Disclaimer note: I don't own anything. I love the characters, point blank. I might bash Te'a sometimes and if you don't like it, don't read it. Not a big fan of Te'a. Point blank.
"On the phone"
'Memory'
"They've been out every night, tearing Domino up to find out information of those guys Nat!" Isis whined through the phone.
"They're boys and that's their brother!"
"It's my brother too and I want to get back, but in a sensible, legal manner." Isis said.
"They're men! They don't speak out language!" Isis laughed.
"Well they need to start!" She looked around the house and rubbed her shoulders. Seto left the day after they had found Marik…it was Saturday evening and they had buried Marik on Thursday. She shivered as the door burst open.
"ISIS!"
"Nat, I'll call you back." Isis hung up the phone and ran into the living room. "What? What's happening?" Malik grinned widely as Orion sat on the couch and spread out a bunch of photos and papers.
"What the crap is this?" Isis said picking up a picture of three men.
"These are the guys who killed Marik." Isis observed their face. Their jaw lines were sharp and they wore sunglasses. The one in the middle had a small goatee and the rest were cleaned shaved.
"Why are you so happy you took pictures of th-" She head the swift clicking of metal and she turned to her brothers. They had pulled out different sized guns and were loading them.
"Oh my goodness, Malik, Orion, NO!"
"Oh Isis, yes!"
"Blood for blood!" Orion said waving his gun in the air and Malik slapped it down.
"Be careful with that thing! It's loaded!"
"It's on safety fool!" Orion shot at the ground and a bullet came out. They all jumped and Malik glared at Orion who sheepishly put the safety on.
"Now it is."
"Blood for Blood is not the way to go about this! Let the police handle it!"
"What, put them in jail for 10 years and then let them out on "good behavior? Hell no! Marik will never breathe air again! I'm not letting them do that either." They both stood up to leave and Isis stood in front of them.
"I'm going with you!"
"What? NO! It's too dangerous! I don't need to loose another sibling!"
"And what about your own lives?"
"We'll be fine!" Orion said pushing Malik towards the door and Isis pushed them back.
"I said I'm GOING!" They cringed and nodded.
"Fine."
Car
Malik sped dangerously in the dark streets of domino. Orion passed Isis a gun and she put her hands up.
"I will not have my prints on a murder weapon."
"You're such a punk." Orion said and threw it on the seat beside her. They pulled into a parking lot with a big, pink, neon sign with a lady in sexy underwear, a cowboy hat and boots on a pole.
"Why are we here?"
"This is where they are!" They jumped out the car and put the guns in their pants.
"Stay here!"
"As if I wanted to go anywhere." They rolled their eyes and stalked into club. Isis shifted uncomfortably on the tan leather seats in anticipation.
"Hey sexy!" She jumped as she turned her eyes from the club to fix her eyes on the dimming parking lot. A group of about 5 women that almost looked like men stood in front of the car waving at her in skimpy clothing.
"Oh….my…goodness." They started approaching the car and Isis lifted her eyes towards the sky.
"Oh Gracious Father, please make them go away!"
Club
Orion and Malik walked in the club quietly and observed their surroundings. Three men in black and blue sat at a round table in the middle of the club and Orion bumped Malik's arm and nudged his head towards him. Malik nodded and they both grimly pulled out their guns and started shooting.
Car
The people that were hanging on Malik's car as they looked towards the club.
"Where those gun shots?" People poured out of the club and Isis sat up in the seat.
"Orion and Malik come on!" She whispered and closed her eyes. 'Dear Lord, please help everything to be ok!'
"Get the flip away from my sister you bastards!" The people scattered back as Malik jerked open the door.
"Don't you ever flippin touch my car again!"
"Oooo, I like feisty men."
"Too bad I'm not into transsexuals." Malik sped off.
Club
One of the men held a dead member in his lap as the other looked around the club.
"Who were they? I saw blonde hair! One that looked exactly like that one dude we buried the other day." The man on the floor cradled the dead member in his lap, scowling.
"Now it's personal."
Car
"Oh my goodness you guys are insane!" Isis said, freaking out as they told her what happened.
"You actually killed someone!"
"You act as if Marik and I didn't do it all the time."
"But this is different, I mean these people can actually hur-" A car rear-ended their car and Isis hit her head on the back of the seat.
"What the flying flip!" Malik yelled and looked in the rearview mirror.
