PianZoe: WE ARE ALIVE!!
CiaHottie: .......Yes, I think they know that now...
PianZoe: [raises eyebrow] No duh, that was my POINT.
CiaHottie: And your point is?
PianZoe: [snicker] I have no point.
CiaHottie: Uhmm... Well then, we best be getting on with the story, riiight? Gooood....
PianZoe: ... Erm... something doesn't seem right... oh yeah! We don't OWN Jet, Virginia, Clive, Catherine, Gallows, Becky, Filgaia, or any of the original characters and stuff. We just own... er... everything ELSE! Right?
CiaHottie: [smacks myself] Riiiiight...[collapses because of the high pressure density]
PianZoe: Well, readers, read on, if you dare. If you don't, we'll track you down and force you to... do something unpleasant. We'll do something drastic. [smiles innocently]
CiaHottie: Can we plllllease start now? THANK YOU....
PianZoe: [glare] Fiiiine, bossy person.
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If it were a race, Razi would have won two medals.
Kevin, though, was catching up rather quickly, while the two girls lagged behind. Cursing under his breath, Kevin tried speeding up, glaring holes into the back of his rival's head. "SLOW DOWN!!" he shouted, growling when Razi turned around and blew him a raspberry. "Oh, that's REALLY mature, Razi!" he rolled his eyes, and tried to think of some kind of good retort to Razi's raspberry.
... so, he proceeded to do likewise in Razi's direction.
Razi just smirked, made a face at him, turned back around, and continued running, even faster than before if that was even possible. But, Kevin was determined, so, he tried pushing himself even faster.
Denae and Vedette, who were witnessing this whole childish scene, were wondering if those boys ever grew up, at all. Or, would ever grow up, for that matter.
They closely followed who they figured was Erica, and her companion, Jacqui, into the dark of the next room. And, dark was nearly an understatement. "Erm... which way, Jacqui?" they heard Erica's voice up ahead whispering to Jacqui, then it was followed by footsteps.
After a few moments, a small, dim light appeared towards the right of where the group of four stood, and next to the light, silhouetted by the light, stood the two who had came in first, now with their hoods down. As the two female Drifters walked into the light - a doorway, evidently - Kevin and Razi got a good look at what one of the figures looked like. Black hair, lightly pale skin, pretty features. Almost as soon as the two were out of hearing range, but not out of sight, the team of four ran after them.
Walking into the light, they saw that it was a large room, with strange words that none of them could understand written into the walls. Jacqui and Erica stood in the middle, facing them, with a fierce glint in their eyes. Now they could see the two quite well since they were all in the light. The one called Jacqui had short blue hair in a some-up some-down hairdo, and lime green eyes. The other one, once they all saw her, they knew immediately, they were all correct - long black hair, beautiful lavender eyes.
"Well, well, looky here. Four young Drifters, following us to find the Gemstone Subpoena as well? Tsk, tsk, too bad they won't make it." Jacqui drawled, taking a modified bayonet from behind her back. Erica then pulled two ARMs from holsters around her waist that, although a type of twin pistols, looked menacing. "The last thing you four'll see is my bayonet, and Erica here's Cauchemar A3 and Marteling TI52, and us, smirking at our easy win." she continued, her mouth curving upwards in an evil smirk.
Vedette frowned at Erica, a hurt look on her face, but then felt a searing pain in her shoulder, "Ah!" she looked down, and found a tiny hole in there. She looked back at Erica, and found that she was pointing one of her ARMs at her. She looked behind herself, and found that the others had all taken out their weapons, and were pointing them at Erica and Jacqui, so she did so, too. Erica snickered, "Oh look, Jacqui, the little kiddies wanna play!"
Jacqui smirked, and immediately rushed at Razi, thrusting her bayonet at his upper chest, and causing a large gash to appear. He yelled, and shot at her with his ARMs, but missed by a long shot due to the pain. Denae growled, and shot several times at Jacqui, hitting her in the right shoulder three times, and once in the leg. Jacqui screamed in rage, jumping up as well as she could, and bringing her bayonet down on Denae, who jumped out of the way, but not soon enough to avoid getting injured.
Vedette was kind of frozen, until Kevin shoved her to the side, catching a bullet in his arm. Erica was enraged that her bullet had missed target, and immediately began sending a spray of bullets at Kevin and Vedette, which they dodged most of, but caught a few. Kevin grabbed his ARM, which he had dropped when he pushed Vedette out of harm's way, and shot a few times at Jacqui, then once, reluctantly, at Erica.
Erica shot strait back at him, after catching the bullet in the side, and then shouted to Jacqui to help her out. Jacqui groaned, and shook her head, trying to dodge the many bullets being sent her way from Denae and Razi. Erica groaned, and shoot several times back at Vedette and Kevin, who just wouldn't stop shooting at her. Soon she ran out of ammo, and quickly rummaged in her pack for a reload. She didn't have any left. "Shit!" she growled, "Jacqui, I need a reload!"
