Memories
Chapter One (Introduction)
Hey guys I'm back with another story for you. I can happily announce that it's the 6 week holidays now so I'll have more time for writing/drawing and there will be no school drama. Hallelujah! I would have written this (and two other ideas I have) much sooner but my laptop decided to go all virus on me, which wasn't helpful. But I got it fixed now so it's all good.
One more thing, this is just a sort of introduction and at the end I will be posting something important so please read. Thank you and enjoy!
The day had begun just like any other would have: mainly involving getting up from the sound of an incredibly irking alarm; having breakfast; getting dressed and brushing your teeth before heading on out to another long working day. As usual, Mal drove to Natara's apartment and picked her up, while Kai walked and Blaise and Jeremy drove in their car. They arrived one after another and almost immediately got to work, heading off in their separate ways, but only after a brief morning gathering at the water cooler with a cup of coffee.
The day passed as expected, Blaise and Jeremy working together on homicide cases, Mal and Natara trying to put together the pieces of another psycho case while Kai processed any evidence that was thrown his way. Mal and Natara were now sat in their joined office, finishing off reports from another small case they had come across and solved together in one afternoon. Natara sighed heavily as her pace slowed from the boredom she was feeling, reports were like a death sentence sometimes. Mal noted this noise and smirked, stopping what he was doing to observe his partner.
"You seem really happy, Nat." He said sarcastically.
"Oh totally. Nothing is more fun than reports!" Natara retorted playfully. "Seriously though, this is killing me."
"If it's that bad, go check the crime lab for me would ya?" Mal smiled "I don't feel like making conversation with the weirdo, but we need to see if he's finished with the evidence."
Natara thought this over for a long time, her mind arguing for and against the idea, but when her eyes fell on the stack of paperwork on her desk she sighed and got up.
"Fine, but what's in it for me?"
"I'll finish your paperwork."
"Really?" Natara's eyes widened "I couldn't let you do that, Mal."
"Nah, it's fine really. Anything to get me out of talking to the coffee-filled-Kai. He's actually more annoying than normal Kai."
Natara giggled and patted Mal on the shoulder as a thank you before strolling out of the office and making her way through the bullpen, which as usual was filled with noisy, busy officers. She weaved through the chaos and headed down the stairs to the crime lab, pushing open the door and strolling inside. Kai was hunkered over a small piece of evidence with a magnifying glass, squinting. He didn't take notice that Natara had entered until she politely cleared her throat. He jumped and spun around to face her, his shocked expression being replaced by a goofy smile.
"Oh... Agent Boom Bottie, it's just you. Phew." Kai cleared his throat awkwardly "Not that I was worried or anything, of course if you happened to be a ninja of some sort I could probably take you out easily."
"Right," Natara sighed and rolled her eyes "Anyway Kai have you finished processing the evidence Mal gave you earlier?"
"Oh... that." Kai shifted uncomfortably "And if I haven't?"
"Well that can't be helped, we can wait."
"What if I didn't do it because I was busy... playing The Sims?"
"Then I'd beat you to a pulp in three seconds flat."
Natara sent Kai a glare that could melt ice, and he shifted uncomfortably on the spot.
"W-Well good thing I wasn't then right?" He laughed nervously, and Natara's gaze softened.
"Exactly." She smirked "Just get it to us when you can."
"Okie Dokie!"
Kai saluted Natara before getting back to his work, leaving Natara to roll her eyes again and turn on her heels, heading back towards the door. As she was about to walk out though, Blaise and Jeremy came barging in, almost knocking her over. Luckily Jeremy reached out and caught her arm in time.
"Sorry Natara..." He said softly.
"No problem Jeremy."
Blaise just huffed and walked over to Kai, spinning him around and grabbing him by the collar. Natara's eyes widened and she was about to interject when Jeremy stopped her, shaking his head, before making his way slowly over to her.
"Kalaba!" Blaise growled "What's your deal!"
