A/N: Ok guys I know it's been a while again, but this chapter was HARD. I had it all in my head but I didn't know how to get it out without revealing like the last freaking half of the book. This doc. has literally been up, boring into my soul on my computer, since my last update. MY LAST UPDATE. That's how desperate for a creative idea I am right now.
So then along comes this piece of shit. This chapter is not my favorite, in fact I think this is my LEAST favorite chapter. Everything goes by fast, WAY too fast and the side you see here of Jax is not how I wanted to enter it into this little relationship going on between the characters. But it's been nearly 20 days and I couldn't wait any longer. This is probably the worst writing I've ever done, it came out of the "I'm desperate oh god what do I do" Cabinet in the back of my mind. Most of the time that Cabinet is covered in dust but let me tell you it's squeaky fucking clean now!
Jesus I rant too much. I don't own Iz, I'm tired of writing this disclaimer, you all know what's mine and what's not. From now on, it'll only be up when I feel I haven't said it in a while. Thank you.
Review Responses: Fritter: SO MUCH BLOOD. SO NICE. I'm so sorry this chapter is so bad, I'm ashamed to be posting it right now. But hey at least our RP hasn't fallen through into my desperate cabinet yet! And I really like that you made it into a story! That's awesome! It had a bit of a choppy and rough start when I read it, but as it continued it felt a little more smooth. And I saw the AAVR thought there. It made me laugh before I actually considered it. so we'll see. :3. DISMISSED! *Salutes back* CX
IR: sorry for the chapter you're about to read...I'm so ashamed! But anyways yes, Vex's past actually plays a big part in the story in a sense. We'll see how well I incorporate it into words. And yessss Sol is really something else XD. he's tons of fun to write about, a funny, stubborn, and grumpy doctor always makes an awesome character.
Last three at the bottom. Sorry for the mistakes. I didn't even edit it because I felt it was so bad.
~Your Desperate Author XD
Narrators POV 1
Jax woke up in a frightened state from another nightmare. He'd been having bad ones recently, and they were really interfering with his life style. He sat up slowly and sighed, rubbing his face with his hands before looking around to see if there was an immediate threat tonight.
The second night Tabitha was here with him he'd made the mistake of giving her freedom roam in his room, so he woke up to her trying to strangle him with a cord. So as to fix that little problem, he bound her hands in an uncomfortable position behind her back and chained her up to the end of the bed with a new collar he got her.
To be honest he was a little nervous with a few things about her. One was that he could tell she was going downhill fast, and he wanted to be the one to kill her if she was going to die, so her dying from sickness or mistreatment was not an option. To solve that, he treated her a little bit better and even expanded his room into three large rooms, one being a bathing area that only did showers so she couldn't drown herself and a kitchen area where all requests for food or anything went to him first before he'd let her carry them out. He never let her do anything but microwave if he wasn't in the room though, and he knew she didn't have any metal she could work with to make the microwave explode.
Second was the baby, she wouldn't tell him who's it was, or when the due date was so he could figure it out himself. He was just left in the blind with it, and it bothered him. If she wasn't pregnant with his possible child then he'd beat the answer out of her, but since there was a chance that it was his, he didn't want to lay a hand on her or anywhere near where the baby was. Not even he was heartless enough to kill a child. Especially an unborn one.
And finally were the recent suicide attempts she'd been going at. She's only been there for three weeks now and she's attempted suicide at least five times! It made Jax very angry, so she was constantly yelled at and anything and everything was 'child' proofed for lack of better words. She tried hanging herself with cords, suffocating herself with one of his pillows, over dosing on pills he took that he left out one day, taking her PAK off for 9 minutes whereas Irkens can only survive 10 without them and she'd even tried slitting her throat with a piece of broken glass! She literally had nothing to do herself in with now. Though when they got into arguments-which was nearly every time they spoke to each other-he did still yell at her and sometimes smack her, but only if she was sitting down and really pissed him off.
So he threw the blankets off of himself and drowsily got out of the bed, stretching and looking around for some pants. At the moment his room was pretty much torn apart from Tabitha trying to throw things at him before she was bound and he'd just never really had the time to pick all of it up. He thought about making her do it, but when he realized that she couldn't bend over at this point he'd decided against it.
Upon finding some pants, he cracked his back and looked over through the inky darkness to see that Tabitha was in fact still awake, but just laying on her side at the end of the bed, as she usually did, glaring at a wall.
Jax sighed and rolled his eyes before walking over and sitting down in front of her. Her eyes narrowed, but she didn't make eye contact with him, in fact she didn't physically react at all. "How long has it been since you've slept?"
She didn't answer him at first, but when she saw him about to grab her and shake the answer out of him she spat out, "How the hell should I know."
"First off, do not raise your voice so early in the morning, if you wake someone else in this block up, there will be consequences, and you don't like the consequences do you Tabby?"
"Don't call me that," She growled lowly, her antenna flattening slightly.
"Why not?" Jax asked, grabbing her face and making her look at him, "I can call you whatever the hell I want, Tab."
