The Next Step.
By Streak of fire
The boats arrived on shore an hour after they had left the city. Everyone abourd was nervouse and exited about starting new lives in a new place. Expecialy Nicolet, she was extreamly exited about starting her life again with her brother Josh, her fiance Ved, their son Luke, and Ved's brother Jay. Also Nicolet's tribe Rade and Ved and Jay's tribe the mall rats would be joining together to form one big tribe.
"Finally we're here" Nicolet exlaimed as she got off the boat.
"Well ware do we find your tribe Nicolet?" Josh asked yawning.
"Here they come now" Nicolet said pointing to a large group of people heading their way.
When the group of people was standing in front of them Nicolet introduced everyone. In the members of Rade there was Ally, Jack, Veronica, Lindsay, Nate, Cameron, Tilly, Newt, and Casey. Nicolet introduced them to the members of the Mall Rats, wich included, Ved, Jay, Slade, Ebony, Amber, Trudy, Sammy, Celine, Lex, and Ruby. Then lastly she introduced her brother Josh.
"Well this is going to make a very large tribe isn't it?" Tilly said in awe.
"Yes it will be big and I know it will take some time to get uset to it but we'll make it work." Nicolet said patting Tilly's shoulder.
"Of course Nicolet will still be in charge of our new bigger tribe." Cameron said smiling a little at Nicolet.
"Well not exacly" Nicolet stated plainly.
"What do you mean not exacly?" Newt asked angrily.
"Well my brother and I think it would be better if he and I ran our new big tribe together." Nicolet said smiling.
"We're not letting a stranger run our tribe" Tilly said angrily.
"You don't have a choice" Nicolet sneered.
"I can choose to leave the tribe" Tilly said.
"You'd be the only one leaving Tilly" Jack said and everyone nodded.
"Good luck fineding another tribe to take you in." Josh said laughing.
"Tilly couldn't you try to have my brother and I lead? And Josh nock off that stupid cacoling." Nicolet said placing a hand on Tilly's shoulder and giving Josh a cold stare.
"I guess I could stay it might be fun." Tilly said giving a small smile.
They all gathered their stuff and started a long walk to where Nicolet's tribe was located. They had walked for about an hour when Ved tapped Nicolet on the back.
Nicolet spun around to face him and asked "What's wrong?"
"I don't know how much longer I can carry Luke and I know you're very tired already." Ved replied sighing.
"Here I'll take him for awhile." Josh said coming up beside them.
"Thanks Josh." Ved said giving him a slight smile as he handed Luke over to him.
"Smile anymore Ved and your face will dissapear." Josh joked and Nicolet laughed hystericly, but Ved only pouted. "See my sister can take a joke." Josh added as he gave his Nicolet a haph hug and went to catch up with some of the others.
"I don't think we should trust Josh." Ved said to Nicolet quietly.
"What do you mean he's my brother?" Nicolet asked surprised.
"My point exacly." Ved said halph listening to what Nicolet had just said while he studied Josh up ahead.
"What do you mean "my point exacly"? Do you think I'm evil?" Nicolet yelled.
"What! I don't think you're evil. Where did you get that from? Josh's evil not you you're just related." Ved said solemly.
"Stop calling my brother evil!" Nicolet screamed and then stormed up to Josh gave him a hug and took Luke from him.
"Nicolet what's going on?" Josh asked.
"Ved's just being a hard head as usual." Nicolet said exasperatedly.
"What are you guys fighting about?" Josh asked dreading the answer.
"You and wether we can trust you." Nicolet said confirming Josh's fear.
"Oh I see maybe I should leave." Josh suggested solemly.
"No don't listen to a blockhead like Ved, I want you hear so you're not going anywhere." Nicolet said stubbornly.
They continued to walk and then they finally arived at Nicolet's tribe's location.
"I'm home at last." Nicolet said flopping down on her bed in her old room.
"Nicolet can we talk?" Ved asked coming into her room.
"Why would I want to talk to a blockhead like you?" Nicolet asked meanly.
"Can't we work things out?" Ved asked in turn.
"I have no reason to work things out with you." Nicolet replied turning her back on him and starting to unpack.
"What about our son?" Ved asked.
"You mean my son." Nicolet said cooly.
Ved stormed out of the room and almost running right into Josh.
