Chapter-25 Making The Call
YAY! Nuther update! WHEE! . However, just a fair warning about this chappie, it will be either the same length as the last one, or shorter, dunno yet. 40-reveiws for this fic, hmm, not bad, not bad. Anywho, sadly, AFTER THIS THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE CHAPPIES LEFT! WAHHH! Tears up ;( I know, I know, I've enjoyed this fic as much as you have. And frankly, I'm so glad that you all have been enjoying this. When I originally started pitching ideas for it, I never thought it'd be as successful as it is. Thanx! Luv ya'll! . And if you were one of the many peeps who wanted a sequel to 'Gizmo's Birthday' you're in luck! Maybe a week AT THE LONGEST after this fic is over with, I WILL BE POSTING CHAPPIES 4 THE SEQUEL! WAHOOOOO! XD See? It gives you another thing to look forward to when this is over! . And….READ THIS PART NOW!- About the Gizmo's B-day sequel, if you didn't read some of my previous AN's, then you never got the memo! Damn you! Because this is VERY IMPORTANT! -.- We all are already clear that NONE of us owns TT, right? Right, well, in the GB sequel, I WILL NOT OWN ALL OF THE CHARACTERS EITHER! If you know the writer 'KyuubiSama201' on this site, she is one of my best friends, and she is allowing me to use about 8-of her OC's for this fic. I'll post their Bios when I start the fic. PLUS! If you read any of her TT fics in the future, some of my OC's will be in there as well. I know, I know, this long ass AN was a colossal waste of time, right? But anywho, I just thought it'd be important that you all know about what's to come, k? Okay…R &R Enjoy!... PS- Okay, I've now broken the record for longest AN ever written by myself…Tee-Hee!
PPS- If you also caught the mistake I made by putting Mammoth in Robin and Billy's group, pweeze don't flame me 4 that, I caught that late as well. .
PPPS-Did anyone else see 'TT trouble in Tokyo!' Great movie! FINALLY they kiss! Coulda been a little better tho! Okay, I'll leave u alone now! Tee-Hee! .
It was now late evening, and the sun had tucked itself away beyond the Western horizon about two hours ago.
Both groups, though far away, had finally decided to pack it in for the night, so they'd not have to spend more tedious hours meandering around in the dark.
"This sucks. I haven't had a decent bath or good food in eight DAYS!" Steffauri breathed as she lay sprawled out beneath a tree next to her equally tired sister.
"I know! But seriously Robin, when are we gonna get outta here?" Hayley asked in a calmer voice as she sat up and hugged her knees, Robin then turned around to face her.
"I don't know. But frankly now, after eight damn days have passed with no sign of help, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever get out." Robin said, still holding his strict tone as he said so.
But as he did that, his group suddenly all stared at one another with scared, wide eyed looks.
"Great! Just great!" See-More began, getting up from his position on the ground, throwing his arms up into the air and letting them fall back down to his sides with a slight slapping sound.
Everyone then turned to face him.
"Uh, what?" Steffauri asked as she eyed her frustrated team mate. See-More went off once again after that.
"AGH! Don't you guys GET IT? She won! OKAY? That dumb bitch finally won, or at least she's beaten me! I-I give up." See-More said, sitting back down a little farther away from the group this time.
Now, everyone looked concerned.
A few of them were now beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, See-More had a point. In about seven or eight more hours, it'd be day nine, and there was still no hope in sight for them.
And now, a few others were secretly beginning to question Robin's oh so questionable sanity and leadership.
"Ah, come on! We can't give up yet, I'm sure they're looking for us!" Steffauri chimed in as See-More turned back and faced his teammate.
"I'll bet they're looking for us…HA! That's a good one." See-More mocked with borderline insane anger as Steffauri's emotionally calloused look suddenly softened.
"Don't you see? They're not looking for us! They're probably miles ahead of us on some totally different path! And some of them are probably even DEAD!" See-More finished as Steffauri covered her ears.
Then, thoughts of Kodainma began to pass by quickly in her troubled head.
