JACK'S NEW PLAN WAS A TERRIBLE PLAN, BUT IT MANAGED TO SUCCEED.

YOUSAY SILENTY JUMPED FROM THE TOP OF THE BARS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAGE IN A CRAB-LIKE MOTION. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN HE WOULD SCREAM "KILLYOUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HE WENT INTO THE CAGE AFTER WE PUT A BLUE WIG IN THERE." CARLY SAID. "JACK YOU REALLY ARE SOMETHING ELSE."

"WELL, I STILL THINK AKI'S BOOBS WOULD HAVE WORKED." JACK SAID, HATING THAT HE HAD TO MAKE EFFORT TO FIND A CAGE AND A WIG.

YOUSAY STOPPED AND STOOD IN THE CAGE STARING AT THEM, AS IF TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING BUT ACTUALLY HE WAS SAYING NOTHING AT ALL.

"SEE?" JACK POINTED "WHY DO YOU THINK HE PUT THE "NO GIRLZ ALLOWED" SIGN UP AT THE BIKESHED?"

"WOW." SAID CARLY, REALISING THAT YOUSAY WAS MORE SCREWED UP THAN SHE REALISED, AND THAT JACK PAID MORE ATTENTION TO HIS FRIENDS THAN SHE REALISED. "YOU PAY MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR FRIENDS THAN I REALISED." SHE SAID.

"I'M JACK ATLAS. LET'S GO HAVE SOME TEA." JACK SAID, FINALLY REMEMBERING WHAT THE HELL THIS WHOLE ENTIRE ESCAPADE WAS ABOUT.

"S-SURE. " CARLY SAID. PERHAPS NOW SHE COULD POP THE QUESTION- I MEAN ASK HIM WHY HE WAS GIVING SO MANY SIGNALS LATELY. "BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUSAY, ARE WE JUST GOING TO LEAVE HIM HERE?"

"UH, YEAH THAT WAS THE PLAN." JACK SAID, TURNING ON HIS HEEL. "HE'LL HAVE CALMED DOWN ONCE THE POLICE HAVE FOUND HIM AND ELECTROCUTED HIM AGAIN."

"OH. OKAY, WELL YOU'RE THE ONE THAT KNOWS HIM BETTER THAN ME." CARLY SAID, FOLLOWING.

AS THEY LEFT, YOUSAY FLIPPED THEM OFF.

THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DARK STREETS, IT WAS LIKE 3AM OR SOMETHING. CARLY DOUBTED THEY WOULD FIND A TEASHOP OPEN BUT JACK PROBABLY KNEW A PLACE. HELL, JACK USED TO BE THE KING. HE PROBABLY COULD GET A PLACE TO OPEN. BEING JACK ATLAS AND ALL.

AFTER A WHILE THE SILENCE BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE, EVEN THOUGH JACK WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THE SILENCE. THEY HAD A HORRIBLE RELATIONSHIP. ANYWAY, JACK DECIDED TO SAY SOMETHING HE KNEW HE WOULD REGRET.

"SO, WHAT-"

"OH, WELL, ACCORDING TO MY FINDINGS, APPARENTLY EONS AGO THE ATLANTEANS PISSED OF THE AZTECS." CARLY SAID, NOTICING THAT THERE WERE MANY LIGHTS IN THE CITY AT NIGHT. LOTS OF THEM.

"NOT SURPRISED. THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T APPRECIATE THEIR RIDICULOUS LAND ART."

"AND NOW THAT YOUSAY HAS BEEN BORN WITH AZTEC POWERS EVEN THOUGH HE'S DESCENDED FROM AN ATLANTEAN KING... THE GODS ARE RATHER PISSED OFF. AND UNLESS WE KILL YOUSAY THE WORLD IS GOING TO END" CARLY SAID WITH INNOCENCE.

"OH, RIGHT." SAID JACK AND THEN FELL OVER.

"WHAT!? KILL YOUSAY?" HE SAID IN A HIGHER VOICE THAN USUAL.

"KILL YOUSAY." SHE REPEATED.

"NOT KILLYOU SAY? OR KILLYOUSAY?"

"NO." CARLY SAID. "WE HAVE TO KILL YOUSAY."

DEN DEN DUR.