Disclaimer: I do not own the Mighty Ducks. But I do own Faith, Cece, Sage,
Nathaniel and William. Sydney owns Lightening. Rain and Talia.
Chapter Five: The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life
Having Faith back in our lives was turning to be much harder then I thought it would be. She survived her regression back to near normal. The scales that armored her spine didn't fade away, which made for perfect armor. I still wasn't comfortable with having her back. Bad thing was, I was the only one who had that problem. The whole idea of the relationship we had then, and how we look now doesn't mix well in my mind.
" Aw, please?" I heard Rain pleed Faith.
Faith glanced at the pink haired duck over the Comics' section of the newspaper.
" I like it when you do funny tricks!" Rain said with a laugh.
I raised a eyebrow behind the Classified ads. Rain's idea of 'funny tricks' was watching Faith do complicated back flips and spins. Saurian female reflexes was another thing she was able to keep.
" What do you wanna see this time?" Faith asked folding the paper up.
Rain looked in deep thought for a moment, " Surprise me."
Faith got up from the table and took off her sandals.
" Ready?" She asked.
I watched her out the corner of my eye and Rain laughed.
" Yeah! Let it rip!" Rain exclaimed.
Faith did a short running start and did some strange back flip hand stand combo that sent Rain into excited hysterics. I knew that the sparring with her like Canard ordered me to do later was going to be very interesting.
" Holy crud!" Rain exclaimed. " That was great! You gotta teach me that sometime!"
" Finish your homework and I'll think about it," Faith said sitting back down.
Rain pouted and went back to her Chemistry homework. Chemistry homework at eleven, she was the top student besides William. Faith went back to her comics and I returned to my Classifieds.
" I have a question Auntie," Rain said.
Faith put the paper down again and raised an eyebrow, " Yes?"
" Are you and Wing ever going to get along like you used to ?" Rain asked.
" What do you mean like we used to?" I asked putting the paper down.
" I saw some of Mom's old home movies. It was at some beach...You guys were playing tag or something," Rain said. " Laughing and throwing water at each other."
I looked over at Faith and she returned my look.
" Give us time sweetheart. I've been gone for awhile, so it's hard to get back into the swing of things," Faith said.
I knew her answer was alot better then the one I had thought up.
" Okay I'm almost done with my homework..Are you gonna teach me that trick or take me to the mall?" Rain asked.
" The mall crawl would hurt the both of us less," Faith said.
Rain yawned, " But it's too late for both...And I got school in the morning!"
She whined the last part and it made me roll my eyes. She had way too many of Dive's traits for her own good.
" We can do both after drill practice tomorrow. I'll pick you up from school," Faith said.
" On the cycle?" Rain asked sweetly.
I smiled as Faith gave that 'i've been beat' look to her face.
" Sure," Faith said. " Shove off to bed before I drag you there."
Rain quickly finished her last problem and shut the book. She then jumped up and kissed Faith's cheek and then gave my shoulders her best impersonation of a bear hug. She took off towards her room singing. Faith got up and started to put Rain's books back into her messager bag. She and I exchanged another look before she closed Rain's bag up.
" You're the only one not comfortable with my return," She said.
" Give me a reason to be comfortable with it," I retorted.
She put her hands onto the table and leaned her face uncomfortably close towards mine. I sat up in the chair, since if I didn't I would of had a beakful of clevage.
" You know what your problem is?" She asked.
" And I suppose you know?" I asked in return.
" You need to get smashed and fucked until you can't walk for days," she said without missing a beat.
I just looked at her like she was crazy. I was about to ask if she intended to help me with that, but she then shoved me hard enough to send me and the chair backwards onto the floor. By the time I got up she was already in her room and I heard the door lock.
" Crash and burn," I heard Dive say.
I looked over at him and flipped him off. Dive blew me a kiss.
" You sick fuck," I told him.
Dive shook his head, " Only on Fridays."
I sat back down in the chair and started to clean the mess on the table.
" Hey that's the most words I've seen the two of you exchange in days," Dive said.
I snorted, " Counting that she sounded like a whore?"
He then chuckled, " You should of seen your face. It was priceless."
