A/N: Hey guys. This chapter is one of those song fic chappies or however you want to call it. lol. The song is called "Say Goodbye" by Ashlee Simpson and while listening to it, I thought it's perfect for this chapter. Anyway, enjoy and please don't forgetto leave a review. I love reading all of your reviews. They are very encouraging and I thank you all for submitting them. Glad to know you're liking the story so far!
Chapter 10
"False Heart"
Z managed to get away from the apartment that early morning without stirring and waking up Jack. She couldn't sleep last night for all she could think about was Jack's assumption of Sky not being true to her. He didn't tell her exactly why. All he told her was to not trust him. 'But how can that be?' She thought. It didn't make any sense. 'Is Sky threatening? Is that it?' Z thought long and hard. 'But he hasn't been harmful to me at all.' But rather a complete gentleman this whole time.
You don't know me
Like you knew me
You stopped listening
The moment that I needed you the most
She continued pondering on the thought while walking down the deserted alleyway. Her eyes were fixated on the ground, not bothering to look up for she was in deep thought that only troubled her mindset. Just then, she heard sirens coming nearer and nearer from the distance as she looks over her shoulders to see where it was coming from. Once Z turns back around, a jeep comes driving towards her direction with the sirens on alert and lighting up. Furrowing her eyebrows she stood back as two individuals, a female with long curly blonde hair and a male with brown hair both in matching uniforms came out of the jeep. Eerie silence filled the air as they stood in front of her.
"We're SPD," the female raises her badge up to reveal a photo ID, "Is your name Elizabeth "Z" Delgado?" she questions while putting the badge back in its belt.
She didn't reply after a long pause as her eyes darted back and forth between the two. "Yeah," she answers rather apprehensively, "that's me." The two exchange looks and smiled. Z furrowed her eyebrows, staring at them with uneasiness. "What's going on?"
"Ms. Delgado," the guy clears out his throat and smirks, "you're excused of having possession of stolen goods and property." Z's eyes widen. "I'm afraid we're gonna have to take you in." Z stares down at them coldly. She couldn't believe it was happening as she slowly begins taking a few steps back. "Raise your hands so I can see them." They tell her demandingly as she shifts her eyes to the side, waited for a brief moment,and begins running off towards the opposite direction. "She's getting away!"
"Get her!"
The two rushes after her as she picked up her feet and run as fast as her legs could take her. Z quickly looks over her shoulder where they were catching up to her.
"Stop right there!"
The two did a flip in the air and landed right in front of her. "Gotcha!"
Z stood back and immediately gets into a fighting stance. "I don't want to hurt you."
"Hurt us?" Bridge and Syd looked at each other in amusement. "Don't make us do it the hard way."
You can't see me
Like you saw me
Truth comes easy
But it's hard for you to pull me from the ground
There was a moment of silence as they glared down at each other waiting for the first move. Z's eyes remained narrowed towards their direction when suddenly the SPD cadets made the first move with their attempt to grab her by the arm. Z; however quickly retaliated as she flipped back with a round house kick. The two ducked their heads and once they got back up, they open their eyes wide as she multiplied herself.
"Syd, did Cruger say anything about a twin sister?" He thought.
The blonde furrowed her eyebrows and attempted a high kick on the clone. Nothing happened. "It's a hologram. It's not real."
Z's clone grins at her as she kicked the blonde one on her side and watched her fall over. "Syd!" Bridge bends down to help his female companion. "You're alright?"
Syd grunted in pain. "She's definitely real."
Z chuckles as Bridge shot her a look. "Who are you?" There was no response. "Never mind that." He thought as he and Syd both got up from the ground into their fighting stance. "We're taking you in!" Bridge says determinedly as he pauses and scratches his head, "Or actually taking you both in." Syd rolls her eyes. "Hiya!"
So I scream, scream cause it hurts
Your every word
Cuts me inside and leaves me worst
There's no way back
And what if there was
You'd still be you and
I'd still need to say goodbye
The fight turned out to be a good one for Bridge and Syd were surprise that she is able to hold her own even without the clone as it disappeared once she begins getting the upper hand. Z sends a kick towards Bridge's direction as he goes flying in the air and against the hard wall. "Argh," he grunts in pain as she struggles to regain his balance. Syd flips back up from off the ground and swings an arm as Z grabs it and kicks the blonde off her feet. She attempts to run for it, but tripped as the fallen female cadet has a hold of her leg. "I got her, Bridge! I got her!"
