Paradise Eco

Soo here you go... there's gonna be atleast 3 or 4 more chapters after this, so hold on because it's gonna be a bumpy ride! lol. Don't forget to reveiw lovelies. xoxo

Don't You Fake It

Chapter XVI: When You're Good To Mama

Sabine stood in the back room, Cruzie and Taya were rubbing her shoulders. Tonight would be the biggest show in her life, the Moulin Rouge Show. First Poppy would go on the stage getting them all ready for the younger girls, Cruzie, Taya, Delac and herself. Sitting beside Reed in the VIP section was the bitter Lorna, she didn't get the part she wanted and quit the show. Lange was already on the stage, everyone was clapping and hooting for him.

"Welcome to Blackout, tonight we have two shows for you. One by my lovely wifey, Poppy and the other by four of the Murderess. So lay back and relax, enjoy the show!" Lange shouted, the lights went down and a spot light came on a silhouette behind a screen. "Ladies and gentlemen, the keepers of the keys. Countess of the clink, the mistress of murderess row. Matron Mama Morton." Everyone started to clap as Poppy came out from behind the screen, she wore a long red sparkly dress and a white boa.

"Ask any of the chickies in my pen. They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother..." A horn honked as Poppy covered her mother. "Hen. I love 'em all and all of them love me, because the system works. The system called reciprocity..." Poppy started down the stage, she picked up her dress and sat on the egde. "Got a little motto. Always sees me through, when you're good to Mama... Mama's good to you." Poppy flipped her dress up to the men in the front row could see her thin legs, there was hooting and hollaring all around the house. Cruzie and Taya giggled, but Sabine stayed silent.

"She's good at this." Taya laughed as Poppy danced around the stage.

"Well her husband does own the joint, it's natural that she's good." Cruzie laughed.

"There's a lot of favors I'm prepared to do. You do one for Mama. She'll do one for you!" Poppy said standing on a chair, she planted her hands on her hips. "When they pass that basket, folk contribut too. You put in for Mama." Poppy pulled off her dress and showed off her body under the dress, covered by lace bra and panites. "She'll put out for you!" Everyone started cheering as Poppy came down into the sitting area, she took a flower from a young man and sat on his lap. "The folks atop the ladder are the ones the world adores. So boost me up my ladder, Kid..." She leaned for a kiss but slapped him playfully across the face. "And I'll boost you up yours." She got up from his lap and stepped back on the stage. "Let's all stroke together," Poppy sang dancing around the stage. "Like the Princeton crew when you're strokin' Mama, Mama's strokin' you!" Poppy sang stepping up to the hanging mike. "So what's the one conclusion I can bring this number to? When you're good to Mama!" Poppy sung the mike around her. "Mama's good to you! Yeah!" The lights went out and everyone started clapping. Poppy fled to the backstage area, Cruzie hugged Poppy and screamed.

"Poppy you were amazing!"

"Beautiful!" Taya laughed linking arms with the star, Poppy laughed and hugged both girls.

"Thank you ladies." Poppy said walking past them. "But don't forget, that you all are stars!"

"Oh man!" Cruzie laughed. "I'm soo pumped! Aren't you Sabine? Sabine are you okay?" Sabine stared out pas the curtains, just entering Blackout's wooden doors was her father. Jak, Lange himself sat Jak down in the back and started whispering things in his ear. Jak looked disgusted as the music went on, Delac pushed her boobs up in her bra and tapped her body mike.

"Where's all mah soul sistas, Lemme hear ya'll flow sista..."

"Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista. Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, go sista." Taya said pushing the curtains aside, she stomped out in a red and black corset. In her hair were three red feather and one white one, when everyone saw Taya they all cheered. Men and virgins. "He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge. Struttin' her stuff on the street. She said, "Hello, hey Jo, you wanna give it a go?" Taya went to a mirror off to the side. "Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada. Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here. Mocha Chocalata ya ya. Creole lady Marmalade." Taya stood on the mirror's platform as it turned. "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir." The mirror turned taking Taya with it. On the other side was Cruzie, with curly pink hair, bra and panties and a diamond top hat.

"He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up. Boy drank all that Magnolia wine. On her black satin sheets is where he started to freak yeah..." Cruzie went up to the pole and ran her body down it. "Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada. Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here. Mocha Chocalata ya ya. Creole lady Marmalade." Cruzie grinded up and down the pole. "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir."

"Sabine why aren't you upstairs?" Poppy growled, Sabine stared silently at Jak as he drank his drink. She didn't want her father seeing her act like this, degrading herself infront of these men. Was this what a Mar would do? Was this what her father came to see, his daughter degrade herself so he could dump her? Poppy dragged Sabine up the stairs to the birdcage, she shoved Sabine inside and slammed the door closed.

