Disclaimer: This series is intended as in-between vignettes of my other fanfic, Of Life and Lemonade, so in order to understand it, you probably should read that one first. Since that one is Amelia-centered, this series will focus on the other characters that pop up. Slayers is owned by very talented people who make all the money. 'Thelma and Louise' is owned by MGM/UA. No harm is intended. Steph and Kim, this one's for you! ^_^
Occurs around chapter 15 and spoilers to chapter 21 of Life.
Chapter 4
What Happens in Atlas City, Stays in Atlas City
This trip was going to suck.
Lina cringed at the thought of spending the next six hours stuck in a car with her sister, and it was even worse for her knowing that she couldn't get out of it. She had protested leaving so late at night since she would be tired, but Luna offered to drive. She tried to get Jack to give her extra shifts over the weekend, but he had already overbooked the staff and had given the girl a well-deserved break. She even tried to fake being sick.
Luna had smacked her for that.
"Do you want a drink?" she asked her sister when she dug into her backpack. She had bought snacks at the café before Luna picked her up. "I've got sodas, juice, and iced coffee. If you want a snack, I've got sandwiches and pastries, too."
Luna smiled, despite having been upset with her sister earlier. "I'll have an iced coffee and a cookie."
Lina almost frowned at her choice, but realized that she was lucky enough that Luna did not eat as much as she did. They sat in silence while they continued on their way to Atlas City. Driving at night to the city was a tradition since they had to cross the desert to get there. At night, the ride remained cool, and the other people on the road helped to light up the road, so it wasn't creepy at all.
Having fed and watered, Lina got sleepy, especially after having worked a full day, and she began to nod off. She must have actually fallen asleep, because Luna was slapping her leg and waking her up.
"We're here. Wipe the drool off of your face."
Of course, Lina brought her sleeve to her face and wiped at her chin as she sat up straight. After nothing but darkness and a million stars in the sky, it appeared as if they were returning to civilization: the numerous lights in the distance, the steady stream of billboards advertising this casino or that hotel (the All-you-can-eat Buffet for $2.99 caught Lina's eye, and she made a mental note of it), and the increasing amount of traffic were all happy indications that they had arrived.
Bright neon, flashing lights, huge replicas of national monuments and historic sites, and hundreds of people walking along the streets well past midnight greeted the two as they drove along the main Strip. Packed almost on top of each other were the casino/hotels with fancy names and even fancier shows. There was an enormous water-light show, there was a volcano erupting, there was a roller coaster track circling the hotel, there was… the Eiffel Tower?
Lina shook her head. It had been only a couple of years since she had last been here, but they had knocked down and added so many things that it was almost like the first time she was visiting.
"Where are we staying?" she asked, craning her head out of the window to get a better view of the volcano spewing fire down the waterfall cascading from its thirty-foot height. She didn't see Luna grinning at her infantile behavior.
"We've got a room at 'King Arthur's Castle.' I hope they didn't do anything too weird with the place since I was here the last time," Luna answered, tapping her fingers on the steering wheel as they waited for the light to turn.
She had taken the long way around, just so Lina could see all the new sights. It seemed that Atlas City was always changing, and Lina was the same way. Her little sister had always been a live wire, a loose cannon, and every other cliché term for a kid whose intelligence, energy, and gumption outweighed her practical sense of decorum. If something didn't suit her, she wouldn't stick it out unless there was some benefit to her… usually.
It had surprised Luna that Lina had gotten along so well with Amelia Seyruun after that whole incident at Naga's party. Oh, Luna knew that her sister had partied with the elder Seyruun girl, but to her mortification, she had not known that it had gone as far as it had. Luna had always prided herself on her success with Lina, both discipline-wise and martial arts-wise. She had been content to think that as long as her little sister listened to her, she would be safe from the creeps of the world, and that she could grow up never needing to know what it was like to feel real pain.
She had never been more wrong.
Their parents hadn't blamed her. They had blamed themselves, of course, and for that alone, Luna had felt her failure keenly. To her, there was no one to blame but herself. She convinced her mother and father to keep Lina out of juvenile hall, and had taken on the task of keeping a closer eye on her sister than she had before. Being under Luna's thumb was worse than juvenile hall, but if there was one thing about Lina, it was her stubbornness.
Lina rebelled against her more than she had ever thought possible. The girl strove to be the best in kempo, just so she could beat her big sister. Luna couldn't believe her tenacity and her absolute gall!
