Title: Mother Knows Best
Summary: Hey my name is Amy Bertrand and this is the story of the one time I didn't listen to me mother and the consequences were dire, draconian even.
Author: Mental Merc with a Mouth
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Amy Bertrand, Sheena Thompson, Jennifer Zelos, Stephanie Stone
Word Count: 1,199
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Language
"I suppose your all wondering what you're doing here" the Stryker man tells us, in this official military tone. He's giving us a smile that I think is supposed to make us feel better, but instead it makes him look like a rapist which you guessed freaks us out even more.
"You bet your sweet ass we are" Sheena spat angrily
"Well" The Stryker guy continues as though Sheena hasn't said anything "You're all here because you're a threat to yourself and those around you.
"Like hell we are, I don't give a shit about what you say. Just let me fucking go" Sheena yells angrily struggling against the binds that she's wearing "I'll fucking kill you if you don't let me go" she's screaming even more obscenities at Stryker and he looks as though he's had enough.
"I suppose, I'll have to come back later when you have a calmed down" Stryker says and he leaves with the rest of the guys that brought us here in the first place.
I watch them all go rage swelling at the pit of my stomach. This guy was the reason we were here in the first place and we were just about to get answers as to what was going on only we couldn't because Sheena didn't know how to control herself. "You idiot" I hiss angrily at her.
"Excuse me" she said facing me
"You heard me" I hiss at her "Maybe insulting the guy who orchestrated this whole kidnapping thing in the first place isn't the smartest thing to do in this situation" I yell at her and damn I must have been pissed because I used a word like orchestrated and I only used big words when I was angry. "Now I'm never going to know why they're going to kill me, they're just going to kill us. Oh my god, I'm going to die! I'm only fifteen years old, I can't die! I just started the tenth grade; I'm too young to die! I haven't even had sex yet! Oh my God I'm going to die a virgin! I don't want to die a virgin! I haven't even done anything illegal yet! I've never gotten wasted or high nor had a boyfriend! I've never got to cheat on said boyfriend that I don't have yet because I've never had one!" I cried out loudly; suffice to say I was freaking out.
"You want a boyfriend just so you can cheat on him" Sheena asked confused
"I don't know I'm a fifteen year old girl, isn't that what I'm supposed to do with a boyfriend!?! My sister cheats on her boyfriend and my best friend Layla had loads of boyfriends and she's cheated on all of them! The only thing I've ever cheated on was a math test in the fifth grade! I was only ten I didn't know what I was doing, and afterwards I felt so guilty I had to tell the teacher!" I confessed. I had no idea why I was admitting all these things I was scared and tired and I just wanted to go home.
"You need to calm down" Sheena says and she almost looks amused
"Calm down! Calm down! You want me to calm down!" I screeched
"Um yeah" Sheena looks scared now like she probably shouldn't have told me to calm down in the first place, and she shouldn't have anyways.
"Shut-Up don't tell me what to do" I yell at her
Sheena stared at me for a long moment; I didn't say anything I was to on edge. My head darted around quickly I was trying to look for a way out. Then the next thing I knew Sheena had slapped me hard on the cheek.
"You hit me" I screamed "Why would you hit me?"
Sheena shrugs her shoulder "I dunno it works in the movies"
I was ready to start screaming at her again, when I realized that I didn't feel like yelling anymore. All I really wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry, which wasn't much of an improvement.
"Look do you want to get out of here or what?" she whispered softly
"How are we supposed to do that?" I asked
"Just follow me" Slowly she reached up and pulled a bobby-pin from out of her hair and used it to unlock the shackles around her hands and feet. Holy crap, I thought that kind of stuff only worked in the movies, what other things were the movies right about? She leaned forward and undid mine too. She turned to unlock the other girls too but she only started to freak out, so Sheena turned away from her.
"C'mon" she whispered walking towards the door.
"What about her" I asked but Sheena didn't say anything she just waved her hand towards the door "We can't just leave her here" I hissed at Sheena
She sighs exasperated "Will come back later with help"
"Fine" I agree begrudgingly and we both made our way to the door. But before we could do anything the door slams open and we both jump about a mile in the air. In walks this girl no bigger than us and maybe it's because of her size of how nonthreatening she looks or maybe it's because we were caught by surprise, but for whatever reason we don't try to run. We don't try to do anything but stand there.
"Hey" she says in a soft voice as though trying to soothe an angry dog "You guys okay" she holds her hands up to show she doesn't mean any harm.
We still don't say anything.
"My name is Stephanie, Stephanie Stone, you can call me Emmy" she tells us
"That doesn't make any sense" I blurted out before I could stop myself
"What?" she asks as confused as Sheena looks.
"If your name is Stephanie why is your nickname Emmy" I ask
She shrugs "Dunno really just what people call me" she says
And then all of a sudden all the confusion and fear and anger I've been feeling since I got kidnapped melted away, and I felt suddenly at peace and happy. I looked at Sheena and she has a stupid grin on her face, and the little girl that was once crying in the corner is giggling quietly. I look back at Emmy and see that the hands she's holding up have got a faint orange glow around them, and I knew that she was behind it. Oddly enough, I couldn't be mad at her for it.
"Now I know how weird you guys most be feeling right now but you have to trust me okay, Stryker's not the bad guy here. He may seem like it but he's only here to help." She tells us and we all nod dumbly, now I'm going to let you guys go and you're all going to come with me.
Her hands stop doing the glowy thing and all too suddenly the fear anger and confusion return like a punch in the gut.
"And why the hell should we" Sheena demands angrily
"Because I'm the only chance you've got"
A/N: Second chapter yay! So I hope you guys like it and special thanks to Rock'xanne for reviewing, your awesome.