Disclaimer: I do not own Repo! The Genetic Opera I am just temporarily borrowing the characters to alleviate my own psychotic muse who keeps shooting out ideas every time I watch the movie.
And a big thanks to my wonderful beta dustyashes without her none of this would be possible!
The car pulled up to the rear entrance to GeneCo's headquarters and Graverobber slid Shilo off his lap so he could get out of the car first. He stared up at GeneCo for a minute before turning to help Shilo from the car. He kept a tight hold on her hand as they followed the driver into the elevator. Graverobber wrapped an arm around her shoulder as the elevator began its slow climb upwards. As the elevator slowed, Graverobber took the hand from around her shoulders and held her hand again, lacing their fingers together.
"This is called the interrogation room," the driver explained when the doors slid open. "Mr. Largo left a message in there for you. I will be waiting with the car to take you wherever you need to go next." He bowed to them, and they stepped out of the elevator car and into a dark room.
An old projector flickered to life when Shilo and Graverobber entered the main part of the room. They heard Rotti's voice echoing throughout the room, accompanying the video playing on the wall from the projector.
"Shilo! You've made it!
You're close enough to taste it!
Your cure (your cure!) is waiting (waiting!)!
There is but one thing pending:
Help us catch him,
This former GeneCo trainee,
Who's lost his mind completely,
And managed to escape me.
You saw him in the graveyard!
Thank god my guards responded.
It seems this fiend has set his teeth on you,
So be on guard, he's coming!
We used you as bait to draw this snake out of his hole,
And I am sorry, Shilo, for that,
But this is your defining moment!
Will you let yourself be trapped?
Or will you use the trap to trap him?
Bring me Repo Man and you get your cure."
As the message ended, Shilo was trembling with fear and clinging to Graverobber. He had her wrapped tightly in his arms, trying to soothe her.
"The Repo Man is coming here to get me," Shilo whimpered against his chest.
After they stood for a few minutes, Graverobber pulled back and looked at her. "I won't let him hurt you," he assured the trembling girl. "Hey, can I take a look at that medicine of yours?"
Shilo knew he was changing the subject but gave him a strange look anyway. She figured that since he was a drug dealer he would know what he was talking about. Shilo reached into her bag and handed him the vial of pills.
Graverobber went over to the desk and took a single pill out. "Interesting color," he commented. Finding a letter opener he ground the pill into powder. The powder stayed the same blue shade, he had his suspicions of what the pills were but needed to make sure. First he bent his head close to the powder and tried to catch a scent, but he couldn't smell anything defining. Then he wet the tip of his finger with his tongue and dipped it into the powder, sticking his finger into his mouth he tasted the drug. His eyes widened and he spit it out immediately.
"Graves?" Shilo questioned her newest friend.
"Who gave you these?" Graverobber demanded. His voice sounded like he was barely controlling his rage.
"M-my dad," Shilo answered with a slight stammer. "He said that I inherited this blood disease from my mother, that was what killed her."
"Shilo," Graverobber said her name softly. He walked back over to her and put an arm around her shoulders again. "I know what your medicine is." His voice was still soft and it was beginning to worry her. Whatever the medicine was, it had to be bad.
"Graverobber?" Shilo said his name, stepping away from him slightly so she could see his face. "Please just tell me, don't sugar coat it."
He stared at her for a minute before sighing, "As you wish, it's Zydrate. A diluted form, but still just as addictive." He could see the confusion in her eyes. "That's why you need to take another dose when you get over excited."
"But…" Shilo gasped out. "My dad's a doctor, he had to have known." Tears began to slide down her face and her knees gave out sending her crashing to the floor.
Graverobber caught her easily in his arms and eased them both down to the ground. He held her tightly in his arms and allowed her to cry out her grief. Graverobber felt her fingers digging into his shirt and he pressed his face into her hair, placing a soft kiss onto the crown of her head. He began to gently and soothingly run his hands through her hair.
After a few minutes she calmed down but still kept her hold on Graverobber. "How long have you been taking the pills for?" he whispered into her hair never stopping the movement of his hands.
She pulled back and looked up at him, her eyes were filled with tears. "As long as I can remember," she replied softly. "It's why I've never been outside," her eyes lit up in anger. "He never let me outside, he knew there was nothing wrong with me and he still never let me out. Keeping me home and addicted so I needed him and couldn't leave."
"Don't worry Shilo," Graverobber said softly. "I know somebody that can help," he assured her. "My friend is a doctor, she can get you off the drug for good."
As they sat on the ground, Graverobber continued to murmur reassurances and stroke her hair. After a knot caught on his fingers he realized she was wearing a wig and switched to rubbing circles on her back. Shilo pulled back from him slightly and threw her arms around his neck. In return he pressed his face into her neck, placing a soft kiss on her pulse point, and grinning when her whole body shivered against his.
Graverobber leaned in closer to her and brushed his lips against her ear, causing another shiver. "Shilo," he whispered her name. "Do I make you nervous?"
Shilo turned her head towards him to respond, but their lips met instead. The kiss was sweet and made Shilo's head swim, she acted on instinct and lifted her hands until they wove into his hair, her nails scratching lightly at his skull. He groaned in reaction and deepened the kiss. After a moment they pulled back for a much-needed breath, Shilo raised her eyes to meet his. He started to lean toward her again when he caught the sound of the elevator moving.
Graverobber quickly jumped to his feet and pulled Shilo up with him, now she could hear the elevator and was beginning to panic. He looked around and found a shovel propped up against a nearby wall. He grabbed the shovel and pressed Shilo into the wall where the projection had played moments ago. With a quick reassuring kiss he turned toward the elevator doors and lifted the shovel in preparation for the Repo Man.
