Chapter Three
Two Humans Acting Differently
Divine Angel
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"AHh Stop! Gene!" he felt his heart slamming in his chest as he jumped. His blue eyes snapping open as he bolted up before calming slightly. "I was...was...dreaming" He let his hands run through his blonde hair as he looked around. He was in Gene's bunker, that's right. "I fell asleep with him after he...cut.." His eye frowned suddenly, it might have been a dream but it really happened. The cool metal ran under his hand as he shoved his way out of the small room. Gene had...done all those things...had...Fred had...He felt his chest picking up again, those things were real, they happened, but he...he hadn't remembered. Maybe Mel's stupid tank did all this, his head scowled. " Before that damn thing at least sleeping was pleasant. Now every time I close my eyes I am reliving this piece of-ahhh my LIFE!" He heard himself echo down the long hall. His loose red shirt and boxers stomping quickly down to the end before bolting through the nearest door...where was that sleezeball.
"Aisha will you get off the table blast it, not everyone wants to eat here after you've walked all-"
"-Gene?" He looked up leaving his annoyed tone and glare with the twitching cat eye listening to him from on top of the galley table. "Where is all the soy sauce?" The raven hair stood up slightly perplexed. Hadn't they just put in a few new bottles? The sly scarred face sunk to a dull expression. Unruly red hair sliding into his eyes as he looked back over at the Ctarl Ctarl now moving into her seat.
"Aaaaa.." She trailed lightly grinning at them as they both looked at her.
"What in the world did you put all that soy sauce on Aisha? We never *had* enough food for that. How much was there Mel?" His dark eyes shot a baffled look at the soft figure of the raven hair sitting down across from him.
"Eight gallons I..I think." She muttered, frowning lightly as she slid the mash potatoes, pork chops and salad back into the middle of the table. Sending the giggling Ctarl Ctarl stating -she simply drank it all when she ran out of food- a look as she fixed the table before sighing. Looking up to the grinning dark eyes that only chuckled lightly at her before picking up the spoon to the mash potatoes.
"Ahh you know you guys need to lighten up." The dark eyes looked up dully with the smiling raven hair. Watching her squeaky voice lean into the table more. "It's no fun with you two love birds...where's Jim?" She frowned squeaking lightly. Watching the unruly red hair just continue to look at her dully. The mashed potatoes slowly sliding off his spoon to his plate before he looked down.
"Sleeping." He dipped the spoon back in serving more as the smooth raven hair served salad onto his plate over the irritated growling of the light hair.
"Aren't you hungry Aisha?" The raven hair smiled watching the Ctarl Ctarl continue to stick out its bottom lip before sighing at her question.
"Naa Asia's still full from earlier when-"
"-From when she practically sent us into emergency rations." His dark eyes grinned chuckling as she snapped at him immediately.
"Well maybe if the whole crew hadn't left Aisha-"
"-YOU!" Her bright eyes blinked stopping mid sentence to the loud outburst in the doorway. The unruly red hair and brilliant mocha eyes all turning with her to look at the heaving blonde hair. "You." the voice scowled starting in. Blue disgusted eyes squinting directly at the baffled unruly red hair.
"Gene?" The bright eyes and raven hair looked up at him watching him shrug. Before jumping as the blonde hair shot forward.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GENE!" The blonde hair was on the small bench in seconds, slamming its fist directly into the baffled scarred face.
"Hey what the hell is..." The outlaw started, scarred hand reaching towards its face before another blow went at his eye.
"YOU DIDN'T STOP!?...You let IRIS!? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GENE! I HATE YOU!" The unruly red hair backed up quickly listening to the raven hair scream as the blonde hair continued punching before slamming things off the table and getting on as the outlaw stood up.
"What the hell are You Talking ABOUT!?" The dark eyes screamed at him, his words growling out annoyed. His scarred hand examining his face lightly watching the blue eyes snarl at him. "We haven't seen Iris in two months?! What the hell did *I* do Jim?" The dark eyes were mad suddenly stepping forward. Watching the growling blue eyes push into his face. "Jim you better just back out of.."
"OUT OF EVERYTHING YOU DO NOW! I REMEMBER THAT! I REMEMBER GENE! I can't believe you...I can't believe...and FRED!" The blonde hair slammed him again before backing up quickly. The light hands searching around before sending stuff at the unruly red hair. Watching the dark baffled, now deeply annoyed eyes snap at the mashed potatoes that suddenly hit him, bowl and all. "HOW COULD YOU JUST LET HIM DO THAT TO MEEE!" The blonde hair stopped, motionless breathing. "How could you just let him...and...AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET HIM BACK!" The unruly red hair growled dodging the salad bowl that went at him, but he was baffled. Jim never went...berserk...and you couldn't just punch him out, especially now while he was injured. "YOU Brought me ANY WAY! WHEN YOU KNEW He WANTED TO DO THAT STUFF TO ME!!!! YOU KNEW ALL He WANTED WAS, THAT is SO disGUSTING!" The light hands ran into the blonde hair ruffling it before heaving at the outlaw. Watching the familiar tight black outfit back up as he shot forward. The glass dinner plate in his hand.
"Ahh." The outlaw let out his first wince of pain as the glass plate slammed into his gashed side. His dark eyes snapping down at the blonde hair. "Jim CUT IT OUT!" He screamed shoving the light chest hard. Watching it stagger back, tripping over the salad bowl and slipping to the floor. "NOW LOOK! I don't have any idea what the hell you are talking about, but your ruining dinner and I am HUNGRY!" The dark eyes growled down, his patience starting to wear thin. Dark eyes watching the light face heave up. "Now. Make sense or shut up blast it!"
"WHY!? And you *never* went and got my pudding like you *said!*" The dark eyes shot a baffled look at the blonde hair getting up. "Now every time I CLOSE MY EYES I remember stuff. I never remembered before but you...you just let Fred touch me like that and you didn't do anything. You just said not to! When it...and it hurt so bad that it was happening again, when it took so long to get...when I finally thought I was away and here someone was...and you didn't AHHH WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
"WHAT!?" The baffled dark eyes shot widening at the insane gibberish, the heaving blue eyes and blonde hair seconds from moving to throw more things. "WHEN DID FRED TOUCH YOU!?" Furious tones ran into his voice as Fred's name ran in. His dark eyes snapping up at the alarmed raven hair and calm wide eyed Ctarl Ctarl watching. The bright squeaky eyes shaking her head slowly back and forth as the raven hair just stood. Wide eyed clutching her hands to her chest in silence, neither of them had any idea what ... "AHh" He shot, his scarred hand ripping the blonde hair off him as it bit him good, punching him. "Your pushing it!" His dark eyes snarled down yanking the blonde hair towards the table. His strong scarred arm sending everything to the floor in one sharp quick motion. His free hand ripping the loose red shirt and small body off the floor, slamming the thin weight back down on the table. "NOW WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!??" His dark eyes snarled at the blonde hair watching the light hands snap at his wrists from where he pressed, holding it down.
"You *know* what I am talking about." The blue eyes growled, disgusted. "You were there and you didn't do anything about him...BOTH TIMES! BOTH! You let him in, and then you...then you brought me with you the other, and then when you weren't there you didn't even know!! You didn't EVEN THINK!"
"Jim I swear if you don't start making more sense." Unruly red hair shook over his eyes as he moved his head, growling down at the blonde hair pinned to the table. His scarred arm pressing the tops of its shoulders and chest to the hard thin surface. What the hell was he talking about? All of it so fast and...screaming it didn't make any sense. They hadn't seen Fred since, since right before they took off from Heighfong and got involved with the McDougals. Could he? His mind frowned racing, he was with Jim the whole time except for a few minutes. His dark eyes glanced back at the blonde hair as it started screaming at him more gibberish about Fred, maybe that...maybe he did get his hands back on the kid.
His scarred face growled furious watching the choking blue eyes silence slightly. "Blast it Jim if you don't start making more sense to me!! Aisha and Mel are leaving this room and I am going to find out what Fred did to you!" His deep voice growled threatening the light skin. The furious light face only squinted immediately, gritting it's teeth back up at him.
"Oh you would just love that WOULDN"T YOU Gene!" His dark eyes shot a baffled look ignoring the smaller legs under him kicking him suddenly.
"WHAT?!"
"Just like *before* right Gene!? Just like all the times before when you never understood what I was talking about! You just never listened and you won't let me go with you! I know how you dumped me on Iris and I know all about Fred now, I don't know.." The light face started smiling, small chuckles running into its tones. " I don't know how I ever forgot now that I think about it...you.." His dark eyes blinked, watching the light face smile before laughing. The blue eyes closed under the heavy loud laughter. His scarred hands loosening his grip some, dark eyes blinking. "It's really....ahh it's so funny!" The light face chocked trying to speak. "All that stuff happened and...and you were so close but you left me...all by myseeelf." The small face frowned saddened suddenly before laughing again. His dark eyes just staring, down as it laughed. The cringing light face slowly sinking with the laughter, with the smiles. The small voice cracking as it chocked out its words. The pitches changing slowly, becoming sadder and harder. "..all by myself...alone when I never wanted...when I used to be so scared.." His dark eyes blinked, squinting hard at the light face as the small tears suddenly rolled from the closed laughing blue eyes. "YOu...you.." The light face stammer suddenly as the scarred hands disappeared, the red unruly hair standing up.
"Geez Jim." he heard his small, baffled, concerned whisper. His dark eyes just staring, none of it made sense. An hour ago the kid was fine, happy, but now. "Did you have some kinda nightmare buddy?" His dark eyes blinked nudging the small shoulder gently as he leaned back over the blonde hair that was lying on the table. The sniffling blue eyes opening to look up at him but sobbing as they laughed.
"Jimmy you just tell Aisha what guys done this to you and she'll make him regret it." His dark eyes snapped up as the light hair suddenly shoved him aside, looking down at the wet blue eyes now sniffling at her. Slowly getting up as though he hadn't heard her, but offering her a light smile just the same.
"How?" The blue eyes looked up at his unruly red hair as he spoke. His dark eyes mesmerized, staring off lightly before glancing at the light face dully listening. "How do you remember all that now when you never did before?.." his deep voice trailed watching the blue eyes only slowly blink.
"And you brought me with you when we first got Melfina, to see him." The blue eye frowned suddenly. "You don't even care. Huh Gene? You think it's fine to bitch and moan when he's hugging you but oh if he decides to grab me or something that's fine! No skin off you back huh!"
"Hey you SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" The blonde hair stumbled back fast as he shot at it. His scarred hand shoving the small body back fast and mad. "Now maybe you *do* remember this stuff Jim. SO WHAT! I am surprised you can remember *anything* you were so...so traumatized back then! But you think now your going to stand here and insult me!?" His dark eyes scowled. "You better just LEAVE IT ALONE! Cause you have no idea what your talking about! You want a piece of me pal you better be ready to swallow all your asking for." The dark eyes spit bitterly, standing back up as the blue eyes only glared at him disgusted. "Yesterday Gilliam goes haywire! I can't fix the ship! You can't fix the ship! Then the McDougals show! And you want to bring All THIS up some twenty hours AFter I had to fight for my life!? Nevermind worry about Mel! When I asked YOU to help and you Didn't!" He chuckled suddenly, grinning down at the blonde hair listening to him. "There are a lot of things you don't understand about the past. The shit I had to put up with, but you never saw me ditching you in the street. Or tying you up in some closet, beating you or causing all those other bruises! SO JUST BACK OFF! I think I deserve a break now, considering it's only been a few hours since the latest mess!" His scarred face was heaving, snarling down at the light face. The silent blue eyes just looking back at him, the angered look now half dissolved but still traceable. "You just shut your mouth before you start blaming *me* for anything that happened with Fred." He sighed heavily, scarred hand running over his face slowly, rubbing his temples. My god what a mess, his head groaned. Dark eyes looking up at the kitchen, dinner, Melfina, Aisha...Jim....at least Suzuka missed it. He grinned suddenly, shaking his head slowly as he looked down. The small exhausted light face just standing there silent, thinking but not. Blue eyes slowly opening and closing as if they were sleeping through everything.
"You don't.." He blinked, dark eyes focusing on the light face that suddenly mumbled "You don't understand what it's like to...just know this now." The blue eyes looked up, slowly breaking down, crying without tears. "I just learned this today Gene. Why didn't you ever tell me this stuff before? Did..." Jim chuckled lightly suddenly. "..Did you not find any of it important?"
He just stared dully, the blonde hair watching him intently, waiting for an answer. "What do you want Jim. You think I have a good answer for that?" He frowned "What the hell kind of question...I mean.." he grinned suddenly, his face smiling though the confused...pain? It was, it's pain, his mind whisphered. It hurt that he was being blamed. It wasn't my fault Fred got his hands on him, I tried my best damnt. It wasn't my fault that...that sicko kept him in the closet like that, I never laid a hand on him. He shook his head silently, he didn't even have a response, and the blue eyes only saddened slightly because of it. Gene was supposed to know, he had to remember better. He should have known, should have had an answer, an explanation, a ..a something.
"Gene it's..." The light face trailed staring at the unruly red hair through the baffled sad expression. "It's important to me, can't you understand that?" They where finally starting to well up with tears. The unruly red hair blurring lightly as the warm salt water slide into his eyes. The calm expressionless scarred face just staring down at him silently.
"I did the best I could Jim. You make me think that maybe there was more I could have done but your wrong buddy. None of this is my fault." His dark eyes blinked as he took a step back. Mumbling to the light face that suddenly looked incredibly stressed he was leaving. His unruly hair shaking back and fourth slowly as he turned around. It was too much, Jim would understand, he just had to think some more. If that was all he could remember then...then that was all he could remember. "Sorry you don't remember anything good, it's not your fault either." The cool doorway to the kitchen ran over his hand as he walked out. The darker hallway running over him with calm space. "I am gong to bed." He said it to himself but he was sure they heard to. The blonde hair standing where it had been watching wide eyed as Gene turned, and left.
"He left me...he left me?" He felt his voice snapped in shaky whispers as the bright yellow cloak disappeared down the hall. His blue eyes blinking hard, swallowing his tears inside so they won't fall down his face. "Gene?" He heard his voice echo lightly into the hall, but no answer came back. "GENE!" He screamed suddenly, his body taking a step forward, but Gene wasn't going to answer. His blonde hair jumping suddenly at the warm touch of life. Her soft raven hair sitting onto the floor behind him running her soft hand onto his shoulder.
"Oh Jim.." He heard her voice shake lightly as she whisphered to him. Her mocha eyes shutting as he stumbled backwards to her pull. To her smooth hands rapping around the front of his chest tugging him back into her. "I don't understand...please Jim...I don't understand what...what has happened." His blue eyes stared dully into the hall as she hugged him, raven hair snuggling into his back as she let out short breaths. Trying to control herself so she wouldn't cry. What had they just done? What had happened? It was so...so fast...so loud. It didn't make sense, none of it. It didn't make any sense.
"Let me go please." Her mocha eyes blinked quickly at the hard monotoned command standing in her arms.
"Please...I don't understand this Jim?" She felt her eyes well lightly with tears, watching him step forward out of her arms. "Aisha please." Her eyes shot back at the frowning Ctarl Ctarl. The small green dress and light hair watching the hall and the blonde hair, arms crossed over her chest. "Oh please Aisha.." She trailed lightly, hearing her tears run into her voice. Crying lightly to the frowning bright eyes that lowered their arms inhaling heavily.
"Come on Jimmy we can clean this up it doesn't matter." She let her squeaky voice grin as he turned around dully looking at her. "Why don't you just tell Melfina and Aisha what's on your mind kido. It will make you feel better." She watching him blink slowly, his blue eyes growing slightly upset as he ran over the big mess he had made. Her warm smile and bright eyes running in and out of focus as he looked around before stopping on her momentarily. Tell her? Tell her what? Start where? His blue eyes looked down a the mocha ones sitting in front of him.
"I am sorry about dinner Mel, I'll pay for it." He heard her whine lightly as he turned around leaving the kitchen. The light hair following him into the hall growling at his rejection to everything she had just said. He frowned slightly as he continued walking, his head flat lining, absolutely nothing running in. Not a thought being formed, everything seemed so far away. So tiresome, his subconscious telling him to walk right to the bathroom. The cool door handle running under his dark gloved hand as he pushed the door in. Walking directly to the small sink and medicine cabinet before ripping it open. Listening to the loud clatter of the glass bottles and boxes slipping out and falling over as his hand shoved everything away. Before grabbing the small vile, the soft purple liquid swirling around in it lightly as he turned it in his fingers, this would knock him out for days. His hands quickly puling off the plastic protective top to the sounds of Aisha coming down the hall to find him.
"Jimmy I think you better go.." Her squeaky voice trailed lightly watching him drop the small cotton ball of alcohol quickly picking up the small vile and moving it over his arm. "Jim!"
"LET ME GO!" He screamed at her feeling her snap from behind. Her soft peach fur hand flying over the vile while the other slid over his stomach holding him tight. "GET OFF ME!"
"DROP IT!" She snarled tearing it from his grasp watching him spin around growling at her as she let him go. The blue eyes squinting at her as his furious face swore at her suddenly. "What did you just say?" Her bright eyes blinked quickly before frowning. "You called me what?!" She snarled before stepping back, her bright eyes blinking again as she felt the warm slight sting on her hand. Her eyes watching his blonde hair stagger back slightly from where she had just slapped his face. The dark gloved hand slowly raising before touching the warm red sting growing over his cheek as he looked up at her. "Stop it Jim your scaring Aisha! And everyone else too!" She snapped suddenly, her soft hand flicking the bottle into the sink annoyed. "What's wrong with you! Huh?!" She watched him blink frowning lightly as she shot her questions at him. "You yell at Gene you make Mel cry and you call me names!?" She frowned suddenly watching him back up again. "You make a girl go crazy trying to figure out what kinda problems you could possible have when your only eleven.." Her voice softened suddenly crouching down in front of him. "Cause you won't talk to us, you only talk to that bird brain." She grinned suddenly watching the shining blue eyes choke a small sound, a small laugh to her comment. Before looking down slightly, the small tears running onto his cheeks with the movement. "Why don't you tell Aisha Jim, it will make her very happy." She smiled teasing him gently watching him just stare blankly at the ground.
"Ais..sha." It was her large soft ears that heard the small shaky whisper. Her bright eyes softening with it,watching him continue to look down in front of her, crying silently over the small red mark of her hand on his cheek. "I can't tell.." She watched him step forward lightly as she pulled the loose sides of his shirt towards her. His body following the motion before becoming aware of it as her soft hand ran into his hair from directly in front of him.
"Shhh. You don't have to say anything you don't wanna, but you got to tell someone what's been bothering you Jim." She frowned slightly concerned. "My friends and family worry sick about me just cause I don't call every other day. You never say anything. What kinda friend are you trying to be Jimmy?" She giggled lightly watching his head sway as she ruffled his hair. His light face staring down.
"Everyone thinks...the minute I say or the minute I do...if this and...all of a sudden I am a kid again. No one listen...no one thinks...can hear me not being a kid if I...can't fight and.." He stopped talking breathing hard as he blinked fighting the tears. Her smooth bell collar running along the side of his face slightly as he leaned into her. Letting his body fall to her soft continuous tugging.
"No one thinks bad of you Jimmy." She cooed lightly smelling him. He smelled like Jim, all parts of him. Shampoo, toothpaste, motor oil, fabric softener, a small amount of mash potatoes and him.
"What's funny?" She stopped giggling immediately feeling his quick shove to get away as he spit his words at her irritated.
"I can smell mash potatoes on you." She smiled feeling his soft breathing, his blue eyes watching the door. If anyone came near she was letting go and getting out. She heard him sniffle lightly "What's that matter huh?" She smiled softly at him, letting his soft golden strains run over her hand lightly as she played with the back of his neck and hair.
"My body hurts." He heard her light confused squeak, practically speaking a what? "Inside something hurts but I don't know what. I just know that it does." He closed his eyes quickly trying to calm down. "Gene...when I was little Aisha people...did.. he trailed lightly wiping the tears off his face.
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"Gene you can't just let him be so upset please Gene...go find him." The unruly red hair shook no lightly feeling her soft muscles tense up again. Her soft raven hair leaning into him hugging him as they lay in his small bunker. She had come to find him upset, Jim had left, Aisha had left and she said...said she was scared to be all alone, but in reality...his head trailed. Maybe I was scared to be all alone. He had almost pulled her in, let her lay him back down shhing him while running her fingers into his hair playing with his fiery red strands before laying with him. "Please Gene." she whisphered again watching his dark eyes just look up.
"I can't Mel. I don't understand what he's, why he's so upset. I can't take listening to him say that stuff. He's blaming me and I can't take that when...when I already blame myself." He felt her smooth hand move lightly in his hair, loving him. "When he was little I found him, he was young. So small, so maybe four or something, it's kinda hard to remember now. Someone did some awful stuff to him alright. He wouldn't talk to me, not a word for a month. Then it was harder, he talked but not for real. He wouldn't state opinions on anything. If I asked him what he wanted, he couldn't answer. I would say to him Jim what do you want for dinner? And he would only Look at me Mel! Some look it was, it was so crazy! As if he thought I would be mad if he answered!" He growled the baffled expression from years ago resurfacing as he remembered that. "There were set backs all the time, closets where set backs, strangers where set backs, Fred was a set back. I had to take him for medical visits every three weeks and sometimes those where set backs too." He chuckled suddenly, his dark eyes grinning up to the ceiling. "I always knew when we were set back cause he just shut down. No words, no emotions, just nothing. Absolutely nothing when he was younger. When he was older though, maybe six he would just get overloaded and cry." She squeezed him suddenly. "I can't take him blaming me for what happened to him damnt, I did everything I could. He was with me for so long I had to teach him everything and it wasn't like I knew how to do it!" His voice was more irritated now. Her light skin jumping slightly as he made a fast irritated hand movement explaining. "No one ever told me that if I let him drink forever or continuously eat ice cream and apples he would throw up! He would get sick and not say anything, be hurt and not say anything!" He laughed suddenly. "I probably spent more of my time second guessing him then doing anything else and aaaa, he wore me out, all the time. That girl Iris, you only met her once. She lives down on Sentinel. You know, at the real crummy dive we took you too?" He flashed a sly grin watching her nod as she listened. "She helped...*a lot*...but she didn't know much either, I mean it's not like she had kids, but she knew more then me. She's the one that told me not to let him eat when ever and make him eat at set times. Not to let him drink a lot before going to sleep or else it would cost me." He chuckled suddenly, it was a good thing that was one of the first things she told me about. "But I still fucked up a lot, he almost killed himself once because I wasn't watching. Shot a big hole into the wall, I was so mad." His dark eyes frowned suddenly, pausing as he thought. "He set our oven on fire once, let some strange dog and a squirrel into the house once cause he left the door open." His scarred face was laughing as he talked, it was funny, to remember that now. That dog, man what a pain in the ass that was to catch. The squirrel, not too bad, it just chewed some stuff up. "He was good though. He listened when it was important and learned fast. Burnt himself once and never did it again, slipped on ice once and always watched for it, could count and read and tell time way before I could ever do it. It was just...just that he was so. Some things were just so difficult because he couldn't not think about what happened, and he was...scared." He glanced at her, her large mocha eyes frowning concerned as she listened.
"Why Gene?" Her raven hair shook slightly as she cooed at him. Her question sending his dark eyes back to the ceiling frowning. His unruly red hair inhaling heavily before sighing. It was more of Jim's business then his to tell wasn't it?
"He was scared because of what he could remember Mel. He remembered being locked in closets and tied in closets and small spaces.....I never saw bruises on a little kid like I saw on him." He felt her squeeze him lightly as he growled his words out, seven years running and still disgusted and pissed out of his mind about it. "It surprised me sometimes that he was alive. Even though I was looking at him, I didn't think that I should have been. Do you Understand THAT?!" His dark eyes frowned as he sat up suddenly looking at her. "I knew he was hit when I first saw him, but he was so dirty Mel. So hungry and.." He shook his head, just staring at her. That was part of his explanation too, because he didn't have the words for how insane, for how, incredibly heartless a person would have to be to beat a kid with a piece of wood. To burn them with the ends of their cigarettes. To lock them in small dark damps spots alone for hours with out food or any noise of life. To pull them out slow and sluggish and use them, just molest them so bad the they didn't talk anymore. That he was so hurt and bruised all over from the hands and the items used to rape him with that reality eased in and out like a dream. "He just shut down so he didn't have to understand what was going on...even with me...just shut down." His deep voice muttered lightly as she blinked suddenly. Her large mocha eyes shining up at him, shaking lightly at the pictures he was making in her head. "The doctors told me they used bottles and things to...ra, hurt him with...." She blinked, watching him silently look down, thinking, before grinning suddenly. "I remember once he got into a fight. His first one, first time I saw him fight." He grinned, looking up at her from where his dark eyes stared ahead into the side of the bunker to his low mumbling. "He was good, too." He grinned "Throwing himself into it, fighting good until the kid cheated and ganged up on him. I had to ripe them off him cause they were older then he was for crying out loud. It was unfair...but this kid. This kid was jamming a bottle down his throat and I wanted to kill him for it." His dark eyes growled suddenly, remembering the blonde hair gagging panicked and hurt as the bottle was ripped from its throat. "That damn kid had no idea what he had done cause it was just a normal bottle to him. I mean who would ever think.." He trailed again lightly, looking at her. Her silent still face listening as she cried lightly. Some of it didn't make sense but it was all supposed to be bad, and Jim was never bad.
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"You should just talk to him Jimmy" She felt him squeeze her tighter now as she suggested leaving the small room. Her unsnapped bell collar on the floor next to her as the loose red shirt squeezed her crying, half explaining half rambling something.
"No Aishaa I don't want to see him ok?...I don't!...I don't want to look at him now!" The light face pushed into her more. "It hurts me that...it's hurts so bad that Gene knows all this stuff and he doesn't care abooout it. He doesn't do anything aboout it!"
"Well what should he do?" She frowned squeaking lightly.
"SOMETHING! He should do SOMETHING! Cause he didn't DO It Then , he wasn't there when that guy bought..." The blonde hair stopped screaming at her suddenly, sniffling as he thought. "Aisha, did you know that...that...that I am worth seven thousand wooong?" The voice whined crying lightly.
"What?" She frowned slightly shoving him off to look at his face. The wet blue eyes sniffling heavily through the bitter smile.
"Yeah you can buy me for seven thousand Wong." He chuckled suddenly watching her concerned bright eyes blink before running her soft hand over his face. Wiping the small tears off, but they only ran back on.
"Who bought you for seven thousand Wong?" She cooed lightly watching him continue to smile.
"I thought being sold was going to be the worst thing that ever happed to...that ever happened to me you know?" He grinned lightly, his small voice shaking as he hiccupped. "Cause I didn't know where I was, and I didn't know where I was going to be when it was done....but the guy who bought me, showed me some stuff Aisha...he showed me..."the small voice cracked grinning. "Showed me...showed me some bad stuff ok." The blue eyes looked down suddenly as the laughter faded, her soft peach fur hand running through his hair lightly. "Used to hurt me when I.." She pulled him back into her watching his face tighten cringing before choking out a sob. "I did what he saaaid, I tried to not be bad and stuuuff...but sometimes he...did bad stuff anywaaaay even when I DID WHAT He WANTED! Or for...or FOR NO...no reasoooonnn!" Her bright eyes closed squeezing him as he sobbed suddenly. "I didn't understand. WHY AISHA!? I did what I was supposed to! I did whaaat he saaaid, when it huurt or maade me sick! It wasn't fair he cheated! Cheated every time!"
"Shhhh Jimmy it's ok." He felt her soft face nuzzling into his neck lightly but it didn't matter.
"Now all of a sudden I remember. I remember everrrythinnngahhhh, when I go to sleep I just start!...All of everything coming back...I am so scared I'll see him again Aisha! I don't want to please do something please! Gene doesn't know what I mean! I can't get away when it's in my head!" The small body shook as he screamed at her to fix it. Fix the pieces that had suddenly fallen out of places in his head, and sent him into the past every time he fell asleep.
"Jim maybe you can face him. You can in your dream. When you go back, you'll be different and.."
"NO! I don't want to!" The light hands shoved her suddenly, tugging and panicking at having to go back. "Every time I am me again! I hate it! HATE IT!" he sobbed.
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"I know he hates it but there just isn't anything I can do about it Mel." Her raven hair sat up gently rubbing the side of his arm softly, offering a smile.
"He will miss you if you leave him Gene." He glanced up at her small whisper, before grinning bitterly.
"Yeah he always misses me, because he won't talk to people. Cause he won't trust anyone else, does he ever tell you anything?" He watched her shake her head immediately, Jim had never said anything about his past to her. "You see what I am talking about?! How can he!? Even I don't want to talk about any of it!" His unruly red hair leaned into the side of the bunker quickly. "You think I want to remember all the things I saw. I literally had to hold him down Mel. He would scream and beg me to leave and to help him, but I had to hold him down so the doctors could fix him. It scared the hell out him to have anyone near him, anyone touching him because it made him remember what it was like before." His dark eyes sighed heavily looking up. "Sometimes I wonder if it still does. I know he likes girls but he doesn't seem to want to make a move with them. Especially since some rude chick stood him up on Symka Five." He growled suddenly "And the only reason I know about *that* is because he was so upset he had to say something! He is like a balloon Mel. He waits till it gets so big he has to do something about it or he'll pop! I am not saying he should run around flapping his gum, but he should at least be able to tell someone he doesn't feel good or something damnt!" She jumped lightly as he slammed the side of the wall near him. His scarred hand dropping for his caster as the frustration built before feeling empty space and slamming the wall instead. "It's funny, sometimes he gets these weird feelings." He glanced at her grinning lightly. "Says stuff to me like this isn't a good idea, or Gene I don't have a good feeling about this." He chuckled lightly. "Cause it's all stuff that makes reference to what he doesn't remember about his past. I don't know why, he forgot most of everything that happened. He would only get these weird feelings, like premonitions or something. No actual memories." He sighed lightly, his thoughts running through his head as she leaned into him from where she now sat at his side. " Guess that kinda worked in my favor though." He grinned "Fred is the only one that we can get financial help from....and it's all really because he *is* gay. It's not like he has a big heart or anything, just a sick mind."
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"I Hate Fred, always...always hated him!" The blue eyes scowled. "He's a loser and a dirt bag. He never sees...he never saw me then ..then anything more then something to...something to use Aisha." He glanced up watching her frowning eyes nod lightly. "He never listened to me when I told him no...he never...
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"It wasn't bad enough that I had to watch him every second. When I was working or when we went out. I mean it was big equipment Mel, stuff kids shouldn't be near, or breathing. So the few times I do leave him, Fred jumps at his chance! I mean WHAT is THAT!" She jumped again as he slammed the small metal wall good. "You would think that the two times I would turn my back for one second he would just leave the damn kid alone! He..." His dark eyes snapped suddenly, her raven hair sitting up straighter. Mocha eyes studying him hard as he stopped. His scarred face swirling to a hard panic of disbelief. "Gilliam?!" His dark eyes snapped at the entrance of the room watching the small bot appear at his command. "Where are we right now?" He growled, breathing hard as he wached Gilliam pull up information.
"We are currently following the route Melfina was so kind to plot back to Sentinel 3."
"That means we're going to go right by Heighfong am I right?" His dark eyes frowned slightly, watching the can read more data.
"Yes Gene. As it stands, we are currently passing over it, right now."
"Ahh" He growled suddenly. "Change course right now Gilliam. We're docking at Heighfong." He shot firmly, ordering the small blue can.
"Oh dear Gene. This is rather spontaneous, instead shouldn't..."
"NOW GILLIAM!" The dark eyes snapped, watching the bot quickly moved as his pillow missed it by a hair. "Mel." His dark eyes snapped around to her watching her tensed face gasp lightly in concern. "In the kitchen, when Jim was yelling about me he said something about Fred. What did he say? About Fred what did he say Mel?"
He watched her raven hair shake no lightly. "I don't...I don't know what he really said Gene...I didn't understand that." Her face fell suddenly, frowning that she had failed.
"He mentioned Fred Mel said something about the amount of times Fred had done something do you remember that? Just the amount of times, that's all I need, ok?" He flashed her a reassuring grin watching her stressed face focus hard to try and remember what he wanted.
"I think...I think so Gene...was...did he say three?" His dark eyes widened. Jim had said three. Now that he thought about it he remembered the blonde hair yelling at him, but it added up to three times, but. There wasn't supposed to be a third time, he never said anything about a third...
"I don't remember a third." His deep voice muttered out loud. Watching her mocha eyes become more concerned before he blinked. Quickly releasing her small arms from his tight grasp. "Mel I have to go. Dock the ship."
"But Gene I!-" She called after him as he suddenly rushed out of his bunk heading out into the hall to the strong Dock It! yelling back at her.
"JIM!" He shot swinging the small door in. His dark eyes darting about the small room but it was empty. "Jim?" He heard his voice echo lightly as he looked down the hall before squinting. "Jim!?" He watched the wet blue eyes and light Ctarl Ctarl hair jump immediately as he burst into the bathroom.
"Ahh Gene get out! Aisha! Out! Everyone OUT!" The blonde hair was off her in a matter of seconds shoving her at the door as the small dark gloved hands wiped their tears quickly. Trying to recompose itself as quick as it could.