As she pulled her knees up closer to her body, and covered her ears, sweat and tears began to emerge all over her straining face.
"Shut…the fuck…UP!" The angered princess cried as a final image of Kodianma's grave centered in her mind.
"NO! This is NOT OVER! Our friends are NOT dead! I can't afford to loose anyone else! You know that!" Steffauri cried as See-More's anger faded, as he thought back to all the things he'd heard about Steffauri and Kodainma.
See-More looked down to his hands, and then back up to Steffauri.
To him right now, cursing her mind with more bad memories than she could handle, would've been just as bad as hitting her.
And by this argument, even Billy, who never really liked the girl to begin with was becoming slightly swayed when he saw what was happening to his two teammates.
Meanwhile, miles away on a completely different path (Tee-Hee! .)
Well, to be honest, about two hours and a very close path away…Mammoth and Cyborg's group had once more stopped for a rest, and some were beginning to get the same feelings about the situation as they were back in Robin's group.
As the group laid sprawled out across the ground in different directions, exchanging glares and emo conversations, and only Cyborg was still holding out with even a faint glimmer of hope for them all.
"Agh, let's just face it guys, we're done for out here, and we've known it, from the very second we got ourselves into this fuckin' mess." Jinx said as she laid back down on the ground and twisted her index finger around a tiny blade of grass; Gizmo then sat down beside her.
Mammoth then tapped Cyborg on the shoulder, as the teen hybrid turned around to face him, Mammoth's face suddenly grew more stern in appearance.
"What?" Cyborg asked as Mammoth sat down on the rocks next to him.
"You know, ya did your best, and that's all that counts, but…I guess, it just wasn't good enough. I mean, have you seen the way everyone's acting now? Look, we've been out here for like nine straight days! And, and I guess it's just time to call it quits." Mammoth stated as he got back up and folded his bulky arms.
Cyborg then looked away from Mammoth, and allowed his eyes to wander over to his fellow friends/teammates, who were indeed looking desperate.
Cyborg then looked to the ground and let out a short, deep sigh.
"Maybe it is just time to pack it in." He said forlornly to himself. As a hero, Cyborg had faced just about everything without fear. Fires, deadly robots, psychotic villains, you name it, he's fought it.
But…Never once did he imagine it'd be this hard just to help his friends, and even some of his former enemies.
But it was.
However, little did both groups know, but help was just about to come their way, in only a matter of hours.
Back in the Mansion….. (Yes, I know how tired you are of seeing this like, eleventy bagillion times in every chappie but, rejoice! For this is the last time it'll ever be in here! WHOO! .)
Hirra had finally made her decision, she knew how she could do her part to save the two groups.
As the former servant woman walked past her old mistress' body, she remained emotionally un-swayed, as she picked up the antique round dial phone, and called 911.
(AN!- Yes, for anyone who guessed what Hirra was going to do, well, here it is!..)
On the other line, back in Celestia City, Hirra picked up the extension number for the Jump City police station, and got an officer on the line.
"Yes, this is Officer Hughes how may I be of service?" The middle aged policeman bellowed through the phone as Hirra sighed deeply before continuing.
"Yes sir you most certainly can. You see, there was a recent murder in my home. The body's still here and everything." Hirra said calmly after a long period of silence.
"We'll be right there ma'am! And, and did you see the murderer? Or is there anything at all you can tell us that may help to catch him?" Officer Hughes exclaimed as Hirra's eyes curved themselves downward into an evil snakelike fashion.
"Oh, I don't think you'll need that officer. Because the murderer…just gave herself away." Hirra stated in a mysterious yet half hearted voice as she hung up the phone.
Back at the station, officer Hughes had traced the call back to
The address of Ammoraye's mansion, and were already sending people out.
Meanwhile, back in the woods, Steffauri was standing by an old dying weeping willow tree, her mind traveling back into her vibrant past again.
As a little girl, she had stood underneath a similar old tree, dressed in a wide dress of sky blue tiers.
