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"Alright!" she screamed, tearing apart anything she could put her hands on. "It's not funny! I don't care what kind of simulation this is, I want out!" She turned on her skintenna.

Nothing.

But skintennas always worked in simulations! It was the only way for her to communicate with Shay and the rest of the specials. This meant they had to be around here somewhere. She turned her skintenna to a higher frequency, and heard voices. "Hello?!" she yelled, not bothering to listen to what the voices were saying. "Oh, well look at this!" the one woman said, and Tally heard the click of a button. "It appears we have a caller. Hello, you're on the air!"

"Hello. My name is Tally Youngblood." Maybe Dr. Cable could help her, through this strange form of pinging. "What an unusual name. Well Tally, what's your opinion?" Tally was confused. "My opinion on what?" she spat. She was becoming more enraged by the second, and the feeling was only heightened by the female's laughter. "Oil, silly! You know, what we've been talking about for the last half-hour!" Tally laughed spitefully.

Who's the stupid one now?

"Everyone knows oil hasn't been used since the Rusties. Now, I need to talk to Dr. Cable. Can you ping her for me? My skintenna doesn't seem to be working properly right now." All of a sudden her voice was cut off. But the female's voice continued. "Well, we seem to have had a prank caller. In any case..." Tally turned off her skintenna, fuming. She decided to sit in an alleyway until she could think of something better to do. The opportunity presented itself almost immediately. An ugly was walking down the street, just beside her. "Hey, ugly! Come here!" The girl opened her mouth, frightened of Tally's cruel-pretty features. "What did you just call me?" She advanced towards Tally. The girl had black frizzy hair- much frizzier than Tally's had been as an ugly- tied back in a ponytail, and was fairly tanned. She was wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of pyjama pants. She was far from a pretty though. Her feet were too big, she was about four inches too short, and her lips were far too wide and thin. Another girl was beside her, one that Tally hadn't originally spotted- a pretty. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, and brown eyes that had little specks of gold in them.

Hmm. An ugly and a pretty, walking together? Odd...

Tally wondered why she hadn't gotten her eyes surged to something more vibrant, though. Someone who wasn't a special probably wouldn't have noticed the little bits of gold. "Great, just what I need- a bubblehead." The pretty glared angrily at Tally. "What's your problem?! I'm not a bubblehead and Ama isn't ugly!" Tally smiled, revealing her special teeth, obviously startling the two girls, as she had intended. "Ah, you've been cured. That certainly makes this a lot easier." The ugly shook her head. "Cured? What do you- never mind. I'm Ama, and this is Rosy," she said, motioning towards the pretty. Tally nodded. "Rosy. Odd name, but I guess that isn't important right now. Anyway, I need to borrow one of your interface rings. I need to ping someone." Ama sighed. "And here you make fun of us? What on Earth is an interface ring?" Tally stared at them, then began to feel something. It started in her stomach, and proceeded to rip apart her entire body. She broke down, feeling like ripping apart everything around her. But instead, she just stood there, stupidly, realizing what was so obvious she should have known immediately- but her mind was unwilling to accept it.

These weren't just an ugly and a pretty. They were Rusties. And they were the only ones who could help her.