Figures, the first thing I post in months is Bluepulse. This pairing is pretty much taking over my mind. XD
Spoilers for the episode 'The Runaway's'.
Disclaimer: If I owned this show. It would never ever end.
Bart sped around the town searching for Jaime in confusion. They were supposed to have met at the movie theater almost half an hour ago. He had stopped by Jaime's house to see if something had come up, but his mom said he had left several hours ago. That worried him. Ever since Green Beetle had 'fixed' Jaime's scarab, he had been acting really weird. Bart had been suspicious of Green Beetle from the start, and hadn't left Jaime alone if he could help it. But maybe that wasn't enough. He bit his bottom lip nervously. He had a really bad feeling about this.
There was a flash of blue up ahead, he skid to a stop, sliding along the ground and kicking up dust. Bart grinned as he got a better look. "Blue! Man I'm glad I found you, been looking everywhere!" He laughed, walking the rest of the distance between them. "You're late, thought you might be in trouble or something!" He grinned lopsidedly.
The smile melted off his face when Blue Beetle turned around and their eyes met. Bart was suddenly overcome with a horrible sense of déjà vu. "Hey, hermano, there's no trouble; I just got a little side tracked." It was Jaime; it was most definitely Jaime, but at the same time it wasn't. He sounded the same, and reacted just like Jaime would. But, there was something in his eyes that gave everything away. Blue Beetle took a step forward, he subconsciously took one back. Blue Beetle frowned. "What's wrong, you okay?"
No, no he wasn't okay. This was wrong, this was all wrong. Even though the concern sounded genuine, it wasn't, it couldn't be; because that wasn't Jaime under the armor. He didn't break eye contact, he didn't think he could. Blue Beetle stepped forward again, he stepped back two. Bart swallowed nervously and offered a shaky grin. "Nothing's wrong, what makes you say that?" He asked, knowing that he was lying; Blue Beetle knew he was lying too. If his eyes didn't give everything away, his body language would. His molecules were vibrating like crazy. He wanted to run, he wanted so badly to run and hide. But he couldn't, there was nowhere to go that he hadn't told Jaime, and by extension the Blue Beetle about. "Hey look, the movie's already started, we should just skip it." He suggested, hoping he didn't sound as nervous as he thought he did. "I mean you probably have school work or something to do . . . . "
"Sure." Blue Beetle nodded, armoring down. Even without the armor he could still tell that it wasn't Jaime, or Kaji Da. He didn't know who it was. But for some reason, being without the armor made this person wearing Jaime's body even more terrifying. "We can go see it tomorrow, if you want? I mean its goanna be playing all month." Bart almost broke down right there. Everything was the same, yet nothing was. He couldn't explain it, he just knew. Jaime was either gone, or somewhere trapped inside while this person took over his life.
He nodded, "Alright, sounds crash. Seeya tomorrow, hermano." Bart forced himself to grin, before turning and running as fast as his powers would allow him too. The Scarab was on mode, Green Beetle had betrayed them. He was miles away before Blue Beetle could even blink. As he skids to a stop in front of the Garrick's home, a horrible thought occurred to him. Jaime had only asked Green Beetle to reprogram the Scarab because Bart had told him of his role in the Reach Apocalypse. His blood ran cold.
'This, this is all my fault. . .'