"It's the weekend; I want to go see my family."
"I am you're only family now," Jax answered, letting go of her face and crossing his arms, "Get used to it."
"My real family," She glared, "The people I love. Besides I need to talk to Liao and-."
Jax grabbed her by the collar quickly, jerking her forward and glaring at her with a fiery rage burning in his eyes, "Liao is nothing to you. Understand?" Her eyes were filled with fear at that point, but she didn't really want to back down so quickly.
"He needs to be with the baby and me."
"No, he doesn't. It. Is. Mine. You are mine, everything you own or have owned in the past, is MINE," Jax snapped, shaking her a little bit, "Understand, bitch?"
"I don't belong to you asshole!" She snapped, shoving him away before wincing and snapping her hand down to her stomach, where the baby had very unhappily kicked out at the jerky movements.
"Yes, you do!" Jax snapped, raising his voice slightly, "It's on your collar, all your friends know it, you know, this whole FUCKING ship knows it!" She growled and snapped her antenna back, glaring hatefully at him. Her silence was accepted as a submission to Jax, whom slightly smirked in triumph, "Tell me who you belong to, Tab."
"No."
"Do it or I'll hurt you."
"What a threat, after all you've done already?" She spat back, baring her canines at him as he glared at her and grabbed her antenna in his hand, jerking her forward until their faces were centimeters apart.
"I'm sorry did you want me to kill Liao, or maybe Lexy? Ooh how about Vex, how would that sit with you?" Her stomach churned unhappily at the thought of losing her uncle to this bastard, "Ooh did I strike a bit of a nerve Tab darling? Vex means a lot to you, if I remember correctly. Wouldn't it be a shame if he suddenly just, poof'd away? Or maybe Angel, how would he EVER forgive you?"
"Fuck you!" She snarled, eyes slightly watering. Her hormones were not in the right place at the moment and she was already trying to keep her sanity, but thinking of her uncle hating her was too much to bear.
"You already have," Jax snapped back, yanking her antenna hard again, "You tell me who you belong to and you do it NOW dammit. Or I will kill Vex RIGHT in front of you, in this room, after he gets to watch me, rape you!" She cringed at this, visibly shrinking back.
Her antenna flattened as much as they could on her head before she very quietly murmured, "I belong to you."
"Louder," Jax hissed, grabbing her jaw so she'd say it to his face.
"I belong…to you," She spat slowly. Jax smiled before letting her go and leaning back.
"That's what I thought, now since you've already been a bitch and the sun hasn't even come up, you will not be going to see your friends today."
"WHAT!?" Tab shrieked, standing up on all fours and glaring at him. He noted how huge her stomach had gotten in just a few short weeks; it was nearly ready to pop! All she had for clothing was a t shirt that didn't fit properly across her stomach so her belly was hanging out to be seen.
"You heard me."
"I was going to have Sol check out my baby today," She growled, knowing the baby was kind of a way to get a nicer side out of him. If there even was one.
"Sol's out of commission for a while."
"Why?" Tabitha whined, fretfully placing a hand on her stomach.
"Oh he scratched Burg and now Burg is blind out of his left eye from where he was hit, so Sol is currently being taught a lesson. He's not going to the meetings today either." Jax shrugged, leaning back against the wall and yawning.
Tabitha smirked a little bit, which Jax noticed and frowned upon, "You should not be happy Sol did that, he may be getting executed right now."
"No, he's not, that would make his master look weak. Burg will most likely just try to hurt him enough until he submits. Which isn't going to happen." Tab snickered back, settling down on her side again. "At least I know my friends are surviving."
"They shouldn't be, I wanted to kill all of them, but NOO Moon was determined that you all had to come in and be new slaves." Jax grumbled, crossing his arms and huffing like a smeet.
"You can never kill all of us, there will always be more," Tabitha growled darkly, her mood shifting again when the baby kicked her hard. She grunted a little bit and glared down at her stomach before shaking it off. "My baby is just proof of that."
"You mean my baby, it's mine," Jax said back, eyes narrowing at the thought of it being Liao's.
"No, it'll never be your baby, it is my baby, and of course the fathers baby, but that sure as hell isn't you," She grumbled, staring him down evenly, though she knew she'd regret this conversation later.
"Yes. It. Is," Jax snapped back, antenna slapping back as he glared at her, "I'm the only one who's ever had sex with you. AND the condom broke if you've forgotten; if that doesn't scream that its mine then I don't know what does."
"Or you just want it to be yours, because if it's not that means that you are defective and can't even produce a child with your own seed," Tabitha countered, "Besides, maybe I didn't wear protection when this baby was conceived, you will never know because IT'S NOT YOURS!"
"Then I'll just kill it," Jax snarled, shoving her onto her back and straddling her as she flailed under him, shrieking protectively the whole time. Her stomach was exposed to Jax at this time, and he threateningly lifted a hand.
"STOP IT!" Tabitha screamed, trying to kick out at him or at least roll to the side to protect her stomach, that was her main goal. "I-It's yours! It's yours!" She shouted desperately, clenching her eyes shut and praying to Irk if he was going to hit her, that he wouldn't hit her stomach.