"THREE!?" His blue eyes shot up at the outlaw at the sudden scream "In the kitchen you said three." The scarred finger was pointing at him suddenly, pushing past her squeaking lightly hair, stomping right towards him. "There was only TWO, two times with Fred!" he watched the blonde hair back up slightly. A baffled expression running over its small wet face, still red from where it had cried hard. Light Ctarl Ctarl hair behind them quiet at the loud outburst, still taken back by the small bits of information and upset blonde hair.
"Gene will you.."
"That one time that I let Fred upstairs the first night you stayed with me. I was cleaning up downstairs and when I came up I saw him with you like that and I roughed him up?" The blue eyes snapped at the bright eyes nervously, she was listening to this. "You remember that?" The dark eye frowned slightly watching the blonde hair make a small movement, of course he did. "Then the second time, when we were in his office. I went to get something, turned my back for one second and when I turned around he was all..."
"Gene will you SHUT UP!" His dark eyes blinked suddenly. Pausing before snapping at the bright Ctarl eyes behind him, her face tense listening to them. "AiSHA CAN I...Can I talk to you LAAATER." His dark eyes switched back to the blonde hair that let a small sob escape through its words. Her light hair just standing still, as though it hadn't spoke, absorbed in them. Two humans that never acted like this.
His dark eyes watching her go as the light hands ran over the wet face in front of him. The blonde hair running back into his view as she left shutting the door. "Jim." He stated the name casually, calmly, watching the light hands pick up their pace quickly before looking up firmly. The light face sniffling trying to stand hard and firm.
"Gene just go away I am *so* mad at you right *now*." The blue eyes growled up at him, watching the surprised scarred face continue to look at him. "You embarrassed me and you let Fred hurt me when you were there...when you weRE THERE!" The blue eyes suddenly screamed, furious with him still.
"You think I let him on purpose!? Just listen to yourself Jim! That's crazy, we're docking at Heighfong." His dark eyes frowned.
"It's not so crazy when...we're...we're what?" The blue eyes suddenly drained of the furious expression, blinking lightly to his statement.
"You heard me we're docking at Heighfong. In the kitchen you said three, three times Fred got you." He shook his head "That's not right Jim, there were two. Only two times, the other times I always beat him." The blue eyes looked away lightly, breathing through its open mouth. His eyes were so red and exhausted, his nose was stuffed and...he was hungry. "I know you might be...mad...about...some of the stuff that happened when you were younger Jim, but that's just it. You were little, when you talk about Iris, that I let Iris...are you...are you talking about that one time in the kitchen when you were seven and.." He trailed lightly watching the blue eyes flick up at him furious again. He had hit the nail on the head. "Look you were a little kid, you used to take baths at her house and you didn't care. It was different, I needed her opinion on something." He shrugged letting his baffled expression run into his voice, but the blue eyes only glared motionless.
"You...Never...Asked...First." The blue eyes growled, spitting their words slow and firm. Watching the dark eyes blink at the simplicity that caused so much commotion.
His scarred face grinning slyly "That's because I knew you would say no." The light face only let out an irritated scowl, backing up quickly as the outlaw sat down sighing heavily. "Look." The unruly red hair spit firmly as he sighed. "I know your mad but your just going to have to get over it." His dark eyes frowned at the light face,he wasn't bargaining this wasn't his fault. "Don't blame me for this, it just happened Jim. Life happenes and that's just how it is. Now maybe it was a little more friendly with parts of you then I ever got to experience and you might hate me for it but that's too damn bad." He frowned pointing at the small face. "If your going to have problems like these you either work through them or shut the hell up with them, because in case you haven't noticed you've managed to upset everyone on this blasted ship to the point of tears in the shortest time imaginable!" His dark eyes were squinting at the light face, the expressionless exhausted blue eyes that listened to him. "So what way are you going to go?.....cause you know I'll back you either way just let me know." He sighed a shrug. Blue eyes blinking slowly, saddened before shifting to the side and silently standing there.
"I don't remember everything bad." His dark eyes blinked, remembering accusing Jim of only remembering the bad in the kitchen, but the kid didn't look like it was listening then. "I remember eating pizza and being with...just you and.." The dark eyes grinned suddenly.
"You wouldn't have happened to remember how I used to chase you down, grab you by the arms and swing you around do you?" The blue eyes smiled lightly while they frowned. Blonde hair shaking no. "Too bad." He sighed grinning heavily watching the light face just sniffle.
"I feel so weird now. Like everything is different Gene." The blue eyes frowned. "Why didn't you get rid of me? Why did you keep me when we were so poor?" His dark eyes frowned before shrugging. A sly grin running over his face.
"I did it like I do everything Jim. I just did it. I didn't consciously make a choice, you just kinda moved in." He shrugged again "That's just how it happened, why? Do you want to go somewhere?" The blonde hair shook no immediately, watching his dark eyes cock a small eyebrow at him slightly confused. "If I ask you question will you give me an honest answer?"
"What's the question?" The light face sniffled watching the scarred face grin.
"You think you got it all figured out. You don't have any idea that I know you hate all of this, but there isn't a *damn* thing that either of us can do about it so. Just shrug it off Jim, let it go and move on." He shrugged lightly. "I know that's not what you want to hear but I can't change what's already happened, maybe if I had more information back then I could have but it's just not going to happen now buddy. Now I need to know. What did you mean when you said three times with Fred?" The blue eyes widened slightly, did he really just...blurt that out? Blast I wasn't thinking, his blonde hair shook no.
"I-"
"-Don't tell me you don't know cause I know you do. No damn games, I have a head ache. No games, no strings, got it?" He frowned as he chuckled. "I don't know about you but I am so exhausted." He watched the light face grin slightly as it walked over slouching onto the floor drained. Dark gloved hands running over his face as he leaned into them, sitting next to the outlaw. A small smile spreading on his hidden face as the scarred hand rubbed his back suddenly. It was always comforting before, now I know why, his mind muttered as he looked up. Watching the sly grin drop its hand waiting to hear it.
"After we entered the Space Race, and we missed the -in the money slot-. Aisha and I decided to put on those tacky costumes while you and Mel were fixing the paper work." His light voice chuckled suddenly as he remembered her light hair giggling the entire time they had changed into those ridiculous get-ups and then laughing hysterical at herself before doubling over when she saw him.
"Huh, for the life of me I never knew why you put that ugly thing on Jim." The sly face grinned watching the loose red shirt shrug.
"For fun I guess, plus, Aisha kinda talked me into it." He smiled before sinking slightly, remembering why he was telling this. "When Harry sent you that message about the duel, and you got all mad and starting roughing up that.. that poor employee." He laughed again, Gene did look kinda funny now that he thought about it. Roughing up some poor Joe who didn't know anything, all mad and reckless just like always. "We left to go change. Before we just changed in Fred's office because no one was in there, but after it was locked so we found the bathrooms." He grinned suddenly. "I almost couldn't stop her from smashing into the office, before she decided to acknowledge the fact they might just have bathrooms for us to use." He smiled, watching the unruly red hair shake its head humored. "I was all by myself when I went in cause it was empty. Aisha was in the girl's bathroom and when I was changing Fred just must have come in. I didn't even know it was him until he recognized something. I mean the little booth didn't go all the way to the floor so maybe it was my clothes or my...my boots of something. Who knows with that guy Gene." The blue eyes frowned watching the unruly red hair nod in understanding. "He was just talking to me, mainly about you until he got more...pushy? Really pissed me off cause I couldn't figure out what his problem was, until it hit me. A little too late, I always thought he was a little more interested in you then me."
"Gee thanks." He let his sly face grin, nudging the small shoulder, but the light face didn't respond.
"He didn't listen to me when I told him no, and I threatened to tell you too but he didn't seem to care." He shook his head, still baffled by that.
"But you *didn't* tell me." The dark eyes frowned, watching the blue eyes look up at his tone.
"I couldn't! What did you want me to do, just be like hey Gene Fred just.." The small lips ran together for a M sound before stopping.
"Say it." The blonde hair just look away silently sighing. "Say it, you know what it's called Jim." The scarred face frowned at him. Jumping lightly as the ship connected into a dock. The swift sudden vibration verifying their connection.
"What was?!" The blonde hair stood up fast before snapping at the red hair. "We're not on Heighfong." The light face shook no, wide eyed at the outlaw.
"You should have told me then Jim." The dark eyes were furious. "I knew, knew when you blurted out three in the kitchen! You never would have made a mistake like that, not you. The genius, if your so smart Jim how come you didn't say anything?!" His deep voice was starting to get mad, glaring at the blonde hair that didn't answer. "Put some pants on." He gave the light face a disgusted look as he stood up.
"Wait! Where are you going?!" His blue eyes widened pleading with the outlaw but the dark eyes only turned around slowly.
"Say the word Jim." The blue eyes strared at him motionless. They wouldn't acknowledge he spoke, until they finally moved, unsteadily shifting their weight. "How long was he in there with you?" His dark eyes frowned, trying to understand but this was giving him a visual picture and pissing him off even more.
"Ahh I..I don't know maybe a...maybe forty minutes?...An hour?" The blue eyes cringed watching the scarred face just glare. That was the icing on the cake.
"NO one else came in?!" The deep voice went nuts. That was preposterous, it was a bathroom wasn't it! A public bathroom!
The blonde hair shook no absently "One guy did before anything was really serious but then no one came, it was all during the party you know." the dark eyes widened suddenly.
"I always thought you skipped the party because you were mad at me." The whole time, he remembered clearly looking for Jim, before figuring he must have been mad at him about chasing after the McDougals for so much of the race they lost. "Thought you were mad about the McDougals."
The blue eyes frowned suddenly. "I was! But not mad enough to skip free food Gene." The voice held an annoyed tone, spitting it like he should have known that. It was obvious, which one of them would pass up free food!? the dark eyes only grinned.
"I have to go see Fred, and your coming with me." He stated it firm and hard. He wasn't going to debate it, or change his mind. He knew Jim hated Fred, he hated Fred too now. So they were even. "It's equal suffering Jim put pants on or your coming like that." He knew the blonde hair was hating him as he left the bathroom. Ignoring the shouts and curses as he left the blonde standing there. Heading for his castor, he was going to need that.
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"Stop it, stop the god damn elevator now." He glanced down at the heavy growl. The blonde hair getting more panicked as the space between them and Fred slowly started disappearing.
"How are we going to see him if I stop it." He shrugged matter o' factly listening to the furious stressed growl. His dark eyes ignoring the strong punch as he looked ahead, silently transforming the majority of his anger into the sly expression building on his face.
"Ok lets deal Gene. You want to make a deal with me?" The light voice breathed heavily, growling as he didn't even bother to answer his no. "Well remember after the duel you had with Harry!? How somehow we weren't in debt even though we had to replace our missiles!" The dark eyes looked down at the growling blonde hair. "Fred deposited eight thousand Wong into our account." The blue eyes snapped at the floor.
"What!? He paid you for that time!?" He was furious again. It was going to take maybe two minutes to move that into a sly smile.
"Over paid."
"What!" He snapped at the small whisper. His scarred hand shoving the blonde hair back a step so he could see the face. "What the hell do you mean over paid!? You actually know how much that stuff coasts? What did you look it up or.."
"NO I don't know! But I know if you wanted to buy...someone like me off the...it...I only cost seven thousand!" The dark eyes blinked baffled, what?
"What?" He felt his brain slur his baffled question out loud. "You know Jim I..." His dark eyes looked up at the small ding of the elevator. They had hit floor 201. His dark eyes twitched slightly as the door opened, scarred hand snapping at the baggy jacket and loose arm as he walked out. Feeling the small hand and then the small teeth digging him to let go over the low but firm protests.
"Gene just let go. Let's go, come one what the hell are you going to do! Your not going to shoot him are you?" His blue eyes darted frantically as they moved past the offices to the small office Fred was in today. The small thin secretary outside the door coming into view. "You'll go to jail just drop it! Are you even thinking about what will happen if you go to jail? Gene? Gene are you listening to me blast it?!"
He ignored the hard irritated whispers shot from the struggling arm as he walked over to her. Her black eyes smiling as she looked up from under her deep purple hair.
"Aww man Gene." His dark glove ran over his face as he groaned. Listening to the loud Sir! Sir you can't go in there! ring out from the now standing secretary behind them. The strong scarred hand shoving into the door.
"..as you can see ladies the enterprise is heading for a strong upward..." The baffled purple hair of Fred's familiar white coat looked up with the two elderly female clients as the unruly red hair smashed in. The deep sly smile glaring at the baffled face from above the frozen blonde hair. "Gene? What in the world are you doing here on Heighfong?"
The white coat blinked speaking to him, but he didn't answer. He didn't need to, Fred knew on an instant something was wrong. The stressed blue eyes staring at the floor as the strong scarred hand held onto them.
"Gene? What ever is the matter?" He felt himself smile, that same, sly smile. It was his anger now, his bitterness, his remorse for missing it, for letting Fred win another one.
"We have to talk, get rid of them." He spit hard, nodding his unruly red hair towards the two now frowning elderly women sitting baffled. Appalled by how rude and reckless he seemed. Barging into a respectable office as though he had wondered in from the streets.
"Gene these are high clients of mine. If you need help with something I will be done in-"
"-Get rid of them now Fred!" He shot his scarred hand dropping the smaller lighter one as he took a step forward.. The cast down blue eyes slowly taking a step behind the bright yellow cape before looking up. Fred was looking at him, studying him now. Gene never barged in when they needed money, a place to stay, a connection for anything they needed to get their hands on. That was rude, and when they wanted something, buttering Fred up usually proved more in their favor.
He glared at him, his white coat, his baffled but now seemingly understanding face. Understanding yet slightly disgusted and bored. As thought he suspected they would one day prove themselves more of a burden then they were worth and he frowned, they still didn't have any money, they still didn't have things together, even after all this time. Gene and Jim, still together but still under where they could have gotten if they had taken his offers years ago.
"Gene I don't have time for whatever trifle problem you have right now. If you don't let me continue my meeting I am going to call security." The purple hair frowned at them now, next to the two concerned yet outraged women. "These are high class investors who had traveled a long way to visit our-"
"-High class investors?" His unruly red hair smirked, cutting him off.
"Yes that's right." Fred looked perplexed now, maybe it *was* something other then money or pirates bringing them.
"These women are going to invest in your business Fred?" He cocked an eyebrow, how ironic was this. The purple hair nodded, eyeing the dark eyes somehow mocking him. Somehow bigger and stronger since the last time they had met. For some odd reason it seemed Gene was behind the desk now. "Then tell them to leave because I don't think they will be so thrilled to invest when they find out you have this weird habit of molesting little boys!"
He tried not to yell, he knew Jim wouldn't have wanted him to say it. Definitely not to yell it, he heard the small gagged choke from behind him as the brown eyes of the purple hair widened to the small female gasps. The aged classy eyes snapping at the white coat immediately as the unruly red hair growled.
"Ladies." His dark eyes watched Fred flash them a reassuring grin. "Will you please excuse me, there seems to be quiet a misconception here and I don't want to alarm you." He smirked watching Fred try to calm them, quickly hustling them out the door before snapping at him. Glaring at him. "Well Gene you've got some nerve." His brown eyes snapped at the outlaw, at the troublesome blonde hair ready to puke. His harsh tone easing slightly as he watched the reckless face just cock an eyebrow at his choice of words. Watching the brown eyes quickly start rephrasing things in its head. "Interrupting my meeting was totally avoidable Gene, do you have something to say to me?...Or do you Jim?"
The blue eyes jumped at the sound of Fred's voice spitting their name at them as the red unruly hair only growled.
"Oh yeah I got something to say alright Fred." The outlaw took a step forward, watching the white coat only move behind its desk, standing there.
"Really? Is it not the understanding when someone willingly excepts pay for a service they provide they are willingly excepting it?...Gene?" The brown eyes stared him down waiting watching the dark eyes squint furious before looking down.
"Is that true Jim? Did you name your price?" He watched the blue eyes blink, so stressed. The light face tense and upset as the small mouth gapped lightly.
"No I..I didn't say-"
"-You didn't name a price?! Did you say he could, if he paid you?!" The dark eye snapped at him, irritated and anxious for a real answer. The answer that would make his next move, but the blonde hair shook no.
"He just did Gene. I said no."
The dark eyes snapped up at an instant. Glaring at the white coat.
"Oh come on Gene." The brown eyes rolled mocking their comments. "I don't really remember what happened it was so long ago." He sighed, looking slightly worried now. The blue eyes were looking at him, they weren't on the floor anymore. The blonde hair that was so agitated and aggressive in the public bathroom had strength before it faltered. His mind frowned slightly, if Jim had used the strength he could have gotten away, but the emotional impact held him down. "Maybe he did say no." He shrugged again lightly. "The fact is I made sure I paid him well. Eight thousand Wong...that's an awful lot of money for nothing Gene." The brown eyes smiled at them.
The outlaw let out a sharp breath his dark eyes squinting. "Nothing...you call that for nothing?" The deep voice almost whisphered, his dark eyes glaring at the white coat as he slowly relaxed. His scarred arms falling back to his sides lightly, releasing his aggression, his castor. "I'll give you nothing." The brown eyes flickered lightly with concern as the outlaw seemed to relax. His hard powerful voice petering to a calm harsh sneer. Glaring at him, disgusted but, calm, watching him move closer to the right side of his desk. Towards the small button that would call security at an instant. "I am not going to blast anything Fred." He grinned suddenly. His hard sly grin staring down the white coat. "Don't you worry about me, you didn't touch me. No skin off my back...right Jim?" The blue eyes looked up at him as he glanced down. Listening intently still through the stressed but firmer expression. "You know who you should really be worrying about don't you Fred?" He grinned slyly, eyeing the white coat that suddenly seemed to be more interested in what they were saying. "Don't you think that maybe you should worry more about Jim and not me?" He watched the brown eyes snap at he blonde hair as he grinned. The confused baffled expression running over Fred's face, worry about Jim? The same patch of blonde hair and light skin that had lost so quickly. "The whole time he's been walking around with this kinda information about you. Do you know what would happen if anyone found out?" He felt himself chuckling lightly, he didn't come here to threaten Fred. He came there to shoot him, but he couldn't. It was Jim's score, and Jim didn't want him shooting, none of these threats had even occurred to him till now. He felt himself laughing slightly because of it. "What do you want Jim?"
He felt the loose jacket and red shirt stumble at his contact. His dark eyes still glaring hard at the white coat as his hand snatched down to the blonde hair. Shoving it forward, watching it stumble in front of him as thought it had just been put on display. The blue eyes cringing as they looked up at the light face of the purple hair. That white coat that suddenly valued his presence more then ever before because now he was a threat.
"You tell him." The outlaw muttered from behind. "Anything you want." His scarred hand slid down to his castor, running lightly around the strong handle. The sharp trigger. "And he'll give it to you." The dark strong barrel raised, aiming at the purple hair and brown eyes.
"I don't want anything from him Gene." The blue eyes glared ahead at the purple hair. The stressed, hurt expression drilling to a disgusted twisted expression of hate, spitting its words out bitterly. The brown eyes just watching silently a nerved but still and calm.
"What? You don't want anything?" He frowned watching the back of the blonde hair before grinning, his dark eyes moving back to white coat. "You hear that Fred, looks like he's getting you off the hook." He grunted lightly letting his castor slide into the barrel again before watching the blonde hair whirl around to the large slam from outside the room somewhere. The sound of the police rushing in. "Not for good Fred." His dark eyes glared at the purple hair, ignoring the light hands.
"Gene we have to go the cops are here!" His dark eyes ignored the tugging, the stressed shoving.
"When he calls, whatever he needs. Know it by yourself Fred, you owe whatever he wants to him."
"Gene lets go! Drop it we have to get out of here!" The light hands disappeared locking the office door before snapping back at the unruly red hair.
"I could never stop you when he was younger, thought I did now that he was older. So you better make it up to me." He sneered, watching the white coat frown as it listened. The brown eyes almost mesmerized by the sincerity of the deep voice. The dark reckless eyes expressionless, burning into him over the sound of the cops smashing into the office. The blonde hair silently standing, knowing they were caught.
"Get you hands in the air where we can see them!"
It only took a minute more for them to smash in the door. He felt the rough strong shove of several guys pushing him over. Ripping the castor off his side along with knife to his boot and small bombs. The hard fast hands patting him down. The rough cool surface of the floor against his cheek. His dark eyes watching his partner, standing three feet from him. Hands up slightly watching the cop ease towards it before its wrists were yanked up and held as a cop started patting it down. The blonde hair and calm light skin disappearing as he blinked. The strong force leaving him, cuffs running around his hands held tightly behind his back. The sound of the strong metal circles to his and his partner's cuffs clicking as he opened his eyes. The hard fast hands now pulling him up and shoving him forward. The heavy walking and soft mechanical clank of the heavy guns leading them back towards the elevator.
His dark unruly eyes smirking at the secretary. Her thin tight face now holding a serves your right expression as she stood by her desk, obviously the one who called. The two elderly women next to her, one still giving a cop her statement.
"Sorry" He grinned, almost chuckling his comment. Nothing but the small growl answering him from the blonde hair walking behind him. The gun barrel jabbing his back as his blue eyes looked at the yellow cloak and cuffed blue hands in front of him.
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"You couldn't have listened to me like I said! Had to go busting in there without thinking about what you were doing huh Gene!?" The blue eyes sneered at him. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair bounce lightly as the patrol truck hit another air pocket. The loose jacket and blonde hair scowling at him from the small metal bench coming out of his side of the heavy police truck. One small gloved hand cuffed to it, sitting in front of the unruly red hair cuffed to his bench and lazily slouching there. Yet glaring at the blonde hair, the two cops sitting, one on each bench some foot from them. "Next time don't bring me! It's one thing to get your own ass hulled to jail but I didn't have anything on my record! And I never wanted to see Fred!"
"Alright" he heard himself growl watching the blonde hair only slump back into the wall growling. The thoughts running behind the blue in its eyes. Waiting till enough of them built up it could spit more at the calm yet slightly annoyed outlaw.
"Hey pal how long are you going to hold us?" The blue eyes snapped at the two cops lazily watching them argue. "Is Fred pressing charges or what?" His dark eyes grinned slightly watching the cop just shrug. Silently laughing at them, we must be slightly funny to watch his mind chuckled. "Mel and Aisha are gonna have a fit." The blue eyes slumped back into the wall, relaxing as there was nothing to do but wait. His blue eyes shooting one last squint at the dark eyes slyly grinning as the outlaw sat completely patient, obviously more accustomed to what was happening.
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"You will remain in custody until an acting manager of Lou Enterprises as well as Morgan and Vicson Incorporated issues us a statement as to whether or not you will be charged."
"Hey pal why don't you get your hands off me so I can make my phone-"
"-Starwind? Gene Starwind?" The cop frowned watching the unruly red hair relax lightly but continue walking down the hall. The strong cop boots leading both his dark eyes and the blonde hair beside him to a cell. "Fingerprints check out, Starwind. You've gotten 5 C's already. I wouldn't be smart assing anyone here on Heighfond if you know what's good for you." The cop smirked lightly. Watching the dark eyebrow cock at him as the strong metal keys opened the iron cell now to their right. The young smart assed face of the cop smiling at them as they walked in, ignoring the growling of the unruly red hair. "Guess I'll see you two later then." The young brown hair chuckled lightly locking the door again before starting back down the hall. His light chuckling echoing back at them, teasing the dark reckless eyes.
"Hey Gene." His dark eyes left the young laughing brown hair as the elbow nudged him. Dark eyes glancing first at the blonde hair before at the shiny mossy green of their other cell occupant.
"Hey how you doing?" His scarred face grinned, the guy was smiling at them already. "Gene Starwind." He watched the mossy green eyes cock at him lazily before extending a hand, and shaking the blue glove he had extended with his name.
"Russell Cormick." The mossy green eyes and tanned skin grinned, before glancing at the blonde hair. Extending his hand to the blue eyes that vacantly watched him. Shaking the stronger hand that reached for him before frowning slightly as the grin smiled directly at him.
"Jim...Hawking." His scarred face grinned lazily lounging into the small cot. It was a tight space. It's got to be maybe seven by seven, his mind growled lightly. Eyeing the small contents. The one bunk bed and single cot, sink, toilet, ugly cinderblock wall and metal laser bars running in front of them and to their right. Opening the side facing the police desk for the cell wing.
"What are you all in here for?" The mossy green eyes grinned lounging back into the bottom bunk where he was. Humored as he watched them noisily come in, arguing with the guards as he lay there.
"Harassing some big business suit." His unruly red hair chuckled lightly, moving slightly as the blonde hair sat down on the end of his cot.
"What are you in here for?" The blonde hair watched the black color as he spoke. The loose gray shirt of mossy green eyes shrugging lightly.
"Burglary." He stated matter o' factly.
"Oh yeah." The dark eyes grinned, chuckling lightly "What were you trying to steal?"
The mossy green eyes chuckled watching him before shrugging again lightly. "A ship. But they won't hold me long. Don't got enough on me, I used to be a cop once...but I was set up." The raspy voice chuckled suddenly. "Why? What's it to you Gene, you don't mind if I call you that right?" The outlaw shrugged, only flashing a sly grin..
"That's my name isn't it." He chuckled lightly. "I hear you, I run my own business and sometimes the cops got a problem with our bills." He grinned watching the mossy green eyes scuff a short laugh.
"You don't say. What kinda business?" He cocked a dark eyebrow at the unruly color.
"We sell solutions to any problem." He grinned. "Starwind and Hawking Enterprises, right down on Sentinel three."
"Really? Sentinel huh?" The tanned skin grinned at him. "I hear Sentinel's pretty dead, a good spot to be if you want to get lost."
He grinned leaning back into the rough cinder blocks slightly ignoring the flat comment about Sentinel...it was dead. Reckless dark eyes watching the grinning tanned skin glance at his younger partner who had been silently studying it.
"Hey kid, why don't you come sleep closer to me...You want the top bunk? I am not going to bite." His green eyes and raspy voice chuckled lightly watching the blue eyes frown as they stood up. Moving over towards the bolted down bunk system
"My name is Jim. You don't mind if I call you Russell do you?" The blonde hair smirked at him, watching the tanned face silence. Eyeing the smart comeback with irritation as the white cargos climbed onto the top bunk before staring up at the ceiling.
"Do they plan on feeding us or what? Jim what do you know about this place" The dark eyes glanced up at the bunk lazily watching a gloved hand make a small how should I know motion.
"They took my stuff Gene." The light voice stated matter o' factly, blue eyes staring up at the ceiling as the red hair growled. The rough concrete sliding under his shoulders as he slid into the cot more. Offering a small nod to the shiny black hair before shutting his eyes. Two hours was to long to wait for awake.
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His dark eye frowned lightly, listening to the heavy laughter from the small five year old behind him. The blonde hair watching him silently argue over the laundry detergent as he looked down. Watching the open circle to the washing machine almost mock him. "Yeah I look real funny don't I." He grumbled lightly listening to the small muddy pair of jeans and loose deep green shirt sit down on the floor now laughing too hard to stand. "Ahh blast." His dark eyes frowned, snapping at the odd buttons and one big knob to the machine as it started trying to wash while he wasn't finished. "Alright!" He shot, his dark eyes momentarily snapping at the blonde hair doubling over at him before snapping back at the machine. "Alright Iris! I forgot! What do I do!?" He shot, yelling over the small laughter as he looked down. The small bin inside the great metal square trying to wash without any soap or enough water. Making a hard growling sound at him as she came rushing back in. Her soft feminine blonde hair looking down before squeaking.
"Ahh Gene you goof what did you do to it huh?" In a few quick snaps the machine turned off. Her soft thin hands dropping the small knob as it suddenly started adding more water. Soft feminine eyes laughing at him lightly before turning around to the jeans sitting on the floor laughing. "Jim take off your shoes and stop laughing at him." She chuckled lightly watching the small face. The closed blue eyes continuing to beam at them through the heavily laughter. "Jim it's not nice to laugh at people you dirty rat." she giggled lightly. Watching the muddy light face relax lightly, only chuckling at them. The dark eyes giving it a dull look.
"Iris." She glanced up at him, watching his unruly red hair just sigh heavily. Exhausted from working his two bit job at the small farm two hours down the road. His scarred form and pants still covered in mud like the blonde hair that couldn't resist getting into it too after Gene had. Never mind Gene accidentally fell in, it still looked like a lot of fun.
"Mm your just lucky my laundry room is downstairs Gene." She frowned watching the blonde hair smear mud in circles with its hands from where it sat before she sighed. "And get you pants off, they're making tracks you know! Who do you think is going to wash all this Gene!?" She squeaked annoyed watching him grin. His loose baggy pants continuing to smear mud like a mop as he moved. His dark eyes running over the filthy floor before back at her as she started towards the blonde hair.
"Jim get this stuff off ." She smiled pulling the muddy deep green cotton over his head. Watching him smear his hands on the portions of the cloth not coated with the thick brown dirt as he laughed lightly. "You two are lucky I didn't make you take all your clothes off outside. You know I am splitting this place with May, she's going to kill me when she finds out I let two guys coated with mud in here Gene." She whined lightly as she squeaked unbuttoning the small pair of jeans before letting the small hands take over. Pushing the rim down slightly before hopping to get them off.
"What Iris?" Her navy eyes smiled at the blonde hair that stopped listening to her. "We can take our clothes off not in da...in outside?"
"No we can't take our clothes off outside." The red hair shot annoyed, watching the blue eyes continue to eye her as she giggled before calming as his dark eyes shot her a look.
"Notah, I was only playing sweetie." She giggled lightly watching him step out of his pants. Nothing but muddy light skin, blonde hair and orange boxers which quickly sat back down smearing the mud on the floor. "Aaaa" she whined watching him, the small laugh the only indication the blue eyes even heard her.
"So who is this May?" She looked up, watching the dark eye cock an eyebrow at her. "She some hot babe?" She wrinkled her nose, nodding to the blonde hair suddenly back at the door asking if he could go outside.
"Maybe." She giggled lightly watching the scarred blue boxers drop his muddy jeans into the washing machine. Unruly red hair moving over slightly as she dropped in the smaller clothes from the blonde hair.
"Hey Jim you think May's a hot..." His dark eyes trailed before growling lightly at the open door. "Iris, if I hear anything from him about wanting to take stuff off while he's out your going to owe me." He grinned watching her move to the window shutting the door. Her thin feminine figure giggling as she listened to him, he owed her too many. Strong scarred hand shutting the top of the washer as she opened the window.
"No!" He glanced at her as she called out. "Don't put that in your mouth it's got germs on it!" She whined squeaking as she leaned out. His dark eyes walking over next to her watching the light hand look down at the small whatever that looked interesting to taste.
"I dident see any on dare." The blue eyes frowned, looking into his hand for whatever germ things there might be.
"Yaha but they're there." She giggled lightly watching the blue eyes continue to frown. Starting to look as though it might say something to protest again. "Gene how are.."
"Hey Jim." The blue eyes looked up at the red hair now shoving the giggling figure from the window while holding onto the bottom of her dress. His scarred face grinning as she smacked him playfully. "Never mind the germs. If you want to put that in your mouth, you better be sure that's what you want because if I see you do that to one thing. I am going to jam it down your throat." She giggled harder suddenly, covering her mouth as the blue eyes dropped what looked like a small rock frowning.
"Down my throat?" The light voice repeated watching it fall before looking back up at the red hair that nodded, repeating yeah down your throat. "Like dat, like dat yucky...da yucky purple cough-"
"-Yeah, just like the yucky purple cough medicine." His scarred face grinned watching the light skin make a face as it started back toward the door. For some reason it just wasn't as interesting outside anymore.
"Gene you animal!" His dark eyes glanced at her as she hit him with both hands now. "Don't tell him that or he's not going to want to take more of it later!" She laughed, pulling at the bottom of her short dress he held on to.
"He's not going to forget, I already told you." He chuckled lightly letting go, watching her step back smoothing her dress before looking up at him with a short sigh.
"Are you two leaving when your clothes are done?" Her face watched him as she relaxed, his scarred features thinking before shrugging.
"Yeah maybe, but it doesn't really matter when we leave. That's the only job that's called in for today." He watched her make a face, like ew a job with that much mud. She wasn't going to even ask what he was doing at that farm to show up looking like that.
"Well then I need you to fix something for me." She watched him make a face, rolling his eyes lightly before sighing as her eyes didn't falter. The same -you better fix this for me- look staring at him.
"What?" He sighed heavily, his dark eyes glancing at the open door as the blonde hair came back in. Holding the small vent screen to her air conditioner in its hands.
"I need you to fix the light in my closet, I can't see anything and...what is so funny Gene?" She frowned watching him grin suddenly before following her gaze. Her sweet navy blue eyes falling on the blonde hair momentarily before snapping back at him. "Ohhh Gene your not listening to one word I say!" She whined smacking him lightly watching his face flash her a lop sided grin.
"Course I am, you busted your closet light." He shrugged watching her groan at him. Her face frowning lightly but slightly humored as he started out of the laundry room wearing only his boxers. Off to fix the upstairs hall closet light.
"Hey!" she snapped watching the blue eyes jump up at her immediately. Looking up from where they were busy both smearing mud and bending the air conditioning vent.
"I'll put dat back." The light face smiled at her, watching her make a face at him.
