Revelations

AN: Another chapter! We are totally on a roll. Okay, so we're shippers. There will be lots of issues for the characters (we can be so mean), lots of fluff and lots of dirty jokes.

Jondy glanced at Zack out the corner of her eye, and then looked longingly at the Space Needle again.

Zack, sighed, and glared at her, 'Jay, quit it! We're meeting there, and you are NOT climbing it!'

Jondy pouted, and he looked in the other direction. 'Please Zacky?' she winged, pouting again.

Zack grimaced, and cursed. 'Damn it Jon! Fine! But ONLY because we're here first.' he said, as he pulled to a stop beneath the Needle.

'Yes!' Jondy shrieked as she jumped out of the car, and took of towards the base. Suddenly she stopped, and looked back at Zack, 'Well?' she asked.

'Well what?' Zack replied, frowning.

'Aren't you coming?' Jondy said, pouting again.

Zack rolled his eyes, 'Um, no. . .. I'll, uh, wait here, for the others. Oh look!' he said pointing, there's Syl and Krit now!' and he ran off in the opposite direction.

Jondy rolled her eyes, and turned back to the Space Needle, 'Men.' She said under her breath.

Krit and Syl hadn't said a word to each other in 3 hours, 47 minutes and counting. Syl didn't think she'd ever been so hurt, so furious with the prick formerly known as Krit. Maybe the last year had changed him to one of those macho guys who doesn't really give a stuff about whichever girl they have.

Krit couldn't bring himself to look at Syl. Damnit. He'd screwed up. Not just a little bit; this was the sort of screw up that could possibly affect his entire life. It was entirely him fault, he knew, but... damnit.

As soon as Krit pulled up beside the Space Needle, Syl leapt out. And suddenly realised exactly what state her attire was in. Trying to avoid Zack's gaze, Syl noticed her tank top was on inside out.

"Hey Zack. Where's Jondy?"

Zack nodded his head in the direction of the Space Needle and grimaced, 'Trying to kill her self."

"Sounds appealing right about now," Syl muttered, glaring ferociously at Krit.

Just then, Zane and Brin pulled up on their bikes, and Zane jumped off his quickly, and held a hand out to Brin to help her off hers. Zack looked at him questioning, and rose an eyebrow. Zane smiled at him, and ignored the questioning glances. 'Are we late?' he questioned
"No, not at all," Krit said hurriedly. "Jondy's climbing the Space Needle and then we should be okay to head into Terminal City."

Zane nodded briefly and turned towards the Space Needle. 'Jondy!' he yelled out, 'Get your ass back down on the ground!' he turned back to the group, and smiled, 'We need to figure out how we're getting into this place.'

"We got the stuff," Syl motioned to the Jeep. "Explosives, guns, even a rocket launcher. We could take over a small nation with this stuff."

Jondy, who walked up just then, grinned, 'Wicked! I always wanted to try out a rocket launcher!'

Zack glared at her. 'No.' he stated.

Jondy pouted, 'But. . ..'

'No.'

'Awwww, come on Zacky!' Jondy said, pouting at him, even more.

He sighed, 'Jondy…………..' he warned.

'Please!' Jondy said, looking at him, with pleading eyes.

He frowned. 'Fine.'

Jondy grinned, 'YAY!'

Brin rolled her eyes and snuck a look at Zane. "So is everything ready?" She looked at all her siblings. "Syl, why is your top on backwards?"

Syl's killer glare focused on Krit. "Ask your brother," she growled. "Lets just go find Maxie so I can have some sort of strong alcoholic drink."

Jondy rose an eyebrow at this statement. 'OK, then. Are we heading in in the vehicles we came in, or do you want to load the bikes up and go in in the cars?'

"It's probably safer if we load the bikes into the cars and go in," Krit said.

Zack nodded, 'Yeah. That's what I had in mind. OK, Krit, you help Brin with hers and I'll help Zane load mine up.'

Syl watched as the other four organized the bike loading, and looked around to see if many people were around, so she could fix her top. Freaking typical, to be caught out like this.

Jondy glanced over her shoulder to where Syl was hurriedly putting her top on the right way, and rolled her eyes. Obviously something had happened between her and Krit, but whatever it was, had either gone really wrong, or. . .well, had gone wrong. She turned back to where Zack and Zane were, and noticed that they'd finished loading the bike, and were helping Krit and Brin with hers. She turned to Syl, 'Hey Syl, wanna ride with us?'

