Ember rubbed her face, and put a hand on her arm. "You can't act rationally, that's what he want Clem." She informed her, crossing her arms over her chest.
"You know that's what he wants, so you have to use your head. Otherwise you'll be running in like an idiot." Em pointed out, clicking her tongue.
"Man!" Violet said disappointed and sat back down
"I can't just sit back and do nothing," Clem replied as she sat back down, partially defeated. Then she had an idea, and pulled out her phone.
Hey. I need your help. Dad's got Lucy. I can't get her back alone.
Mmm I'll talk to the others.
Ember watched her, her eyes looking hollow. "Clem…" She said, her voice in a wary tone. Her face was firm, and knowing. Whatever she was doing, Ember didn't like it. "Come on, don't drag anyone else into this."
"They can help us, Ember! I can't just do nothing!" Clem took a deep breath. "Look, Lucy is my little sister. You know for a fact that my dad is a psycho maniac, even more so than yours. He wouldn't hesitate to kill Lucy. I can't let that happen. Mum's reforming so that she can be a proper mother. If Lucy's gone, she had no one to look after. I'm not a kid anymore."
Ember looked straight into her eyes, pressing her finger onto the table. "I am not an idiot Clementine. I'm not naive either. I know what's going to happen if we don't do anything. I'm not saying that. I'm saying we need little people." She whispered, her face dead-pan.
"There are no little people, Ember. None that will help, at least. I know that you don't like working with these guys, but I trust them. And my dad did some really bad shit to them, so I try to make up for it."
Rubbing her face, rather upset, she sighed. "Fine! Do what you want, and get them all killed. I don't want to hear a word about it afterwards though." She groaned, digging her finger nails into her palm. "I'm still helping you though… I care about Lucy too."
" um, will guys please stop arguing?" Violet said starting to get scared.
Clem's phone dinged, and she looked at it.
Everyone agreed. Bruce says you need to come now though.
Thank you. I'll be there as soon as I can. Btw I have Ember and Violet with me.
They can come as long as you look after them.
What do you take them for?
Don't worry about it.
"I still don't like this." She mumbled, half ignoring Violet. She kept her voice under her breath, her face close to Clem's. "Like really don't like this." She muttered once more, watching over her friend's shoulder.
"I know you don't like this," Clem said, standing up. She slipped her phone into her jacket pocket and zipped it up. "I have to do this. Whether you like it or not. And you've made the latter clear. But I have no choice. You can come or you can not. Just remember this is for Lucy." She began to leave.
Her face tightened, and she tried not to feel guilty. But of course she did. "That's low Clem, guilt tripping me. So incredibly low." She muttered, getting up herself, nodding her head at Violet to have her come along. "I already told you, I'm coming."
"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do," Clem sighed. It was true though: this was something that Clem had to do. She truly did. And she was going to do it with Ember's support or not. Though she knew Ember would do it for Lucy's sake.
"Did you bring you're actual car today?" Ember asked, stumbling a bit as she came up to Clem. With the one drink, she was already feeling dizzy. "I really hope you did, otherwise I'm not going to be able to join you tonight."
"Yeah, it's around the corner." She pulled out her keys, which had a small mallet keyring on it. When they got to her car, Clem remembered that there was three of them. "There's only a little space in the back. And you'll have to share it with my mallet."
"What about the passenger seat?" Ember asked, glancing over her shoulder at Violet. "Did you get it taken out?" She asked, rather annoyed if she had. She ran a hand through her loose hair, flipping it so it had a more loose party look to it.
"No, there's the driver's seat and the passenger seat. There's a little bit of room behind them but I normally keep my mallet there. So you either get with my mallet or get in the boot. Or you could hold on to the roof."
"Oh gosh, no way am I getting on the roof. I call shot-gun." She said rather quickly, walking up to the car, and holding onto the handle. "I don't care right now, I just know I don't need to be crammed in one space for any period of time."
"What? NO FAIR!" Violet said then put on the face that gets her everything, "Can I please have shot-gun? "
Ember looked back at her friend, crossing her arms over her chest. "I've already been guilt tripped tonight, I'm not doing that again Vi." Her voice was authoritative, and she wasn't taking anything she didn't have to deal with tonight. "Besides, you could always drive your own car. You haven't drank anything yet."
" Dam that always works," Violet said, " And I have all my seats." Violet walked over to her car. Then got in, "And where are we going?"
"Ask Ms. Hero over here." She muttered, opening the passenger door and leaning into the seat. "I have no clue where we're actually going. I just know I won't like it." Sighing, she pressed her hands to her face.
"Just follow me," Clem replied, hopping into her own car. It was somewhere Ember had been before, though Violet hadn't been around when they went. And it was somewhere that she went more often than Ember would like.
"Exactly where are we going? I normally like surprises, but this is one I want a straight answer with. No sexuality jokes either." She said softly, looking over to her friend. A slight smile formed on her lips, despite being annoyed about their situation.