xXxRosie POVxXx(Yeah, it's the next day.)
The new dig-site is great! There's tons of new earth and fire type fossils. I'm on my way back from Knotwood Forest, with a full case a fossils to clean and revive. On my way back, I've heard more than a few whispers about my new friend, Jay. He was the Fighter that got featured in the paper when he first got here, so everyone knew him before, but now everyone is talking about how he got my medals back from Joe.
Even in the Fossil Center they're talking about him. Some doctors and nurses are bragging that they worked on him when he was hurt. Some employees are talking about how they were there when he cleaned his first fossil. I just rolled my eyes, walked to the Cleaning Room.
Well it rains and it pours when you're out on your own
If I crash on the couch can I sleep in my clothes?
'Cause I spent the night dancing
I'm drunk I suppose
If it looks like I'm laughing,
I'm really just asking to leave.
The overly familiar lyrics greeted me, in a very loud form as soon as I was through the sound-proof door. I'm used to blasting music in all forms, but what I wasn't used to was Jay and Holt playing air-guitar along with the music, mouthing the words. Jay was a pretty good air-guitarist, Holt needed some work though.
There's a place in the dark where the animals go
You can take of your skin in the cannibal glow.
Juliet loves the beat, and the lusty commands (A:/N Not sure if those are the lyrics or not.)
Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo.
I quietly sang along with the next verse as I cleaned my fossils. I've always had a certain love for songs by My Chemical Romance. I would take MCR over Justin Bieber any day, but most people don't believe that.
The song ended just as I was finishing cleaning my last fossil. Jay and Holt started talking quietly to each-other, not noticing my presence. I silently made my way over to the song selector, and picked the song W.T.P by Eminem. As the song heavily laden with thumping bass blared from the speakers, the two boys turned around, only to see me leaning against the player. Jay smiled, and Holt looked astonished.
"At least she's got taste." Jay said, looking at Holt.
"You call rap taste?" Holt mumbled.
"Mostly just Marshal, but yeah." Jay answered. Holt gave him a look before he walked away.
"Aww, Holt's not a fan." I said, sounding sad.
"Rap is just to complex for some people to understand." Jay mumbled wistfully.
"Wow…that's just…wow." I couldn't say much else.
"Yeah…anyway, how's the new site treatin' you?" He asked, regaining his smile.
"There's a guy saying I can't get deeper in the site." I said. That's guy just bugs me, he's the most annoying gay guy I've ever had the displeasure of knowing.
"Well, maybe you're grandpa knows something about why you can't." He offered.
"Hey, maybe he does, let's go ask. Unless you're busy." I asked, almost to the door.
"Please, I've been bored all day." He said, following me.
xXxJay POVxXx
We walked to the Richmond building. I've never really been here, but there are TONS of guards, most of them seem really lazy though. Rosie led me to a sliding door in the back of the building, on the right side.
As soon as we were through the door, I felt Rosie tense next to me. I also noticed we were in a very elaborately decorated office, which I assumed belonged to Me. Richmond. Sure enough he was sitting behind a dark mahogany desk. Rosie bounded to his side.
"Hi Grandpa." She said sweetly.
"Well hello Rosie, oh and Jay as well." He said, looking from her to me. Then he got kind of a panicked angry look on his face. "You didn't get your medals stolen again, did you?" He asked in a kind of angry tone.
"Oh no, nothing like that. We were just wondering if you knew why we couldn't get deeper into Knotwood Forest." She told him sweetly. He looked like he was thinking for a few moments, then his eyes lit up.
"Ah yes, I remember Dr. Diggins saying something about that." Rosie's eyes lit up. But Mr. Richmond continued; "But last time I saw him, he looked rather busy."
"Aw." Rosie sighed.
"Perhaps he could spare a moment if you brought him a gift. If I recall Diggins has a weakness for Dino Cakes, and it just so happens the shop just got a shipment in not to long ago." He said, trailing off near the end, leaning back in his chair. Rosie squealed and thanked him, before seizing my wrist and nearly dragging me over to the Fossil Guild. There was a guy behind a desk, who I assumed was the shop keeper. We walked over to the desk.
"Now how can I help to two?" He asked as soon as we were in front of the desk.
"What's the special today?" I asked.
"Vivosaur Island's very own Dino Cakes. 50 if you want some." He said putting a small box on the counter. I pulled out my wallet, and grabbed 50 in the currency of the Island. I have no idea why the currency is different, but it is. He took the money, and slid the box over to me.
"Wow, you two are lucky, that's my last box." The shopkeeper said, counting the money. I smiled. Rosie took the box and walked away, me not far behind her. We walked over to the Fossil Center. Rosie was hiding the Dino Cakes behind her back, making sure no one saw them. We walked through the door to Diggns' office, which was cluttered with stuff; it was a total disaster area. Diggins was wondering around, doing several different things at once. We walked over to what I assumed was a desk, that was cluttered with papers, and envelopes, and pictures, and documents of all kinds. He finally noticed our presence, I had to clear my throat a few times, but he noticed us.