"Right now! Right now Jimmy this is the last time you take that off. You wanna bust my air conditioner!" She frowned, shoving him back out the door as he whined looking up at her.
"But I wanna, I waaana see what's in dare Iris. I'll put dat-"
"-Yeah you'll put it back right *now* Jim." She frowned watching him turn back around as she stood in the doorway, his light face groweling at her. "I am gonna swat you." She frowned watching his blue eyes squint fast.
"Natah you can't." She blinked, watching him grin at her suddenly sticking his tongue at her. Her face choking a laugh before she could tell herself not to. Watching him laugh at her as he stood there.
"Come here and try me." she grinned at him watching him stop laughing. His blue eyes studying her. "You want to seeee?" She giggled lightly watching him frown at her before groweling. His blonde hair stomping back down the side of the house to screw the vent back on to her giggling.
"What's so funny?" His dark eyes peered out at her from inside her hall closet as she passed. Momentarily watching her light thin figure walk by into the bathroom starting the tub.
"You." she sighed leaning into the doorway looking up. Watching the scarred chest and dark eyes look down at her from where they were reaching up to the ceiling. Unscrewing the light fixture from the small step latter. "Jim unscrewed my air conditioner vent again." She sighed watching him laugh. His dark eyes looking back up to more unscrewing, his scarred fingers working the small metal bolts gingerly so nothing would break.
"You better watch him or he'll take apart the air conditioner." He watched her eyes widen lightly as he grinned down. "That's what happened to our toaster" Her feminine blonde hair quickly disappeared into the bathroom as he listening to the window open and the stressed Jim you get your butt in this house before I come get you being yelled out. His dark eyes grinning, chuckling up to the light fixture as half of it detached from the wall. Her light voice shooting back an oh yes I will before the window shut. Her navy eyes looking down at the tub now half full. Testing the water before shutting it off to the downstairs door closing. The blue eyes frowning as they came back in looking up at him as they came up the stairs.
"Gene Iris said..." The light voice trailed catching sight of her. Her navy blue eyes cocking an eyebrow at him, humored that Jim was telling on her.
"What did Iris say?" The dark eyes looked down out of the closet doorway, grinning at them. Watching the blue eyes only make a face before sighing lightly as she giggled. "Hey you touch anything downstairs?" The dark eyes frowned lightly watching the blue eyes just blink looking at him. Drawing a blank as to what he was asking, the dark eyes running over the muddy hands. "Go take a bath." The red hair disappeared reaching back up to the light fixture. The blue eyes slowly moving to the closet doorway. Eyeing the small lit space Gene was in before looking up, nudging the scarred form working.
"Gene can I see dat, can I see." The blue eyes looked up, the wires and pieces exposed from where the unruly red hair had taken the light fixture off.
"You want to see it?" The dark eyes grinned down suddenly, watching the blonde hair nodd. "Are you asking me if you can see?"
"Yeah I want da see dat. I want da see da, dat stuff." The light hand pointed up watching the dark eyes grin before making a face.
"Well what did I just ask you to do?" The unruly red hair waited watching the light face think before frowning.
"I'll miss daaat if I take a bath." The blue eyes whined suddenly nudging him as he shook no.
"No you won't, go get in the tub. You want me to wait?" He grinned watching the groaning blonde hair look back up nodding as he said the last part. The light hands quickly disappearing from the doorway of the closet, hurrying towards the bathroom. Her soft eyes watching it go in before shutting the door. Feminine smooth face smiling at the red hair climbing down the step latter before sighing. His scarred form taking a few steps over before leaning on her. Feeling her smooth shoulders and blonde hair as he squeezed her light sundress before feeling her shove him. His scarred hand moving up her front as he grinned.
"Gene your such an animal." She giggled lightly shoving his hands off her chest as she leaned into the wall. Watching his dark eyes push around in front of her. "Are you tired?" She smiled lightly watching his scarred shoulders shrug, but he was. His dark eyes looking back up as she ran her hands through his red hair lightly. "Why don't you try and sleep here? Maybe you'll sleep better?" She smiled lightly at him watching his dark eyes look down, ignoring her comment as he just hugged her again. Her thin arms squeezing him as he stood there. "Did you hear me Gene?" She felt his face smile from where it was pushing into her neck. "You want to take a nap?" She heard his light chuckle as she giggled out her words, nudging him lightly.
His humored scarred face standing back up, looking at her. "I don't think I have time, Jim's got to-"
"-I can watch him, why don't you go to sleep. Then he can just nap with you in some.." Her eyes roamed the hallway, stopping on the closed bathroom door that hid the clock before shrugging. "It was 12:20 when you guys showed, so maybe ten minutes." she smiled watching him think. His scarred face debating if he really had time to sleep. Considering he wasn't getting much at night anymore. I used to sleep like a rock, his mind chuckled. And he knew he had, friends had told him, women had told him and he had ever since he was younger. Now all of a sudden every little sound woke him up, Jim woke him up sometimes three times a night and falling asleep had gotten harder to.
"I don't have time Iris." He frowned slightly at her thin hands shoving him lightly. Feeling him hug her again as she started to her bedroom. His weight shuffling after her as he didn't let go.
"Yes you do. Now your going to sleep Gene you look tired to me." She frowned at him as he let go looking at her. "What are you going to miss hmm? You said yourself no work came in so come on silly." She giggled lightly moving him in front of her so he stood with his legs against the bed. His scarred face grinning at her as she wrinkled her nose.
"I can't. When our clothes come out Jim's got to go to some place so they can do some kinda scan on him, and they want to see me too. Cause Judith thinks I don't look to good and.." She watched him mutter the stuff they were going to have to do. They stuff he should be doing, the work they needed as he laid down. Her smooth thin hands running through his hair as she shhed him lightly. Watching his scarred eyes close as he sighed heavily, before she got back up. Her feminine blonde hair shaking lightly as she walked by the bathroom listening to the blonde hair play, her small sundress starting back down the stairs to the laundry room. Looking in at the pair of dark blue jeans and red t-shirt still washing before opening the dryer. Listening to the loud soothing hum of the heat stop as it clicked open. The smooth cotton of the smaller green t-shirt and baggy blue jeans running under her hands. "Dry enough" She smiled to herself pulling them out before moving the washing machine knob to the last steps so it would hurry along.
Her small purple sundress heading back up the stairs with the small 6x clothing. Her smooth face giggling as he heard him call her name from behind the door. "What?" She giggled opening it slightly so she could hear him better. Her soft navy eyes looking at the hallway wall as she listened to him tell her how cool da water ding was. Her face giggling harder as she walked in watching him look up at her smiling. "Your clothes are all done." She smiled sighing lightly. Her eyes running over the water he splashed onto the floor before sighing again. "Ok Jim it's lessen time." He frowned lightly, but listened. "When you make a mess it's your job to clean it up. So when you get out, which is now." She shot him a look stopping his protests dead. "Guess what you get to do." She giggled again watching his blue eyes think before moving towards the edge of the tub looking down at the floor.
"But I dident do dat." The blue looked back up at her smiling lightly, watching her giggle.
"Alright." She sighed sitting his clothes on the small counter before pulling out a towel watching him splash some more before stopping to watch the water drip onto the floor. "Oh heeey your getting everything wet." She whined lightly watching him look up momentarily smiling before reaching into the tub and dropping more water onto the floor. "Jim!" His blue eyes looked up at her hard snap. Navy eyes frowning at him. "Stop that, your cleaning this up cause I watched you do it." She giggled watching his face make a shocked oops expression as he realized he had done it right in front of her.
"Dat's ok though." He shrugged lightly, watching her cock an eyebrow at him as his thin light figure stood up. Lifting his arms as she slide the soft yellow towel around him.
"Oh it is?" She smiled sweetly watching him nod. Taking the towel and hanging onto it at the top as she got another one. Her thin hands shaking it open so she could dry his hair.
"I don't mind dat. Iris yesdaday ahhh!" She watched him trail lightly before growling at her. The soft white towel in her hands roughing into his hair as he stood. His body teetering lightly before stepping forward and gripping the side of the tub with one hand. His blue eyes frowning at her as she stopped drying his hair, her light face giggling at him watching him growl. "Don't do dat anymore!" He shot at her watching her continue to giggle hanging the towel up, watching him shake his head. His wet blonde hair ruffling as he shook it before looking back up at her. His blue eyes watching the floor as she pulled him out, letting him stand outside the tub before handing him clothes. Her light face smiling as she watched him tell her about something stupid Gene did yesterday, but she wasn't really listening. Gene had looked slightly thinner, her mind frowned thinking about it. He must have lost at least seven pounds, not that she didn't just love the way his pants threatened to slip right off him every second, he looked tired.
"Sweetie?" She watched the blue eyes look up at her, stopping as she interrupted. Quickly shooting her a frown as she took that opportunity to pull his dark green shirt over his head. Watching the light skin and now orange boxers let go of the towel to put his arms through it. "Does Gene sleep good Jim?" She watched his blue eyes blink, almost eyeing her as if she shouldn't have known about whatever it was she was talking about.
"What's dat?" she shrugged lightly, listening to his familiar phrase, asking her what she meant.
"Gene looks tired, do you know why that is, hmm?" She smiled lightly watching him think as she crouched down helping him snap up his jeans.
"Did you ask him dat?" The blue eyes frowned lightly at her, watching her look up thinking.
"Yes. I just wanted to know what you thought." She smiled lightly watching him yawn as he listened to her.
"Gene dadent sleep good cause he misses his dad." Her face flinched suddenly, staring at him, but he didn't notice. His blue eyes busy arguing with his shirt before sighing and looking back up at her sleepily. "Iris can, where is Gene?" She blinked lightly watching him mumble his question as he stepped forward. His light weight leaning into her before she blinked looking down at him. Her smooth thin hand ruffling his wet hair lightly before hugging him. Feeling the light hands move slightly from where they were pulled into the dark green shirt pressing into her. Not hugging back but staying where he was as she squeezed him lightly before picking him up as she stood. Navy eyes running over the bathroom before hitting the small button empting the tub. Her one hand moving lightly, as she patted the small back in her arms before ruffling it. Feeling him smile as she growled playfully roughing his shirt before offering a quick sweet pat to the back of his pants as she started out of the bathroom. Her eyes glancing in at the sleeping red hair as she walked in shhing him immediately. Watching the light face lean back in her arms to look at her before watching her point at the closed dark eyes.
"What dat...Gene's asleep Iris?" The blue eyes frowned lightly at her, almost confused as he watched her smile nodding. "Wh?" The blue eyes looked back over at the scarred form now sleeping under her comforter as she shrugged.
"He's tired sweetie. You want to take a nap now?" She smiled at him as he looked back at her nodding. Unusually compliant to admit he wanted a nap since Gene was already taking one.
"Did you make Gene take dat, take a nap too?" the blue eyes whisphered to her lightly as she walked over to the bed nodding.
"Sure did. I told him to get in this bed and sleep." She giggled lightly watching the scarred face grin, still eyes closed as it woke up to the small noise she was making. "I told him I was gonna swat him good if he didn't get right in this bed like he was told." The scarred chest moved lightly as the red hair laughed without making any noise. A dark eye opening lightly to peer at them. Watching the blonde hair stand on the bed as she let it slide down lightly. The blue eyes almost widened listening to her. Engrossed in the fact Iris ordered Gene to go to bed or she would have swatted him.
"Should da done dat anyway." The light face smiled suddenly watching her giggle.
"Done what? You want me to swat him anyway?" She giggled watching the blonde hair nod as it smiled.
"Dat would da, da been funny da see Iris. Cause-"
"-Oh you think that would have been funny?" the blonde hair jumped lightly, stepping back into the bed to turn around. Frowning down at the dark eyes that looked up grinning.
"Dat was a trick!" The blue eyes shot watching the laughing scarred face shake its head no. "Yeahhuh you lied! I thought you were sleeping Gene!" The blonde hair shot, leaving the feminine purple dress for the chuckling red hair. The scarred hand snapping at the light wrist coming to smack him. Puling the small weight into the bed quickly.
"Thought it would have been funny if Iris swatted my butt huh?" His dark eyes grinned ruffling the light face into the pillow as the small body laughed pushing at him. "How about I hold you down at let her swat you?" He laughed listening to the immediate Nooos! shoot from the pillow as the light face pushed up. The small baggy jeans scrambling over the red hair, watching the dark eyes squint at him before snapping at his ankle.
"Ahh Gene let me go! Don't do dat!" The light face whined laughing. Unsure if the dark hair would really go through with its threat. His blue eyes watching the feminine hair lay down giggling lightly as she watched but ignored them. "Don't do dat!" The blonde hair shot quickly as the scarred hand drug him over. Shoving his head back into the pillow before laying down. Watching the blue eyes frown as they sat up quickly looking at the feminine face that just giggled shaking her head no, she wasn't going to do any of that.
"Lay down and go to sleep." The dark eyes grinned watching the smiling blue look back at him before lying down. Sending him a soft approving punch as his dark closed eyes. His grin fading lightly but remaining on his face as he relaxed. The soft light breathing of the deep green shirt and blonde hair on his side changing lightly as it fell asleep. The feminine eyes looking up at the ceiling before glancing at the clock. Silently nominated to be the designated alarm clock, her eyes blinking lightly as she sighed. It was 12:55, Jim could sleep for a half an hour because Gene had said they had to go at 2:00.
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"Gene?" She smiled watching has scarred face sleep as she shook him lightly. Her soft eyes glancing at the sleeping blonde hair in-between them before silently shaking the unruly color again. "Gene wake up?" She giggled lightly watching the dark eyes open, looking at her slightly annoyed.
"What?" He grumbled at her sighing heavily as he ran a scarred hand over his face before yawning.
"Where was it you two have to go huh? Cause it's 1:30." He glanced up, watching her light face frown slightly as she waited. Where was it we have to go? His mind repeated as it drew a blank. His scarred face just looking at her, watching her raise her eyebrows at him as he didn't response. Oh yeah, his head chuckled lightly. He had to fix her light, and then they had those blasted medical appointments he had been putting off. At least they're on the same day now, his mind growled lightly as he shrugged. "Well do you have to get up now or not?" She frowned giving him a look watching him nod. His scarred chest sitting up slowly, watching Jim's face frown as he moved. His scarred face grinning lightly as he slide the small arm and blonde hair off him standing up. Mouthing he was going to get his clothes to her as she smiled. Shifting the comforter she laid on before pulling it up to the blonde hair. Tucking it in before getting up and walking out. Her soft eyes running over the hallway before looking down, smiling as she watched the red hair come out of the laundry room hopping into its baggy jeans before sighing. His scarred arms yawning as he pulled his black t-shirt over his head, grinning as he caught her watching him. "Gene?" He flashed her another lop sided grin as he started back up the stairs watching her patiently wait for him to get there. "Maybe you should stay here and sleep some and I'll take Jim where he needs to go huh?" She watched him look down thinking as he yawned before shaking his head no.
"Naa I have to go anyway, it's ok Iris." He grinned at her watching he shrug.
"Why do you have to go huh?" She frowned lightly watching him shrug again starting towards her closet.
"The women who sees him, Judith." He glanced at her lightly as he started back up her step ladder. "Wants me to come in and see her too...beats the hell outa me." she looked up watching him pull several wires out of the small hole before unscrewing the weird mercury bulb.
"Wha? How come huh? You sick or something?" He grinned down at her shaking his head no.
"Naa I think she just worries cause we see her so much. Nothing special...so I have to do that and then she wants Jim to get some kinda..." He trailed lightly struggling with the bulb he couldn't pull on but wouldn't come out. "..some kinda body scan so she can get readings from his bones and systems, junk like that. Since he doesn't like milk she worries about his calcium intake with the planet rotation the way it is, and we can't get vitamins for him cause we can't afford it, and he never had anything healthy when he was younger" He shrugged talking up to the hole before glancing down at her. Watching her face still frowning lightly as he told her, none of that sounded like anything good. "Hey don't worry about it." He flashed her a lop sided grin as he saw her face. Watching her force a light smile before looking towards the bedroom at the sound of his name.
"Geeene!" He chuckled at the small yell, climbing down the step latter before pushing past her as she sighed. Watching his scarred figure disappear into the bedroom chuckling lightly.
"Hey what are you yelling for?" He grinned watching the half open blue eyes look up at him from where the blonde sat on the bed. The light arms pulled in tight as the blue eyes yawned irritable.
"What's dat! You left Geeene, I am tiiired." The light face whined, getting up. The loose blue jeans stepping over the big bulges of the comforter as it moved towards the grinning black shirt.
"Come on, want to see the light I was taking apart?" He grinned watching the blonde hair nod as it walked into him before looking off the side of the bed and jumping off. Following the baggy jeans into the hall towards the closet before stopping. Watching the red unruly hair walk in before grinning at him, motioning for him to follow. "Come on Jim I got two seconds to do this then we're leaving." The blue eyes frowned lightly, still frustrated from waking up as it trudged forward. Looking up at the cool wires in the ceiling as the scarred hands pulled him up, bouncing his weight lightly. The blue eyes staying still as Gene moved them onto his shoulders and looked back up. "Ahh not my hair." The scarred hands snapped back at the laughing blue eyes pulling the light hands out of his hair from where they where hanging on, ripping it out. Feeling the light grip move to his forehead as he stepped up, reaching his hand back up to pull on the bulb. His dark eyes glancing up at the light face leaning forward more to look at the wires before reaching for them. The second hand leaving his forehead to move them around, interested.
"Gene, you guys are going to kill yourselves and then I am going to have to drag you out come ooon." She whined lightly watching the scarred face laugh as he looked up putting the new bulb in as the light hands played with the wires.
"Alright alright." He chuckled suddenly, his dark eyes glancing at her. "Go start the car we'll be there in one second.
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"Gene your such an animal." She giggled feeling his hand pinch her lightly as they walked. His scarred hand opening the second glass door as he held onto the light hand of the blonde hair, watching her walk in. The small lobby of the familiar office coming into view as they came in. Walking straight to the reception desk, the nurse smiling at them immediately. Handing the red hair two files without more then a nice to see you, she knew who they were.
"Great." He mumbled lightly as he sighed moving towards the chairs against the large reception desks and sitting down.
"You don't know how long yours is going to take Gene?" He glanced at her watching her sit down next to him as the blonde hair moved towards the small speaker admitting the soft elevator music under their chair. The blue eyes studying the wire running in the back and the parts visible behind the thin black netting covering the front.
"Yeah I don't know Iris. I really don't even know what they want, so...Jim." The blue eyes looked up getting into the chair next to the red hair as the dark eyes frowned at them. "So I don't have any idea of how long it will take." He watched her nod as she listened to him.
"Alright, do you want us to just come back to the lobby when they're done with him?" She frowned lightly watching him nod. His unruly red hair looking down at the blonde hair leaning over its chair reaching for the speaker.
"Jim?" He grinned watching the blonde hair sit up looking at him. "Your going to go with Iris and get your scan cause Judith wants me to come see her, alright?" The blue eyes frowned.
"How come you, how come you have to go see Mrs. Miller?" the blonde hair shook no confused, watching the scarred shoulders shrug.
"Beats me, but that's what she said." The blonde hair shook no. "Come on I am not fooling." He chuckled lightly but the light face didn't relax, that didn't sound right. Mrs. Miller always only saw him, not Gene. "Fine, how about you watch me go in to see her and then you go with Iris." The light face just groaned at him thinking.'
"Gene can I play with dis?" The light hand reached off the chair towards the speaker watching the dark eyes grin before shaking no.
"No."
"Ahh how come dat, it's right dare. You can see me right dare." The blue eyes frowned slightly watching his scarred face sigh with a grin. Humored with the fact the kid remembered him always saying no because he couldn't see it so far away.
"Jim you didn't answer me. You watch me go with Mrs. Miller and then you go with Iris alright?" His scarred hand grabbed the light wrist reaching off the chair, watching the blue eyes turn back to him listening harder. "Alright?" The light face nodded, frowning slightly. "Alright."
"Gene your not...pulling my leg right?" The scarred face grinned, that was his expression.
"No, you don't mind going with me right sweetie?" The feminine blonde hair leaned around the scarred chest suddenly. Watching the light face tilt slightly as it became more aware of her there before shaking its head no. As long as Gene wasn't goofing off he didn't mind.
"Good." The scarred face grinned nodding at the nurse that walked over looking at him. Closing her mouth from where she was going to speak as he stood up.
"Wait I want to come too." The blonde hair got up looking at him.
"What? I thought we just said you were going to go with Iris." The dark eyes frowned slightly watching the blue eyes blink as they thought.
"Yeah I know dat, but I want...I want to go with you da...I want.."
"You want to come with me to make sure?" The blonde hair nodded watching the scarred face sigh as the dark eyes looked up briefly. "Alright." the scarred hand motioned for the blonde hair to come. "Real fast Jim, your not missing your appointment got it." He shot his order firm watching the light face quickly nod, smiling as it followed. Her light giggling watching them go down the hall before turning into the small room to the right.
The same small crowded space they weren't supposed to be back in for another week coming into view. "Good afternoon Gene." Her soft gray hair smiled at him immediately before letting out a soft laugh as the blonde hair followed him in. "Well well what are you doing here?" She smiled down at the blue eyes that looked at her.
"Is dat true you want Gene to come?" The blue eyes frowned lightly watching her nod as she laughed.
"Yes I only want to see Gene for a little bit ok. Nothing bad don't you worry about it Jim." She smiled motioning for his red hair to get onto the familiar green table in the middle. His dark eyes cocking lightly before standing next to it. Watching her gray hair shoot him a humored expression without a word of protest.
"Jim go get back with Iris or your going to be late." His dark eyes shot the blonde hair watching them a frown. The light mouth hanging open lightly as it watched, interested to see what would be different if it was Gene there instead of him.
"But I don't wanna do dat." The blue eyes frowned taking a step away from the door as his dark eyes squint opening his mouth to say something before turning back to the gray hair that moved in front of him. Shining a small light into his eye before looking into his mouth. Her smooth worn hands running along his neck examining his glands before stepping back. Placing the stethoscope into her ears.
"I didn't ask you what you wanted to do, you go see her right now." He ordered quickly watching the worn feminine features in front of him smile before placing the small circular piece under his shirt listening to his chest. Momentarily glancing at him as he growled instinctively at the blonde hair before offering her a lop sided grin as an apology. Listening to her small breath deeper as he waited for her to finish. Pulling the cool circle off him and moving back to the counter. "Jim." His dark eyes frowned glancing at her busy gray hair before moving over to the blue eyes watching him. Grabbing the small light arm and starting for the doorway. "You see all these people out here?" He watching the blue eyes look out to the lobby and the nurses as he whisphered crouched down by the light ear. "All these people are going to look at you when I put you in time out right here for not listening." the blue eyes shot at him concerned, letting out a small whine as he let go of its arm.
"Aaaa but Gene I-"
"-No. You go back over there and sit with Iris because you know where I am. Go on over there so you don't miss your appointment or your getting time out." The blue eyes whined turning back at him to grab his shirt as he shook his red hair no.
"I don't waaana, don't Waannna do dat Geeene." The light face pushed into his shoulder pushing to be picked up as the scarred hands just shoved him off gently.
"You don't want time out right here do you?" He whisphered listening to Judith speak his name from behind him. His scarred hand making a motion letting her know he would be right there as he shoved the blonde hair off him. "Now you be good for Iris or she's going to swat you butt alright?" The light face only whined harder at him tugging at his shirt as he brushed the light hands off. "Judith, I am going to be right back alright?" His red hair stood up looking back at her, watching her nod. His scarred hand taking the lighter one and walking back into the hall.
"Gene I dident want to goahhGene are you mad at me?" the blue eyes looked up whining lightly to the scarred face as he walked quickly back to the lobby pulling the blonde hair with him.
"No but I am starting to *get* mad Jim." The dark eyes snapped down watching the blue eyes read his expressing before looking down as they walked.
"What happened?" Her feminine blonde hair frowned lightly as she watched his scarred expression come back over.
"Iris you have to make him stay here he's agreeing but he's not willing to do it." He flashed her a lop sided grin as he pulled the blonde hair over sitting it in the chair next to her before crouching down. "You sit right here Jim. Just wait until the nurse comes and tells you to go with her alright? Then Iris will go with you, I have to go back and see Judith." The dark eyes frowned watching the concerned light face listen. The blue eyes looking up at him from where the upset light face looked down. Sitting still in the chair as the dark eyes finished with it. The red hair turning back to the feminine blonde smiling softly at them. "If he doesn't listen you make him have time out right here alright?" He watched her nod. "Ok?" The dark eyes looked back at the blue watching him. "She's going to give you time out right here if you don't listen Jim." The dark eyes threatened lightly but softly at the loose upset green shirt watching him stand up.
His scarred hand running back into his red hair as he started back to the room. Listening to the small whining start up as he left. Her soft feminine voice hushing something to the blonde hair as he frowned.
"Gene?" He heard his name from behind him as he shook his head, continuing to walk. "Geeene I don't want da..." His dark eyes frowned continuing before hearing her soft squeak, his legs tripping slightly as he snapped down. The blonde hair grabbing at his jeans hugging his thigh a he frowned. Dark eyes snapping back at her soft blonde hair as she shrugged whispering an -I didn't think he was going to move- from where she sat almost out of her chair. "Gene? Peas, peas can I just come with you for dat little bit. I won't be...I wooon'tahhhh." The small face whined as he pulled the light hands off him. Hanging onto both of its wrists as he started back over towards the lobby. The chairs separated into groups of twos and threes and fours. His scarred form stopping in-between their break of three. Gripping the small shoulders hard, standing the blonde hair in front of the wall.
"You want time out?" the blonde hair shook no quickly, immediately quiet. Blue eyes looking at the floor embarrassed. "No?" His dark eyes frowned irritated.
"Natahhh." The light face whined looking up at him, watching him frown. His scarred hands letting it go, watching the blonde hair bolt away from the wall to stand in front of the chair but not get in. "Now you know I will be *right* there and you are going to sit *right* here and go with Iris or I am going to swat your myself Jim because your starting to try my patients." He frowned hard. Letting his irritation slur into his words as the upset blonde hair slid back into its chair slowly. Watching the scarred face frown at him before getting up and heading back to the room. His blue eyes watching Gene go before the black shirt and jeans disappeared.
"How come dat Iris? How come I got da stay I dident waaana stay dat...dat.."
"Shhhh." She smiled watching the concerned blue eyes talk to her, darting at the doorway the red hair had disappeared into. Whining lightly as he turned back to her soft hand patting his back. "Don't worry about it, why don't you want to stay Jim?" She smiled lightly watching the concerned face think.
"Cause I dident, cause Gene never goes da see Mrs. Miller. Only me...only I go so dat...why doesn't I have to go when...why does he not get da stay with me. I want Gene da...I don't want da be here all by myself Iris I dident.."
"Alright come on." She hushed lightly leaning over the small rungs separating the chair. Her soft blonde hair running into his as she hugged him. Feeling him whine under her. "I am going to stay with you is that ok?" She smiled rocking him lightly as she hugged. "I won't go anywhere and your good right?" She leaned back looking down at him, watching him look up at her immediately. "Jim your going to be good right?" The blue eyes nodded. "Then it's all going to be ok. I will stay with you and then we'll meet back up with Gene sound good?" She smiled watching him look down nodding slowly, there didn't seem to be any other option.
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"No not usually." He shrugged watching her worn soft eyes glance at him as she gave him the small injection. "Usually he doesn't mind staying with her at all, I don't know why he was so worked up about it this time." His dark eyes glanced down, watching the clear liquid pump into his arm as she held the needle before sighing.
"Maybe he was just scared because you were in here and not him." She smiled lightly standing up, watching him make a face.
"Naa Jim's smarter then that. He knows better Judith." He shook his head lightly watching her shug.
"He might be smart Gene but he's still five." She stated matter o' factly, eyeing the small gash he got from working that mourning.
"Yeah yeah I know." He sighed watching her reach for some disinfectant as she moved the scab lightly.
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"Iris what's dat?" she felt the bottom of her dress move up some as she jumped. Quickly moving her hand down pushing it back over her. Her soft navy color blinking down to the blonde hair that wasn't even looking at her. The blue eyes pointing at the huge glass window of the room towards the large wall of machinery. Her soft eyes reflecting back at her as she looked up at it, both of them standing in the small room of controls with the nurse and man in white describing to her how it worked.
"Huh?" She whisphered pushing his hand back off her dress before taking it. "That's ahh, it's a machine that is going to take your picture ok now be quiet." She shhed lightly standing back up listening to the white man. Blue eyes watching the clear gloved hands point to several buttons and controls before back at the machine, the small computer vent running into sight. Her eyes shhing him lightly as he pulled at her hand. His blue eyes frowning at her as she wouldn't let him go. Ignoring his tugging as she talked to the specialist before frowning lightly. "Excuse me." She smiled lightly crouching down to him.
"Iris can I go see-"
"-No. You have to stay right here with me so I understand ok?. Now you sit down here and don't you move." She frowned stepping him back before pulling him up lightly into the large chair. Watching his blinking blue eyes sorta frown at her, she didn't even listen to him. "I am sorry." She sighed heavily turning back to the man all in white as he started explained again. His blue eyes frowning as he looked down at the chair and his jeans before eyeing the vent again. Watching her listen and talk for a long time trying to understand the complicated flashy lights and buttons before she finally turned back around to him. Motioning for him to come before taking his hand.
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"You don't sleep well Gene?" She frowned lightly watching him shrug. His scarred hand now running over his face.
"No no I wouldn't say I don't sleep well it's just that..." He sighed.
"Alright. Well what would you say?" She smiled lightly watching him just shake his head absently at her.
"I don't know Judith, you tell me. Sometimes I can't fall asleep but that's no big deal." He shrugged watching her nod lightly, softly encouraging him with her silence. "Sometimes ahh Jim has nightmares and so when he gets up I can't fall back asleep, then he wakes me up to go to the bathroom and I wake up on my own so I don't know." He made a face at her, slightly more disgusted then he would have liked but she only nodded.
"You feel a lot of stress at home Gene?" she frowned lightly at him watching him make another face.
"Well I don't know, I mean I guess so. Sometimes...well it's hard sometimes Judith. I mean I am doing it all by myself blast it!" He felt himself getting off that ridiculous table as he became more irritated. "Iris, well the girl I left Jim with, she helps a lot. Gives us a place to stay sometimes, helps me out with him...but I don't know." He shook his head, dark eyes looking down as he thought. "I am not blaming anyone you know I just...I really just don't know...." She watched him frown slightly harder as he looked up at her. "Hey if that's why you wanted me here Judith, you can just...I mean I don't have a problem taking care of him. It's not a problem that I-"
"-Actually Gene." She paused lightly interrupting him. "I asked you hear because I found out you haven't had any new medical records since you were five. If legal problems should ever arise the first thing they will attack is you." He made a face. "The fact that no one knows how physically healthy you are would stand strong with a jury. But you don't need to worry about that." She smiled lightly watching him frown hard as he stood there.
"Well why not? Don't you think I should be? I mean, your worrying about it?" He made a face, motioning at her with his hand as she stood up. Her soft worn face shaking no lightly as she made a small frown.
"Gene." She sighed again watching him frown. "I know you've made up your mind. Understand I want you to be able to keep Jim if anything should ever go wrong." She smiled lightly watching him continue to frown.
"Judith will you make sense blast it! You think something is going to *go* wrong is that it!?"
"No." She shook her head laying a hand on his shoulder as she watched him get upset. "I just want to take precautions now while we're still in the dark. Sort of build up our defenses Gene. I don't know that we'll ever need them." She watched his dark eyes eating up her words, he didn't want to believe their might be a problem. "This is no problem." She flashed a light smile.
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"Why is that Miss? Do you think this will be a problem?" His dark brown hair watched her shake no slightly as she looked at him.
"Huh? I don't know. Your the doctor here, not me." Her soft frown traveled around the new tight room with the small hand she held as he opened the door. "But we're waiting for someone, don't you think you could wait until they get here?" She held a concern look as she spoke to him, feeling Jim pull behind her legs immeditaly. Shrinking behind her as the doctor made an attempt for it before reaching behind her with the movement. Dragging the light skin out by its arm. The blue eyes fighting to ignore the foreign face pushing into theirs, pulling them up to the small table in the middle of the room.
"How long a wait?" He looked up at her, the blonde hair lying under them where it was put, reaching for her dress lightly.
"Huh? I don't know. Not to long." He frowned lightly shaking his head.
"Miss you have to understand his appointment was scheduled for this time and we have started the generator to the machine so we can not wait. It has to reach a certain temperature to be ready and can not become warmer then that."
Her soft eyes snapped down as the light hand snatched her dress suddenly. Yanking her over to the side of the table as the white coat and brown hair started undoing its pants.
"It's alright." She brushed the clear gloved hand off, glancing at the brown hair as it backed up letting her take over. The light face staring up at her breathing hard. Concerned blue eyes glaring at her before glancing at the white coat working at the counter. Bolting up fast for her, soft navy eyes frowning lightly as she felt the small shaking hands pull at her dress. The light skin completely silent as it pulled into her. Her soft hands shhing him as she pulled his shirt off over his head watching his face become more upset. "I really want to wait." she looked back up at the white coat watching the brown hair shake no muttering -they could not wait. It was just not am optional set up.-
The blue eyes cringed feeling her thin hands loop into the rim of their jeans sliding them off as they hung onto the sleeves of her dress before looking up as she rubbed his shoulder lightly. "Is there anyway I can get in touch with someone here, a patient? Their just getting.." She trailed Gene never really did tell her what he was there for, really.
