Dawn of a New Era
Chapter 21: A Mission Or a Date?
Rose's Point of View (Evil Monkey POV!):
"Ok you two, do we have everything we need?" I asked my wonder and sneaky assistants, June and Olivia, help me get together the two love birds of the team, and no I don't mean my brother and Gabby, those two have already been together for as long as I remember with the kid here. I mean we have to get together Jazz and Cobi. Those two are so going to be together at the end of today after we get threw all the stuff we got. Its time to get those two together.
"Yeah we got the stuff Rose." June said. "What should we do first?"
"Well, everyone knows about this, except Jazz and Cobi of course. So the others are keeping them busy while we get this place ready for them." I said. "So June you start with hanging the drapes on the walls and on the edges of the observation window. Olivia, work on the lights, turn them off, and get the stereo system up for music. I'll work on the candles and the table." We all got to work on that as fast, but as romantic as we could make it. From what the whole team have notice is that the two of them, Jazz and Cobi, really like each other, we think they might be made for each other, but their too shy or stubborn or both to admit.
"This is going to be so awesome." Olivia said.
"I agree with her, and it's about time we got them together and did something devilish. I haven't felt this evil in forever; I think I was starting to lose my edge." June said.
"It's not possible for you to lose that edge girl, you just gotta relearn it." I told her. "Besides, you've been doing more work in the devil's department then I have, I've gotten lazy just like my Daddy."
"Yeah right Rose, you still got the greatest devil's brain in the entire universe." I bowed to the two of them.
"Thank you so much for the complement, but you really should be thanking my mother, practically the devil herself, which makes me the daughter of the devil, and we're both proud of it." I told them.
"I bet with all the ways you've scared your father and brother for life." Olivia said. "Do you remember the time when your Dad forgot your Mom's anniversary and your brother tried to ignore you Rose?"
"When didn't he forget her anniversary?" I shot back. "Anyway yeah I remember that time, funniest day of my life. Mom told the others that Dad thought that boys were better then girls. Uncle Antauri, Uncle Gibson and Uncle Otto all left the room when they heard that. All the girls on the team, our Moms and us girls all attacked Dad while Rover watched, and then tried to save him. Biggest mistake he ever made besides hurting Gab. The two of them were torn to pieces and in the med bay for over a few weeks."
"Did your Dad ever find out what happened to make all the women angry at him?" June asked.
"Nope." I said. "And they never will." The three of us burst out laughing at this and then we got back work. We decided that when we wanted to get Jazz and Cobi together, it'd be best in the place where they two of them spent special moments together, like the last time they almost kissed. Yeah, I bet the kid didn't know that we knew that. We looked over the security cameras and saw what happened before the Citadel of Bone captured us. We saw that they were so close, but then I have to thank the queen of dead once I die too, because if it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be able to pull this on them. A romantic date in candle light, looking at the stars through an observatory window. Jazz and Cobi will love it, once they get over the fact that they'll want to kill us.
"Looks like we got it all set ladies." June said to us.
"I believe you're right." I told her. "Now let's go get those two ready."
Jasmine's Point of View:
It was a nice day today as I looked out onto the horizon in the command center, keeping my eyes out for the mysterious planet Renelle, even though the others told me many times that it would be days, maybe even weeks before we'd get there, but still, I could hold my back my wonders and hopes for when we get there that our wish will finally be answered. Cobi was with me, watching the sky as well, trying to understand my wonder for what I was looking for. Midnight napped quietly on my shoulder, warming the back of my neck, which was nice due to the cold air that's been getting in the robot from other rooms that Olivia has been meaning to fix.
"I don't get it Jazz." Cobi said to me. I turned to face him as his eyes were still fixed on the computer in front of us. "What is it about your destiny that you're so excited about, what makes you so excited about what you don't know?"
"That's the best part right there Cobi, that you don't know." I told him looking back at the screen again before turning back to him and facing his hazel eyes. "Not knowing, if you knew everything, it'd get really boring after a short while. I also welcome the unknown because of how my life was before I met the team, you and June. Before I knew all of your guys, I was alone and normal. I didn't know how to fight and all I knew was what was inside of the city. It was like I knew everything, so to be apart of this life, I love not knowing everything, because it also means so many more things to learn, like your kind of the power primate, June's mastery of weapons, Rose's piloting skills, Olivia's mechanic skills, Gabriella's level of intelligence, Rover's abilities and reflexes in combat, and Annabel's knowledge and power over the power primate. Does that make any sense?"
"Yeah, now it does now." He said, looking back at the screen. "If I had known that I'd have friends as good as you and the others, then I'd have run away sooner, and then I wouldn't have met you." I smiled at that and looked back at the screen before I looked back at the screen too and the two of us enjoyed the silence.