"Blaise... calm down." Jeremy said soothingly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Natara just watched with confusion, not knowing why Blaise had suddenly barged in here and grabbed hold of Kai. But then again, knowing Kai, she had good reason to. Jeremy was trying to calm her down while Kai whimpered in fear. In that moment, Mal came jogging down the stairs and his eyes immediately fell on the scene before him. He raised an eyebrow and sighed heavily, shaking his head. Jeremy was failing to calm Blaise down and she was practically screaming in Kai's face. Mal paced over and moved Jeremy aside silently, before taking a deep breath and pulling Blaise off Kai, lifting her up and holding her over his shoulder.
"Mal! Put me down right now or I swear to God I'll kill you too!"
"Yeah, yeah." Mal sighed.
Blaise continued to squirm as Mal walked her away from Kai, so they had a good distance, before setting her down and holding her back. Natara tried to fight back a laugh and covered her mouth, seeing Mal's completely calm face about the whole situation. Mal held Blaise by her shoulders and made her look at him instead of Kai.
"Blaise," He started calmly "Instead of trying to tear apart your co-worker, why don't you tell me exactly what happened."
Blaise scowled at Mal for a long moment, but seeing his serious face, she gave in and sighed heavily, folding her arms across her chest and looking away.
"He took my gun." She mumbled.
"Seriously. That's why you're ready to kill him."
"Hey!" Blaise defended "You know how important my gun is to me, and don't act like your gun isn't important to you too!"
"Hm... can't argue with that." Mal turned to face Kai, still holding Blaise back. "Kai, why the hell would you take an officer's gun?"
"Well," Kai whimpered "I was gonna take yours... but then decided that'd be a pretty bad idea, so I took Blaise's instead."
"I didn't ask that, and you made the right decision take my gun or even think about taking it again and I will end you. Now answer my question Kalaba."
"I took it because... I wanted to..."
"Spit it out!"
"I wanted to act like a detective for a couple minutes! That's all I swear!" Kai blurted.
"... Seriously?" Mal sighed.
Natara decided to interrupt and walked over to Kai, placing a hand on his shoulder; she was used to being the calm one in situations like this. He whimpered again but she sent him a soft gaze, telling him to give her the gun back. Jeremy jogged over to Blaise and took her off Mal, pulling her into a corner to talk in hushed tones. After giving Blaise back her gun, Natara led Mal back upstairs and out of the crime lab. They went back into their office while Blaise and Jeremy went to see Acting Captain Lt. Anders in 'his' office.
Mal had finished the paperwork after around an hour of non-stop writing, with Natara making frequent coffee runs and helping him, despite his protests. The sun had almost completely set in the sky when they had finished everything they had to do that day and were ready to head off home. Mal slowly stood up, feeling his aching muscles stretch. He groaned and looked to Natara who seemed to have the same problem. They caught each other's gaze and smiled.
"Ready Special Agent?" Mal said while smirking.
"Whenever you are Detective."
Pulling on their jackets, they headed out into the bullpen to find a huge commotion taking place. Every officer was making more noise than usual and seemed to be gathering near the front doors. Mal and Natara exchanged worried glances before heading over, but before they could find anything out, Lt. Anders came out of his office and finished his phone call before standing in front of everyone and addressing them loudly.
"Alright, it's been advised that none of us leave the safety of the precinct until all this has blown over, so that means-"
"What's going on Chuckles?" Mal interrupted, pushing his way to the front of the crowd and standing in front of Anders.
"Well aren't we slow today," Anders scowled, gaining a glare from Mal "What's going on Detective is that there's a huge storm outside and we aren't leaving the precinct until it's blown over."
"Oh you have got to be freaking kidding me!" Mal huffed "Great, so we're all stuck here."
"Looks like it. Have plans did you?" Anders smirked and turned back to the crowd "I'll be in my office if anyone needs me, and let me remind everyone that no one is allowed to leave the precinct under any circumstances without my permission. Understood?"
The crowd all murmured responses, while Anders walked back into his office, slamming the doors. The commotion soon calmed down and everyone went their separate ways, mainly gathering around a desk and having conversations. Mal called Natara, Blaise, Jeremy and Kai into his office and they all took seats around the desks.
