"Looks like the kiddo lost." Chuckled Jet as him, his brother, and Cypher were standing at the edge of the trench. "Seems so...aye!! Get those zoms out of there! We need em for another round!!" Ordered Cypher to the guys who originally dropped the zombies. "Alright ladies and gentlemen were gonna take a break so the games will start in about 15 minutes!" Hollered Jet.
"Is that my girl!" Yelled a deep voice from behind them which made the trio turn. "Heyyy!" Cypher shouted and ran to the man known as Tiger Fang and almost tackled him in a hug. As Cypher began to talk about what they did today Tiger's bright smile soon faded into a frown. "What's wrong?-" Cypher questioned, finally noticing the expression change. "Why do you smell like smoke." He snapped which earned him an eye roll from Cypher. "Because Ret smokes and he's usually standing pretty close to me." She sighed and then Tiger suddenly grabbed her backpack off her and looked through it, pulling out an empty bottle of whiskey.
"Now explain what this is." He hissed. "A bottle" Cypher nonchalantly said. "Of what. I know it's a damn bottle. I'm not stupid." He snapped and the all the crowds got quiet. "Well nothing since the bottle is empty. It also has a label, can't you read?" She motioned to the label. Tiger then threw down the bottle, shattering it and tossing the backpack away then went into a screaming lecture. Even Ret and Jet feared this guy and they stood a couple feet behind Cypher but Cypher herself simply starred at the raging man with a calm smile, knowing it angers him more.
Finally when he stopped to take a breath Cypher finally decided to speak. "You done pap? I got things to do so we're gonna need to wrap this up just a little quicker." She snapped at him which earned a gasp from the crowd. "Watch your attitude with me girl." Tiger demanded while stepping closer to Cypher, invading her space but Cypher didn't care. Instead she stood on her toes to get in his face. "I'll show as much "attitude" as I need! I am 27 I can do what I please out in the Deadlands!!" She screamed back, slightly pushing him too. "As long as you live under that roof you have to listen to what I say!!" Tiger argued back while pointing back to the old hotel, stepping forward again. For a solid 5 minutes they were screaming at each other also trying to get the other to back down but they both were too stubborn.
Tiger finally grabbed Cypher's shoulders and pushed her to where she's flat footed again. "You're lucky you have your mother's eyes. Or else I would've killed you years ago you hear me." He growled which earned him a chuckle and a grin from Cypher. "What? Just like you did my sister? You coward." Everyone around them gasped, sure that that was going to be the end of Cypher Matthias but instead he simply shoved her down. "Get out of my sight." He snapped. "What's wrong dada scared to hurt your baby girl?" She teased and finally Ret stepped in, picking up Cypher and throwing her over his shoulder and began to walk off.
Jet nervously went over to Tiger. "Hey- uh- mister Fang-" he started but quickly got cut off by being grabbed and yanked forward. "If she comes back one more time with smoke and alcohol on her breath I'm going to kill you and your brother am I understood boy." Tiger threatened. "Ok- ok- yessir- not a problem-" he stammered with a nervous smile and Tiger dropped him but took Jet's flask. "Hey- that-" but Jet was silenced by a glare from Tiger. He took a sip from the flask and his anger changed to curiosity. "Oo what's this? This stuff is good." He started to walk away, not letting Jet answer the question and kept drinking from the flask.
"Ret! Put me down!!" Screamed Cypher while pounding on Ret's back but he was unbothered. "I swear one of these days he's just gonna hurt ya." Ret snapped and he walked inside and walked to Cypher's room that was a couple of floors up and dropped her roughly on her bed. "Ow- that was kinda rude-" Cypher muttered while sitting up. "Hey Ret man we gotta another game we gotta announce in like 5 minutes come on" Cypher tried to get up but just got pushed back down by Ret. "No, your not setting a foot out of this room." He sighed and pulled a chair in front of the door and sat in it, blocking the door.
"Ha ha very funny Ret now quit foolin around, come on" she got up again but all Ret did was sit there and light a cigarette. "Both you and your dad need a little bit to cool down, so your staying in this room." He said and Cypher got up and went to him. "Oh come on get out of my way." She tried to push him but all he did was blow smoke in her face, sending her into a coughing fit. "I said you won't be leaving this room, I suggest you just lay down for a bit cupcake." He told her. Cypher groaned then flopped onto her bed. "Don't call me cupcake." She snapped at him. He simply chuckled and gently blew out some more smoke.
Minutes went by and he finally got up to check on Cypher, who had been silent and still. He looked at her quietly chuckled and muttered "goodnight Cypher." as he gently picked her up and laid her to where her head was actually on the pillows and pulled a blanket over her. Her tiredness from the day and the yelling match finally caught up with her and she was now fast asleep. Lastly Ret gently patted her head and silently left the room.