Author: rainyday101
Rating: pg for now but it will most likely pg13 later on
Disclaimer: besides my cd collection, and my cat nos, I own nothing. This includes the Tribe and evrything affiliated with it.
Summary: while working on a project together jack starts to rethink his opinion of ram (ramjack) SLASH
a/n:look i know that its been forever since i updated and im sure that nobodys even reading this anymore. my internet got shut off for like a month and then my grandmother went in the hospital and then my stepmom went in the hospital and everything has just been very very hectic and to top it all off im going to be moving again soon. i promise to anyone still reading that i will NOT abandon this story, i love it way to much for that, just with how hectic things are i really cant offer any assurances on how long it will be between chapters. sorry. no really though, sorry. okaqy that was the longest authors notes ever so heres the (short) chapter which is mostly a bridge to get us ready for all my big evil plot ideas
chapter 12: It had been a week since Ellie had died, and Jack was almost ashamed of how well everything was going until he remembered that Ellie was the type of person who would of been furious if things HAD'NT been going great.
She had always believed that you only had so long to live, so you might as well make the most of it.
Him and Ram had made a lot of progress with thier plan. They had'nt really told anyone else the details yet, prefering to wait until everything was set up.
And Ram had kissed him in public.
Granted it had been a bit awkward, since Lex had cracked jokes about them non-stop afterwards, but still, Jack knew that it was Rams way of showing him that he had meant what he said. Hesitant as he had been to say it, Ram had not taken his wanting them to be an actual 'couple' back.
Ruby of course, thought that it was the sweetest thing since the invention of valentines day, and wasnt shy about saying so. Jack felt like telling her about the valentines day massacare just to get her to be quiet, but figured that at least this was fairly innocent.
After all if he made Ruby mad, he would'nt put it past her to do something truly evil.
Like start barging into his room at five'o'clock in the morning hoping to catch him and Ram sleeping together, which she had actualy done before.
Ved had pretty much left him alone since thier strange talk. Jack still was'nt quite sure what to make of it, but had come to the conclusion that leaving it alone was probably the best option.
Best of all, Mega while not exactly being a model citizen had'nt been doing anything to bad. Jack was'nt stupid enough to think that, that meant Mega was out of the game though. In fact if one were being pessimistic, it might even be viewed as a bad sign. After all if he was keeping quiet that meant that he was either working on something really big or truly awful.
Or both.
When Jack told Ram about this theory, the former techno had'nt said anything just tensed his jaw and typed faster. Things were very tense, and Jack figured that it was probably somewhat of a good thing that people had thier little everyday melodramas to worry about.
After all focusing on the fact that Lex was pulling yet another scam was easier then thinking about the bigger problems.
There had been a few more unproductive meetings, usualy ending with Ebony storming off, yelling loudly about doing things herself, closely followed by Slade running after her in an attempt to talk some sense into her.
Jack was shook out of his thoughts when Daryn knocked on his door and then barged in without waiting for a response.
"Rubys about to kill Lex!"
"What?"
"Seriously, she took the bat down and everything, hurry!" Jack ran out his room, following Daryn down to the parlor where Ruby was indeed standing over Lex holding a bat and yelling at him.
"How could you Lex! Do you have any idea just how badly you fucked up this time?"
Jack hurried over to her. "Ruby what's going on?"
She shot him a quick look before turning her full attention back on Lex. Jack thought she was'nt going to answer him at first and started to repeat the question before Ruby interupted him.
"Lex,"
She said the name as if it tasted particularly fowl.
"Lex in all of his idiocy has alerted Mega of the fact that we have more then one known fugitive living here."
"What?"
"Ruby, come on you can't possibaly blame me-"
Ruby cut Lex off with a glare fierce enough to melt steel.
"Of course I can blame you, you're the one who came up with this idiotic 'virtual casino idea'. This is entirely YOUR fault Lex."
Now Jack was really confused.
"Huh?" He asked eloquently.
Ruby threw the bat down, kicked Lex in the shin, and grabbed Jacks elbow steering him towards her room.
"Come on, i'll explain everything." She said, throwing one last glare Lex's way.
Jack silently followed not wanting to upset Ruby even more. When they got to her bedroom she slammed the door shut stomping over to her bed and motioning angrily for jack to sit down as well.
When he had situatated himself on the bed Ruby immediatly started ranting. "That moronic sad excuse for a human being down there, failed to check out his software before putting it into use. Apparently some of the parts that he used to build it belonged to the technos, and therefore are linked directly to MEGA!"
The last word was screamed and Ruby seemed to be just getting started.
But by now Jack understood where she was going with this and had half a mind to go downstairs and kill Lex himself.
"So assuming Mega has found out that someone else is using his software which i'm sure he has, he'll be able to know everyone that go's into the casino."
Christ this is very very bad.