Being a princess had been a long and hard, and also short lived life for her. And all her life she'd wished for nothing more than to live a normal life with normal friends, and to be able to do normal things…Well, semi-normal things.
But never once did the teen princess ever once picture herself in this kind of mess.
Just then, she felt a large hand press it's weight down on her shoulder. As she turned her head around slightly to see who it was, she found herself face to face with Mammoth.
Who was smiling slightly and blushing nervously at her.
(IMPORTANT AN!-I actually did choose Steffauri to be with Mammoth rather than BB or Billy. For these reasons- 1.) Steff and Billy's relationship; I doubt it'd hold strong for a prolonged period of time. And 2.) Steff and BB's breakup fits in best with the fic's last chappie. Sorry ya'll! Pweeze don't flame me! .)
"Uh h-hey Steff. You, uh, you doin' okay?" Mammoth asked as he removed his hand and rubbed the back of his head casually.
As Steffauri turned all the way around, Mammoth's black eyes locked into Steffauri's heavenly brown ones. A long pang of silence suddenly fell upon them.
Mammoth looked harder, he could see the intense hurt in her glassy eyes; almost as if those tumultuous visions of her past were revealing themselves right before him on their own.
Just then, as the moment began to become too long and forward for her to handle, Steffauri took two steps back, earning a slightly surprised and miffed look from her friend.
"I-I'm sorry Mammoth. I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just…When I was a princess back home, I was never allowed to decide things for myself. Never, the clothes I worse, everything I ate or studied, it was all laid out for me on some long, long list of what I'm supposed to do with my life. And yet, I only understand the first and last things on it." Steffauri said, smiling momentarily as she twisted her fingers around the tiny tassel-like front of her whitish blue arm-socks.
"What were they?" Mammoth asked as Steffauri looked into his eyes once more.
"The parts about birth and death. Now that I'm here on Earth, everything's possible. And now, accept for those two things, my life is just a blank slate; I can start over in any way I want to now." Steffauri said hopefully as she looked over to Mammoth, who was seemingly moved by the conversation.
Then, somehow, in the midst of ultimate peril and darkness, the two locked lips and kissed briefly right before their friends in the group, who were just wide eyed in silence.
"Maybe there is hope for love in this world after all." Steffauri thought to herself as she floated back down to the ground and blushed before Mammoth, who was now blushing even redder than she.
Meanwhile, back up in Ammoraye's mansion, officer Hughes and a squad of twelve policemen had showed up and were in the process of casing the house for Ammoraye's body, and her murderer.
"COME ON OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF!" officer Hughes yelled at the top of his lungs as he and some of his men pointed their guns upward at the main staircase as the shadowy, lithe form of Hirra appeared at the center, with Ammoraye's body, still wrapped in the old rug at hand.
With that, the men's guard began to lower slightly.
"Yes, it was me, and if I'm the one your after than here I am, take me if you must." Hirra began as she walked slowly and silently down the stairs and gently lay her (again, former) Mistress' body at the stunned officer's feet.
"Alright book her!" Hughes ordered as two men rushed over to Hirra, one, ordered for a body bag to be brought in, while the other cuffed the uncannily calm woman.
"Oh, but officer, before you go, I must tell you, why I did this." Hirra said quietly as Hughes turned back to face her.
"Spare me your sob story." Hughes replied coldly as he placed his gun back into his holster and began to turn away from her again.
"But please! There are lives of others, CHILDREN! That are in grave danger because of this woman! That, is why I murdered my mistress." Hirra exclaimed all at once as Hughes stopped in his tracks and whirled around.
"Well, where the hell are they?" Hughes cried out as Hirra lowered her head slightly.
"Not in the house, I'm afraid. My Mistress dumped them off in the forest nine days ago, they're still alive, I've been using her monitors to watch over them. However…there was one fatality I know of." Hirra confessed as Hughes un-cuffed her and ordered her to show him where this control room was.
"You see officer Hughes, before you take me, use this, find their locations, and at least spare their lives. Mine, I'm not so concerned about anymore." Hirra said as Hughes nodded once and began to scope out their exact locations.
