Chapter # - Pissy fit
"Well. That went… well." Chloe sighed looking at Jack. Jack was standing at the front of the room panting looking out the window. While Timothy stood with a confused and shocked expression.
"Jack? You okay honey?" Chloe sighed.
Jack screamed out in anger as he stomped over to the control panels.
"Uh i don't think he's okay." Timothy said nervously.
"You really should go. This is gonna get really bad." Chloe sighed.
"THEY'RE NO BETTER THAN BANDITS!" Jack screamed hitting the panel in anger
"Uh right. I'll get on that mission." Timothy said walking fast to the door.
"Did hitting that make you feel better?" Chloe huffed.
"YES!" Jack shouted hitting the panel once more.
"Do you feel good about destroying sensitive technology." Chloe huffed.
"YES!" Jack hissed loudly as he hit the panel again before sighing calmly.
There was the familiar sound of someone calling on the ECHO.
Chloe gulped at the sound, covering her ears.
Jack awnsered the call as Tassiter's voice come over the ECHO.
"What's going on up there, John? The reading we've-" Tassiter said before being cut off.
"SHUT THE HELL UP, Tassiter! . . My ex-girlfriend and her two BFF's just tried to kill me, and the LAST thing i need right now is your senile ass WHINING IN MY EAR! If i get ONE more message from you that isn't "addaboy, Jack!" or "I'm sending you a big bag of money!" then i am gonna reach through my ECHO communicator and GOUGE YOUR EYES OUT WITH MY PINKIES! ARE. ?!" Jack yelled into the ECHO.
"Oh boy." Chloe sighed, slightly terrified for both Tassiter and Jack.
"I…. Goodbye, John." Tassiter said sounding rather shocked.
"GOODBYE! THANK YOU FOR CALLING!" Jack said angrily happy.
"You done?" Chloe gulped. Jack sighed and chuckled.
"AH you know how long i've want to do that?" Jack said.
"I know you've wanted to but I never thought-" Chloe gulped.
"Never thought i'd get the chance to. But then… they had to go ….and do this." Jack said his chuckled slowly starting to weaken.
"Uh… Jack… do you need…" Chloe gulped. "I mean do you need… anything…."
"My eye. It was one of a kind." Jack whined dropping to his knees.
"We'll get you another eye." Chloe gulped, coming closer.
"It was one of a kind!" Jack whined.
"We can get you another eye dear." Chloe gulped, patting him on the back.
"It won't be the same!" Jack whined.
"It can be dear." Chloe sighed.
"One of a kind." Jack sniffled.
"Do you need to cry into my boobs?" Chloe sighed. Jack nodded sniffling and whimpering a bit.
"Come here honey." Chloe sighed, pulling him to her.
"How does this make me feel better?" Jack sniffled.
"Fucked if I know." Chloe shrugged, letting him cry into her chest.
"You won't betray me right?" Jack whimpered.
"What am I gonna do? So far I've been your friend, your therapist, and the mother to your child." Chloe said.
"I don't know you might be waiting for the right time to just stab another knife into my back." Jack sniffled.
"I got no knives man. Check if you want." Chloe sighed, patting his back.
"I didn't think Moxxie did and she somehow hide it and fucking stabbed into my back!" Jack whined.
"Well she's a hoe." Chloe sighed.
"You'll always be here for me right? No matter what shit happens." Jack sniffled.
"I am contractually bound by a birth certificate and a construction agreement, so yeah." Chloe said.
"Don't ever betray me, or leave or anything bad." Jack whined.
"Why would I?" Chloe shrugged.
"I don't know? How can i trust anything anymore?" Jack sniffled.
"I guess… I'll just prove you can trust me." Chloe said, patting his head. "Plus where would i go? What would I do? I've literally got no options if I ever did."
"I'm gonna hold you to those words Clo." Jack said weakly.
"You'll see then. It's a bet." Chloe nodded. "Plus I'm still listed as Angel's mother, and I would feel like shit if I left."
Jack nodded a bit before just sniffling and whining from time to time.
"Do you wanna go back to your desk? I can get Angel if you want." Chloe said gently.
"I'd like that." Jack said weakly.
"Come on. Up up." Chloe pulled him to his feet wiping his eyes with her jacket. "No tears in front of Angel. You said it yourself."