"Tell me the truth!" Jax snapped in her face, blue eye blazing like blue fire while the black eye merely darkened in rage, "TELL ME WHEN THE FUCKING DUE DATE IS!"
"How the hell am I supposed to know!" Tabitha wailed, desperately trying to get her wrists back, but he was holding them tightly in one hand, close to breaking point to be truthful.
"Don't play fuckin' dumb with me Tabitha!" Jax spat in her face, "I am the ONLY one who has ever hit you up, so it HAS to be mine! You tell me that I am the only one who you've ever slept with, and you tell me NOW!"
"You're the only one!" She cried, tears freely pouring out of her eyes as she continued to squirm under him, "You're the only one I've ever slept with! It's yours I swear to Irk it's yours!"
"When is the due date," He growled, his face a bit dark green from the angry blush he'd worked up as he leaned in close to her face, close enough for her to feel his raggedy breathing on her face.
"Liao and I predicted it to be in three days," Tabitha whimpered, clamping her eyes shut so she didn't have to see him anymore. She wanted it all to be a nightmare, one that'd she'd eventually wake up from to find herself safe and comfortable in the love of her life's arms. She missed her Jax, the one she could love, the one that was fun and bubbly, not this…this monster. She hated this monster.
"THREE DAYS!" Jax snapped, antenna shooting up in shock, "We're not ready to house a child yet!"
"We're you ever going to be?" She whispered, looking away shamefully.
"Of course I was," He growled, getting off her and getting up to pace, "We have to make a few changes here," He scanned around the room, frowning upon seeing the slightly bloody walls, ruined room, broken glass and gallons on gallons of empty alcohol bottles. "Ok maybe a lot of changes. How about this, since I have to fix this room, why don't you go stay with Cari for the day, that way, you can see a friend AND be away from me! Won't that make you happy?"
"No," She spat, trembling in the still present fear of having him hit her or her child, "Cari is no longer my friend, she never will be again." Jax quirked an eye brow at this, looking at her skeptically.
"Bold statement…But why? Because of her you ended up here, is that why you're mad?"
"Because of her, Difetto-the one Lexy loved as much as he loved her back-is dead no thanks to you, because of her, Zim is probably dead, all my friends and family are stuck in here being slaves, I am so near to date to have my baby and I am in here with YOU! Why shouldn't I fucking hate her Jax!?"
"Wow," Was all he said, giving her an 'ok then' look, "You know you shouldn't harbor that much hate, she did this for a cause."
"Yeah to have Zim die out alone with the Walkers in a trap you set up for me!"
"Eh pretty much. That's not what was supposed to happen though. She sold her soul for Zim's life, and at first she was just supposed to be stuck with Moon, but then we thought, why not have her help bring me Tabitha thus how the idea was born. She didn't know you were included in this deal until a bit later."
"Not much of a deal. None of us win."
"I WON!" He squealed happily, "As did Moon and personally I think you did too. Now you have the real father of your smeet to protect you, you have a house over your head, food at will, undying showers and a place to sleep. How much more do you need?"
"Shall we scan the bad side of that," She hissed lowly, "You suck at protecting me, in fact all you do is hurt me, this 'house' over my head is more like a jail and slaughter house, the food at will is bullshit, all requests go to you, I can't drown myself in a shower and a place to sleep? I sleep on the ground at the end of a bed, real nice place there. Lest we forget the rape that goes on nearly every day, the mental torture, the fear, you, none of my friends are with me, I am exposed at all angles. So yeah I really won in this fight Jax," Tabitha finished sarcastically, feeling her eyes water slightly.
"It all just depends on how you look at it."
"How can I look at rape as a good thing?"
"You can't, but hey it's not considered rape if you like it love." He purred, smirking over at her cockily.
"Rape by definition is that if one person doesn't give consent or can't give consent, yet another still has sex with them, it's rape. And that saying is bullshit! I don't like it, if that wasn't obvious I don't know what is!"
"Oh please what are you a lawyer?" Jax scoffed, leaning against a dresser and rolling his eyes, "I must say though your rebuttals are very creative, but not nearly strong enough to have your way come into this relationship."
"Oh and what relationship would that be?"
"Master to slave, what else would it be?"
"Nothing Jax, because this isn't a relationship. I hate you and I do not want to birth a child into this hell hole of a world!" Tabitha snapped, raising a hand to hit herself with. Jax sucked in a surprised breath and lunged at her, grabbing her wrists before she could successfully hit herself again.
"What the fuck is your problem!" He snarled in her face, making her cringe slightly, "You could've hurt my baby!" He ripped her shirt up slightly to examine her stomach, only seeing a light bruise too high to have done any damage to the actual smeet. He was hyperventilating at this point, checking her stomach all over as his antenna stood alert in fear. One hand held both her wrists as she tried to reef them away while the other was gently running over the exposed belly, feeling for any problems.