So she brought her to Anderson to see Amelia, to see what could happen to someone who had fallen into the trap and had no one there to pull her out. Lina had sulked and pouted the whole ride there, and had even caused a near riot with her antics, but the trip had somehow worked. Lina calmed down a bit after that. Her focus was no longer on herself, but on a poor girl who had been abandoned to her fate in a state institution that hardly cared about her. It wasn't a cause. It wasn't even selfish.
Lina had found true friendship.
"Wow, it looks different," Lina commented as they approached the huge 'castle' where they would be staying. Brightly colored flags decorated the tops of the towers and ornate banners hung from the turrets. An enormous drawbridge over a huge 'moat' beckoned visitors in from the street.
"It's the dragon," Luna decided, and Lina grinned at the new sight. A fifty-foot-high green and black dragon was curled around the drawbridge, his gaping maw aimed skyward in a territorial roar. To Lina's immense delight, a sudden jet of fire shot into the air as a booming snarl issued forth from the numerous speakers set around the front of the hotel. His golden eyes glittered as the light show began.
Luna turned into the parking lot, and the show was soon out of sight. "Couldn't you have driven slower, Luna? Geez, I didn't even get to see!" Lina whined, but the elder Inverse sister ignored her. Lina crossed her arms in front of her chest in frustration, but now that they were off of the Strip and in the relative calm and darkness of the parking lot, weariness descended upon her. It had been a long day.
"Come on. The sooner we check in, the sooner we can sleep."
Lina, laden with all the luggage like some kind of pack animal, followed her sister into the lobby. Twenty minutes later, she was blissfully unaware of her sister putting away their clothes and bustling around the room as she lay comfortably asleep in her own cool bed.
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"Give me your wallet."
Lina sighed.
Then she pulled her clutch out of her purse and handed it over to her sister, a look of smug confidence flitting across her face. She only had two dollars in the thing anyway. When Luna had told her where they were headed, Lina had made a point to remove the cash from her wallet as well as transfer all her money out of her checking account and into her savings. No one knew about that account, so all of her hard earned money would be safe from Luna's spending fingers.
Or so she thought.
After searching for a minute, Luna tossed the red leather clutch back to her and walked off. "Are you coming?"
Suppressing a growl, Lina followed her sister through the blackjack and poker tables, the roulette and craps tables, the rows upon rows of video poker, keno, and slot machines, and out into the Atlas City streets. Although she enjoyed all the slick plays and the flashing lights and especially the clinking of the coins dropping into the slot machine trays, gambling wasn't one of Lina's favorite pastimes. She hated giving away her money, but she absolutely loathed someone or something taking it away. So what if she was a miser?
Luna seemed determined to get somewhere, so Lina was content to follow her, every now and then pointing out a new restaurant or a new casino, her eyes taking in the fun and enormity of the place. Atlas City was always an entertaining place to visit, but she wouldn't want to live here. How could Zel even think of living here, in the middle of a desert when he was much happier living by the beach?
Without thinking about where they were going, she continued to follow Luna. It was only when they had stopped in a line that the young redhead realized where they were.
"Why are we here?" she wondered, casting a suspicious glance at her sister.
"Why do you think? We're here to get money."
"But I don't have any in the bank…"
"Don't lie to me, Lina," she warned.
"I'm not…"
A tiny slip of paper appeared before Lina's eyes and she inwardly moaned. How could she have been so stupid to have left the transaction receipt in her freakin' wallet???
"…sure what my account number is to my savings…" she lied smoothly.
"Oh, that's no problem, miss," the teller in front of them interjected. He waved them over, and Lina had to keep herself calm. She couldn't tell this guy that he had just ruined her only escape from her big sis's wrath? Or even worse, from her greedy hands? "We just need to see your driver's license, and if you have another account number that we can cross-reference, then that will make things much easier."
Lina grumbled something incoherent as she showed him her license and wrote down her checking account number, all the while under the watchful eye of Luna. "How much do you want?" she asked her.
"Four."
"Hundred?"
"Do you need to ask?"
With another mutter of disgust, Lina wrote down the withdrawal amount in the little box and handed it over to the teller, a cute enough guy, but he seemed a little too… intellectual for her. No real charisma, no real charm. Not at all like Gou… ahem! Lina blushed prettily at the direction her thoughts were headed. Damn. The last thing she needed was Luna noticing her embarrassment, beating an explanation out of her, and then giving her love-life advice.
