TechnoRed's Tribe 6 Theory

[TechnoRed]

Chapter 1 - Labor Island Reunion

It has been two days since the Mallrats have left the the City, the place they had called home since the Virus broke out. Lex was navigating the boat, keeping an eye out for land, while Slade was steering. Meanwhile, Amber tried to keep the morale of the others up as best as she could, after two days at sea, everything was starting to look bad.

On Labor Island, Alice and KC watched as more prisioners were brought into the cages.

"What do you think?" KC asked. "Anyone we know?"

"Hard to tell," Alice replied. Her thoughts were still on her sister, Ellie.

Suddenly, a figure dressed in black struck the guards like lighting. Alice and KC immediately tried to find this person, but to no avail. A few seconds later, the shackles of the prisoners who were being marched into the cages dropped like scraps of metal to the ground. The other guards caught notice of the intruder and were ready to defend themselves. The shadowy figure appeared again, with what appeared to be a rapier in hand. Alice got a better view of him this time, he was dressed like a middle-eastern man, in black cloth, his face completely covered. He disposed of the rest of the guards easily. Afterward, he broke the lock on the cage holding Alice and KC, and removed their shackles. He did the same to the other cages before he removed his hood. He looked around 22 years old, long, dark hair. KC heard him ask a few people about two people named "Amber and Dal," KC knew right away that he must mean Amber and Dal of the Mallrats.

"Excuse me," KC said. "I heard you mention Amber and Dal."

"Yes," the man said. "What do you know about them?"

"They were in my tribe, the Mallrats." KC replied.

Alice saw KC talking to the man, and immediately stepped in.

"Who are you?" Alice asked. "What do you want with Amber?"

"My name is Heath," the man replied. "Amber is my younger sister."



Meanwhile, Lex spotted what was going on at Labor Island.

"Slade, see that?" Lex asked.

"Yeah," Slade replied. "Something's up, tell Amber and Jay we've reached land, I'll prepare for docking."

As the Mallrats docked the boat, it became clear that this was were some of the prisioners of the Technos ended up.

"They were shipped out to different places," Ram said. "Labor Island is just one of many."

"Either way, it's a start," Amber replied.

Far in the distance, Ellie saw Alice and KC. Immediately, she ran to her sister, whom she had not seen since the Techno invasion. The other Mallrats followed closely behind. While the Mallrats got caught up with Alice and KC, Heath stood frozen, knowing that his sister was right in front of him.

"How did all of this happen?" Amber asked.

"It was this guy," KC replied "Amber, he says he knows you."

KC pointed to Heath.

As soon as Amber layed eyes on Heath, her expression turned to utter shock.

"Hello Amber," Heath said. "It's been a long time."

"Amber, how does this guy know you?" Trudy asked.

"He's my older brother." Amber replied.

All of the Mallrats stood frozen in shock.

[TechnoRed]

Chapter 2 - New Enemies

As the Mallrats remained still, Heath spoke the first words since the revelation of himself being Amber's brother.

"It's getting dark," Heath said. "I have a place just a couple of miles from here."

"Yeah, sure," Jay replied, "Let's go."

The Mallrats followed Heath to what appeared to be an abandoned summer home that once belonged to a wealthy family. It was dusk as they entered the mansion. Heath discarded his robes and put on his normal clothes, which consisted of shoes, jeans, a t-shirt, and a black, button-down shirt. Finally, after almost three hours of being silent, Amber spoke up.

"Heath! Where have you been?" she asked.

"I'll get to that, Amber, but I need to know, how is little Bray doing?" Heath asked.

Amber and the other Mallrats were stunned that Heath knew about baby Bray. None of them had seen him in the city before.

"Alright!" Ebony said "Who exactly are you? How do you know who we are?"

Immediately, Heath's expression turned from happy to pure hatred. He pulled a knife from his pocket, violently grabbed Ebony by the neck , and thrust her up against the wall, with the knife at her throat. Jay, Lex, and Slade tried to restrain Heath.