"Do you know what doctor, or what number the room is?" He glanced back at her watching her shake her head no absently. The light hands pulling on her until she looked down.
"Iris." The blue eyes cringed whispering to her watching her bend down more. Letting her ear meet his mouth.
"Oh I know you do hunny, but he says we can't wait. Your just going to have to do this without Gene." She watched his blue eyes dart at the brown hair as she whisphered back at him, but her eyes didn't look as encouraging as she tried to sound. His blonde hair shaking no quickly, as he breathed hard. Her light face frowning as she visible saw him tensing up hanging onto her with white knuckles. "Ahh look hun." The brown hair turned around lightly. "I don't mean to be rude but I think your making him upset. Isn't there some other doctor we can see?" She made a face at the white coat lazily listening before shaking its head.
"I am sorry but I am the only specialist for catatonic scans working here today." He stated his answer matter o' factly before turning back around. His white coat moving lightly as he mixed something together.
"Alright alright Jim." She cooed lightly feeling him pressing her more. Grabbing her down to him as she moved to push him off.
"Iris I don't want dis, peas Iris I wanna, I wanna." She felt her thin arms instinctively picking him up as he pressed into her. His small arms rapping around her neck as he straddled her hips to her frowning. Somehow just standing there was making her feel terrible. The brown hair gave her a weird look as he turned around watching her move back to the table with the light skin shaking in her arms.
"Ah Iiiiiiris! Iiiiiiris dat, dat, daaat.." She felt the light hands hang onto her as she pushed the light body back towards the table. The brown hair watching, patiently waiting as she moved slow pressing firm but gently as she shhed him. The clear gloved hands impatiently gripping the small shoulders hanging onto her pulling the blonde hair off. Blue eyes snapping at her face alarmed as her hands slide in front of him, she wasn't the one holding him. Brown hair coming back into view as she helped lay the blonde back on to the table. The tensed light face letting out stressed groans at her. Her frowning eyes shooting a stressed expression of her own as she watched the light skin get more upset. The small hands shaking as they lay still to the strong foreign hands feeling its neck before running onto his stomach. "Iris! Iris I ahhhaaaadaaat." The light hand snapped at her crying at her as strong rough hand pushed into its lower stomach before glancing at the clock. Her soft eyes listening to herself hush the light skin as she ran a hand onto his forehead, holding the small hand that kept trying to pull her at him.
"Alright miss." He waited for her to look up at him. Her concerned eyes beating into him, getting stronger as she started to glare, but he ignored her. "We have ten minutes to get him inside the G.E.H so we're going to start now." She felt her heart picking up in her chest as the light hands cried underneath her, shaking as they tried to pull her to him. Her soft feminine hair watching the brown move back to the counter pulling a small thin white container filled with a clear cream over, messing with the cover. "Miss we have ten minutes I need him undressed please."
She blinked looking down at the now silent blonde hair. Blue eyes closed hard, breathing through fast gulps. Her eyes running over him, before frowning. Letting out her own short whine as she stared at the small pair of boxers. "Jimmy hun we have to take off your shorts ok?" She watching the blue eyes jump open as she rubbed the side of his thigh, blinking upset as she whisphered to him. "It's ok, ok? Just for a little bit sweetie?" She forced a small smile watching his blue eyes flood with tears as he shook his head no. His light hands snapping at the rim as she opened her mouth to speak before the brown hair started moving for her after glancing at the clock.
"Ahhhhaaaa!" He screamed immediately as the stronger hands shoved his up, her soft eyes jumping. Blinking at his loud cry, she had never seen it before. The light skin kicking slightly as the foreign hand pulled its shorts off. Spitting something to her about it being normal for children to get upset as her worried eyes snapped towards the opening door to the incoming nurse. The young curly red hair gently grabbing the light ankles kicking and holding them still. "Ahh Iiiiris stop daaaaat! AhhhhGEEEENNEE!" She blinked hard watching them hold down his weak attempts to fight as he cried. His body suddenly so small and weak. The blue eyes sobbing hysterical as she leaned into his face shhing him. Watching the blue eyes snap open afraid as the smooth clear doctor glove of the brown hair started smearing the light clear cream onto his skin. Her stressed eyes watching him pull at his wrists held tight by the brown hair. His thin body pushing up to her, crying at her to go, for her to stop them, it was so scary. Her face equally upset as she watched the blonde hair shake as it screamed. The foreign male hand smearing the clear cool smoothness over him.
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"So I am still going to see you next week right?" She smiled lightly watching his unruly hair nod grinning. "Even though I got this special little visit, your both coming back?" She teased lightly watching him put his black shirt back on as he grinned. "Good. It makes me so glad Gene." She smiled at him watching him laugh now. His dark eyes nodding to her as he sighed, letting her pat his back good as she smiled before shoving him towards the door. "Now get out of here and have some fun." She chuckled lightly to herself now. Her smooth wrinkled face falling into perfect position as she laughed. Dark eyes grinning as they walked back into the hall muttering a small yeah, right.
"Iris?" he looked around, but the lobby was empty. Gee I thought I would have taken the most time, his head grinned lightly. "Ahh hey?" He grinned slyly gently grasping the young nurse walking by. "I am looking for someone, maybe you can help me out." He watched her soft blue eyes make a light face as he teased her. Her soft blonde hair sitting lightly along her shoulders, licking her pink lips teasing him back as he started to explain.
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"No this is not fair I want to go back in!" Her navy eyes frowned annoyed at the old male doctor trying to calm her down as she stood in the hall. Her soft purple sundress inches from the small room where the blonde hair was. The brown hair inside ordering her to leave after she started interfering.
"Miss will you please lower your voice this is a public clinic." The old skin frowned at her irritated youthful face. Her tight dress and irritated hand movements stomping at the door before he grabbed her arm lightly.
She snapped yanking her arm away. "What your doing is scaring him! What's wrong with you people huh?!" She shot him an outraged baffled face as he nodded to her sighing heavily.
"Yes miss please understand that it is perfectly normal, most children assigned for catatonic scans get very upset because most find it to resemble a mouth that will eat them."
"And you think that's normal!" She shoved off the second old hand gently guiding her arm until the man moved to her side again guiding her lightly back towards the room with the clear window they were in before.
"If you will just step this way miss, you'll see that he is not in any danger." The man raised his voice lightly watching her silence. Her concerned eyes blinking hard as she followed his small shoves. "When the scanning is in process we are to stay on this side because exposure to machines like this lead to swift radiation damage."
"What!?" He ignored her light squeaking as he shut the door behind them moving to the controls and hitting the lights to activate the room. His old gray eyes watching her bolt for the small glass door leading into it as the same brown hair and nurse wheeled the silently hysterical blonde hair in, blue eyes shut tight. "No stop it, he doesn't like small places! You have to give him another kind of scan or soemthin!" The old gray eyes frowned as she shoved him suddenly. Her concerned eyes now focused and mad.
"He is not listed as claustrophobic miss. Please control yourself." The old worn hands snapped at her. Holding her wrists lightly as she struggled shouting at him.
"Oooh you don't understand you can't put him in that!" she yanked at her wrists, her widened eyes snapping at the clear window to the faint screaming. The brown hair and white coat now picking the blonde hair up. The small weight of light skin now covered with the light crème suddenly motionless in the strong arms. The shut blue eyes turned away from the brown hair until feeling the smooth surface run back under it. Blue eyes opening to look at the small circular mouth like hole the platform he lay on would be slid into. "Hey Jimmy!" The worn hands snapped at her as she smacked the glass to get his attention. Her light figure struggling against the old but still male strength as she argued inside her head.
Was she overreacting? Gene did say this was what was supposed to happen. Maybe Jim was just upset because it was such a different setting?
The blonde hair now forcing against the pudgy nurse trying to get him to lay on the thin platform. The widened wet blue eyes screaming hysterical "Not to go in dat!" Her feminine blonde hair now staring at the white coat of the doctor connecting the small circular suction receptors to the small temples of the blonde hair he had just tied down. The thin white circles sucking onto the small chest in three places, the inner veins of his wrists and the major veins running through the inside of his upper thighs. The light skin silently shaking hysterical as it stared off vacantly. His screaming silencing as the brown hair touched him, placing the small white circles on his body before glancing up at the terrified light face.
"Son this will not hurt you, you must try and calm down." The blue eyes snapped away as the face of the brown hair and the rough hand slide onto his now shiny creamed skin taking his pulse from his neck before again checking the restrains strapping the small wrists and ankles to the platform. His white coat stepping in front of the thin sheet of metal, vaguely aware of the protesting feminine blonde hair behind the glass as he started sliding the platform in.
"No." His brown eyes looked down at the blonde hair that suddenly started struggling lightly. "NooooAhhhhI doon't like daaat! Geeeene!I doon't like daaatAaHHHHHPeas PEEAS DON'T" The light face screamed yanking at the restraints, watching the ceiling slowly disappear as the platform slide in. The small dark circular wall running around him, pressing his body down to the small platform he was tied to. His wrists yanking fast at the soft nylon holding him down. Blue eyes jamming closed as the rough hands slide a small thin piece of plastic in over him, pushing it down so it ended under his chin. The white coat ignoring the terrified screams as he shut the small portal like hole.
She was silently, absolutely silent. Wide soft eyes watching his blonde hair disappear from behind the glass as the room started dimming before the small cool hum started. Blue light leaking from inside the portal as it ran.
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"Excuse me?" His red hair leaned into the small office watching a nurse look up at him. "Is this hall 84K, I am trying to find a...cat-a--a-tonic scan? room?" He made a lop sided grin watching her pick up a file reading before pointing him down the hall. His scarred form lazily strolling ahead to the fifth door on the right like she said. Dark eyes frowning lightly, is that Iris? His mind growled listening to the weak sound of feminine protests as he neared the third door. His unruly red hair picking up as he recognized the sound. Scarred hand snapping at the door knob as he frowned.
"-A word that I have said I...Gene!" Her voice dropped in an instant. Her furious sneering tone and glare falling to the weak feminine whine of concern as she saw him bust in. His dark eyes running over her arguing with the old man as the pudgy nurse with curly red hair watched, slightly humored.
"Well this looks like a lot of fun" He grinned slyly, quickly starting in to her and yanking he small purple sundress to his side. Watching the baffled short old doctor and pudgy nurse just watch him.
"Please if you will explain who-"
"-Gene!" His dark eyes dropped the talking white coat in front of him to the frantic thin hands pulling on him. Her soft feminine blonde hair moving around her face as she pointed towards the big window. "Get him out of there they are scaring him to death and they won't listen to one thing I say! I told them.." Her voice kept talking but he couldn't hear her. His dark eyes frantically searching for the blonde hair. "...but that haven't..."
"Where!?" He shot at her baffled, his strong scarred grip snapping at her shoulders. Watching her jump at his tight grasp. "Where is he!?"
Her soft eyes blinked. "They put him in that...in that.." His dark eyes snapped up focusing in on the small blue portal doorway. "..in that thing" she snapped moving closer to the glass.
"Hey!" He snapped watching the short old man take a step back concerned. "He doesn't like small places! What the hell is the matter with you!? Weren't you listening to her!?" He growled taking a step for the glass door. His scarred hand yanking on it before scowling that it was locked. "Open it!" He snapped, his dark eyes sneering back to the alarmed curly red hair of the pudgy nurse and irritated short man.
"When the G.E.H. is active it releases radiation you must not enter the-"
"-Yeah? I'll give you radiation. "He sneered "Open this right now or I am smashing it in!" The man silenced as he screamed. The dark reckless eyes testing them, teasing them. He would do it on the count of three.
"Sir maybe I should-"
"-You!" His dark eyes snapped at the curly red hair that jumped as he took a step at her. "Do you have the key! You have it!? Give it to me! Open this door!" He shot, his scarred hand ignoring her small scream as he yanked her over. Watching her young hands struggle with the keys before shoving one into the door shakily. His hand shoving her off, pushing her back towards the short man as he shoved the door in. Scarred form stomping towards the small portal as the feminine blonde hair behind him shot directions.
God damnt, his mind swore, feeling the cool metal handle run under his hand as he ripped it open. Dark eyes darting frantically, gripping the small metal platform and ripping it out. Before easing, watching the blonde hair appear slightly. Dark eyes widening as the blue eyes looked away from him. His scarred hand ripping the small thin sheet of plastic off it before scowling. The naked light skin shaking hysterical as it lay there, hyperventilating. "Jim!? Jim!?" He shot hysterical reaching for the light shoulders before noticing the restrains. His scarred face growling, swearing fiercely as he screamed at the doctor watching him rip them apart. Tearing at the small Velcro raps holding the wrists and ankles down before ripping at his t-shirt. Pulling the soft black cotton off and shoving it over the blonde hair. Blue eyes silently cast down as they shook hysterical. Oblivious to his unruly red hair crouching down to its face. Trying to calm it down while regretting he had just screamed in front of him.. "What happened huh? What happened Jim?" He grinned lightly, whispering into the face of light creamed skin as he pulled the non responsive blonde hair up. Letting it sit as he pulled the thin arms through the huge t-shirt. "You want to come out now? Come one, lets go alright? Come with me alright?" His dark eyes glared at the two white coates and nurses as he softly whisphered to the light weight he was pulling off the platform. Daring any of them to contradict him, to make a move.
"Oh Geeene." She whined rushing at him, hugging onto his side as he held the small curled weight against his shoulder. The blonde hair completely silent, non-responsive.
"Get the hell out of my way." He growled at them, his dark eyes glaring ahead with the small purple sundress shooting them a disgusted expression as they moved past. "Where are his clothes Iris, who did this?" He watched her jump at the tone of his voice as he snapped at her once they were moving through the halls. Her tense light face thinking quickly.
"Ahh Gene they said they couldn't wait for you. They put this stuff on him and they wouldn't let me stay I was-"
"-They kicked you out!?" He stopped walking, glaring at her as she nodded, his mind scowling feeling his stomach rock. His scarred arms shifting the light weight on his shoulder , rubbing the small back of the blonde hair that sat silent, staring at nothing. He was all alone, his mind scowled. They put that crème on him everywhere. He felt her let him go lightly as she became silently alarmed. Watching his dark eyes snap at her as she tugged towards a small room to their left.
"Here Gene." She squeaked lightly opening the door quickly grabbing the familiar small clothes before starting back out. "I think their going to be really mad huh?" She made a concerned expression glancing up at him as he stormed down the hall.
"Oh yeah, they're going to be mad alright." He growled staring ahead as he walked.
"But not as mad as you...huh?" His dark eyes glanced down watching her smile at him. Her smooth sweet face proud of him. A strong sense of satisfaction suddenly colliding with the burning anger he felt before he growled slightly. A light hand buried deep in the black loose t-shirt finally opening slowly and gripped his arm ever so slightly, blue eyes still staring off.
"Come on Jim it's alright, I got you now alright?" She watched his scarred face disappear slightly. Whispering to the blonde hair and light face that didn't respond before he started walking again. His dark eyes closing to his heavy sigh as he took her hand. Watching her flash him a small light smile as he kept going before frowning suddenly. "Judith!" He snapped dropping her hand suddenly at he took a fast step forward. The soft gray hair and white coat perplexed as she turned around reading a file from where she had been casually walking down the hall. Her soft baby blue blouse frowning at him confused before blinking concerned.
"Gene...what are you?.." She made a baffled expression walking up to him.
"Judith what the hell kind of scan did you give him?" He snapped, dark eyes moving slightly, pulling the blonde hair away from her as she made a move to touch it.
"What?" She made a face frowning at him.
"Oh yeah they didn't listen to a damn word she said. You know he doesn't like small places!" His dark eyes sneered at her watching her baffled face frown, before getting slightly annoyed.
"Now just calm down." She frowned opening a small examining room to her right and motioning for them to go in. The unruly red hair growling at her before stomping in. Feeling the thin feminine hands cling to the back of his shirt. "Now he was supposed to get a catatonic scan, and a good friend of mine was supposed to give it to him. Did you meet him Gene? His name is Gerald...blonde hair? brown eyes?.." She trailed watching him frown at her. "Yes? No?" She made an annoyed face.
"Notah we never met him, I don't know his name but he had ahh brown hair." Her worn gray eyes turned to the feminine blond hair now speaking. Soft gray hair frowning as she listened before moving towards the back of the room, Picking up the small hospital phone.
"Put him down Gene." She motioned towards the small table watching the red hair move towards it. Slowly lowering the motionless blonde hair he held onto the small soft table. Watching the blue eyes blink lightly looking up at him, slowly flooding with tears. His scarred face grinned watching the light face reach for his chest, grabbing it tightly. As he stayed, his scarred chest leaning over the table directly over his baggy black shirt and the blonde hair as Judith spoke on the phone behind them.
"Hey." He grinned down watching the blonde hair cry silently, the light body exhausted as it slowly woke up to the unruly red hair above it. His scarred features grinning down, rubbing the small light shoulder gently. Chuckling slightly as the small mouth moved, mouthing his name without sound slowly. "What?" he grinned watching the light face tense up quickly, watery blue eyes darting around lightly showing his dark eyes its wrist. "What's this huh?" His deep voice whisphered lightly gently turning the light fist in his own. Examining the small white circle attached to it. "You want this off?" His soft grin asking the question while aware of the answer. Gently tugging on the small white circle, watching it detach. "Good?" He grinned watching the light hand pull back down wiping tears off the smaller face.
"Do dis." The second hand raised up to him whispering. Showing him the second white circle attached to it. His dark eyes flashing a reassuring grin as he pulled it off slowly. Watching the blue eyes look at its wrists before cringing.
"Ahhhhhaaaa." His dark eyes frowned watching the light face cry suddenly. The blonde hair struggling lightly on the small table. The small light hands pulling his neck lower as it hung onto him, rapping around his neck before sobbing, shaking lightly. The scarred arms rapping around him, picking him back up.
"It's alright ok? No more now Jim. Your done ok?" The blonde hair shook no pushing into his chest as the blue eyes hid.
"I didn't like it. I doon't waaant dat oonnn meeee." The blue eyes looked up whining out their words, watching the scarred face frown. "Take daaat off peeeas, take dat, get dat off mee." He frowned stepping back towards the small table letting the blonde hair stand up. His scared face watching the light hands pull at the small chest annoyed. Frowning blue eyes whining before growling slightly, the light hands snapping at his chest, punching him.
"Don't want what? What's the problem?" His dark eyes frowned, pulling the large neck hole forward, his dark eyes looking in at the small white circles on the light chest. The blonde hair hiccupping lightly. Sniffling as his scarred hand reached into the soft cotton. Pulling them off before flashing a light grin to the small face, pulling the tinier ones off its temples. "K?" He grinned before frowning. Watching the light hand move between the smaller legs slightly. "You have more of them on you?" He made a face watching the light skin nod as it grimaced. His scarred expression getting harder. "You want me to take it off?" He let his face relax lightly.
"Two, two." The blue eyes frowned concerned, watching his red hair nod.
"Alright you want me to take them *both* off?" The blonde hair shook no.
"Noooo." The blue eyes whined, smacking him again. Pushing into his chest with its palm.
"No? You want Judith to take them off?" He frowned lightly, watching the blonde hair look behind it towards the irritated gray hair still on the phone.
"Noo I don't want dat." The blue eyes frowned snapping back at the red hair that nodded lightly.
"Okay, you want Iris? Want her to take them off?" He flashed a small grin watching the light face breath hard, tense and stressed.
"No! I want daaat off mee!" The blonde hair yelled pushing its palm harder as it grit its teeth. "I don't like daat daaare!" His scarred face nodded as he sighed.
"Well what do you want to do?" The light face tensed up harder. Blue eyes darting stressed as they breathed hard. "It's alright, this is easy for you ok? You think. How do you want to get them off?" the blue eyes whined.
"Ahhh I want dat off but.Geeene I don't wanna, I don't wanna have.."
"You want it off but you don't want someone to take it off?" The dark eyes raised their eyebrows questioning. Watching the light skin nod quickly, that was it. "Ok Jim, it's alright. I am going to take them off ok?" He flashed a light grin watching the tense face listen to him. "Just me. Not Iris, not Judith, just you and me ok?" The blue eyes darted stressed, pushing into his chest with its palms frustrated, but not saying no. Moving lightly as the scarred face leaned over whispering intoits ear. "Hey you want me to take them off real fast so they don't know? Huh? I'll stay right in front of you they won't be able to see ok?" The blonde hair nodded, breathing hard. Watching the scarred face flash a reassuring smile as he stood back up. Blue eyes glancing at the soft gray hair facing the small desk as she talked, scolding people on the other line before snapping at Iris. Her soft concerned face watching the gray hair talk from where she sat behind them. Scarred chest blocking her view as it stood in front of the short blonde hair. Stressed blue eyes watching him, gritting their teeth upset. "Hey you want to tell me when? Want to tell me when it's ok?" He grinned at the light face, feeling the small hands slowly slide onto either side of his arms as the blonde hair leaned forward into him. The light forehead resting into his chest as the small face looked down. Scarred hand rubbing the small back, watching his t-shirt move as the light skin breathed heavily before nodding. Muttering a small get dat off me.
His scarred hand moving the bottom of his t-shirt slowly, letting his hand go inside. Blonde hair moving suddenly, turning to the side to look at the wall. Letting out small fast stressed groans as he peeled them off. Letting both the small circles fall into the palm of his hand as he looked ahead, over the small shoulder before pulling his hand back out. Watching the blue eyes look down at them.
"Ahhh." The light face made a small noise. Crying slightly for a second as it looked at them before shoving them away.
"K?" He grinned watching the light face nod "No more?" The blonde hair shook no stepping back lightly looking up at him. Watching his scarred face frown as the light arms moved the sleeves to his t-shirt up, showing him.
"Dis. Get dis off. I don't like it dare, dooon't like diiis." The blue eyes looked down again, the light arms shiny as if wet from the moist crème still covering him. The red hair nodding, feeling the weird almost slime before looking up at the stressed blue eyes groaning at him. "Now Geeene. Get dis off me now!" The small palm pushed him again, annoyed and stressed.
"Yeah alright, Judith?" His dark eyes turned to the soft gray hair on the phone. Watching her irritated frown disappear as she looked up at them muttering an excuse me as she lowered the mouth piece. "What the hell is this all over him? He wants it off, how do I.." He trailed lightly watching her put the phone down quickly coming forward.
"You have crème on you Jim?" She smiled lightly watching the stressed face whine as she mentioned the crème. Her soft worn hands moving the sleeves to the t-shirt slightly looking at his skin. Her soft worn eyes letting her hand run over his hip to see if he was wearing boxers.
"He's not wearing anything under that." The red hair shot her a grin watching her smile lightly as he figured her out. Her soft face shhing the blonde hair lightly. Moving the small wrists before feeling the small chest. Watching the red hair grin as he handed her the small white circles.
"Did these hurt when you took them off?" She smiled lightly watching the blonde hair nod. "A little?" The blonde hair nodded, blue eyes still stressed and tense shaking lightly as he stood. "Jim who put this on you? Who put the crème on you, a boy or girl?' she frowned lightly watching him swallow.
"Both dat, but I want dis off. Get dis off Gene." The blue eyes looked at his red hair showing him its arm again.
"Both?" The blue eyes looked back at her. "A boy and a girl?" The blonde hair nodded. "Alright." she sighed lightly moving the blonde hair gently like she always did. Letting it sit down before laying down for her. The tense face whining suddenly crying.
"Ahh don't, I diden't, ahhh get dis off meeee, I don't like daaat." The light face cried feeling his scarred hand rub its small shoulder as the cooler air ran onto its legs. The worn hands picking up the bottom of the shirt before pulling it up over the blonde hair. Her soft hands pulling a white cotton blanket over him as he cried. Watching the blue eyes look down at it as she opened a small cabinet. Gene patiently watching her pull out a small thin container, snapping part of the top apart to make a small hole before pulling out a large moist towelet. "Dis is cold, aaaadats cold." The blue eyes shoved at her lightly, as she wiped his face. Watching her smile as she stopped.
"It is cold isn't it." Her smile grew. Softening as she thought before picking up the small package and moving to the sink. His dark eyes watching her fill it with hot water before sitting the container in.
"Why is this on him?' He frowned annoyed as she came back over, now holding a luke warm cloth as the others sat in the sink heating up. "I mean, Judith he's covered with this stuff." His scarred face frowned baffled watching her sigh as she started wiping the small face again. The blue eyes and small mouth shutting as she whiped them. Her worn face smiling lightly as she watched.
"Have you ever seen an ultrasound Gene?" She glanced at him momentarily as she turned the small wipie over cleaning the small neck. His unruly red hair shook no. "The crème is what allows them to see into his body so they can photograph and study how things are working. The small white circles..." She pointed towards the counter where she put them. "Those transmit basics back to the computer, his heart rate, blood pressure, brain activity...just in case anything were to ever happen." He frowned listening to her watching the blonde hair move its arm lightly as she wiped it off with a second wet piece of white cloth. Smearing the crème away but leaving a weird sanitized scent behind.
"They put it on him so they could see?" He made a face watching her nod. Her soft gray hair moving back to the sink. Quickly picking up the thin container and bringing it back. Pulling out a third wipie as she started moving over the small light chest. "What did they do dip him into a big vat of it?" He shot baffled sending her a hard irritated expression as she looked up at him. The blonde hair sitting up by itself reaching for a white cloth.
"No, they smeared it on. Some guy did it." They glanced at her as she got up suddenly. Her thin figure moving towards the small table as they listened to her. Dark eyes frowning as the blonde hair let out a small choke, quickly looking down. "Jim got real upset Gene, but he wouldn't wait. Said something about the generator. He's the one that kicked me out because I wanted him to wait." She made a face whining lightly, watching the dark eyes listen to her intently as he frowned hard thinking. This all could have been prevented if that bastard who had him fed him right, his mind growled His face frowning harder remembering the charts, how malnutritioned and filled with garbage chemicals Jim had been when they first tested him.
"Dat...he yelled at Iris Gene." The blue eyes snapped into their conversation quickly sitting up. "You better tell him dat, dat he can't, dat you don't yell at girls K?" The light face frowned, lying back as the soft worn hands pressed lightly on its shoulder. His dark eyes grinning at the simple command he had just gotten as he turned to her soft feminine blonde hair. Her soft face tense and upset having been there when this happened, seen all of it happen. She had never believed him, never been able to believe Gene. As much as she said she did, or took his side, always. How? How could some of the stuff he said have been true. Her eyes reflected it now, the pain of the understanding that it was, all of it, but he didn't notice. Gene never noticed.
"He yelled at Iris?" His scarred face grinned slightly watching the blonde hair nod frowning.
"He shouldent do dat. He was mean to her, he pushed her too and dat...dats not nice." The blue eyes frowned, repeating itself as it because preoccupied with the worn hands wiping the crème off its lower hips. His dark eyes glancing at the feminine blonde hair that suddenly turned around heading back to the small chair she was waiting in.
"Who taught you that you don't yell at girls Jim?" His dark eyes snapped back at her soft gray hair as he heard her ask an obvious distraction question. His scarred face frowning lightly as he moved into the small space separating himself from the small table. Watching her loose white coat and soft blue blouse move closer towards the bottom of the table. Blonde hair propping up on its elbow to see her, frowning concerned as it thought. "Hmm, who told you that?"
His dark eyes watched her move the small blanket lightly wiping off the sides of Jim's legs as he moved over to the top of the table. Offering a reassuring grin to the blonde hair directly under him. Blinking as it grimaced lightly to the smooth cool feeling running up and down the inside of its legs.
Small mouth answering a matter o'fact "Gene." Tensing as a new cooler sensation ran onto its leg with a new cloth.
"Gene said that?" She smiled lightly, her worn hand situating the moist cloth in her hand quickly as the other held his knees. "What else did Gene say when he told you that?" She smiled lightly, glancing up at the light face licking it's lips. The blue eyes cringing with stress as they glanced at the scarred face muttering a small sit still.
"Gene said dat you...you don't hit.." The light voice paused suddenly feeling the worn hands move his blanketed legs, pushing them up towards his chest lightly "Geeene." The blue eyes looked up at him upset, watching the scarred face just sigh as the small hand reached up to him opening and closing quickly.
"Hey can you do this?" The scarred face grinned suddenly. Watching the stressed expression fade off the light face as a baffled one took over. Blue eyes frowning confused watching the grinning dark eyes rub his stomach and pat his head at the same time.
"Ahhh what's dat!" The blue eyes snapped at him annoyed, shoving his scarred stomach growling.
"Do this Jim. Rub your stomach and pat your head." He chuckled lightly listening to himself. Man did that sound dumb. Blue eyes frowning at him before slowly relaxing. A light hand making a small movement before moving to rub its stomach. Watching the red hair's circular motions before letting the other hand pat its head. Messing up lightly as it watching the unruly red hair but keeping an even pattern.
His dark eyes grinning as he watched the confused but now focused light skin imitate him.
"What's dat!?" The blonde hair stopped trying to sit up quickly to the cool sanitized feeling moving around his legs again. Blue eyes snapping up at the scarred hand pushing him back down.
"Don't stop or you'll loose!" the dark eyes grinned watching the light face frown before quickly imitating his stupid motions again. "What do you want to bet he's going to loose Judith?" He grinned slightly watching the blue eyes squint at him competitively. Focusing hard to not loose to Gene.
"All the tea in china." She smiled at him lightly as his dark eyes laughed softly looking down at the blonde hair that jumped suddenly. The small motions stopping quickly to the small gasped cry as the cool cloth ran over it. Smearing the crème off the places he had screamed the loudest when the man smeared it on.
"Your loosing!" He snapped fast, watching the blue eyes shake. Glancing up at his comment as the light hands tried to imitate weakly. Blue eyes closing hard as they focused, letting out small stressed breaths with broken attempts before stopping. His dark eyes frowning as the light face turned sideways trying to hide into the soft cushion of the table embarrassed as the soft blanket ran back over the front of it. Her worn hands guiding the light weight onto its side as she wiped along its lower back and soft skin.
"Aaahhdaaaaattt." He felt his scarred face sigh heavily as the light skin let out the small crying whine. The light hands hiding the small face trying to look into the cushion and hide "Ahhh Geeeene I don't like daaaat." His scarred face crouched down quickly rubbing the light shoulder as the soft gray hair walked behind him. Picking up the small articles of clothing and working the small pair of boxers around the light ankles.
"Hey you didn't loose ok?" He grinned puling at the light hand, before forcing it away from the face. Watching the cringing wet blue eye hiccup at him before it closed trying to get away. "I was cheating because you had a distraction and I didn't." He sighed heavily letting his scarred hand rest on the light shoulder as the small hand moved back to where it was, hiding as he frowned. The blonde hair slowly calming as the blanket was replaced with its clothing. His scarred form standing up as he sighed, dark eyes looking up towards the ceiling.
"Gene I am so sorry about all this." His dark eyes looked over at her soft gray hair, still frowning heavily. "It shouldn't have been this traumatic, Gerald called in sick this mourning and no one told me his appointment was moved to this afternoon." He watched her shake her head lightly at him, but he didn't blame her. Judith never would have done this on purpose. "Jim I am so sorry." She whisphered lightly looking down at the light face that hid under the blonde hair. "Please know I didn't say that they could do this hmm?"
He felt her smooth thin hand tugging on him as he watched the soft gray hair whisper to the small face now looking at her. His dark eyes turning to her Iris, watching her upset eyes glance away. "Gene I am sorry but I...I want to go home." She looked back up at him, watching him think lightly before flashing her a small smile. "I don't want to be here Gene, I don't know how you can stand it.....I am sorry." She whisphered the last part lightly, her tense face now running over what really happened. She should have done more and not surrendered so fast like Gene when she knew.
"Iris." She looked back up, her overwhelmed eyes still frowning with concern. "I don't blame you, I know you tried." He grinned smiling down at her. "Stay with me, please."
He frowned slightly watching her shake her head no. "Your never serious with me Gene." Her eyes cringed lightly, whining her words at him hurt. "You stop by but don't stay, you call, when you need help. Why should I stay? I don't belong here." He frowned lightly watching her sad expression. "We aren't serious Gene I know that." She offered him a light smile watching his dark features fall "You need to find a girl you are serious with and get Jim used to her, or else...he'll be missing me." Her eyes glanced down as she forced her pained smile away. Looking up happier as it hid. The scarred saddened expression staring back at her. This must have been what it felt like all the times I walked out on her, his mind whisphered lightly watching her take a step back. "You and me Gene..." She smiled "We're the same, lets be friends K? But you know I don't belong here."
His dark eyes blinked watching her go, she was right. He could have stopped her if he was ready to commit to her, but she isn't the right one his mind whisphered lightly watching her leave. Offering her a small wave as she turned around, his dark eyes looking down slightly as she dropped from sight. His scarred form turning back into the room and shutting the door behind him.
Hey whatta ya think? Please remember to take a sec and review please J and THANKS so much for reading my story, I know its kinda long...hope it's not kinda boring. hehe, anyway, in about a week another chapter should be up, so check back if you like what you've read so far because the next chapter will introduce a New Character! Wooo...the suspence.
