We've seen a bit into each Family so guess who's next?
Yep, Dr. Issac Julien and his bride Yuna. Those who read Ninjasitting already know what happened and if you don't, you will soon enough.
Now what did this Doctor do that was so Taboo? And just who does said Doctor have to worry about, according to Hermes?
All OCs belong to me, Ninjago belongs to LEGO. Respect this and we'll get along fine.
Chapter 7: A Cold Deal
Zane began to study, how he grew to detest all of this. What exactly? The Seduction Class as a whole, all of his classmates were absolute rubbish! While all looked the part of sophistication and class, the were no different then the slime ball in some seedy bar! All took the course to have the control to take whoever they wanted to bed and or marry, to reduce they're will to nothing.
Like a Doll.
Two others seemed to share this view, Randy and Gene. Gene struck him as a pompous, spoiled know it all but when a classmate made the careless comment that Gene only took both Herbology and Seduction as a way to get more tail, Gene's response? He let out a soft chuckle and went closer to the fool, adjusting his tie in an almost brotherly fashion. Gene explained to all that the reason he took both was for the challenge itself as well as not leaving himself venerable. After he was done, he smacked the boy with an Herbalogy textbook. Gene added that he didn't need to resort to "Rapist" tactics to get young ladies in his room, getting Randy to actually clap his hands while closing his eyes. Why Randy clapped was due to Gene's claim that it was rapist tactics to drug or hypnotize girls into doing your bidding, to which it was. The way they talked about getting girls to say yes to them and only them sounded extremely abusive, Randy was also quick to add his input on the matter. He had asked how many of them were going to jail tonight once his Father caught them.
"If a girl doesn't chose you, move on." He expressed. Zane agreed with the both of them, getting the ire of all his borderline predatory classmates. The three of them seemed to be the only ones that cared if girls had a word in edge wise. What was the bloody point of a girlfriend if they didn't give you opinions? Those that are different then yours? Granted, people change a little when dating but when you change to the point of lacking a identity, it's bothersome! He sighed and looked at his phone, seeing Lily's number and smiled. Randy chuckled as he saw him smile, he hadn't really seen Zane smile much but he understood why. Zane wasn't like everyone else, he had a real reason for his lack of smiles...
People who escape death aren't meant to be cheerful folks...
Randy knew Zane since they were children, about 5. Zane had been like many kids that ran and smiled but with one big difference...Zane had a terminal illness and he was predicted to die with in a year. He wasn't told what kind of illness it was but he understood to things, that he didn't have very long and that his Mother had it. He watched his best friend go from bright and happy to pale and sickly, it got to the point where Zane couldn't even go to school! Despite many picking on him, he was brilliant. Zane's illness was taking him, Yuna and his own Mother at the same pace, he was brought in as usual.
Only in time to watch Zane die and he wasn't the only one to see it.
Zane had gained another friend, a girl with bright red hair. Her name was Lily, she was very special to Zane. He promised to marry her once he got better and they were all grown up, he found it gross as a kid since he wasn't liking girls back then. That poor girl broke, he never saw a girl cry like that. Both found out that he died before a cure was made, saving Alicia and Yuna. Poor Dr. Julien cried once he found out that he was too late to save his son but when he was told there are just somethings you just can't change...All Dr. Julien said while raising his head up was:
"The Hell I can't..."
He wasn't sure what he meant but all he knew was the next day, Zane was awake and alive. When asked what happened, all his Father would tell him was that Issac was a great doctor. He then noticed that Zane acted different, he acted more mature and cold...Like a computer. While he "warmed up" years later, he still had some stiffness in his emotions and certain social ques such as laughter with jokes. The black boy merely took this as a means of him being scarred from being pronounced dead, people never really talk about what they see once they died and then came back. But now that Randy was much older, his mind began to wonder. Just what did he see and how was Dr. Julien able to bring him back? Defibrillators could do only so much...Gene also seemed rather interested in Zane and that worried him, Herbalist were a creepy bunch... That's why he didn't like them and why he felt wary of Gene. Horror stories of these guys kidnapping people just to mess with them and their bodies, it made him shiver!