"Wait Poppy! I don't want to do this anymore!"

"Too bad, be a good girl Sabine. Don't forget to smile wide for daddy." Sabine's face paled. "That's right Sabine I know who your father is and what you are." Poppy locked the birdcage and smirked. "And you aren't getting out anytime soon. Right now all across the world my son is taking down the world," Poppy stepped back. "He'll be taking care of your brothers, and when I'm done here... I'll be taking care of your daddy." She pulled out her phone as Delac came out, she sang loudly, more then Sabine was used too, and grinded on the pole. Sabine's phone in her bra went off, she pulled it out and stared at the text.

:Now my part of my son's plan has started, say goodbye to Sabine everyone. The Desert Flower has offically died of thrist.

"It was you?!"

"Yup." Poppy laughed. "Now go make your final show and make sure you smile for the cameras." Poppy lowered the cage. "You'll never looked hotter."

"Lame ass punch line!" Sabine shouted back up at Poppy as the sexy murder walked off, Sabine grabbed the cage bars and shook them as she slowly went down to the stage. She reached around the bars and tried picking the lock, her black nails picked at the steel lock as the cage landed on the ground. Jak stood when he saw his daughter in the cage, Cruzie spun around and glared at Sabine. She was suppose to be singing... suppose to be if she wasn't locked in a cage and about to die! Jak started to run up the stage, running to the stage pushing past bouncers and other men that were drunk. Sabine looked to Poppy as she came down the backstairs; she could hear yelling from the crowd to get on with the show and people yelling they want their money back from Lange. In the corner Sabine saw Poppy push the button, Sabine grabbed the cage's bars and looked right at her father as he jumped on the stage.

"SABINE!!!" Jak shouted as fire inguffed the stage.

Seth parked the car in the busy courtyard of the Temple, he left Jus inside and ran into the temple. Every where he looked there was death, people were laying on the ground with blankets covering them or crying out in pain. Seth saw a monk, the monk stared at Seth and shook his head.

"Where is she?!" Seth shouted grabbing the monk. "Tell me now!"

"She was taken into the labyrinth! There wasn't anything we could do!" Seth shoved the monk out of his way and stomped towards the white door, the gold rimmed door was slightly ajar and Seth could smell the faint scent of Dark Eco coming from behind it. Seth grabbed the handle of the door and yanked it open, a rush of heat came from the room and a blood chilling scream followed along with it. The temple went dead silent.

"Um... I do believe that's a warning..." Ryren whispered in Seth's ear.

"It's a good thing that I'm deaf." Seth said walking down the stairs, it was dark and damp as he took one step at a time. When he got to the bottom, there were torches running along the walls. Seth started to walk slowly down the lit hallway, his gun was held tightly in his hands. Seth followed the fire into a dome shaped room, silos of eco stood randomly along the walls.

"Daara!" Ryren shouted pointing over to a hourglass, Seth ran to the hourglass and pressed his hands on the thick glass. Laying inside was Daara, some sand covered her her body. On her face were covered cuts and bruises, blood cumped the sand together and coated her arm. Seth banged on the glass.

"Daara! Daara! Daara, wake up!" Seth shouted, the monk's eyes fluttered for a second before she shut them again. "Damn it!" Seth shouted smashing his fist on the glass, the glass had to be atleast 3 inches thick. Seth pulled out his gun and shot at the glass, the bullet bounced off the glass and went into the walls behind Seth. "Daara! Daara you have to wake up!" Seth shouted banging on the glass, Ryren sighed as Seth fell to his feet. "Daara... please... just open your eyes."

"Don't cry son of Mar," Seth's flesh went cold and his heart stopped in his chest, the eerie voice from behind was back again. Seth turned and looked at the creature on the ground, it was hunched over and breathing heavily.

"You..." Seth growled, the creature heaved again and then stood tall. The creature's black dirty cloak dropping, a women appeared infront of Seth. A women with gray skin and long white hair, she flipped it back out of her face and laughed. She wore a long trench coat, her arms were covered in anicent Precusor Armour and tiny pieces of unknown metal. Under her jacket was a short dress that was purple, around her waist was a gold shash with little pieces of eco crystal on them.

"Welcome Seth Jonas Mar, how are you?"

"Give back Daara!" Seth whinced, he grabbed the collar on his neck and fell to the floor. The sharp sensation ran down his spine; Seth's breath caught in his lungs as he glared at the monster.

"Well, well Seth... I guess you're just gonna have to listen now and appect the fate that the gods have given to you." She said pacing. "I am Maia, my brother, Gol, was once a powerful Dark Eco Sage... but your father crushed my brother's plan to flood the world with eco!" She hissed. "Thankfully when we were trapped in the silo of Dark Eco, located above us." She said pointing up, Seth glanced up. Above them was a high hole, he could see a tiny light at the top but it was so small that he couldn't tell if it was natural light or some kind of object. "I cried out for years to unknown sources for help, one year they said they were on their way." Maia laughed. "The man aboard said I was to be his queen, when I thought my revenge on the world was about to unfold... Jak stepped in again. Destorying my only hope."