The teller counted back her money, and before Lina could pick it up, Luna scooped up the cash and handed her a measly one hundred dollars. Pocketing the rest, she made an imperious gesture with her hand, beckoning Lina to follow.
With a defeated sigh, she had no other choice but to follow.
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Watching Luna sit at the blackjack table, and then at the slot machines, and then back to the tables wore Lina out. Growing up in the Inverse household, she had learned how to play all these stupid table games, especially blackjack. Not that it ever did her any good. The few times that she had gambled before, the game moved so quickly that she had lost over two hundred dollars in less than two hours. Never again.
Becoming bored quickly, Lina wandered around the gaming area to watch the high rollers gambling away their money at hundreds of dollars a hand. Maybe if she had loads of money (or a sister that she could use as a bank) she wouldn't mind gambling as much as she did. Her life as a full-time college student and part-time barista did not allow her to go home every night and roll around on a cash-covered bed, much less waste hundreds of dollars on a lucky flip of a card. As it was, she had to content herself with mindlessly plunking quarters into slot machines. Or watching.
B-O-R-I-N-G.
Lina stopped abruptly upon seeing a group of college kids walk by with these really neat fruity blended daiquiris in bizarre-looking glasses that were almost as tall as she was. Maybe that would spur Luna to get up off her ass so that they could finally go eat. After tracking down the bar that sold them, Lina spent five minutes trying to decide if she should get one in the first place, and then spent the next five trying to convince the bartender that she was old enough to drink. Lina bought one for Luna, and then decided to get another for herself, just to prove her point.
Her sister accepted the drink with hardly a backward glance and continued to play. Lina waited and sipped at the slushy. She could barely taste the rum, so the drink disappeared quickly, but now, she had alcohol on an empty stomach. Perhaps that was the reason she poked at Luna until she got up from the table, red in the face and murder in her eyes.
"Well, dammit, if I can't have my money, then I'll be damned if you're going to tell me to wait to eat!" Lina said loudly enough for the players and dealers several tables away to hear. Everyone turned to watch the commotion.
Luna pulled her out of the casino by her ear. "I cannot believe you pulled a stunt like that, Lina! It's amazing they didn't kick us out of the casino. Rude. Obnoxious…"
"Don't forget uncouth, vulgar, impolite, and hungry," she said, counting off the words on her fingers. Her cool-looking glass, though empty, was still sitting on the floor next to the blackjack table, abandoned. Maybe she could take her sister's. She only drank half of it anyway. "Hey, can I have that when you're done?"
Suddenly, Luna's angry face filled her vision. "Didn't you learn anything? What do I need to do to keep you away from this stuff?"
"I don't want the drink! I want the glass! It looks cool, and you made me leave mine in the casino! And besides, I only got it because I know that you like daiquiris and I figured that having one wouldn't hurt. It would have been better if I had something to eat first, but you were taking too damned long!"
Wow. There must have been more alcohol in that thing than she had thought. She wouldn't have even dreamt of speaking to Luna that way had she been more sober than she was. Cringing against the inevitable body slam or submission hold, Lina opened her eye cautiously when she heard Luna laughing.
"I… I should have guessed that you were hungry," she panted out before taking a deep, cleansing breath. "I'm sorry, Lina. Come on, let's go eat."
Lina blinked. She placed her hand on Luna's forehead. "Do you have a fever or something?"
She smacked away her hand. "Don't be stupid, Lina. Come on. We'll eat wherever you want."
Lina smiled, thinking about a buffet that she saw advertised across the street for $20.99. Prime Rib, lobster, Alaskan king crab legs…
"You'll buy, of course," Luna said without a trace of the brief humor that had passed between them.
The smile wiped from her face, Lina's thoughts shifted to the $2.99 buffet she had seen advertised instead. She had been trying to decide if it would be worth the money when she was suddenly shoved hard from behind into the street. Only barely able to keep her balance, she hopped out of the way of a speeding truck. Finally safe back up on the sidewalk, her eyes searched the crowd for the guy who had pushed her.
"Hey, buddy!" she yelled when she spotted him. She shook her fist at him as she and her sister pushed their way through the crowds. "Watch where you're go… ing… Hey, my purse!!!"
