We Have No Name

Maze

Cad turned towards Cub, who regarded her wearily.

'You're Cadimium,' she said.

'Maze.'

'How do you know me?'

'How do you know me, first of all,' Cad fired back.

'Ethan?'

'Ethan,' came the confirmation.

Cad came to sit on Maze's bed, her hair floating around her shoulders as she looked at her hands. Silence for 300 seconds.

' I'm not your enemy, Cadimium. I just want to be... well, I want to be me.'

' Maze or Cub?' Cad retorted.

'You know which.'

'Which will it be?'

'You know that answer too.'

More silence. Cub's hand stretched out to meet Cadimium's, and both girls smiled.

'Friends?' Maze suggested.

'Best friends,' Cad confirmed before adding, 'besides we girls have got to look out for each other, right? The rest are boys.'

Maze nodded and Cadimium arose as Dakota burst back through the door pulling two more people in his wake. Zeko strode in shortly afterwards muttering under his breath

'I found them!' Dakota yelled, pretty much throwing the beings at the foot of the bed The smaller one yowled and darted towards the chest of drawers beside Maze's bed. It wobbled slightly and the boy left onto the blanket at the end of the bed.

'Tata, why am I here?' He complained only to have Dakota point at Maze. The older unnamed boy was stubbornly looking away, and Maze's face was drained of all of its colour. She looked towards the older one.

'Fai... I didn't expect to see you here...'

'Whatever," he muttered,

Whatever,' he muttered, I'm sure you'll be the Trump card in the team, right Cub?" he spat venomously. She flinched. Suddenly a growl erupted from the end of the bed-low, loud and dangerous. Then came the pounce.

'Nisse!' Zeko yelled at the cat-boy, his cool demeanour fading as he took in the situation: the ten-year-old cheetah whose claws had been sharpened only three hours before in a position that they had only seen him in when delivering the final blow. Dakota's eyes hardened, ready to grab his staff, and Cad's hand flew to her sword. Fai stood calmly, surveying the scene before him. He began to count out loud.

'Five. Four. Three. Two. One... Now!' He said as Nisse threw his arms around Maze's neck.

'Cubbie!' He wailed, and the three worriers stared sat the pair.

'Hey, darling, it's okay,' Maze murmured, running her hands through his brown hair. 'It's okay, Cubbie is here.'

Fai rolled his eyes as Zeko rounded on him

'What the hell, dude? What just happened?'

'Uh... they hugged?' Fai responded.

'Well, yeah obviously, but why? They looked like enemies!' Dakota joined in.

'Is it the originals?' Cad asked, and Fai nodded.

'Originals?' Echoed Zeko and Dakota.

'The original team,' Fai began to explain.