A/N: Hey world, it's SkatingDJ!:) Wow, I have not been on fanfiction in a while, sorry for the delays:( Anyways, WOW, 9 reviews in 2 chapters! XD Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like the story so far! I sent you all PM's to cover your questions and compliments but I'll jut out some important things (I might do this for all A/N's) here to clarify it for everyone: I put them in all different attires to make it more interesting/appealing and to add to their character. Nick is coming into this chapter(!) OOC but I'm very happy you all enjoy it and it's tolerable, I hope it stays that way! (And maybe less OOC as it goes on...)
Guest Review: Sparky – Glad you like the OOC and that it's believable, that's what I need:) I'll try to make it less OOC as it goes on. And I'm super happy that you like my style for this story! Means a lot, Thanks!:D
Chapter Summary: Nick and Aster are best buddies, Jackson and Red not so much, jobs are assigned (I didn't say to who!), tater tots are troublesome, teeth obsession is a thing, roused up rivalries, a girl fight takes place, and rainbow snowcone sprinkles everywhere! That's right, it's recess!XD
!BTW!: Due to the shocks and my own disliking of Sanderson talking, I changed that... !SANDY CAN'T TALK! I changed it everyone! Yeah, so now he can't talk. Go back to last chapter where Sandy is mentioned and you can find out why. But if not, here it is: His tongue got cut out. And- My goodness I know that people in prison probably cuss their heads off but I am going to avoid that since I believe it's unnecessary for this story. (And I'm not fond of the foul mouthiness lol) And a little bit of Maze Runner and I'm not doing accents:/
Chapter Rating/Warning: T (13+) for slight language and some violence.
Pairing(s): Jack x Tiana (Tooth) & Red (OC) x Glimmer (OC)
Disclaimer(s): (Do I have to say it that I own nothing? No I don't. You know it, I know it, but I'ma do it anyways-) I own nothing; ROTG, cover (I changed it), characters, the scenery, etc. Only the plot AU and OC's.
Enjoy!:)
Chapter 3:
Rivalries at Recess
Jackson had been dying to get out of his cell.
He had only been in there for no more than 24 hours and was already dying of boredom. How was he going to last even a month? Let alone a decade, and for the rest of his life! Jack paced around his cramped cell, kicking the wall, stretching, napping, carving the wall with a stone, anything. He wanted and needed to get out of this prison asap but had trouble forming a plan. It had to be the elite of an elite plan as well. This wasn't any ordinary prison! This was Guantanamo Bay on Cuba! Captive of the worst of the worst. Top high notched guarded 24-7 with the ultimate security. And even if they (he and his new pals) did manage to escape the prison walls, they had a sea to cross to reach freedom. And even then, the Bahamas (the closest thing from Cuba) would be the first place everyone would look. Super.
Tiana had learned to ignore the weird quirks of her handsome cellmate. (Yes, she admitted, he was pretty cute.) She too was like him when she first arrived, but now she had learned to cope. She put up with it as long as he was thinking of a way to get out of here. Sure, the request was quick to come but what else could he/they do? Finally, after three hours of the annoying routine (from eight to eleven in the morning), she had enough.
"Quit making that racket!" Tiana snapped, jolting up from her bottom bunk bed and glaring sharply at the white-haired teen.
Jack huffed, "I'm trying to think of a way to get out of here! And I'm bored out of my mind!" He said as he grasped the metal bars of his cage.
"Well, how on earth are you entirely focusing on getting out of here when you're bored out of your own mind?" Tiana retorted smartly, getting a bit snippy.
Jack rolled his eyes and ground his teeth together in disgust, "Why don't you give me a hand then? I don't see you nor any of my other pals helping to conjure an escape plan! Heck, I don't even know the first thing about the base line of the security here!" He yelled.
Tiana just sat on her bed, frowning. Slightly appalled at the sudden attitude outburst.
Jack shook his head. "Sorry." He said. "I'm just frustrated. I didn't kill those kids and I hate it in here!" He hissed under his breath, shocked when he felt a lump in his throat form. He forced it back down. "Can't imagine how you guys must feel..."
Tiana smiled softly and walked over to Jackson and placed a tender hand on his shoulder. "It's okay, Jackson. I think you actually have a good gist of how it's like. It's a hard-knock life." She sighed as Jack looked up and smiled with her, embracing the sweet moment.
Tiana continued, "Come on, we all have faith in you that we can get out. We all have unfinished business. We'll all work together with this thing. And besides, I think you deserve a break-"
Just when Tiana said it, a bell rang and the doors to all cells opened. Jack's chest fluttered with hope; believing that something or someone hacked into the security system and set them free. But his hope dropped dead when a guard -Aster (with his cocky smirk plastered on his bristly face)- stepped in front of the door and motioned the two cell-breakers to follow.
Lunch time.