Before Luna could stop her, Lina was off on the chase, weaving between and spinning around people. Her mind was suddenly clear, and her only thought was of nabbing the purse-snatcher and giving him what for!
Lina was a fairly fit person, despite her gorging habits and her desire not to exert herself more than necessary, so she had quickly gained on the platinum blonde head that was running away from her. She was almost within an arm's length when he did something that she would forever remember as one of the stupidest things she had ever seen in her entire life.
He hopped the concrete barrier that separated the sidewalk and the intersection, and continued to run across the busy ten-lane street! Lina could only stare, wide-eyed as the stupid guy dodged cars as they turned in front of him, narrowly missing and honking as they flew by. Miraculously, he made it to the other corner unscathed, and Lina didn't know whether to be impressed or horrified by his actions.
He turned back and gave her the finger, and for a moment, she wished that she could fly and do magic or something. Yeah. Incinerate him with a fireball... A second later, his face was wiping the sidewalk when Luna somehow appeared behind him and cracked him across the back of his head with her daiquiri glass. Lina dashed to the stairs to cross the bridge over the street. Her sister must have taken it to get to the other corner intact.
When Lina arrived, Luna had the guy pinned to the ground and was already reading him the riot act. A small crowd had gathered around the spectacle, but was giving the woman kneeling on the man's back a wide berth. Lina kicked him in the arm when she picked up her red leather purse (it had been a birthday gift from Amelia!) and Luna flicked his daiquiri-soaked ear.
"That should teach you to go stealing other people's things!"
Kick.
"I ought to let Lina take her anger out on you, you know."
Smack.
"I was going to buy my big sister lunch, and you took my money!"
Kick.
"Especially when she was willing to buy me something."
Smack.
"Yeah! If I miss lunch because of you…"
The crowd suddenly parted as a young police officer stepped forward. "Alright! Alright! Break it up! What's going on here?"
"This guy stole my purse!" Lina stated, pointing accusingly at the guy with his cheek pressed up against the rough sidewalk.
The officer took a close look at the guy. "Porter? Is that you?"
The Inverse women gawked at the cop.
"Officer Dan, I didn't do it!"
"Like I'd believe that. Dammit, Porter! How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing stuff like this? Ma'am, would you let him up, please? He's harmless."
Lina sighed. No justice. This was merely one of the local thieves that the authorities were well familiar with and had deemed 'troublesome' rather than 'dangerous.' Even if they did press charges and the guy went to jail, he'd be out in a week, doing the same thing. Such is life, she supposed.
Luna's voice silenced Lina's resignation. "You're calling him 'harmless?' Do you have any idea of what he just did? He just ran across the intersection! He could have caused a major accident in running away from us after he stole my sister's purse!" Her knee dug into his back. "What ever happened to the cops here? You're supposed to watch out for us! We're the victims here!"
"Ma'am, I understand all that…"
Luna finally stood, keeping a well-placed foot on Porter's neck, and towered over Officer Dan. She truly was an imposing figure, with her arms crossed in front of her chest, and her eyes constantly shrouded by her bangs. A smile tugged at the corner of her lips, and Lina cringed and grinned at the same time. That smile meant that Luna was about to get mean, but she smiled at the thought that she wasn't going to be on the receiving end of it. All she had to do was sit back and enjoy the show.
"I don't think you quite understand, Officer," she spat. "This vermin stole our money. He endangered people's lives." She finally smiled. Placing an accusing finger on his chest as she ground her foot into Porter's neck, she continued. "He could have hurt my sister when he pushed her into the street. No one hurts my sister, understand?"
To his credit, Officer Dan appeared flustered and upset at the guy's actions, but he wasn't about to be pushed around by a civilian, no matter how pretty or daunting she was. He also apparently didn't take too kindly to being poked in the chest, so he called his partner while Luna continued to verbally rip into him. Unfortunately, that was the mistake.
Lina felt a hand close around her left shoulder and her right arm from behind, and before she could process the thought, she had delivered several key strikes to the person's face, gut, and groin before flipping him to the ground beside Porter. Dan had chosen that moment as well to pull Luna's hand away from his chest, and he, too, found himself on the ground next to Porter.
"Aw, shit," Lina grumbled when she saw that she had just taken out his partner.
Luna caught Lina's eye, and something very strange happened. "Run," she muttered.
"What?"
