"What…what do you mean there's…there's nothing you can do?"
"Bree, Douglas and I have tried everything."
"I…I don't understand, Douglas. You've done it before."
"That's because it was your chip that got ruined last time, but now it's—"
"It's me that's ruined, isn't it?"
"…"
"…"
"Mr. Davenport, it's me that's ruined…"
"No, Bree! You are not ruined! Don't you ever say that again!"
"It's just some unfortunate things happen, Princess. I mean just because you can't be bionic anymore, it doesn't mean that you're ruin—"
"Can I be alone?"
"Bree, I really think it's best if you have someone right now. "
"I can get Kaz. I know you guys are really close, and I just want to make sure —"
"Donnie, stop! This is already a lot for Bree to handle."
"Douglas, I need to—"
"Donald, no! She wants to be alone. Look at her!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I just want to be… I just need to be alone right now."
"O…okay, Bree."
"We'll all be out here if you need us."
''''
Those few minutes of her demanding to be left alone had slowly turned into hours. The worry in the house that night had only continued to intensify the longer she chose to stay in her capsule. Each one of them tried going to her, knocking on her capsule, and begging her to say something. Kaz was the only one that could even get Bree to unlock her capsule, and she still wouldn't come out. She allowed him to could come in, but she wouldn't come out to them.
However, it wasn't long before Douglas had strongly asked them to respect her wishes. He promised them that Bree would come around. Likewise, Douglas also explained that it had to be on her terms, not theirs.
"Bree has to come to terms with this herself."
"You guys can't help her this time."
"It takes time to understand that nothing will be the same."
"The emptiness she's feeling isn't just going to disappear."
"That aching feeling that consumes you when a huge part of you feels like its missing, doesn't just vanish as easy as it comes."
"I would know!"
Mr. Davenport wanted to refuse. He wanted to comfort his daughter, but even he knew his brother was right this time. After all, he had snatched his brother's children and left him with the same emptiness Bree was feeling. It was a decision Mr. Davenport would never regret making, as those kids were unsafe with Douglas at the time, but he still caused his brother to feel that pain. Mr. Davenport even gulped after staring into his brother's eyes because he realized something drastic. Mr. Davenport had realized, after locking eyes with his brother, that it would always haunt him.
His brother's nightmare of losing his kids would never vanish. That was a nightmare that he would be living in forever. It was a nightmare that he would never wake up from. It would always continue to circle his daily thoughts. It would always be there taunting him. It would always be there begging him to give into that craving of revenge. Douglas was just taking it day by day, putting all his effort into not giving into those evil thoughts that resided in him. And it was then when a new level of respect for his younger brother came upon Mr. Davenport.
"Douglas is right. We need to give Bree some space."
So they listened.
''''
We shouldn't have.
That's exactly what the family thought as they watched each miserable week turn into tortured months.
The only relief the family seemed to get was when Bree allowed Kaz in her capsule for those first couple of months. It made the family feel like Bree was slowly coming around. Kaz would go in every night and stay with her. There would be nights where she would seem fine with him. He'd slip in and she'd seem happy even. They would speak in low whispers, and he'd even get her to laugh a few times. Chase saw the way his sister seemed to almost be content with him, as his capsule was right next to hers. Chase could even hear her laugh, but then other nights she would demand Kaz to just leave her alone. Chase had even saw Bree spit at him once, screeching at him that this was his fault; that if he wasn't such an irresponsible idiot, then this never would have happened to her.
"I freaking hate you, Kaz!"
"If you weren't such an irresponsible idiot, then I would have never had to save your ass."
"You caused me to lose my bionics, you insufferable jerk."
"Now just leave me the hell alone!"
It's safe to say that Kaz stopped asking her to open her capsule after that. Who could really blame him? What she had accused him of had burned him. It would take much more than just some simple alone time for a few weeks to fix.
Then a few months passed and Chase was awoken up by a scream from Bree. She was screaming for Kaz; screaming that she was sorry, and that she knew it wasn't his fault. To Chase, it almost sounded like his sister was begging Kaz to come back. Chase had bolted out of his capsule to calm her down, but she had only continued to sob and scream. It dawned on Chase that his sister went insane. She became insane from no human interaction for months, but that wasn't their faults. She was the one to refuse to talk to anyone.
As weird as it was that she only called for Kaz, it made just as much sense. Kaz was the only person she talked to when she closed herself off from everyone. Then when she kicked him out for all those months, she didn't talk to anyone else. They all put in efforts, but she just shot them all down.
Bree didn't want Kaz then! She didn't want anyone then.
But now she wanted Kaz; a guy she barely met.
But just not Chase; her own brother.
Chase had kicked the wall in despair, letting out a scream of pure frustration, as he rushed out of the room to retrieve Kaz. This wasn't fair. It killed Chase inside to know that his sister didn't want his comfort. Why was she only talking to Kaz? What could Kaz offer her that her own family couldn't?
"My sister wants you!"
"She hates me! Its better you go to her!"
"She doesn't want me! She wants you!"
And all Chase could do was stand back and watch as Kaz rushed to his sister. He could only watch with raw pain in his eyes as she unlocked her capsule for Kaz, letting him give her the comfort that Chase so desperately wanted to give her.
And it freaking crumbled him.
However, then she suddenly just quit letting Kaz in.
She gave no reason.
No emotion even.
Bree just stopped.
The family was helpless because at least when Bree allowed Kaz in her capsule, she wasn't closing herself off to the world.
Now she really was.
Hey guys! It's great to be back! I promised you a sequel! So as promised, here's the prologue to that sequel :) It really shows what happened in those months Bree found out that she couldn't be bionic anymore. Now there's a reason why Bree was only letting Kaz in her capsule. And believe it or not, it has nothing to do with the way she might feel about him. She feels nothing more for him then she does for Chase…at the moment.
The beginning of this fic isn't about romance. She just feels comfortable around Kaz. The fact that she doesn't know him as well as Chase actually makes it easier to talk. She doesn't feel like he's disappointed in her, like she would feel if she were talking to Chase, or anyone else. Bree feels like because she lost her bionics, she won't be looked at the same again. She thinks that her family has stopped looking at her like the true warrior that she is. Now obviously that's not true, but that's how Bree feels right now.
Kaz never really knew her with bionics, so she doesn't feel like he's disappointed in her. Does that make any sense? It's honestly just for that simple reason. It may seem like more, and you may wish that it's more, but it's really not. It's just that reason.
Anyways, I hope that this sequel seems interesting. If not, let me know! I don't want to spend time writing something that you guys don't like:)
