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-dream-

I was being tortured. They were scratching me. Beating me. Whipping me. And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, it did. They, the torturers, brought out four wooden stick like things. The four of them each took one. The started a fire and lit them. Now I knew. The sticks were torches. With one quick movement they touched the torches to my FACE! The burning sensation was awful. I screamed. So painful…so painful…so…

"OW!" I screamed slapping at face, as I abruptly woke up. It hurt really bad, like it was…burning. I instantly opened my eyes to find that Ember had rolled over in her sleep and had her hands to my face. Figures. The ONE and ONLY night she takes off those gloves to go to bed, is the night she rolls over and torches my face.

"I didn't steal it I swear!" Ember shouted, startled. I guess she wasn't used to waking up like this. In fact she was so shocked she flipped over backwards and fell off the bed.

"Ember!" I scrambled to edge of the bed and peered over the side. She was on her back looking annoyed and in pain, but otherwise she looked okay, despite the bed hair. Her pajamas also got messed up in the fall, and the little short skirt of hers was pulled up so much she was almost revealing herself. Almost. "You okay?" I asked.

"Never better." She scowled, her voice heavy with sarcasm. I grabbed her hand and pulled her up onto the bed.

"Good morning." I said with fake enthusiasm.

"Shut up." Owch. Not a morning person. Suddenly the phone started to ring. Ember grabbed it after half a ring and jammed the phone to her ear, "Whaddya want? I didn't ask for no damn wake-up call so leave me the hell alone unless it's important!" Oh yeah. Defiantly not a morning person.

I crawled over to her and put my ear close to phone. We were a team now and this included me.

"Rise and shine beautiful." Said the person on the phone. The voice sounded familiar… "You better get up and get busy. After all, you've got places to run and jails to visit." Now I got it! It was,

"Jim." Ember answered. "How'd ya get this number?"

"I'm a cop, I have my ways." Jim answered. I pressed my ear closer, it was hard to hear.

"And you're calling us because?" She demanded, still annoyed I noted.

"Us? So it's true. You really did corrupt the Brazilian. For a while I thought he may have been your hostage or something…" I wanted to say something really badly, but I didn't know what so I held my tongue.

"Jim, make your point!" She yelled. The phrase "angrier by the second" was invented for Ember, I'm sure of it. And "cool as a cucumber" seemed to fit Icicle pretty well too.

"My point is, I know where you are and I'm on my way, almost there actually, so start running."

"Why are you warning me?" She asked, her voice softening.

"You're not the only one who likes to have fun on the job." He answered, and if he were standing right there I know he would be smirking. A gentle "click" was heard and the phone went dead.

There was a pause and then Ember spoke, "Get your things. We're leaving."

Not the best chapter, and not the best cliffy. I would've gone further but it's late. This whole chapter just kinda came to me one day so excuse the whole Jim calling her thing. I know the chances of any of those Jim things ever happening in real life is very unrealistic. But I had the whole "wake up call" thing already in my mind so yeah. Anyway, my self-esteem has been a lil low lately, due to reasons I won't bore you with, so leave me lots of nice reviews to boost it! I love all my reviewers! (sees the readers looks.) What? NOT LIKE THAT! Sheesh! Anyway, review!