We join Tiffany as she looks at Zane's photo, she tapped on it and got up from her desk. He looked so familiar...Where had she seen him before? A Party? A Function? She and the girls barely had to go to the hospital as Aretta was they're primary physician, the only times they had to go was when Aretta felt she couldn't do it. It was during one of these times that Lily met a sickly boy, continuing to visit until his death. Just by looking at the kid, she knew he'd kick the bucket. Lily then of course fell in love with him and promised to marry him, a stupid thing for her to do as he wouldn't live past Christmas! Despite tell her this, Lily ignored her while Aretta just frowned at her. Aretta merely told her that a little lie was good for her, warning her to chose her words more wisely. Not that she did that, why lie? Lily barely ate or drank, just uttering that dead kid's name over and over while in her bed. It scared them all, fearing Lily was going to die too. Aretta suggested a way to make her forget him but then opted not to, claiming that it was too cruel. 5 year old Tiffany on the other hand, thought it was the perfect solution. She then made an Amnesia Pill, a pill that could suppress memories. It was a difficult mixture as it required precise measures and knowledge on what you wanted suppressed, one wrong move and you could make the subject forget EVERYTHING!
Tiffany of course made absolute sure that the only memory she wanted gone was that boy and him dying, slipping it in her soup. it worked, she had no recall about who he was, his name or anything pertaining to him. While all were relieved, Aretta just stood there and looked at her, looking extremely sad. She had pulled her little mistress aside, expressing that she never would have thought she would be so cruel in making her forget her first love. Tiffany at the time was confused by this, shouldn't she be proud of her? Tiffany then told her what was the point in it if all it would do was hurt her? If they hurt, cure them or get rid of them. Aretta shook her head and sighed, she then smiled and told her that she hoped that she made it right as such a mix was unpredictable. She found out that as they grew up, the amnesia pill made Lily unable to fall in love with anyone else. When she told Aretta this, the maid just smiled while looking at her, holding her.
"Mixtures cannot cure everything, Mistress Tiffany. All you did was make things worse for the both of you. Like natural Amnesia, memories CAN be recovered. And once she does, I fear Mistress Lily won't see your act of kindness but see it as one of malice. Please be more aware next time..." She only said.
Was it condescending? Yes but Aretta was only trying to help Tiffany realize that Mixtures weren't magic pills and it was that unpredictability that killed many people or ruined lives. It sounded like it came from experience, just who did she kill or ruin though? Considering her nickname WAS Poppy, she must have dealt ALOT of damage, blood or ruin...And Tiffany of course saw just how malicious mixes can get, watching her foolish classmates making mixes carelessly and using them with the same lack of care. Causing other Students or even Teachers to be raped, others to become sickly or even die...One student wanted a Teacher to fall in love with her, giving him an aphrodisiac. The Teacher was so overwhelmed with lust that he raped a teacher, getting him fired, sent to jail and getting him to commit suicide for doing such a thing and not recalling ANY of it! The teacher whom was raped ended up dying in child birth, keeping the baby. The student was punished, forced into adopting the child that she created. That's what happened when you screwed with mixtures, they screw you back.
Back to Zane, he looked so familiar to her...She looked at the name and freaked, recognizing it. "That can't be right! For that to be right...!" She barked as she slammed her butt down on Lily's chair. She then typed her password and began searching, growing cold around her neck...
Zane Julien and The little dying boy...WERE a match.
"How the HELL did you come back...?!" She asked the screen as she clawed it.
Later that night, Yuna escorted Lily back to their room. Yuna felt her familiar, must have been all that red hair. She remembered the girl that Zane use to talk to when he was in the hospital, her hair was just about the same striking shade of red but she had it down. She was quite pretty though, she wouldn't be surprised if Zane showed an interest in her. While Zane had her looks, he had Issac's brilliant mind. She wouldn't be shocked if he had his tastes in girls, what type was that? Well, Julien men seemed to fancy those who were top heavy. Meaning that they had interests with large breasted women, Nana Julien and Yuna herself were noticeably large up top. And look at that, she too was qiute heavy up top. Lily sighed, she kept feeling that she knew Yuna but how? She hadn't met her before, not until now really. Was it because she looked like Zane? This was his Mother and he looked a great deal like her...She had taken age powder so she was her actual age now, her 30's.
Matching her own height...Long sandy blond locks, ice blue eyes...snow white skin...fragile and delicate looking, she seemed very angelic...
Lily was in awe at her actual age, even when she posed as someone older, she retained these angelic looks. She was a seductress graduate and no doubt that many men would fall for these graceful looks, Dr. Julien didn't stand a chance! She noticed the young girl's staring and smiled slightly, curious, was she? There wasn't much mystery to her, she was rather ordinary compared to her looks. Many boys wanted her but she took interest in the very shy doctor, especially since he gained the attention of Georgette Frost. Now who was this? Well, a very obnoxious and loud Warfare student that spent a lot of her time in "hunting" down poor Issac. It was in part of her overboard advances on Issac that he disliked women to the point of having an acute fear of them. When she had enough of Georgette torturing Issac, he returned the gesture by healing her leg though he shook. She allowed him to come to her, wanting this shy boy to not be afraid of her. She cured his small fear and they began to date, which Georgette didn't like. After many small scuffles, Yuna had enough and gave Georgette a vicious slap aside her face. The damage Yuna's claws caused gave a hellish looking scar on the left side of Georgette's face, she was also told that it left her partially deaf and blind on the left.