" Are you enjoying this?" I asked.
" Oh hell yes. I'm waiting to hear her take you hostage and 'take advantage' of you," Dive said.
" I am not having this conversation with you out of all ducks," I said.
" Admit it that you wouldn't mind it and I'll shut up," Dive said.
I just gave him a nasty look and he walked off shaking his head. Dive and his smart ass attitude are going to end up meeting my fists one day. I went back to reading the classified ads and propped my feet up on a empty chair. Too many nights of being up all night screwed up my sleeping pattern.
" Hmm," I heard someone say.
I heard someone sit down next to me and pretended not to hear them.
" Don't even think about it," I said.
She laughed and picked up her discarded paper.
" So he doesn't stay up much does he?"She asked.
I glanced at Faith and she smirked at me.
" Not exactly," I commented.
She massaged her feet as I kept glancing at the ads. She was up to something, and I wasn't sure if I liked it.
" What's the real reason why you're not comfortable with my return?" Faith asked.
I didn't want to have this conversation. I got up and was about to leave but she grabbed my wrist and kept a firm grip when I still tried to leave the room.
" Don't make me hog tie you," She said. " You have to talk to me or I'll really take drastic measures."
" You wouldn't even try it," I said. " We've both had improvements."
The alarm my watch had went off and I groaned. I forgot about the shots again. I've already skipped one dose, if I skipped another I'll turn Psycho again.
" Are you good at working hyposprays?" I asked.
" I'd like to think I am," She replied. " Show the way."
I sat back down as she got up.
" There's a backup one under your sink. Tanya put it there last night," I said.
She disappeared to the bathroom as I rubbed my face. The mask was burning something fierce. I opened my eyes again and I could see the kitchen, but also what Faith saw. She was searching underneath the sink. She finally found the hypo spray and stood up. When she saw her reflection she glared at it, like she hated what she saw. The vision then faded away and I shook my head to clear it.
She then came back in with the hypo spray.
" Where to I point it this time?" She asked.
" The area closet to the main vein in my neck," I said. " It's the quickest route."
She gently put one hand on the side of my face and made me tilt my head. Her hand smelled like coconuts for some reason.
" Tanya's warned me about these things," Faith said putting the hypospray to my neck. " Warn me what side you get to when it's done."
" I won't know for a minute or so after the shot," I said. " Why warn you?"
" So you won't regret your actions later," She replied.
She pressed the button and the serum ran through my system. This time it didn't burn, it felt more like I was getting a regular shot from a doctor. Maybe it's the one who gave it to me. Tanya's still leary of me. Faith pulled the empty spray away and gently wiped my neck off.
" I nicked your vein with the needle I think," She said. " I'm doing a compress to stop the bleeding."
" No problem," I said.
I felt the drug go through my system, and the after effect wasn't the one I wanted.
" Tanya actually told me something about the shots," Faith said.
" Really?" I asked.
" Yeah, she alternates what she spikes it with. That's why you get the sleeping urge sometimes and the porn movie urge the other times," she said.
" Do you know which one this is?" I asked.
" No," Faith said. " But Tanya smiled after she told me she put that spray under my sink."
That explains everything.
" I would think you'd want to leave," I said.
" It's my house," She said. " I'm not going anywhere."
I got up on weak legs and made my way to the basement. My little hideaway. Tanya had been spiking the shots this entire time. It figures. I didn't bother with turning on the light when I reached the bottom of the stairs. I just collapsed onto the bed and prayed the after effects would just go away. I could hear Faith walking around upstairs. Her steps were light, like she was trying to stay quiet. I could hear another voice with her, and figured Light was awake again.
" So you gave him his dose?" The voice asked.
It wasn't Light like I thought. It turned out to be Tanya.
" Yeah," Faith replied. " He took it pretty well. Wasn't stressed out at all."
" I want you to take over giving them to him then. I think it's easier for him when you do it," Tanya said.
" Right," Faith said. " What are you trying to do to him anyways? Alternating between valum and what ever that other drug is could be lethal."