"Thanks Clo." Jack said with a sigh.
"It's what I'm here for." Chloe said with a smile. "Hey, big smile. Where's my Jack? The happy guy who spent his first day falling face first into my boobs and still got the job."
Jack gave a weak smile. "Think he's a little lost." Jack sighed sadly.
"Lost hmm?" Chloe said. "Maybe what he needs is people who care about him."
"People who actually care. Not ones who just pretend to care to use him." Jack sighed.
"Well i can say I care. You're my friend, not to mention kinda legally bound partner." Chloe said softly.
"People say a lot of things." Jack said with a frown before sighing. "Friend. nice to say i have one."
"People do. But you go to the ones who prove themselves first." Chloe said. "You've got me. In time you'll have more."
"Don't know if i can trust anyone anymore." Jack sighed with a scowl. "Beside the ones who have proven their going to be by my side like you."
"Hey, I let you rip me open to get your girlfriend's baby so I wouldn't die. I'd say you've proved yourself." Chloe said.
"Do you think maybe i just care too much? Am i too trusting?" Jack asked.
"Wow. Way to pop the million dollar question…" Chloe sighed. "Maybe… maybe you just trust the wrong people? I mean you trust me, that was blind trust but look here. But then there's Moxxi and Roland…. so yes, and no."
"So just be a bit more careful?" Jack said confused by the answer.
"Yes." Chloe said. "Hey Angel, baby girl, can you come to your daddy? He's very sad right now and we'd love to see our baby girl." Chloe said over a call to Angel. "Do you want vending machine, dearie?"
"Yeah that'd be nice" Jack said.
"Okay. Now don't try to kill yourself, as much as you might want to right now." Chloe said, releasing him at the cubicle.
"Yeah yeah. Just let me see my baby girl." Jack said with a weak smile.
"Daddy? You're crying! What's wrong!" Angel gasped, going to Jack hugging his leg.
"Hey baby girl. Ah work things nothing to worry your pretty self about." Jack said.
"Oh. Is mommy okay too? Did she get hurt?" Angel said, sitting in his chair.
"Mommy is alright she's just going to get some snacks." Jack said.
"Oh. That's good. What went wrong? Why is it making you cry." Angel asked.
"You know daddy's project he was working on?" Jack sighed.
"The pretty eye? The one you and mommy were making?" Angel nodded.
"Someone destroyed it. Someone daddy really trusted." Jack said sadly.
"Oh no! They're bad people! Where are they!" Angel's arm glowed as she got more emotional.
"Probably back on Pandora or maybe Elpis. Don't know entirely dear." Jack said. "It'll be alright though, we'll get everything back somehow."
"But the pretty eye…." Angel looked sad.
"I know i'm sad to baby girl. But it'll be alright we'll find a way to get it back." Jack sighed
"But it won't be the same." Angel said sadly.
"I know. But the hero can't just be stopped by a minor set back now can he." Jack said with a gentle smile.
"But what about the people?" Angel asked.
"They'll be taken care of when we find them. They won't hurt anyone anymore." Jack said
"Oh. Good." Angel nodded, standing. "Mommy and me we're gonna give you a party for finishing it."
Jack smiled. "Well i don't think it'll be done anytime soon dear but you know what daddy's got another thing going that will be finished soon enough, and we can celebrate that huh." Jack said.
"Oh. Well I made something that I was gonna give you for the party…" Angel handed him a small framed picture of her, no doubt her and Chloe's work. Jack smiled happily at the picture.
"Now how is this angelic young lady hm?" Jack chuckled.
"Me silly!" Angel giggled. "Mommy took the picture. I glued all the stuff."
"Of course it is." Jack chuckled happily. "It's wonderful Angel thanks."
"Sure thing!" Angel said with a big smile. "Now you're happy! Mommy will be happy too!"
"Indeed I am my little bright light." Chloe smiled, coming back with a box of vending machine food. "And see, you cheered up Daddy. I think?"
"She never fails to do such." Jack chuckled. Chloe rolled her eyes, kissing him on the lips for the sake of appearances to Angel that her parents loved each other.
"Oh put it in your pants. It's an appearances thing." Chloe pouted a bit but sighed.