Two Humans Acting Differently
Divine Angel
__*~*~*~PRESENT DATE~*~*~*__
"AHh Stop! Gene!" he felt his heart slamming in his chest as he jumped. His blue eyes snapping open as he bolted up before calming slightly. "I was...was...dreaming" He let his hands run through his blonde hair as he looked around. He was in Gene's bunker, that's right. "I fell asleep with him after he...cut.." His eye frowned suddenly, it might have been a dream but it really happened. The cool metal ran under his hand as he shoved his way out of the small room. Gene had...done all those things...had...Fred had...He felt his chest picking up again, those things were real, they happened, but he...he hadn't remembered. Maybe Mel's stupid tank did all this, his head scowled. " Before that damn thing at least sleeping was pleasant. Now every time I close my eyes I am reliving this piece of-ahhh my LIFE!" He heard himself echo down the long hall. His loose red shirt and boxers stomping quickly down to the end before bolting through the nearest door...where was that sleezeball.
"Aisha will you get off the table blast it, not everyone wants to eat here after you've walked all-"
"-Gene?" He looked up leaving his annoyed tone and glare with the twitching cat eye listening to him from on top of the galley table. "Where is all the soy sauce?" The raven hair stood up slightly perplexed. Hadn't they just put in a few new bottles? The sly scarred face sunk to a dull expression. Unruly red hair sliding into his eyes as he looked back over at the Ctarl Ctarl now moving into her seat.
"Aaaaa.." She trailed lightly grinning at them as they both looked at her.
"What in the world did you put all that soy sauce on Aisha? We never *had* enough food for that. How much was there Mel?" His dark eyes shot a baffled look at the soft figure of the raven hair sitting down across from him.
"Eight gallons I..I think." She muttered, frowning lightly as she slid the mash potatoes, pork chops and salad back into the middle of the table. Sending the giggling Ctarl Ctarl stating -she simply drank it all when she ran out of food- a look as she fixed the table before sighing. Looking up to the grinning dark eyes that only chuckled lightly at her before picking up the spoon to the mash potatoes.
"Ahh you know you guys need to lighten up." The dark eyes looked up dully with the smiling raven hair. Watching her squeaky voice lean into the table more. "It's no fun with you two love birds...where's Jim?" She frowned squeaking lightly. Watching the unruly red hair just continue to look at her dully. The mashed potatoes slowly sliding off his spoon to his plate before he looked down.
"Sleeping." He dipped the spoon back in serving more as the smooth raven hair served salad onto his plate over the irritated growling of the light hair.
"Aren't you hungry Aisha?" The raven hair smiled watching the Ctarl Ctarl continue to stick out its bottom lip before sighing at her question.
"Naa Asia's still full from earlier when-"
"-From when she practically sent us into emergency rations." His dark eyes grinned chuckling as she snapped at him immediately.
"Well maybe if the whole crew hadn't left Aisha-"
"-YOU!" Her bright eyes blinked stopping mid sentence to the loud outburst in the doorway. The unruly red hair and brilliant mocha eyes all turning with her to look at the heaving blonde hair. "You." the voice scowled starting in. Blue disgusted eyes squinting directly at the baffled unruly red hair.
"Gene?" The bright eyes and raven hair looked up at him watching him shrug. Before jumping as the blonde hair shot forward.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GENE!" The blonde hair was on the small bench in seconds, slamming its fist directly into the baffled scarred face.
"Hey what the hell is..." The outlaw started, scarred hand reaching towards its face before another blow went at his eye.
"YOU DIDN'T STOP!?...You let IRIS!? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GENE! I HATE YOU!" The unruly red hair backed up quickly listening to the raven hair scream as the blonde hair continued punching before slamming things off the table and getting on as the outlaw stood up.
"What the hell are You Talking ABOUT!?" The dark eyes screamed at him, his words growling out annoyed. His scarred hand examining his face lightly watching the blue eyes snarl at him. "We haven't seen Iris in two months?! What the hell did *I* do Jim?" The dark eyes were mad suddenly stepping forward. Watching the growling blue eyes push into his face. "Jim you better just back out of.."
"OUT OF EVERYTHING YOU DO NOW! I REMEMBER THAT! I REMEMBER GENE! I can't believe you...I can't believe...and FRED!" The blonde hair slammed him again before backing up quickly. The light hands searching around before sending stuff at the unruly red hair. Watching the dark baffled, now deeply annoyed eyes snap at the mashed potatoes that suddenly hit him, bowl and all. "HOW COULD YOU JUST LET HIM DO THAT TO MEEE!" The blonde hair stopped, motionless breathing. "How could you just let him...and...AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET HIM BACK!" The unruly red hair growled dodging the salad bowl that went at him, but he was baffled. Jim never went...berserk...and you couldn't just punch him out, especially now while he was injured. "YOU Brought me ANY WAY! WHEN YOU KNEW He WANTED TO DO THAT STUFF TO ME!!!! YOU KNEW ALL He WANTED WAS, THAT is SO disGUSTING!" The light hands ran into the blonde hair ruffling it before heaving at the outlaw. Watching the familiar tight black outfit back up as he shot forward. The glass dinner plate in his hand.
"Ahh." The outlaw let out his first wince of pain as the glass plate slammed into his gashed side. His dark eyes snapping down at the blonde hair. "Jim CUT IT OUT!" He screamed shoving the light chest hard. Watching it stagger back, tripping over the salad bowl and slipping to the floor. "NOW LOOK! I don't have any idea what the hell you are talking about, but your ruining dinner and I am HUNGRY!" The dark eyes growled down, his patience starting to wear thin. Dark eyes watching the light face heave up. "Now. Make sense or shut up blast it!"
"WHY!? And you *never* went and got my pudding like you *said!*" The dark eyes shot a baffled look at the blonde hair getting up. "Now every time I CLOSE MY EYES I remember stuff. I never remembered before but you...you just let Fred touch me like that and you didn't do anything. You just said not to! When it...and it hurt so bad that it was happening again, when it took so long to get...when I finally thought I was away and here someone was...and you didn't AHHH WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
"WHAT!?" The baffled dark eyes shot widening at the insane gibberish, the heaving blue eyes and blonde hair seconds from moving to throw more things. "WHEN DID FRED TOUCH YOU!?" Furious tones ran into his voice as Fred's name ran in. His dark eyes snapping up at the alarmed raven hair and calm wide eyed Ctarl Ctarl watching. The bright squeaky eyes shaking her head slowly back and forth as the raven hair just stood. Wide eyed clutching her hands to her chest in silence, neither of them had any idea what ... "AHh" He shot, his scarred hand ripping the blonde hair off him as it bit him good, punching him. "Your pushing it!" His dark eyes snarled down yanking the blonde hair towards the table. His strong scarred arm sending everything to the floor in one sharp quick motion. His free hand ripping the loose red shirt and small body off the floor, slamming the thin weight back down on the table. "NOW WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!??" His dark eyes snarled at the blonde hair watching the light hands snap at his wrists from where he pressed, holding it down.
"You *know* what I am talking about." The blue eyes growled, disgusted. "You were there and you didn't do anything about him...BOTH TIMES! BOTH! You let him in, and then you...then you brought me with you the other, and then when you weren't there you didn't even know!! You didn't EVEN THINK!"
"Jim I swear if you don't start making more sense." Unruly red hair shook over his eyes as he moved his head, growling down at the blonde hair pinned to the table. His scarred arm pressing the tops of its shoulders and chest to the hard thin surface. What the hell was he talking about? All of it so fast and...screaming it didn't make any sense. They hadn't seen Fred since, since right before they took off from Heighfong and got involved with the McDougals. Could he? His mind frowned racing, he was with Jim the whole time except for a few minutes. His dark eyes glanced back at the blonde hair as it started screaming at him more gibberish about Fred, maybe that...maybe he did get his hands back on the kid.
His scarred face growled furious watching the choking blue eyes silence slightly. "Blast it Jim if you don't start making more sense to me!! Aisha and Mel are leaving this room and I am going to find out what Fred did to you!" His deep voice growled threatening the light skin. The furious light face only squinted immediately, gritting it's teeth back up at him.
"Oh you would just love that WOULDN"T YOU Gene!" His dark eyes shot a baffled look ignoring the smaller legs under him kicking him suddenly.
"WHAT?!"
"Just like *before* right Gene!? Just like all the times before when you never understood what I was talking about! You just never listened and you won't let me go with you! I know how you dumped me on Iris and I know all about Fred now, I don't know.." The light face started smiling, small chuckles running into its tones. " I don't know how I ever forgot now that I think about it...you.." His dark eyes blinked, watching the light face smile before laughing. The blue eyes closed under the heavy loud laughter. His scarred hands loosening his grip some, dark eyes blinking. "It's really....ahh it's so funny!" The light face chocked trying to speak. "All that stuff happened and...and you were so close but you left me...all by myseeelf." The small face frowned saddened suddenly before laughing again. His dark eyes just staring, down as it laughed. The cringing light face slowly sinking with the laughter, with the smiles. The small voice cracking as it chocked out its words. The pitches changing slowly, becoming sadder and harder. "..all by myself...alone when I never wanted...when I used to be so scared.." His dark eyes blinked, squinting hard at the light face as the small tears suddenly rolled from the closed laughing blue eyes. "YOu...you.." The light face stammer suddenly as the scarred hands disappeared, the red unruly hair standing up.
"Geez Jim." he heard his small, baffled, concerned whisper. His dark eyes just staring, none of it made sense. An hour ago the kid was fine, happy, but now. "Did you have some kinda nightmare buddy?" His dark eyes blinked nudging the small shoulder gently as he leaned back over the blonde hair that was lying on the table. The sniffling blue eyes opening to look up at him but sobbing as they laughed.
"Jimmy you just tell Aisha what guys done this to you and she'll make him regret it." His dark eyes snapped up as the light hair suddenly shoved him aside, looking down at the wet blue eyes now sniffling at her. Slowly getting up as though he hadn't heard her, but offering her a light smile just the same.
"How?" The blue eyes looked up at his unruly red hair as he spoke. His dark eyes mesmerized, staring off lightly before glancing at the light face dully listening. "How do you remember all that now when you never did before?.." his deep voice trailed watching the blue eyes only slowly blink.
"And you brought me with you when we first got Melfina, to see him." The blue eye frowned suddenly. "You don't even care. Huh Gene? You think it's fine to bitch and moan when he's hugging you but oh if he decides to grab me or something that's fine! No skin off you back huh!"
"Hey you SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" The blonde hair stumbled back fast as he shot at it. His scarred hand shoving the small body back fast and mad. "Now maybe you *do* remember this stuff Jim. SO WHAT! I am surprised you can remember *anything* you were so...so traumatized back then! But you think now your going to stand here and insult me!?" His dark eyes scowled. "You better just LEAVE IT ALONE! Cause you have no idea what your talking about! You want a piece of me pal you better be ready to swallow all your asking for." The dark eyes spit bitterly, standing back up as the blue eyes only glared at him disgusted. "Yesterday Gilliam goes haywire! I can't fix the ship! You can't fix the ship! Then the McDougals show! And you want to bring All THIS up some twenty hours AFter I had to fight for my life!? Nevermind worry about Mel! When I asked YOU to help and you Didn't!" He chuckled suddenly, grinning down at the blonde hair listening to him. "There are a lot of things you don't understand about the past. The shit I had to put up with, but you never saw me ditching you in the street. Or tying you up in some closet, beating you or causing all those other bruises! SO JUST BACK OFF! I think I deserve a break now, considering it's only been a few hours since the latest mess!" His scarred face was heaving, snarling down at the light face. The silent blue eyes just looking back at him, the angered look now half dissolved but still traceable. "You just shut your mouth before you start blaming *me* for anything that happened with Fred." He sighed heavily, scarred hand running over his face slowly, rubbing his temples. My god what a mess, his head groaned. Dark eyes looking up at the kitchen, dinner, Melfina, Aisha...Jim....at least Suzuka missed it. He grinned suddenly, shaking his head slowly as he looked down. The small exhausted light face just standing there silent, thinking but not. Blue eyes slowly opening and closing as if they were sleeping through everything.
"You don't.." He blinked, dark eyes focusing on the light face that suddenly mumbled "You don't understand what it's like to...just know this now." The blue eyes looked up, slowly breaking down, crying without tears. "I just learned this today Gene. Why didn't you ever tell me this stuff before? Did..." Jim chuckled lightly suddenly. "..Did you not find any of it important?"
He just stared dully, the blonde hair watching him intently, waiting for an answer. "What do you want Jim. You think I have a good answer for that?" He frowned "What the hell kind of question...I mean.." he grinned suddenly, his face smiling though the confused...pain? It was, it's pain, his mind whisphered. It hurt that he was being blamed. It wasn't my fault Fred got his hands on him, I tried my best damnt. It wasn't my fault that...that sicko kept him in the closet like that, I never laid a hand on him. He shook his head silently, he didn't even have a response, and the blue eyes only saddened slightly because of it. Gene was supposed to know, he had to remember better. He should have known, should have had an answer, an explanation, a ..a something.
"Gene it's..." The light face trailed staring at the unruly red hair through the baffled sad expression. "It's important to me, can't you understand that?" They where finally starting to well up with tears. The unruly red hair blurring lightly as the warm salt water slide into his eyes. The calm expressionless scarred face just staring down at him silently.
"I did the best I could Jim. You make me think that maybe there was more I could have done but your wrong buddy. None of this is my fault." His dark eyes blinked as he took a step back. Mumbling to the light face that suddenly looked incredibly stressed he was leaving. His unruly hair shaking back and fourth slowly as he turned around. It was too much, Jim would understand, he just had to think some more. If that was all he could remember then...then that was all he could remember. "Sorry you don't remember anything good, it's not your fault either." The cool doorway to the kitchen ran over his hand as he walked out. The darker hallway running over him with calm space. "I am gong to bed." He said it to himself but he was sure they heard to. The blonde hair standing where it had been watching wide eyed as Gene turned, and left.
"He left me...he left me?" He felt his voice snapped in shaky whispers as the bright yellow cloak disappeared down the hall. His blue eyes blinking hard, swallowing his tears inside so they won't fall down his face. "Gene?" He heard his voice echo lightly into the hall, but no answer came back. "GENE!" He screamed suddenly, his body taking a step forward, but Gene wasn't going to answer. His blonde hair jumping suddenly at the warm touch of life. Her soft raven hair sitting onto the floor behind him running her soft hand onto his shoulder.
"Oh Jim.." He heard her voice shake lightly as she whisphered to him. Her mocha eyes shutting as he stumbled backwards to her pull. To her smooth hands rapping around the front of his chest tugging him back into her. "I don't understand...please Jim...I don't understand what...what has happened." His blue eyes stared dully into the hall as she hugged him, raven hair snuggling into his back as she let out short breaths. Trying to control herself so she wouldn't cry. What had they just done? What had happened? It was so...so fast...so loud. It didn't make sense, none of it. It didn't make any sense.
"Let me go please." Her mocha eyes blinked quickly at the hard monotoned command standing in her arms.
"Please...I don't understand this Jim?" She felt her eyes well lightly with tears, watching him step forward out of her arms. "Aisha please." Her eyes shot back at the frowning Ctarl Ctarl. The small green dress and light hair watching the hall and the blonde hair, arms crossed over her chest. "Oh please Aisha.." She trailed lightly, hearing her tears run into her voice. Crying lightly to the frowning bright eyes that lowered their arms inhaling heavily.
"Come on Jimmy we can clean this up it doesn't matter." She let her squeaky voice grin as he turned around dully looking at her. "Why don't you just tell Melfina and Aisha what's on your mind kido. It will make you feel better." She watching him blink slowly, his blue eyes growing slightly upset as he ran over the big mess he had made. Her warm smile and bright eyes running in and out of focus as he looked around before stopping on her momentarily. Tell her? Tell her what? Start where? His blue eyes looked down a the mocha ones sitting in front of him.
"I am sorry about dinner Mel, I'll pay for it." He heard her whine lightly as he turned around leaving the kitchen. The light hair following him into the hall growling at his rejection to everything she had just said. He frowned slightly as he continued walking, his head flat lining, absolutely nothing running in. Not a thought being formed, everything seemed so far away. So tiresome, his subconscious telling him to walk right to the bathroom. The cool door handle running under his dark gloved hand as he pushed the door in. Walking directly to the small sink and medicine cabinet before ripping it open. Listening to the loud clatter of the glass bottles and boxes slipping out and falling over as his hand shoved everything away. Before grabbing the small vile, the soft purple liquid swirling around in it lightly as he turned it in his fingers, this would knock him out for days. His hands quickly puling off the plastic protective top to the sounds of Aisha coming down the hall to find him.
"Jimmy I think you better go.." Her squeaky voice trailed lightly watching him drop the small cotton ball of alcohol quickly picking up the small vile and moving it over his arm. "Jim!"
"LET ME GO!" He screamed at her feeling her snap from behind. Her soft peach fur hand flying over the vile while the other slid over his stomach holding him tight. "GET OFF ME!"
"DROP IT!" She snarled tearing it from his grasp watching him spin around growling at her as she let him go. The blue eyes squinting at her as his furious face swore at her suddenly. "What did you just say?" Her bright eyes blinked quickly before frowning. "You called me what?!" She snarled before stepping back, her bright eyes blinking again as she felt the warm slight sting on her hand. Her eyes watching his blonde hair stagger back slightly from where she had just slapped his face. The dark gloved hand slowly raising before touching the warm red sting growing over his cheek as he looked up at her. "Stop it Jim your scaring Aisha! And everyone else too!" She snapped suddenly, her soft hand flicking the bottle into the sink annoyed. "What's wrong with you! Huh?!" She watched him blink frowning lightly as she shot her questions at him. "You yell at Gene you make Mel cry and you call me names!?" She frowned suddenly watching him back up again. "You make a girl go crazy trying to figure out what kinda problems you could possible have when your only eleven.." Her voice softened suddenly crouching down in front of him. "Cause you won't talk to us, you only talk to that bird brain." She grinned suddenly watching the shining blue eyes choke a small sound, a small laugh to her comment. Before looking down slightly, the small tears running onto his cheeks with the movement. "Why don't you tell Aisha Jim, it will make her very happy." She smiled teasing him gently watching him just stare blankly at the ground.
"Ais..sha." It was her large soft ears that heard the small shaky whisper. Her bright eyes softening with it,watching him continue to look down in front of her, crying silently over the small red mark of her hand on his cheek. "I can't tell.." She watched him step forward lightly as she pulled the loose sides of his shirt towards her. His body following the motion before becoming aware of it as her soft hand ran into his hair from directly in front of him.
"Shhh. You don't have to say anything you don't wanna, but you got to tell someone what's been bothering you Jim." She frowned slightly concerned. "My friends and family worry sick about me just cause I don't call every other day. You never say anything. What kinda friend are you trying to be Jimmy?" She giggled lightly watching his head sway as she ruffled his hair. His light face staring down.
"Everyone thinks...the minute I say or the minute I do...if this and...all of a sudden I am a kid again. No one listen...no one thinks...can hear me not being a kid if I...can't fight and.." He stopped talking breathing hard as he blinked fighting the tears. Her smooth bell collar running along the side of his face slightly as he leaned into her. Letting his body fall to her soft continuous tugging.
"No one thinks bad of you Jimmy." She cooed lightly smelling him. He smelled like Jim, all parts of him. Shampoo, toothpaste, motor oil, fabric softener, a small amount of mash potatoes and him.
"What's funny?" She stopped giggling immediately feeling his quick shove to get away as he spit his words at her irritated.
"I can smell mash potatoes on you." She smiled feeling his soft breathing, his blue eyes watching the door. If anyone came near she was letting go and getting out. She heard him sniffle lightly "What's that matter huh?" She smiled softly at him, letting his soft golden strains run over her hand lightly as she played with the back of his neck and hair.
"My body hurts." He heard her light confused squeak, practically speaking a what? "Inside something hurts but I don't know what. I just know that it does." He closed his eyes quickly trying to calm down. "Gene...when I was little Aisha people...did.. he trailed lightly wiping the tears off his face.
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"Gene you can't just let him be so upset please Gene...go find him." The unruly red hair shook no lightly feeling her soft muscles tense up again. Her soft raven hair leaning into him hugging him as they lay in his small bunker. She had come to find him upset, Jim had left, Aisha had left and she said...said she was scared to be all alone, but in reality...his head trailed. Maybe I was scared to be all alone. He had almost pulled her in, let her lay him back down shhing him while running her fingers into his hair playing with his fiery red strands before laying with him. "Please Gene." she whisphered again watching his dark eyes just look up.
"I can't Mel. I don't understand what he's, why he's so upset. I can't take listening to him say that stuff. He's blaming me and I can't take that when...when I already blame myself." He felt her smooth hand move lightly in his hair, loving him. "When he was little I found him, he was young. So small, so maybe four or something, it's kinda hard to remember now. Someone did some awful stuff to him alright. He wouldn't talk to me, not a word for a month. Then it was harder, he talked but not for real. He wouldn't state opinions on anything. If I asked him what he wanted, he couldn't answer. I would say to him Jim what do you want for dinner? And he would only Look at me Mel! Some look it was, it was so crazy! As if he thought I would be mad if he answered!" He growled the baffled expression from years ago resurfacing as he remembered that. "There were set backs all the time, closets where set backs, strangers where set backs, Fred was a set back. I had to take him for medical visits every three weeks and sometimes those where set backs too." He chuckled suddenly, his dark eyes grinning up to the ceiling. "I always knew when we were set back cause he just shut down. No words, no emotions, just nothing. Absolutely nothing when he was younger. When he was older though, maybe six he would just get overloaded and cry." She squeezed him suddenly. "I can't take him blaming me for what happened to him damnt, I did everything I could. He was with me for so long I had to teach him everything and it wasn't like I knew how to do it!" His voice was more irritated now. Her light skin jumping slightly as he made a fast irritated hand movement explaining. "No one ever told me that if I let him drink forever or continuously eat ice cream and apples he would throw up! He would get sick and not say anything, be hurt and not say anything!" He laughed suddenly. "I probably spent more of my time second guessing him then doing anything else and aaaa, he wore me out, all the time. That girl Iris, you only met her once. She lives down on Sentinel. You know, at the real crummy dive we took you too?" He flashed a sly grin watching her nod as she listened. "She helped...*a lot*...but she didn't know much either, I mean it's not like she had kids, but she knew more then me. She's the one that told me not to let him eat when ever and make him eat at set times. Not to let him drink a lot before going to sleep or else it would cost me." He chuckled suddenly, it was a good thing that was one of the first things she told me about. "But I still fucked up a lot, he almost killed himself once because I wasn't watching. Shot a big hole into the wall, I was so mad." His dark eyes frowned suddenly, pausing as he thought. "He set our oven on fire once, let some strange dog and a squirrel into the house once cause he left the door open." His scarred face was laughing as he talked, it was funny, to remember that now. That dog, man what a pain in the ass that was to catch. The squirrel, not too bad, it just chewed some stuff up. "He was good though. He listened when it was important and learned fast. Burnt himself once and never did it again, slipped on ice once and always watched for it, could count and read and tell time way before I could ever do it. It was just...just that he was so. Some things were just so difficult because he couldn't not think about what happened, and he was...scared." He glanced at her, her large mocha eyes frowning concerned as she listened.
"Why Gene?" Her raven hair shook slightly as she cooed at him. Her question sending his dark eyes back to the ceiling frowning. His unruly red hair inhaling heavily before sighing. It was more of Jim's business then his to tell wasn't it?
"He was scared because of what he could remember Mel. He remembered being locked in closets and tied in closets and small spaces.....I never saw bruises on a little kid like I saw on him." He felt her squeeze him lightly as he growled his words out, seven years running and still disgusted and pissed out of his mind about it. "It surprised me sometimes that he was alive. Even though I was looking at him, I didn't think that I should have been. Do you Understand THAT?!" His dark eyes frowned as he sat up suddenly looking at her. "I knew he was hit when I first saw him, but he was so dirty Mel. So hungry and.." He shook his head, just staring at her. That was part of his explanation too, because he didn't have the words for how insane, for how, incredibly heartless a person would have to be to beat a kid with a piece of wood. To burn them with the ends of their cigarettes. To lock them in small dark damps spots alone for hours with out food or any noise of life. To pull them out slow and sluggish and use them, just molest them so bad the they didn't talk anymore. That he was so hurt and bruised all over from the hands and the items used to rape him with that reality eased in and out like a dream. "He just shut down so he didn't have to understand what was going on...even with me...just shut down." His deep voice muttered lightly as she blinked suddenly. Her large mocha eyes shining up at him, shaking lightly at the pictures he was making in her head. "The doctors told me they used bottles and things to...ra, hurt him with...." She blinked, watching him silently look down, thinking, before grinning suddenly. "I remember once he got into a fight. His first one, first time I saw him fight." He grinned, looking up at her from where his dark eyes stared ahead into the side of the bunker to his low mumbling. "He was good, too." He grinned "Throwing himself into it, fighting good until the kid cheated and ganged up on him. I had to ripe them off him cause they were older then he was for crying out loud. It was unfair...but this kid. This kid was jamming a bottle down his throat and I wanted to kill him for it." His dark eyes growled suddenly, remembering the blonde hair gagging panicked and hurt as the bottle was ripped from its throat. "That damn kid had no idea what he had done cause it was just a normal bottle to him. I mean who would ever think.." He trailed again lightly, looking at her. Her silent still face listening as she cried lightly. Some of it didn't make sense but it was all supposed to be bad, and Jim was never bad.
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"You should just talk to him Jimmy" She felt him squeeze her tighter now as she suggested leaving the small room. Her unsnapped bell collar on the floor next to her as the loose red shirt squeezed her crying, half explaining half rambling something.
"No Aishaa I don't want to see him ok?...I don't!...I don't want to look at him now!" The light face pushed into her more. "It hurts me that...it's hurts so bad that Gene knows all this stuff and he doesn't care abooout it. He doesn't do anything aboout it!"
"Well what should he do?" She frowned squeaking lightly.
"SOMETHING! He should do SOMETHING! Cause he didn't DO It Then , he wasn't there when that guy bought..." The blonde hair stopped screaming at her suddenly, sniffling as he thought. "Aisha, did you know that...that...that I am worth seven thousand wooong?" The voice whined crying lightly.
"What?" She frowned slightly shoving him off to look at his face. The wet blue eyes sniffling heavily through the bitter smile.
"Yeah you can buy me for seven thousand Wong." He chuckled suddenly watching her concerned bright eyes blink before running her soft hand over his face. Wiping the small tears off, but they only ran back on.
"Who bought you for seven thousand Wong?" She cooed lightly watching him continue to smile.
"I thought being sold was going to be the worst thing that ever happed to...that ever happened to me you know?" He grinned lightly, his small voice shaking as he hiccupped. "Cause I didn't know where I was, and I didn't know where I was going to be when it was done....but the guy who bought me, showed me some stuff Aisha...he showed me..."the small voice cracked grinning. "Showed me...showed me some bad stuff ok." The blue eyes looked down suddenly as the laughter faded, her soft peach fur hand running through his hair lightly. "Used to hurt me when I.." She pulled him back into her watching his face tighten cringing before choking out a sob. "I did what he saaaid, I tried to not be bad and stuuuff...but sometimes he...did bad stuff anywaaaay even when I DID WHAT He WANTED! Or for...or FOR NO...no reasoooonnn!" Her bright eyes closed squeezing him as he sobbed suddenly. "I didn't understand. WHY AISHA!? I did what I was supposed to! I did whaaat he saaaid, when it huurt or maade me sick! It wasn't fair he cheated! Cheated every time!"
"Shhhh Jimmy it's ok." He felt her soft face nuzzling into his neck lightly but it didn't matter.
"Now all of a sudden I remember. I remember everrrythinnngahhhh, when I go to sleep I just start!...All of everything coming back...I am so scared I'll see him again Aisha! I don't want to please do something please! Gene doesn't know what I mean! I can't get away when it's in my head!" The small body shook as he screamed at her to fix it. Fix the pieces that had suddenly fallen out of places in his head, and sent him into the past every time he fell asleep.
"Jim maybe you can face him. You can in your dream. When you go back, you'll be different and.."
"NO! I don't want to!" The light hands shoved her suddenly, tugging and panicking at having to go back. "Every time I am me again! I hate it! HATE IT!" he sobbed.
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"I know he hates it but there just isn't anything I can do about it Mel." Her raven hair sat up gently rubbing the side of his arm softly, offering a smile.
"He will miss you if you leave him Gene." He glanced up at her small whisper, before grinning bitterly.
"Yeah he always misses me, because he won't talk to people. Cause he won't trust anyone else, does he ever tell you anything?" He watched her shake her head immediately, Jim had never said anything about his past to her. "You see what I am talking about?! How can he!? Even I don't want to talk about any of it!" His unruly red hair leaned into the side of the bunker quickly. "You think I want to remember all the things I saw. I literally had to hold him down Mel. He would scream and beg me to leave and to help him, but I had to hold him down so the doctors could fix him. It scared the hell out him to have anyone near him, anyone touching him because it made him remember what it was like before." His dark eyes sighed heavily looking up. "Sometimes I wonder if it still does. I know he likes girls but he doesn't seem to want to make a move with them. Especially since some rude chick stood him up on Symka Five." He growled suddenly "And the only reason I know about *that* is because he was so upset he had to say something! He is like a balloon Mel. He waits till it gets so big he has to do something about it or he'll pop! I am not saying he should run around flapping his gum, but he should at least be able to tell someone he doesn't feel good or something damnt!" She jumped lightly as he slammed the side of the wall near him. His scarred hand dropping for his caster as the frustration built before feeling empty space and slamming the wall instead. "It's funny, sometimes he gets these weird feelings." He glanced at her grinning lightly. "Says stuff to me like this isn't a good idea, or Gene I don't have a good feeling about this." He chuckled lightly. "Cause it's all stuff that makes reference to what he doesn't remember about his past. I don't know why, he forgot most of everything that happened. He would only get these weird feelings, like premonitions or something. No actual memories." He sighed lightly, his thoughts running through his head as she leaned into him from where she now sat at his side. " Guess that kinda worked in my favor though." He grinned "Fred is the only one that we can get financial help from....and it's all really because he *is* gay. It's not like he has a big heart or anything, just a sick mind."
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"I Hate Fred, always...always hated him!" The blue eyes scowled. "He's a loser and a dirt bag. He never sees...he never saw me then ..then anything more then something to...something to use Aisha." He glanced up watching her frowning eyes nod lightly. "He never listened to me when I told him no...he never...
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"It wasn't bad enough that I had to watch him every second. When I was working or when we went out. I mean it was big equipment Mel, stuff kids shouldn't be near, or breathing. So the few times I do leave him, Fred jumps at his chance! I mean WHAT is THAT!" She jumped again as he slammed the small metal wall good. "You would think that the two times I would turn my back for one second he would just leave the damn kid alone! He..." His dark eyes snapped suddenly, her raven hair sitting up straighter. Mocha eyes studying him hard as he stopped. His scarred face swirling to a hard panic of disbelief. "Gilliam?!" His dark eyes snapped at the entrance of the room watching the small bot appear at his command. "Where are we right now?" He growled, breathing hard as he wached Gilliam pull up information.
"We are currently following the route Melfina was so kind to plot back to Sentinel 3."
"That means we're going to go right by Heighfong am I right?" His dark eyes frowned slightly, watching the can read more data.
"Yes Gene. As it stands, we are currently passing over it, right now."
"Ahh" He growled suddenly. "Change course right now Gilliam. We're docking at Heighfong." He shot firmly, ordering the small blue can.
"Oh dear Gene. This is rather spontaneous, instead shouldn't..."
"NOW GILLIAM!" The dark eyes snapped, watching the bot quickly moved as his pillow missed it by a hair. "Mel." His dark eyes snapped around to her watching her tensed face gasp lightly in concern. "In the kitchen, when Jim was yelling about me he said something about Fred. What did he say? About Fred what did he say Mel?"
He watched her raven hair shake no lightly. "I don't...I don't know what he really said Gene...I didn't understand that." Her face fell suddenly, frowning that she had failed.
"He mentioned Fred Mel said something about the amount of times Fred had done something do you remember that? Just the amount of times, that's all I need, ok?" He flashed her a reassuring grin watching her stressed face focus hard to try and remember what he wanted.
"I think...I think so Gene...was...did he say three?" His dark eyes widened. Jim had said three. Now that he thought about it he remembered the blonde hair yelling at him, but it added up to three times, but. There wasn't supposed to be a third time, he never said anything about a third...
"I don't remember a third." His deep voice muttered out loud. Watching her mocha eyes become more concerned before he blinked. Quickly releasing her small arms from his tight grasp. "Mel I have to go. Dock the ship."
"But Gene I!-" She called after him as he suddenly rushed out of his bunk heading out into the hall to the strong Dock It! yelling back at her.
"JIM!" He shot swinging the small door in. His dark eyes darting about the small room but it was empty. "Jim?" He heard his voice echo lightly as he looked down the hall before squinting. "Jim!?" He watched the wet blue eyes and light Ctarl Ctarl hair jump immediately as he burst into the bathroom.
"Ahh Gene get out! Aisha! Out! Everyone OUT!" The blonde hair was off her in a matter of seconds shoving her at the door as the small dark gloved hands wiped their tears quickly. Trying to recompose itself as quick as it could.