"When are you going to learn how to stop jinxing people?!" Malik said and Orion looked back as Isis sat up holding her head.
"What do you mean?"
"Their right behind-" A bullet flew through the back window, shattering the glass. Isis screamed and Malik pushed her down on the seat.
"LAY DOWN!" Orion turned around in his seat and started shooting his machine gun.
"They killed my brother, they messed up the back in of my car, they broke my back window, and now shooting at us, that ain't COOL MAN!" Malik floored the gas, trying to get away as the car kept ramming into their back end. Orion reloaded his gun and shot a couple of more rounds. The car swerved and turned off the road. Orion turned around cautiously as Isis slowly sat up, tears in her eyes.
"You guys! I told you; this is why we should've just let the law handle it!" They stopped at a stoplight and Malik sighed.
"Stop your whining; you're still alive aren't you." Malik started to pull off as Isis shook her head and looked to her right, just in time to see bright headlights heading straight for the car.
"MALIK LOOK OUT!" The car crashed into the side of their car, full speed. The windows shattered with the impact and began rolling down a slope on the other edge. It finally landed on the hood as a small fire started at the engine. The two men jumped out the car and peered over the slope.
"Now what ya'll think about us?! We're victorious!" They laughed as Isis weakly opened her eyes. Everything was topsy-turvy. She shifted in the broken glass as her nose took in the scent of gas and the sound of the car screeching off. She soon realized she was upside down and she struggled to turn around to see her brothers. Once she turned, she froze in place. They hung there, almost lifelessly, blood streaming down their faces and hands.
"MALIK! ORION!" She screeched as tears pooled from her eyes. "HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE!" She sobbed. "Help us Lord…"
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"Their conscious. That's a good thing. Their on IV's and they pain killers. Malik has a broken rib cage that pierced his lung, which we fixed, and we are doing more CAT scans to see what else we can find. Orion on the other hand suffered some brain trauma in the car crash and has 4 broken ribcages, which we have fixed." Isis stared pass the nurse into the big, bright, white room where her brother's lay.
"May I go see them?"
"Of course." Natalie helped Isis up and they trudged in the room. Isis had a swollen lip, four stitches in her forehead, minor scrapes and bruises, and her right arm was in a brace. They hurt like crap, but she didn't complain considering the pain Malik and Orion were in.
"Malik? Orion?" They looked at her and Malik swallowed hard.
"Isis, Natalie, get out of here." They stared at him shocked.
"Excuse me?" Natalie trying to get it.
"I don't' want you two to see me, us like this." Isis rolled her eyes.
"Stop being a diva!" Orion grabbed her arm and she looked at him confused.
"He's not playing." Isis slipped her hand from Orion's gripped and backed away.
"Orion! Malik! I don't want to leave you guys!"
"Just go Isis. You can visit tomorrow." Malik sighed, and shifted.
"Where am I supposed to stay? I can't stay home by myself."
"You can stay with me." Natalie said quietly and Isis sighed as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"We'll be fine." Malik said running his finger gently over her cheek and Isis smiled.
"Ok."
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"So what did he say?" Natalie said, braiding Isis' hair. They sat in Natalie big room full of blue and orange bean bag chairs and a big water bed.
"He asked if I was ok and if my brothers were ok. He said that he wouldn't be able to fly in just yet. He hopes that everything is ok."
"Just like a bastard." Natalie said, braiding the last strand of hair. "How come you never want corn rolls?"
"I do not look good with those!" Isis said looking in a mirror at her hair. The braids flowed down her back and pooled over her shoulders and at the end were decorated with golden beads. She picked up a cinnamon roll and bit into it.
"So has Mr. Wheeler called you?"
"Not yet." The phone rang and they both looked at it.
"You're such a jinx!" Natalie said joking as Isis placed her hand on her temple. 'When are you going to learn how to stop jinxing people?!'
"Please don't call me that." Natalie picked up the phone.
"Hello?...Hold on. What's wrong with Jinx?"
"It just seems like every time somebody calls me that, something bad happens." Natalie caught on and nodded
"Hello, yeah………. I'm fine and you?... Hah! She's just won't lay off will she?" Isis curiously looked at her as Natalie smiled widely. Isis smirked at her and she turned her back on her.
"Stop that!...What?...I do live by myself. Isis came up beside her smiling and Natalie turned again, trying to suppress her laugh. "Who's here? Isis."
