TYRANT!

Chapter 7- The Escape To A New Home

The time was 22:05:13. Haylen waved goodbye to Roberts as he left to go home for the night. She shut the office door, and turned to Steve. "There. Both of them are gone. Now, let's move!" she said, a smirk spreading on her face. Steve looked at her uneasily. "Are you surrrrre this is a good idea?" he growled. Haylen nodded. "I'm positive." she replied, grabbing all of her research papers and shoving them into a knapsack. She also grabbed Robert's binder with the title "B.O.W Sweeper Labs - Specimen Records", and shoved it in.
She then strapped a bag over her shoulder, unlocked the cell door, and opened it. Steve walked out and faced Haylen. "Follow me. I'll take you to my van. But I'll have to leave you in there for a while... I have to erase my records and such on the lab's database." she said. Steve followed her out the lab, through a large metal door that was down one of the longer hallways, and out into the parking lot.

She led him all the way up to a large, white storage van. Steve slowly began to shiver as they approached the van. The winter night's cold weather began to sting his large, naked body. Haylen smirked and patted his side. "It's warm in the van, don't worry. " She laughed. Soon, they got to the van, Haylen reached out and opened the back doors. "Get inside, Steve." she said with a smile.
Steve looked at her, an uneasy look on his face. "I sure hope you know what you're doing..." he whispered. Haylen's eyes gleamed with a loving stare. "Look, even I don't know what I'm doing. But all that's important is that you're going to be safe.That's all that matters to me. Now get in before you freeze!" She said, as she began to laugh.

Steve bit his lip, then (with a little difficulty) he got in the van. When he was completely inside, Haylen closed the doors. She rubbed her mitten covered hands together to keep them warm. "Oh God, its cold today. Damn Novemeber weather." she said to herself. Clearing her throat, she headed back to the lab to clear the database...

....."There. Finished. Now they can't track me down...I think." Haylen said, as she shut down the computer in the main office. She got up to go back to her van, but then she paused. Did she forget something? 'The T-Veronica Sample!' she thought. She then rushed into the cyro-chamber, found cell 3825 ... but it was empty? She gasped. "Dammit! Someone must've took the sample!" she said. She rubbed her head as she turned to leave.
"Oh well, they won't find much, it's better than if they had Steve..."she whispered to herself. She cleared her throat again, and went back out into the parking lot. She then got into the driver's seat of the van, and did up her seat belt. Steve's head popped up beside her shoulder. "What took you so long? I was starting to get worrried." he grumbled.

Haylen smiled back at him. "How should I take that? Haylen's not reliable.... or.... Steve's a caring tyrant?" she asked. Steve smirked and grunted. Haylen snickered, then kissed Steve on the head, as he pulled away from her again. "Alright! Now its time to get out of here! Let's go home!" she exclaimed, starting up the van. The van's high beams lit up the frosty night; Haylen then drove out of the parking lot, and down the dirty, country road towards the highway.

***

The van was silent as it drove down the busy highway. "Oh, you're gonna love your new home, Steve." Haylen said with a smile. Steve layed on the floor at the back of the van, half asleep. He grunted, and scratched his head. "Well, it's an OK sized house... a little on the big side, especially for a small lady like me," Haylen giggled, then continued "...aaand the only problem you might have with it is getting inside for the first time! ... my doors tend to be small on the outside!" she laughed.
"W-Wherrrre will I sleep?" Steve asked, followed by a big yawn. Haylen smirked while the traffic began to get busier. "Well, I do have a guest room with a lovely king-size bed and what not... so I guess until you're vaccinated, it's all yours Steve!" she exclaimed.

Steve smiled, then the continous traffic made the van come to a complete stop. Steve moved up a bit, snd rested his head on Haylen's arm. "Oh... Steve..." she said softly. Steve moved back a bit. "I-I can't thank you enough for this." he said. "It's rrreal generous." Haylen giggled again. "Don't worry about it, Steve! You-- its about time you got the respect you deserve." she replied, as she messed with his hair. The traffic then began to move along again.
"Anyways," she continued "once we get home and have a nice sleep, I'll make you some breakfast, ok? It'll keep our mind off things... for now." Steve smirked. "Ok." he grunted. Haylen smiled, as she took the next exit to the city where she lived, Clamford. "Almost there!" she said. "This's so exciting! I don't know why, but it is!"

