"Oh thriller! Thriller! Thrill-er nights, oh, oh..."
The windows rolled down, hair flying everywhere and the discord of a rather unmelodious sing-a-long were just the tip of the iceberg for Kitty, Katie, and Dina as they barreled down the street in Katie's car. The trio had really no where to go once Kitty had joined in and informed them that a serious debate was going on in town. In Mercury, everything happened on Main Street or at someone's house, and with the three having just left home and Main Street consumed by the debate, well, you do the math.
Kitty reached forwards from the back seat to the dashboard and turned down the radio until it switched off. She still had to almost yell over the wind blowing into the car. "So I was thinking...How 'bout we go somewhere none of us have been in a long time? You know, to reminisce or something?"
Dina rolled her head to the left of the passenger seat headrest to face her, "What'd you have in mind?"
Kitty leaned forward into the front seat area, resting an elbow on the center console. "I don't know. Maybe one of those 'Make Out Point' type of places we used to talk about as kids? I haven't been there in ages!"
Katie laughed as she took a hand off the wheel to pull a strand of hair from her face, "Oh, were you 'naughty' enough to go there as a kid Kitty?" They all had a good laugh at that. But in the end, having nothing else to do on the warm, sunny spring day, they headed out to a part of Mercury that the locals used to call "Archive." Back in its heyday the Archive wasn't called that of course, but anymore it was used for exactly the reason the three went there. To reminisce. Katie pulled the car onto some emerald green grass by a pond covered with lilies athwart its surface and shadowed by willow branches.
As they crawled from the car they each pulled back in their minds to their own memories in the Archive. Dina threw a look at the other two. "Want to see a little something from back when I was a kid?"
"Hey now," Katie gave the impression of the ultimate saucy school girl, "I thought all the other dinosaurs were extinct."
Dina smirked, "Well I never! You've been listening to Chaz’s bland sarcasm again haven't you? Do you know how bad that is for your health?" They all smiled again at the unscathing joke as Dina led them over to one of the willows bordering the water. She turned her head back to Katie and Kitty as she pushed back the hanging whip-like branches, "I remember back when I was in high school. Me and a boy carved our initials on this tree." She looked up at the top of the tree, "At least, I think it was this tree."
The threesome crowded around the tree trunk and looked for the letters. Dina cocked an eyebrow when she found some. Not the ones she was looking for either. Katie and Kitty found their over to her halted position. Katie's eyes opened a notch wider in surprise as well, and Kitty let drop a small gasp.
They saw a small rectangle with the name Sinister, and above it, a triangle with an emblem stamped on it. And a big, letter carved deep into the wood's surface. The letter F.
Kitty turned to Katie, "I don't think Dina ever got it on with Sinister."
Katie gave her a look of disbelief at the absurdity.
Kitty felt the blood rush to her face,"...Just saying."