Z struggles to break lose, but as soon as she kicked her hand with the other leg and runs for it, Bridge blocked her way. "I don't think so." Z gasps and turns to the other direction but is trapped as Syd got there just in time.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Z glares at them as she swings both arms at their direction. Bridge and Syd were able to grab her this time as they pull her arm back. Z struggles to break loose from their grasp as they prepare to snap the handcuffs around her wrist.
"You're one tough, feisty girl." Bridge observes, still feeling the pain on his back that she caused him. "I'm afraid not tough enough."
She shot him a dirty look as she continues to struggle. "Let go!" Z looks off into the distance, grunting and struggling angrily with no options left for her. She was beginning to lose hope when suddenly she spotted a familiar figure walking towards their direction. Squinting her eyes and trying to figure it out, it appeared closer and closer as Z's eyes suddenly widens at the sight of him. She finally recognized the person. "Sky!" She screamed, a smile of relief creeping over her face. "Help! I'm innocent!"
"Yeah right!" Syd scoffs as she tightens her grip around her wrists. Z looks over her shoulder and glares at the blonde.
"What do you guys think you're doing?" Sky appeared from the shadows with his eyebrows furrowed.
"Cruger's orders." Syd answers. "We have to take her in."
"Sky, tell them they got it all wrong!" Z exclaims desperately. "You know me!"
Maybe you don't
Love me
Like I love you, baby
Cause the broken in you doesn't make me run
"Sky, do the right thing."
His expression was almost blank as he stood there not knowing what to do for he his pulled into two different conflicting directions and in unsure of where to go. Z with worry plastered all over her face, stares at him in bewilderment waiting for him to save her from this predicament as he always does from the moment they've first met. But it surprised her as he just stood there doing nothing and not defending her."Sky?" She calls out to him softly. "Tell them they got the wrong person!"
There is beauty
In the dark side
I'm not frightened
Without it I could never feel the sun
Sky looks at Bridge and Syd. "Please don't do this." He tells them. "Please…"
"It's too late now, Sky." Cadet Drew tells him. "Cruger sends us to take her in since you're obviously not doing your job."
Z furrowed her eyebrows as she turns her gaze back at Sky. "What is going on here?"
"Don't do it!" He yells out angrily at Bridge and Syd as they were taken aback with his odd behavior. "Why can't you just stay out of this!"
"Why can't you do your job, Sky?" Bridge surprisingly questions as the two dreadfully stare at each other in silence.
He curls his fingers and makes a fist on his side. "I trusted you, man…"
Cadet Carson looks down and sighs. "I'm sorry, but Cruger isn't stupid, Sky. He knows what you're doing and I can't cover for you. You put this all upon yourself."
So I scream, scream cause it hurts
Your every word
Cuts me inside and leaves me worst
There's no way back
And what if there was
You'd still be you and
I'd still need to say goodbye
"Sky?" Z tries to get his attention as he kept still with his eyes wandering. "Sky, what's going on?"
He slowly looks up, first staring at Z and then at Bridge and Syd who both gave him the nod. "Sky, you're scaring me." She felt utterly confused as though it were a bad dream she can't wake up from. "Sky," Z calls out of mere frustration, "please talk to me." Anxiety and desperation filled her eyes as he hesitantly looks at her.
Nothing will ever change no matter what you say
I'm still gonna be the same
The harder we try, the harder we fight,
Can't get it right
"I'm sorry." Sky mouths to her, Z's expression almost blank and uncomprehending furrowed her eyebrows. She watches on as Sky takes something out from his belt to reveal the same badge the other two showed her. He flips it open as a red and blue light continuously flashes before her eyes. Z's lips slightly parted, her heart instantly dropped as a single tear came streaming down her cheeks. She couldn't believe what was happening as her face expressed total shock. Every part of her body ached as though the sharp blow penetrating through her heart has taken the best of her. The pain has become an overwhelming burden that has taken over her mind completely. Z couldn't believe her trust was betrayed and yet everything that was said and done was just a lie. She couldn't find herself to say something for it was painful enough that the guy who she trusted completely is standing before her. Finally, the flashed stopped on the red X. Their eye contact was so intense that none of them were able to break from it. From that moment Sky wanted to walk over to Z and take her away from them. He wanted to console her, protect her, and wipe those tears away but he just couldn't, forcing him to say as it escape from his lips, "Guilty."
A/N: :gasps: lol. so what did you guys think of that? More coming soon...