"THREE!?" His blue eyes shot up at the outlaw at the sudden scream "In the kitchen you said three." The scarred finger was pointing at him suddenly, pushing past her squeaking lightly hair, stomping right towards him. "There was only TWO, two times with Fred!" he watched the blonde hair back up slightly. A baffled expression running over its small wet face, still red from where it had cried hard. Light Ctarl Ctarl hair behind them quiet at the loud outburst, still taken back by the small bits of information and upset blonde hair.
"Gene will you.."
"That one time that I let Fred upstairs the first night you stayed with me. I was cleaning up downstairs and when I came up I saw him with you like that and I roughed him up?" The blue eyes snapped at the bright eyes nervously, she was listening to this. "You remember that?" The dark eye frowned slightly watching the blonde hair make a small movement, of course he did. "Then the second time, when we were in his office. I went to get something, turned my back for one second and when I turned around he was all..."
"Gene will you SHUT UP!" His dark eyes blinked suddenly. Pausing before snapping at the bright Ctarl eyes behind him, her face tense listening to them. "AiSHA CAN I...Can I talk to you LAAATER." His dark eyes switched back to the blonde hair that let a small sob escape through its words. Her light hair just standing still, as though it hadn't spoke, absorbed in them. Two humans that never acted like this.
His dark eyes watching her go as the light hands ran over the wet face in front of him. The blonde hair running back into his view as she left shutting the door. "Jim." He stated the name casually, calmly, watching the light hands pick up their pace quickly before looking up firmly. The light face sniffling trying to stand hard and firm.
"Gene just go away I am *so* mad at you right *now*." The blue eyes growled up at him, watching the surprised scarred face continue to look at him. "You embarrassed me and you let Fred hurt me when you were there...when you weRE THERE!" The blue eyes suddenly screamed, furious with him still.
"You think I let him on purpose!? Just listen to yourself Jim! That's crazy, we're docking at Heighfong." His dark eyes frowned.
"It's not so crazy when...we're...we're what?" The blue eyes suddenly drained of the furious expression, blinking lightly to his statement.
"You heard me we're docking at Heighfong. In the kitchen you said three, three times Fred got you." He shook his head "That's not right Jim, there were two. Only two times, the other times I always beat him." The blue eyes looked away lightly, breathing through its open mouth. His eyes were so red and exhausted, his nose was stuffed and...he was hungry. "I know you might be...mad...about...some of the stuff that happened when you were younger Jim, but that's just it. You were little, when you talk about Iris, that I let Iris...are you...are you talking about that one time in the kitchen when you were seven and.." He trailed lightly watching the blue eyes flick up at him furious again. He had hit the nail on the head. "Look you were a little kid, you used to take baths at her house and you didn't care. It was different, I needed her opinion on something." He shrugged letting his baffled expression run into his voice, but the blue eyes only glared motionless.
"You...Never...Asked...First." The blue eyes growled, spitting their words slow and firm. Watching the dark eyes blink at the simplicity that caused so much commotion.
His scarred face grinning slyly "That's because I knew you would say no." The light face only let out an irritated scowl, backing up quickly as the outlaw sat down sighing heavily. "Look." The unruly red hair spit firmly as he sighed. "I know your mad but your just going to have to get over it." His dark eyes frowned at the light face,he wasn't bargaining this wasn't his fault. "Don't blame me for this, it just happened Jim. Life happenes and that's just how it is. Now maybe it was a little more friendly with parts of you then I ever got to experience and you might hate me for it but that's too damn bad." He frowned pointing at the small face. "If your going to have problems like these you either work through them or shut the hell up with them, because in case you haven't noticed you've managed to upset everyone on this blasted ship to the point of tears in the shortest time imaginable!" His dark eyes were squinting at the light face, the expressionless exhausted blue eyes that listened to him. "So what way are you going to go?.....cause you know I'll back you either way just let me know." He sighed a shrug. Blue eyes blinking slowly, saddened before shifting to the side and silently standing there.
"I don't remember everything bad." His dark eyes blinked, remembering accusing Jim of only remembering the bad in the kitchen, but the kid didn't look like it was listening then. "I remember eating pizza and being with...just you and.." The dark eyes grinned suddenly.
"You wouldn't have happened to remember how I used to chase you down, grab you by the arms and swing you around do you?" The blue eyes smiled lightly while they frowned. Blonde hair shaking no. "Too bad." He sighed grinning heavily watching the light face just sniffle.
"I feel so weird now. Like everything is different Gene." The blue eyes frowned. "Why didn't you get rid of me? Why did you keep me when we were so poor?" His dark eyes frowned before shrugging. A sly grin running over his face.
"I did it like I do everything Jim. I just did it. I didn't consciously make a choice, you just kinda moved in." He shrugged again "That's just how it happened, why? Do you want to go somewhere?" The blonde hair shook no immediately, watching his dark eyes cock a small eyebrow at him slightly confused. "If I ask you question will you give me an honest answer?"
"What's the question?" The light face sniffled watching the scarred face grin.
"You think you got it all figured out. You don't have any idea that I know you hate all of this, but there isn't a *damn* thing that either of us can do about it so. Just shrug it off Jim, let it go and move on." He shrugged lightly. "I know that's not what you want to hear but I can't change what's already happened, maybe if I had more information back then I could have but it's just not going to happen now buddy. Now I need to know. What did you mean when you said three times with Fred?" The blue eyes widened slightly, did he really just...blurt that out? Blast I wasn't thinking, his blonde hair shook no.
"I-"
"-Don't tell me you don't know cause I know you do. No damn games, I have a head ache. No games, no strings, got it?" He frowned as he chuckled. "I don't know about you but I am so exhausted." He watched the light face grin slightly as it walked over slouching onto the floor drained. Dark gloved hands running over his face as he leaned into them, sitting next to the outlaw. A small smile spreading on his hidden face as the scarred hand rubbed his back suddenly. It was always comforting before, now I know why, his mind muttered as he looked up. Watching the sly grin drop its hand waiting to hear it.
"After we entered the Space Race, and we missed the -in the money slot-. Aisha and I decided to put on those tacky costumes while you and Mel were fixing the paper work." His light voice chuckled suddenly as he remembered her light hair giggling the entire time they had changed into those ridiculous get-ups and then laughing hysterical at herself before doubling over when she saw him.
"Huh, for the life of me I never knew why you put that ugly thing on Jim." The sly face grinned watching the loose red shirt shrug.
"For fun I guess, plus, Aisha kinda talked me into it." He smiled before sinking slightly, remembering why he was telling this. "When Harry sent you that message about the duel, and you got all mad and starting roughing up that.. that poor employee." He laughed again, Gene did look kinda funny now that he thought about it. Roughing up some poor Joe who didn't know anything, all mad and reckless just like always. "We left to go change. Before we just changed in Fred's office because no one was in there, but after it was locked so we found the bathrooms." He grinned suddenly. "I almost couldn't stop her from smashing into the office, before she decided to acknowledge the fact they might just have bathrooms for us to use." He smiled, watching the unruly red hair shake its head humored. "I was all by myself when I went in cause it was empty. Aisha was in the girl's bathroom and when I was changing Fred just must have come in. I didn't even know it was him until he recognized something. I mean the little booth didn't go all the way to the floor so maybe it was my clothes or my...my boots of something. Who knows with that guy Gene." The blue eyes frowned watching the unruly red hair nod in understanding. "He was just talking to me, mainly about you until he got more...pushy? Really pissed me off cause I couldn't figure out what his problem was, until it hit me. A little too late, I always thought he was a little more interested in you then me."
"Gee thanks." He let his sly face grin, nudging the small shoulder, but the light face didn't respond.
"He didn't listen to me when I told him no, and I threatened to tell you too but he didn't seem to care." He shook his head, still baffled by that.
"But you *didn't* tell me." The dark eyes frowned, watching the blue eyes look up at his tone.
"I couldn't! What did you want me to do, just be like hey Gene Fred just.." The small lips ran together for a M sound before stopping.
"Say it." The blonde hair just look away silently sighing. "Say it, you know what it's called Jim." The scarred face frowned at him. Jumping lightly as the ship connected into a dock. The swift sudden vibration verifying their connection.
"What was?!" The blonde hair stood up fast before snapping at the red hair. "We're not on Heighfong." The light face shook no, wide eyed at the outlaw.
"You should have told me then Jim." The dark eyes were furious. "I knew, knew when you blurted out three in the kitchen! You never would have made a mistake like that, not you. The genius, if your so smart Jim how come you didn't say anything?!" His deep voice was starting to get mad, glaring at the blonde hair that didn't answer. "Put some pants on." He gave the light face a disgusted look as he stood up.
"Wait! Where are you going?!" His blue eyes widened pleading with the outlaw but the dark eyes only turned around slowly.
"Say the word Jim." The blue eyes strared at him motionless. They wouldn't acknowledge he spoke, until they finally moved, unsteadily shifting their weight. "How long was he in there with you?" His dark eyes frowned, trying to understand but this was giving him a visual picture and pissing him off even more.
"Ahh I..I don't know maybe a...maybe forty minutes?...An hour?" The blue eyes cringed watching the scarred face just glare. That was the icing on the cake.
"NO one else came in?!" The deep voice went nuts. That was preposterous, it was a bathroom wasn't it! A public bathroom!
The blonde hair shook no absently "One guy did before anything was really serious but then no one came, it was all during the party you know." the dark eyes widened suddenly.
"I always thought you skipped the party because you were mad at me." The whole time, he remembered clearly looking for Jim, before figuring he must have been mad at him about chasing after the McDougals for so much of the race they lost. "Thought you were mad about the McDougals."
The blue eyes frowned suddenly. "I was! But not mad enough to skip free food Gene." The voice held an annoyed tone, spitting it like he should have known that. It was obvious, which one of them would pass up free food!? the dark eyes only grinned.
"I have to go see Fred, and your coming with me." He stated it firm and hard. He wasn't going to debate it, or change his mind. He knew Jim hated Fred, he hated Fred too now. So they were even. "It's equal suffering Jim put pants on or your coming like that." He knew the blonde hair was hating him as he left the bathroom. Ignoring the shouts and curses as he left the blonde standing there. Heading for his castor, he was going to need that.
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"Stop it, stop the god damn elevator now." He glanced down at the heavy growl. The blonde hair getting more panicked as the space between them and Fred slowly started disappearing.
"How are we going to see him if I stop it." He shrugged matter o' factly listening to the furious stressed growl. His dark eyes ignoring the strong punch as he looked ahead, silently transforming the majority of his anger into the sly expression building on his face.
"Ok lets deal Gene. You want to make a deal with me?" The light voice breathed heavily, growling as he didn't even bother to answer his no. "Well remember after the duel you had with Harry!? How somehow we weren't in debt even though we had to replace our missiles!" The dark eyes looked down at the growling blonde hair. "Fred deposited eight thousand Wong into our account." The blue eyes snapped at the floor.
"What!? He paid you for that time!?" He was furious again. It was going to take maybe two minutes to move that into a sly smile.
"Over paid."
"What!" He snapped at the small whisper. His scarred hand shoving the blonde hair back a step so he could see the face. "What the hell do you mean over paid!? You actually know how much that stuff coasts? What did you look it up or.."
"NO I don't know! But I know if you wanted to buy...someone like me off the...it...I only cost seven thousand!" The dark eyes blinked baffled, what?
"What?" He felt his brain slur his baffled question out loud. "You know Jim I..." His dark eyes looked up at the small ding of the elevator. They had hit floor 201. His dark eyes twitched slightly as the door opened, scarred hand snapping at the baggy jacket and loose arm as he walked out. Feeling the small hand and then the small teeth digging him to let go over the low but firm protests.
"Gene just let go. Let's go, come one what the hell are you going to do! Your not going to shoot him are you?" His blue eyes darted frantically as they moved past the offices to the small office Fred was in today. The small thin secretary outside the door coming into view. "You'll go to jail just drop it! Are you even thinking about what will happen if you go to jail? Gene? Gene are you listening to me blast it?!"
He ignored the hard irritated whispers shot from the struggling arm as he walked over to her. Her black eyes smiling as she looked up from under her deep purple hair.
"Aww man Gene." His dark glove ran over his face as he groaned. Listening to the loud Sir! Sir you can't go in there! ring out from the now standing secretary behind them. The strong scarred hand shoving into the door.
"..as you can see ladies the enterprise is heading for a strong upward..." The baffled purple hair of Fred's familiar white coat looked up with the two elderly female clients as the unruly red hair smashed in. The deep sly smile glaring at the baffled face from above the frozen blonde hair. "Gene? What in the world are you doing here on Heighfong?"
The white coat blinked speaking to him, but he didn't answer. He didn't need to, Fred knew on an instant something was wrong. The stressed blue eyes staring at the floor as the strong scarred hand held onto them.
"Gene? What ever is the matter?" He felt himself smile, that same, sly smile. It was his anger now, his bitterness, his remorse for missing it, for letting Fred win another one.
"We have to talk, get rid of them." He spit hard, nodding his unruly red hair towards the two now frowning elderly women sitting baffled. Appalled by how rude and reckless he seemed. Barging into a respectable office as though he had wondered in from the streets.
"Gene these are high clients of mine. If you need help with something I will be done in-"
"-Get rid of them now Fred!" He shot his scarred hand dropping the smaller lighter one as he took a step forward.. The cast down blue eyes slowly taking a step behind the bright yellow cape before looking up. Fred was looking at him, studying him now. Gene never barged in when they needed money, a place to stay, a connection for anything they needed to get their hands on. That was rude, and when they wanted something, buttering Fred up usually proved more in their favor.
He glared at him, his white coat, his baffled but now seemingly understanding face. Understanding yet slightly disgusted and bored. As thought he suspected they would one day prove themselves more of a burden then they were worth and he frowned, they still didn't have any money, they still didn't have things together, even after all this time. Gene and Jim, still together but still under where they could have gotten if they had taken his offers years ago.
"Gene I don't have time for whatever trifle problem you have right now. If you don't let me continue my meeting I am going to call security." The purple hair frowned at them now, next to the two concerned yet outraged women. "These are high class investors who had traveled a long way to visit our-"
"-High class investors?" His unruly red hair smirked, cutting him off.
"Yes that's right." Fred looked perplexed now, maybe it *was* something other then money or pirates bringing them.
"These women are going to invest in your business Fred?" He cocked an eyebrow, how ironic was this. The purple hair nodded, eyeing the dark eyes somehow mocking him. Somehow bigger and stronger since the last time they had met. For some odd reason it seemed Gene was behind the desk now. "Then tell them to leave because I don't think they will be so thrilled to invest when they find out you have this weird habit of molesting little boys!"
He tried not to yell, he knew Jim wouldn't have wanted him to say it. Definitely not to yell it, he heard the small gagged choke from behind him as the brown eyes of the purple hair widened to the small female gasps. The aged classy eyes snapping at the white coat immediately as the unruly red hair growled.
"Ladies." His dark eyes watched Fred flash them a reassuring grin. "Will you please excuse me, there seems to be quiet a misconception here and I don't want to alarm you." He smirked watching Fred try to calm them, quickly hustling them out the door before snapping at him. Glaring at him. "Well Gene you've got some nerve." His brown eyes snapped at the outlaw, at the troublesome blonde hair ready to puke. His harsh tone easing slightly as he watched the reckless face just cock an eyebrow at his choice of words. Watching the brown eyes quickly start rephrasing things in its head. "Interrupting my meeting was totally avoidable Gene, do you have something to say to me?...Or do you Jim?"
The blue eyes jumped at the sound of Fred's voice spitting their name at them as the red unruly hair only growled.
"Oh yeah I got something to say alright Fred." The outlaw took a step forward, watching the white coat only move behind its desk, standing there.
"Really? Is it not the understanding when someone willingly excepts pay for a service they provide they are willingly excepting it?...Gene?" The brown eyes stared him down waiting watching the dark eyes squint furious before looking down.
"Is that true Jim? Did you name your price?" He watched the blue eyes blink, so stressed. The light face tense and upset as the small mouth gapped lightly.
"No I..I didn't say-"
"-You didn't name a price?! Did you say he could, if he paid you?!" The dark eye snapped at him, irritated and anxious for a real answer. The answer that would make his next move, but the blonde hair shook no.
"He just did Gene. I said no."
The dark eyes snapped up at an instant. Glaring at the white coat.
"Oh come on Gene." The brown eyes rolled mocking their comments. "I don't really remember what happened it was so long ago." He sighed, looking slightly worried now. The blue eyes were looking at him, they weren't on the floor anymore. The blonde hair that was so agitated and aggressive in the public bathroom had strength before it faltered. His mind frowned slightly, if Jim had used the strength he could have gotten away, but the emotional impact held him down. "Maybe he did say no." He shrugged again lightly. "The fact is I made sure I paid him well. Eight thousand Wong...that's an awful lot of money for nothing Gene." The brown eyes smiled at them.
The outlaw let out a sharp breath his dark eyes squinting. "Nothing...you call that for nothing?" The deep voice almost whisphered, his dark eyes glaring at the white coat as he slowly relaxed. His scarred arms falling back to his sides lightly, releasing his aggression, his castor. "I'll give you nothing." The brown eyes flickered lightly with concern as the outlaw seemed to relax. His hard powerful voice petering to a calm harsh sneer. Glaring at him, disgusted but, calm, watching him move closer to the right side of his desk. Towards the small button that would call security at an instant. "I am not going to blast anything Fred." He grinned suddenly. His hard sly grin staring down the white coat. "Don't you worry about me, you didn't touch me. No skin off my back...right Jim?" The blue eyes looked up at him as he glanced down. Listening intently still through the stressed but firmer expression. "You know who you should really be worrying about don't you Fred?" He grinned slyly, eyeing the white coat that suddenly seemed to be more interested in what they were saying. "Don't you think that maybe you should worry more about Jim and not me?" He watched the brown eyes snap at he blonde hair as he grinned. The confused baffled expression running over Fred's face, worry about Jim? The same patch of blonde hair and light skin that had lost so quickly. "The whole time he's been walking around with this kinda information about you. Do you know what would happen if anyone found out?" He felt himself chuckling lightly, he didn't come here to threaten Fred. He came there to shoot him, but he couldn't. It was Jim's score, and Jim didn't want him shooting, none of these threats had even occurred to him till now. He felt himself laughing slightly because of it. "What do you want Jim?"
He felt the loose jacket and red shirt stumble at his contact. His dark eyes still glaring hard at the white coat as his hand snatched down to the blonde hair. Shoving it forward, watching it stumble in front of him as thought it had just been put on display. The blue eyes cringing as they looked up at the light face of the purple hair. That white coat that suddenly valued his presence more then ever before because now he was a threat.
"You tell him." The outlaw muttered from behind. "Anything you want." His scarred hand slid down to his castor, running lightly around the strong handle. The sharp trigger. "And he'll give it to you." The dark strong barrel raised, aiming at the purple hair and brown eyes.
"I don't want anything from him Gene." The blue eyes glared ahead at the purple hair. The stressed, hurt expression drilling to a disgusted twisted expression of hate, spitting its words out bitterly. The brown eyes just watching silently a nerved but still and calm.
"What? You don't want anything?" He frowned watching the back of the blonde hair before grinning, his dark eyes moving back to white coat. "You hear that Fred, looks like he's getting you off the hook." He grunted lightly letting his castor slide into the barrel again before watching the blonde hair whirl around to the large slam from outside the room somewhere. The sound of the police rushing in. "Not for good Fred." His dark eyes glared at the purple hair, ignoring the light hands.
"Gene we have to go the cops are here!" His dark eyes ignored the tugging, the stressed shoving.
"When he calls, whatever he needs. Know it by yourself Fred, you owe whatever he wants to him."
"Gene lets go! Drop it we have to get out of here!" The light hands disappeared locking the office door before snapping back at the unruly red hair.
"I could never stop you when he was younger, thought I did now that he was older. So you better make it up to me." He sneered, watching the white coat frown as it listened. The brown eyes almost mesmerized by the sincerity of the deep voice. The dark reckless eyes expressionless, burning into him over the sound of the cops smashing into the office. The blonde hair silently standing, knowing they were caught.
"Get you hands in the air where we can see them!"
It only took a minute more for them to smash in the door. He felt the rough strong shove of several guys pushing him over. Ripping the castor off his side along with knife to his boot and small bombs. The hard fast hands patting him down. The rough cool surface of the floor against his cheek. His dark eyes watching his partner, standing three feet from him. Hands up slightly watching the cop ease towards it before its wrists were yanked up and held as a cop started patting it down. The blonde hair and calm light skin disappearing as he blinked. The strong force leaving him, cuffs running around his hands held tightly behind his back. The sound of the strong metal circles to his and his partner's cuffs clicking as he opened his eyes. The hard fast hands now pulling him up and shoving him forward. The heavy walking and soft mechanical clank of the heavy guns leading them back towards the elevator.
His dark unruly eyes smirking at the secretary. Her thin tight face now holding a serves your right expression as she stood by her desk, obviously the one who called. The two elderly women next to her, one still giving a cop her statement.
"Sorry" He grinned, almost chuckling his comment. Nothing but the small growl answering him from the blonde hair walking behind him. The gun barrel jabbing his back as his blue eyes looked at the yellow cloak and cuffed blue hands in front of him.
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"You couldn't have listened to me like I said! Had to go busting in there without thinking about what you were doing huh Gene!?" The blue eyes sneered at him. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair bounce lightly as the patrol truck hit another air pocket. The loose jacket and blonde hair scowling at him from the small metal bench coming out of his side of the heavy police truck. One small gloved hand cuffed to it, sitting in front of the unruly red hair cuffed to his bench and lazily slouching there. Yet glaring at the blonde hair, the two cops sitting, one on each bench some foot from them. "Next time don't bring me! It's one thing to get your own ass hulled to jail but I didn't have anything on my record! And I never wanted to see Fred!"
"Alright" he heard himself growl watching the blonde hair only slump back into the wall growling. The thoughts running behind the blue in its eyes. Waiting till enough of them built up it could spit more at the calm yet slightly annoyed outlaw.
"Hey pal how long are you going to hold us?" The blue eyes snapped at the two cops lazily watching them argue. "Is Fred pressing charges or what?" His dark eyes grinned slightly watching the cop just shrug. Silently laughing at them, we must be slightly funny to watch his mind chuckled. "Mel and Aisha are gonna have a fit." The blue eyes slumped back into the wall, relaxing as there was nothing to do but wait. His blue eyes shooting one last squint at the dark eyes slyly grinning as the outlaw sat completely patient, obviously more accustomed to what was happening.
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"You will remain in custody until an acting manager of Lou Enterprises as well as Morgan and Vicson Incorporated issues us a statement as to whether or not you will be charged."
"Hey pal why don't you get your hands off me so I can make my phone-"
"-Starwind? Gene Starwind?" The cop frowned watching the unruly red hair relax lightly but continue walking down the hall. The strong cop boots leading both his dark eyes and the blonde hair beside him to a cell. "Fingerprints check out, Starwind. You've gotten 5 C's already. I wouldn't be smart assing anyone here on Heighfond if you know what's good for you." The cop smirked lightly. Watching the dark eyebrow cock at him as the strong metal keys opened the iron cell now to their right. The young smart assed face of the cop smiling at them as they walked in, ignoring the growling of the unruly red hair. "Guess I'll see you two later then." The young brown hair chuckled lightly locking the door again before starting back down the hall. His light chuckling echoing back at them, teasing the dark reckless eyes.
"Hey Gene." His dark eyes left the young laughing brown hair as the elbow nudged him. Dark eyes glancing first at the blonde hair before at the shiny mossy green of their other cell occupant.
"Hey how you doing?" His scarred face grinned, the guy was smiling at them already. "Gene Starwind." He watched the mossy green eyes cock at him lazily before extending a hand, and shaking the blue glove he had extended with his name.
"Russell Cormick." The mossy green eyes and tanned skin grinned, before glancing at the blonde hair. Extending his hand to the blue eyes that vacantly watched him. Shaking the stronger hand that reached for him before frowning slightly as the grin smiled directly at him.
"Jim...Hawking." His scarred face grinned lazily lounging into the small cot. It was a tight space. It's got to be maybe seven by seven, his mind growled lightly. Eyeing the small contents. The one bunk bed and single cot, sink, toilet, ugly cinderblock wall and metal laser bars running in front of them and to their right. Opening the side facing the police desk for the cell wing.
"What are you all in here for?" The mossy green eyes grinned lounging back into the bottom bunk where he was. Humored as he watched them noisily come in, arguing with the guards as he lay there.
"Harassing some big business suit." His unruly red hair chuckled lightly, moving slightly as the blonde hair sat down on the end of his cot.
"What are you in here for?" The blonde hair watched the black color as he spoke. The loose gray shirt of mossy green eyes shrugging lightly.
"Burglary." He stated matter o' factly.
"Oh yeah." The dark eyes grinned, chuckling lightly "What were you trying to steal?"
The mossy green eyes chuckled watching him before shrugging again lightly. "A ship. But they won't hold me long. Don't got enough on me, I used to be a cop once...but I was set up." The raspy voice chuckled suddenly. "Why? What's it to you Gene, you don't mind if I call you that right?" The outlaw shrugged, only flashing a sly grin..
"That's my name isn't it." He chuckled lightly. "I hear you, I run my own business and sometimes the cops got a problem with our bills." He grinned watching the mossy green eyes scuff a short laugh.
"You don't say. What kinda business?" He cocked a dark eyebrow at the unruly color.
"We sell solutions to any problem." He grinned. "Starwind and Hawking Enterprises, right down on Sentinel three."
"Really? Sentinel huh?" The tanned skin grinned at him. "I hear Sentinel's pretty dead, a good spot to be if you want to get lost."
He grinned leaning back into the rough cinder blocks slightly ignoring the flat comment about Sentinel...it was dead. Reckless dark eyes watching the grinning tanned skin glance at his younger partner who had been silently studying it.
"Hey kid, why don't you come sleep closer to me...You want the top bunk? I am not going to bite." His green eyes and raspy voice chuckled lightly watching the blue eyes frown as they stood up. Moving over towards the bolted down bunk system
"My name is Jim. You don't mind if I call you Russell do you?" The blonde hair smirked at him, watching the tanned face silence. Eyeing the smart comeback with irritation as the white cargos climbed onto the top bunk before staring up at the ceiling.
"Do they plan on feeding us or what? Jim what do you know about this place" The dark eyes glanced up at the bunk lazily watching a gloved hand make a small how should I know motion.
"They took my stuff Gene." The light voice stated matter o' factly, blue eyes staring up at the ceiling as the red hair growled. The rough concrete sliding under his shoulders as he slid into the cot more. Offering a small nod to the shiny black hair before shutting his eyes. Two hours was to long to wait for awake.
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His dark eye frowned lightly, listening to the heavy laughter from the small five year old behind him. The blonde hair watching him silently argue over the laundry detergent as he looked down. Watching the open circle to the washing machine almost mock him. "Yeah I look real funny don't I." He grumbled lightly listening to the small muddy pair of jeans and loose deep green shirt sit down on the floor now laughing too hard to stand. "Ahh blast." His dark eyes frowned, snapping at the odd buttons and one big knob to the machine as it started trying to wash while he wasn't finished. "Alright!" He shot, his dark eyes momentarily snapping at the blonde hair doubling over at him before snapping back at the machine. "Alright Iris! I forgot! What do I do!?" He shot, yelling over the small laughter as he looked down. The small bin inside the great metal square trying to wash without any soap or enough water. Making a hard growling sound at him as she came rushing back in. Her soft feminine blonde hair looking down before squeaking.
"Ahh Gene you goof what did you do to it huh?" In a few quick snaps the machine turned off. Her soft thin hands dropping the small knob as it suddenly started adding more water. Soft feminine eyes laughing at him lightly before turning around to the jeans sitting on the floor laughing. "Jim take off your shoes and stop laughing at him." She chuckled lightly watching the small face. The closed blue eyes continuing to beam at them through the heavily laughter. "Jim it's not nice to laugh at people you dirty rat." she giggled lightly. Watching the muddy light face relax lightly, only chuckling at them. The dark eyes giving it a dull look.
"Iris." She glanced up at him, watching his unruly red hair just sigh heavily. Exhausted from working his two bit job at the small farm two hours down the road. His scarred form and pants still covered in mud like the blonde hair that couldn't resist getting into it too after Gene had. Never mind Gene accidentally fell in, it still looked like a lot of fun.
"Mm your just lucky my laundry room is downstairs Gene." She frowned watching the blonde hair smear mud in circles with its hands from where it sat before she sighed. "And get you pants off, they're making tracks you know! Who do you think is going to wash all this Gene!?" She squeaked annoyed watching him grin. His loose baggy pants continuing to smear mud like a mop as he moved. His dark eyes running over the filthy floor before back at her as she started towards the blonde hair.
"Jim get this stuff off ." She smiled pulling the muddy deep green cotton over his head. Watching him smear his hands on the portions of the cloth not coated with the thick brown dirt as he laughed lightly. "You two are lucky I didn't make you take all your clothes off outside. You know I am splitting this place with May, she's going to kill me when she finds out I let two guys coated with mud in here Gene." She whined lightly as she squeaked unbuttoning the small pair of jeans before letting the small hands take over. Pushing the rim down slightly before hopping to get them off.
"What Iris?" Her navy eyes smiled at the blonde hair that stopped listening to her. "We can take our clothes off not in da...in outside?"
"No we can't take our clothes off outside." The red hair shot annoyed, watching the blue eyes continue to eye her as she giggled before calming as his dark eyes shot her a look.
"Notah, I was only playing sweetie." She giggled lightly watching him step out of his pants. Nothing but muddy light skin, blonde hair and orange boxers which quickly sat back down smearing the mud on the floor. "Aaaa" she whined watching him, the small laugh the only indication the blue eyes even heard her.
"So who is this May?" She looked up, watching the dark eye cock an eyebrow at her. "She some hot babe?" She wrinkled her nose, nodding to the blonde hair suddenly back at the door asking if he could go outside.
"Maybe." She giggled lightly watching the scarred blue boxers drop his muddy jeans into the washing machine. Unruly red hair moving over slightly as she dropped in the smaller clothes from the blonde hair.
"Hey Jim you think May's a hot..." His dark eyes trailed before growling lightly at the open door. "Iris, if I hear anything from him about wanting to take stuff off while he's out your going to owe me." He grinned watching her move to the window shutting the door. Her thin feminine figure giggling as she listened to him, he owed her too many. Strong scarred hand shutting the top of the washer as she opened the window.
"No!" He glanced at her as she called out. "Don't put that in your mouth it's got germs on it!" She whined squeaking as she leaned out. His dark eyes walking over next to her watching the light hand look down at the small whatever that looked interesting to taste.
"I dident see any on dare." The blue eyes frowned, looking into his hand for whatever germ things there might be.
"Yaha but they're there." She giggled lightly watching the blue eyes continue to frown. Starting to look as though it might say something to protest again. "Gene how are.."
"Hey Jim." The blue eyes looked up at the red hair now shoving the giggling figure from the window while holding onto the bottom of her dress. His scarred face grinning as she smacked him playfully. "Never mind the germs. If you want to put that in your mouth, you better be sure that's what you want because if I see you do that to one thing. I am going to jam it down your throat." She giggled harder suddenly, covering her mouth as the blue eyes dropped what looked like a small rock frowning.
"Down my throat?" The light voice repeated watching it fall before looking back up at the red hair that nodded, repeating yeah down your throat. "Like dat, like dat yucky...da yucky purple cough-"
"-Yeah, just like the yucky purple cough medicine." His scarred face grinned watching the light skin make a face as it started back toward the door. For some reason it just wasn't as interesting outside anymore.
"Gene you animal!" His dark eyes glanced at her as she hit him with both hands now. "Don't tell him that or he's not going to want to take more of it later!" She laughed, pulling at the bottom of her short dress he held on to.
"He's not going to forget, I already told you." He chuckled lightly letting go, watching her step back smoothing her dress before looking up at him with a short sigh.
"Are you two leaving when your clothes are done?" Her face watched him as she relaxed, his scarred features thinking before shrugging.
"Yeah maybe, but it doesn't really matter when we leave. That's the only job that's called in for today." He watched her make a face, like ew a job with that much mud. She wasn't going to even ask what he was doing at that farm to show up looking like that.
"Well then I need you to fix something for me." She watched him make a face, rolling his eyes lightly before sighing as her eyes didn't falter. The same -you better fix this for me- look staring at him.
"What?" He sighed heavily, his dark eyes glancing at the open door as the blonde hair came back in. Holding the small vent screen to her air conditioner in its hands.
"I need you to fix the light in my closet, I can't see anything and...what is so funny Gene?" She frowned watching him grin suddenly before following her gaze. Her sweet navy blue eyes falling on the blonde hair momentarily before snapping back at him. "Ohhh Gene your not listening to one word I say!" She whined smacking him lightly watching his face flash her a lop sided grin.
"Course I am, you busted your closet light." He shrugged watching her groan at him. Her face frowning lightly but slightly humored as he started out of the laundry room wearing only his boxers. Off to fix the upstairs hall closet light.
"Hey!" she snapped watching the blue eyes jump up at her immediately. Looking up from where they were busy both smearing mud and bending the air conditioning vent.
"I'll put dat back." The light face smiled at her, watching her make a face at him.