Syl looked up at Jondy gratefully. "Yes. Thank you. Please. Whatever."

Jondy smiled, and winked, 'Hey, it's either you, or Brin and Zane, and let me tell you, I do NOT want to spend the whole ride with them flirting!' she turned to Zack, 'Hey Zack, me and Syl are ready to go. Let's move it!'

Zack nodded and made a hand movement, and then turned to Zane, 'Hey you mind riding with Brin and Krit?' he questioned, and then answered his own question. 'Of course you don't. See you guys in TC!' and he went over to the Range Rover and got it.

'We ready ladies?' he questioned, looking in the rear view mirror at Syl and Jondy who were sitting in the back seat, talking.

Zack put the car into drive, and took off in the direction of TC.

Syl turned to Jondy. "Did Krit and I look as bad as I think we did?" she asked uneasily.

Jondy winced, 'Well I mean other that the obvious shirt mishap, I'm pretty sure no one would have noticed it... except for the lip gloss on the collar of Krit's shirt, and the fact that you have some form of plantation in your hair. . ..' she reached over and pulled some leaves out of Syl's hair and waved them in front of her face. 'See.'

Syl buried her face in the seat of the car. "Unfair. How bloody unfair is life? I hate Krit, I really do."

Jondy stroke her hair and says gently, 'No you don't. You just think you do. Krit is acting like a prick right now. . . now I don't think he means it."

"He didn't mean to call me 'Candy'?" Syl retorted, in a hurt voice.

Zack gasped in the front seat, and quickly turned his attention back to the road, when Jondy glared at him. She smiled gently at Syl, 'Either he's a complete asshole, and I'm disowning his as my brother, or he's playing a stupid game and I'm gonna kick his ass.'

"I hate him whichever thing he did," Syl said miserably. "And for starters, I'm blaming it on you, Zack." She leant across Jondy, smacking the back of her brother's head.

Zack grimaced and rubbed the back of his head. 'Ow! What did I do?' he questioned, glaring at Jondy, as if somehow this might be her fault. She shrugged and turned to Syl.

"It was YOUR fault. You told me that Krit told Jace he was in love with me and somehow knew about the Seattle incident and when I asked Krit why he told, he got all sulky and annoyed and if you hadn't mentioned the Seattle incident, Krit and I would be fine... not all ex-like," Syl said in one breath.

Zack shrugged, 'Oops...'

Jondy sighed. 'Zack!' she accused.

Syl slumped back in her seat. "Anyway, it doesn't matter now. Krit and I have . . . and at TC he can find my clone or something and jump her uncaring bones. I'm through with guys. And I hate the name Candy."

Jondy smiled, 'Yeah, I have a particular disliking for the name Misty.' she said, glaring at Zack's back. She paused and thought about it, 'Does that mean. . ... cause I think Max has a friend, who's, you know, that way orientated. . ..'

"No, you nitwit!" Syl burst out laughing. "Unfortunately, no. I am not going there either. I'll rephrase my statement - I am through with guys for the moment."

Jondy nodded wisely, 'Ahhhh, I went through that. Only lasted, like, a day though. . ...'

"Did your boyfriend - noting that our situations differ - call you by his exes name or refer to you as a stripper?" Syl looked interested.

'Does hooker count as stripper?' Jondy asked, pausing and then continuing, 'Turns out, he thought I was a hooker all along,. . ... although I have to say, I DID wonder why he left money on my kitchen counter every morning...' she said, thoughtfully.

"You are so lucky Jondy. I mean, not only did you get paid even when the guy was a prick, but you've got a sort-of guy. And stop listening, Zack," Syl said, glaring at her older brother through the rear view mirror. "All I got was various insults and fourteen minutes of passion in the freaking wilderness!"

Jondy thought about it, and then smiled, 'Hey yeah! I got paid. . . although the fact that he thought I was a hooker, was insulting enough to make me spend the money on a grapes to fill his apartment with. . ...' she laughed, 'He was SO freaked out!'

Syl laughed. "I can't believe you wasted hooker-ing money on grapes!"

'What? It scared him! I think I even have a copy of it on tape somewhere in my stuff. . ...'

"So, grapes freak guys out?" Syl tapped her chin. "Zack, you've been awfully quiet. Share your thoughts."

Jondy grinned, 'Oh yeah. They freak them out all right.'

Zack grunted, and shrugged. 'Bout what?'

"Bout Krit. Me becoming a lesbian. Bout Jondy and the hooker," Syl prompted.