He jumped slightly in surprise when he felt a kick against his palm and instantly he became gentle again. His eyes widened at the kick and he pulled his palm away to look at it before putting it back on her stomach to feel another kick. She grunted every time the baby kicked, but he didn't seem to notice, "Is that the smeet?"
"What else could it be?" She grumbled, lying there helplessly and uncomfortably. She did not like being touched near her stomach, or at all for that matter.
Jax slightly gasped when he felt a hard kick against his palm, he then set the side of his face down on her stomach and gently rested his antenna against it, trying to hear or feel the baby again, "It's totally pissed at you," He muttered, "You never should've tried to hit it, it's a child an unborn one at that. It's precious."
"What about all the mother Irkens you killed the night of the ball?"
"I didn't kill them by my own hand, the walker did it. If it was my choice, I'd just wait until they gave birth, kill them then take their children and sell them, depends really." He answered, nuzzling where the baby kicked and kissing the spot gently, "I hope it's a girl."
"Funny, I wanted it to be a boy," She grunted back, wishing the baby would stop kicking her already.
"Na, boys are annoying, but a baby girl is precious," He answered, "I'm going to name her Eva, or maybe Icis."
"No, my child I am naming it. If it's a boy his name will be Rikki if it's a girl then her name will be Brooke." Tabitha interrupted.
"It's half mine!" Jax snapped, "So I get a say in it too!"
"One cell is all you gave this baby! ONE CELL!" She snapped.
"It's still half mine! Without that cell, it wouldn't be here!"
"Oh yeah like you were really a part of it growing in my stomach. You didn't even know and probably still wouldn't if stupid Liao hadn't opened his fucking mouth."
"Still pissed about that are we?" She glared at him before ripping her wrists away out of his grip. She lifted her hand again, not to hit the baby but the push him away before hearing a very low and very feral growl come out of him.
Slowly, she lowered her hand, watching as his narrowed eyes watch it fall to the ground. That's when she noticed his eyes kind of glazed over, making him blink rapidly a few times. He'd gotten like this a couple times since she'd been there, but she'd never really watched the transition happen.
He wrapped an arm around her stomach and growled for a few more moments before just resting his face over the baby bump, "Uhh…Jax?" Tabitha murmured, seeing if he was still alive in there.
He didn't react at first but when he did it was kind of unexpected. He just hopped up quickly and moved over to her front, pushing her forward with his face until she was sitting up. He then just sat next to her, staring at her belly intently, like the baby would just pop out any second. "Jax?" He snapped his gaze over to her, eyes searching before scooting closer and looking at her face intently.
"Teb," He said or at least tried to say.
"Umm, Tabitha you mean, I'm Tabitha. Are you like…mentally stable?" She asked fretfully as he continued to stare her down with an unwavering look.
"Jex,"He pointed to himself, circling her on all fours and sitting next to her other side, pressing his face against her shoulder and purring. "Jex fine, always fine."
"Clearly not," She answered, getting up from the weird factor and facing him bravely, "What's wrong with you? Are you dying? Please say you're dying."
"No, not ded, me Jex, Teb know, Jex!" He answered, huffing slightly.
"Right…" She said awkwardly, "Um let me out, Jex…"
His eyes narrowed at this and he started growling, "NO!" He shrieked, "Dengerous! Out is dangerous! Den is sef."
'Dammit' she thought, but at least it was worth a shot, "Well calm down, don't get your panties in a bunch."
Jax tilted his head to the side slightly, giving her a confused look before looking down at himself, "Penties?" He muttered to himself. He then decided he figured it out and smiled with bright eyes before pointing down and saying, "PENTS! Teb meen pents!"
"Sure, Jax. I meant pants, how could I possibly be so dumb?" She huffed sarcastically, "Are you stupid or something, you seem to have deteriorated a bit." He gave her another confused look, shifting his weight uncomfortably for a minute before looking at his hands in an almost timid way. "You don't know what deteriorated means do you?" She sighed.
He shook his head back and forth quietly, "Definitely dumb." Tabitha concluded, watching as he continued to act like a shy puppy, "It means…going away, crumbling almost."
"Jex no go away," He said back, "Not when smeet here," He motioned to her belly, making her antenna perk a little bit, "Smeet is precious. Jex's smeet."
"You are kind of freaking me out…so I'm just gonna…go." She said, looking at him with squinted eyes before getting up. He growled again before arching his back and hopping in front of her.
"Teb go nowhere without Jex! Dengerous!"
"No it's not, I am going to shower, you know wash myself? I don't need you to help me thank you." His face brightened again, showing he understood.
"Teb no go for clean, is easy!" He said brightly before grabbing his flexible leg and rolling onto his back slightly, pulling the leg straight up to his face and licking it. Tabitha gave him a disgusted look as he stopped and looked over at her brightly, as if expecting her to do so as well. "Easy!"
"Ok then, you realize you're wearing pants, don't you?"
"PENTS!" He shrieked, giggling to himself while rolling all the way over in glee. He was really starting to freak Tabitha out. She watched him for a second as he continued to roll until he stopped and laid on his stomach with his arms out flat in front of him, "Jex love Teb," He made the 'more' hand motion toward her and gave her a puppy dog look, smiling cheekily at her, "Teb."