~oOo~
Jackson and Tiana were guided to the cafeteria with Aster right behind them.
Jack spotted some other prisoners heading off into a certain section of the building. "Where are they going?" He asked, motioning towards spoken prisoners.
"Oh, they're going to their jobs. But those are only for people who are good and have a chance of getting out, but not you two mates!" Aster cackled.
Tiana's features suddenly became baffled. "Hey, I thought you said I had a chance of leaving!" She cried. Tiana had before mentioned that she had a small shot of leaving and her hopes were really high as she too would help get Jackson and her friends out as well... but now that hope was crushed to a pulp and disposed just like that.
"Ha! Not on your Nellie! You're bloody joking if you think so!" Aster chortled.
Tiana scoffed and blinked in shock as well as Jackson. Not for the sake of himself being one step backwards from leaving, but for Tiana's as well.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Jack snapped.
Aster did not like that statement. His evergreen eyes became slits as his chest expanded. "And why's that, Frost?" He asked calmly, but with utter evilness.
Jack stepped up to Aster, equally as pumped, but his eyes still only met chin level with the man which was slightly intimidating (Aster being 6'1 and Jack only being around 5'11 or even 5'10). Jack pointed an accusing finger at Aster's chest, "You or somebody told Tiana that-"
SMACK!
Jackson stumbled backwards and cradled his cheek where he had just been hit. It wouldn't have hurt as much if Jack had expected it and if Aster wasn't so incredibly buff. But that honestly hurt quite more than it should have for a boy who lived on the streets almost all his life.
"Back off!" Tiana spat in Aster's face who was just about ready to go in for the kill.
Aster licked his lips and resisted the urge to punch Tiana as well. "Alright then. But you, Frostbite-" He pointed at Jackson with burning eyes, "no lunch! I've got my eye on you! And you-" He then shifted his finger and gaze towards Tiana, "if I see your pretty face get in my way again, I swear to the Moon I will not hesitate to punch. Understand?"
Tiana nodded with a solemn yet stern face as Aster began to stomp off, letting off steam. Once he was gone, Tiana spat on the ground. "I won't hesitate to punch either!" She remarked before walking over to Jack.
"I can take care of my own problems." Tiana sneered with her hands on her hips. Jack looked up at her with slightly betrayed blue irises. "I mean; don't do it again. I don't want to see you get hurt." She clarified.
"Thanks." Jack replied and sighed.
Jackson marched over to a table and slumped down on the bench next to it, his cold hand (he was a perpetually cold person) leaning against his jaw and cheek with his elbow pressed on the table. Frostbite? Jack thought about Aster, he's got to be kidding me... Jack warily opened his eyes to see Red and Glimmer ferociously snogging each other while each others hands ran through each others hair; Jack frowned. His eyes wandered over to Sanderson and Flora having a pleasant chat, meaning that Flora was doing all the chatting. He wondered what they were talking about, seemed like an intense conversation of; the nodding (from Sandy)...
"Here, you gotta eat something." Tiana said as a tater tot was shoved in front of Jackson's face. Jack hadn't even notice Tiana sit back down next to him.
Jack held out his hand and caught the little golden ball of food. He sniffed; greasy, but pleasant. He examined it; rough, crispy, warm, a nice golden color- not too brown or uncooked... But, what was it? "Um, what is it?" Jack finally asked.
Tiana had been staring at Jackson with one eyebrow raised. "Is there a bug on it?" She questioned, thinking that Jack couldn't possibly be mentioning the tater tot itself...
"No," Jack huffed, "t-this food!"
"It's a tater tot, Overland. A small fried potato." Tiana said slowly.
"If you happen to call me by my last name, Frost will do. And you don't have to say Jackson all the time, Jack is just fine and dandy!" Jack said cockily before he popped the potato into his mouth.
He chewed. His eyebrows raised as a greasy yet delicious sensation came to his tongue. But- something this good had to have a catch, right? "Not poisonous, right?" Jack questioned, his munching slowing.
"No." Tiana scoffed.
Jack swallowed. "Sorry, I'm just kinda skeptical with eating. Can't trust everything you find in a garbage can, can you?" Jack had some pretty horrific tales of food frenzies back in the day, before the Mysterious Man (his boss) was able to give him enough money to actually get something. But even then...
Tiana smiled softly, feeling a small pang of guilt in her stomach. Being an elite assassin, she had everything paid for her and she lived a very well life. Except of course for her tough back-story but that's something she'd definitely rather not talk about. She lived in a mansion, had a sweet ride, many servants, and had everything paid for. Being paid to kill continuously had it's virtues. Tiana may be sassy and ferocious, but she never had to live the life of a gangster and did have a caring, mature, and soft part in her heart. A true lady was within her, somewhere. Her first days in prison were rough, but she decided to keep that to herself (for now).
