"We should start a system" Amélie said, sitting on the couch while Sombra set up the baby monitors, Dimitri slept in the playpen settled in the corner of the small living room, and Gabriel put together the crib. Gabe stopped looking at the instructions and looked over at Amélie with a raised eyebrow.
"For what? The night shift? I don't know about Sombra, but I am not waking up for a baby you decided the keep. He could've stayed in Russia, but noo. You wouldn't leave without him" he growled, grabbing another screw and drilling it into the wooden structure. Amé rolled her eyes and adjust the tank top she had on. "Excuse me for making that man suffer more for giving information to the enemies of Talon" she sassed, looking at her nails.
"That is not what you were doing. You were trying to make up for the fact that you couldn't have children because you killed your husband" he replied coldly. Sombra looked up from her task to look at Gabriel and then at Amélie. "You don't know what I was doing Gabriel and you for sure do not know what I have been through" she retorted. "Yes I do, I have an entire file on you" he told her.
"Anyway...where do you want me to set these? I already have the main one set up in your room Araña" Sombra told her. "How many are there?" she asked. "Uhhhh five" Sombra replied after counting the ones in front of her. "One in the kitchen, out here in the living room, Gabriel's room, your room and the garage" she told the hacker. Sombra nodded and stood up, going to set the monitors around the house.
"Why in the garage?" Gabriel asked, standing up and shaking the crib to see how sturdy it was. "You work out in the garage" she told him simply. "You seem to forget that I want nothing to do with the kid" he retorted, walking to the now sheeted mattress and putting it in the crib. He then walked over to the high chair box and opened it with a box cutter.
"If you really did want nothing to do with Dimitri, you wouldn't be putting his crib and highchair together" she pointed out, standing up and walking to the kitchen to get some coffee. "OH SHIT" Sombra yelled from the hallway, obviously listening to the conversation as she was putting the baby monitors around.
Dinner for the night was chinese takeout, Sombra's suggestion since they had what Gabriel wanted the night before and what Amelie wanted the night before that. Gabe and Amelie decided to go get the food and leave Sombra with the baby. "You do not have to take care of him Sombra, we can take him" Amé told the young woman, who just shook her head.
"I'll be fine Araña" Sombra replied. Amélie nodded as she threw on a black jacket, waiting for Gabe to come out of his room. "Gabriel! I would prefer if you did not take forever" Amélie shouted, leaning against the front door. The man came out, adjusting the beanie on his head and grabbing his keys. "We'll be back" Amé said, walking out into the garage with Gabriel.
They got in the car and Gabe backed up after opening the garage door, pulling out into the stormy night. Amélie pulled out her phone, going through it as Gabriel drove. "I'm sorry about what I said earlier" he said after a few minutes of silent driving. Amélie shrugged, not seeming to care that he just apologized to her. "Not the worse thing I've heard from you" she told him, sighing as her phone vibrated nonstop. "Who is texting you so much?" Gabe asked, glancing over. "Who else? The Talon scientists...and now they're calling" she said just as her phone started going off.
Gabriel took her phone and answered it, rolling his eyes as the voice on the other end of the line started yelling. "Widowmaker! Why have you not been answering? We need to know how you are coping with the new environment" the man snarled. "Hey Joe" Gabe snarled into the phone, chuckling as Joe yelped. "Mr. Reyes, how are you? How's Widowmaker?" He asked shakingly, causing Gabe to let out a raspy chuckle.
"She's fine. Now do us both a favor and leave her alone" Gabe ordered, hanging up and handing back her phone. "There" he muttered, stopping at a red light. Amelie nodded and crossed her legs, admiring the lights of the small town she now lived in.
"Gabriel" she said, glancing over at him in the driver's seat. He made a grunt, which usually meant that he was listening. "Why did you take me from Talon?" she questioned, looking down at her hands.
"Because even you deserve a semi normal life" he answered. "You may not think you don't, but it's not fair for you to be locked up like a damn animal". She nodded and looked up as they pulled up to the Chinese restaurant. "I'm going to go get it. Stay here" he ordered, getting out and closing behind him, locking the doors.