Jacqui looked worried, "I..don't have one! I'm almost out, too!" Now Erica was worried. She dodgeda few bullets, and then sent her last three at Vedette, who was less damaged than Kevin.
She threw down her gun, and ran behind a large pile of debris, hoping they wouldn't notice she had disappeared, as they looked for heal berries. Jacqui ran out of ammo a moment later also, and quickly fled the scene, yelling, "You may have won this time, but it was only because we were outnumbered!" as she went.
Erica was REALLY worried now. Jacqui had left without her! What was she going to DO?!? "Erica! Come out from there!" she heard the pretty, auburn-haired girl's voice say. She timidly moved out from behind the pile, and put her hands in front of herself in a defensive gesture.
Kevin stepped forward, "E-Erica?… Is that you? It's me, Kevin!" She stared blankly at him. Kevin frowned, "You..don't remember me? I'm Kevin, Kevin Lorelei." Erica shook her head, and replied, "No, I don't know who you are. " She raised an eyebrow at him, "All I know is that my name is Erica, and that I am fifteen years old. That's it."
"So, you lost your memory?" Razi asked, trying to make some sense of what was happening. Erica nodded, "Uh huh." Vedette walked over to her, and realized that Erica was now much taller than herself. She looked up at her cousin/niece, "I'm Vedette Kaya Enduro. I'm your Mom's sister. We were born on the exact same day. Nice to meet you." She shook Erica's hand, and smiled at her.
Erica timidly smiled back, and then looked at Denae, who walked over to her, and also shook her hand, "Denae Lorelei. I'm Kevin's annoying little sister. Remember?" Erica thought for a moment, and then shook her head. Denae sighed, and motioned to Razi to introduce himself. He walked over to Erica, slightly faster than the others had done, and said, "I'm Razi Carradine. You know? Gallow's and Becky Carradine's son?"
Erica looked at the ground, shaking her head once more.
Vedette then suggested, "Maybe she'll begin to remember things when she sees her parents again, you guys!! Come on, let's head to Boot Hill!" Erica's face lit up, "My..parents? Who are they? What are their names? What's my second name? Please, tell me!!" All of them were slightly surprised at this outburst, but then Kevin grinned, and answered her, " Your parents are Georgia and Anthony. Your second name is Bernadette." He grinned, "Well then, let's get going. I'm sure that Georgia and Anthony will be overjoyed to see you, Erica!!" Then he added under his breath, "I know I am.."
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A little bit later they reached the exit, and were about to leave when- "Oof!" Erica stumbled into a slightly-shorter-than-herself, hooded, cloaked figure, causing then both to fall over. "Hey, watch where you're going, you asshole!" Erica shouted, getting astonished looks from her newly found teammates.
The figure groaned, and sat up, the hood falling from their head to reveal lovely red hair in ringlets, and the most vibrant emerald eyes. Erica scowled at her, but then frowned, "Wait a minute.. I remember you.. You're.. You're that lady's daughter, aren't you? That lady named.. Aiko." The girl's eyes widened, and she nodded.
"Umm.. Yes. I'm Aiko's daughter. I'm.. Anna. Ana Lenial, nice to meet you. And you are?" She held her hand out to Erica, who took it, "Erica Bernadette." Anna grinned, and stood, offering her hand to Erica to help her up, also. Erica grabbed it, and Anna pulled her to her feet. Vedette then confronted Anna, "I'm Erica's Aunt, Vedette Enduro. Would you like to join our team? I take it that you are a Drifter." Anna raised an eyebrow; "Boy do you get right to the point. Sure, Vedette, I'll join your team, because you are right in thinking I am a Drifter."
The others introduced themselves to Anna, and they told her where they were headed, and why. Soon after they began on their way to Boot Hill.
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"Hff..'Dette..hff…Are we almost..hff.. there yet?" A panting Razi asked the auburn-haired girl leading them towards Boot Hill. She groaned, "Razi, we'll probably get there sometime in the morning. Don't worry, though. We'll stop and make camp once we find a nice spot."
It was beginning to get dark, and they had been riding for several hours. Well, all except Razi, that is. He had given up his horse to Anna, so he had been walking the whole time. Soon they found a nice spot, with a large, flat rock they could sleep on, then they all set out their sleeping bags, and went to bed.
The next morning Erica was the first one awake, so she began cooking a small breakfast of eggs, bread, and bacon. Soon the others woke, partially because of the smell of cooking food, and they all ate. After packing up the cooking utensils and sleeping bags they set off, and Vedette calculated it would be only an hour or two till they reached Boot Hill, causing Erica to become very, very excited, and ride ahead of the others.
They rode, and rode, and rode, till it was only a half hour till they reached their destination. They only came upon a few fiends, and dealt with them easily, so the ride hadn't been very hard. The only thing making it slightly difficult was, to no one's surprise, Razi.
