HEY! I hope you loved the last chapter! This chapter as I said last time is going to have something that is going to shock you ad possibly make you hate me. Anyway have fun reading and if you don't hate me enough I love a review. I'm so sorry 5x9 fans.
FIVE:
"But you… how did you… Hey." Becky stutters.
"You're not drunk are you Beck?" I ask.
"You know me Georgie I don't drink… much." She says and I laugh a little bit. "Actually it's Ally." I tell her. She does the whole 'oh yeah I knew that.' Thing and stands back up and sits next to me. At this time Six comes up and sits back down next to Four. She winks at me then sees Becky and gives Four a questioning look.
"Caitlyn this is Becky." I tell her.
The conversation goes on and after about half an hour of me begging Nine to dance with me and him say no I give up. "Fine. I'll go dance with Carter." I say standing up and turning away. I walk quickly over to Carter and he smiles when he sees me walking towards him.
"Let me guess. He said no 300 billion times so you finally decided to give up and dance with me." He jokes.
"You'll wanna keep that smart-as* attitude to yourself, 'mate'." I joke. He laughs then says "What's next? Are you going to start eating vegemite?" I make a face and shake my head.
"Do you wanna dance or not? Because if not I'm going to leave." I tell him. He smiles wide then takes my hand and leads me towards the dance floor. It looks really cool because it's on a lower level than the actual floor and you have to use steps to get down into it. Around the edges there are metal railings and some people lean against them and watch others dance.
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NINE:
"Don't do it Nine. You'll regret it." Four warns. I just nod but I don't take my eyes off Five and that guy. When the song ends she excuses herself and gives him a small wave. She starts walking over our way but gets stopped by some other group of guys that start talking to her.
"The hell with it." I growl and move to get up but Eight grabs my wrist and pulls me back down.
"Nine, I've known her longer than anyone. Trust me when I say don't do because if you she'll be pi$$ed." Becky tells me. Five walks back over to us and sits back down next to me. She looks up at me and smiles and I frown back at her. She raises her eyebrows at me than shakes her head and laughs a little. A new song comes on and her head snaps in my direction.
"Will you dance with me now?" She asks. I shake my head and she sighs then says "Fine, I'll go dance with Carter." She stands up and I follow her and grab her hand and pull her toward the dance floor. "How did I know that that would work?" she asks as we reach the steps that lead onto the dance floor.
"Because your my girlfriend and I was going to kill that Cooper guy for even talking to you."
"Carter." She corrects. I give her this 'do you think I care?' look.
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SIX:
Four was so jealous. Good. He kept looking at Tom and I while we were dancing, he had his 'kill' look on his face. It's the same face I see when we're battling the mogs. Oops. Five and Nine finally come back to the table after 50 billion dances (not literally) and they're both laughing.
"I told you I suck at dancing!" Nine whines.
"Aw, Babe, it was cute. I don't really care as long as I'm having fun. Plus I can keep teaching you that way." She flirts.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Stop right there." Four says holding his hands up in a pause gesture. "She teaches you to dance? Man you're whipped." Four shakes his head. Five raises her eyebrows at me and I can tell what she's thinking. He thinks Nines whipped? Both of us do our best to supress our laughter but Five ends up coughing and I end up with tears threatening to spill. "What's so funny?" Nine asks.
"He thinks you're whipped, just be glad you don't have to read his mind." Five giggles.
"Oh shut up." Four barks in a very mean tone.
"Watch it, Four. Friend or not you speak to her like that again and I will hurt you." Nine growls protectively.
"Boys, leave the cat fights for the girls." I warn.
"Yeah, come on. I have to have something to do!" Five jokes. The song changes again and Five's head snaps in Becky's direction – surprisingly she's really nice and funny. I understand why Five is friends with her.
"Rock the boat – Bob Sinclar." She says in a rush pointing her finger in Becky's direction.
"Damn you! You always win!" Becky whines and Five smiles evilly. Five then stands and grabs Nine's hand and attempts to pull him up with her but he just pulls her back down. She gives him a puppy dog face and he looks like he's about to buckle.
