" Your own room ? ", June iterated loudly like she had been the one to have found the room .June's hands were on her waist as she stared Clay down .Saul had also folded his huge arms in front of his chest ." Yes , that's right . Why does it got to be yours to pick ? Cause you found it ? ", Saul asked too .June nodded in agreement with Saul's line of questioning .Clay rolled her eyes at their childish antics ." Yes , precisely because I found it . So , you both find somewhere else to make into your own rooms ! ", She told them as she admired the beauty she had uncovered.June stepped forward , her eyes narrowing ." There is something deeply wrong with your ideology , honey . If we are keeping scores , then it should be noted that I was the one that deemed the church inhabitable . Hence , the whole church was found by me and I get to pick where to sleep while the both of you make do with whatever is left ", She reasoned with herself .Clay blinked , shocked.She had suddenly repl
" STOP! ".Clay stopped running as the stadium lights moved to focus solely on her , the crowd had stopped screaming .Since the light was now on Clay , she could not make out the faces of the crowd and had now become a piece of furniture to be scrutinized .Only the commentators voice filled the court ." HOLD UP , HOLD UP ! SAVIOR OF THE WEAK AND THE WOMEN . WE ARE AN ORGANIZED AND DISCIPLINED ESTABLISHMENT !! ".They were ?They did not exactly look so .Wait , where they going to end the fight ?Clay relaxed , grateful for their organization , she nodded at Truck whose features she could not make out as he was not in the light ." WE DO NOT LET PEOPLE JUST JUMP INTO GAUNTLETS THAT WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE FOR THEM OR DO WE ??! ".The crowd came back to life , screaming and cheering .Clay nodded in understanding , it made sense .It was what she expected from an organized establishment like them .She would have cheered too but there was already so much attention on her ." THE ON
" Shit , shit !!! ", Clay swore as she ran .Clay ran out of the Arena but could not find any trace of Saul , nobody had told her Saul was a professional sprinter .Clay ran all the same , she did not want to encounter three of Top dog's friends , especially when she was alone .She ran down the school's hallway that was now quiet and deserted , everyone must have gone to watch the fight between she and Truck and they had not returned to their spots to continue to linger around in the darkness , pretending to be in some grimy film .She was about to turn the corners when she looked back and caught sight of the three musketeers still coming after her .Clay groaned and took off towards the approaching corner .Clay increased her pace as she rounded the corners and began to run down the halls of the new hallway that was not only empty but dark .Half way into the hallway , she heard something and turned around and someone pulled her into a dark classroom , the hand was different from Sa
Clay had learnt not to question certain things, especially when they were helpful to her , so she kept quiet and just observed .How they had somehow been able to get away from the arena with June's lack of even the smallest bit of a sense of direction and with Saul hunched over as low as a fucking turtle and she running ahead every two seconds to hold the kid from falling off Saul's back while also watching their back and making sure they were going in the right direction was one of those memories Clay never wanted to get back to .She had been sure that they might not make it out and had been pleasantly surprised when they had made it out .They had stopped to rest for a while after getting far enough from the Arena .Now , the noise from the Arena was nothing but a distant buzzing and a distant memory , just until you took a look at the boy on Saul's back and you were thrusted back into the distant memory .Clay stood while the others sat on the floor , the kid sprawled on the grou
TommyBack at their run down apartment complex.Tommy quietly jiggled his keys in the keyhole of the door to his apartment , careful not to wake Jade as he returned from his first day at his night shift waiting job that he had applied for and gotten much to his surprise .Jade had found the job in the papers and forced him to go , after giving her a rigorous run down of what she had assured her that her brother used to secure every job interview that he went for .She had also reminded Tommy that lawyers for Child custody battles were expensive and that was all the motivation Tommy had needed .The door finally gave way and opened and he walked in , the lights were switched off but he of course knew the way around his own goddamn house .He headed straight for the fridge , he needed a cold beer to deal with the stress and nerves from his first day at the job , he had not worked a job with actual manual labor in a while .He opened the fridge and the light came on , displaying the cont
They gathered all of their available food and sat on the altar to eat .They cleaned out the goblets with water and asked for forgiveness before using it to share the wine that June had opened quite unceremoniously , spilling most of it around in her attempt .After June had shared the wine , they made Saul wash his hands before splitting the rest of his roast chicken by four ways and then Clay handed out protein bars for them to munch on when they had finished eating .They ate quietly , Clay watched as June and Saul secretly watched Jared , they were probably filled with questions for the boy .As if he knew he was being watched , he lifted his head , he had a little protein bar stuck to the side of his face .June and Saul began to snigger loudly like that was the funniest thing that they had seen this year and the kid's eyes widened as he looked from one sniggering fool to the other in confusion .Clay pointed at the boy's face , trying to communicate what the problem was without
Clay was still drawing when someone's boots stomped in front of her .She stopped what she was doing and looked up to see June .She looked frustrated ." What are you doing , June ? ",She called out slowly.She groaned and fell back into the bed , bouncing a little before her body finally settled ." If I had known that you would take a fancy to smarty pants over there , I might not have saved him ",She complained as she pointed at Jared.Clay only half listened to her as she stared at her drawing .She had drawn every single part of the autobot separately , expanding them on paper and highlighting everything she knew about each parts .She looked over to June and shook her head , tsking loudly ." With the way you ran out to save her , it was quite glaring that you did not care what kind of person he could be . And that's the kind of person you are , someone who acts before thinking ",Clay told her, hiding the insult beneath the praise.She threw one of the pillows at Clay and she d
Clay and Jared stopped their chattering .They both turned to June who was sporting a beautifully forced smile while gritting her teeth ." Don't you guys want to explain what you're on about ? That would be the nice thing to do, no ?",She asked." Then we could all talk about nitro and gly- whatever together ".Clay and Jared nodded their heads , It was best to leave June unprovoked ." Okay , everyone gather around ",Clay announced.Clay went back and took the seat she had been using to read .She dragged it closer to the bed where June and Jared where already seated and Saul sat too , looking a little bleary-eyed ." So , yesterday I found chloroform in our emergency regeneration kits and it got me thinking ..."Clay stopped talking when she noticed June's raised hand , she took a deep sigh ." Yes , June ? ",She asked.She looked around at the others ." Some of us don't know what chloroform is ",she said with a shrug.That was plausible .Clay thought of the easiest way to descri