Under the Skin
Chapter 44
New Beginning.
"So that's what happened."
Adam nodded to his younger sister's thoughtful response to his story.
"Yeah. Dad found out I couldn't have kids, so Freedom here helped me escape. Otherwise I'd have been 'disposed of.'" He said, bitterness in his voice. He smiled at the older woman though. "Independence stayed behind to help you out when you were ready." Eve looked at the elderly man, who nodded with a knowing smile.
"Wow… That's just… wow…" She muttered. Gary grinned.
"So, realistically, none of us should have gotten out, and couldn't have gotten out on our own, and we all had help." He said. "That's awesome." Eve smiled weakly, leaning against Gary. Will was in the room also, but he was a little worse for wear. He had gotten a broken arm and leg, and was being babied rather oddly by Brittany. It was only a few days after the event, but Team Rocket had fairly vanished. The rest were okay, but in tatters. They would heal. The legendaries were being cared for by Brock, and once they were well, they would go their own way.
Will had convinced them to erect a grave site for Luke. He hadn't been himself in the end, and even with his eccentricities, they had been friends to a degree and he hadn't quite been ready to let go yet.
Adam stretched, yawning. "I haven't had a workout that good in a long time.' He said. He'd changed since Eve saw him last. Eight years plus in the outside world as a free man had done him good. He looked better, stood straighter, and demanded a quiet respect, almost like the ranger Keegan Evo. He acted like he used to, if not a little more on the gentle side. Eve smiled, snuggling against Gary more. She'd missed him. His tale had made her cry, but she was glad he was okay. Adam smiled at the two.
"I'm glad you found someone." He smiled. He hadn't been so lucky yet, partially because he was living as a hermit.
"Me too." She said, giggling as Gary kissed her ear. Julian poked his head in.
"Stop flirting! We have a party to run!" He said. Gary and the Neova siblings looked at him oddly. Will grinned also.
"I guess you didn't hear, we've been officially pardoned." He said. "Took quite a bit of convincing, but we did it."
"How much information did you have to fork over?" Gary asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Ehh… enough. A few white lies. You three are officially legendaries of the rarest sort. Watch yourselves." He smirked, Brittany placing a bowl of jello and… something in his lap. "Thanks hun, not hungry though." he said.
"Alright, I'll save it for later." She said absently, wandering off. Will shook his head. Adam laughed once she was out of the room.
"That girl is something else." He chuckled. Will grinned.
"Oh, she is. Get her in the lab and she'll freak you out. That's where I met her, and you should have seen my face on our first date. Here I was thinking she'd be the sexy little scientist who saved my sorry ass, and I get the worlds worst space cadet." He laughed, the room joining in with him. After a bit, Adam stood and stretched.
"Alright you crazy kids, I'm going to go check up on someone." He said. Eve smiled.
"Don't try and hide it, you've been at her side for the past few days." She said. Adam rolled his eyes.
"Who says that's who I'm going to check up on?' He asked, leaving the room, Julian not far behind. Now that he was a 'free man' he was trailing after Daisy like a lovesick puppy, but kept it to the non-creepy kind of following. Despite his reputation, he was very against making a girl feel uncomfortable.
The two split ways, Julian going to find Daisy and Adam towards the hospital. He got there shortly, heading straight for the room he really had been spending a lot of time in.
Harmony, or rather Heather as she was being called now, was still asleep. She'd woken once or twice, but she was still to tired from what happened to be awake much. He placed himself in the chair beside her bed with a book in hand. Her kids would be coming up soon to see her, he'd like to meet them. He'd spoken to the two young children on the phone, the boy having made Adam promise his mom would be okay when they got there. Heather was a strong young woman, having lost her husband and then joining Operation Anthem with two small children, 7 and 10 now. He felt a personal responsibility to see Heather get well, as he had begun her route to healing from the fatal wound she had received. It was a miracle she even lasted as long as she had.
"Wake up soon, Miss. Cellar. I would like to get to know you. We seem to be quite a bit alike, yet completely different." He said, settling into his chair with a magazine he'd read over several times before.
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"Mama, mama, are you awake?"
"She's sleeping Corey! Shh!"
"But Rachael!"
"Shush you two. Let her rest."
Heather was slowly waking up again. She knew the two young voices, her only treasures in this whole world. The other, she had come to know as well. His name was Adam. She'd seen him a few times, when she had previously woken. She hadn't remembered his name last time she woke, but now she did. He reminded her a lot of Eve.
Slowly opening her eyes, Heather laid eyes on her young son, Corey. He looked so much like his father it scared her sometimes. He blinked, grinned, and then his face screwed up and he started bawling, all in the same few seconds as he flung himself on her and gave her a hug. Heather hugged him back, Rachael coming around the other side, Crying also, but not as openly as her younger brother. Heather hugged them both back tightly, crying a bit now herself.
"I'm sorry baby's, I'm sorry." She said, kissing each of their heads, rubbing their backs.
"I'm so glad you're okay mama." Corey sniffed, looking up at her, then drying his eyes stubbornly, puffing up and throwing his shoulders back in an attempt to be grown up. Heather smiled at him.
"So am I, honey." She said. Rachael dried her tears also.
"I don't think we want you going on any more 'trips.'" She smiled, laughing a little. Heather laughed a bit also.
"I wont be going anywhere for a long while." She smiled. Adam had changed into a skitty, curling up in a chair on the other side of the room. He waited until the small family was done reuniting, and the kids led away for food and rest. That was when he changed back, sitting beside Heather again.
"Good to see you awake." He smiled at her. She smiled back.
"It's good to be awake." She said. "Thank you, again, for helping me." She said. She could still feel where the blade had gone through her. She doubted she'd ever forget.
"It's not a problem, Heather. I just did what I always tried to do." He smiled. She sat up a little later and he put a few pillows behind her.
"You're kids seem nice." He said.
"They are, I love them so much." Heather said.
"I can tell." Adam said. "Corey takes after his father, right?" he asked. She nodded. "Tell me about them." He smiled, leaning back into his chair.
Another chapter that gave me trouble.
i think i'll be done after this :p
except for the small fic about Gary when he was missing. and prolly the one my freind is writing for Luke, Will, Brittany, Lindsey and Evean. lol.
