Author's note-We start in Ebony's point of view. I'll let you know when we change.
I knew something was up. That day I walked into the mall and May wasn't there, I knew. It turns out that the Mallrats had believed Amber when she told them what I'd said about Mega. They found out, thanks in part to Jack being such a genius, that May was a traitor, and she'd been working for Mega since the big Zoot scare began. I figured I wouldn't be seeing Salene again, seeing as how she'd been spotted heading for the Ecos with Mouse. But she comes trotting back in, cool as a cucumber, rambling on about how "Eco life wasn't for her" and she "was a city girl at heart." It turns out the only reason she'd been looking for the Ecos was because Mouse refused to live in the mall anymore. I was wondering about that, actually. It seemed like Mouse would never leave the mall so long as Pride was around. Turns out Pride died a while back. Seems some of Ram's "loyal" Technos took Salene hostage. May was working with them for a while, but Pride found out. He wasn't very happy about it, I imagine. So, anyway, he found May talking to these Technos in an alleyway. Overheard May telling them to just get rid of Salene. Well, you can imagine Pride was just thrilled with that concept. He attacked the Technos, and they fired on him. Well, apparently, their stunners were set on level seven, and, as Jay once told me, that's enough to kill a buffalo. So Pride's been out of the picture for awhile, it turns out, and me not knowing because Mega and Java had me under their Paradise mind control. Salene didn't take the news too well, it turns out. Became a drinker. So, anyway, that day I walked into the mall, not only was May not there, but we apparently adopted a new Mallrat. Some black dude. Not my problem. My problem was Mega. And my 'dear' older sister Java. I had to get back at them. And I couldn't do that without the help of the Mallrats. They needed to overthrow Mega. And they couldn't do that without my help. It was a win-win situation for all of us. But then Buffy Summers and co. showed up, and things took a turn for the worse. Big time.