Lacroix sighed, resting her chin on the palm of her hand, listening to the rain patter against the car. She watched a couple walk across the parking lot, a toddler in between them and every now and then they would lift her up and swing her back and forth before setting her back down on the ground to walk. A small pain arose in Amelie's chest as she watched these events unfold, the only thought on her mind was that could've been her and Gerard. They could've been playing with their child, but no….she killed him in his sleep. All because Talon brainwashed her until she was nothing.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening and Gabriel got in, setting the bag of food in the backseat roughly. "Are you okay?" she asked, still staring out the window. "That woman tried to charge me twenty dollars more" he told her, Amelie chuckling softly. "It's not funny Lacroix" he snarled, glaring over at her. She rolled her eyes and huffed, staring out the windshield as he began to drive back to the house.
They arrived back at Gabriel's house, walking inside to see Sombra lazily feeding Dimitri some baby food at the table with various other jars of baby food open. "Sombra why did you open all these?" Amelie asked, grabbing the to go box with her chicken chow mein in it as Gabriel began to put the lids back on.
"Because I was trying to see what he liked. So far all he likes it bananas" she explained, getting another baby spoonful of the sloppy food, offering it to the little one. "Well that's because you were trying to give him prune and broccoli flavored baby food" Gabriel sassed, showing her the labels before he walked to get his beef and broccoli. Sombra rolled her eyes and continued to feed the baby the food.
"So that Russian dude who's wife you killed went to the news" Sombra said, causing Amelie and Gabriel to look at her curiously. "I can pull up the video if you want. Just bring me my food" she said, pulling up her holoscreen with her free hand and tapping a few things.
"Orange chicken with white rice" Gabriel grunted, setting the open container next to her with a fork. He pulled up a chair next to the hacker, flipping it around and sitting on it backwards. Amelie took the spoon from Sombra and began feeding Dimitri as she ate, watching Sombra pull up the video. "I translated it to English so it's gonna sound a little funky at times" she said as she played the video and a big blonde headed man began to speak into the camera.
"My name is Abram Guskov. I am here to report child missing. I came to home today to find my wife roughly murdered and my son Eduard taken. I fear something will bad happen to him. Please, he is eight months old on the 23rd and will be a year June 23rd" the man said before Sombra turned off the video.
"Well at least we know his birthday" Amelie said, looking around at the other two. "What kind of name is Eduard?" Sombra asked, making a face. "Dimitri is so much better. Reminds me of that really old movie….uh Anastasia!' she added, Amelie and Gabriel nodded. Amelie offered another spoonful of baby food to Dimitri, watching as he ate it. "What's that smell?" Sombra asked, making a face as she sniffed the air.
Gabriel and Amelie did the same oddly enough. "It's Dimitri" Sombra told them, realizing where the smell was coming from. "I changed it when you guys were out. One of you do it" she sassed, leaning back and covering her nose. "Gabriel do it" Amelie told him, picking Dimitri up.
"What?! No! He's not mine!" Gabriel argued, glaring. Dimitri began crying from Gabriel's voice and the discomfort of his mess in his diaper. "Look what you did, now change him" Amelie told him, setting the baby on his lap and letting go, in which Gabriel was forced to grab the baby to prevent him from falling. "FINE" he snarled, getting up to change the baby. Sombra rolled her eyes and continued to eat her food, reading a few articles. "What are you reading?" the other woman asked, raising an eyebrow at the hacker.
"Articles on how to raise a baby. Because so far we suck at it" Sombra told her bluntly. "I gave him a bath though so he doesn't have to take one before he goes to bed" she added. "Merci" Amelie said, finishing her food. Gabriel came back out without Dimitri in his hands, huffing quietly.
"Where's the baby?" Amelie asked, giving Gabe a look. Sombra leaned back in her chair, looking at Gabriel with her lips pursed. "He fell asleep after I changed him so I put him to bed" he told the two girls, crossing his arms. "Now I'm going to take a shower and then I'm going to bed" he grumbled, walking off. Of course he wasn't going to sleep, but he was going to lay in bed and stare at the ceiling.