"Ok you're fuckin' weird, I'm leaving," She said, backing away before and rushing over to the shower, shutting the door quickly as he yowled in anger and bolted after her, slamming himself up against the entrance. She backed away from the entry as her heart pounded slightly, "What's wrong with you?" She muttered to herself, "He's crazy! God can I pick them!"
He slammed himself against the door again, crying out to her and yowling in agony from her being gone, "TEB!" He screamed, scratching the door and throwing himself against it. It was locked, but just from the amount of force he was applying, it wouldn't be for long. "JEX NEED TEB!"
"GO AWAY!" She shouted back, grabbing her antenna and yanking them. She tried to ignore him as he screamed like a dying puppy, making her eye twitch. So instead she turned on the water to try and drown him out. It didn't work, he just started screeching louder and pawing at the door.
He was frustrated now, and wanted in to make sure she was safe. So he backed up a few paces before rolling and using his hands to spring up, kicking the door with all the force he could muster in the small flip. He heard something break within the door and it became ajar, making him squeal delightedly.
He padded over quietly and pushed against the ajar door until the creaked open, one of the hinges was broken, but he didn't care. The lock was also broken; part of it was still lodged into the door frame. He wildly looked around, seeing Tabitha and screeching, bounding forward and latching onto her hips, dragging her to the ground with him, "BAD TEB!" He snarled in her face, scenting her all over to make sure she was safe and that the baby was ok, "NO NO!" He gently whacked the front of her face with his palm, shaking his finger at her, "BAD!"
"Ow…" She grumbled, rubbing her sore back and glaring at him, "Get off."
"No, Bad Teb very bad." He huffed, biting her neck roughly while pinning her to the ground.
"Ow hey!" She snapped, curling her legs into her chest and kicking him off with her lower legs. He yelped as he was thrown against a cupboard area before flailing to get up again, giving her a hurt look. "Bad Jax! How do you like it!"
His antenna flattened greatly as his hurt look turned more aggressive, "Teb, room now!"
"No!" She spat, "I want a shower."
"Bad Teb's no get clean!" He snapped back, arching his back at her before scurrying forward in front of the quite large shower door, "Room NOW!"
"Oh and what are you gonna do about it! Bite me?" She taunted, merely pushing him out of the way and opening the shower door. Hot steam poured out, making her blink a couple times until she yelped, feeling him do as she thought and bite her. Albeit he bit her on the lower part of her back, he still bit her. "Asshole!" She snapped, making his antenna drop again.
He growled before biting her ankle and yanking back, making her stumble and catch herself with her arms. He jumped and kicked the shower door shut before sitting in front of her and glaring down at her, "No Teb," He growled darkly, "Go to room, now. Jex catch food for Teb but Teb mus know Teb's place."
"My place!?" she snapped, shoving him back into the shower door, "How would you like it if I raped you! How would you like it if I hit you, or told you, you couldn't shower, how would you like your free will to be taken away!?"
He growled and tackled her back, pinning her under him as he snarled in her face, eyes blazing angrily, "Jex no hurt Teb! Teb is precious! Go room NOW! Will no ask again!"
"Screw you!" He bared his teeth a little before deciding enough was enough, biting her neck and dragging her toward the door under him, where she flailed and thrashed, not being able to make him let go.
She screeched angrily and lashed out, trying to scratch him, but he merely smacked her wrist away and bit her neck harder, dragging her through the open door and into the room, letting go of her once she was in her corner, "Shame on Teb." He snapped, he padded away seconds later and shut the water off before pulling the broken door shut with his jaw and bounding back to lay down in front of her, making sure she didn't go anywhere as punishment.
"Think bout wat Teb done." He huffed, crossing his arms and laying on his side, letting his head rest on its side on the ground, staring at a wall for a while.
She growled before jerking her head to the side, glaring at a different wall and thinking of a way she could get back to the shower. "You're an ass." He raised his head a little bit before grunting and resting it again, clearly being worn out from the previous breaking down the door moment.
After a while, he grunted and flopped to get up, trotting over towards the kitchen and slipping past the open door. He came back a few minutes later dragging a vat of cheese in with his jaws and some chip bags on his back. A few other snacks were present but they were instantly forgotten when Tab saw the nachos.
She got up and watched him carefully as he grunted and continued to drag the large bucket of cheese over to the bed. He crawled up butt first and hauled the food up with him before setting it in the corner of the large cot, poking his head over the end and purring when Tabitha looked up, "Teb come." He said. This time she obeyed, wanting the food more than anything.
She sprung up into the bed and settled down on it, being all too familiar with it as Jax jerked his head toward the food, "Teb eat to make helthy smeet for Jex." She gave him a look but didn't question it as she started digging in.
He purred in amusement as she stuffed her face before settling onto his stomach next to her, pressed up against her side. She didn't really react to the close contact, but she did glance over at him suspiciously.