" I had it okay'd with a doctor friend of mine. They do the same treatment with Manic depressive ducks on Puckworld," Tanya said. " It works pretty well actually."
Faith snorted, " I don't want to know."
" It's nice to see you two talking again," Tanya said. " Almost reminds me of old times."
" Almost?" Faith asked.
" You both have changed. He's now even more the brick shit house and you're the rough lady boxing acrobat," Tanya said.
" I don't know if that should be counted as a compliment or a insult," Faith said.
They were silent for a moment.
" Fuck!" Faith retorted. " Rain's asleep in my room again. And I have no other place to sleep....Will's on the couch....Damnit."
" I don't think Wing would mind company," Tanya teased.
" Damn you," Faith said. " You did it on purpose didn't you?"
" Guilty," Tanya said.
Faith groaned, " Hate to kick you out, but I need sleep and you need to return to torturing Grin."
" See you in the morning. I'll bring the pain killers," Tanya said.
She left laughing and I heard the door shut. I yawned and rolled onto my side, forcing myself into a uneasy sleep.
I was stirred awake by the sounds of the basement stairs creeking. I sat up in bed and tried to focus on who was trying to sneak up me. By the time I focused on the intruder they were sitting at the end of the bed already. She stifled a yawn badly and by the sounds of it, Faith was the one who decided to come visit me.
" I know you hearing is good," She said. " So you heard the conversation I had with Tanya."
" No shit," I said.
" Move over," She said.
I started to move, but she shook her head.
" I'll take the wall actually, gives me security," She said.
She then moved over me to the vacant side of the bed and made herself comfortable.
" Want to hear something honest from me?" She asked.
I didn't answer her, mainly because she was too close for comfort and the urge was worse then ever now.
" You know how painful it is to be brought back to life after you've been dead for three years? It hurts like nothing you could ever imagine. Embalming fluid feels like liquid fire in your veins and you'd do anything to get it out of your system. Dragonus shared his blood with me, but only if I helped Wraith and he to create a freak army to defeat you. I only agreed because I didn't know what would happen. I didn't know I had been dead for three years," She said. " I didn't know until I saw you. I visited you while you were in Sun View. You'd never talk since you were so drugged up. At least until my last visit. You glared up at me and told me I was dead, that you never loved me. How I fucked up your entire existance and turned you into a murderer. You didn't care what you said, and the doctor's told me you didn't know what you were saying. A crazy mind does blabber, but what they say do have a seed of truth. I know that I fucked up your life and I'm sorry I did. We had a lot of good times, but the bad out do the good. If I never came around you wouldn't be in this situation. Maybe everyone would of been better off without me. I'm only here for my son and my sister's family. No one else really cares here. You don't even care. You just tolerate me."
We layed there in silence and I could hear her breathing. What can you say to a person after they've just said that? I probed my mind for the right words.
" You need to realize that I really didn't know who I was talking to. You're 'ghost' plagued me for years. Still does sometimes. I thought if I told your ghost that she would go away," I said.
" My ghost?" She asked. " You mean you hallucated my ghost?"
" Oddly yes," I said.
" Makes sense," Faith said.
" What I told you was a lie," I said. " I feel the exact opposite."
" Prove it," She said. " You've avoided from even evading my personal space since I showed up again. You invaded it more when we were fighting as enemies."
Typical Faith answer.
" Is that the reason for all your *interesting* comments you've been giving me in the past few days?" I asked.
" Maybe," She replied. " That and I know you can be a jack ass when the situation calls for it."
Chapter Five: The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life
Having Faith back in our lives was turning to be much harder then I thought it would be. She survived her regression back to near normal. The scales that armored her spine didn't fade away, which made for perfect armor. I still wasn't comfortable with having her back. Bad thing was, I was the only one who had that problem. The whole idea of the relationship we had then, and how we look now doesn't mix well in my mind.
" Aw, please?" I heard Rain pleed Faith.
Faith glanced at the pink haired duck over the Comics' section of the newspaper.
" I like it when you do funny tricks!" Rain said with a laugh.
I raised a eyebrow behind the Classified ads. Rain's idea of 'funny tricks' was watching Faith do complicated back flips and spins. Saurian female reflexes was another thing she was able to keep.
