Luc
"We're on a boat! We're on a boat! Take a good, hard look at this-" Riley sang, only for his mouth to be covered by Kylie.
"Shh!" Kylie said.
"Kylie, how do you know Xan?" I asked as she kept her gigantic brother from rapping.
"I, uh, met him at DWMA." Kylie said.
"You think we'll ever go back?" I asked.
"I don't think so, unless we get this resolved." Xan said.
"Do you ever think Eva will go out with Riley?" I asked, snickering.
"Luc!" Eva shouted, hitting me.
"Calm down. We don't want to injure ourselves before the fight with Li." Xan said.
"Is he all you think about?" I asked.
"Pause." Eva said.
Eva
I liked Riley. It was obvious, really. I thought that his protective instincts were attractive, his emerald eyes were beautiful, and I liked taller guys, anyways.
"Luc! Stop making jokes about me! Riley's right there!" I said.
"Stop freaking out! He's, like, drugged up right now." Luc said. "The drugs we gave him won't wear off for awhile.
"Hey, Luc, are you a pirate?" Riley asked.
"Okay, that's just offensive." Luc frowned.
"This is going to be a long, long trip." Kylie sighed.
"Hey, Shinobu's kinda hot." Riley whispered loudly in Luc's ear. "If you go for strawberry-blondes."
Luc
"That's Eva. Shinobu's got black hair." I corrected, and Eva floated up to the ceiling. I rolled my eye and turned to Xan. "You got something about you, Xan. Something tragic."
"There may be, but you do also." Xan said.
"Losing your eye does that to a guy," I said.
"Losing a partner does, too."
"How much do you know about me?"
"Next to nothing, other than you are impatient and reckless."
"I'm learning, which is better than you're doing. Leave the past behind, Xan, or you won't change." I said.
"It's hard to escape the past when the same situations are present." Xan said.
"The situation doesn't make the man. The man makes the situation." I said. "Dad said that all the time. It was in French, though."
"Your dad must not have been framed for blowing up half of a country." Xan said.
"Maybe not, but he always knew what to do." I said.
"Why are you speaking in past tense?" Kylie asked.
"'Cause dad isn't around anymore." I said.
"Like Rye's dad?" Kylie asked.
"I guess. I don't know his dad." I said.
"He wasn't a very good guy," Riley said, lying down with his head on Kylie's lap.
"When did you figure that out?" Eva asked, concerned.
"When he tried killing himself and taking me along with him." Riley said.
"That's terrible!" Eva said.
"He's still got a girlfriend, Eva." I said.
"Shut up, Luc!" Eva said as Riley sang 'Tik Tok' by Ke$ha.
"We need to stay together in order to clear our names." Shinobu said.
Oh, stay still my beating-damn-heart. Someone with sense.
"My head hurts. And why is a Ke$ha song running in my head?" Riley asked.
"You were listening to my iPod." Kylie lied.
"I was having the weirdest dreams." Riley said, and turned to Eva. She immediately blushed. "Where are we?"