"The Dark Markers," Ryren said.

"You little one," Maia said floating close to Seth. "You're a Precusor aren't you?"

"Get away from me!" Seth shouted shoving Maia away, she caught his arm and dag her nails into his soft flesh. She sniffed his forearm and smirked, she took a tiny piece of stone and ran it down Seth's arm. Purplish red blood bubbled from beneath Seth's skin, his breath caught in his throat as Maia licked up the blood.

"Ahh, so the rumours are true. Jak was tainted with Dark Eco and his off springs carry his dazzling curse-" Seth yanked his arm away from Maia. "What's your brother's name? Elijah Jonas Mar," She licked her fingers. "I wonder if his blood is as tasty as yours? I know Sabine's is good..." Maia said walking over to the hourglass, she tapped the top and sand started to pour into the bottom half; waking Daara from her slumber. Daara sat up fast and covered her head from the sand, Maia laughed. "This child you call 'Daara' was given to me by the monks on Clover Island, a scarfice to me so I won't attack their monks in the night. I took her back to the Precusor Monk Temple's labyrinth, that was when Sabine was presented. A baby of Dark Eco, I cursed those fablous eyes of hers with a drop of pure Eco." Maia glanced down at Daara. "My truce was broken with Seem and now I get what I had back."

"Over my dead body!" Seth shouted running at Maia, she grabbed his arm and threw him across the room.

"You truly think you can defeat a god like myself?!" Maia laughed, she held her hands up. "Behold the creatures that have been my eyes and ears forever!" An unholy scream came from all around Seth, he covered his ears and glanced up the silo. It couldn't be.

Maneaters.

The sand coloured creatures crawled down the walls of the silo, sharp teeth gleaming in the eerie light of the humming tiny silos spaced around the room. Seth could only stare as they crawled towards him, all of them with their sharp nails... all of them used to be on his side only months ago. Each one had came to his defense when Erol went crazy taking control of the Metal Heads, all of them fleeing from the warth of the Metal Heads that brutally killed others. Seth fumbled with his gun as he loaded it, Ryren hid behind Seth's shoulder as Seth aimmed and fired at every tiny creature.

Seth put his gun away and started punching through the creatures, each one biting and nipping at his legs. Seth would use his gun on some hard and bigger ones to kill off, Seth rolled off to the side and glanced down at his bleeding thigh. Deep teeth marks turned his pants dark red; Seth was starting to feel light headed as he changed his guns. Off to the side, Daara banged on the glass. The sand was already at her waist and rising, Seth locked his gun.

"Ryren..." Seth said breathlessly.

"Yes?"

"Get Daara outta here," Seth said.

"But-"

"Then find take Jus and find Elijah or Jak, someone's gonna have to save this world again... I don't do anything good anymore." Seth sighed.

"But Seth-"

"Go now!" Seth shouted at Ryren, the dark orange rat jumped off his friends shoulder and ran towards the hourglass. Some creatures went after him and Seth shot at them. "Hey you! I'm your fight right here!" Seth shouted running through the creatures, each of them biting, clawing, tearing at him. Maia came down and grabbed Seth by his ankle, she spun him around and threw him into a dormate silo. Seth slumped to the ground, his mind was getting fuzzy again so much that he couldn't even see past Maia. She picked his up and laughed.

"Now I get my revenge of Jak, to kill his eldest son. I'll remember this moment forever," She said shoving her nails into Seth's chest, Seth breath was taken right out of him as he fell to the ground. He laid there for a second as the darkness egded into his vision, taken a tiny pieces of his life with him. Seth tried to blink it away, but only got worse after. He held the wound and gaged on his own blood, the only thing he heard in his head was everyone in his life saying that they loved him and they believed in him.

'come on you brat!' Seth held his darker side yell. 'don't you fake it, you are soo faking it! you aren't dying!'

Seth fell on his stomach, he stared at the hourglass as Ryren was pulled off Maia and thrown across the room. The sand was now up to Daara's neck, Maia tapped on the glass and laughed.

"I'm dying..." Seth whispered to himself. "I'm sorry everyone..." Seth whispered again, in his head he saw his family, his friends and the world he knew. "I don't want to go... but I am..."

'no way i am not going out this way!' Seth sighed and closed his eyes as he felt a small spark inside of him, even though his eyes were closed. He saw something bigger then himself, something that everyone wanted in their lives. The only thing a Mar could bring to the world.

Hope.

TBC...