Hawke 02
By: Persia
Disclaimer: nothing belongs to me.
Hawke woke up to the feeling of something warm wrapped around her. As the
events of the night before registered in her mind, she started to pull herself from
the groggy recesses of sleep. Max felt the child in her lap come awake. She
waited for the world to register to the girl, and then she spoke:
"You awake?"
"Yes."
"Hungry?"
Hawke didn't answer, she just lifted herself out of Max's lap, and walked towards
the drugging smells of breakfast in the kitchen. Max grinned, 'a child after my
own heart'. Logan saw Hawke awake for the first time as she walked into the
kitchen. She looked at him expectantly. Logan chuckled, and said, "Not much of
a morning person are we?" Hawke didn't respond, but took a seat at the table.
Logan carried her a plate with a blueberry muffin, a pancake, some eggs, and a
few pieces of bacon on it. He set it on the table in front of her as Max walked in.
Max took a seat next to Hawke.
"Where are Krit and Syl?" Logan asked.
"In the guest bedroom, they're still asleep. Lydecker is chained to the bathtub,
and Zach is watching him." Max responded, "And we are in the kitchen with a
strange little girl who defies all of her training to come home with her X-5
counterpart."
"My name is Hawke," Hawke responded through a mouthful of eggs. Max and
Logan laughed at that. Just then Krit and Syl walked into the kitchen.
"We smelled the grub." Krit said sheepishly. Syl looked like the cat that ate the
canary. Max and Logan looked at each other trying to stifle laughter. Logan
brought four more plates over. Both knew what the noises coming from the
guest bedroom last night were.
When Zach came in dragging Lydecker behind him, Hawke rose as if to
salute, but Max pulled her back into her chair. "One rule here: Manticore Sucks."
Max said in a voice she hoped sounded stern, but she knew she had failed at.
"Yes ma'am." Said Hawke, and she went back to eating the new foods that had
been placed before her. They actually tasted like something, not like the rations
that she was used to. Zach glared daggers at Max.
"Shut up Zach." Max said before Zach could open his mouth and says
something that would cause Max to kill him.
"Hungry, Lydecker?" Krit asked in a joking tone, as he started drawing a
forkful of eggs towards his mouth, and then chewed it slowly with mutterings of
mm, yum, wow this is great. Zach rolled his eyes, and Lydecker raised his
eyebrows.
Logan brought two more plates over for Zach and Lydecker, even though
he wanted to kill Lydecker for what he had done to Max. Zach sat down, and
cuffed Lydecker to his chair in the most uncomfortable position possible. Krit and
Syl were still mocking him as they ate their breakfasts slowly. Hawke had already
finished her breakfast when Lydecker and Zach came in, but she didn't say a
word.
"X7-74013214, are you still hungry?" Lydecker asked.
Without hesitation, Max reached up and punched him hard in the nose,
and a sickening crack was heard, confirming that she had broken his nose as
blood poured out. "Don't call her that, she has a name, and that is Hawke." Max
hissed through clenched teeth. Zach gave her his famous look, but she paid him
no heed. Logan cleared his throat to try to cut the tension in the room.
"Uh, Max, perhaps we should take Hawke to get some clothing that she
can wear without attracting any attention, just in case they come looking for
her." Logan suggested.
"Fine, Syl, Krit, do you want to come with us?"
"Sure, I do need some non-bloodstained clothing to wear if I'm going to
be here for a while, and I think Krit does too." Syl responded cheerfully. Trying
to back Logan up.
An hour later they were all in a shop looking at clothing for Hawke, Max
and Syl went into the dressing room with her to try on the clothing, they figured
that she would be a two or three, but they figured wrong. When they tried the
two on her, the pants she was trying on slipped right off her hips and fell to the
floor. Syl laughed and said, "I wish I was that skinny, I'm barely fitting into 4's!"
Max grinned too. "I'll go out and get you some double zeros."
Hawke smiled too. She liked these new people, they didn't expect her to
be perfect, just expected her to be. She also liked the newfound freedom that
came with escaping. She didn't have classes or orders to follow. After trying on
the double zeros Max brought, they headed up to the register to buy them. Krit
was waiting there for them. He had a couple pairs of pants and two shirts slung
over his shoulder. Max handed the lady at the register her credit card, knowing
that Logan would probably help her out with the bill if she couldn't afford it
herself. They got several weird looks when they walked home. For one, Hawke's
hair was in a very unflattering style, though it was longer than regulations at
Manticore required, and she was wearing fatigues, while her companions were in
normal clothing.