" What do you wanna see this time?" Faith asked folding the paper up.
Rain looked in deep thought for a moment, " Surprise me."
Faith got up from the table and took off her sandals.
" Ready?" She asked.
I watched her out the corner of my eye and Rain laughed.
" Yeah! Let it rip!" Rain exclaimed.
Faith did a short running start and did some strange back flip hand stand combo that sent Rain into excited hysterics. I knew that the sparring with her like Canard ordered me to do later was going to be very interesting.
" Holy crud!" Rain exclaimed. " That was great! You gotta teach me that sometime!"
" Finish your homework and I'll think about it," Faith said sitting back down.
Rain pouted and went back to her Chemistry homework. Chemistry homework at eleven, she was the top student besides William. Faith went back to her comics and I returned to my Classifieds.
" I have a question Auntie," Rain said.
Faith put the paper down again and raised an eyebrow, " Yes?"
" Are you and Wing ever going to get along like you used to ?" Rain asked.
" What do you mean like we used to?" I asked putting the paper down.
" I saw some of Mom's old home movies. It was at some beach...You guys were playing tag or something," Rain said. " Laughing and throwing water at each other."
I looked over at Faith and she returned my look.
" Give us time sweetheart. I've been gone for awhile, so it's hard to get back into the swing of things," Faith said.
I knew her answer was alot better then the one I had thought up.
" Okay I'm almost done with my homework..Are you gonna teach me that trick or take me to the mall?" Rain asked.
" The mall crawl would hurt the both of us less," Faith said.
Rain yawned, " But it's too late for both...And I got school in the morning!"
She whined the last part and it made me roll my eyes. She had way too many of Dive's traits for her own good.
" We can do both after drill practice tomorrow. I'll pick you up from school," Faith said.
" On the cycle?" Rain asked sweetly.
I smiled as Faith gave that 'i've been beat' look to her face.
" Sure," Faith said. " Shove off to bed before I drag you there."
Rain quickly finished her last problem and shut the book. She then jumped up and kissed Faith's cheek and then gave my shoulders her best impersonation of a bear hug. She took off towards her room singing. Faith got up and started to put Rain's books back into her messager bag. She and I exchanged another look before she closed Rain's bag up.
" You're the only one not comfortable with my return," She said.
" Give me a reason to be comfortable with it," I retorted.
She put her hands onto the table and leaned her face uncomfortably close towards mine. I sat up in the chair, since if I didn't I would of had a beakful of clevage.
" You know what your problem is?" She asked.
" And I suppose you know?" I asked in return.
" You need to get smashed and fucked until you can't walk for days," she said without missing a beat.
I just looked at her like she was crazy. I was about to ask if she intended to help me with that, but she then shoved me hard enough to send me and the chair backwards onto the floor. By the time I got up she was already in her room and I heard the door lock.
" Crash and burn," I heard Dive say.
I looked over at him and flipped him off. Dive blew me a kiss.
" You sick fuck," I told him.
Dive shook his head, " Only on Fridays."
I sat back down in the chair and started to clean the mess on the table.
" Hey that's the most words I've seen the two of you exchange in days," Dive said.
I snorted, " Counting that she sounded like a whore?"
He then chuckled, " You should of seen your face. It was priceless."
" Are you enjoying this?" I asked.
" Oh hell yes. I'm waiting to hear her take you hostage and 'take advantage' of you," Dive said.
" I am not having this conversation with you out of all ducks," I said.
" Admit it that you wouldn't mind it and I'll shut up," Dive said.
I just gave him a nasty look and he walked off shaking his head. Dive and his smart ass attitude are going to end up meeting my fists one day. I went back to reading the classified ads and propped my feet up on a empty chair. Too many nights of being up all night screwed up my sleeping pattern.
" Hmm," I heard someone say.
I heard someone sit down next to me and pretended not to hear them.
" Don't even think about it," I said.
She laughed and picked up her discarded paper.
" So he doesn't stay up much does he?"She asked.
I glanced at Faith and she smirked at me.
" Not exactly," I commented.