"I'll dance with you if you take one sip of this." Nine bargains holding up his beer.
"What do you count as a sip?" Five says making a face.
"I dunno, whatever you standard sip of water or something." He says shrugging.
"Make it orange juice." Becky suggests. We all give her funny looks but Nine says "What she said."
Five looks down at the glass then at Nine, back at the glass, then at the people at the table. "This better be worth it, Nine." She mutters and lifts the drink to her mouth.
The face she made was hilarious.
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FIVE:
Everyone at the table cracks up laughing, most likely at the face I made. The liquid burns the back of my throat and I cough loudly. Nine rubs my back and I wipe my mouth.
"Ugh, that was fowl. How can you boys drink that?" I croak.
"Strong immune systems… and practice." Eight jokes.
I groan and rest my head on Nine's shoulder. "I feel dizzy." I complain.
"I bet you do. That was more like drinking the entire thing than taking a sip." Nine says wrapping his arm around and hugging me close to him.
"You told me to drink it like I'd drink orange juice!" I whine. He rolls his eyes and pushes me off the seat gently and drags me (not literally) to the dance floor.
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Ella told Marina that we had to meet Malcolm, Adam and her at this hotel a few blocks down. We were all walking along the street towards it at this point in time. Nine was leaning on me because he was wasted and couldn't walk by himself let alone walk in a straight line. He was also talking nonsense like he walk asking me why four was purple which was ridiculous because four was wearing blue and black.
"You smell reeeeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllllllllllyyyy good." He slurs while sniffing me.
"You're drunk." I laugh.
"Am I?" He asked sounding surprised. I turned back a bit to see his face and he had slapped a hand over his mouth and his eyes were wide.
"Yes, you've had six beers." I tell.
"You must have been counting. I guess I am drunk. What do you think of your drunken boyfriend?" He asked me.
"I think he needs some sleep and coffee." I tell him.
"Whatever you say Baby." He says loudly.
Six looks back at me and smiles. John has his arm wrapped around her waist and he keeps teasing her by slipping his hand onto her butt – which she immediately pulls off – and he keeps saying that she's no fun.
Once we reach the hotel my mind fills with dread and horror. We have to go up steps to reach the room. I was hard enough supporting Nine's weight going across flat ground. I don't even want to imagine pulling him up the stairs. Six sees my face and nudges Four.
"I'll take him for you. I was the one who helped him get drunk anyway." Four says taking Nine's arm off of me and starts helping him up the stairs. The rest of us follow and I can hear Nine asking Four questions like "What did you do to my girl?" and "Did Five go with Carter?" He sounded hurt when he asked the last one I put my hand on his slumped shoulder and he turned his head back and as soon as he saw me his face lit up.
"Guess what Four? She's just there!"
Becky comes up next to me and smiles.
"He's cute. He's yours right?" She asked meaning he's my boyfriend. I nod and laugh a bit. "Girl, you are luck-y. You can have him though I got my eyes on someone else." Of course Becky does. I'm just praying it isn't Eight or Four.
"Who?" I ask a little nervous.
"Sam." She says quietly with her devil smile plastered across her face. YES! I thought and I was dancing around in my mind.
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SIX WEEKS LATER:
NINE:
Five's head pops out of the bathroom door she looks slightly embarrassed.
"Are you alright gorgeous?" I ask genuinely interested. This makes her blush a deep scarlet colour and look at the ground.
"Um… not really. I was wondering if you could possibly pass me my clothes over there." She said nervously and her hand coming out from behind the door to point at the pile of clothes in the dresser. I smile at her and shake my head. "Oh come on! That's not fair! Please, Baby. Please." She pleads and gives me the puppy dog face. I look away before I give in to her.
"Life's not fair Five. Get them yourself." I tease. She frowns then disappears behind the door. Moments later the door opens again but no one is there. I hear the very soft sound of footsteps making their way from the bathroom to the dresser and then the clothes start floating in mid-air.
"Damn you Five, you knew I was getting them for you on purpose." I whined. I can't lie and say that I didn't want to see her in just a towel. She giggled and the clothes floated into the bathroom and the door shut behind. I was just about to sit down on the bed and wait for her to come out when her head popped back out.