"Huh, oh, hey guys. Whatcha' need, I'm kind of busy now, ya' know?" He said quickly, not stopping what he was doing.
"We want to know why we can't go deeper into Knotwood Forest." Rosie said easily. Diggins stopped in his tracks, and thought for a moment.
"Something was stolen from an ancient village, but don't worry, we put a top notch adventurer on the job. Come to think of it…we haven't heard any news from them in a while." He said, getting a far off look in his eyes.
"Well, we can go check up on them then." Rosie said sympathetically.
"No…No, it's too dangerous." He said, resuming his work.
"Oh well, Jay. Looks like we'll just have to spilt the box of Dino Cakes amongst ourselves." She said off-handedly, winking at me. Dr. Diggins froze, looking the other direction.
"D-did y-you s-s-say D-d-d-d-Dino C-c-c-c-c-Cakes?" He whispered, stuttering terribly.
"Yup, we did." I said, making sure he heard me. Rosie shook the box for good measure. Diggins turned around at lightning speed.
"The shop-keeper told me they were all out!" He yelled, walking toward us.
"Well, I believe a trade is in order here. You let us deeper into Knotwood Forest, and these delicious Dino Cakes are yours for the taking." Rosie said deviously. I grinned.
"Fine! Take this card, show it to the guy guarding the way, he'll let you by." He tossed me a card on a lanyard. "Now give me the Dino Cakes!" Rosie tossed him the box, which he tore into in seconds; it was actually kind of frightening to watch. Rosie and I showed ourselves out. As soon as we are out of the Fossil Center, I started to laugh uncontrollably.
"What's so funny?" Rosie asked, in a skeptical manner.
"How underhanded you can be when you want something. That or how uncontrollable Diggins gets around Dino Cakes." I said, only chuckling now. Rosie blushed.
"Well, never get on my bad side." She said, almost as a warning. "Now's let's get to Knotwood Forest!" She yelled excitedly.
"No, I'm kind of tired." I mumbled, fake yawning.
"Oh, well then give me the card." She said, looking kind of sad.
"Nah." I said, tensing my self to run.
"Really, Jay, give me the card." She mumbled a little threateningly.
"Why don't you take it?" I suggested, already running. I heard her running after me, yelling threats, such as tearing my arms off, and killing all of Indonesia. I just kept running, laughing in hysterics.
"Jay!" She yelled, but she sounded panicked. I turned back, and saw that Ethan had her, and was covering her mouth with his hand, the rest of his gang behind him. Anger bubbled inside me.
"Ethan, I'm only going to tell you once; Let her go." I said, glaring daggers, with a slight warning in my voice.
"Or what?" He growled.
One of my instincts snapped, I rushed Rip and Slash, disarming them of their knifes, before knocking them out. I sweep kicked Jason's legs out from under him, and he landed with a satisfying thud. I punched Ethan in the back of the shoulder, the arm that was holding Rosie went limp, and Rosie scurried away. Ethan swung a punch with his good arm; he missed though, so I grabbed his arm and flipped him, digging into my new strength. I crouched to his level, and forced him to look at me.
"Or that." I growled at him. "Now get out of here." I said getting up and walking over to Rosie. I heard them scurry away in defeat.
"You okay?" I asked, looking at the arm Ethan was holding, it was beginning to bruise already, but it didn't look broken.
"I-I'm fine." She said quietly.
"I'm sorry." I said. I had no idea what I was apologizing for though. She looked me in the eyes, she looked scared. Of me? That question was answered when I was lifted of the ground but the back of my shirt. Rip and Slash each grabbed one of Rosie's arms. Ethan walked into our view, rubbing his shoulder. He snapped and Rip and Slash let Rosie go, he grabbed her around the waist, and leaned down like he was going to kiss her, but she kneed him in the groin, and he stopped. I grinned as he fell to the ground in pain, Rip and Slash were on the ball, and seized Rosie's arms again. Ethan got up, a look of pain still on his face.
"It's cool, bro; your kids would be ugly anyway. It's probably for the best you can't have any." I said starkly. Jason shook me by my shirt. Ethan came over and got a good punch across my face. But after that, I grabbed the bottom of Jason's shirt and swung him into Ethan, they both went down, hard. I glared at Rip and Slash, who scurried away, dragging Ethan and Jason with them.
I walked up to Rosie who immediately passed out against me. I saw Rip and Slash's signature cuts on her arms. I picked her up as carefully as I could, and carried her bridal-style to the Fossil Center. I could tell blood was staining my shirt, but I hardly cared, I only cared if she was okay.
xXxRosie POVxXx
The pain in my arms is terrible. I just wish I would slip into unconsciousness; my body won't let me though. I'm still fully conscious as Jay picks me up effortlessly, and carries be bridal-style to the Fossil Center. I could see tears steaming down his face; he's probably blaming himself for this. I close my eyes and lean my head against his chest. I would've expected his heart-beat to be fast, but it's slow, even and deep, like a bass drum. He looks down at me, I can feel it, I open my eyes and try to force a smile, I can see in his eyes that it shatters his heart, but he smiles back.
xXxJay POVxXx
She not unconscious…she is a trooper. It breaks my heart that she can't be unconscious, her pain would be lessened. I walk into the Fossil Center, and give a short shrill whistle, and Wendy carts a gurney over to us, I carefully place Rosie on it, and watch as some doctors cart her away.