"You listen to me!" Heath said in a hateful tone. "I've heard about you, and what you've done to my sister. Banishing her from the city when she was about to give birth? What's wrong with you? Listen up Ebony, I'm no pushover, when it comes to you and me, it's one strike, and I kill you. GOT IT!!"

Heath let go of Ebony. Jay, Lex, and Slade backed off as well. As soon as his confrontation with Ebony was over, Heath returned to normal.

"I apologize," he said. "Some people just need the fear of God put into them."

"Now," Heath continued. "On the far side of this island, there used to be a mental institution for pre-teens and teens. When the Virus broke out, so did they. Eventually they organized, and formed their own tribe called the Horrors. Their leader is a man who calls himself the Scarecrow."

"Scarecrow?" Lex asked. "Sounds like someone's been in la-la land a bit to long."

"It get's worse," Heath continued. "Scarecrow uses some sort of 'fear toxin' to attack his enemies."

"Fear Toxin?" Jack asked. "What does it do?"

"It causes the person being attacked to panic, inducing fear." Heath replied. "The effects are far greater than anything the Paradise program was able to do."

The Mallrats stood in disbelief as Heath continued to tell them about the Horrors.

"So that's the whole story, as long as your not outside at night, you should be okay." Heath said. "So, Amber, I'll ask you again, how's little Bray?"

"Bray's fine, Heath," Amber replied. "Would you like to see your nephew?"

"Yes, if it's alright with you," Heath said.

Amber brought baby Bray over to Heath. As soon as he was within arms reach, Heath gently grabbed baby Bray, his nephew. Seeing Heath holding her son was too much for Amber too bear, she broke down and hugged Heath, weeping on his shoulder, Heath did the same.

"I missed you so much!" Amber said.

"I missed you too!" Heath replied.

The other Mallrats were become teary-eyed. This was a family that had not seen each other since before the Virus. Now, years later, here they were, together again. Heath handed Bray back to Amber. Then, Amber made an announcement.

"Heath," she said. "I want you to join us, become a Mallrat!"

The other Mallrats voiced their approval. All that was left was for Heath to say yes.

"All right!" Heath replied. "I guess I'm the newest Mallrat!"

"Congrats man," Lex said. "Anyone who is man enough to stand up to Ebony is a friend of mine."

Even though they were on rocky ground Heath and Ebony settled up.

"You may be a valuable member," Ebony said.

"One day Ebony, we may be good friends," Heath said. "But today is not that day."


The Mallrats celebrated the arrival of their newest member. However, as the Horrors were preparing their nightly rounds, the Scarecrow released his poisonus fear toxin.

[damian]

Pretty good mate, can't wait for more

[Tania]

Great work.

[TechnoRed]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll have Chapter 3 up in a couple of days.

[TechnoRed]

Chapter 3 - The Prodigal Mallrat

As the Horrors gathered outside the mansion, Heath went outside to meet them to stop them from going any further.

"Go away, Scarecrow," Heath said. "You have no business here."

The other Mallrats came to join Heath almost immediately.

"I beg to differ," Scarecrow replied, in a demonic-sounding voice. "I know who dwells with you in this mansion you call your home, the Mallrats."

"They are none of your concern," Heath said.

Scarecrow signaled for two of his cronies to bring what appeared a prisioner foward.

"Who is this?" Heath asked.

"I think the one called Amber might be most interested in who is behind this black hood," Scarecrow replied.

Scarecrow took off the hood. Everyone, including Heath was in complete and utter shock. The prisoner under the hood was Bray.

"It can't be..." Amber said in a faint voice. "I thought you were dead.

"I'm okay Amber," Bray replied.

"Let him go!" Heath said to Scarecrow.

"If you wan't him, you'll have to take us on," Scarecrow replied.