"Don't you dare try to come in here." She warns. "I just gave you that idea didn't I?" I nodded. Honest to lore I didn't think about it until she said it. The door shuts again and minutes later she comes out and sits down next to me. "You look tired. You should sleep." She says cupping her hand over my left cheek and rubbing her thumb back and forth over it. I nod meekly and put my hand up to hers not breaking our eye contact.
"Do you ever worry about yourself? You look like you're about to collapse." I tell her. She laughs a little then she suggests we both go to sleep and I tell her I wouldn't have gone to bed without here anyway. We both slide under the covers and I wrap my arms around her, pulling her in as close to me as possible. I hear her heart beat pulse through her and she sighs.
"Are you okay?" I ask pulling back a bit so I can see her face.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking about how lucky I am." She says dreamily.
"Yeah, I know how you feel." I say pulling her back to me and resting my chin on top of her head. "Goodnight Five, I love you."
"I love you too."
.*.*.*.*.
Black surrounds me. Voices whisper nearby.
"Number Nine, I would like to show you something." A voice says from behind me.
I quickly turn to see a tall pale guy with a shaved head and the mogadorien warrior tattoos on his body. Mog. I think and instantly think of the word 'kill'.
"You cannot harm me so do not even try." He cautions and walks in the opposite direction of where I'm standing. I don't want to follow but there is some sort of force pushing me in the direction he is walking.
"So tell me. How are you and Five getting along? I imagine quite well, considering the similarities, do you think she has told you everything about her past though. Do you know much about her at all?" The mog torments.
"Get bent." I growl. But his words have already been processed through my brain. I know she's been a lot of places – Paris, Rome, most of Australia, London, Dublin, Beijing, Moscow, most of America – but she didn't really want to tell me much about Audrey or her past other than that. I think.
"I got you thinking didn't I? Well I'm going to let enjoy this by yourself." He says and disappears. The darkness turns into a room with grey stone lining the walls and marble floors. It looks like a prison cell. In the middle of the room I see a metal table with a female body lying on it. She's blonde, tanned, tall-ish and looks like five. I step closer and think it is Five. My heart rate quickens. She looks slightly more innocent then she does now. I hear a door open and close but I can't take my eyes off of Five. She's bruised and she has numerous cuts everywhere.
"Number Five, why not just make this easy on yourself and tell us what we want to know." A mog comes towards her wearing all black. I try to step in front of him so that he can't get to Five but he walks right through me, like I'm a ghost or something. He's the same guy I was talking to only moments ago.
"I've told you once and I've told you a million times I … DON'T… KNOW! I haven't seen any of them since I was FOUR!" She yells at him still lying on the table. Somehow they've managed to hold her there. Come on Five! Break free and snap his neck. I think.
"Now, now Darling. Let's not be harsh." He says leaning down towards her and trailing his finger across her jawline. She flinches at his touch and spits in his face. He jumps back crying out.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" She screams.
"You little bit**!" He screams at her. He presses a button on a nearby control panel and she is flipped onto her back. "You'll pay for disrespecting me!" He shouted. I pulled a knife out of his pocket and she screamed. "TELL ME WHERE THE ARE!" He bellowed.
"I told you I don't know anything!" She scream and he brought the knife down on her back making a deep cut from just under her right should the her left hip. She screams out in pain and tries to kick away but she bound to the table the tears stream down her face and I try to go to her to comfort her but my feet are stuck. I feel like they've been buried in cement. I yell out her name but she doesn't seem to hear. The guy grabs her by the hair and smacks her head on the table leaving her unconscious.
I start being sucked back into the darkness and an evil laugh fills my ears. I keep crying out her name but I can't see her anywhere. She's dead. I think.
"Nine." The evil laugh is replaced by Fives sweet voice and It seems to be coming from all directions. "Nine."
Sandor stands inches away from me and he says eight simple words "You need to wake up, my young ward."
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"Nine!"
Someone is shaking me their pleading voice recognisable.
"Nine, wake up. You're having a bad dream."