He watched her eat for some time before noticing that she had cheese all over her face, so he purred and pushed his face up, licking the excess cheese off her cheeks. She didn't seem to care about that either, but she did tense up a bit.
Slowly, Jax finished getting all the extra cheese off of her before snatching a chip from her mouth she was about to inhale. She growled at him as he playfully ate it and stuck his yellowy orange tongue out at her.
Tab just huffed it off before going in for more, but started getting annoyed when Jax would steal every few chips away from her. So finally she snapped at him, making him purr in amusement and lick in between her eyes. She jumped back a little and stuck her tongue out while scrubbing off the saliva, giving Jax the opportunity to go in and get food for himself. He took all the scrawny chips and very little cheese, wanting Tabitha to get full before he officially ate, but his stomach had been rumbling for the past ten minutes he'd been watching her eat, and he didn't want to wait any longer.
She growled and jumped onto him, sitting on his back while leaning forward and swiping his chips, "How do you like it?" She challenged, taunting him with a stolen chip as he gave her an annoyed grunt.
Deciding he was going to get back at her, Jax quickly rolled onto his stomach, wrapping his arms around her stomach and shooting his face forward to steal his chip back. She attempted to get it back as well until they had slapped each other enough times with the damn thing that they had cheese stains all over their faces.
He finally let her have it, purring while swiping his tongue around his mouth to clean himself off, though he still couldn't get it all. Tabitha straddled him for a while, continuously eating as he just rested contently under her until he tensed up a bit and snapped his face to the side, growling loudly toward the door.
This surprised Tabitha, so she quickly wiped her face off from the cheese and looked over with him. His arm wrapped around her and shoved her down behind him as he got up and glared at his door.
Suddenly, there was a knock on it and a voice floated through, "Hey dumbass are you awake yet? There's going to be a public execution today, thought you might wanna watch."
Jax growled a bit louder before crawling over Tab and gently laying down over her, pulling a blanket over them as the door opened, "Hello! Irk to-," Moon stopped, cringing upon seeing this sight, "Ok never mind," he muttered, backing out to the door way and shutting it quickly.
Jax purred again and raised his head, making sure Moon was gone before leaning in and licking Tabitha's face all over, just to annoy the hell out of her. She struggled under his weight before giving up, being too tired from their earlier bout and the food to fight back.
He smiled at the submission and leaned his face over, grabbing the bucket of nearly nothing now and setting it down off the other side of the bed along with the chips and other various snacks, giving them more room, "Jex love Teb," He murmured again, slipping off to the side of her and wrapping his leg around hers. He clumsily wrapped his arms around her neck and nuzzled her shoulder, licking her face here and there until she started falling asleep.
'I can't sleep up here,' She thought groggily, fighting to stay awake and get up to at least go sleep in her assigned spot. The movement was not appreciated by Jax, whom was also starting to doze off, "no," He whimpered, clutching her tightly and biting her shoulder, "Bad Teb. Teb stey with Jex."
"I can't," She yawned turning to look at him, "I like you better than your asshole side." He gave her another strange look before shrugging it off as a compliment and smiling at her.
"Jex like Teb too. So Teb stey with Jex, ye?"
"No."
"Ye." He grumbled, holding her tightly so she couldn't leave, "Jex will keep Teb safe from Jax."
"What?" She asked, surprised at this statement, "You are Jax."
"No, me Jex, no Jax. Jex. Teb is Jex's, mine." He answered, closing his eyes and purring loudly to end the conversation.
"That doesn't make any sense, you are Jax." He just shook his head and nuzzled his face into her neck, wanting to rest, not argue. "How can you keep me safe from yourself?"
"Find way," He muttered back, "For Teb. Anything for Teb."
Narrators POV. 2 (Possible new Charry? What do you think?)
"Where am I?" A weak voice asked, grasping their head in agony, "Why does my head hurt?"
"Shut up already you've been complaining for hours!" Another voice snapped back.
"Well than tell me where I am!" The first snapped, "How long have I been in here, and why the hell AM I here! I demand that you let me out!" They pounded on the dark walls, but just fell through into more darkness, "Why are the walls not really there!"
"Why don't you just shut up and sleep again, I liked you better that way."
"TELL ME WHERE I AM!" They shouted, gasping when they fell through the ground, splashing into a pool of more black.
"Somewhere far away."
"Because that explains everything! Why can't I remember anything? The last thing I remember is hitting my head," They called out, struggling against the suffocating current of the pitch black water.
"Because I don't want you to, that's why."
"What! That doesn't make any sense, let me out!" They shouted, letting the current take them under. It was a moment before he slammed into a side wall; groaning and reaching up to hold his face again.
"No."
"WHY?"
"Because I don't want to, besides you're no fun. All you do is tromp around and do good things; no one likes a goody two shoes."
"I do not!" He snapped, punching the wall only to have his arm go through it, his body followed and he found himself falling upside down into another wall.
"The more you move the worse it'll get."
"What will get worse? I'm so confused! A-And why can't I remember!?"
"Your mind will get worse; you're just spiraling downhill every time you flail like an idiot."