"Well this is just great," Mal said sarcastically "I can't think of anything more fun than this."
"Oh come on, Mal," Natara smiled "It's not all bad right? I mean, we can just... oh who am I kidding, this sucks."
Everyone nodded in agreement and groaned. Kai was swinging his legs over the side of Mal's desk and drumming a random beat on the surface. The room was otherwise silent, no one making any noise and staring into the distance.
"So..." Kai mumbled eventually "How about we play a game?"
"No." Mal grumbled "We are not playing your 'Would you rather' game Kai. End of story."
"... Amy would play with me"
"Yeah, well Amy's not here right now is she. And FYI, no she wouldn't."
"Fine," Kai sighed "How about... we play truth or dare?"
"Not after last time..." Natara whispered, a light blush creeping on her olive toned cheeks.
"Heh... totally." Mal chuckled. "Talk about awkward."
"Did I miss something?" Blaise chirped in, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh! It was great!" Kai beamed "We all got trapped in the crime lab from the Veritox Incident and we played truth or dare, I dared Mal to-"
"Kai!" Natara scolded "We had an agreement never to speak about that incident again. Ever."
"You brought it up." Kai pouted childishly. "If we're not going to do anything then I'll die of boredom! Wait a minute... I could play the Sims! Oh my gosh, guys I wanna show you all something anyway! Come on!"
Kai jumped up and beamed before skipping out the office.
"Are we really gonna go with him?" Jeremy asked.
"I think if we don't he won't leave us alone." Natara replied.
"True... come on then, maybe we can lock him in there for the rest of the night?" Mal grinned mischievously.
Natara laughed and slapped his arm playfully before they all headed down to the crime lab, where Kai was setting up his game. He spun around in his office chair and smiled.
"I've been expecting you Mr Bond."
Jeremy fought back a laugh while Natara and Blaise shared unamused glances. Mal resisted the growing urge to punch him and made his way to the other side of the room, leaning against the filing cabinet and folding his arms across his chest.
"Whatcha wanna show us Kai?" Jeremy asked, walking over and leaning over Kai to see his computer.
"Well, I made Sims of all of us using my mad skills, and I wanted to update you all on how their, or should I say our, lives are going."
"Oh my God, that's what you wanted to show us? I should've known." Blaise whined.
"Well it's better than sitting around and doing nothing." Kai retorted.
Natara sighed and hopped onto the desk, placing her hands beside her and looking back at Mal, gesturing for him to come over and join her. Mal smiled and pushed himself off the cabinet before sauntering over and taking a seat beside her. Blaise observed this and also walked over, taking a place next to Mal, not making eye contact. While Kai droned on about his character, Mal looked to Blaise and saw her staring at the floor, a hint of sadness in her expression. He frowned and leaned over, placing his hand atop hers to gain her attention. She quickly looked up and into his eyes, wearing a confused look. He just flashed her a friendly smile and sent her a look that clearly said 'are you alright?'
Blaise returned the smile and nodded leaning over and quickly resting her head on Mal's shoulder, before pulling away. Eventually, after explaining Jeremy's and Blaise's characters, Kai started to talk about Natara and Mal's Sim characters.
"Oh! I almost forgot to mention, you two are kind of a thing now. I call it Maltara, or your Fanfiction fans do at least..."
"Wait, what?" Natara gasped, finally tuning in.
Mal wore an equally confused look and raised an eyebrow, unable to find the words to say, so Natara continued for the both of them before she too lost her ability to speak.
"Maltara? Kai I'm with Oscar remember?"
"Well yeah, in the real world." Kai scoffed "Everyone wants Maltara to happen, maybe because of what I've written but that's not the point, no one likes Osctara, believe me I've tried that and almost got hated on..."
"... Osctara, Maltara. Seriously?" Natara sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose.
"Yeah, seriously?" Mal parroted, finally regaining speech.
"People love you guys!" Kai defended "They always want more stories from me about you guys. You have your own fan base and everything!"
"Why do you write Fanfics about us Kai?" Mal growled "What's wrong with you."