Had she not annoyed Yuna so much nor terrified Issac so much, Yuna wouldn't have gone so far. "I apologize for staring, Your looks are just very..." Lily apologized. Yuna giggled, petting her on the head. "Qiute alright, even my husband tells me that I'm an angel." She sighed. Lily whinced, feeling pain. Yuna tilted her head and saw blood. She put a cloth to it and told her they'd go to a nurse, Lily shook her head and just told her that Tiffany would do. She nodded, she didn't want her to bleed to death. Once at the door, Tiffany answered and then shot a venomous glare at Yuna. "Tiffany, Mrs. Julien didn't do this..." Lily vouched. Tiffany sighed, taking her word for it. She quickly took a damp cloth, it smelled strong. Antiseptic...Lily hissed in pain but remained still, the wound healing up quickly. Yuna was surprised slightly, no wonder Lily wanted her sister. She was marvelous, Tiffany then looked at Yuna as soon as she was done, squinting her eyes. So this was Zane's Mother, now she was positive on her growing hunch in seeing this woman here.
The last time she saw her was when she was bed ridden...
Yuna squinted her eyes in turn, sensing this young girl's hostile curiosity. She bade them a good night, only to have Tiffany follow her out. Lily groaned, she had a feeling Tiffany would try to study Zane so her curiosity in his Mother made sense, she slowly got up and followed her, worried Tiffany would try something. Out in the halls, Yuna stopped and turned around, seeing Tiffany following her. My, she looked quite smug at the moment. Oh, Yuna knew who Tiffany was alright...As she knew whom Lily was. She took a little "peek" into her head, seeing an image of her at 5. Young Tiffany liked peeking into patient's rooms and studying all the equipment. She even saw her touching the drips, her own drip as well. She didn't say anything as the young girl seemed to only be interested in taking away the pain and increased it in safe levels. While Tiffany was a saucy child, she had kindness in her.
"Nice to see you out of bed, Dr. Julien cured your terminal illness, very impressive..." Tiffany smirked.
"Yes, Issac and Takashi are both marvels but your quite impressive too. I've never seen someone be so brilliant and yet so stupid before." Yuna countered.
"For you and Officer Hiver to come back was a shock but to have Zane, whom had certificate of death, come back...I wonder just what Dr. Julien did, sounds like he did something he wasn't suppose to." Tiffany accused teasingly.
"I must ask you to refrain from touching Zane, Tiffany. If you don't, Lily's going to remember more then just Zane..." Yuna warned.
"And just how will you do that, Mrs. Julien? Amnesia isn't a switch that's flipped on and off..." Tiffany sighed.
"No, it's more like a lock. It can always be unlocked at anytime, all I'll do is speed it up. The only reason I'm not doing it now is because I owe you for increasing my drip during my supposed final days. It was quite painful to breath without it..." Yuna sighed back.
"Whatever your ALL hiding, I'll find out what it is. It's only for MY curiosity but if anyone else gets curious..." Tiffany warned.
Yuna walked off, slightly worried. Lily yelled at Tiffany for mouthing off, only for Tiffany just shrug. She didn't hear any of that, good. she really didn't want to tell Lily what she did. She just wouldn't understand it, she'd be too busy accusing her of ruining her life.
Despite that it saved her life.
Dr. Julien sighed as he walked around the school, remembering many things. It terrified him, how many called him a beast despite being a child. Not that it was any better in here, seeing classmates rip each other apart or back stab the other. The St. Lucifer girls were even worse, how they clawed onto you and yell at you. It was this demoness behavior that made him fear women briefly...The worst of it coming from one pushy Were-Butterfly student, Georgette Frost. He had a dreadful fear of Butterflies too so to have a WOMAN with this were form terrified him! It truly was a shock that the Frost family use to be an ally to the Julien Family...
All brought to a close due to one crazed women with rapist tendencies...