"..My mind?" He asked himself, "I think I am perfectly fine. I just don't know where I am! So tell me, please!"
"Look, you've been seriously annoying since all this started; I'm stuck in here too, so I'm just as blind and oblivious as you. Only problem is I wouldn't if you would stop flailing like a dying animal! Now guess who isn't in here!"
"I-I don't understand," He said as another person came out of nowhere. He could only see the facial structure, antenna and eyes, but what he saw shocked him, "What…I, what are you!? How did you get in here!? Is there a way out!?"
"Sure there is, but while I'm in here you can't go anywhere," He smiled, "You know, I would've thought you looked better in person, but I guess I can't complain."
"I don't follow," The first speaker muttered, staring into the other's blazing eyes. He was thankful to finally see some color. Or at least some ONE. He'd been alone for a long time now and it was starting to go to his head.
"You don't have to," The other male answered, backing away with a sly grin. His eyes slowly were engulfed in darkness leaving the other, more frightened male to search for him again.
"Wait, where are you going? I-I don't want to be alone in here anymore!" He shouted, sprinting forward. He grunted when he face planted into a wall and then found himself on his back when the room morphed again. "Why is it so dark?"
"Because we've cut you out of reality," The voice answered, "All you have to do is run around like a guinea pig for us."
"I'm just a guinea pig?" He murmured, pushing himself up with his arms only to feel his face hit the floor as his arms fazed through it. "Well, when can I be let out?"
"Never," The other male snickered, popping into view again from an opposite wall, "I'm honestly just here for entertainment. It's funny to see how panicked a being can get when separated from the light."
"I'm not afraid of the dark," He growled, antenna snapping forward stubbornly.
"Ah, but you are afraid of being left alone." The man rumbled, circling the other before dropping through the floor, coming back out upside down on the roof of the room, "See I know all your fears, each and every single one of them. This room tests them, to a limit of course. But we expected you to stop struggling by now; you're messing with the plans!"
"That makes no sense…How can you know my fears, and who is this 'we' you're talking about." He murmured, feeling a shiver pass up his spine as the other male stepped forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. He was shocked when it went right through, shocking the other male slightly as well.
"Strange, that's not normal."
"Am I dead?" He squeaked, touching himself, but not phasing through as the other did.
"I wish," The other scoffed, "No you're not dead you idiot. Now try touching me, I want to see if the same thing happens."
"Only if you tell me where I am," The first answered, trying to gain the upper leg in this conversation. He felt so vulnerable.
"You should know, you created all of this, it wasn't my genius that made this hell hole." The other shrugged.
"What? But then, why can't I remember!?"
"I already told you. We don't want you to remember, it's all a part of a test, one that you're already failing. You are weak, your core is weak, you can't even man up enough to fight back against your unspoken restraints."
"What restraints! Please my Irk just tell me what's going on!" He shouted, attempting to punch the other male, but phasing right through. The other male shivered from the weird feeling before re composing himself, slightly smirking.
"Well the effects are happening faster than I'd planned them to."
The first gasped for air, feeling frightened that they could just phase through each other. Nothing felt safe; it was like there was a gun pointed at him every second of his life, "Am I infected? Is this part of the fever and then the break down?"
"If you were infected then we'd both be showing signs of it, so no you're not. You are however fading away, which is pleasing but at the same time displeasing, because soon if you keep moving around, I'll be in your place, fading away as well."
"Fading away? That's not possible."
"In here it is," the other shrugged, putting a hand against the wall and leaning into it. It engulfed him immediately and he came out on the other side of the wall, with his back against it, "Everything about you has become extremely weak, without you knowing it. Soon what little fight you had left will be gone for good, and you will merely be a shadow on these walls."
"But there's no light in here, how can I be a shadow?"
"My point exactly," The first male cringed, finally understanding, "But again it's all a part of the test."
"I'm not fond of this test," He muttered, sinking to his knees and covering his face with his hands. He felt the ground slip away from him and he fell for a few seconds before plunging into something black, warm and sticky.
Choking on the substance, he fought to the surface of the thick, metallic tasting warm stuff. He saw a person at the edge, not in the torrent of disgust that he reached out to, "Help me!" He gasped, feeling his clothes dragging him farther and farther into the stickiness.
He spat out the foul tasting stuff as it threatened to choke him, gagging him from its foul scent. "Please help!" He gagged, watching as the person merely stood from where they were sitting, watching him. He reached a hand out as the current swept him by but the person merely glared at him, not saying a word and dropped three things into his outstretched hand, "NO!" He cried out, watching the person slip away into the darkness.
He stared at the objects in his hands for a moment as the blood river drug him down, smashing him against the bottom and delivering him out into a different dark terrain. A very cold one. The other male was there, merely watching in amusement as the first weakly pulled his body up against a rock, holding it like a life line and begging for air.
The darker male came up before arching an eye brow at the objects he was given, "Hey I remember these, who gave you them?"
"I didn't recognize the person." The first wheezed, antenna hanging low in front of his face.