"Sorry buddy." Josh said quickly moving out of Ved's way and then preceading into Nicolet's room.
"So I'm guessing no ressolution on the whole fight situation." Josh said smiling.
"I think we're going to brake up." Nicolet said quietly.
The smile on Josh's face dissapeared and a look of pure horror took its place.
"What! You guys can't brake up you have a son to raise." Josh said exasperatedly.
"I raised my son for a year on my own and I can continue to do so I don't need any help he can give." Nicolet said stubbernly.
"But you need someone to protect both you and Luke." Josh said concerningly sitting down next to Nicolet.
"That's why I have you, Josh." Nicolet said giving him a small smile and a big hug.
They talked for a little while longer and Josh was able to convince Nicolet not to dump Ved and to forgive him for what he said. Nicolet went to see Ved and they worked every thing out. The next day however some thing was going to happen to turn everything around.
The next morning as everyone was getting ready for breakfast three Technoe guards came barging into the cabin.
"What's going on here!" Josh roared.
"Comander Meger we didn't know you were alive, umm here." One of the guards said stuttering with fright.
"Well I am alive and I want to know what is going on." Josh said angrily.
"We were given orders to come into this cabin and take Nicolet and bring her to the commander." The other Technoe guard replied.
"Who gave the order?" Josh asked.
As if to answer his question Ved came into the room asking if anyone had seen Jay.
"Commander Jay gave the order." The Technoe guard said.
You see both Ved and Jay had been Technoe's when they met Nicolet, but Jay had told her that they had both left the Technoes.
"Jay gave the order that's impossible. He's no longer a Technoe he has no power." Josh said impatiemtly.
"The only thing he told us was that you gave the power to him and that we're to take Nicolet away for deleation." The guard afformed him.
"She's not going anywhere, she's protected by me considering she's my sister." Josh said stubbernly.
"I'm sorry sir but we have to obey Commander Jay's orders so we have to take her." The guard said taking Nicolet by the arm.
"Nicolet I'll find some way to save you I promise. Jay won't get away with this you have my word." Josh said angrily and stubbornly.
"It's ok Josh I'll be fine. Ved look after Luke while I'm gone I'll be back soon I promise." Nicolet said as she let herself be led away.
When Nicolet arrived where the guards were taking her she saw Jay waiting with a blonde haired girl standing by a truck.
"You won't get away with this Jay." Nicolet said strugaling against the iron grip of the guards.
"I don't want to get away with anything I just want to present your sister." Jay said pointing to the blonde girl next to him.
"My what? I can't have a sister, you're lieng. All you want is to confuse me and deleat me. You know I only have a brother." Nicolet said eyeing the girl while continuing to struggle against the guards.
"Let her go!" Jay yelled at the guards.
The guards let Nicolet go and she stepped toward Jay and the girl.
"Let the three of us go back to the cabin and you can explain to everyone exacly what you mean." Nicolet said cooly.
They walked back to the cabin and when Nicolet walked through the door everyone cheered, but when Jay and the strange girl walked in they all glared.
"What's that traiter doing here?" Josh asked snarling.
"Shut up Josh my brother's not a traiter." Ved growled.
"If you don't remember clearly let me refresh it for you he gave orders for my sister, your girlfriend and mother of your son, to be deleated. That makes him a traiter in my book even if it doesn't in yours he's a traiter through and through." Josh roared back at Ved.
"Both of you settle down Jay's going to explain everything." Nicolet said sitting down on the middle of the couch.
"I'm just saying that your boyfriend doesn't seem to care about you that much." Josh said sitting on one side of her on the couch.
"And I'm just saying your brothers a block head" Ved said sitting down on the other side of Nicolet on the couch.
"Now that you knuckle heads are done arguing can you let Jay explain or do I have to slap both of you." Nicolet said sounding amused.
"Fine." Ved and Jay huffed.
"Go ahead Jay and explain it to them like you explained it to me." Nicolet said leening back and relaxing.
"Ok well as I told Nicolet I was looking through some old placement documents, this was before I left the Technoes, and I found Nicolet's family placement folder. The folder told where Nicolet had been placed, where Josh had been placed, and where their sister Jem had been placed." Jay described.
"You knew about Jem and you never told me, that was top secret information." Josh said quietly.
