Twelve

ch 6: Scorpio

Scorpio scowled and looked around the dark living room for the others.

He walked over to Ra's door and opened it. "Scales, wake up," he grunted as he rolled him off the bed.

There was a thud and some groaning before Ra stood up and said, "Oh it's just you. What's the big idea! Disturbing a man's peaceful rest!"

"Oh shut up and stop throwing fits already. The couch isn't a great place to sleep," Sci said as he plopped down on Ra's now empty bed.

"Well where am I supposed to sleep now!" Ra exclaimed. "I'm not sharing a bed with you."

"Sometimes I'm a girl sometimes you're a girl. It doesn't even matter. I think the couch is open for sleeping," Sci responded lazily.

Ra clicked his tongue and walked to Sariu's room. He opened the door quietly and whispered, "Shrimp share your bed with me. Silence? Alright close enough."

Ra paused right before he entered Sariu's room. "Sci didn't seem like he would be the type that's moody and aggressive. But, Scorpio was moody. A bit aggressive too. Huh."

He closed Sariu's door and reentered his own room. "Hey kid. Wake up," he said as he flicked him on the forehead."

Sci grunted in annoyance and swatted Ra's hand away.

"Kid I said get up. Get up. Get up. Get up," he nagged while flicking in unison with his words.

Sci angrily sat up and punched Ra in the stomach. "What, the hell, do you think you're doing," he said, practically spitting out each word.

Ra smirked. "I was just curious is all. Suddenly you don't seem so pathetic and useless. But I guess I was just delusioned from being woken up. My bad."

"What did you just call me?" Sci asked in a low, threatening voice.

"Pathetic and useless. I mean I could say more but really, that basically sums up most of what you are. Am I right?"

Sci stood up with fury burning in his eyes. "How dare you. You will pay for those insults." As he said the words, flames danced from his fingertips.

Ra laughed obnoxiously. "Catch me first, Bug Boy," he said as he darted into Eran's room.

Eran was startled and awakened by the slam of his door as Ra closed it. "What on Olympus?"

"Hey hey good morning," Ra greeted all together too calmly. "I may have provoked Sci to see if he was, at this moment, Scorpio. And guess what?" Ra let out a nervous chuckle. "He is. And he's a bit cross with me. But y'know I was hoping that you, being the great big brother that you are, would maybe shut him off?"

Eran sighed. "Of course you would provoke him for that very purpose. You do know that there is such a thing as asking politely? Would it kill you to do that? You would get so much further in life than your silly little mechanics job if you just did that one thing."

"Uh, Eran? Were you a mother in all your past lives or something? Also, I don't work as a mechanic?," Ra responded.

Eran brushed off his confused rant quickly and said, "Right. Anyway. Open the door an go outside. Before he roasts you," Eran tossed him a mirror on a chain, "hold this up in front of him and dangle it around like hypnotists do. Got it?"

Ra nodded and took a deep breath as he slowly opened the door.