Luna snatched Lina's arm and took off running, dragging Lina along behind her, all the while smirking as if it were some huge game. Lina couldn't help but be impressed at her straight-laced sister's spontaneity, and she laughed out loud as she followed Luna in their mad dash from the police. They zigzagged through the hundreds of people crowding the sidewalk, surprisingly careful that they didn't hit anyone. They dashed by the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and the huge water-light show, turning the corner and crossing the street with everyone else when the light changed.
Officer Dan and his partner, out of breath and in particularly foul moods, finally caught up to them when they tried to duck into the casino with the volcano out in front. Their short-lived escape attempt vanished like a mirage when they were placed in handcuffs, but the Inverse sisters never stopped grinning.
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"Why me? Can't I at least have something to eat???" Lina whined, trying with all her might to stick her head through the bars of the jail cell. Hell, she was skinny enough. Maybe she could escape…
In the end, Officer Dan had called in for backup, and two squad cars arrived to transport them to the station. Though they had tried to explain themselves, the police weren't listening to either woman, and they ended up getting locked up until everything was sorted out. To Lina's satisfaction, though, Porter also arrived in handcuffs and was glaring at her from the other cell.
Lina sat down on the hard cot in her cell and pulled her knees up to her chin. She risked a glance at her sister, who was sitting with her back against the wall and was staring at the bars in front of her. Lina hardly dared to believe that it was really her. That was the thing with Luna. She never did anything fun. It was always work, train, and study with her. No cutting loose. No being daring. No… excitement. Perhaps that was the reason Lina had enjoyed hanging out with Naga so much.
Naga was spontaneous, audacious, and conceited. She was fun and non-judgmental. Sure, she liked teasing her about her figure, but Lina knew that it was purely to get a rise out of her. Lina felt as if she could do anything at all and Naga wouldn't care. Luna seemed to care too much, to the point that it was smothering. It seemed that her sister didn't want her to grow up and live.
But today had proven her completely wrong.
"Stop staring at me, Lina," she muttered, turning her head and regarding her through her bangs.
Obediently looking away, Lina laughed, "There's the Luna I know. For a second, I thought we might have ended up in Area 51 or something."
"Well, if you didn't have such short legs, we probably could have outrun them, you know," she shot back with a smile.
She shrugged. "Smaller, faster, easier to slip away unnoticed. You're gargantuan. They probably spotted you from all the way across the street anyway."
Luna shot her arm out, but Lina blocked it aside, and the girls began to spar in the small holding cell. Upon seeing what the two women could really do when joking around, Porter quickly realized that he got off lucky. A door suddenly slammed open, ending the impromptu sparring session, and the three heads turned to see who it was.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Thelma and Louise. What's wrong? You couldn't get to your car so you could drive off a cliff? O ho ho ho ho ho!"
Lina groaned. Of all people, why was Naga here? And why was she dressed as some kind of showgirl in a revealing black bikini with a cape???
"It's a good thing for you two that I heard about your little escapade. I hurried down as soon as I could so I could see the infamous 'Inverse Sisters' behind bars."
"Are you here to bail us out or what?" Lina grumbled, wanting to throttle the tall woman for gloating.
"How small-minded of you, Lina. I made sure there's no bail on either of you," she told them with a wink. "You're both free to go. He is, too, if you aren't going to press charges."
Lina glared at Porter, and he cringed.
"Boo!" The guy jumped and began screaming for help, and Lina decided to let him off the hook. "Don't steal stuff anymore!" she commanded, and he nodded contritely.
Officer Dan entered the room just then, appearing slightly flustered, and unlocked their cell door. He mumbled something about a misunderstanding and self-defense. "Did you want to press charges?" he asked.
"Naw, as long as he keeps his nose clean… Umm… No hard feelings for flipping you or your partner?" Frowning, he nodded and let them go. He returned their personal belongings and ushered them all to the exit. Almost as quickly as it had occurred, the whole thing was over.
"What was that all about?" Luna wondered aloud as they walked out to the parking lot. "And what's with the outfit, Naga?"
"Oh, I was in the middle of a shoot when I found out where you were. Of course, I came down right away and 'convinced' them to let you go," she smirked. They groaned and shook their heads. They didn't want to know just how she 'convinced' them at all…
Naga led them to a waiting limousine where the ever-present Bradley held the door for them. The women filed in past him, and he signaled the driver when they were all situated comfortably. A tall and slender man with long sandy blonde hair that was tied in a fashionable ponytail, Bradley was Naga's personal assistant who scheduled everything from her shows and meetings to her catered dinners and dog walks. From the angry stare he was giving Lina from behind his sunglasses, it was clear that this was an unexpected hiccup in his careful plans.