My eyes crap open a little bit and I see Five's beautiful face looking worried and sad. My arms quickly go around her waist and I burry my head in her stomach. "You're alive." I whisper.
"Hey, hey. It's okay. You're fine. I'm right here." She strokes my head repeatedly and kisses my forehead.
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A/N: Sorry for the interruption but this is IMPORTANT INFORMATION! This chapter curantly hasn't had the 'climax' so the thing that will shock you hasn't happened yet. To find out you will need to read UNTIL THE VERY END! If you miss any lines you'll be very confused.
NINE (NEXT DAY):
"I don't get it man. Just ask her if it has happened. If it hasn't we're going to need to protect her and try to prevent it." Four suggests. I told Sam, Four and Eight about my dream of Five being abused.
"You said she looked different though. Was she younger or older looking?" Sam inquired.
"Um, I don't know. She looked more innocent. So I'm thinking younger." I shrug.
"Just remember the mogs could just be trying to get to you. Make you worry and forget you priorities like actually looking after Five and training – like we're supposed to be doing now although we seemed to have gotten caught up in conversation." Eight says. We all instantly jump into training exercises and hand-to-hand combat.
After a good half-hour the girls come in from their separate training (This includes Becky and Sarah). They're all sweating but then again we boys could fill the ocean with our sweat so I'm not judging. I walk over to Five and wrap my arm around her shoulder.
"You reek." She says pulling back. Usually I would say something back but she does smell so I have to think of something else.
"Have you looked in the mirror lately, baby?" I joke.
"No, why?" She says running her hands through her hair and looking herself over.
"No reason…" I shrug and walk off. When I look back Five is no longer there, neither is any of the other girls. Ha Funny! I think.
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SIX:
"Do I seriously look that bad?" Five asks looking in the mirror of the bathroom we all have to share. The thought of Five looking bad was laughable because no matter what we went through she always looked like she just came off of project runway.
"You look like you always do." Becky says.
"So I always look like crap?" she says frowning.
"Five, you out of all people should know that Nine was only trying to get under your skin. He like's making people think less of themselves for a short period of time. Give him a few minutes and he'll apologise." Marina said taking her hair out of the pony tail she had it in and trying to put it back up again.
"He only apologises to her because she's his girlfriend and is he doesn't he' going to be one lonely boy sleeping on the couch." I say. We all laugh but Sarah.
"You guys really do think a lot of yourselves don't you?" She spits and walks out of the bathroom. Five burst out laughing.
"Did I just hear her right? Did she just say we thought a lot of ourselves?" Marina asks.
"Man that girl has some is-use." Ella says and w crack up laughing.
After about ten more minutes of joking and teasing we go into our own rooms and get dressed. Once that was done we all went down the stairs and into the back yard. Five and Becky were going to show us what they used to do ask kids.
We're all laughing hysterically because Becky keeps falling over. She laughs it off which gives me a good view of her personality and character. They're attempting to do stupid gymnastics tricks which Five claims she stuffs up and Beck always lands on her butt.
"I haven't done this in ages. I guess I forgot how much my as$ would hurt after this." Becky jokes just as Four comes up to us look worried.
"Just a little heads up Five, Nine's coming over to talk to you." He quickly runs up the stairs and into the house. Five shrugs as if to say he talks to me every day, big whoop.
"Hey… Five, can you still do an Ariel?" Becky asks.
"I can do those in my sleep." Five says rolling her eyes. She does a version of a cartwheel with out using her hands. I'll admit it looks pretty awesome.
"Five?" We all look up to see Nine standing behind Five.
"Uh yeah?"
"Could you do me a favour and show me your back." His face looks stern. Sort of scary, an expression I get the feeling Five has barely seen because you can just tell that it shocks her.
"What? Do you have some sort of a fetish for girls backs?" She asks smiling and obviously joking. Why does he want to look her back? I think and suddenly the answer hits me. He knows.
I didn't tell him. So I must have been Marina. I look over at her and I can tell that she's thinking the same thing. She thinks it was me. At the same time we both shake our heads telling the other it wasn't us.
"Five just do it." Nine growls.