"Jay…" Wendy said warningly.
"It was Ethan and his gang, I'm appalled you might even think I would do this to her." I said bitterly. Wendy looked taken back, and touched my face lightly; she traced a cold jagged line like at tear-streak. I realized that I had been crying since I thought Rosie passed-out.
"Jay, I know you wouldn't do this. You obviously care about her. I mean you carried her all the way here." She said sympathetically. Mr. Richmond came through the door, looking frantic. He spotted me and walked over.
"Ah, Jay, my boy! What happened?" He asked trying to sound calm.
"Ethan and his thugs, that's what. I took 'em down once, but they came back. I'm sorry; I just wasn't fast enough to get them all." I mumbled apologetically. He turned to look at Wendy.
"How did she get here?" He asked frantic once again.
"Jay carried her here, sir." She answered simply. Mr. Richmond looked at me, a look of astonishment on his face.
"I'm going to see her." He said, walking in the direction of the hospital wing.
"Sir, you can't see her until she's out of surgery." Wendy said to him. He stopped and sighed.
"I'll be back in an hour, is that long enough?" He asked sadly.
"Yes sir." Wendy said. Mr. Richmond walked away without another word. Wendy turned to me. "Jay, go get some rest, you can come back to see her wh-"
"If she wants to come see me, she knows where I'm at. It's getting late anyway." I said walking away without a backward glance.
^LATER THAT NIGHT, AT THE RELIC HOTEL^
xXxRosie POVxXx
I should be mad at him, but I can't force myself to be. I mean the doctors said he got me there just in time. But I should be mad because he didn't stay to see if I was okay. I guess he's just mad at himself for me getting hurt.
I still feel like I should thank him though. So that's why I'm here. I knock on the door to his hotel room, there were several large crashes, and some stumbling, but the door opened to reveal a very shirtless Jay. I tried not to look at his chest, but like his arms, it was also very well muscled, I couldn't help that I stared, or that I blushed. There was music playing softly, I recognized the song as Dance Inside, by All American Rejects. Jay opened the door wider, and did the classic arm throw, 'come on in' gesture. I stepped inside his room, I half expected it to be a disaster area, but it was kept very tidy. I noticed that Jay was pausing the music, but what was unusual was the extremely fancy black number 13 tattooed on his left shoulder blade.
"So, did you come to gawk at my muscles some more, or…what?" He asked still not facing me. I sat in a chair in front of a desk with a closed black laptop, with blue wave outlines on the top of the cover.
"I came to thank you…for saving my life." I said quietly. He turned around to face me.
"What do you mean 'saved your life.'?" He asked carefully.
"You saved my life, by the time you got me there; I had lost a lot of blood." I told him. He sat on the edge of his bed in front of me and faced me.
"Can you, like, not pass out or something?" He asked, with a familiar humor in his eyes.
"No, it's a curse, and a blessing." I said. He smiled and played with an onyx ring, with a jade face, that had a sterling silver bear amidst the jade on his right hand. I took his hand and studied the ring.
"Like it? I've had it since I was little, but it never fit me, until now I guess." He mumbled.
"Is it a family crest?" I asked.
"I'm not really sure, it might be, but I don't know." He answered. I looked up at him, which was a mistake. For a split second out eyes locked, I couldn't tear myself away and couldn't find my voice. Our faces were only inches apart. Jay was searching my eyes, trying to find something, anything. I tried to pull away, but something about his gaze held me there. It's like the first day we met, when I couldn't get away. I did when he snapped me out of it, but only then could I go. Jay tensed, and broke our gaze. I could've thanked him, but that would be really weird. So I just rolled the chair back, got up, and exited the room. Jay stood up too and followed me to the door, where he stood in the doorway.
"How about we head to Knotwood Forest tomorrow, see what's so epic hiding behind that guy?" He asked I nodded. I looked at him for a moment; before slapping him across the right side of the face.
"That's for getting on my bad side." I said, and then I slapped him across the left side of the face. "And that's for not staying to make sure I was okay." He grinned.
"Goodnight Rosie." He said shutting the door.
"Night Jay." I said. As soon as the door closed I quietly added;
"You're a total douche bag."
A:/N I love the way this chapter ends. I'm staying in the 7-8 pages ratio now. I'm trying to type this in the dark, considering I've been told moonlight is good for my health, and then was dragged outside to type. I can hardly see my keyboard, man. My lappy is half-dead though, so I won't be out much longer. I'm on an updating spree for this fic. This will prob be the first fic I ever finish, but it's also the only one I have two sequels for. I'm to update a lot, in hopes people start reviewing again… I miss getting reviews, dudes. Okay, I'm goin' in, I can't see my keys anymore.