When they reached Logan's house, Hawke changed out of her old things,
and pulled on one of her new pairs of jeans, and a tank top. She didn't bother to
put on shoes. Logan gave a mock whistle of appreciation when she walked into
the room, which received chuckles from Syl and Max, and a punch on the arm
from Krit. Hawke grinned and lightning fast was in the chair that had been pulled
out for her. Zach gave her a look, which she returned in earnest, as if to say that
she wasn't afraid of his authority.
"So… Krit and I were thinking about heading down to the local Kendo
Academy, and getting into some-"
"Oh no you're not, you're staying right here because I have not seen the
lot of you in WAY too long." Said Jondy as she waltzed through the door in a cat
suit that was far too tight.
"Jondy!" Max yelled as she flung herself at her sister. "Where've you
been?!"
"Klutzing around a bit of here, a bit of there, the usual. Say, who's the
pip-squeak?"
"That's Hawke, she's an X-7 that we brought home." Max said.
"Wait, you mean the little clone perfect kids? That's freaky, she looks
exactly like you y'know."
"Yes we know," said Lydecker, "And would you mind untying me?"
"Yes, I would." Zach said in a dark tone. He got up and walked towards
Jondy, all eyes on him. They all knew he'd had a thing for her; he would just
never give into it. When Zach reached her, he hugged her, and murmured
something into her ear that only she could hear. Hawke looked anywhere but
them, trying to hide her embarrassment. When Zach finally released her, they
came back to the table.
"Why don't we go to the zoo, or some place that Hawke hasn't seen
before?" Logan suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea. But what're we gonna do with dear old Deck
here?" Syl responded.
"I say we kill him." Jondy said cheerfully.
"Or we could just render him unconscious and tie him to the outside of
the building because we're pretty high up." Said Hawke.
"Sadistic little thing isn't she." Jondy remarked. "Sounds good to me."
"I'll take care of him while you guys head down to the car." Zach said.
By: Persia
Disclaimer: nothing belongs to me.
Hawke woke up to the feeling of something warm wrapped around her. As the
events of the night before registered in her mind, she started to pull herself from
the groggy recesses of sleep. Max felt the child in her lap come awake. She
waited for the world to register to the girl, and then she spoke:
"You awake?"
"Yes."
"Hungry?"
Hawke didn't answer, she just lifted herself out of Max's lap, and walked towards
the drugging smells of breakfast in the kitchen. Max grinned, 'a child after my
own heart'. Logan saw Hawke awake for the first time as she walked into the
kitchen. She looked at him expectantly. Logan chuckled, and said, "Not much of
a morning person are we?" Hawke didn't respond, but took a seat at the table.
Logan carried her a plate with a blueberry muffin, a pancake, some eggs, and a
few pieces of bacon on it. He set it on the table in front of her as Max walked in.
Max took a seat next to Hawke.
"Where are Krit and Syl?" Logan asked.
"In the guest bedroom, they're still asleep. Lydecker is chained to the bathtub,
and Zach is watching him." Max responded, "And we are in the kitchen with a
strange little girl who defies all of her training to come home with her X-5
counterpart."
"My name is Hawke," Hawke responded through a mouthful of eggs. Max and
Logan laughed at that. Just then Krit and Syl walked into the kitchen.
"We smelled the grub." Krit said sheepishly. Syl looked like the cat that ate the
canary. Max and Logan looked at each other trying to stifle laughter. Logan
brought four more plates over. Both knew what the noises coming from the
guest bedroom last night were.
When Zach came in dragging Lydecker behind him, Hawke rose as if to
salute, but Max pulled her back into her chair. "One rule here: Manticore Sucks."
Max said in a voice she hoped sounded stern, but she knew she had failed at.
"Yes ma'am." Said Hawke, and she went back to eating the new foods that had
been placed before her. They actually tasted like something, not like the rations
that she was used to. Zach glared daggers at Max.
"Shut up Zach." Max said before Zach could open his mouth and says
something that would cause Max to kill him.