He then smiled softly, remembering his first encounter with Yuna. At that point, he was cowering in fear of her as he did with ALL other girls. What would she do to him? Would she jump him too? Instead, she coxed him to come to her. He found out that she had watched him for a bit and noticed that Georgette was harassing him mercilessly. What originally made him go to her was her bleeding leg, that demon woman did that to her after Yuna scared her off. He healed her leg, all the while with shaky hands. He then began gravitating to her on his own, he no longer shook in fear of her or looked at her in fear. No, now it was reserved for Georgette Frost. After that large fight with Yuna, he didn't see Georgette ever again. Yuna might have been a St. Lucifer graduate but to him, she was an angel. His Angel...He then stopped, he knew he was being followed. And he also knew WHO was following him. "Tiffany, come out, I know your there." He sighed. Tiffany growled, damn it! Was she that easy to pin down? Issac turned around and his eyes went wide for a moment. He remembered this little girl, she was always caught messing with the drips at the Hospital. He worried she'd hurt someone, stunned to find that the young girl only upped the dosage within safe zones. Compassionate and wise, under all her haughty attitude. Still had it too. still acting as if she knew everything. So Lily Jones was that Lily Zane knew back then, good to know. Tiffany looked the doctor up and down, glaring at him.
Same Height as Zane, brown hair and soft grey eyes...He wore a grey sweater vest with a white long sleeve shirt an grey dress shoes...His glassed firmly on his face.
So his hair was naturally brown, he dyed it white to hide himself better...She had a feeling what he had done, something Herbologists weren't allowed to do. They could play with age, beauty, strength and health in general but there was one subject they couldn't even touch...
Bringing back the dead...
Oh, the mixes existed but they were taken out of circulation. Ethnics and morality aside, to revive a dead person was a direct challenge in authority to the Grim Reaper. Lord/Lady Death didn't appreciate mortals dabbling into his/her field, rumors say that they've preternaturally ended one's life to bring the balance back. Tiffany wasn't sure if it was true but she understood one thing: Don't play with the dead. The only people whom seen Death were those about to be reaped meaning no one saw them and lived. If he truly played, how was he EVEN alive?! How did he AND Zane Cheat death?! Issac sensed the question on her features, he really didn't want to answer her. The less who knew, the better. But then again, others would get curious once they found records. Issac then sighed, while he wouldn't tell her, she seemed smart enough to put two and two together on this. That curiosity of hers was a dangerous yet delightful thing she had, many people killed such curiosity. Why he didn't was that it would seem very suspicious for a body to show up for seemingly no reason and it would lead to an investigation, exposing what he did. It would make people flock to him in reviving they're dead loved ones back, Zane being taken away by the government to study, leading to another discovery...
Something he desperately wanted to avoid...
"I don't know how you did it but you brought your Dead son back, fess up and this will stay between us." She threatened.
"You'll then have to forgive me, I don't make it a habit to tell secrets to bratty little girls..." Issac countered.
"Resurrection waters mix? No...That takes way too long...Soul Soup? Dead Man's powder? " She mused.
"A mix WAS involved but your smart, you figure it out, you've come this far." Issac groaned.
Tiffany snarled, bastard! she had him and he was dodging her! She tried using a pouch on him, only to have it dumped onto her. Issac anticipated that she do that so he tossed a needle to pop her pouch of it's contents, seeing her fall down confirmed to him that she was using a paralyzing mix. It was a nice try but there was a good reason why most Herbology students are told to wear a mask, most of them were susceptible to they're own mixes. This made them glass cannons: great until they shatter themselves. He picked up the girl's head once he bent down and went in front of the camera, back turned to it.
"I'll give you a hint: A Body wasn't involved." Was all he said.
He picked her up with care and carried her to Richard, smiling all the while before leaving. Richard of course smirked at seeing Tiffany pouting, it was just so cute. Tried prying the young doctor on how his dead son came back to life? She really didn't think he'd tell her, did she? She was smarter then that, he highly doubted that Issac would spill the beans even with threats. First of all, if anyone found out he revived a dead person, he'd be in a sea of folks who wanted they're loved ones back. Second, the government or some other quack would try to kidnap Zane and try to figure out how he came back. He put her down at the door and sighed,"Tiffany, I know your curious but you should be careful, the life you ruin might be one you don't expect." he warned before leaving.
Lily once again yelled at her for bothering both of Zane's parents, all the while with Tiffany holding her ears to try and block her out. Richard snickered, why he wasn't pissed Lily being interested in Zane was the fact that it was the same kid she fell for.
Can't really get pissed at a kid who came back from the dead to marry his daughter, now could he?
Well, Richard does have a point. This kid came back from the dead so what obstacles does he have to fear really? Gene's interested in Zane too? Better run Zane, two Herbalists is one too many! Those classmates sound very dangerous, not to just girls but to the three "outcasts" that are calling them rapists.
Gene may be a snobby know it all but at least his family raised him right despite being "broken", You know, with the bitter divorce and then even more bitter second marriages? Complete with younger siblings from each? At least now you know why he's such an asshole...
As for Randy, He's already on a couple of lists since both parents are cops, anything of authority gets first punches. Both he and Fred better watch their backs!