Zack shrugged ,'Krit's being a typical 19 year old male. He'll get over it and loose some friends along the way. You aren't going to become a lesbian, because you like guys too much, and it wasn't Jondy AND the hooker, it was Jondy THE hooker.'

"Krit has friends?" Syl asked. "I thought all he had was us. I could become a lesbian you know; all Id be giving up would be evil assholes and yeah, yeah minor details."

Jondy snorted, 'Oh chica, you'd be loosing out on SO much. . .'

"All I can think of is the whole guy-ness of it all. Maybe the sex would be better with girls," Syl shrugged.

Jondy shook her head, 'Nah. Guys are WAY better. . .' and then paused and went bright red. 'I mean. . ... damn, there's now ay I can fix this, is there?'

"No. There is no way," Syl said, grinned. "Now, share with the group - was it anyone we know?"

Jondy blushed, and ducked her head, 'Um, remember that time I took that job as a casino singer in Mexico?'

"Oh my freaking god. You had sex with Jace?" Syl half screeched. "Zack, you knew, right?"

Zack shrugged, 'Yeah. . .. I was there. . .. SHIT! I mean. . .. oh frickin' hell.' He swore, sighing.

Syl froze. "Now I feel sick. Tell me you three didn't?"

Jondy shrunk back into the seat. 'Umm.'

"J-ondy. Zack's my brother," Syl made a face. "On top of my current anti-Krit-ness, you had to add those images to my mind."

Jondy squirmed, 'You asked!' she protested

"I didn't expect you to be that honest!" Syl retorted.

'Yeah well, I didn't bring up the Zack part!' Jondy said, glaring at Zack.

Zack shrugged, 'Yeah well...' he said

"We will never speak of this again," Syl said firmly. "And neither of you have helped me!"

Jondy grinned, 'Yes we did! You didn't think about it for a total of...' she looks at her watch. 'Sixteen minutes and 11 seconds.'

"Well now I'm thinking about it again, and I want help," Syl said crankily.

Jondy sighed and looked thoughtful, 'Did I ever tell you about the time that Ben and I went Water skiing... naked. . . at night?'

"Don't try and change the topic to something more disturbing than you, Zack and Jace," Syl retorted.

'It wasn't disturbing!' Jondy protested 'It was a dare! We made like 12 grand outta it!'

Zack snorted. 'Yeah and spent the night in jail for indecent exposure, which meant I had to come and spring you."

"You two are... incorrible," Syl said. "How do you do it?"

Jondy grinned, "Lots of practice..."

"Obviously," Syl commented, looking sad. "Krit and I used to be like that."

Jondy smiled, "Hon, you'll be like that again. . ... maybe you just need a break form each other." she grinned, "Wanna help me do something to Brin and Zane?"

"We've been on a break for a year, Jondy. And Brin and Zane?" Syl asked, a grin returned to her face.

"Yeah, see I was thinking, that well. . .. . . okay, so I had no plan." Jondy said, sighing, "But, like, you're good with that sort of thing. You come up with something..."

"It involves knowing that they were an item before now," Syl pointed out. "Did you know?"

Jondy shook her head "I had suspicions... but... ok, yeah, no idea."

"Everyone paired off. Zack, who was Ben, y'know, with?" Syl asked.
Zack shrugged, as he tended to do, and said, "Eh, a few people. The last person, was this guy Danny. . ."

"Guy?" Syl interrupted. "Danny? Are we using guy as in 'person' and 'Danny' as in Danielle?"
Zack smiled to himself. Obviously this was news. "Daniel Greene I think..."
"Daniel? As in a man?" Syl repeated, blinking. "Wow. I don't have a problem with it... wow. That was a shock and at the same time it wasn't..."

Jondy frowned, "As in like a man-man?"

Zack shrugged, "As opposed to the other sort of man? Yes."
"Ben was gay," Syl said. "It kinda takes the scariness away from his image, huh. Ben was gay."

Jondy was still sitting frowning out the window. "I slept with Ben. . . Ben was gay!"

"You slept with Ben?" Syl said. "Man, you get some, J."

Jondy shrugged, "What can I say? All the guys want me." she frowned, "Except Krit. He never wanted me."

Syl frowned. "No, all he wants is that fricking stripper-girl."

Zack looked in the rear-view mirror at Jondy, who mouthed "Oops."

And then turned to Syl, "Eh, who cares? We'll get you a real man. . . someone like Zacky." At this, Zack glared at her, and said "Don't call me Zacky!"

