Story by Mikaa
Characters by Camelot and Nintendo
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or world presented in this story (the rightful owners are Nintendo and Camelot).
Warning: This story is rated T for Teen, primarily for violence and descriptive gore, with mild language thrown in. You have been warned.
Chapter 4 - Chaos Before the Storm
For the first time since his "rescue" and exile from Vale, Felix regretted his return.
There were some things he wished he did not need to deal with, that was a given. Garet's blatant lusting for Jenna was one thing, though he had long ago abandoned his practice of bending to her every whim (and thank Venus for THAT). But still, had she chosen her affection for someone with more brain power, then times like tonight would be more tolerable.
Granted, no one could have forseen the abrupt landing of Alex in Jenna's bed, but the fact that he had landed hard enough to wake her into a rage and drag Felix from bed, that was quite annoying (though nothing compared to that nasty prank Ivan and Sheba pulled during one April Fool's conspiricy on the way back).
But having rushed into Jenna's room, expecting something horrible to have happened, he should have half expected "something horrible" to include seeing his sister wrapped in bed sheets with Alex laying like a rag-doll on the bed while Garet slept soundly. The ensuing shouting woke over half of Vale, and it took the combined efforts of Sheba, Felix, and Ivan to calm Jenna down, while Picard (to his chagrin) had to guard Alex from a steaming Garet. The latter was acting much as Felix would have, hell, as much as everyone else would expect: furious at getting his hand caught in the cookie jar.
Felix slapped his head; THIS was why he needed sleep; bad analogies were NOT helping him right now.
At the present, he sat on a bench outside of his house, clad in light fatigues (mostly in case Flame Head tried anything), staring at Sheba and Picard as they tried to keep order to the mob, trying to figure out what to do with Alex, and how he ended up in Jenna's room.
The scene played out so predictabily, with Garet always insulting Alex when the Imilian spoke, Jenna caught between rage and shame, and Picard's eternal patience being tested. So regular it was, Felix jumped when a hand gently tapped him on the shoulder. Thankfully, he did not have a blade on him, or he might have stabbed Isaac in the gut. And Isaac knew it, from the shock in his eyes.
"Easy, Felix. I'm blond, not dumb."
Trying to cover his wounded pride, he chuckled at Isaac's response, the same one he used whenever he and Garet got into trouble and were caught. Glancing into his friend's eyes, Felix noted that his friend had probably awoken to the rucus outside, though where his wife was, Felix could ony guess. Ignoring the slight change, he looked back at the crowd, "Wish I was. Then I could claim that I was not related to the target of that oaf's attention."
Isaac chuckled at that, "I don't know, Kay used to say she wished you were blond; made you look more feminine."
Felix gave Isaac a hard stare. His words were caught in his mouth as Isaac broke out laughing again, "Just seeing how awake you were."
Giving Isaac the usual "Not Funny" glare that Felix learned from Jenna, he decided to try to turn Isaac's barb against him. "At least I can go five minutes without kissing a girl."
His efforts to tease Isaac about his habit of clinging to Mia (and her habit to hold on to him) were met with a dark look on the blonde Venusian's face. "You haven't seen her this morning, have you?"
Blinking, Felix stared. What? "Why do you ask?"
"She wasn't in bed when I woke up. For that matter, I couldn't find her in my whole house."
Felix tried to think of where Mia might have gone, when a shriek turned their attention to the collection of mad people just in time to see Garet lunge at Alex, his massive hands throttling the Mercurian. Rushing forward, Felix and Isaac joined Picard in trying to calm Garet down while they dragged him off of Alex. Turning to Sheba, he still held onto Garet as Jenna rushed forward to calm him down. "What caused that?"
She blushed, "Alex mentioned what he saw just as he crashed through the wall."
If not for the fact that Felix had promised Sheba that he would not harm Garet when Jenna was around, Garet would be dead. Figures. Tuning out his rage, he tried to calmly ask what had been said thus far.
Her answer was not calming: "According to Alex, Mia threw him at the house." Puzzlement was written all over her face.
Not that Felix could blame her. Mia, throwing someone? Nevermind that she sent him threw a wall, how in the name of the Elements did she manage to hurl him in the first pl-
Wait. Alex saw Mia? Turning to Isaac, he was not shocked to see him focusing on the smaller blonde. "Mia? Where is she?"
Sheba seemed taken back by the qestion, and Felix did not need to be a mind reader to know she was stunned that he did not know where she was. Small world. "He didn't say."
Felix moved to let Isaac talk to Alex, only to see Jenna holding Garet. By his head. Against her chest. Murder in his mind, the only thing that stopped Felix from his life's dream was the abrupt roar of thunder. Turning up (as did everyone else), no one moved as a false darkness of clouds filled the sky, dark violet bolts of lightning lighting the sky.
Lowering his gaze, Felix noted a figure on a hill in the distance just as a voice sounded behind him:
"MIA!"
End of Chapter