"Who is it?!" Isis whispered excitedly and Natalie rolled her eyes.
"No Joey we're NOT having a sleep over!" Natalie put her hand over the speaker on the phone. "Happy now?"
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"See I told you we would be ok!" Malik said as Isis sat in a chair next to him and Orion. Malik sat up in his bed and happily munching on his food.
"Yeah, like three days later!"
"But this food is awful." Malik said, his mouth full and Orion laughed.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too." Malik rolled his eyes.
"I so don't get that. Why the hell would I want a piece of cake I can't eat?" Isis laughed.
"So when did the doctors say you guys were getting out?"
"Gosh you make it sound like prison!" Orion said rolling his eyes.
"This IS prison." Malik said sighing and Isis laughed again.
"It's not bad. Getting pampered everyday is sort of nice." Malik threw an extra pillow at him.
"All you do is sit on your butt all day! I'm dying for a home cooked meal. Next time you wanna bring a brother a piece of chicken?" Isis nodded and smiled.
"Well I have to be going; I'll visit you all in the morning."
"Sure thing!"
Nat's
"I'm leaving today, didn't I tell you that?" Natalie said as she ran around her room packing.
"No, you forgot that little detail." Isis said frowning and Natalie sighed.
"Isis, babes, I'm sorry! I'd stay, but I can't! This is a biology trip and I cannot miss it! Especially after I already paid for it."
"I-I can't stay alone!" Natalie stopped pack and embraced her timid friend.
"You are a lot braver than you think. Your brothers are fine and those men that killed Marik are in jail. You have no reason to worry." Isis nodded and sighed.
"You are going to be in the outback, Seto's in China. I don't know what I'ma do with myself." She said sighing and Natalie smiled reassuringly.
"You'll be fine."
Next Day
Isis scurried from her house. She was running late and had to get to school in a hurry. 'Last night wasn't so bad' She smiled feeling accomplished as she looked at her watch.
"I do not have time to go to the hospital." She bit her lip and then started the car.
"They'll understand." She sped out of the driveway and down the street to her school.
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"Hey Isis." Isis raised a brow as she looked into big bright brown eyes.
"Joey?"
"The one and only." Joey said holding up the peace sign and Isis scoffed.
"There's one there, there, and there." Joey waved his hands around and sat down at the table with her.
"You know what I mean!" Isis laughed as he started eating.
"So what graces me today with this friendly small talk?"
"Nat called me yesterday. She told me she was leaving and told me to watch over you." Isis looked down at her plate.
"SO you're talking to me because the girl you like told you to." Joey sighed.
"Look, that's not me anymore, aight? That was the stupid me when I was with Mai." Isis smiled and went back to writing. "In plus, when you knocked Te'a flat on her back, I couldn't help but think you were awesome." Isis blushed slightly as Te'a passed.
"Some friend and girlfriend you are Isis! Cheating on poor Seto and messing with your best friend's man! What a slut!" Mai passed by too.
"I agree. I didn't know you were that type of person." They turned their backs as Isis gripped her fork and Isis placed a hand on hers.
"Don't worry, I got you." He stood up and threw a handful of mashed potatoes at them and it splatter across their shirts. They turned slowly as Isis chucked a handful of green beans at them. Joey's jaw dropped.
"Umm….FOOD FIGHT!" Food starting flying around the room and Joey grabbed Isis wrist and smiled.
"Let's get out of here." He pulled her out of the cafeteria and down the hall.
"You're insane!!" Joey said laughing and Isis smiled.
"You're not too sane yourself buddy."
Here you got some, Mac and cheese." He pulled a limp noodle from her hair and she laughed.
"You got some, ewww! Mystery meat?" She knocked the slimy looking food form his shoulder and he looked into her eyes.
"Seto's lucky to have you." Isis nodded.
"And you're lucky to have Natalie." Joey smiled and then looked down the hall as the swinging door of the cafeteria swung open.
"Let's get out of here!"
After school
"Well I'll see you around! It was great hanging with you!" Joey said as he walked to his car on the other side of the building. Isis sighed contently as she hopped into her car and leant her head on the back of seat.
"Today has been a great day." She looked to her right as the sun was moving across the sky and flashed a beaming light. Isis jumped forward, gripping the wheel.
"Malik and Orion!" She strapped herself in and raced off to the hospital. Mr. Gordon, her 1stperiod teacher watched her raced off and held his head.
"What have I done?"