"YOUSAY, I, JACK ATLAS, HAVE RETURNED TO THIS BIKE SHED. NOW GET THE HELL OUT."

THERE WAS SILENCE.

"I THINK THE SILENCE MEANS LIKE, STUFF." CROW SAID

"WHAT? WHY DOESN'T HE WANT TO LISTEN TO ME? HELL, WHY DOESN'T KILLYOU WANT TO TALK TO ME. THIS SUCKS REAL BAD." JACK SAID ABSENTMINDEDLY.

"OH!" CARLY PIPED UP "IF THAT'S THE PROBLEMI'LL TALK TO YOU JACK."

"SURE. WAIT, NO WE ALREADY HAVE A GOOD SPEAKING RELATIONSHIP" PARROT AND OWL BABY HE MENTALLY ADDED.

CARLY SEEMED TO BLUSH AND RUN BEHIND THE TABLE SOMEWHERE WE DON'T KNOW, WE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE TELEPHONE RINGING.

"IT'S THE PHONE" SAID CROW BUT BRUNO HAD ALREADY PICKED IT UP BECAUSE THINGS WERE MOVING SLOW.

"HELLO? YES? YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUSAY YOU SAY? I SEE." HE COVERS THE PHONE "SO THIS GUY WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOUSAY, HE SAYS HIS NAME IS KILLYOU-"

BUT YOUSAY WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE LOCKED DOOR AND HAD GRABBED THE PHONE. HE STARED SERIOUSLY INTO IT BECAUSE SPEAKING WAS NOT HIS SPECIAL ABILITY.

"YOUSAY? YOUSAY ARE YOU THERE? ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME?" KILLYOU SAID.

"HE'S NODDING EACH TIME" CROW SAID, LOUDLY ENOUGH

ACTUALLY WE DO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CARLY AND THE TABLE NOW. CARLY HAD BEEN GUSHING BECAUSE JACK SAID RELATIONSHIP, SHE COULD AFFORD TO IGNORE THE SPEAKING PART SPEAKING WAS JUST A FACT OF LIFE RIGHT? BUT RELATIONSHIPS. NOW RELATIONSHIPS WERE DIFFERENT. ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT KETTLE OF DEAD FI- DID THEY SAY KILLYOU WAS ON THE PHONE??

CARLY GRABBED THE PHONE JUST AS KILLYOU WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK TO YOUSAY AND HEARD EVERYTHING.

SHE

HEARD.

EVERYTHING.

"OH. I DON'T THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO HEAR ANY OF THAT." CARLY SAID SLOWLY.

"NO." SAID KILLYOU, SOUNDING DISTURBED "NO I DON'T THINK YOU WERE."

"NEVER MIND," CARLY SAID "TELL ME KILLYOU, DO YOU STILL HAVE THE CRAB THAT WAS IN THE POSTCARD PHOTO?"

"NO I TOTALLY ATE HIM AND THEN SENT THE POSTCARD OUT TO SEA ALONG WITH MY FEELINGS FOR MY OLD TEAM BUT THEN THIS TRIP - THE TRIP MADE ME REALISE I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO LIVE FOR SO I CALLED TO TELL YOUSAY -------- WAIT HOW THE HELL DID YOU SEE THE POSTCARD I THREW IT INTO THE GODDAMNED SEA."

"I HAVE MY WAYS. AND MY GLASSES,. AND STUFF. WAIT, YOU JUST ATE THE DESCENDANT OF THE ATLANTEAN KING!?!?!"

"DID I? SORRY, KINGS KIND OF LIKE TO DIE IN THIS SERIES ANYWAY. THEY ALWAYS COME BACK THOUGH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND HIS SOUL OR SOMETHING. I HEARD A LEGEND ABOUT AN EGYPTIAN KING WHO DID THAT TO SOME POOR WEEABOO KID. IT WAS A HORROR FILM I THINK. ANYWAY IS YOUSAY THERE? I MUST TELL HIM MY FEELINGS – IT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT OF MY PHONECALL."

LITTLE DID KILLYOU KNOW, HIS CHANCE TO WIN BACK YOUSAY'S SPECIAL BIKE FRIENDSHIP HAD BEEN LOST. WHILST TALKING TO CARLY, BRUNO HAD CONFESSED TO YOUSAY IT HAD ONLY BEEN ONE OR TWO POKEMON MOVIES AND THAT HE REALLY LIKED THE POKEMON KRABBY AND THE EPS WHERE HE EVOLVED INTO KINGLER AND THEN THEY WERE BACK ON THE COMPUTER TOGETHER IN NO TIME.

"OH" CARLY SAID "HEY YOUSAY, KILLYOU WANTS TO FINISH TALKING WITH YOU."

"I'M HAVING A SERIOUS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW." YOUSAY SAID AND RETURNED TO HACKING THINGS WITH BRUNO.

JACK STAMPED HIS FOOT "HE ALWAYS SAYS THAT! NOW I REMEMBER WHY I NEVER COME BACK HERE - NO ONE APPRECIATES ME."

CARLY SLAPPED HER HANDS LIKE AN AUTHORITY FIGURE "JACK ENOUGH OF THAT, I TOTALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE ISLE OF SOMEWHERE WHERE KILLYOU IS AND FIND THE SOUL OF THE KING ATLANTIS CRAB. BUT I NEED A RIDE. IF I JUMP UP AND DOWN AND DO GIRLY THINGS WILL YOU COME WITH ME."

JACK PAUSED

"MAYBE."

JACK WASN'T LYING.