In an instant, Heath, Lex, Jay, Slade, Jack, Darryl, KC, and Sammy charged the Horrors. Heath and Slade managed to distract Scarecrow and free Bray from the Horrors and lead him to safety. Lex, Jack, KC, Sammy followed a few seconds later. Among the confusion, they lost sight of Jay and Darryl. However it was too late. Scarecrow poisioned them with his fear toxin and stabbed them to death.

"SCARECROW, NO!" Heath exclaimed. "By my hand, you will pay for this!"

"We will meet another time," Scarecrow said.

With that, he dissappeared into the night. When they reunited with the other Mallrats, it was a bittersweet moment. Although Bray and Amber were finally reunited, Jay and Darryl had been killed.

"Thank you," Bray said to Heath. "Who are you, anyway?"

"I'm Amber's brother, Heath," Heath replied. "We'll talk later, right now, we need to get you back to my place to rest, as well as to catch up."

The Mallrats headed back to the mansion, on this very bittersweet night. Bray had returned, but at a great price.

[TechnoRed]

Chapter 4 - Rumors of Resurrection

Morning came on the island like a blessing, scattering away the Horrors. When everyone was awake, Bray was informed of what had taken place during his time away from the Mallrats.

"Wow," Bray said. "When I was a prisioner of the Technos, the experiments they did were bad enough, making the city into a virtual prision?"

Then, Bray went over and held his son for the first time.

"I've dreamed of the day when I would be able to finally hold my son, and be reunited with the woman I love," he said. "Thank you, Heath."

"It wasn't me entirely," Heath replied. "If the other Mallrats had not come here, the outcome would not have been as good."

"I'm just glad I've got my family back...at least most of them," Amber said, with a somber tone. She was thinking about Dal, had he been here, everything would be complete.

"Enough of that now," Heath said. "We have to retrieve Jay and Darryl's bodies, now, before the Horrors emerge again."

"Why?" Lex asked. "All these guys seem to be are just a bunch of nutjobs from an asylum."

"It's more than that," Heath replied. "Scarecrow's real name is Tristan, his father was a scientist who worked for Pandorax."

"Pandorax!" Bray and Amber said together.

"Yes," Heath replied. "He was working on some sort of 'resurrection serum', but it went wrong, and the corpses who were exposed to it were brought back to life, but became extremely insane."

"What does this have to do with Tristan?" Ebony asked.

"It's one of the ways he recruits members to the horrors," Heath replied. "He either kills people, or finds dead bodies, and injects them with the serum."

"My God," Ruby said. "Pure evil."

"Yeah," Heath replied. "Right now, everyone just get settled in, Bray, Lex, Slade, can you come with me to the site?"

"Yeah," all three of them replied.

As the rest of the Mallrats settled in the mansion Heath, Bray, Lex, Slade went to the site where Jay and Darryl were killed. When they arrived, the bodies were missing.

"What do we do now?" Slade asked.

"We'll have to wait until nightfall," Heath replied.

"Alright," Bray said. "For now, we do this your way."

"Agreed," Heath replied. "Bray, listen, I'm not trying to take over as leader of the Mallrats. In fact, I'll act as an advisor to you."

"Fair enough," Bray said.

Bray and Heath shook hands. Both were becoming fast friends.

When the party returned to the mansion, Bray told the other Mallrats of their findings. In a state of fear, the Mallrats went about settling in.

As Heath wondered the mansion, he found Ruby sitting alone in the den.

"Hello," he said.

"Hi," Ruby replied.

"I noticed that ever since I've met you, you've seemed depressed about something. Penny for your thoughts?" Heath said.

Ruby smiled and slighty laughed, "Before we came here, I had a sort of a thing with Slade, but it didn't work out. I thought I was pregnant, but I wasn't."

"I see," Heath replied. "You know, the closing of one door isn't a bad thing."

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"Don't look at your past with Slade as something negative, think of it as a chapter in your life." Heath replied. "Hey, do you want do go out for a walk on the beach? Nightfall isn't for about 5 hours."

