I Own nothing sourced from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
Carey reached into her bag and pulled out a file, it contained the information Max wanted, or at least the information she thought she wanted.
"Here you go Max, it's up to you if you want to know why this happened, I don't want to know, do you really think it will change anything?" Carey said in a mothering tone to the upset Max
"I don't know, but I don't think I can move on from Tapeworm's death until I know why those sick bastards took him from me" Max replied, her tone didn't reveal much about what she was feeling at the time, how could it, nothing could really describe it, a mixture of wonder and of sadness, and with a desire for something or someone to blame added into the mixture.
"Does anyone else want to know what it says?" Max asked of everyone assembled
"Know what what says?" Asked Marion Moesby who had just entered the room
"Oh Hi Mr. Moesby" Zack began "Max is going to read Mr. Tipton's report on why the bombing happened, she was asking if anyone else wants to know" he finished, all around the room the looks on people's faces revealed their inner conflict, weather they wanted to know versus the pain of knowing.
"I'll look" Cody piped up, the first person to do so, he decided in his mind that if he knew why London had been killed he might have something else to focus on, he could focus on anger, rather than the horrible wrenching pain which consumed his every moment.
"Cody, why do you want to know? What good could come from it" Carey asked of her son
"For the same reason as Max, I don't think I can start to get over it until I know" Cody replied in his now usual nonchalant tone of speech which aptly conveyed his depression
"Cody, anger isn't a good thing, what else except that can come from knowing" Barbara pleaded with her Ex boyfriend to reconsider, she still cared for him greatly and she couldn't see any good that could come from knowing.
"Well, Cody, if you're going to look, then I will as well" Zack added to the conversation, Carey's expression showed she strongly disapproved of her boys seeing it, but she accepted that she should let them make the choice for themselves.
"Why Zack? You don't have to just because I want to" Cody said, his voice had a bit of an edge to it, as if he was angry at Zack for something
"That's not why Cody, why are you getting angry at me?" Zack snapped back
"I don't need to be babied, that goes for all of you" Cody icily replied back, it was a tense situation in the room. Zack knew he had to read the report, he was worried how Cody would react when it inevitably transformed his depression into anger, and if he didn't read the report himself Zack didn't know how he could help Cody.
Bob and Barbara were the only ones in the room who hadn't lost someone close in the explosion, they were therefore the most objective ones, but in their minds they didn't see the need to know why, there was nothing which could excuse the behaviour, nothing at all, and knowing wasn't useful.
"Zack, Cody, Max, do you really want to know?" Barbara pleaded with the, she could still be logical, she didn't want to see hate and anger destroy anyone, but it seemed their minds were made up.
"We're going to read it, our mind's are made up" Cody spoke for Himself, Zack and Max.
"Mr. Moesby, Dad, what about you?" Cody asked of the two silent men
"I don't need to know Codster, I don't think you do either" Kurt replied, Cody ignored him, full of frustration at the constant attempts to change his mind.
"I have my own Copy from Mr. Tipton, I haven't brought myself to open it yet, I don't want to have my memories of London clouded by anger" Mr. Moesby replied, it was the first thing Cody had been told that started to make him think again about reading the report, but his mind was made up, he wasn't going to back out now, Cody wanted something, anything to replace the feelings of depression, and at that moment, anger seemed like as good a thing as any.
"OK, is there somewhere we can go to read this then?" Max asked
"Yes, why don't you all go to the ward lounge" Carey said, as she reluctantly helped Zack and Cody out of bed, with Max handing Cody his crutches. Zack seemed to be the most reluctant of the three leaving the room, he wanted to be able to help Cody, he didn't really want to know why the bombing had happened.
Zack, Cody and Max made their way into a small lounge in the hospital ward where Zack and Cody were staying. the room wasn't particularly remarkable, it had tables, chairs, and a sofa with TV along with various kitchen appliances. Zack, Cody and Max sat down around the table in the middle of the empty lounge, Max opened up the file, the file contained various documents and pictures, along with a DVD. Max placed the main document, the summary, in the middle of the table and, even though it was hard, all three began to read:
FBI initial investigation summary into the Bombing of the Malton Mall Cinema in Boston, Massachusetts. Initial investigations suggest that the bombing was the action of a group calling themselves the 'people's conscience' a domestic terrorist group which is believed to be connected to the mall bombing in Arizona earlier this week. More information about the group is contained in this file.
Zack, Cody and Max all looked at each other; they knew their villain, the one who had caused so much pain, who had ruined all their lives.
"The people's conscience, never heard of them" Zack commented
"Neither, those fucking evil bastards, I hate them all, I swear to god I'll kill them all" Cody yelled angrily, Zack put his arm around Cody and tried to calm him down. Max was angry at the people she now knew had taken Tapeworm, but she wasn't content to have a group to villain-ise, she wanted to know the motive, and she wanted a face to hate. Max looked through the file for more information on the Peoples Conscience and found what she was looking for:
The people's conscience was founded in 2002 by a Jason William Adams, a native of Tennessee, the group was not considered a major risk prior to the bombings of this week, and are now considered the main suspects and investigations are underway to gather substantial evidence in order to make arrests. The groups motive for the bombings are believed through our investigations to be attempts to destabilise the government of the united states in order to perpetrate a revolution, the group disagrees with the United State's acceptance of certain ethnic, religious and social groups.
Accompanying the information was a picture of Jason William Adams, he didn't look a particularly evil man, he seemed very…normal, nothing out of the ordinary, but seeing him built up a white hot rage inside Zack, Cody and Max, he was the source, the villain.
"I'll kill that bastard!" Cody screamed so loud, Zack couldn't calm him down, Max continuted to say nothing; she let the rage build up inside her as it was building inside of Cody.
"Cody, please, you don't want hate, hate will bring you no good, remember London and remember Tapeworm as your friends, this bastard has already caused so much pain" Zack's words appealed to Cody's logical mind, he knew it was the right path, to not hate, to try and remember London, and Max knew the same thing too, but Hate was an easier emotion to deal with.
"Please Cody" Zack continuted, eventually the words broke through Cody's wall and he hugged his brother and just cried.
"Can I have a minute with Max please Zack" Cody asked after a moment of hugs.
"Sure" Zack said as he gingerly moved toward the door
"Thank you" Cody said smiling at his brother as Zack left the room.
"How are you doing Max?" Cody asked her, she had been silent since reading the file
"I don't know, I'm so angry, but it doesn't stop me missing him, I though it would help, but it just didn't, I can't believe I'll never see him again" Max opened up to her friend, she was hurting so much, Cody realised something in that minute, maybe, just maybe, he had found someone who was going through something like him.
"Max…were you in love with Tapeworm?" Cody shyly asked
Max couldn't handle keeping her feelings stuffed away anymore "Yes, Cody, I was, and I never got the chance to say it" Max wept out.
"I was in love with London, I never got to tell her either" Cody said, he had finally found someone who could have some understanding of what he was feeling, it felt oddly liberating. Max looked into Cody's eyes and saw his vulnerable face, hurt so deep from the events, she was vulnerable too, hurt so much, they were too wounded souls, who felt like no one else in the world could understand them. It suddenly happened, Max and Cody found their lips locked together and their arms around each other, liberated for a moment from their feelings…
Well there we go, there's some drama, thought I'd throw that in, maybe generate some comments from the fans! Hope I'm not turning it too much into a soap opera, I'll say I completely made up People's conscience, even though I know groups like that do exist (and I 1000000000% do not condone their violent actions). I hope your enjoying the story, keep reading, keep reviewing and yeah. More to come soon.