No. 9

No. 9





                                       A complete new transformation









The next morning - Ok I guess it wasn't morning, it was just when ever I happened to wake up again.
I found that I was lying on a couch in middle of a living room.
I lifted myself up and looked around.
Quorra was in a small kitchen at the far end of the room in front of me, while the boys were lying down on the floor watching a holocast behind me.
I got up, stepping over feet, as I made my way to the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" I asked, rinsing my hands off and splashing water on my face.
"Oh hey your awake! I'm just making some sandwiches. Would you like one?"
I nodded.
"What time is it?"
"Around noon. Ha it was funny we all jumped when Kylun brought you in his arms, we were all like "Oh my gosh what happened! did someone get her?! Is she dead?! bleeding?! Needs help?!" Turns out you were just sleeping.
Ha it was like Sleeping Beauty all over again. I was just waiting for your Prince Charming to kiss you and break the spell." Quorra rambled.
I laughed.
"You sure do have an imagination Quorra." I said with a smile.
"Yes well, it's better then being boring. Here you go." She handed me a plate with a veggie sandwich on it.
I nodded my thanks and dug in. She hollered at the boys and they all came running.
"Hey Zaydie." Matrix stated, scooping up his plate and running back over to the holocast.
"Hey Zaydie." Sav shouted, taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Hey Zaydie." You said with a grin. Then all of you guys went back to the holocast and ignored us girls like such gentlemen.
"Hey to you all too." I muttered, waving at your retreating backs.

After we all finished out sandwiches we all gathered around the island counter in the kitchen.
"Ok so if we're all going to have complete make-overs -"
"No, it's just Sav and I that need our hair redone, but all three of us need a new wardrobe." I cut in.
"Ok... oh so new hair-do's and stuff?" She asked.
I nodded.
"Ok cool. Matrix doesn't need anything sense he wont be going in. And what kind of hair cut?" Savrin asked.
I messed up my mouth and looked at him.
"Hmm... I have an idea."
"Am I going to like it?"
I gave him a look.
"No your going to hate it." I rolled my eyes.
"First stop we need to make is to the hair salon. What we're doing is going to take several hours, so let's get going." I said, rising from my chair.




   
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I was right. It did take several hours to do what I had in mind.
In the hair salon I showed the hair dresser what I wanted Savrin to look like when he was done, then we went on to me.
They cut my hair (I know, very sad) till it came just below my shoulder blades.
Then they started to die it.
Which took a very long time. First they had to bleach it, then they had to wash it out, then they had to do that one more time, then after they finished bleaching it, (which at that point my hair looked snow white) they put the die on it and soon my whole head was full of tinfoil!
(yeah Savrin was laughing at me.)
Then to give him a shock, they took me into the back after several hours and washed my hair out, then blow dried it.
When I looked into the mirror, I hardly recognized myself.

I walked out into the main salon area and Savrin's jaw dropped as he watched me walk past. I gave him a wink and pushed the door opened.
"What could be taking them so long? I mean it shouldn't take that long just to get a hair cut and.... excuse me do you want something?" Matrix asked.
I gave him a polite smile.
"Um yeah actually. Savrin wanted me to tell you that the girl that just walked out was Zaydie." I said. I couldn't keep the laughter from my eyes as they all looked wildly around.
You were the first one to figure it out.
You stared at me for a long time. (and I do mean long!)
Quorra glanced around me then finally took a second glance.
"Zaydie?!"
I smiled and waved.
"Hi! glad you finally noticed."
Everyone (except you) lost their jaws.
"Your joking right?! I mean...." Quorra turned around me and ran her hand through my now midnight black hair.
"Oh my gosh you look fantastic! It's just so...."
"Creepy." Matrix cut in.
I turned and looked at myself in the reflection of the salon window.
My hair was now midnight black, it was long but not as long as I use to have it, and the other majorly new thing, was the fact that now I had bangs. They ran right across my forehead, and then there were slightly longer ones that fell down next to my face. (though they were shorter then the rest)

I turned as the salon bell rang and Savrin walked out with his hands in his pockets.
His hair was a little longer, and it wasn't spiked out on the top of his head anymore. It hung down around his face, though around his face it did spike out a little.
"Oh! I like it!" Quorra announced skipping over. "At least it's not as drastic as hers!" She said.
Savrin chuckled and looked me over.
"Looks good Zaydie." He remarked with a smile. I nodded.
"Thanks. You too. Now come on! We have clothes shopping to do!"

