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FullmetalDeadman93: Yeah, you know it's pretty bad when ARGIT of all people seems to be able to see what Kevin doesn't.

"Hey-hey-hey!"

Devlyn didn't even try to suppress the growl she made as she laid on her bed her face covered with her pillow.

"Brady." she said his name like he was pond scum that she had to handle without gloves.

She took her pillow off of her face. "What are you doing here?"

"Ken told me the other day that you were sick so I thought you could use a little company." he leaned in the doorway giving her his trademarked leery smile.

"Is that all Ken told you?" Devlyn couldn't imagine that he would leave out what she told him to say to Brady.

Brady paused as if he were thinking.

"Um, he said something about Darkstar and the Null Void but I didn't see how those two connected with you being sick so I tuned it out."

"That's it!"

Devlyn suddenly sprang up as if her bed had caught on fire looking for something, anything to absorb so she could sucker punch him. She was generally a patient girl, but her long fuse ended at Brady Roche. She was finally going to explode. She had been sick for three days, picture day was on the horizon the moment she set her foot back on the high school property, not to mention all the homework she would have to make up for. And now, Brady had the audacity to show up at her house standing in her bedroom doorway. Could her week get any worse?

Settling on her bed post, she absorbed the wood up to her elbow and walked to stand in front of her version of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.

"I told Ken to tell you to go to the Null Void and get drained by Darkstar!"

"Ahhhh…." Brady said as if it just finally dawned on him. He suddenly looked thoughtful.

"Is that even possible?" he asked, "I mean I'd have to know someone to visit and since I don't know Darkstar personally, I don't see how…"

"Are you that dense? Just…leave," Devlyn pinched the bridge of her nose with the hand that wasn't wood, "Now. I will punch you if you don't."

"You know, you're so cute when you're mad." his leery smile returned and was rewarded with a right hook.

"OW! What the heck, Devlyn?" he cradled his jaw that thankfully hadn't broken being that he had some level of super strength.

"I warned you. Now get." she said the last two words between clenched teeth.

"You know? You should feel lucky that I've even taken an interest you."

"LUCKY!?"Devlyn started tapping her foot furious that he hadn't walked away like she told him to.

"Yeah, I mean, your dad's a criminal, am I right?"

"Oh no! Do not bring him into this!"

"What's going on?" Ken appeared behind Roche, "Brady? What are you doing here?"

"I was just here to cheer your sister up." Brady turned around and leaned his back against the doorway, "Guess she's not all that found of company."

"Brady…just leave." Ken said sounding 100 times more calmer than Devlyn, "Did anything I say get to you the other day?"

"Kinda tuned it out."

Ken gave an exasperated sigh.

"Well, you're obviously not welcomed here, so there's no point in staying."

"Yeah, no kidding." Brady took his back off the doorway and glared at Devlyn, "See you around, Levin." he started to leave then turned around.

"You know," he said, "I don't know what you have against me! Am I too much like your father for your taste or comfort? Well, we could've been the perfect pair because statically, girls tend to marry guys like their dads!"

"Mr. Roche?" Ben asked appearing out of nowhere.

"WHAT?!" Brady turned and yelled at Ben, "It's not like she's your actual daughter or anything like that!"

Ben narrowed his eyes at him, then looked at Ken. They both nodded in synch.

FIVE MINUTES LATER….

"AHHHH!" Brady flew out of the house Ben closing the door behind him.

"There," Ben said turning around to face Ken and Devlyn, "I don't think he'll be coming around anymore. If he does, he's an idiot who needs a restraining order."

"Thanks, Dad," Devlyn smiled and hugged him. She used "Dad," and "Ben" interchangeably for him because, truth be told, he was more of a father than hers ever was to her.

"No problem, honey. Thanks for helping me drag him out, Ken."

"Anytime," Ken winked at Devlyn, "I'd been wanting to do something of the like for a long time now."

"I'm just glad he's gone." Devlyn pulled away and hugged Ken. He held her tight and Ben raised an eyebrow in their direction. They seemed…comfortable.

"Anyway," Devlyn pulled away from him, "I'm going to take a shower. A long one. A cold one if I can handle it."

"Good idea," Ken said, "I think you need it."

30 minutes later, Devlyn emerged from the bathroom still drying her black hair and walked down the stairs. Being that she had no shoes on, Ben, Gwen and Ken probably didn't hear her. If they did, they probably would've stopped talking.

"You know, we should probably tell her," she heard Ben say. Devlyn stopped on the staircase and listened, "He's probably going to come after her anyway, so why try to hide the fact? Plus, what if she finds out we knew all along and didn't tell her?"

Who were they talking about? Brady? Devlyn scrunched her eyebrows.

"How about I tell her?" Ken asked.

"She should probably hear it from us," Gwen answered.

Devlyn decided to walk in the kitchen.

"Tell me what?" she draped the towel over her shoulders, "Who might come after me?"

Ben, Gwen and Ken all looked at her.

"Well, um," Ben stuttered rubbing the back of his neck. He looked at Gwen who nodded.

"Devlyn," he started, "A few days ago, the Director of the Null Void gave me a call."

Devlyn felt her blood run cold. This couldn't be good.

"Being that you're our foster daughter, they thought we should know that, um, your father has been released."

Devlyn felt the blood drain from her face.

"What?" she heard herself squeak, "My father's…out?"

Maybe she should've have thought on how her week couldn't have gotten any worse, because it just did. A whole lot worse.

And…she knows now! It was about time anyway. I didn't originally make Brady a character that you would want to scream "SHUT UP!" at the screen but I think I just accomplished that.

Anyway, please review and comment and no foul language and/or character bashing…unless if it's Brady or Kevin.