Eventually Amelie ended up in her bedroom on her bed, staring at the crib that now resided in her room. "This child is doing something to me. I can't describe it" she it really possible for her to feel emotions even after what Talon did to her? She didn't think so, but Dimitri made her feel a little warm inside, she fell asleep after twenty minutes, breathing softly.
"Amelie..Amelie". Her eyes snapped open and she looked around the room. It was his voice, Gerard. "Gerard?" she asked, sitting up. She realized she was still in Gabriel's house. "Amelie" the voice rang out again, causing her to stand up and walk into the living room. There he was, sitting on the couch with a huge smile on his face. "Gerard it's you" she said, going to hug him….but he vanished. She gasped as she stumbled forward, looking around frantically. He appeared again behind her. "Amelie' he said again, she turned around, staring at him. "Amelie" He said. She went to step towards him when blood started trickling from his mouth. She stared in horror and started screaming, freaking out.
"Amelie!" he shouted.
"Amelie! Wake up" Gabriel said, shaking her as her eyes shot open. He let her sit up, sitting up on her bed. Sombra was there too, holding Dimitri as she bottle fed him. "You okay Araña?" she asked, Amelie nodded as she stared at the blanket that was on top of her. "What time is it?" Amelie asked. "Midnight" Sombra replied, setting the baby back in the crib. "Goodnight...again" Sombra said, walking out of the room.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" Gabriel asked with a soft grunt. She sat there thinking about it, he had before, just laid there. The presence always made her feel better. "If you don't mind" she said, watching him nod and go over to the other side of the bed, laying down. Amelie laid back down and fell asleep again.
Her eyes snapped open not an hour later when Dimitri started crying again, she muttered something and got up to see what was wrong. "What is it mon cher?" she asked, lifting him up. His diaper was squishy that's what was wrong. She sighed and turned on the little lamp in her room, walking over and grabbing another diaper. She laid him on the bed after putting a towel down and undid his onesie and diaper. "Gross" she said, trying to keep Dimitri still.
Finally she got the new diaper on him after cleaning him and threw the old one away, walking back to find Gabriel sitting up and letting him crawl on the bed, moving him when he was about to fall off. "Having fun?" she asked, sitting down next to him and watching the baby. Gabriel nodded and stared at the child with his blood red eyes, his tan hands picked him up and set him back in the center of the bed. "He does lighten up this house" he commented,
Amelie nodded in agreement. "What are we going to do if we all have to go on a mission?" she asked. It was abrupt, but it was a question that had been on all their of the adult's minds. "Get a nanny?" he suggested, looking at her. She gave a small laugh, looking at him. "What person is not going to run to the hills once they see us hm?" she asked curiously, resting the side of her head on her index finger. "Anyone if we hold a gun to their head" he replied, picking up Dimitri again and changing his direction.
She nodded and looked to the baby on her bed as he yawned. "Back to bed" Amelie said, carrying him to his crib and laying him down, offering him one of the pacifiers she had on the nightstand. He took it in his mouth and within five minutes was out like a light. Amelie breathed out, turning off the lamp and laying back down.
"Are you going to lay back down?" she asked, glancing over at his hunched frame. He looked over, his red eyes glowing in the dark. "Eventually. You need sleep though so get some" he ordered. She rolled her eyes and stared at the ceiling, zoning out and losing herself in her thoughts. She only came to when Gabriel flopped back down on the bed, huffing softly.
"What's the matter with you now?" she asked, turning over on her side. "You won't sleep" he muttered, causing her to roll her eyes. "What if I'm not tired?" she questioned, now it was his turn to roll his eyes. "Bullshit" he rasped, propping himself up on his elbows and glaring down at her. She glared back, clearly annoyed of his antics, but she decided to humor him.
"Fine I'll go to sleep" she said, flipping herself over so that her back was facing him. "Chienne" she muttered, closing her eyes and beginning to fall asleep. Her mind wandered and her surroundings started to disappear….and then the quiet sobs started again. "Tue-moi".
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Translation(s):
Chienne~ Bitch
Tue-moi~ Kill me