"Oh I do, just from the items. You don't have to worry about it though; it was just a pest I got rid of a long time ago. He must be stuck in here because of you." He huffed, kicking the objects away into the darkness, never to be seen again.
Suddenly the darker male froze and his hands snapped up to his head as a wail of agony came out of his throat. The first was frightened, and didn't know what to do as the other fell to the ground, on his side, clutching his head. He screamed again, but this time is was more agonizing, it shook the walls of the seemingly endless dark room, it shook everything, including himself.
He didn't know what to do; he looked at himself to see his PAK flickering slightly and looked at the other, seeing his doing the same, "What's wrong with you?" He asked as the other male rolled onto his knees and started laughing sadistically.
"Nothing you need to worry about," He gasped, choking on his own laughter as tears fell out of his eyes. His whole shape started flickering until the first male could hardly see him. "Have fun in hell," He whispered, fading into nothing as the first jumped up.
"How'd you do that?!" He shouted, "Where'd you go!?" He was more desperate now; looking around before he took off running. Some walls he hit hard, other's he fazed through, some he fell through, or wound up going in the opposite direction. But the last was the most startling.
There was another person in the room with him, one whom he recognized. He slowly walked over to them, praying to not fall through the ground. "Is everything alright?" He whispered, hauling himself up into the little nest of blankets and pillows next to them.
He set a hand on their dim shoulder only to have it faze through again. Then he jumped when the other started shrieking at him, flailing their arms out and begging for him to stop, "I-I'm not doing anything!" he cried, trying to grab their shoulders. He stopped upon seeing light red droplets fly out of the others face, "What's going on!?"
He was cut short when he fazed through the bed, falling away again, "NO!" He shouted, scratching at anything he could find, "Take me back! TAKE ME BACK! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE AGAIN! PLEASE!"
A/N: I know it failed miserably. Since no one has done so I am going to say this once more. Vote in my poll on my profile PLEASE. it is ABOUT THIS story! And I need advice SO VOTE. Anyways if you couldn't tell the weird animalistic side of Jax is stuck between a dog and a cat. He's very protective and really freaking weird. But fun to write about at times. At the end.. COULD THIS BE A NEW CHARACTER? or could it all be in your minds *cough cough HUGE CLUE cough cough*
Anyways have some review responses: Psychochicken: XD I'm glad you enjoyed Sol's act of defiance. I did. Though I felt bad for Phoenix. I just wanna hug that son of a hoe. Burgs a bitch, he's a cocky bitch so I wanna kill him. Sorry you know who didn't appear in this chapter, but hey have some Tabitha feels why don't you. :D Areo does need to calm down. But honestly if you'd lost a family member, wouldn't you act the same way. Maybe not blame another but you'd probably be silent a pissed a lot. dON't deny it I KNOW YOU CHILD. SO MANY FEELS. I am going to go heat up a shank, then sharpen it. :3
ZAGR loves: XD I'm sure Psychochicken really appreciates that comment XD. Thank you btw! I'm glad you guys are starting to really see Sol now. LEXY IS NEXT MUAHAHAH. Ahem anyways, yes Sol is bad ass, I love him for that. And is sure fun to write about! Hope you enjoyed the horrible chapter I may never read again in shame!~
Treefroggies: XD That's a legit reason to keep it a secret. I give you hint, I named one of my horses a new colt his name on Howrse. So that narrows your choices XD. It starts with a V. :3 SUCH HELP. I'm glad you like Sol too! Though you're right my all time fav will also always be Jax. I just adore him even when he's evil. Vex is a close second, but he's gone soft, I need to write about a harder side of him at one point in time...Jax just has it all. Dos Abs, dat face, Dem tattoos, DAT ASS. Lest we forget dat tree XDDDD. You and I will forever be scarred wont we? When we have kids, they'll be like mom I wanna go climb a tree and you'll just laugh and say, good times, good times. Or you'll say, sure if it can stay up long enough for you XDDDDDDD. So horrible. I'll make sure that message get's to burg for you c'; And I'm SORRY IF I WAS GONNA SHIP IT ALL THE WAY BACK THEN HE WOULDN"T BE DEAD ITD BE AREO BUT I CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST AND THE FEELS DAMMIT. HER AND DIFETTO'S LOVE WILL FOREVER BE IN THE RP IF SHE STOPS FUCKING REJECTING HIM! HOW CAN YOU REJECT THAT FACE LEXY. I MEAN HOW!? Andn o I can't, that's pretty scary huh?! YEAR ANNIVERSARY YAYYYYY WHOOP WHOOOP WHOOOOOOP. ROOT BEER AND SUGAR FOR EVERYONE :DDDDDDDDD. Oh god I'm going to hell aren't I? And Zim in the RP...So MANY FEELS. And then Zeke and then then Rikki and then the knives and the blood spilling and the cutting AnD GOD WHY ARE WE SO EVIL. I mean I broke Jax's tree for god sake. How much more evil can one get?! Taking a mans mighty oak and turning it into a weeping willow. WHAT KIND OF AUTHOR AM I?
Kill me. ~