We marched into the clothes shop and Quorra and I went to work. You insisted in keeping your black robe, which was fine with me.
So we were just looking for Savrin.
"Hey guys... how about you let me pick it out." He said. Us girls looked at him for a moment then backed off.
"Do they have anything in particular they like?" I asked you.
"Black. Mostly black. It can have hints of other colors but mostly black." You said. I nodded and looked for a new outfit for myself.
I grabbed a white collared shirt with another black skirt. Then I noticed a jacket that was about the same length as the skirt. I picked it up and looked it over. It looked military, it had the bars on the shoulders.
It was black mostly, and outlined in red.
I took it all to the dressing room and slipped it on. The shirt came with a black tie, and I quickly tied it.
Then I slipped the jacket on. I was right, it was the exact same length as the skirt.
There was a belt that went all the way around my waist and buckled in the middle. I buttoned up the jacket and did the belt loosely. The belt it's self was actually made up of two white ones that crossed over each other in the middle.
As I turned around I noticed that there was a string of pearl looking things in the back. I chuckled and turned around again.

I shoved on a pair of boots that came up a little bit past my knees. The heel on them was very small so they were very comfortable.
I walked out of the room and shook my head as Savrin and Quorra came out.

Savrin wore a red shirt that was tucked in. Over top of that he wore a close fitting jacket that didn't come all the way down to his pants so you could see a small portion of the red shirt underneath.
The jacket had a 'V' cut neck, and a high collar. On the shoulders it had two straps that buckled, and then a few more random buckles that didn't seem to do anything on the lower part of the jacket. (the whole jacket was black as well)
He wore dark pants with it and black shoes on it. He had his hands in his pockets and wasn't looking at any of us. Oh great, so he had turned into the moody you. (haha)

Quorra was dressed in a black button up corset resembling sleeveless shirt. And a red and black pleaded skirt with several belts sitting on her hips.
She wore one of the warmer sleeves-that-weren't-really-attached-to-a-shirt thing on her left arm with a spiked bracelet over top of it. It was black with a red design on it. She also wore a red tie that had what looked like a spider web on it.
On her right arm she wore a red spiked band around her arm, a fingerless glove, and then several silver bracelets.
She wore plain black boots on her feet.

"It's not that I don't like the outfit." She started. "but I'm changing the next chance I get."
"I'm with you on that one!" I agreed. she nodded and sighed.
"But this'll have to do for now." I said.
We all nodded in agreement.
"We found out what we can here, then when we move on, we change agreed?" I asked. Everyone nodded.
"You to Kylun." I said looking up. You finally gave me a curt nod.
"Alright, then lets get on with it." I ordered.
And we moved out.

"Um... Kylun,... what do we do about weapons?" I asked, jogging in order to keep up with your pace.
"I mean, would they think it a little weird if we can summon our weapons when ever we like?"
You froze and looked at me.
"That's.... a good question. They won't know about me, or Shiro. But we had better suit up."
"If it's weapons your looking for, I know just the place." Rix jumped in with a sly grin.
We nodded and followed him around Vecina.