"Nine, are you ok? I just don't understand why…" She says looking genuinely worried until he cuts in.
"Five, please." He says getting louder and more furious. Five turns around and looks at Marina and I with a frightened face.
"Nine, let's not over react…" Marina tries to intervene but Five gives her a harsh look telling her to shut up.
Five turns so that her back is to Nine and she slowly lifts up the back of her T-Shirt showing her slivery scar. Nine's fist clench at his side.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" He screams at her. I stand up and pull Marina, Becky and Ella with me. I take them all inside knowing that Nine in Five need a least that much privacy – even though we're all still going to be looking out the window.
"You didn't ask." She says softly but loud enough for us to hear.
"Do you really think this is the time to be a smart as$, Five? Because I don't. Even if I didn't ask you should have said something!" He's really pissed off. He's never like that with Five. I look at her and I can tell that she's scared by the way she's shrinking away from him when he speaks.
"It wasn't important. I didn't…" Five gets cut off yet again but Nine.
"Not important? Five you must be delusional because last time I checked being tortured is a pretty big deal." He yells at her.
"Stop screaming at me!" She screams back. No she's getting mad. "I didn't tell you because I knew… I just knew you were going to act like this! You blame me for it happening! You might not realise it but you do! I didn't ask to be tortured! I didn't ask to be held in a damn prison and think that every day was getting worse and that I was going to die! But you know what Nine, even though I didn't ask for it, it still happened." She screams. She turns away from him and bolts into the woods.
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A/N: ok last interruption… THAT WASN'T IT! Are you surprised? I like my Drama don't I? Anyway read these last couple of lines and you done!
STILL SIX:
It's been a four days since Five and Nine's fight. Earlier this morning I heard them talking in the lounge room (the first time they have talked since their fight) they we're actually laughing. Later that day I walked into the kitchen to make coffee and half way through doing so Five comes into the kitchen smiling.
"All good now?" I ask.
"Oh hell, it's much better than good." She says smiling even bigger.
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DINNER TIME:
We're all laughing and joking around the table. Marina seems slightly distant from the conversation like something's bothering her. I catch her eye across the table and mouth you ok? She just nods and continues to swirl her food around her plate with her fork. Ten minutes pass and Marina hasn't eaten. Suddenly she stands up with eyes like fire. The entire table went silent. She looks at Nine with the most hate I've ever seen in her eyes apart from fighting mogs.
"If you don't tell Five I will." She growls.
"Tell me what?" Five says frowning. They both seem to have not heard her and continue on.
"Marina, don't do this." Nine warns.
"She deserves to know."
"Tell me WHAT?" Five says a little louder. They ignore her.
"I'll tell her, just not now." Nine says standing up.
"Tell her now or I will." Marina's eyes are still ablaze and it's quite intriguing.
"Tell me WHAT?" Five asks standing up to looking straight at Marina obviously knowing Nine wasn't going to tell her.
"The other day a few hours after you're fight with Nine I walk into a room and saw Nine kissing…"
HUH OH! Raise your hand if you hate me? Yeah, I hate me too. Damn the chick that Nine kissed. The first one to review with the code word (as long as you have an account P.S: the code word is a few lines down) gets to find out who it is! In your review you also have to say who you think it is and why. There is going to be a second prize for the person with the best review or guess (Hint to what the prize is: they get to find out who she is!) Yeah. I'm bad. Ok well your options of who it could be are…
Marina (Well, well bring on the punch ups (between Nine and Eight))
Ella (Unlikely but possible…)
Six (Um… excuse me but YOU'RE DATING FOUR!)
Becky (What kind of a best friend are you?)
Sarah (I'm going to kick his as* if it is)
Some random chick (Maybe you already know her…)
THE CODE WORD IS: 'Converse'
Question of the week is "What is your least favourite thing about this Fanfic?" (because if I get enough reviews on one thing then I'll try to change it!)
Man this one was long! F.R.F.R! Have a lovely week and be lucky!
Lucky Number 9!
P.S: Page Number 5 you CANNOT say anything because you already know who it is, please and thank you my evil master mind friend.