Chapter L - It Appears We Have a New Member on Board ~Mazzic

Mazzic stared out the door through which Kyanosa, and then Kaye had left. Debating whether he should go after them or not he stood around for a few minutes and decided that he had better not. Sitting in a booth he picked up the cards and started shuffling them (a thing he had learned to do while playing those God-awful games of poker). Thinking of what had transpired earlier he decided that though Kyanosa could be a pain in his A-Dollar-Sign-Dollar-Sign, he really did seem to care about those he thought of as friends.

Then the Spectrum shook as a shockwave rolled over them. Mazzic took a peek outside and saw a massive hole where the forest used to be down the hill. Looking to the sky and using his enhanced vision he saw a little dot that looked like Kyanosa falling to the ground, and a little dot that looked like Kaye flying after him (don't ask how little dots can look like people).

Returning to his seat, he waited for them to get back...

Maybe he should do something to help…Nah.

Returning to shuffling his cards he saw Scilas and someone else walk through the door and into the cabins. Assuming he was with CR, or maybe Ian, Mazzic proceeded to deal out a hand of solitaire (something he had learned to do while watching Kaye. Except this time he knew how to cheat *demonic grin*).

As he had predicted Kaye came back about an hour later carrying Kyanosa over her shoulders. Panting, she looked over to Mazzic and asked, "You think I could get a little help here?"

"Yeah, I'll get him."

"Thanks."

Mazzic stood and grabbed Kyanosa's collar and carried him over his shoulder (kinda like those models carry sport coats on the style channel). Both he and Kaye went into the cabins and picked a seemingly empty bed. Throwing Kyanosa onto it they heard a grunt from underneath. Motioning Kaye back, Mazzic reached to where the source of the sound was and quickly pulled out a well-built fighter looking man who was holding his groin.

With a lightning fast punch, this new traveler nailed Mazzic under the chin; unfortunately this did not knock him out as intended. Instead of retaliating, Mazzic threw the slightly astonished Jaded to the other side of the room, watched him flip himself around and gracefully land, then simply asked, "Who the hell are you, and what the hell are you doing here?"

Laughing, Jaded replied, "Name’s Jaded, but as far as what I'm doing here, if I told you I would have to kill you."

"That’s the second time I've heard that on this trip, and will be the second time I say this; I doubt that you could."

"Heh, a little arrogance from the clone? You are the clone right? Not that I care. All I'll say is that you just don't want to find out how powerful I am."

"I believe that one day both of us will find out how powerful the other is. And to answer you're first question, yes, I am a clone, however you will call me Mazzic."

Watching this exchange from the side Kaye sighed. Turning to leave she stated, "Just neither of you kill one another ok? I don't think that I could heal up any serious wounds either so basically...DON'T FIGHT...got it?"

Mazzic and Jaded stared after her and both started to say something snide, growled at each other for trying to talk at the same time, and looked to where she was, or had been since she had escaped to the car with all her stuff.

Jaded turned to Mazzic and started to say something, but stopped as he forgot what it was. Mazzic, on the other hand clipped Jaded in the jaw, and said, "Alright, that was for earlier, and I don't care if you tag along...not that it's my decision anyway...but anyway, just don’t do anything suspicious or you may end up having to watch your back slightly more than usual. Ciao..."

Mock saluting Mazzic sauntered out through the door, leaving Jaded alone with a now drooling Kyanosa.