"Are we almost THERE?" Erica groaned, and Vedette answered, "Yes, Razi.. Only a little longer.." She shook her head in frustration. A moment later Razi piped up again, "Are we there YET?" This time Erica answered, "If we were THERE, wouldn't we be in the town right now? Just SHUT UP!" She growled, and rode a little farther ahed, making sure she was a good distance from Razi, who was acting very.. strange toward her. All.. protective, and loving..
Kevin had been glaring at him almost the whole time, and Erica would have also, but she needed to concentrate on riding, not glaring. Ten more minutes passed before- "Are we there NOW?" Erica growled, "NO!!!" then scowled at Razi, just as they rode over a small hill.
Vedette pointed to a town not half a mile ahead, "Look! Boot Hill!" Erica's attention snapped to the town, and she kicked her horse's sides, speeding up to a run. The others did the same, but none were going as fast as Erica. She was very, very excited. She was going to meet her parents!
They reached the entrance to the town in a few minutes, and sped through, Vedette now leading them to the Bernadette residence, Erica trailing not far behind. Soon they came to a large, green house, with a few, small plants growing in front of it. Vedette pulled her horse to a stop, and the other followed suit. They dismounted, and Vedette grabbed Erica's hand, pulling her to the front door, and getting dust all over Erica's cloak which she still had not taken off.
"GEORGIA! ANTHONY! OPEN UP!" Vedette screamed, and they heard footsteps approaching the door from the inside. Soon the door opened, and a pair of emerald eyes peered out, "Oh, Vedette! Come in, come in!" She shooed them inside, not noticing the two new team members.
Once they were all inside, Georgia looked them over, and then came to the two cloaked females. Erica had pulled her hood up , so you could not see her face, and was slightly timid when Georgia asked, "And who are you two?" Anna smiled at her, "I'm Anna Lenial. Nice to meetcha, Mrs. Bernadette."
Georgia grinned at her, then turned to the other new addition to the teen Drifter's team, "And you?" she asked, watching as the figure turned their back to her, and lowered their hood to reveal long, silky, black hair that billowed down to their waste. Then, they turned around, and Georgia gasped.
Erica looked hopefully at her mother, "Mom?" Georgia stared at her daughter, tears leaking from her eyes, "E-Erica? Erica, is that really you?" Erica nodded, and Georgia lunged at her, grabbing her in a very tight, very loving hug. "Oh, Erica! We thought you might be dead! Where have you been?!?" Vedette walked over to Georgia, and pulled her away from the long-lost daughter.
"Georgia, she has amnesia, she doesn't remember what happened."
Georgia frowned, "Nothing?" she said, turning to her daughter. Erica nodded, "I remember simple things, like reading, writing, what words mean, but not anything about myself, you, or dad. Well, actually, I kinda remember what he looks like.. but that's all." She looked at the floor, and sighed.
Georgia nodded, "Well, I'm sure you'll remember everything with time.. I have to go find your father! I'll be just a moment!" With that, she rushed into the hall, then out through a back door. The teenagers all sat down at the kitchen table, waiting for her to return, which she did a moment later, with a black-haired man trailing right behind her.
The man screeched to a halt when he reached the table, and searched the faces for his daughter. She was sitting at the very end. He ran over to her, grabbed her, and hugged her ferociously, "Erica!" Erica grinned, hugging her father back. "Hi, Dad." He beamed at her, sitting down beside her, and beginning a conversation about where she had been the past four years, and what she had done.
After a few minutes of speaking a small voice broke the conversation. "Mom? Who's that thitting by Daddy?" Erica turned and saw a tiny little boy with jet-black hair, and emerald eyes, just like Georgia's. Anthony picked the small boy up, and put him on his lap, "Edan, this is Erica. She's your sister." Erica and Edan's eyes widened, and they stared at eachother.
"You're my thithter?" Erica looked at Georgia, who grinned, and then nodded. Edan beamed at her, and jumped off his Father's lap, ran over to her, and gave her a big, cuddly hug. Erica grinned, her eyes leaking, "I have a brother!"
Edan grinned, "I'm this many!" He held up all ten fingers, and Erica giggled, wiping her eyes, then Georgia said, "He's almost four." laughing softly.
Anthony and Georgia walked over to Erica and Edan, and they all shared one big group hug, laughing as they did so. All the other teenagers just watched, as if this were some very, very touching movie. Razi even began sniffling.
The four pulled apart, and Georgia proposed, "How about I make us some lunch! Erica, why don't you take that filthy cloak off?" Erica nodded, and uplled of her cloak to reveal black, leather tube top, and a black leather mini skirt. Razi and Kevin both stared at her.. Rather nice figure.
Erica frowned at them, "Maybe I should have left the cloak on.." Kevin's face flushed, and he looked away, but Razi just kept right on staring, causing Erica to snicker.
Man, but who wouldn't stare? She had one nice body, and you couldn't deny it.
Soon lunch was ready, and they all began talking, eating, laughing, and just plain having a wonderful time.
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