The silence didn't last long though, I was grabbed by June, Rose, and Olivia and dragged away form the command room into my own bed room. Midnight was not happy about the sudden movement and jumped to Cobi's shoulder where she curled up on his back shoulder blades and went back to sleep.
"Hurry up kid, we don't got all day!" Rose shouted at me. "Get in the shower and get out and we'll deal with the rest, and make sure to shave!" I had no chance to respond before I was pushed into my bathroom and the door shut behind me. I was also surprised by the fact that Rose called me 'kid', it was normally Rover's nickname for me, but ever once in a while she would call me kid too.
I got in the shower like I was told and shaved, using lavender scented shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. I tried to be as quick as I could so that the others wouldn't burst into the bathroom and pull me out there without anything on. I know we're all girls here, but still, it's just something that shouldn't really happen. When I was done, I dried my body the best I could and then put on my white bathrobe, being the only thing I could wear that was in here and opened the door only to be grabbed by the three girls again.
"Alright, I'll do make up. June, you do hair. Olivia, you so nails on both hands and feet." Rose commanded of the other two girls. While Rose got out the make up, June started blow drying my hair and then Olivia went to grab a dark purple nail polish that sparkled and started to work on my, making sure that they were smooth before starting on the nail polish. June soon finished with my hair and started curling it while Rose then came over on my side and started on my make up.
I honestly have to say, I never really wear make up. This is going to be the first time I've worn it since I was little and my mother put some on me before parties. I lost track of all the names over time, make up really wasn't my thing. Olivia then moved to doing my hands while she placed lights over my toes to dry the nail polish. Rose then quickly finished with the make up and ran off outside of my room. June finished with my hair and then moved down to my feet and check to see if they were dry while Olivia finished up my hands, it doesn't take that long to do them.
June deemed that my toe nails were dry and pulled the light away from my feet and moved them onto my hands so they could dry. Rose then came back into my room with a large black bag draped over both her arms. She then came over and checked over everything, my hair, my make up, my nail polish on both my hands and feet, before she nodded to the other girls and June got me up out of my chair I was in and handed me undergarments that probably went with what ever was in that bag.
"Put it on and don't complain." June said sternly to me. Rose handed me the black bag, placing it over my arm and then turned me around forced me back into the bathroom. I took off the bathroom and got on the undergarments and the opened the bag. Inside it was a dark violet dress; strapless that looked like it would come down to just above my knees. I pulled it out and put on the dress, zipping it up in the back with the amazing flexible arms I have and then stepped out of the bathroom. The girls gasped when they saw me.
"You look so beautiful." Rose said. The other two nodded and cried with her in happiness.
"That's great and all June, but what is going on that I have to dress up and not you?" I questioned her. The girls ignored me and then placed a blind fold over my eyes. I felt them slip heels onto my feet before they led me away from my bed room. What the hell is going on? Are setting me up with Cobi or something?
Cobi's Point of View:
I felt sorry for Jazz, I don't know why the girls dragged her off, but I know I don't want to get in the way. You never want to with girls acting like that.
It was then that Rover ran into the command center and grabbed my arm and pulled me back toward my room. Midnight was getting pretty angry at everyone for ruining her nap. She jumped off my shoulder and walked at her own pace after us into my room and climbed onto my bed next to Annabel and Gabriella who were sitting on my bed. Rover threw me into the bathroom and handed me some shampoo and body wash.
"Clean up Cobi, and get every spick and span." He said. "Put on that bathrobe when your done and come out, no complaining about the girls being here, they're going to help us with style and color. Now get going before I call in Rose and have her do this for ya." It was all the motivation I needed to keep crazy Rose off my back. I closed the door and threw off my clothes and got in the shower. I quickly washed with the stuff that Rover handed me and jumped out of the shower. I shook my hair, getting most of the water out of it then taking a towel so that is my hair was mostly dry, it would air dry the rest of the way. I dried off the rest of my body and then put on the bathrobe before heading out into my room where Rover, Gabriella and Annabel were, with Midnight sleeping on my bed.
"Great, you're out dude. Now let's get you dressed. Ladies, I'll leave that to you." Rover then stepped back and let the two girl monkeys threw. They looked into a section of my closet that I never knew I had. The pulled out some dress pants and dress shirts along with dress shoes.
"What color do you think for dress pants?" Annabel asked Gabriella.
"Definitely black, it goes with his hair and looks pretty good on him. Besides, another color would just ruin the look he's got." She said. The two of them threw back a whole bunch of dress pants that weren't eh color that they wanted until they found a dark set of onyx dress pants and handed them me. "Now what should we do for the dress shirt?"
"Maybe we should match the pants with the shirt, so black again?"
"No, that won't do, that will be over black, like a dressed up Goth with his black hair, pants and shirt, defiantly no. Maybe a nice blue to stand out?"