"Right now! Right now Jimmy this is the last time you take that off. You wanna bust my air conditioner!" She frowned, shoving him back out the door as he whined looking up at her.
"But I wanna, I waaana see what's in dare Iris. I'll put dat-"
"-Yeah you'll put it back right *now* Jim." She frowned watching him turn back around as she stood in the doorway, his light face groweling at her. "I am gonna swat you." She frowned watching his blue eyes squint fast.
"Natah you can't." She blinked, watching him grin at her suddenly sticking his tongue at her. Her face choking a laugh before she could tell herself not to. Watching him laugh at her as he stood there.
"Come here and try me." she grinned at him watching him stop laughing. His blue eyes studying her. "You want to seeee?" She giggled lightly watching him frown at her before groweling. His blonde hair stomping back down the side of the house to screw the vent back on to her giggling.
"What's so funny?" His dark eyes peered out at her from inside her hall closet as she passed. Momentarily watching her light thin figure walk by into the bathroom starting the tub.
"You." she sighed leaning into the doorway looking up. Watching the scarred chest and dark eyes look down at her from where they were reaching up to the ceiling. Unscrewing the light fixture from the small step latter. "Jim unscrewed my air conditioner vent again." She sighed watching him laugh. His dark eyes looking back up to more unscrewing, his scarred fingers working the small metal bolts gingerly so nothing would break.
"You better watch him or he'll take apart the air conditioner." He watched her eyes widen lightly as he grinned down. "That's what happened to our toaster" Her feminine blonde hair quickly disappeared into the bathroom as he listening to the window open and the stressed Jim you get your butt in this house before I come get you being yelled out. His dark eyes grinning, chuckling up to the light fixture as half of it detached from the wall. Her light voice shooting back an oh yes I will before the window shut. Her navy eyes looking down at the tub now half full. Testing the water before shutting it off to the downstairs door closing. The blue eyes frowning as they came back in looking up at him as they came up the stairs.
"Gene Iris said..." The light voice trailed catching sight of her. Her navy blue eyes cocking an eyebrow at him, humored that Jim was telling on her.
"What did Iris say?" The dark eyes looked down out of the closet doorway, grinning at them. Watching the blue eyes only make a face before sighing lightly as she giggled. "Hey you touch anything downstairs?" The dark eyes frowned lightly watching the blue eyes just blink looking at him. Drawing a blank as to what he was asking, the dark eyes running over the muddy hands. "Go take a bath." The red hair disappeared reaching back up to the light fixture. The blue eyes slowly moving to the closet doorway. Eyeing the small lit space Gene was in before looking up, nudging the scarred form working.
"Gene can I see dat, can I see." The blue eyes looked up, the wires and pieces exposed from where the unruly red hair had taken the light fixture off.
"You want to see it?" The dark eyes grinned down suddenly, watching the blonde hair nodd. "Are you asking me if you can see?"
"Yeah I want da see dat. I want da see da, dat stuff." The light hand pointed up watching the dark eyes grin before making a face.
"Well what did I just ask you to do?" The unruly red hair waited watching the light face think before frowning.
"I'll miss daaat if I take a bath." The blue eyes whined suddenly nudging him as he shook no.
"No you won't, go get in the tub. You want me to wait?" He grinned watching the groaning blonde hair look back up nodding as he said the last part. The light hands quickly disappearing from the doorway of the closet, hurrying towards the bathroom. Her soft eyes watching it go in before shutting the door. Feminine smooth face smiling at the red hair climbing down the step latter before sighing. His scarred form taking a few steps over before leaning on her. Feeling her smooth shoulders and blonde hair as he squeezed her light sundress before feeling her shove him. His scarred hand moving up her front as he grinned.
"Gene your such an animal." She giggled lightly shoving his hands off her chest as she leaned into the wall. Watching his dark eyes push around in front of her. "Are you tired?" She smiled lightly watching his scarred shoulders shrug, but he was. His dark eyes looking back up as she ran her hands through his red hair lightly. "Why don't you try and sleep here? Maybe you'll sleep better?" She smiled lightly at him watching his dark eyes look down, ignoring her comment as he just hugged her again. Her thin arms squeezing him as he stood there. "Did you hear me Gene?" She felt his face smile from where it was pushing into her neck. "You want to take a nap?" She heard his light chuckle as she giggled out her words, nudging him lightly.
His humored scarred face standing back up, looking at her. "I don't think I have time, Jim's got to-"
"-I can watch him, why don't you go to sleep. Then he can just nap with you in some.." Her eyes roamed the hallway, stopping on the closed bathroom door that hid the clock before shrugging. "It was 12:20 when you guys showed, so maybe ten minutes." she smiled watching him think. His scarred face debating if he really had time to sleep. Considering he wasn't getting much at night anymore. I used to sleep like a rock, his mind chuckled. And he knew he had, friends had told him, women had told him and he had ever since he was younger. Now all of a sudden every little sound woke him up, Jim woke him up sometimes three times a night and falling asleep had gotten harder to.
"I don't have time Iris." He frowned slightly at her thin hands shoving him lightly. Feeling him hug her again as she started to her bedroom. His weight shuffling after her as he didn't let go.
"Yes you do. Now your going to sleep Gene you look tired to me." She frowned at him as he let go looking at her. "What are you going to miss hmm? You said yourself no work came in so come on silly." She giggled lightly moving him in front of her so he stood with his legs against the bed. His scarred face grinning at her as she wrinkled her nose.
"I can't. When our clothes come out Jim's got to go to some place so they can do some kinda scan on him, and they want to see me too. Cause Judith thinks I don't look to good and.." She watched him mutter the stuff they were going to have to do. They stuff he should be doing, the work they needed as he laid down. Her smooth thin hands running through his hair as she shhed him lightly. Watching his scarred eyes close as he sighed heavily, before she got back up. Her feminine blonde hair shaking lightly as she walked by the bathroom listening to the blonde hair play, her small sundress starting back down the stairs to the laundry room. Looking in at the pair of dark blue jeans and red t-shirt still washing before opening the dryer. Listening to the loud soothing hum of the heat stop as it clicked open. The smooth cotton of the smaller green t-shirt and baggy blue jeans running under her hands. "Dry enough" She smiled to herself pulling them out before moving the washing machine knob to the last steps so it would hurry along.
Her small purple sundress heading back up the stairs with the small 6x clothing. Her smooth face giggling as he heard him call her name from behind the door. "What?" She giggled opening it slightly so she could hear him better. Her soft navy eyes looking at the hallway wall as she listened to him tell her how cool da water ding was. Her face giggling harder as she walked in watching him look up at her smiling. "Your clothes are all done." She smiled sighing lightly. Her eyes running over the water he splashed onto the floor before sighing again. "Ok Jim it's lessen time." He frowned lightly, but listened. "When you make a mess it's your job to clean it up. So when you get out, which is now." She shot him a look stopping his protests dead. "Guess what you get to do." She giggled again watching his blue eyes think before moving towards the edge of the tub looking down at the floor.
"But I dident do dat." The blue looked back up at her smiling lightly, watching her giggle.
"Alright." She sighed sitting his clothes on the small counter before pulling out a towel watching him splash some more before stopping to watch the water drip onto the floor. "Oh heeey your getting everything wet." She whined lightly watching him look up momentarily smiling before reaching into the tub and dropping more water onto the floor. "Jim!" His blue eyes looked up at her hard snap. Navy eyes frowning at him. "Stop that, your cleaning this up cause I watched you do it." She giggled watching his face make a shocked oops expression as he realized he had done it right in front of her.
"Dat's ok though." He shrugged lightly, watching her cock an eyebrow at him as his thin light figure stood up. Lifting his arms as she slide the soft yellow towel around him.
"Oh it is?" She smiled sweetly watching him nod. Taking the towel and hanging onto it at the top as she got another one. Her thin hands shaking it open so she could dry his hair.
"I don't mind dat. Iris yesdaday ahhh!" She watched him trail lightly before growling at her. The soft white towel in her hands roughing into his hair as he stood. His body teetering lightly before stepping forward and gripping the side of the tub with one hand. His blue eyes frowning at her as she stopped drying his hair, her light face giggling at him watching him growl. "Don't do dat anymore!" He shot at her watching her continue to giggle hanging the towel up, watching him shake his head. His wet blonde hair ruffling as he shook it before looking back up at her. His blue eyes watching the floor as she pulled him out, letting him stand outside the tub before handing him clothes. Her light face smiling as she watched him tell her about something stupid Gene did yesterday, but she wasn't really listening. Gene had looked slightly thinner, her mind frowned thinking about it. He must have lost at least seven pounds, not that she didn't just love the way his pants threatened to slip right off him every second, he looked tired.
"Sweetie?" She watched the blue eyes look up at her, stopping as she interrupted. Quickly shooting her a frown as she took that opportunity to pull his dark green shirt over his head. Watching the light skin and now orange boxers let go of the towel to put his arms through it. "Does Gene sleep good Jim?" She watched his blue eyes blink, almost eyeing her as if she shouldn't have known about whatever it was she was talking about.
"What's dat?" she shrugged lightly, listening to his familiar phrase, asking her what she meant.
"Gene looks tired, do you know why that is, hmm?" She smiled lightly watching him think as she crouched down helping him snap up his jeans.
"Did you ask him dat?" The blue eyes frowned lightly at her, watching her look up thinking.
"Yes. I just wanted to know what you thought." She smiled lightly watching him yawn as he listened to her.
"Gene dadent sleep good cause he misses his dad." Her face flinched suddenly, staring at him, but he didn't notice. His blue eyes busy arguing with his shirt before sighing and looking back up at her sleepily. "Iris can, where is Gene?" She blinked lightly watching him mumble his question as he stepped forward. His light weight leaning into her before she blinked looking down at him. Her smooth thin hand ruffling his wet hair lightly before hugging him. Feeling the light hands move slightly from where they were pulled into the dark green shirt pressing into her. Not hugging back but staying where he was as she squeezed him lightly before picking him up as she stood. Navy eyes running over the bathroom before hitting the small button empting the tub. Her one hand moving lightly, as she patted the small back in her arms before ruffling it. Feeling him smile as she growled playfully roughing his shirt before offering a quick sweet pat to the back of his pants as she started out of the bathroom. Her eyes glancing in at the sleeping red hair as she walked in shhing him immediately. Watching the light face lean back in her arms to look at her before watching her point at the closed dark eyes.
"What dat...Gene's asleep Iris?" The blue eyes frowned lightly at her, almost confused as he watched her smile nodding. "Wh?" The blue eyes looked back over at the scarred form now sleeping under her comforter as she shrugged.
"He's tired sweetie. You want to take a nap now?" She smiled at him as he looked back at her nodding. Unusually compliant to admit he wanted a nap since Gene was already taking one.
"Did you make Gene take dat, take a nap too?" the blue eyes whisphered to her lightly as she walked over to the bed nodding.
"Sure did. I told him to get in this bed and sleep." She giggled lightly watching the scarred face grin, still eyes closed as it woke up to the small noise she was making. "I told him I was gonna swat him good if he didn't get right in this bed like he was told." The scarred chest moved lightly as the red hair laughed without making any noise. A dark eye opening lightly to peer at them. Watching the blonde hair stand on the bed as she let it slide down lightly. The blue eyes almost widened listening to her. Engrossed in the fact Iris ordered Gene to go to bed or she would have swatted him.
"Should da done dat anyway." The light face smiled suddenly watching her giggle.
"Done what? You want me to swat him anyway?" She giggled watching the blonde hair nod as it smiled.
"Dat would da, da been funny da see Iris. Cause-"
"-Oh you think that would have been funny?" the blonde hair jumped lightly, stepping back into the bed to turn around. Frowning down at the dark eyes that looked up grinning.
"Dat was a trick!" The blue eyes shot watching the laughing scarred face shake its head no. "Yeahhuh you lied! I thought you were sleeping Gene!" The blonde hair shot, leaving the feminine purple dress for the chuckling red hair. The scarred hand snapping at the light wrist coming to smack him. Puling the small weight into the bed quickly.
"Thought it would have been funny if Iris swatted my butt huh?" His dark eyes grinned ruffling the light face into the pillow as the small body laughed pushing at him. "How about I hold you down at let her swat you?" He laughed listening to the immediate Nooos! shoot from the pillow as the light face pushed up. The small baggy jeans scrambling over the red hair, watching the dark eyes squint at him before snapping at his ankle.
"Ahh Gene let me go! Don't do dat!" The light face whined laughing. Unsure if the dark hair would really go through with its threat. His blue eyes watching the feminine hair lay down giggling lightly as she watched but ignored them. "Don't do dat!" The blonde hair shot quickly as the scarred hand drug him over. Shoving his head back into the pillow before laying down. Watching the blue eyes frown as they sat up quickly looking at the feminine face that just giggled shaking her head no, she wasn't going to do any of that.
"Lay down and go to sleep." The dark eyes grinned watching the smiling blue look back at him before lying down. Sending him a soft approving punch as his dark closed eyes. His grin fading lightly but remaining on his face as he relaxed. The soft light breathing of the deep green shirt and blonde hair on his side changing lightly as it fell asleep. The feminine eyes looking up at the ceiling before glancing at the clock. Silently nominated to be the designated alarm clock, her eyes blinking lightly as she sighed. It was 12:55, Jim could sleep for a half an hour because Gene had said they had to go at 2:00.
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"Gene?" She smiled watching has scarred face sleep as she shook him lightly. Her soft eyes glancing at the sleeping blonde hair in-between them before silently shaking the unruly color again. "Gene wake up?" She giggled lightly watching the dark eyes open, looking at her slightly annoyed.
"What?" He grumbled at her sighing heavily as he ran a scarred hand over his face before yawning.
"Where was it you two have to go huh? Cause it's 1:30." He glanced up, watching her light face frown slightly as she waited. Where was it we have to go? His mind repeated as it drew a blank. His scarred face just looking at her, watching her raise her eyebrows at him as he didn't response. Oh yeah, his head chuckled lightly. He had to fix her light, and then they had those blasted medical appointments he had been putting off. At least they're on the same day now, his mind growled lightly as he shrugged. "Well do you have to get up now or not?" She frowned giving him a look watching him nod. His scarred chest sitting up slowly, watching Jim's face frown as he moved. His scarred face grinning lightly as he slide the small arm and blonde hair off him standing up. Mouthing he was going to get his clothes to her as she smiled. Shifting the comforter she laid on before pulling it up to the blonde hair. Tucking it in before getting up and walking out. Her soft eyes running over the hallway before looking down, smiling as she watched the red hair come out of the laundry room hopping into its baggy jeans before sighing. His scarred arms yawning as he pulled his black t-shirt over his head, grinning as he caught her watching him. "Gene?" He flashed her another lop sided grin as he started back up the stairs watching her patiently wait for him to get there. "Maybe you should stay here and sleep some and I'll take Jim where he needs to go huh?" She watched him look down thinking as he yawned before shaking his head no.
"Naa I have to go anyway, it's ok Iris." He grinned at her watching he shrug.
"Why do you have to go huh?" She frowned lightly watching him shrug again starting towards her closet.
"The women who sees him, Judith." He glanced at her lightly as he started back up her step ladder. "Wants me to come in and see her too...beats the hell outa me." she looked up watching him pull several wires out of the small hole before unscrewing the weird mercury bulb.
"Wha? How come huh? You sick or something?" He grinned down at her shaking his head no.
"Naa I think she just worries cause we see her so much. Nothing special...so I have to do that and then she wants Jim to get some kinda..." He trailed lightly struggling with the bulb he couldn't pull on but wouldn't come out. "..some kinda body scan so she can get readings from his bones and systems, junk like that. Since he doesn't like milk she worries about his calcium intake with the planet rotation the way it is, and we can't get vitamins for him cause we can't afford it, and he never had anything healthy when he was younger" He shrugged talking up to the hole before glancing down at her. Watching her face still frowning lightly as he told her, none of that sounded like anything good. "Hey don't worry about it." He flashed her a lop sided grin as he saw her face. Watching her force a light smile before looking towards the bedroom at the sound of his name.
"Geeene!" He chuckled at the small yell, climbing down the step latter before pushing past her as she sighed. Watching his scarred figure disappear into the bedroom chuckling lightly.
"Hey what are you yelling for?" He grinned watching the half open blue eyes look up at him from where the blonde sat on the bed. The light arms pulled in tight as the blue eyes yawned irritable.
"What's dat! You left Geeene, I am tiiired." The light face whined, getting up. The loose blue jeans stepping over the big bulges of the comforter as it moved towards the grinning black shirt.
"Come on, want to see the light I was taking apart?" He grinned watching the blonde hair nod as it walked into him before looking off the side of the bed and jumping off. Following the baggy jeans into the hall towards the closet before stopping. Watching the red unruly hair walk in before grinning at him, motioning for him to follow. "Come on Jim I got two seconds to do this then we're leaving." The blue eyes frowned lightly, still frustrated from waking up as it trudged forward. Looking up at the cool wires in the ceiling as the scarred hands pulled him up, bouncing his weight lightly. The blue eyes staying still as Gene moved them onto his shoulders and looked back up. "Ahh not my hair." The scarred hands snapped back at the laughing blue eyes pulling the light hands out of his hair from where they where hanging on, ripping it out. Feeling the light grip move to his forehead as he stepped up, reaching his hand back up to pull on the bulb. His dark eyes glancing up at the light face leaning forward more to look at the wires before reaching for them. The second hand leaving his forehead to move them around, interested.
"Gene, you guys are going to kill yourselves and then I am going to have to drag you out come ooon." She whined lightly watching the scarred face laugh as he looked up putting the new bulb in as the light hands played with the wires.
"Alright alright." He chuckled suddenly, his dark eyes glancing at her. "Go start the car we'll be there in one second.
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"Gene your such an animal." She giggled feeling his hand pinch her lightly as they walked. His scarred hand opening the second glass door as he held onto the light hand of the blonde hair, watching her walk in. The small lobby of the familiar office coming into view as they came in. Walking straight to the reception desk, the nurse smiling at them immediately. Handing the red hair two files without more then a nice to see you, she knew who they were.
"Great." He mumbled lightly as he sighed moving towards the chairs against the large reception desks and sitting down.
"You don't know how long yours is going to take Gene?" He glanced at her watching her sit down next to him as the blonde hair moved towards the small speaker admitting the soft elevator music under their chair. The blue eyes studying the wire running in the back and the parts visible behind the thin black netting covering the front.
"Yeah I don't know Iris. I really don't even know what they want, so...Jim." The blue eyes looked up getting into the chair next to the red hair as the dark eyes frowned at them. "So I don't have any idea of how long it will take." He watched her nod as she listened to him.
"Alright, do you want us to just come back to the lobby when they're done with him?" She frowned lightly watching him nod. His unruly red hair looking down at the blonde hair leaning over its chair reaching for the speaker.
"Jim?" He grinned watching the blonde hair sit up looking at him. "Your going to go with Iris and get your scan cause Judith wants me to come see her, alright?" The blue eyes frowned.
"How come you, how come you have to go see Mrs. Miller?" the blonde hair shook no confused, watching the scarred shoulders shrug.
"Beats me, but that's what she said." The blonde hair shook no. "Come on I am not fooling." He chuckled lightly but the light face didn't relax, that didn't sound right. Mrs. Miller always only saw him, not Gene. "Fine, how about you watch me go in to see her and then you go with Iris." The light face just groaned at him thinking.'
"Gene can I play with dis?" The light hand reached off the chair towards the speaker watching the dark eyes grin before shaking no.
"No."
"Ahh how come dat, it's right dare. You can see me right dare." The blue eyes frowned slightly watching his scarred face sigh with a grin. Humored with the fact the kid remembered him always saying no because he couldn't see it so far away.
"Jim you didn't answer me. You watch me go with Mrs. Miller and then you go with Iris alright?" His scarred hand grabbed the light wrist reaching off the chair, watching the blue eyes turn back to him listening harder. "Alright?" The light face nodded, frowning slightly. "Alright."
"Gene your not...pulling my leg right?" The scarred face grinned, that was his expression.
"No, you don't mind going with me right sweetie?" The feminine blonde hair leaned around the scarred chest suddenly. Watching the light face tilt slightly as it became more aware of her there before shaking its head no. As long as Gene wasn't goofing off he didn't mind.
"Good." The scarred face grinned nodding at the nurse that walked over looking at him. Closing her mouth from where she was going to speak as he stood up.
"Wait I want to come too." The blonde hair got up looking at him.
"What? I thought we just said you were going to go with Iris." The dark eyes frowned slightly watching the blue eyes blink as they thought.
"Yeah I know dat, but I want...I want to go with you da...I want.."
"You want to come with me to make sure?" The blonde hair nodded watching the scarred face sigh as the dark eyes looked up briefly. "Alright." the scarred hand motioned for the blonde hair to come. "Real fast Jim, your not missing your appointment got it." He shot his order firm watching the light face quickly nod, smiling as it followed. Her light giggling watching them go down the hall before turning into the small room to the right.
The same small crowded space they weren't supposed to be back in for another week coming into view. "Good afternoon Gene." Her soft gray hair smiled at him immediately before letting out a soft laugh as the blonde hair followed him in. "Well well what are you doing here?" She smiled down at the blue eyes that looked at her.
"Is dat true you want Gene to come?" The blue eyes frowned lightly watching her nod as she laughed.
"Yes I only want to see Gene for a little bit ok. Nothing bad don't you worry about it Jim." She smiled motioning for his red hair to get onto the familiar green table in the middle. His dark eyes cocking lightly before standing next to it. Watching her gray hair shoot him a humored expression without a word of protest.
"Jim go get back with Iris or your going to be late." His dark eyes shot the blonde hair watching them a frown. The light mouth hanging open lightly as it watched, interested to see what would be different if it was Gene there instead of him.
"But I don't wanna do dat." The blue eyes frowned taking a step away from the door as his dark eyes squint opening his mouth to say something before turning back to the gray hair that moved in front of him. Shining a small light into his eye before looking into his mouth. Her smooth worn hands running along his neck examining his glands before stepping back. Placing the stethoscope into her ears.
"I didn't ask you what you wanted to do, you go see her right now." He ordered quickly watching the worn feminine features in front of him smile before placing the small circular piece under his shirt listening to his chest. Momentarily glancing at him as he growled instinctively at the blonde hair before offering her a lop sided grin as an apology. Listening to her small breath deeper as he waited for her to finish. Pulling the cool circle off him and moving back to the counter. "Jim." His dark eyes frowned glancing at her busy gray hair before moving over to the blue eyes watching him. Grabbing the small light arm and starting for the doorway. "You see all these people out here?" He watching the blue eyes look out to the lobby and the nurses as he whisphered crouched down by the light ear. "All these people are going to look at you when I put you in time out right here for not listening." the blue eyes shot at him concerned, letting out a small whine as he let go of its arm.
"Aaaa but Gene I-"
"-No. You go back over there and sit with Iris because you know where I am. Go on over there so you don't miss your appointment or your getting time out." The blue eyes whined turning back at him to grab his shirt as he shook his red hair no.
"I don't waaana, don't Waannna do dat Geeene." The light face pushed into his shoulder pushing to be picked up as the scarred hands just shoved him off gently.
"You don't want time out right here do you?" He whisphered listening to Judith speak his name from behind him. His scarred hand making a motion letting her know he would be right there as he shoved the blonde hair off him. "Now you be good for Iris or she's going to swat you butt alright?" The light face only whined harder at him tugging at his shirt as he brushed the light hands off. "Judith, I am going to be right back alright?" His red hair stood up looking back at her, watching her nod. His scarred hand taking the lighter one and walking back into the hall.
"Gene I dident want to goahhGene are you mad at me?" the blue eyes looked up whining lightly to the scarred face as he walked quickly back to the lobby pulling the blonde hair with him.
"No but I am starting to *get* mad Jim." The dark eyes snapped down watching the blue eyes read his expressing before looking down as they walked.
"What happened?" Her feminine blonde hair frowned lightly as she watched his scarred expression come back over.
"Iris you have to make him stay here he's agreeing but he's not willing to do it." He flashed her a lop sided grin as he pulled the blonde hair over sitting it in the chair next to her before crouching down. "You sit right here Jim. Just wait until the nurse comes and tells you to go with her alright? Then Iris will go with you, I have to go back and see Judith." The dark eyes frowned watching the concerned light face listen. The blue eyes looking up at him from where the upset light face looked down. Sitting still in the chair as the dark eyes finished with it. The red hair turning back to the feminine blonde smiling softly at them. "If he doesn't listen you make him have time out right here alright?" He watched her nod. "Ok?" The dark eyes looked back at the blue watching him. "She's going to give you time out right here if you don't listen Jim." The dark eyes threatened lightly but softly at the loose upset green shirt watching him stand up.
His scarred hand running back into his red hair as he started back to the room. Listening to the small whining start up as he left. Her soft feminine voice hushing something to the blonde hair as he frowned.
"Gene?" He heard his name from behind him as he shook his head, continuing to walk. "Geeene I don't want da..." His dark eyes frowned continuing before hearing her soft squeak, his legs tripping slightly as he snapped down. The blonde hair grabbing at his jeans hugging his thigh a he frowned. Dark eyes snapping back at her soft blonde hair as she shrugged whispering an -I didn't think he was going to move- from where she sat almost out of her chair. "Gene? Peas, peas can I just come with you for dat little bit. I won't be...I wooon'tahhhh." The small face whined as he pulled the light hands off him. Hanging onto both of its wrists as he started back over towards the lobby. The chairs separated into groups of twos and threes and fours. His scarred form stopping in-between their break of three. Gripping the small shoulders hard, standing the blonde hair in front of the wall.
"You want time out?" the blonde hair shook no quickly, immediately quiet. Blue eyes looking at the floor embarrassed. "No?" His dark eyes frowned irritated.
"Natahhh." The light face whined looking up at him, watching him frown. His scarred hands letting it go, watching the blonde hair bolt away from the wall to stand in front of the chair but not get in. "Now you know I will be *right* there and you are going to sit *right* here and go with Iris or I am going to swat your myself Jim because your starting to try my patients." He frowned hard. Letting his irritation slur into his words as the upset blonde hair slid back into its chair slowly. Watching the scarred face frown at him before getting up and heading back to the room. His blue eyes watching Gene go before the black shirt and jeans disappeared.
"How come dat Iris? How come I got da stay I dident waaana stay dat...dat.."
"Shhhh." She smiled watching the concerned blue eyes talk to her, darting at the doorway the red hair had disappeared into. Whining lightly as he turned back to her soft hand patting his back. "Don't worry about it, why don't you want to stay Jim?" She smiled lightly watching the concerned face think.
"Cause I dident, cause Gene never goes da see Mrs. Miller. Only me...only I go so dat...why doesn't I have to go when...why does he not get da stay with me. I want Gene da...I don't want da be here all by myself Iris I dident.."
"Alright come on." She hushed lightly leaning over the small rungs separating the chair. Her soft blonde hair running into his as she hugged him. Feeling him whine under her. "I am going to stay with you is that ok?" She smiled rocking him lightly as she hugged. "I won't go anywhere and your good right?" She leaned back looking down at him, watching him look up at her immediately. "Jim your going to be good right?" The blue eyes nodded. "Then it's all going to be ok. I will stay with you and then we'll meet back up with Gene sound good?" She smiled watching him look down nodding slowly, there didn't seem to be any other option.
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"No not usually." He shrugged watching her worn soft eyes glance at him as she gave him the small injection. "Usually he doesn't mind staying with her at all, I don't know why he was so worked up about it this time." His dark eyes glanced down, watching the clear liquid pump into his arm as she held the needle before sighing.
"Maybe he was just scared because you were in here and not him." She smiled lightly standing up, watching him make a face.
"Naa Jim's smarter then that. He knows better Judith." He shook his head lightly watching her shug.
"He might be smart Gene but he's still five." She stated matter o' factly, eyeing the small gash he got from working that mourning.
"Yeah yeah I know." He sighed watching her reach for some disinfectant as she moved the scab lightly.
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"Iris what's dat?" she felt the bottom of her dress move up some as she jumped. Quickly moving her hand down pushing it back over her. Her soft navy color blinking down to the blonde hair that wasn't even looking at her. The blue eyes pointing at the huge glass window of the room towards the large wall of machinery. Her soft eyes reflecting back at her as she looked up at it, both of them standing in the small room of controls with the nurse and man in white describing to her how it worked.
"Huh?" She whisphered pushing his hand back off her dress before taking it. "That's ahh, it's a machine that is going to take your picture ok now be quiet." She shhed lightly standing back up listening to the white man. Blue eyes watching the clear gloved hands point to several buttons and controls before back at the machine, the small computer vent running into sight. Her eyes shhing him lightly as he pulled at her hand. His blue eyes frowning at her as she wouldn't let him go. Ignoring his tugging as she talked to the specialist before frowning lightly. "Excuse me." She smiled lightly crouching down to him.
"Iris can I go see-"
"-No. You have to stay right here with me so I understand ok?. Now you sit down here and don't you move." She frowned stepping him back before pulling him up lightly into the large chair. Watching his blinking blue eyes sorta frown at her, she didn't even listen to him. "I am sorry." She sighed heavily turning back to the man all in white as he started explained again. His blue eyes frowning as he looked down at the chair and his jeans before eyeing the vent again. Watching her listen and talk for a long time trying to understand the complicated flashy lights and buttons before she finally turned back around to him. Motioning for him to come before taking his hand.
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"You don't sleep well Gene?" She frowned lightly watching him shrug. His scarred hand now running over his face.
"No no I wouldn't say I don't sleep well it's just that..." He sighed.
"Alright. Well what would you say?" She smiled lightly watching him just shake his head absently at her.
"I don't know Judith, you tell me. Sometimes I can't fall asleep but that's no big deal." He shrugged watching her nod lightly, softly encouraging him with her silence. "Sometimes ahh Jim has nightmares and so when he gets up I can't fall back asleep, then he wakes me up to go to the bathroom and I wake up on my own so I don't know." He made a face at her, slightly more disgusted then he would have liked but she only nodded.
"You feel a lot of stress at home Gene?" she frowned lightly at him watching him make another face.
"Well I don't know, I mean I guess so. Sometimes...well it's hard sometimes Judith. I mean I am doing it all by myself blast it!" He felt himself getting off that ridiculous table as he became more irritated. "Iris, well the girl I left Jim with, she helps a lot. Gives us a place to stay sometimes, helps me out with him...but I don't know." He shook his head, dark eyes looking down as he thought. "I am not blaming anyone you know I just...I really just don't know...." She watched him frown slightly harder as he looked up at her. "Hey if that's why you wanted me here Judith, you can just...I mean I don't have a problem taking care of him. It's not a problem that I-"
"-Actually Gene." She paused lightly interrupting him. "I asked you hear because I found out you haven't had any new medical records since you were five. If legal problems should ever arise the first thing they will attack is you." He made a face. "The fact that no one knows how physically healthy you are would stand strong with a jury. But you don't need to worry about that." She smiled lightly watching him frown hard as he stood there.
"Well why not? Don't you think I should be? I mean, your worrying about it?" He made a face, motioning at her with his hand as she stood up. Her soft worn face shaking no lightly as she made a small frown.
"Gene." She sighed again watching him frown. "I know you've made up your mind. Understand I want you to be able to keep Jim if anything should ever go wrong." She smiled lightly watching him continue to frown.
"Judith will you make sense blast it! You think something is going to *go* wrong is that it!?"
"No." She shook her head laying a hand on his shoulder as she watched him get upset. "I just want to take precautions now while we're still in the dark. Sort of build up our defenses Gene. I don't know that we'll ever need them." She watched his dark eyes eating up her words, he didn't want to believe their might be a problem. "This is no problem." She flashed a light smile.
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"Why is that Miss? Do you think this will be a problem?" His dark brown hair watched her shake no slightly as she looked at him.
"Huh? I don't know. Your the doctor here, not me." Her soft frown traveled around the new tight room with the small hand she held as he opened the door. "But we're waiting for someone, don't you think you could wait until they get here?" She held a concern look as she spoke to him, feeling Jim pull behind her legs immeditaly. Shrinking behind her as the doctor made an attempt for it before reaching behind her with the movement. Dragging the light skin out by its arm. The blue eyes fighting to ignore the foreign face pushing into theirs, pulling them up to the small table in the middle of the room.
"How long a wait?" He looked up at her, the blonde hair lying under them where it was put, reaching for her dress lightly.
"Huh? I don't know. Not to long." He frowned lightly shaking his head.
"Miss you have to understand his appointment was scheduled for this time and we have started the generator to the machine so we can not wait. It has to reach a certain temperature to be ready and can not become warmer then that."
Her soft eyes snapped down as the light hand snatched her dress suddenly. Yanking her over to the side of the table as the white coat and brown hair started undoing its pants.
"It's alright." She brushed the clear gloved hand off, glancing at the brown hair as it backed up letting her take over. The light face staring up at her breathing hard. Concerned blue eyes glaring at her before glancing at the white coat working at the counter. Bolting up fast for her, soft navy eyes frowning lightly as she felt the small shaking hands pull at her dress. The light skin completely silent as it pulled into her. Her soft hands shhing him as she pulled his shirt off over his head watching his face become more upset. "I really want to wait." she looked back up at the white coat watching the brown hair shake no muttering -they could not wait. It was just not am optional set up.-
The blue eyes cringed feeling her thin hands loop into the rim of their jeans sliding them off as they hung onto the sleeves of her dress before looking up as she rubbed his shoulder lightly. "Is there anyway I can get in touch with someone here, a patient? Their just getting.." She trailed Gene never really did tell her what he was there for, really.