Tiana was zoned out completely before she heard the pet-peeve sound of a tongue squeaking against teeth. Her emerald eyes trailed over towards Jack who was trying to get a sliver of potato out between his teeth.
Let's just call it; Tiana's Tooth Thing
Tiana had an obsession with pearly whites. Her own teeth being a perfect set of tops and bottoms. Without second thought, her small hands dove for Jack's mouth as she flicked the piece of food out between his teeth. But, to her lovely surprise, Jack's teeth were beautiful! She kept searching as she stared in awe of his extremely white teeth. They were even whiter than his hair! They sparkled like freshly fallen snow...
Jackson just stared at Tiana in horror. "EEAAUGGHH!" He moaned as loudly as possible and pulled back, clamping his mouth shut. "What was that?"
"Sorry!" Tiana sang with girlish glee, "I have an odd obsession with teeth. Yours are beautiful!" She smiled her own bright, toothy grin.
Jack smirked.
"My code name was, unsurprisingly; Tooth Fairy. Tiana 'Tooth Fairy' Queen." Tiana explained.
"Mine was Winter Spirit. I dyed my hair to match. Jackson 'Winter Spirit' Overland Frost. It's pretty long!" Jack joked.
The two smiled at each other before a slew of guards filed out into the cafeteria and took the prisoners outside; Recess.
~oOo~
Jackson panted heavily and rapidly blinked when the harsh sunlight flooded through his eyes. There was no window in his cell so this was the first time he saw daylight in a while. He looked around; he and many other prisoners were trapped in a barbed-wired, fenced cage. Jack ran up to the fence as close as he dared, seeing that the fence was electrified and the guards would shoot him dead if he got another step closer.
The whole perimeter of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp was a pentagon, the outside surrounded by a maze of electrifying fences, top notch armed guards on field and in guard towers, and the whole jail was shrouded by an unknown forest. And then the dangerous sea. God knows what other methods of guarding this camp used? Mines? A force field beyond the forest? It made Jack's stomach drop. This was impossible! What made his so-called friends have so much faith in him? Had they ever tried to escape just themselves?
"How do we get out of here?" Jack whispered to himself, finding his hope all wash away.
Jackson sighed and bowed his head down he strolled back to the camp. He picked up a cigarette that was on a table and lit a match. He lit the cigar, before inserting it into his mouth, he looked up and saw Tiana in all her perfect glory. Jack then thought about her teeth obsession. As weird and appalling as it was, it still seemed to have a fitting part of her. Jack looked down at his cigarette and frowned. Smoking was bad for your lungs and health and general... and teeth. Besides, Jack wasn't addicted full on to smoking, he did it occasionally to look tough. So quitting for reasons (Tiana, cough-) won't be that hard, starting; now. Jack threw the cigar on the ground and squashed it to a pulp. (Anyways, having a heart attack from smoking is not how Jackson wanted to go.)
Jack finally slumped down on the bench and smiled warmly, his dreamy eyes watching Tiana. Tiana was hanging around a couple other guys... suddenly, a surge of heat coursed through Jack's chest as his heart-rate sped up. Jack soothed himself down and remembered to breath. What was that feeling? No- it couldn't be; jealousy? Fine, Jack had to admit that he had a small (maybe medium) crush on his cellmate but he had no reason to get defensive about her around other guys! He barely even knew her for a day yet! But he did know that she was damn hot and had a heart... and-
"So, are we now calling the newbie here Pretty Boy? That was fast!"
Jack blinked out of his daydreaming as he faced the voice and blushed madly to his utter humiliation.
Red, and Glimmer and Flora.
Glimmer snorted with a smirk, "Aw, he's so cute and skinny and weak!" She teased as her little sister (Flora) cracked her knuckles.
Jack stood up and furrowed his brows, his hands balling up into fists.
Red whistled, grabbing the courts attention before returning his smirk to Jack. "You wanna pick a fight, do ya?"
Jack winced, realizing what he had gotten himself into. Along with tattoos and piercings, Red had some bulk to him.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Came the chorus of cheers from the prisoners. The prisoners then began to move around in a circle, creating a barricade.
Jack couldn't back away now.
"Try to last more than five seconds without me kicking your ass out of the reign." Red sneered. "Ready?" He huffed.
Jack curtly nodded.
Red plowed headfirst into Jackson as Jack stumbled backwards into the crowd who just pushed him back in. Jack didn't have any time to recover before he was punched in the gut and kicked in the back and onto the ground. He earned another kick in the ribs before Red backed off. Glimmer and Flora snickered and giggled like sister gossip. Sanderson just stared. Tiana wanted to jump in and help but she stayed put. The other prisoners rooted for Jackson to get up.
"Get up, Pretty Boy! That was just a warm up!" Red hollered.