"No, that color does look good on him, but this is a very special occasion, we want the best shirt, not one that is 'good'." The blue shirt was thrown out, spilling onto the floor.
"Well, how about this one?"
"Are you kidding me? That color is horrible! No way we could put him threw torture like that!" I looked over at Rover.
"I think that I'm being tortured already." He chuckled and nodded and more shirts flew out of the closet while the black and blue monkeys couldn't decide on a dress shirt.
"This one looks good."
"Yeah, but it clashes with his personality!"
"Then you find him a shirt that works then!"
"What do you think I am doing? You're the one who's being lazy here and not thinking about the shirts you're looking at!"
"Ladies!" Rover yelled above the two of them. "We are pressed for time here! If you can't find a good color, then I'll make a suggestion. Maybe a shade of purple, like violet or lavender!" More shirts then came flying out. The pile was so large; it was up passed my bed now. It was then that I heard the girls' cries of joy that they had found what they were looking for. They came running out with a dress shirt of a lighter shade of violet that they handed to me.
"Get dress," they commanded of me. Fearing that I would be crushed if I didn't, I hurried back into the bathroom and changed into the dress pants and shirt. I liked the color of both, they did a good job. I walked back out and the girls and Rover were waiting for me. The girls ran up to me and checked out every detail.
"Should we do something with his hair?" Annabel asked.
"No I think it looks better messy like this, its more laid back, that's Cobi's personality. And the dress shirt should be un-tucked took; it looks too formal like that. Pull it out Cobi." I obeyed, scared for my life of these two girls, and their only Gabriella and Annabel, I can only imagine what Jasmine is going threw with June, Olivia and Rose. I shivered at the thought.
"He's looking good girls, now the shoes." They nodded and ran to the base of the closet and started throwing out shoes too, until they finally found a pair that though was good enough for what ever was going on tonight. I slipped on the shoes and the girls nodded in approval. I'm glad it's over, I think, or is it? Rover then grabbed my wrist and led me to the door of my room, the girls came up from behind me and placed a blind fold over my eyes and then dragged me down the hallway. I'm dead.
Jasmine's Point of View:
"Seriously guys, this isn't funny. Take off this blind fold and tell me what's going on!" I yelled at the girls that were leading me away from my room where they had dressed me up and down from head to toe and refused to tell me one thing. The still kept quiet or just erupted in a fit of giggles. I soon just gave up on it and just let them drag me where ever they were taking me too.
My prayers were answered when we finally came to a stop and they pulled off my blind fold. I looked around and saw that we were in the observation room. It had been decorated over with light purple fabrics covering the walls and part of the observation window. In the center of the room was a table with a candle lit in the center, two plates on either side of the table, and a soft music playing into the background.
"What is this?" I asked the girls, turning around. But when I looked behind me, they were gone. The doors were shut tight in the back of the room. I gave up after a while and sat down at the table.
After a few minutes, the door opened and I saw Cobi brought in like they had me. A blind fold was over his eyes and Rover led him inside.
"What is going on?" I snapped at him and two monkeys behind him which happened to be Gabriella and Annabel. The two girls fled and Rover ripped the blind fold off Cobi before running out the room, locking it behind him. Cobi rant to the door and tried to open it, but he had as little luck as I had. "Let it go Cobi, we're both locked in here. I already tried to open the door, it's locked tight." He did as I told him and turned around, looking at me for the first time since he got in here. He walked up to me and gently reached for my hand.
"You look beautiful Jasmine." He stated before he kissed my hand. I couldn't help but blush.
"What do you want to do since we're stuck in here?" I asked him. He looked up, releasing my hand.
"How about we check out that table over there, it looks like there might be something underneath one of those dishes." He suggested. We walked over to the table and sure enough, there was a note under one of the plates with a silver bell next to it. I picked it up and read the note.
"It says 'Sit down at this lovely table and ring the bell for your waitress to come and show you the menus while she gets you a drink you want.' What do you think we should do Cobi?" He came over behind me and helped me sit down in the chair and pushed it in.
"I think we should do as it says, as to not face the wrath or crazy Rose. Plus, I am kind hungry, I didn't have much for lunch today."
"Sounds good, I'm kind of hungry too." Cobi grinned and grabbed the bell, ringing it. It was about minute before we saw the door open and June came out in a waitress black and white uniform with a pen and paper.
"Good evening to you. My name is June and I'll be your server this evening." She said, handing us our menus. "It there anything that you would like me to start you out with, like a beverage?"
"I'll have a Dr. Pepper if you wouldn't mind." Cobi said.
"I'll have a Root Beer please." I told her, she quickly wrote them down and then looked back up at the two of us.
"Alright then, I'll make these up and give you two a few minutes to look over the menu for what ever you would like." She said before disappearing out of the room.
"Did you want any appetizers?" Cobi asked me.