"Well you knew about her all along and you never told me I had a sister." Nicolet through at him angrily.
"You were six years old and I was contemplating what to do about how to take care of you." Josh yelled at her.
"Continue Jay." Nicolet said tensely.
"So I tracked her down after I left the Technoes and told her everything. Then I was finaly able to bring her here safely and under the ploy of deleation I brought Nicolet to meet her. When Nicolet arrived I told her eveything because I figured Josh hadn't told her anything. And that's the whole story." Jay ended.
"So Jem's here where is she?" Josh asked looking around.
"Right here Josh I look a little different since the last time you saw me." Jem said standing up from her chair.
"Jem my favorite sister." Josh said giving her a hug.
"What!" Nicolet yelled then ran crying to her room.
"Josh what are you trying to do to her? Nicolet needs you and you call Jem your favorite sister. You are evil!" Ved said before chasing after Nicolet.
"I didn't mean it that way!" Josh called after them and then ran to Nicolet's room.
But when both Ved and Josh got to Nicolet's room they discovered to their horror that the room was disserted and that Nicolet had ran away.
"This is all your fault Josh you got her so upset she had to run away from all the pain." Ved yelled at Josh.
"Well maybe if you were a little more caring and a little more loving she wouldn't have ran away." Josh yelled back at Ved.
"Will you two stop yelling fighting is not going to help find her." A voice said from the doorway.
Ved and Josh spun around to see Jem, Jay, Jack, and Ally standing there.
"We need to find her one thing she never told you was that when it comes to the dark in woods she's a chicken. And we should know we're her best friends." Ally and Jack explained.
"Ok so where would she go?" Ved asked.
"Is there a special spot she likes to go to?" Josh asked.
"Hold up you two stay here in case she comes back and work out your differences. We can't have you upsetting her when she comes back." Jem said. "And Josh next time tell your real favorite sister she'd your favorite because I'm not." She added as she, Jay, Jack, and Ally turned to leave.
They split up to look for Nicolet hoping and praying they found her by nightfall. Meen while Josh and Ved were trying to work out their differences just like Jem had told them to. So far it wasn't going so well.
"You're the one responsible for seperating us." Ved yelled at Josh.
"And you're the one who's trying to take my sister away from me!" Josh yelled back at Ved.
"Well you're… wait I'm not trying to take your sister away I just want to be with her and make a family with her." Ved said realising he had made the rong judgement about Josh.
"And I didn't know you were dating or I would have never sent you away I just don't want to loose my sister ever again." Josh said sticking out his hand toward Ved. "Friends?" Josh asked.
"Friends." Ved said shaking Josh's hand.
"Well I'm glad you two are friends now this way I wont have to run away again to get some peace and quite." A voice said form behinde them.
They both spun around to see Nicolet in the door way with a huge smile on her face. They both ran and hugged her. She told them that she went and thought about things out by the lake she knew she couldn't take anymore fighting. She needed them to be friends or she would have to leave.
"Nicolet I'm so sorry I didn't mean to call Jem my favorite sister because you are and I want you to know it." Josh said giving her a huge hug.
"And Josh and I are friends so I won't be saying things to upset you either." Ved said gining her a bigger hug.
"So now that that's settled can someone tell me where my sister and two best friends are." Nicolet said with a smile.
"They went to look for you they should be back soon hoping that we heard from you or that you came back." Ved told her.
Five minutes later Jay, Jem, Jack, and Ally came through the front door looking exsosted.
"Have you heard anything from Nicolet did she show up or anything?" Jem asked.
"Yeah I came back I just happen to be right here." Nicolet said stepping out of the kitchen.
"Nicolet thank god your all right we were so worried." Jay said giving her a hug.
"We went to all your favorite and secret places but you weren't there we thought you had gotten lost or hurt." Jem informed her concerningly.
"Me lost or hurt! Ha what a laugh Jack and Ally should have told you I know this forest and everything surounding it like the back of my hand." Nicolet said laughing.
"Jack and Ally said you were afraid of the woods when it was dark." Jay said wrinckleing his brow in confusion.
"They told you that so you would follow them as they led you in circles around the woods. They do this when I need time to think, they know when I need peace and quiet and they give it to me." Nicolet said giving two of her best friends big hugs.