"Nothing, I checked!" Kai beamed "But I write them because... it's fun. I don't just write about you and Natara though, I've done some about Blaise, Jeremy, Maria, Amy and so many others too."
"You know guys," Jeremy finally piped up "It's kind of awesome if you think about it."
"Oh dear lord." Blaise sighed and slapped her forehead.
"I just mean that we have our own fan base, how cool is that! I've never had a fan base before."
"Exactly! Redbird here knows what he's talking about!" Kai chuckled.
After more debates and banter being thrown around for another half an hour, everyone had almost run out of things to talk about. Kai had continued with playing games on his computer while Mal and Natara had resulted to laying on the floor side-by-side, staring at the ceiling, unable to think of anything else to say. Blaise and Jeremy were talking in the corner about various things, mainly Blaise scolding him for encouraging Kai's behaviour.
"So..." Jeremy spoke up when he ended his conversation with Blaise "What we gonna do now, the storms still going strong and doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon."
"I have no idea Redbird," Blaise grumbled "Why don't you do some Native American voodoo on the weather or something."
"Blaise," Jeremy scowled at her "We don't do 'voodoo' at all, that's just offensive."
"Whatever."
They both huffed and turned away from each other. Mal sensed another argument about to break out so quickly sat up into a cross-legged position.
"Alright, alright. Why don't we all just gather in my office and I'll think of something for us to do."
"Strip poker?" Kai suggested with a hopeful tone.
Everyone just glared at him and he shrunk back into himself, making his way over and up the stairs without another word. Jeremy and Blaise followed in suit and Mal stood up, extending his hand to Natara, who smiled and let him pull her up. As they got to the top of the stairs there was a strange noise coming from somewhere in the precinct before the lights went out completely, leaving everyone in semi-darkness.
"Aw, come on!" Mal moaned, kicking the nearest object.
The precinct was in a mini panic as Lt. Anders emerged from his office, clearly pissed off.
"Everyone calm down!" He growled, making the room fall silent. "Do we have any other light sources Detective Fallon?"
"Yeah, we have candles in the crime lab I think, or I have my flashlight."
"Great, go get them and carefully light them around the precinct. Everyone help." He huffed and waited outside his office until he was given a light source.
As the officers used a combination of their flashlights and candles for light, Mal carefully led Natara back to their office, where Blaise, Jeremy and Kai were gathered. Candles were in a circle in the centre of Mal and Natara's joined desks. Blaise had her flashlight on, using it whenever she could, but the source of light was blinding if it caught someone's eyes, so she was forced to turn if off after a while.
"Fallon, what was your idea then."
"Well I was gonna suggest we play normal poker, but we can't do that in this light anymore."
"Damn it, I love poker." Blaise sighed.
"Well... we could always... talk?" Natara suggested.
"About what exactly, Nat, there isn't anything left to talk about."
"Hmm..." Natara bit her lip, deep in thought for a long moment before her face lit up with an idea. "We could always discuss our pasts?"
"Nuh uh, my past sucks." Mal protested.
"It can't be that bad."
"Yep, it is."
"It kind of is actually." Blaise interrupted. "He was a rebel."
"Still am." Mal grinned, gaining a laugh from both Natara and Blaise.
"Well I personally am a little curious about Kai's past, or Jeremy's." Natara smirked. "I mean, Kai used to be in a biker gang after all... what else are you hiding Kalaba?"
"N-Nothing. I'm perfectly normal and good now!"
"Normal being a relative term..." Mal mumbled.
"No, no." Blaise joined in "Go on Kai... Or Redbird, either way."
Kai and Jeremy shared worried glances and gulped before sighing. This was going to be a long night...
Okay everyone, that's just to set up all the memory opportunities. So anyway, what I wanted to ask was this: Who would you like to see tell a memory first, any specific memory you'd like me to write about for each character, and how many memories would you like to see told for each character? I don't mind how long this story is since it could go on for a while if you wanted, so any requests will probably be slotted in somewhere.
Anyway, thanks for reading and please review! :)