Aftermath

"Aye Ret? What sign are you bud?" Cypher asked, she was tied up again. "What do you mean?" He looked at her and she sighed. "Zodiac dummy" she chuckled and Ret looked confused. "No fuckin clue-" he shrugged and Cypher sat there thinking. "Your birthday is March 18th right? You're a cusp then." She told him. "Aries Pisces actually, which you do act more like an Aries if I'm being honest." She chuckled. "The fuck is that supposed to mean?-" he was confused as Cypher just rattled off a bunch of personality traits, explained what it was, etc. After a good 2 minutes of her rambling he eventually tuned her out. Bones hobbled over and listened curiously. He sat in front of her and asked what his birthday would make him. He sat there and listened as she told him all of what she could remember on Pisces.

"This girl is nuts-" X mumbled. "Why do you say that bub?..." Dallas asked. As usual she wasn't paying much attention. She blew some smoke and looked up at him. "Oh you know just the fact that this girl brutally murdered her own father with a rock and a few minutes later casually talking about astrology like nothing happened-" he sighed and held out his hand. "Mind sharin?" He asked and Dallas handed him her cigarette. "Sure bub.." she smiled at him. He took a few puffs then handed it back. "Thanks" he sighed and gently leaned his head on hers. "Where's Mama?..." Dallas asked and Jet pipped up. "Burying Tiger with Lasso I think!" He told her and she nodded. "Thank you..." She smiled but seemed to be struggling to hold the little bit of weight that X put on her since he was leaning on her. "Off please.." she asked and he sat up. "Sorry" he gently patted her back and she almost got knocked off the log.

"Gentle X-" Shiny warned while coming out of his tent. "She's can't support much weight-" he told her and X nodded. "Aye scars!" Ret yelled and X looked at him. "What." He sighed. "Walk?" He asked and X sighed. "Fine fine" he got up and went to untie him when Ret simply stood up, the rope pooled at his feet. "We need to figure out how to keep you 3 from just untying yourselves-" X mumbled and Ret chuckled. "Tie more complicated knots. Give us a challenge." He patted his shoulder and walked passed him. "I don't know where you think your going, you stay with me" X quickly followed and grabbed his shoulder. "You were taking too long, come on then if you're coming with." He walked into the forest with X.

"Aw man- wait don't leave me here-" Jet sighed. He was the only one who didn't really know how to untie himself in any situation. He simply sat there betrayed that his brother left without him. Cypher on the other hand was still excitedly rambling to Bones about zodiacs. Jet didn't understand any of it either but he was glad to see Cypher excited over something. He decided he would try to get himself untied. As he kept trying to feel around for the knot he got smacked in the back of the head. "Quit that." A deep voice snapped at him. He recognized it all to well. The grumpy cowboy was back in camp. "Ow- that was just uncalled for!-" he grumbled and Lasso rolled his eyes and kept walking. He walked to the tent that him and Pippin shared. Mama then stepped back into camp and untied Jet. "Come on, let's give you a bit of a walking break" she smiles softly at him. "That would be very appreciated" he got up and walked back into the forest with her.

When they do walking breaks they always keep the twins separated. The fight too well together and just in case they try to over power the ones supervising them they are separated. Pippin finally came out of her tent and started walking to Cypher. "Damn it" she mumbled. Cypher still wasn't a big fan of Pippin. She didn't want to talk but the girl was stubborn so she had to. "Hi" Pippin smiled and Cypher just rolled her eyes. "Wanna go for a walk?" She asked and Cypher chuckled bitterly. "Not with you." She sat back and Pippin shrugged. "Well no one else is gonna take you so you either go with me or sit here for hours" she reasoned and Cypher sighed. "Fine." She mumbled and Pippin untied her. "Quit being grumpy come on" she helped her up. Pippin no longer had her splint on her leg so she could walk easier now.

They walked off into the forest for awhile, Pippin kept trying to start small talk but Cypher's blunt answers were making things difficult. "You gotta work with me Cy" Pippin playfully nudged her. "Yeah yeah" Cypher just rolled her eyes and that was the end of that conversation. "Still mad at me?" She asked and Cypher chuckled. "Why would I not be. You used me just for information, your tried to take down my home." She ranted. "Technically your dad took it down himself-" Pippin added. "Shut up I already dealt with him. Let me finish." She snapped and Pippin went quiet again meaning she can continue. "Your damn cowboy is an asshole!" She tried to continue but Pippin interrupted again. "He's like that with everybody." She said calmly and Cypher glared at her. "Please continue" Pippin smiled and Cypher rolled her eyes. "Quit interrupting me then." She snapped and Pippin nodded.

"That damn dog tried to kill me." She started again. "Hercules is just being protective" Pippin stated. "Shut up and let me fucking finish!!" Cypher screamed. Pippin went quiet again. Cypher walked silently for a moment, trying to remember where she was at with her rant. "Damn it..." she mumbled and Pippin looked at her. "Done?" She asked and Cypher sighed and nodded. "Ok, take a few breaths, it's my turn to talk." Pippin told her gently and Cypher nodded. "Would you like to just join our group?" Pippin started but got interrupted. "Why the hell would I do that?!" Cypher yelled and Pippin held up her hand, meaning to signal for her to quiet down. When Cypher went quiet Pippin started to explain.

"Well where else will you 3 go? You and the twins I mean." She stopped and expected Cypher to say anything but she did not. So she decided to continue. "And well, I am asking for Bones because he has grown quite attached to the grumpier twin, Ret right?" She watched Cypher nod. "And well, i don't want you to get hurt out there alone." She smiled softly at Cypher. "You still want me around?" Cypher asked. She didn't sound very convinced. "Of course, why would I not?" Pippin asked and Cypher gave her a fed up look. "Do I need to relist the reasons?" Cypher sighed and Pippin shook her head no. "And what about Jet huh." Cypher crossed her arms. "Oh the entire camp....with the exclusion of Lasso- loves Jet, the like how calm he is" she smiled and Cypher thought about it for a moment then nodded. "He does seem to be favored" she mumbled.

"So what do you say? Stay with us? You won't be tied up anymore either if you promise not to take off" Pippin smiled and Cypher stopped walking. She wanted to think about it for a moment. "The twins stay untied too." She demanded and Pippin nodded. "Sounds good to me" Pippin smiled and started walking back to camp with Cypher. She now had more time to get back on Cypher's good side.

When they got back the twins were already back. Ret was arguing a little with Lasso on who knows what. The twins were tied again and Pippin went and started untying Jet. "Pippin what the hell are you doing." Lasso walked to her and Pippin smiled. "I made a deal with Cypher, they're here to stay" she helped Jet up. "Really?" Jet smiled. He really liked the people here, they were a lot nicer to him then most. "Are you serious." He snapped a little and Pippin nodded. "Go untie Re- nevermind-" she saw Ret already stand up. He just decided to untie himself. "You guys really need to learn how to tie more difficult knots" he stated while holding the rope. Lasso glared at him but Pippin chuckled. "If you plan on holding anyone else hostage" he shrugged and tossed Pippin the rope. "That's not in the agenda for awhile big guy." She chuckled.

Lasso wasn't to thrilled that the dynamic trio was staying. He also learned that they would have to head into town soon to see if anyone would take in any of the kids they rescued. He hated going to towns. It was too many people and too loud. He wasn't used to it anymore. For the rest of the day Lasso stayed in his tent until Mama Williams called him out for dinner.