mon!"

"I told you already, no!"

After she said her last retort, she felt like she could skate again. For real. She skated gracefully across the ice, then accidently skated towards Matt's direction, with her eyes closed.

"Oof!" Inez opened her eyes to find herself face to face with Matt by only a centimeter.

The two closed their eyes, and when they were about to kiss...

"There you are!"

The two pulled away just before Elizabeth and 16 year old Jaclyn Edwards rushed to the skating rink.

"Oh." Jackie said in surprise, "Who's this, Matt?"

"That's the thing, I don't know." Matt replied, "She refuses to reveal her name!"

"Just call me a maid if you want!" Inez said to Matt, "I'm a turnover maid with Elizabeth here at the hotel that he's living in."

"You're living at that old hotel?" Jackie frowned, "You know, you could've moved in with us."

"Nah, it's okay." Matt shook his head, "I need to live in a two roomed area." - Matt turned to face Inez - "I know you won't tell me what your name is, but, my name's Matt."

"Pleased to meet you, Matt." Inez smiled, shaking his hand.

"Whatever happened to your mom?" Jackie asked after a short silence.

"Changed." Matt replied, frowning, "Ever since she met Kevin, things changed too much. She's drunk, she smokes, and she sells her body for...personal relationships. See? I'm even too scared to even say the word, of whichmy mom does!"

"She has changed." Jackie frowned.

"Alright, maid," Elizabeth said, emphasizing on the word 'maid', "Time to go home! We have to talk with Grace and the others!"

"Um, bye!" Inez called to Matt and Jackie, as Elizabeth dragged Inez to the headquarters.

"The skating rink?" Andrew wondered out loud as Raymond practiced juggling, "Matt hasn't gone there since you died and Julianna started dating Kevin!"

"I was hoping you won't know." Inez frowned.

"He knows everything about Julianna and Matt." Grace explained, "Andrew always had to nearly take Julianna to the afterlife after Kevin almost kissing her to death. Litterally."

"Not to mention she drinks so much that she sometimes ends up falling asleep for a full 24 hours." Raymond said, continuing the juggle the three coloured balls.

"Don't remind me." Andrew frowned, "During those times, I would usually stop by the skating rink, checking if Matt was there or not. I would occasionally go upstairs and check up on him. Every night, he'll cry as Julianna and Kevin are downstairs."

"Poor Matt." Elizabeth frowned, "He's a heartbroken hero."

"Hero?" Andrew wondered out loud, "What do you mean, 'hero?' as in, community hero, or saving-the-world hero?"

Raymond lost his balance of juggling. "Elizabeth..." he scolded.

"Do you know something that we don't?" Grace scolded at Elizabeth.

"You didn't know?" Elizabeth asked.

Inez bit her lip. She knew what Elizabeth was talking about. Inez used to save the world of Cyberspace with Matt and Jackie. Of course, nobody else but the people of Cyberspace and each other knew.

But how in the world did Elizabeth know?

"Something tells me that Inez is hiding something too." Andrew frowned.

Inez couldn't keep it in any longer! "We...used to go to Cyberspace every once in a while, and save that world..." Inez explained sheepishly, "And I can't believe I just told you that."

"INEZ!" Andrew, Grace, and Raymond scolded.

"Like anybody will believe us!" Inez counteracted, "We had to! Great, thanks a lot, Elizabeth!"

"What?" Elizabeth asked, "I saw you guys enter one of those portals before."

"ELIZABETH!" Inez screamed.

"Sorry!" Elizabeth replied.

"Inez, now there's a greater reason to succeed in this assignment." Andrew explained, "For both Matt and Jackie. That's why you were called to this meeting. Jackie tried stopping him but, at exactly midnight, 2 days from now, Matt's going to kill himself."

Inez looked down. She had to stop him! Fast! And she only had two days!