"Do you know what doctor, or what number the room is?" He glanced back at her watching her shake her head no absently. The light hands pulling on her until she looked down.
"Iris." The blue eyes cringed whispering to her watching her bend down more. Letting her ear meet his mouth.
"Oh I know you do hunny, but he says we can't wait. Your just going to have to do this without Gene." She watched his blue eyes dart at the brown hair as she whisphered back at him, but her eyes didn't look as encouraging as she tried to sound. His blonde hair shaking no quickly, as he breathed hard. Her light face frowning as she visible saw him tensing up hanging onto her with white knuckles. "Ahh look hun." The brown hair turned around lightly. "I don't mean to be rude but I think your making him upset. Isn't there some other doctor we can see?" She made a face at the white coat lazily listening before shaking its head.
"I am sorry but I am the only specialist for catatonic scans working here today." He stated his answer matter o' factly before turning back around. His white coat moving lightly as he mixed something together.
"Alright alright Jim." She cooed lightly feeling him pressing her more. Grabbing her down to him as she moved to push him off.
"Iris I don't want dis, peas Iris I wanna, I wanna." She felt her thin arms instinctively picking him up as he pressed into her. His small arms rapping around her neck as he straddled her hips to her frowning. Somehow just standing there was making her feel terrible. The brown hair gave her a weird look as he turned around watching her move back to the table with the light skin shaking in her arms.
"Ah Iiiiiiris! Iiiiiiris dat, dat, daaat.." She felt the light hands hang onto her as she pushed the light body back towards the table. The brown hair watching, patiently waiting as she moved slow pressing firm but gently as she shhed him. The clear gloved hands impatiently gripping the small shoulders hanging onto her pulling the blonde hair off. Blue eyes snapping at her face alarmed as her hands slide in front of him, she wasn't the one holding him. Brown hair coming back into view as she helped lay the blonde back on to the table. The tensed light face letting out stressed groans at her. Her frowning eyes shooting a stressed expression of her own as she watched the light skin get more upset. The small hands shaking as they lay still to the strong foreign hands feeling its neck before running onto his stomach. "Iris! Iris I ahhhaaaadaaat." The light hand snapped at her crying at her as strong rough hand pushed into its lower stomach before glancing at the clock. Her soft eyes listening to herself hush the light skin as she ran a hand onto his forehead, holding the small hand that kept trying to pull her at him.
"Alright miss." He waited for her to look up at him. Her concerned eyes beating into him, getting stronger as she started to glare, but he ignored her. "We have ten minutes to get him inside the G.E.H so we're going to start now." She felt her heart picking up in her chest as the light hands cried underneath her, shaking as they tried to pull her to him. Her soft feminine hair watching the brown move back to the counter pulling a small thin white container filled with a clear cream over, messing with the cover. "Miss we have ten minutes I need him undressed please."
She blinked looking down at the now silent blonde hair. Blue eyes closed hard, breathing through fast gulps. Her eyes running over him, before frowning. Letting out her own short whine as she stared at the small pair of boxers. "Jimmy hun we have to take off your shorts ok?" She watching the blue eyes jump open as she rubbed the side of his thigh, blinking upset as she whisphered to him. "It's ok, ok? Just for a little bit sweetie?" She forced a small smile watching his blue eyes flood with tears as he shook his head no. His light hands snapping at the rim as she opened her mouth to speak before the brown hair started moving for her after glancing at the clock.
"Ahhhhaaaa!" He screamed immediately as the stronger hands shoved his up, her soft eyes jumping. Blinking at his loud cry, she had never seen it before. The light skin kicking slightly as the foreign hand pulled its shorts off. Spitting something to her about it being normal for children to get upset as her worried eyes snapped towards the opening door to the incoming nurse. The young curly red hair gently grabbing the light ankles kicking and holding them still. "Ahh Iiiiris stop daaaaat! AhhhhGEEEENNEE!" She blinked hard watching them hold down his weak attempts to fight as he cried. His body suddenly so small and weak. The blue eyes sobbing hysterical as she leaned into his face shhing him. Watching the blue eyes snap open afraid as the smooth clear doctor glove of the brown hair started smearing the light clear cream onto his skin. Her stressed eyes watching him pull at his wrists held tight by the brown hair. His thin body pushing up to her, crying at her to go, for her to stop them, it was so scary. Her face equally upset as she watched the blonde hair shake as it screamed. The foreign male hand smearing the clear cool smoothness over him.
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"So I am still going to see you next week right?" She smiled lightly watching his unruly hair nod grinning. "Even though I got this special little visit, your both coming back?" She teased lightly watching him put his black shirt back on as he grinned. "Good. It makes me so glad Gene." She smiled at him watching him laugh now. His dark eyes nodding to her as he sighed, letting her pat his back good as she smiled before shoving him towards the door. "Now get out of here and have some fun." She chuckled lightly to herself now. Her smooth wrinkled face falling into perfect position as she laughed. Dark eyes grinning as they walked back into the hall muttering a small yeah, right.
"Iris?" he looked around, but the lobby was empty. Gee I thought I would have taken the most time, his head grinned lightly. "Ahh hey?" He grinned slyly gently grasping the young nurse walking by. "I am looking for someone, maybe you can help me out." He watched her soft blue eyes make a light face as he teased her. Her soft blonde hair sitting lightly along her shoulders, licking her pink lips teasing him back as he started to explain.
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"No this is not fair I want to go back in!" Her navy eyes frowned annoyed at the old male doctor trying to calm her down as she stood in the hall. Her soft purple sundress inches from the small room where the blonde hair was. The brown hair inside ordering her to leave after she started interfering.
"Miss will you please lower your voice this is a public clinic." The old skin frowned at her irritated youthful face. Her tight dress and irritated hand movements stomping at the door before he grabbed her arm lightly.
She snapped yanking her arm away. "What your doing is scaring him! What's wrong with you people huh?!" She shot him an outraged baffled face as he nodded to her sighing heavily.
"Yes miss please understand that it is perfectly normal, most children assigned for catatonic scans get very upset because most find it to resemble a mouth that will eat them."
"And you think that's normal!" She shoved off the second old hand gently guiding her arm until the man moved to her side again guiding her lightly back towards the room with the clear window they were in before.
"If you will just step this way miss, you'll see that he is not in any danger." The man raised his voice lightly watching her silence. Her concerned eyes blinking hard as she followed his small shoves. "When the scanning is in process we are to stay on this side because exposure to machines like this lead to swift radiation damage."
"What!?" He ignored her light squeaking as he shut the door behind them moving to the controls and hitting the lights to activate the room. His old gray eyes watching her bolt for the small glass door leading into it as the same brown hair and nurse wheeled the silently hysterical blonde hair in, blue eyes shut tight. "No stop it, he doesn't like small places! You have to give him another kind of scan or soemthin!" The old gray eyes frowned as she shoved him suddenly. Her concerned eyes now focused and mad.
"He is not listed as claustrophobic miss. Please control yourself." The old worn hands snapped at her. Holding her wrists lightly as she struggled shouting at him.
"Oooh you don't understand you can't put him in that!" she yanked at her wrists, her widened eyes snapping at the clear window to the faint screaming. The brown hair and white coat now picking the blonde hair up. The small weight of light skin now covered with the light crème suddenly motionless in the strong arms. The shut blue eyes turned away from the brown hair until feeling the smooth surface run back under it. Blue eyes opening to look at the small circular mouth like hole the platform he lay on would be slid into. "Hey Jimmy!" The worn hands snapped at her as she smacked the glass to get his attention. Her light figure struggling against the old but still male strength as she argued inside her head.
Was she overreacting? Gene did say this was what was supposed to happen. Maybe Jim was just upset because it was such a different setting?
The blonde hair now forcing against the pudgy nurse trying to get him to lay on the thin platform. The widened wet blue eyes screaming hysterical "Not to go in dat!" Her feminine blonde hair now staring at the white coat of the doctor connecting the small circular suction receptors to the small temples of the blonde hair he had just tied down. The thin white circles sucking onto the small chest in three places, the inner veins of his wrists and the major veins running through the inside of his upper thighs. The light skin silently shaking hysterical as it stared off vacantly. His screaming silencing as the brown hair touched him, placing the small white circles on his body before glancing up at the terrified light face.
"Son this will not hurt you, you must try and calm down." The blue eyes snapped away as the face of the brown hair and the rough hand slide onto his now shiny creamed skin taking his pulse from his neck before again checking the restrains strapping the small wrists and ankles to the platform. His white coat stepping in front of the thin sheet of metal, vaguely aware of the protesting feminine blonde hair behind the glass as he started sliding the platform in.
"No." His brown eyes looked down at the blonde hair that suddenly started struggling lightly. "NooooAhhhhI doon't like daaat! Geeeene!I doon't like daaatAaHHHHHPeas PEEAS DON'T" The light face screamed yanking at the restraints, watching the ceiling slowly disappear as the platform slide in. The small dark circular wall running around him, pressing his body down to the small platform he was tied to. His wrists yanking fast at the soft nylon holding him down. Blue eyes jamming closed as the rough hands slide a small thin piece of plastic in over him, pushing it down so it ended under his chin. The white coat ignoring the terrified screams as he shut the small portal like hole.
She was silently, absolutely silent. Wide soft eyes watching his blonde hair disappear from behind the glass as the room started dimming before the small cool hum started. Blue light leaking from inside the portal as it ran.
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"Excuse me?" His red hair leaned into the small office watching a nurse look up at him. "Is this hall 84K, I am trying to find a...cat-a--a-tonic scan? room?" He made a lop sided grin watching her pick up a file reading before pointing him down the hall. His scarred form lazily strolling ahead to the fifth door on the right like she said. Dark eyes frowning lightly, is that Iris? His mind growled listening to the weak sound of feminine protests as he neared the third door. His unruly red hair picking up as he recognized the sound. Scarred hand snapping at the door knob as he frowned.
"-A word that I have said I...Gene!" Her voice dropped in an instant. Her furious sneering tone and glare falling to the weak feminine whine of concern as she saw him bust in. His dark eyes running over her arguing with the old man as the pudgy nurse with curly red hair watched, slightly humored.
"Well this looks like a lot of fun" He grinned slyly, quickly starting in to her and yanking he small purple sundress to his side. Watching the baffled short old doctor and pudgy nurse just watch him.
"Please if you will explain who-"
"-Gene!" His dark eyes dropped the talking white coat in front of him to the frantic thin hands pulling on him. Her soft feminine blonde hair moving around her face as she pointed towards the big window. "Get him out of there they are scaring him to death and they won't listen to one thing I say! I told them.." Her voice kept talking but he couldn't hear her. His dark eyes frantically searching for the blonde hair. "...but that haven't..."
"Where!?" He shot at her baffled, his strong scarred grip snapping at her shoulders. Watching her jump at his tight grasp. "Where is he!?"
Her soft eyes blinked. "They put him in that...in that.." His dark eyes snapped up focusing in on the small blue portal doorway. "..in that thing" she snapped moving closer to the glass.
"Hey!" He snapped watching the short old man take a step back concerned. "He doesn't like small places! What the hell is the matter with you!? Weren't you listening to her!?" He growled taking a step for the glass door. His scarred hand yanking on it before scowling that it was locked. "Open it!" He snapped, his dark eyes sneering back to the alarmed curly red hair of the pudgy nurse and irritated short man.
"When the G.E.H. is active it releases radiation you must not enter the-"
"-Yeah? I'll give you radiation. "He sneered "Open this right now or I am smashing it in!" The man silenced as he screamed. The dark reckless eyes testing them, teasing them. He would do it on the count of three.
"Sir maybe I should-"
"-You!" His dark eyes snapped at the curly red hair that jumped as he took a step at her. "Do you have the key! You have it!? Give it to me! Open this door!" He shot, his scarred hand ignoring her small scream as he yanked her over. Watching her young hands struggle with the keys before shoving one into the door shakily. His hand shoving her off, pushing her back towards the short man as he shoved the door in. Scarred form stomping towards the small portal as the feminine blonde hair behind him shot directions.
God damnt, his mind swore, feeling the cool metal handle run under his hand as he ripped it open. Dark eyes darting frantically, gripping the small metal platform and ripping it out. Before easing, watching the blonde hair appear slightly. Dark eyes widening as the blue eyes looked away from him. His scarred hand ripping the small thin sheet of plastic off it before scowling. The naked light skin shaking hysterical as it lay there, hyperventilating. "Jim!? Jim!?" He shot hysterical reaching for the light shoulders before noticing the restrains. His scarred face growling, swearing fiercely as he screamed at the doctor watching him rip them apart. Tearing at the small Velcro raps holding the wrists and ankles down before ripping at his t-shirt. Pulling the soft black cotton off and shoving it over the blonde hair. Blue eyes silently cast down as they shook hysterical. Oblivious to his unruly red hair crouching down to its face. Trying to calm it down while regretting he had just screamed in front of him.. "What happened huh? What happened Jim?" He grinned lightly, whispering into the face of light creamed skin as he pulled the non responsive blonde hair up. Letting it sit as he pulled the thin arms through the huge t-shirt. "You want to come out now? Come one, lets go alright? Come with me alright?" His dark eyes glared at the two white coates and nurses as he softly whisphered to the light weight he was pulling off the platform. Daring any of them to contradict him, to make a move.
"Oh Geeene." She whined rushing at him, hugging onto his side as he held the small curled weight against his shoulder. The blonde hair completely silent, non-responsive.
"Get the hell out of my way." He growled at them, his dark eyes glaring ahead with the small purple sundress shooting them a disgusted expression as they moved past. "Where are his clothes Iris, who did this?" He watched her jump at the tone of his voice as he snapped at her once they were moving through the halls. Her tense light face thinking quickly.
"Ahh Gene they said they couldn't wait for you. They put this stuff on him and they wouldn't let me stay I was-"
"-They kicked you out!?" He stopped walking, glaring at her as she nodded, his mind scowling feeling his stomach rock. His scarred arms shifting the light weight on his shoulder , rubbing the small back of the blonde hair that sat silent, staring at nothing. He was all alone, his mind scowled. They put that crème on him everywhere. He felt her let him go lightly as she became silently alarmed. Watching his dark eyes snap at her as she tugged towards a small room to their left.
"Here Gene." She squeaked lightly opening the door quickly grabbing the familiar small clothes before starting back out. "I think their going to be really mad huh?" She made a concerned expression glancing up at him as he stormed down the hall.
"Oh yeah, they're going to be mad alright." He growled staring ahead as he walked.
"But not as mad as you...huh?" His dark eyes glanced down watching her smile at him. Her smooth sweet face proud of him. A strong sense of satisfaction suddenly colliding with the burning anger he felt before he growled slightly. A light hand buried deep in the black loose t-shirt finally opening slowly and gripped his arm ever so slightly, blue eyes still staring off.
"Come on Jim it's alright, I got you now alright?" She watched his scarred face disappear slightly. Whispering to the blonde hair and light face that didn't respond before he started walking again. His dark eyes closing to his heavy sigh as he took her hand. Watching her flash him a small light smile as he kept going before frowning suddenly. "Judith!" He snapped dropping her hand suddenly at he took a fast step forward. The soft gray hair and white coat perplexed as she turned around reading a file from where she had been casually walking down the hall. Her soft baby blue blouse frowning at him confused before blinking concerned.
"Gene...what are you?.." She made a baffled expression walking up to him.
"Judith what the hell kind of scan did you give him?" He snapped, dark eyes moving slightly, pulling the blonde hair away from her as she made a move to touch it.
"What?" She made a face frowning at him.
"Oh yeah they didn't listen to a damn word she said. You know he doesn't like small places!" His dark eyes sneered at her watching her baffled face frown, before getting slightly annoyed.
"Now just calm down." She frowned opening a small examining room to her right and motioning for them to go in. The unruly red hair growling at her before stomping in. Feeling the thin feminine hands cling to the back of his shirt. "Now he was supposed to get a catatonic scan, and a good friend of mine was supposed to give it to him. Did you meet him Gene? His name is Gerald...blonde hair? brown eyes?.." She trailed watching him frown at her. "Yes? No?" She made an annoyed face.
"Notah we never met him, I don't know his name but he had ahh brown hair." Her worn gray eyes turned to the feminine blond hair now speaking. Soft gray hair frowning as she listened before moving towards the back of the room, Picking up the small hospital phone.
"Put him down Gene." She motioned towards the small table watching the red hair move towards it. Slowly lowering the motionless blonde hair he held onto the small soft table. Watching the blue eyes blink lightly looking up at him, slowly flooding with tears. His scarred face grinned watching the light face reach for his chest, grabbing it tightly. As he stayed, his scarred chest leaning over the table directly over his baggy black shirt and the blonde hair as Judith spoke on the phone behind them.
"Hey." He grinned down watching the blonde hair cry silently, the light body exhausted as it slowly woke up to the unruly red hair above it. His scarred features grinning down, rubbing the small light shoulder gently. Chuckling slightly as the small mouth moved, mouthing his name without sound slowly. "What?" he grinned watching the light face tense up quickly, watery blue eyes darting around lightly showing his dark eyes its wrist. "What's this huh?" His deep voice whisphered lightly gently turning the light fist in his own. Examining the small white circle attached to it. "You want this off?" His soft grin asking the question while aware of the answer. Gently tugging on the small white circle, watching it detach. "Good?" He grinned watching the light hand pull back down wiping tears off the smaller face.
"Do dis." The second hand raised up to him whispering. Showing him the second white circle attached to it. His dark eyes flashing a reassuring grin as he pulled it off slowly. Watching the blue eyes look at its wrists before cringing.
"Ahhhhhaaaa." His dark eyes frowned watching the light face cry suddenly. The blonde hair struggling lightly on the small table. The small light hands pulling his neck lower as it hung onto him, rapping around his neck before sobbing, shaking lightly. The scarred arms rapping around him, picking him back up.
"It's alright ok? No more now Jim. Your done ok?" The blonde hair shook no pushing into his chest as the blue eyes hid.
"I didn't like it. I doon't waaant dat oonnn meeee." The blue eyes looked up whining out their words, watching the scarred face frown. "Take daaat off peeeas, take dat, get dat off mee." He frowned stepping back towards the small table letting the blonde hair stand up. His scared face watching the light hands pull at the small chest annoyed. Frowning blue eyes whining before growling slightly, the light hands snapping at his chest, punching him.
"Don't want what? What's the problem?" His dark eyes frowned, pulling the large neck hole forward, his dark eyes looking in at the small white circles on the light chest. The blonde hair hiccupping lightly. Sniffling as his scarred hand reached into the soft cotton. Pulling them off before flashing a light grin to the small face, pulling the tinier ones off its temples. "K?" He grinned before frowning. Watching the light hand move between the smaller legs slightly. "You have more of them on you?" He made a face watching the light skin nod as it grimaced. His scarred expression getting harder. "You want me to take it off?" He let his face relax lightly.
"Two, two." The blue eyes frowned concerned, watching his red hair nod.
"Alright you want me to take them *both* off?" The blonde hair shook no.
"Noooo." The blue eyes whined, smacking him again. Pushing into his chest with its palm.
"No? You want Judith to take them off?" He frowned lightly, watching the blonde hair look behind it towards the irritated gray hair still on the phone.
"Noo I don't want dat." The blue eyes frowned snapping back at the red hair that nodded lightly.
"Okay, you want Iris? Want her to take them off?" He flashed a small grin watching the light face breath hard, tense and stressed.
"No! I want daaat off mee!" The blonde hair yelled pushing its palm harder as it grit its teeth. "I don't like daat daaare!" His scarred face nodded as he sighed.
"Well what do you want to do?" The light face tensed up harder. Blue eyes darting stressed as they breathed hard. "It's alright, this is easy for you ok? You think. How do you want to get them off?" the blue eyes whined.
"Ahhh I want dat off but.Geeene I don't wanna, I don't wanna have.."
"You want it off but you don't want someone to take it off?" The dark eyes raised their eyebrows questioning. Watching the light skin nod quickly, that was it. "Ok Jim, it's alright. I am going to take them off ok?" He flashed a light grin watching the tense face listen to him. "Just me. Not Iris, not Judith, just you and me ok?" The blue eyes darted stressed, pushing into his chest with its palms frustrated, but not saying no. Moving lightly as the scarred face leaned over whispering intoits ear. "Hey you want me to take them off real fast so they don't know? Huh? I'll stay right in front of you they won't be able to see ok?" The blonde hair nodded, breathing hard. Watching the scarred face flash a reassuring smile as he stood back up. Blue eyes glancing at the soft gray hair facing the small desk as she talked, scolding people on the other line before snapping at Iris. Her soft concerned face watching the gray hair talk from where she sat behind them. Scarred chest blocking her view as it stood in front of the short blonde hair. Stressed blue eyes watching him, gritting their teeth upset. "Hey you want to tell me when? Want to tell me when it's ok?" He grinned at the light face, feeling the small hands slowly slide onto either side of his arms as the blonde hair leaned forward into him. The light forehead resting into his chest as the small face looked down. Scarred hand rubbing the small back, watching his t-shirt move as the light skin breathed heavily before nodding. Muttering a small get dat off me.
His scarred hand moving the bottom of his t-shirt slowly, letting his hand go inside. Blonde hair moving suddenly, turning to the side to look at the wall. Letting out small fast stressed groans as he peeled them off. Letting both the small circles fall into the palm of his hand as he looked ahead, over the small shoulder before pulling his hand back out. Watching the blue eyes look down at them.
"Ahhh." The light face made a small noise. Crying slightly for a second as it looked at them before shoving them away.
"K?" He grinned watching the light face nod "No more?" The blonde hair shook no stepping back lightly looking up at him. Watching his scarred face frown as the light arms moved the sleeves to his t-shirt up, showing him.
"Dis. Get dis off. I don't like it dare, dooon't like diiis." The blue eyes looked down again, the light arms shiny as if wet from the moist crème still covering him. The red hair nodding, feeling the weird almost slime before looking up at the stressed blue eyes groaning at him. "Now Geeene. Get dis off me now!" The small palm pushed him again, annoyed and stressed.
"Yeah alright, Judith?" His dark eyes turned to the soft gray hair on the phone. Watching her irritated frown disappear as she looked up at them muttering an excuse me as she lowered the mouth piece. "What the hell is this all over him? He wants it off, how do I.." He trailed lightly watching her put the phone down quickly coming forward.
"You have crème on you Jim?" She smiled lightly watching the stressed face whine as she mentioned the crème. Her soft worn hands moving the sleeves to the t-shirt slightly looking at his skin. Her soft worn eyes letting her hand run over his hip to see if he was wearing boxers.
"He's not wearing anything under that." The red hair shot her a grin watching her smile lightly as he figured her out. Her soft face shhing the blonde hair lightly. Moving the small wrists before feeling the small chest. Watching the red hair grin as he handed her the small white circles.
"Did these hurt when you took them off?" She smiled lightly watching the blonde hair nod. "A little?" The blonde hair nodded, blue eyes still stressed and tense shaking lightly as he stood. "Jim who put this on you? Who put the crème on you, a boy or girl?' she frowned lightly watching him swallow.
"Both dat, but I want dis off. Get dis off Gene." The blue eyes looked at his red hair showing him its arm again.
"Both?" The blue eyes looked back at her. "A boy and a girl?" The blonde hair nodded. "Alright." she sighed lightly moving the blonde hair gently like she always did. Letting it sit down before laying down for her. The tense face whining suddenly crying.
"Ahh don't, I diden't, ahhh get dis off meeee, I don't like daaat." The light face cried feeling his scarred hand rub its small shoulder as the cooler air ran onto its legs. The worn hands picking up the bottom of the shirt before pulling it up over the blonde hair. Her soft hands pulling a white cotton blanket over him as he cried. Watching the blue eyes look down at it as she opened a small cabinet. Gene patiently watching her pull out a small thin container, snapping part of the top apart to make a small hole before pulling out a large moist towelet. "Dis is cold, aaaadats cold." The blue eyes shoved at her lightly, as she wiped his face. Watching her smile as she stopped.
"It is cold isn't it." Her smile grew. Softening as she thought before picking up the small package and moving to the sink. His dark eyes watching her fill it with hot water before sitting the container in.
"Why is this on him?' He frowned annoyed as she came back over, now holding a luke warm cloth as the others sat in the sink heating up. "I mean, Judith he's covered with this stuff." His scarred face frowned baffled watching her sigh as she started wiping the small face again. The blue eyes and small mouth shutting as she whiped them. Her worn face smiling lightly as she watched.
"Have you ever seen an ultrasound Gene?" She glanced at him momentarily as she turned the small wipie over cleaning the small neck. His unruly red hair shook no. "The crème is what allows them to see into his body so they can photograph and study how things are working. The small white circles..." She pointed towards the counter where she put them. "Those transmit basics back to the computer, his heart rate, blood pressure, brain activity...just in case anything were to ever happen." He frowned listening to her watching the blonde hair move its arm lightly as she wiped it off with a second wet piece of white cloth. Smearing the crème away but leaving a weird sanitized scent behind.
"They put it on him so they could see?" He made a face watching her nod. Her soft gray hair moving back to the sink. Quickly picking up the thin container and bringing it back. Pulling out a third wipie as she started moving over the small light chest. "What did they do dip him into a big vat of it?" He shot baffled sending her a hard irritated expression as she looked up at him. The blonde hair sitting up by itself reaching for a white cloth.
"No, they smeared it on. Some guy did it." They glanced at her as she got up suddenly. Her thin figure moving towards the small table as they listened to her. Dark eyes frowning as the blonde hair let out a small choke, quickly looking down. "Jim got real upset Gene, but he wouldn't wait. Said something about the generator. He's the one that kicked me out because I wanted him to wait." She made a face whining lightly, watching the dark eyes listen to her intently as he frowned hard thinking. This all could have been prevented if that bastard who had him fed him right, his mind growled His face frowning harder remembering the charts, how malnutritioned and filled with garbage chemicals Jim had been when they first tested him.
"Dat...he yelled at Iris Gene." The blue eyes snapped into their conversation quickly sitting up. "You better tell him dat, dat he can't, dat you don't yell at girls K?" The light face frowned, lying back as the soft worn hands pressed lightly on its shoulder. His dark eyes grinning at the simple command he had just gotten as he turned to her soft feminine blonde hair. Her soft face tense and upset having been there when this happened, seen all of it happen. She had never believed him, never been able to believe Gene. As much as she said she did, or took his side, always. How? How could some of the stuff he said have been true. Her eyes reflected it now, the pain of the understanding that it was, all of it, but he didn't notice. Gene never noticed.
"He yelled at Iris?" His scarred face grinned slightly watching the blonde hair nod frowning.
"He shouldent do dat. He was mean to her, he pushed her too and dat...dats not nice." The blue eyes frowned, repeating itself as it because preoccupied with the worn hands wiping the crème off its lower hips. His dark eyes glancing at the feminine blonde hair that suddenly turned around heading back to the small chair she was waiting in.
"Who taught you that you don't yell at girls Jim?" His dark eyes snapped back at her soft gray hair as he heard her ask an obvious distraction question. His scarred face frowning lightly as he moved into the small space separating himself from the small table. Watching her loose white coat and soft blue blouse move closer towards the bottom of the table. Blonde hair propping up on its elbow to see her, frowning concerned as it thought. "Hmm, who told you that?"
His dark eyes watched her move the small blanket lightly wiping off the sides of Jim's legs as he moved over to the top of the table. Offering a reassuring grin to the blonde hair directly under him. Blinking as it grimaced lightly to the smooth cool feeling running up and down the inside of its legs.
Small mouth answering a matter o'fact "Gene." Tensing as a new cooler sensation ran onto its leg with a new cloth.
"Gene said that?" She smiled lightly, her worn hand situating the moist cloth in her hand quickly as the other held his knees. "What else did Gene say when he told you that?" She smiled lightly, glancing up at the light face licking it's lips. The blue eyes cringing with stress as they glanced at the scarred face muttering a small sit still.
"Gene said dat you...you don't hit.." The light voice paused suddenly feeling the worn hands move his blanketed legs, pushing them up towards his chest lightly "Geeene." The blue eyes looked up at him upset, watching the scarred face just sigh as the small hand reached up to him opening and closing quickly.
"Hey can you do this?" The scarred face grinned suddenly. Watching the stressed expression fade off the light face as a baffled one took over. Blue eyes frowning confused watching the grinning dark eyes rub his stomach and pat his head at the same time.
"Ahhh what's dat!" The blue eyes snapped at him annoyed, shoving his scarred stomach growling.
"Do this Jim. Rub your stomach and pat your head." He chuckled lightly listening to himself. Man did that sound dumb. Blue eyes frowning at him before slowly relaxing. A light hand making a small movement before moving to rub its stomach. Watching the red hair's circular motions before letting the other hand pat its head. Messing up lightly as it watching the unruly red hair but keeping an even pattern.
His dark eyes grinning as he watched the confused but now focused light skin imitate him.
"What's dat!?" The blonde hair stopped trying to sit up quickly to the cool sanitized feeling moving around his legs again. Blue eyes snapping up at the scarred hand pushing him back down.
"Don't stop or you'll loose!" the dark eyes grinned watching the light face frown before quickly imitating his stupid motions again. "What do you want to bet he's going to loose Judith?" He grinned slightly watching the blue eyes squint at him competitively. Focusing hard to not loose to Gene.
"All the tea in china." She smiled at him lightly as his dark eyes laughed softly looking down at the blonde hair that jumped suddenly. The small motions stopping quickly to the small gasped cry as the cool cloth ran over it. Smearing the crème off the places he had screamed the loudest when the man smeared it on.
"Your loosing!" He snapped fast, watching the blue eyes shake. Glancing up at his comment as the light hands tried to imitate weakly. Blue eyes closing hard as they focused, letting out small stressed breaths with broken attempts before stopping. His dark eyes frowning as the light face turned sideways trying to hide into the soft cushion of the table embarrassed as the soft blanket ran back over the front of it. Her worn hands guiding the light weight onto its side as she wiped along its lower back and soft skin.
"Aaahhdaaaaattt." He felt his scarred face sigh heavily as the light skin let out the small crying whine. The light hands hiding the small face trying to look into the cushion and hide "Ahhh Geeeene I don't like daaaat." His scarred face crouched down quickly rubbing the light shoulder as the soft gray hair walked behind him. Picking up the small articles of clothing and working the small pair of boxers around the light ankles.
"Hey you didn't loose ok?" He grinned puling at the light hand, before forcing it away from the face. Watching the cringing wet blue eye hiccup at him before it closed trying to get away. "I was cheating because you had a distraction and I didn't." He sighed heavily letting his scarred hand rest on the light shoulder as the small hand moved back to where it was, hiding as he frowned. The blonde hair slowly calming as the blanket was replaced with its clothing. His scarred form standing up as he sighed, dark eyes looking up towards the ceiling.
"Gene I am so sorry about all this." His dark eyes looked over at her soft gray hair, still frowning heavily. "It shouldn't have been this traumatic, Gerald called in sick this mourning and no one told me his appointment was moved to this afternoon." He watched her shake her head lightly at him, but he didn't blame her. Judith never would have done this on purpose. "Jim I am so sorry." She whisphered lightly looking down at the light face that hid under the blonde hair. "Please know I didn't say that they could do this hmm?"
He felt her smooth thin hand tugging on him as he watched the soft gray hair whisper to the small face now looking at her. His dark eyes turning to her Iris, watching her upset eyes glance away. "Gene I am sorry but I...I want to go home." She looked back up at him, watching him think lightly before flashing her a small smile. "I don't want to be here Gene, I don't know how you can stand it.....I am sorry." She whisphered the last part lightly, her tense face now running over what really happened. She should have done more and not surrendered so fast like Gene when she knew.
"Iris." She looked back up, her overwhelmed eyes still frowning with concern. "I don't blame you, I know you tried." He grinned smiling down at her. "Stay with me, please."
He frowned slightly watching her shake her head no. "Your never serious with me Gene." Her eyes cringed lightly, whining her words at him hurt. "You stop by but don't stay, you call, when you need help. Why should I stay? I don't belong here." He frowned lightly watching her sad expression. "We aren't serious Gene I know that." She offered him a light smile watching his dark features fall "You need to find a girl you are serious with and get Jim used to her, or else...he'll be missing me." Her eyes glanced down as she forced her pained smile away. Looking up happier as it hid. The scarred saddened expression staring back at her. This must have been what it felt like all the times I walked out on her, his mind whisphered lightly watching her take a step back. "You and me Gene..." She smiled "We're the same, lets be friends K? But you know I don't belong here."
His dark eyes blinked watching her go, she was right. He could have stopped her if he was ready to commit to her, but she isn't the right one his mind whisphered lightly watching her leave. Offering her a small wave as she turned around, his dark eyes looking down slightly as she dropped from sight. His scarred form turning back into the room and shutting the door behind him.
Hey whatta ya think? Please remember to take a sec and review please J and THANKS so much for reading my story, I know its kinda long...hope it's not kinda boring. hehe, anyway, in about a week another chapter should be up, so check back if you like what you've read so far because the next chapter will introduce a New Character! Wooo...the suspence.