"Alright, but you're still a murderer, even if your mistress got you into this, don't think you're getting out so easily, understand?" Hughes stated as Hirra nodded with a smile.
"Yes sir, I do." The middle aged woman said almost inaudibly, as she was finally led away by one of Hughes' men.
Hughes then picked up his walkie talkie and radioed to one of his other officers down at HQ. "Alright, we'll need about four choppers out here to evacuate these kids. I've got their exact coordinates programmed so get 'em down here fast!" Hughes finished as he looked out the shaded windows and saw the men out Hirra in the car.
Before she went though, he could've sworn he saw her take a quick glance up at him. As though to say 'It's not over.' Or as if the faded reflections of her mistress' silhouette were forever burned into the glass window panes of the dark room.
And for some reason, after she left, he felt a strange but sudden pang of guilt fall upon him…and he just couldn't figure out why.
One Hour Later…..
Only an hour had passed, and it was mid afternoon.
The two groups were luckily still in the places they'd chosen to stop in, and were refusing to go on any farther.
"Maybe you guys are right." Said Raven's monotone voice from across the way.
As her group turned to face her, they all sighed deeply in agreement and sat back down.
"Well DUH! What do you think I've been saying for the past nine days DIPSHIT?" Jinx cried out as she leapt up from her lounging position on the ground.
Just as the two girls were about to go into a death match, the incandescent sound of whirring propellers close by cut them off.
Everyone's eyes immediately widened and they jumped up without hesitation.
"Oh-my-GOD!" Cy cried out joyously as everyone cheered and signaled for it to come their way.
"Oh, there really is a God!" Kyd Wykkyd cried out as two of the four choppers landed and flattened a couple of trees on the way down.
As packs of about four officers from each one came out to usher them inside, some of them were actually moved to tears or couldn't stop cheering.
In the first chopper, Mammoth and Steffauri wrapped their arms around each other, and shared a more passionate kiss.
While across from them, Jinx wrapped her arms around Gizmo, still trying hard not to do more damage to his right arm.
"Well, well, looks like at least one good thing came out of this ay Steff!" Jinx said teasingly as the two smiled.
Back in Robin's group, tensions were wearing even thinner and Robin was once more, taking his anger out on a poor defenseless tree, while everyone in his group just sat behind him silently, hoping he'd not too soon decide to take it out on them.
Just then, as Robin began to break form hitting it, through his loud panting, the group rose and harkened to the sound of the same propellers that had given Mammoth's group a second chance.
As the choppers began to land, Robin was speechless, and so stunned he faint ed and fell to the ground below.
"OH MY GOD!" Hayley cried out as she practically threw Robin into the first chopper and flew inside after him.
As soon as both groups were inside the choppers, Robin awoke and looked around; he tried blinking about ten times over just to make sure he'd not gone completely insane.
"How, how did you find us?" Robin mused as he stood up, one of the pilot briefly looked back and smiled.
"Let's just say a little birdie told us." The first pilot said as Robin looked over to one of the TV screens on or side of the aircraft.
Playing right now was a news headline, showing Hirra being led into a prison wing.
And just as officer Hughes had previously, as Hirra turned towards the camera, Robin could've sworn he saw that same mischievous glint in her eyes. But this one, was a less sinister kind…this one said 'you did the impossible' and indeed they had.
After nine days of hell…They were finally going home.
AN Time!- YAY! . Thanx 4 all the reviews guys! I hope you liked this chappie as much as I did! ;) Well, sadly guys, after this there is only ONE CHAPPIE LEFT! WAGHHHHH! ;( tears up! I know! It's too soon isn't it? But…YOU HAVE TO READ THE EPILOUGE! After the last chappie there will be an epilogue, which isn't only a review page, it has the FULL SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION TO GIZMO'S BIRTHDAY 2! XD Which is coming in about a week or so, K? Now…REVIEW! Tee-Hee! . No, seriously, review NOW! . Will update soon!