"Zack is my brother; let me say this once - I do not want a guy who is like my brother," Syl said. "In fact, I'll take that 494 dude, if I must."

Jondy frowned. "Ben as your brother, right?"

"I never slept with Ben, I had very little contact with Ben, so I don t know," Syl shrugged.

Jondy shrugged, "Kay. . ... you realise that 494 is identical to Ben, right?"

"Yes," Syl nodded.

"Hmmm." Jondy said, "I wonder if 494's gay. . ."

"Oh holy crap," Syl kicked the back of the seat in frustration. "Typical. My only prospective guy, and there's the likelihood he's gay."

Jondy's eyes lit up, "Oh, wait no! Brin said that 494 was like a total player at Manticore, and he like paid the guards to let him sleep around. I'm sure he'd not gay!"

"How do you know he wasn't sleeping around with the guy X5s," Syl muttered.

Jondy snorted, "Yeah, cause Manticore would go for that..."

"True," Syl said. "Okay, if 494 is gay, I'll throw myself off the Space Needle."

Jondy winced and said "Ouch." while Zack shrugged, "You do realise, that as long as you didn't land on anything sharp, we could probably save you and you'd be in perfect condition again within 2 weeks. . .."

Syl sighed. "Fine. I'll shot myself in the head before I just off. Would I survive that, smart ass?"

Zack shrugged, "Sure, why not? I did..."

"You really are an ass, Zack. Truly," Syl sighed. "Fine. How could I kill myself?"

Jondy smiled, "Oh! Oh! I know, I know!"

"Yes," Syl prompted.

Jondy grinned, "Get in one of those wheelie bins, and like go to a top of a hill ,and whoosh!" she said, with hand movements.

"Jondy, I doubt that would kill me," Syl replied, rolling her eyes. "I'd just be bruised."

"Nuh, uh," Jondy replied, "Not if you do it over a cliff. . ."

"Zack, are we there yet?" Syl asked plaintively. "Jondy's officially scaring me."

Zack nodded, "Yeah. a couple more minutes. . . see that crowd of people ahead?"

"The angry one, yelling and waving weapons about?" Syl asked, uneasily.

Zack smirked, "Nah, the one to the right of that one. . .. . . see, the people holding machetes , and flaming sticks?"

"Oh yes, that's reassuring," Syl snapped. "HOW are we going to get past?"

"Drive." Zack stated.

Jondy frowned, "Um... ok?"

Zack laughed, and grabbed a bag from the passenger seat, and chucked it back, "Here, put these things on, and pass me a jacket and helmet."

Jondy opened the bag to find three sector police uniforms

"Clean clothes," Syl grinned. "If that dead smell is me, I'm sorry. I have a valid excuse. And if it's not me; Jondy, you need to change your perfume."

Jondy frowned, "It's you chica."

"Cool. TC better have showers," Syl said, running her fingers through her tangled hair.

Zack nodded, "And decent beds."

Syl nodded. "Jondy, what am I going to say to The Prick aka Krit?" she asked in a small voice.

Jondy shrugged, "Don't say anything. When he's ready to talk, he'll come to you."

"What do I say to him then?" Syl asked. "Can you tell I don't have many boyfriends? Zack scares them all away."

Zack frowned, "I do not!" and then paused, "OK, maybe I do. . ." Jondy rolled her eyes, at him, and then turned back to Syl, "Tell him the truth. Tell him you love him, and that he hurt you."

"I don't love him," Syl said stubbornly. "Then why are you so upset?" Jondy replied

"It was the PRINCIPLE of the thing, right Zack?"

Zack shrugged, "Not really. See, if I didn't love Jondy, and she slept with someone else, I'd get over it, but since I do love Jondy, and she slept with someone else, I'd act the same way you are now. . ... with slightly more kicking and punching involved."

Jondy gasped, "You love me?" Zack went red, "Uh, yeah." Jondy grinned. " I love you too!" she announced, and then paused, "And I'd kiss you right now. . .. if you weren't driving and I wasn't in the backseat. Zack just grinned to himself.

"Wow. This is awkward," Syl muttered as Jondy and Zack exchanged stupid love-sick glances. "And I'm not upset because Krit slept with the bimbo, I'm upset because when we, yeah, he was obviously thinking of someone else."

Jondy turned to Syl, from where she'd been gazing (in a love sick manner) at Zack, and smiled at her, "Honey, you're obviously in love with the boy. Now, we need to concentrate on getting through this crowd." she said, efficiently, putting an end to that particular conversation.