"Actually, I want to try the mozzarella sticks, I haven't had them since I was a kid. What about you, do you want any of the appetizers?" He shrugged
"I'll just have one or two of your sticks; I'm mostly looking forward to the main meal. I'm thinking about getting myself a nice set of ribs, I haven't had any since I was a kid."
"That sounds good; I think I'm going to go for the salmon. I think I feel I love with sea food after I met Midnight, it and meat was all she'd ever eat." He laughed.
"You are one amazing person Jasmine." He said to me. I smiled and felt my hopes go shooting threw the roof. It was then that June came back in with our drinks and pulled out her pad again.
"Have you guys made up your mind on what you'd like, or do you need more time?" She asked.
"We're good." I told her. "First off, we'd like an order of mozzarella sticks for a appetizer, and for my main course, I'd like the salmon please. I'll have the coleslaw with it along with French fries."
"And I'll have the ribs, with fries and coleslaw too." Cobi said. June quickly wrote the stuff we ordered down and took our menus.
"Alright, your appetizer should be out in a minute or two, and your meals about twenty to thirty minutes. Enjoy your drinks!" She then left the room and I got up from my seat.
"You want to dance while we wait?" I asked Cobi.
"Sure, what you want to dance too?" He asked as we made our way to the stereo.
"A song that you should know how to dance to." I told him. I quickly changed the slow song to one that I haven't danced to in forever. The 'Cotton Eye Joe'.
Cobi recognized it real quick and pulled me to the dance floor just in time to dance with the first verse. He stood across from me as we danced in spot, moved to the left and right, and I twirled while he slide back to start over again.
When the song was over and our feet very sore, we headed back to the table to see that our mozzarella sticks were there on a dish with a container of sauce next to them. "I guess that we were so busy dancing that we never noticed June come in." I told him.
"I guess your right." Cobi said reaching for the mozzarella sticks. I reached for them too, and at the same time our hands touch and I felt a shock race threw them, startling me and I flinched back, as did Cobi. "What was that?"
"I don't know, maybe we picked up some extra charges when we were dancing." I said to him. But I knew it wasn't that, I knew it was the connection between us. But the question was, did he truly feel it too, or was it only a one end love?
"You go first and get one this time." He said. I nodded and reached for a stick, he took one after I retreated my hand. I took a small bit and I saw the cheese stretch when I pulled it away from my mouth. I giggled as I saw it stretch out, and Cobi laughed as well, it was endless. I soon handed it to Cobi and he pulled it all the way back in his seat before it finally separated and got all over the table. We both laughed and then I swallowed that piece I had while Cobi ate rest.
"Hey, don't eat my food!" I yelled at him playfully. He looked at me, it was the first time I had really snapped at him, even if it was playful. He stopped chewing, but still swallowed it. I rolled my eyes and took another stick and this time I didn't give to him when it started stretching.
"You're not mad at me Jazz, are you?" He asked. I turned my head away from him, finishing off my mozzarella stick. He sighed and got up form his seat and took my hands in his and pulled me to my feet, bringing me out to the dance floor. He placed his hands on my hips and I had my hands around his next, dancing slowly like we had back on Swaton when we first met. It was slow, loving and caring. I felt like he was protecting me while I was in his arms. "Are you still mad at me Jazz?"
"Not really." I whispered as I laid my head on his chest. I felt him pull me back form his chest and I looked up at him strangely.
"I'm going to take a really big risk right now, and I hope I don't get killed for it." He said. In a swift motion, he had my lips capture in his own. How I dreamed of this moment for so long, and now it's a reality. He pulled away to soon fro my liking and I pulled him back. It was soft, sweet kissing, but turned more passionate as the moments passed by.
We broke apart gasping for breath and I smiled at him. "You know," I breathed. "You should have taken that risk a long time ago." He grinned.
"I didn't have the confidence I have now back then." He said. "I'm sorry it took me so long."
"Its alright, I'd wait forever for you Cobi." I told him. He kissed my lips once again before letting us return to our slow dance. If June had ever come back in, I never noticed, because I was too lost in the love of my life to care.
Witch's Note:
Wow, two chapters in one day? I'd had a lot of free time, plus I couldn't wait to put this one up, THEIR FINALLY TOGETHER! Jazz and Cobi have finally become a couple! Its awesome right? You bet it is! We all met Cobi in chapter five, he joined the team in chapter fourteen, and now in chapter twenty-two, HE'S TOGETHER WITH JASMINE! Omg, I'm freaking out. I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did!
Question of the Chapter: Is there anything special you do with only one person only in the entire world?
My Answer to the Question: With my grandfather, I play cribbage with him all the time, and if it wasn't for my grandmother and my mother, I'd be betting against him in cribbage for money.
Remember to Review and Vote if you haven't people!
Halloween Witch