Heath and Ruby left the mansion and walked along the beach.

"You seem like a real Renaissance man," Ruby said.

"You're a very down-to-earth woman," Heath replied. "I like that about you. You don't take garbage from anyone."

Ruby began to hold Heath's hand.

"Heath, without you, I don't think we would be able to stand up to the Horrors," she said.

"Thanks," Heath replied. "That means a lot. I've been on my own for years, studying them, their weaknesses. I only wish that I had someone with me as an aid."

Heath and Ruby began to gaze into each other's eyes. Then, they moved closer together, and kissed. At last, it seemed like both of their emotional wounds and been healed.

[TechnoRed]

Chapter 5 - Tristan's Real Leader

As Heath and Ruby continued to enjoy their time on the beach, they realised that dusk was drawing near.

"We better get back," Ruby said.

"You're right," Heath replied.

Both were still speechless about their first kiss, as they said nothing back to their trip to the mansion. As they entered the door, night was falling.

"Where have you been?" Amber asked her brother.

"Out with Ruby, why?" Heath replied.

"Heath, don't get too close to her right now, she's just coming off this thing with Slade, and, well, you know," Amber said.

"Yeah, she told me. Don't tell me, she was dumped for Ebony, right?" Heath asked.

"Yeah," Amber replied.

Bray entered the main hallway as Heath and Amber were talking.

"How's it looking outside?" Bray asked.

"Usual, for here, anyway," Heath replied.

Suddenly, Bray, Amber, and Heath, could hear the disturbing sound of the Horrors as they marched on through the night. However, their sound grew stronger as they approached the mansion. In a matter of minutes, they had broken down the gates, and were in the courtyard.

"No!" Heath exclaimed.

All of the Mallrats gathered around the windows to see what was going on outside.

"Heath, what's happening!" Bray asked with authority.

"The Horrors want a word with us, most likely," Heath replied. "Usually, they roam the island, making sure anyone who is on it is scared."

"So Tristan wants to talk, eh," Lex said.

"Don't get cocky, Lex," Heath replied. "The Horrors are unlike any tribe you've faced before."

Tristan, dressed up as the Scarecrow, said, in a monstrous voice:

"MALLRATS, YOU'RE TRIBULATION HAS COME! MEET WITH US NOW!"

With a bit of hesitiation, Bray, Amber, Heath, Lex, Slade, and Ebony, went outside to meet the Horrors.

"I've told them who you really are, Tristan," Heath said.

Tristan removed the Scarecrow mask.

"Have you now," Tristan replied. "Well, Heath, I suppose you've told them all about us, so I'll get to the point."

"What point?" Bray asked.

"So ironic that you of all people would ask that question, Bray," Tristan replied.

"What are you talking about?" Lex asked.

"You must be Lex, the man who is partially responsible for the birth of the Horrors," Tristan replied.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I would never settle with freaks like you," Lex replied.

"But you gave new life to our master. OH MIGHTY EMPEROR, COME AND MEET YOUR FOES!" Tristan cried.

A dark figure emerged, as it entered the light, the Mallrats were in complete disbelief.

"It can't be, Zoot?" Ebony asked.

"Hello Ebony," Zoot replied. "It's me, in the flesh. Thanks to my disciples. I have been resurrected."

"Tristan, how could you?" Heath asked.

"I am just a servant, carrying out his master's wishes," Heath replied.

Trudy, with Brady and Baby Bray, Jack, Ellie, and Ruby left the mansion to see what was happenning. Trudy was horrified when she saw Zoot standing before her.

"What now, master?" Tristan said.

"Kill them," Zoot commanded.

The Horrors attacked the mansion by setting it on fire. The Horrors kidnapped Trudy and Brady. The Mallrats were then separated by the attack. Only Bray, Amber, Heath, Lex, Ruby, Jack, and Ellie were accounted for.