***

Haylen sighed in relief as she pulled the van up into her driveway. "Here we are!" she exclaimed. She turned to Steve, who was now asleep in the back of the van. She pushed on his shoulder. "Hey...hey! Wake up Steve"! she said. Steve groaned, and sat up. He looked at Haylen half asleep. "Huh...?" he growled.
"We're here!" Haylen said with a smile. She shut off the van, then got out. As she walked to the back of the van, she looked around for someone, anyone; but the coast was clear so she opened the back doors. "C'mon out!" she said. Steve stretched his arms and neck, and glanced behind himself. He then wiggled backwards, and eventually got out of the van.

Haylen smiled, waited for him to move out of the way, then she patted Steve's head. "Come on, we'll go around to the back." she said. "that way might be the easiest for you. ...It's one of those glass sliding patio doors." She pressed a button on her keychain, locking all of the van's doors, then she walked towards the back of her house.
Steve sighed, and semi-consciously followed her. Haylen's house was a fairly large two-storey house, with red bricks and two large white pillars near the front door, which had a glass window with a diamond pattern on the centre of it. Steve couldn't really make out any other parts of the house, since it was too dark and he couldn't see that well... and the street lights only lit up so much.

"Steve! Hurry up!!" Haylen called. Steve looked at her, and continued to follow. They went all the way around the house to the back door. Haylen messed around with her keys, found the right one, and unlocked the door. She slid it all the way open, then turned on the lights inside. "Go on in!" she said, as she went inside first.
Steve looked around the kitchen as he walked through the door with some difficulty, and shut the door behind him. He grunted in a higher tone than usual, and looked at Haylen. "I know, you're tired. I'll show you around tomorrow, ok? It's not that hard once you get the hang of it." she said with a smile. Steve smirked back weakly, and continued to look around at the kitchen.

Cabinets lined the walls, and beside one was an oven, and on top of the oven on an open shelf was a microwave. A large opening in one of the walls led to the foyer, and beside that opening stood a large fridge. Small white tiles lined the floor, as the walls that were painted a light grey towered over them.
The dinner table was oak, and stood across the room from the oven. The knapsack Haylen had was on top of it, along with many Sears Magazines. Steve grunted again, as Haylen patted his hump. "Let's go." she said. She then left the kitchen, and Steve followed her.

They went into the foyer, then up the stairs that were near it. The stairs led to a square-shaped 'c' hallway. Steve didn't pay much attention to the hallway though, he was way too tired. He perked up a little when Haylen and him stopped at a large doorway... this doorway had two doors in fact. Haylen opened them.
"Here you are! Fit for a tyrant!" she laughed. Steve stepped in. The room was huge. At the back (across the doors) was a large king-size bed with a night table next to it, and a large closet in the wall to its left. On the other wall was a mirror with a drawer underneath it. Steve sighed, then went up to the bed and sat on it. It was very comfortable. ...Well, more comfortable than that cell, anyways.

Haylen giggled. "You'll get used to this, I'll bet!" she laughed. Steve then fell back on his bed. The bed fit him just right, unlike a lot of other things. He grunted happily. "It's good to have something to sleep on forrr a change." he growled. Haylen smirked. "Yes, it fits you, huh?" she laughed "Get up, I'll put the blankets on you."
Steve stood up, and Haylen pulled back some of the blankets. "Ok. Get in." she said. Steve grunted, then got in the bed where no blankets were. Haylen's smirk grew as she spread the blankets over him. Steve pulled the blankets up so that they were just below his nose; so the top of his head stuck out. This was very comfortable.

Haylen kissed him on the head as he wiggled a little to get more suited to the large bed. "G'night Steve." she said. Steve looked at her and smiled. "Good night, Haylen," he said gutterally "...A-And thanks, again." Haylen patted his head. "No problem." she said, "It's my pleasure, really." She smiled as she turned off the light, and headed towards the door.
Right when she got to the doorway, she stopped, and turned back to Steve. "Oh yes, and if you need anything, my room is just at the top of the stairs...ok?" Steve nodded, half asleep. Haylen nodded back, her smile remaining... then, she turned around and went back out into the hallway.