Jackson gritted his teeth and jumped up, brushing the dust off of his jumper. "Stop calling me Pretty Boy." He addressed. Seriously, it was getting on his nerve and it was very embarrassing.
The crowd 'oohed' as Red smirked. "Well, what about Chicken?"
Great. Jack fought down the blush and tried to block out the laughter. Jack charged at Red, aiming for his stomach. Red tanked the hit and kneed Jack where ever he could hit him, which ended up being his collarbone. Jack released his grip and threw a punch and hit Red square in the jaw. He threw another one, Red blocked it and twisted Jack's arm just enough so it hurt (nothing serious). Jack took this opportunity to throw another punch with his other arm which landed on it's target.
After some hustling, karate punching and kicking, and cursing, Jack finally manage to push Red on the ground.
"How's that for a Chi-" Jack's sentence was cut off short when Red unexpectedly broom-sweeped him.
Jack fell hard on his back, his head hitting the ground. Red straddled over him and began punching him like there was no tomorrow. Jack accepted the worst was ready to wait it out when something threw Red off of him. Jack scrambled to the side to catch his breath when he saw Tiana giving Red a piece of her mind.
Just when Tiana was about to finish things off, Glimmer came to her boyfriend's rescue.
"Get away from him, Tiana!" Glimmer threatened.
"You don't tell me what to do... slut." Tiana growled, muttering out the last word.
"Bitch." Glimmer said right before she went in for an attack.
Glimmer was feisty and could give powerful slaps and kicks (skills honed from her work), Jack would give her that, but Tiana was the queen. She was a seasoned assassin after all. She was the definition of martial arts. Swift as hell punches, karate kicks, slaps, and cool dodges and even back flips that easily took down her rival while dazzling the crowd (Jack guessed by now that Glimmer and Tiana fought quite a bit and were enemies) and won her the cat fight. Jack did not want to see what Tiana could actually do with a weapon... (or did he? Wink!)
"Hey! Break it up!"
Tiana gave one last shove at Glimmer before the two were separated. Aster took a hold of Glimmer and set her on a bench while another man (who was the one who hollered) shoved Tiana back into the crowd.
The other man was huge. A mammoth, taller than Aster, and much more chunky too... although most of it was fat. Jackson raised an eyebrow, how old was this guy? In his sixties? (What was he doing here?) He had a white beard, thick brown eyebrows, and red face. Big boots that matched a thick belt which held up a pistol and his pants. Over his black T shirt was a thick dull red fur coat. The nameplate read, "Nick" and the badge read, "Head Guard."
"Shoo shoo, you wild haired showoff." Nick ordered in a gruff voice, which was noticeably Russian.
Tiana snorted and wrestled out of Nick's grasp before defiantly stomping off into the crowd, giving a last hurrah with the flourish of her multicolored hair.
"Good show, Nick." Aster smirked and patted the man on the back.
"Same to you, old friend." Nick commented as the two began to head back to the camp, their arms hanging over each others shoulders as they wore big grins on their faces.
The relationship made Jackson chuckle and gag at the same time.
"You should have seen those two back in the day." Tiana smirked as she stood next to Jackson with Sandy by her side. "Aster... oh, that was an embarrassing time! He was so goofy, wore glasses, and he wasn't all that hardcore! Nick was your typical drunk Russian and was a very ravish person, surprisingly." Tiana stifled a giggle while Sandy did a silent chuckle that honestly looked nice.
"Um, are you not tired?" Jack asked with astonishment as Tiana was not out of breath the least bit from her duel.
"Hell no, that was child's play." Tiana smiled.
"But damn, what's up with those three?" Jack asked, not needing to indicate who the three were.
"Like I said Jackson, we all have our stories. All to be revealed with time." Tiana said as Sandy nodded with her.
A horn blew and the prisoners were hustled back to their cages.
Tiana lied down on the bed, preparing for a nap while Jack sat on the top bunker, pondering the impossible escape.
"By the way, Jackson, a plan is forming, we'll be out in no time."
This sparked a smile on Jack's face. He wanted to ask more but he didn't push it for now. He simply corrected, "Call me Jack."
"Okay, Jack." Tiana replied softly before drifting off to sleep.
Jackson lied down on his bed and shut his eyes, a content emotion resting on his face.
There you have it everyone. I know not much happened, just some filler stuff to get to know everyone. More action will be happening. As you can see, I'm trying to fit everyone to their true personalities. Anyways, I hope you liked the chapter and again, sorry for the delay.
Remember, Sandy cannot talk (his tongue got cut out)! And from now on, I'm just going to write 'Jack' instead of 'Jackson' and 'Sanderson' just 'Sandy' from here on out. By the way, if you have any information on prison or whatever, please let me know:) PLEASE leave a review and tell me what you think!;) Till next time, Peace!
-SkatingDJ