"Hungry, Lydecker?" Krit asked in a joking tone, as he started drawing a
forkful of eggs towards his mouth, and then chewed it slowly with mutterings of
mm, yum, wow this is great. Zach rolled his eyes, and Lydecker raised his
eyebrows.
Logan brought two more plates over for Zach and Lydecker, even though
he wanted to kill Lydecker for what he had done to Max. Zach sat down, and
cuffed Lydecker to his chair in the most uncomfortable position possible. Krit and
Syl were still mocking him as they ate their breakfasts slowly. Hawke had already
finished her breakfast when Lydecker and Zach came in, but she didn't say a
word.
"X7-74013214, are you still hungry?" Lydecker asked.
Without hesitation, Max reached up and punched him hard in the nose,
and a sickening crack was heard, confirming that she had broken his nose as
blood poured out. "Don't call her that, she has a name, and that is Hawke." Max
hissed through clenched teeth. Zach gave her his famous look, but she paid him
no heed. Logan cleared his throat to try to cut the tension in the room.
"Uh, Max, perhaps we should take Hawke to get some clothing that she
can wear without attracting any attention, just in case they come looking for
her." Logan suggested.
"Fine, Syl, Krit, do you want to come with us?"
"Sure, I do need some non-bloodstained clothing to wear if I'm going to
be here for a while, and I think Krit does too." Syl responded cheerfully. Trying
to back Logan up.
An hour later they were all in a shop looking at clothing for Hawke, Max
and Syl went into the dressing room with her to try on the clothing, they figured
that she would be a two or three, but they figured wrong. When they tried the
two on her, the pants she was trying on slipped right off her hips and fell to the
floor. Syl laughed and said, "I wish I was that skinny, I'm barely fitting into 4's!"
Max grinned too. "I'll go out and get you some double zeros."
Hawke smiled too. She liked these new people, they didn't expect her to
be perfect, just expected her to be. She also liked the newfound freedom that
came with escaping. She didn't have classes or orders to follow. After trying on
the double zeros Max brought, they headed up to the register to buy them. Krit
was waiting there for them. He had a couple pairs of pants and two shirts slung
over his shoulder. Max handed the lady at the register her credit card, knowing
that Logan would probably help her out with the bill if she couldn't afford it
herself. They got several weird looks when they walked home. For one, Hawke's
hair was in a very unflattering style, though it was longer than regulations at
Manticore required, and she was wearing fatigues, while her companions were in
normal clothing.
When they reached Logan's house, Hawke changed out of her old things,
and pulled on one of her new pairs of jeans, and a tank top. She didn't bother to
put on shoes. Logan gave a mock whistle of appreciation when she walked into
the room, which received chuckles from Syl and Max, and a punch on the arm
from Krit. Hawke grinned and lightning fast was in the chair that had been pulled
out for her. Zach gave her a look, which she returned in earnest, as if to say that
she wasn't afraid of his authority.
"So… Krit and I were thinking about heading down to the local Kendo
Academy, and getting into some-"
"Oh no you're not, you're staying right here because I have not seen the
lot of you in WAY too long." Said Jondy as she waltzed through the door in a cat
suit that was far too tight.
"Jondy!" Max yelled as she flung herself at her sister. "Where've you
been?!"
"Klutzing around a bit of here, a bit of there, the usual. Say, who's the
pip-squeak?"
"That's Hawke, she's an X-7 that we brought home." Max said.
"Wait, you mean the little clone perfect kids? That's freaky, she looks
exactly like you y'know."
"Yes we know," said Lydecker, "And would you mind untying me?"
"Yes, I would." Zach said in a dark tone. He got up and walked towards
Jondy, all eyes on him. They all knew he'd had a thing for her; he would just
never give into it. When Zach reached her, he hugged her, and murmured
something into her ear that only she could hear. Hawke looked anywhere but
them, trying to hide her embarrassment. When Zach finally released her, they
came back to the table.
"Why don't we go to the zoo, or some place that Hawke hasn't seen
before?" Logan suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea. But what're we gonna do with dear old Deck
here?" Syl responded.
"I say we kill him." Jondy said cheerfully.
"Or we could just render him unconscious and tie him to the outside of
the building because we're pretty high up." Said Hawke.
"Sadistic little thing isn't she." Jondy remarked. "Sounds good to me."
"I'll take care of him while you guys head down to the car." Zach said.