author: rainyday101
raiting: pg for now but it will most likely be 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: see, i told you i wouldnt abandon the story. still i do feel rather bad about the length of time it took me to update, though in all fairness i do have somewhat of an excuse. basicaly massively pissed me off by taking one of my storys down, so i decided to boycott the site for a while. thankfully im pretty much over that now. it will probably still be a rather long time in between updates, as i have other projects that i am working on. you can thank the new co-author of this story (whose name i do not know, or i would let ya know who it is) for motivating me to get working again.
Jack usualy at least tried to think positivley.
However there were times though that things were to fucked to look for the bright side, this being one of those times. Nobody was even speaking to Lex just glaring at him, as if they hoped that it might kill him if they threw enough dirty looks his way. Ram was unaproachable. He had helped construct the stupid casino, and was clearly taking it to heart that he had let things get so screwed up.
Nobody really blamed him except for himself, he had helped Lex build it simply so the ex-sheriff would be out of the way. When Jack had told him that it was'nt his fault the ex-techno had looked at him like one would to a small child who had just said something completly ridiculus.
Ram seemed incapable of not letting the entire world rest on his shoulders and Jack did'nt know what to do about it. So basicaly they avoided the subject entirely and just worked on ways to fix what Lex had done.
After a couple weeks of 'the avoidance game' as Jack had taken to calling it in his head, things started to boil over. Slade had his hands full keeping Ruby from outright killing Lex, Ebony was furious that Slade was to busy to dote on her, and Ram had taken to snapping viciously at anyone within a ten foot radious. Despite all of this madness, Jack had decided to take on the burden of trying to speak with Lex.
Just as he was about to knock on Lex's door, he heard loud angry voices coming from the other side.
"Do you have any idea of what you've done?" Asked Ram with a glare so intense, that it could probably melt ice.
"But, I-" Lex tried, before Ram cut him off.
"You what, Lex? You decided to show off you stupidity and put us all in danger? You thought that Mega wouldn't notice? Or, maybe you didn't even think about that? " Ram spat at the former sheriff.
"It's not my fault, how the fuck was I supposed to have known that it was Mega's stuff. It's not like I asked my guy where he got the stuff from. He's reliable!" Lex defended himself.
"No, he obviously isn't! And, maybe you should have asked him, so that shit like this doesn't happen." Ram said trying to calm down, because getting worked up probably wasn't the best thing to do in this situation.
"That stupid casino was your idea, and I have no idea why I even helped you, that was such a fucking dumb thing to do." continued Ram, really not succeding in getting any calmer.
"That's right you did construct it, why didn't you notice it was techno parts you used?" Lex snapped, he was not about to get all this shit on him. He just wanted to get a little extra money, and maybe get that necklace one of his guys had shown him. He knew a girl who would really like it, and she was a tough one, so maybe the necklace would help.
He had'nt even considered the possibility that Mega could see everyone that entered the casino. It was'nt exactly a very pressing concern at the time after all.
Just then there was a knock on the door, and Lex petulantly stomped over to open it, shouting 'what!'
Jack took a quick step back in suprise, then walked into the room.
"Since nobody else seems cabable of doing anything but blaming the entire thing on you-"
Lex got a pleased look on his face, as if he thought that this meant that Jack didnt blame him.
Jack quickly amended this statement.
"Not that they have any reason not to of course, but we need to find a solution instead of bickering like children."
"And how exactly do you plan to do that, oh mighty one?"
Jack got a small grin on his face. "Well, I might just have a solution to that."