I wasn't really sure where Matrix was taking us, or what he had up his sleeve. But he had proven useful before, so I was willing to go along with him.
Though I could tell that no everyone had much faith in him.
"Where is he taking us?" Quorra whispered. I shrugged.
"Who knows."
"Hmm.... I don't like it."
"What, you don't trust me Quorra?"
She stiffened when Matrix shot her a grin over his shoulder.
"Well your not exactly being very open." She shot back.
"True. Ok." He turned suddenly and stopped, making us all ram into each other. Quorra bumped into Sav, who bumped into me, who bumped in to you. (oh look we're dominos)
"There's a bunch of us who have formed what we call The Averse. There are members all over Dresher. And we are against The Fallen. So we've made bases in almost every town and city."
We all exchanged glances.
"And you didn't tell us this before because...?" Quorra questioned.
"Because you didn't ask."
Then he led the way again, and we walked into a utilities shop.
"Hey Joe." Rix said waving at the guy behind the counter.
"Matrix! Been awhile! How's that sister of yours?" Joe asked with a smile.
"Just fine. See you."
We all slipped into the back of the store and found ourselves in a big storage room.
"What -"
"Shh."
I closed my mouth and watched as Matrix moved a few boxes around.
He smashed his hand on a brick in the wall and Quorra jumped forward.
"What are you doing you insane boy?!" She said, grabbing his hand and looking at it. Then she dropped it and examined the brick he had just punched.
"Oh that's weird."
I walked over and felt the brick. It was soft.
"No kidding."
"You guys over react to much." Rix muttered. Down on the floor where the boxes had been, the floor lowered, revealing a dark staircase.
"Hoaky stink!" I muttered.
"What?" You asked with a laugh. I glanced up at you and smiled.
"Um. It's just a saying thing-ie I say." I explained. So as I didn't further embarrass myself, I went down the stairs after Matrix.

Down the stairs, I found myself in an extremely large room. It was dark and looked like a basement. It was marked off by arches. Several arches ran side by side down the middle of the room. The area we stepped into was covered in metal scraps, tools, old dirty rags, and half finished.... things. Like machines.
There was a corner desk (in the corner. The far corner of the room) that held a whole ton of computers, and when there wasn't enough desk space, they were mounted on the walls.
Half of them had programs running on them, others had security cameras.

"Yo! Jinx! You in here?!" Matrix yelled.
There was a clatter, then a big crash. A head peaked out on the other side of one of the arches.
"Rix what are you doing here? Can't you see I'm busy!" The head disappeared, and Matrix beckoned us to walk over there with him.
I followed slowly, careful to step over or around the junk on the floor.
We all waked around the arch and came face to face with a huge gun! (yes a gun)
We all jumped back and the four of us summoned our weapons.
"Whoa guys! Calm down. Jinx is that thing loaded?" Rix asked.
"Of course!"
We all looked at Rix with shocked faces.
"Not!" The kid finished. He turned the gun away. It was more like a cannon really. It was built on a stand and the person behind it ducked down behind the frame and fire.

The kid was probably... 13. Maybe.
He wore baggy pants that were black with a red zigzag stripe down the left leg. And a chain hanging on the right.
He wore a sleeveless black shirt with a red bandanna tied around his neck.
He had brown hair that was cut short, and his face, arms and hands were all smeared with grease and dirt.

"What are you doing down here?" He asked in a harsh voice as he wiped his gloves off.
"We need weapons."
"Oh yeah? doesn't everyone these days! You got to keep a knife with you at all times in order to ward yourself from getting mugged! I personally always carry a Ryhben, but that's just me."
(a Ryhben is a full automatic pistol, real small, easy to conceal)
"And these days you don't even need a license to carry one! What is this world coming to?"
Jinx turned back to us and looked us up and down.
"Who's the hottie?"
Again he was looking at me.
I groaned this was getting on my nerves. (now I will warn you ahead of time, I wasn't going to hurt the kid)
Before Matrix could warn him.
I jumped forward and knocked his feet out from under him, then I put my foot on his throat.
"Don't. Ever. Call me that again." I remarked.
The kid's eyes were big and he nodded. I moved my foot and backed off.
Matrix helped him up.
"I was going to warn you. But there you go again, letting your mouth run before your brain." He muttered.
Jinx rolled his eyes and dusted his pants off.
"You said you need weapons?" He asked, wiping his hand under his nose.