"It was my fault, Bradley," Luna told him directly. He turned to regard her. "And take off those stupid glasses so I can see your eyes."
Surprising to Lina, but not to Naga, the man complied with her wishes, showing his gorgeous sky blue irises. He shot back with a smooth deep voice that sent tremors down her arms, "Then you cut those damn bangs so I can see yours, Luna… or should I call you Louise?"
They sat across from each other in the back of the limousine, content to just stare. The sexual tension between the two was so thick that it began to weird out Lina, who had never seen her big sister interested in anyone before, much less a hunk like Bradley. Why he chose to be Naga's assistant, it was beyond her, but the two worked well together.
"Hey, then does that mean I'm Thelma?" Lina wondered aloud and then smiled. "I guess that means that I get Brad Pitt, huh?"
Leather-covered cushions flew at her head as the four laughed off the tension, and loud cheers made the poor driver roll up the privacy glass when Naga offered to take them to eat at the popular $20.99 buffet.
On Bradley, of course; after all, he was outnumbered three to one.
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They left late that night, Lina driving the first leg of the journey so that Luna could finally get some rest. That was fine with her. So many things had happened that she was thankful for the chance to sort them all out. In all her years, she had never really thought about her sister's life outside of what she knew. In less than twenty-four hours, she had discovered more about Luna than she had ever thought possible. Apparently, when Luna was in middle school and high school, she was worse than Naga and Lina put together. Brazen. Rude. Obnoxious. Uncouth. Vulgar. Impolite…
She grinned. And she had also found out that Luna and Bradley had a 'thing' back in the day. They had flirted outrageously with each other at dinner (almost making Lina puke) and to her chagrin, the two had suspiciously disappeared, only to turn up an hour later appearing very relaxed (almost making Lina puke, again). Naga looked at Lina knowingly while they sat at the bar catching up, and Lina ordered a plate of loaded potato skins, calamari, and hot wings to occupy her mind and her mouth. She'd probably get into trouble with Naga and Luna for telling Bradley to keep his hands off her sister. But then again…
She glanced at her sister. Luna appeared so… happy??? Was he the reason she drove out to Atlas City ever couple of months? Lina had thought that she was addicted to gambling, but this was news indeed. Wait until Mom and Dad found out…
As if she knew what Lina was thinking, Luna opened an eye. "Don't even think about it, Lina. What happens in Atlas City, stays in Atlas City," she threatened groggily before nodding off once again.
Lina could only smile. This trip didn't suck after all.
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A/N: How's that for a bit of sisterly bonding? Yes, Atlas City is patterned after Las Vegas, as are the casinos on the Strip. I've taken artistic license with 'Excalibur' (the real one doesn't have a dragon, but I think it should!). And when the girls were on the run, they were running back and forth up the Strip, passing by 'New York, New York', 'Paris', 'Bellagio', and were finally caught at the 'Mirage,' quite a fair bit of running, I might add. ^_^
My relationship with my own sister isn't quite like this at all, but I believe it's indicative of how we see our siblings. Sometimes, we just wish we could protect them, other times, we just want to torture them, but when it comes down to it, most siblings will stick together in a pinch. And there's always sooooo much about the other that we don't know about… ~_^
Special thanks to those who've reviewed: Ichiban Victory (Ah, Xelloss is a great opportunist. He's not the type to say 'no' to something right away, no matter how much he thinks he might dislike it. After all, there may be something to gain from it after all.), Kaeru Shisho (Glad that you like my Xelloss. He's not highlighted as much anymore, so it's always fun to flesh him out. I think he might make a reappearance sooner than I thought… ~_^), Lina Gabriev (Val's story with Lina will come up eventually, but it's not time for that just yet. And as for Xelloss, he's going to pop up again real soon!), Aisha C (For when you catch up, I'm glad that you're enjoying this! This way, we get to see what the other guys are up to! ~_^), jesphoenix05 (Glad you liked Frank and Kay. Mimi and Nene were from Next. Carrie and Hallas were there from the first season. Sarina and Zahaad are from Slayers Return. If you give me back my dvd's I'll let you borrow the oav's… ~_^)
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