A/N ~ Oh my goodness! I never put a disclaimer on this baby! Nothing is
mine (although I do have a Lucas action figure, but he's mine not yours nah
nah nah nah). Also its been at least two years since I updated! Um do you
guys even remember this story? Sorry about the wait but here's a new
chapter. A couple of other quick notes. Thanks to all those who reviewed!
It really does help an author to continue on writing. Also this isn't
betaed, mainly because I don't have one (hint hint) But please enjoy, this
is a short chapter, but hopefully more will come soon!
Darwin swam to the edge of the moon pool. He was completely baffled by how his young human friend was acting. Concerned, Darwin let out a series of clicks that had no way of translating themselves, since the vocorder still lay in Lucas' room. Getting no response from the youth, Darwin slapped his tail hopping to attract some kind of attention. But Lucas merely continued sobbing. Finally Darwin, not one to give up, turned around, flapped his tail splashing the young man sitting there as though his world had been crushed.
Blurry eyed, and slightly damp, Lucas looked up at Darwin. Darwin swam closer to the edge to see what he could for his young friend. Lucas brushed his wild hair back from his eyes, and moved slowly to the edge of the moon pool. Resting his arms and head on the edge he looked Darwin in the eyes.
"Hey Dar. How ya doing buddy?" The dolphin merely looked at him, unable to understand the words without the help of the vocorder, but feeling the boy's pain, clicked a couple times in response. "Sorry buddy, I'm working on the vocorder, but it just is-isn't working o-out," Lucas trailed off as tears once again threatened to overwhelm him.
Lucas took no notice to the doors whooshing open behind him, he merely continued to talk to the being who seemed to care anything about him. Dr. Kristen Westphalen began to approach the troubled young man, when suddenly Lucas began talking to Darwin once again.
"Y-you didn't happen to hear what happened on the bridge did you?" Darwin looked at Lucas with his calm, watery eyes as though to tell him to go on. "I don't think you. erm. you heard the Captain did you?"
Darwin unable to answer merely bobbed at the surface hoping to be of some comfort to the distressed teen. Kristen was more intrigued than ever now, she couldn't figure out what had the boy so upset, but by-god if Nathan had something to do with it she would make sure that he never heard the end of it. As Lucas started talking again, she began to cautiously approach and make her presence known.
"He. um. The Captain said that." Lucas could barely get the words out, "he said th-that I w-w-wasn't worth any.anything," Lucas finished the words in nothing more than a whisper. But the anguish in his voice was apparent. However he didn't say the words softly enough that Kristen's sharp ears didn't pick up on it. She stopped dead in her tracks. To think that Nathan could say something like that to Lucas was obscene! Nathan knew little of the boy's past, but he knew that he had a hard time loving or trusting anyone. It had taken forever to break down the boy's barriers, and even then his love and trust had been a vulnerable thing. Kristen was aghast, but she steamed the rage that was coursing through her veins right now, Lucas needed her and she would not leave him alone to suffer.
Gently she laid a hand on Lucas' shoulder. He nearly jumped out of his skin at the human contact. Cautiously, like a rabbit cornered by hounds, Lucas turned around. Seeing the doctor, Lucas only had to look in her eyes to know that she had heard what he had said to Darwin. He didn't know what to do, but as the doctor knelt beside him, he buried his head in her shoulder and cried out bits of his heart.
Kristen felt her heart break at the child weeping on her shoulder. He wasn't the boy genius right now; he was a child who had everything that he believed in thrown away. Whispering words of comfort to him, She thought of what kind of evil medical exam she could put the Captain through. But she knew that would have to wait. She had something more important to do right now. Help a poor lost boy find his heart again.
Darwin swam to the edge of the moon pool. He was completely baffled by how his young human friend was acting. Concerned, Darwin let out a series of clicks that had no way of translating themselves, since the vocorder still lay in Lucas' room. Getting no response from the youth, Darwin slapped his tail hopping to attract some kind of attention. But Lucas merely continued sobbing. Finally Darwin, not one to give up, turned around, flapped his tail splashing the young man sitting there as though his world had been crushed.
Blurry eyed, and slightly damp, Lucas looked up at Darwin. Darwin swam closer to the edge to see what he could for his young friend. Lucas brushed his wild hair back from his eyes, and moved slowly to the edge of the moon pool. Resting his arms and head on the edge he looked Darwin in the eyes.
"Hey Dar. How ya doing buddy?" The dolphin merely looked at him, unable to understand the words without the help of the vocorder, but feeling the boy's pain, clicked a couple times in response. "Sorry buddy, I'm working on the vocorder, but it just is-isn't working o-out," Lucas trailed off as tears once again threatened to overwhelm him.
Lucas took no notice to the doors whooshing open behind him, he merely continued to talk to the being who seemed to care anything about him. Dr. Kristen Westphalen began to approach the troubled young man, when suddenly Lucas began talking to Darwin once again.
"Y-you didn't happen to hear what happened on the bridge did you?" Darwin looked at Lucas with his calm, watery eyes as though to tell him to go on. "I don't think you. erm. you heard the Captain did you?"
Darwin unable to answer merely bobbed at the surface hoping to be of some comfort to the distressed teen. Kristen was more intrigued than ever now, she couldn't figure out what had the boy so upset, but by-god if Nathan had something to do with it she would make sure that he never heard the end of it. As Lucas started talking again, she began to cautiously approach and make her presence known.
"He. um. The Captain said that." Lucas could barely get the words out, "he said th-that I w-w-wasn't worth any.anything," Lucas finished the words in nothing more than a whisper. But the anguish in his voice was apparent. However he didn't say the words softly enough that Kristen's sharp ears didn't pick up on it. She stopped dead in her tracks. To think that Nathan could say something like that to Lucas was obscene! Nathan knew little of the boy's past, but he knew that he had a hard time loving or trusting anyone. It had taken forever to break down the boy's barriers, and even then his love and trust had been a vulnerable thing. Kristen was aghast, but she steamed the rage that was coursing through her veins right now, Lucas needed her and she would not leave him alone to suffer.
Gently she laid a hand on Lucas' shoulder. He nearly jumped out of his skin at the human contact. Cautiously, like a rabbit cornered by hounds, Lucas turned around. Seeing the doctor, Lucas only had to look in her eyes to know that she had heard what he had said to Darwin. He didn't know what to do, but as the doctor knelt beside him, he buried his head in her shoulder and cried out bits of his heart.
Kristen felt her heart break at the child weeping on her shoulder. He wasn't the boy genius right now; he was a child who had everything that he believed in thrown away. Whispering words of comfort to him, She thought of what kind of evil medical exam she could put the Captain through. But she knew that would have to wait. She had something more important to do right now. Help a poor lost boy find his heart again.