She massaged her feet as I kept glancing at the ads. She was up to something, and I wasn't sure if I liked it.
" What's the real reason why you're not comfortable with my return?" Faith asked.
I didn't want to have this conversation. I got up and was about to leave but she grabbed my wrist and kept a firm grip when I still tried to leave the room.
" Don't make me hog tie you," She said. " You have to talk to me or I'll really take drastic measures."
" You wouldn't even try it," I said. " We've both had improvements."
The alarm my watch had went off and I groaned. I forgot about the shots again. I've already skipped one dose, if I skipped another I'll turn Psycho again.
" Are you good at working hyposprays?" I asked.
" I'd like to think I am," She replied. " Show the way."
I sat back down as she got up.
" There's a backup one under your sink. Tanya put it there last night," I said.
She disappeared to the bathroom as I rubbed my face. The mask was burning something fierce. I opened my eyes again and I could see the kitchen, but also what Faith saw. She was searching underneath the sink. She finally found the hypo spray and stood up. When she saw her reflection she glared at it, like she hated what she saw. The vision then faded away and I shook my head to clear it.
She then came back in with the hypo spray.
" Where to I point it this time?" She asked.
" The area closet to the main vein in my neck," I said. " It's the quickest route."
She gently put one hand on the side of my face and made me tilt my head. Her hand smelled like coconuts for some reason.
" Tanya's warned me about these things," Faith said putting the hypospray to my neck. " Warn me what side you get to when it's done."
" I won't know for a minute or so after the shot," I said. " Why warn you?"
" So you won't regret your actions later," She replied.
She pressed the button and the serum ran through my system. This time it didn't burn, it felt more like I was getting a regular shot from a doctor. Maybe it's the one who gave it to me. Tanya's still leary of me. Faith pulled the empty spray away and gently wiped my neck off.
" I nicked your vein with the needle I think," She said. " I'm doing a compress to stop the bleeding."
" No problem," I said.
I felt the drug go through my system, and the after effect wasn't the one I wanted.
" Tanya actually told me something about the shots," Faith said.
" Really?" I asked.
" Yeah, she alternates what she spikes it with. That's why you get the sleeping urge sometimes and the porn movie urge the other times," she said.
" Do you know which one this is?" I asked.
" No," Faith said. " But Tanya smiled after she told me she put that spray under my sink."
That explains everything.
" I would think you'd want to leave," I said.
" It's my house," She said. " I'm not going anywhere."
I got up on weak legs and made my way to the basement. My little hideaway. Tanya had been spiking the shots this entire time. It figures. I didn't bother with turning on the light when I reached the bottom of the stairs. I just collapsed onto the bed and prayed the after effects would just go away. I could hear Faith walking around upstairs. Her steps were light, like she was trying to stay quiet. I could hear another voice with her, and figured Light was awake again.
" So you gave him his dose?" The voice asked.
It wasn't Light like I thought. It turned out to be Tanya.
" Yeah," Faith replied. " He took it pretty well. Wasn't stressed out at all."
" I want you to take over giving them to him then. I think it's easier for him when you do it," Tanya said.
" Right," Faith said. " What are you trying to do to him anyways? Alternating between valum and what ever that other drug is could be lethal."
" I had it okay'd with a doctor friend of mine. They do the same treatment with Manic depressive ducks on Puckworld," Tanya said. " It works pretty well actually."
Faith snorted, " I don't want to know."
" It's nice to see you two talking again," Tanya said. " Almost reminds me of old times."
" Almost?" Faith asked.
" You both have changed. He's now even more the brick shit house and you're the rough lady boxing acrobat," Tanya said.
" I don't know if that should be counted as a compliment or a insult," Faith said.
They were silent for a moment.
" Fuck!" Faith retorted. " Rain's asleep in my room again. And I have no other place to sleep....Will's on the couch....Damnit."
" I don't think Wing would mind company," Tanya teased.
" Damn you," Faith said. " You did it on purpose didn't you?"
" Guilty," Tanya said.
Faith groaned, " Hate to kick you out, but I need sleep and you need to return to torturing Grin."
" See you in the morning. I'll bring the pain killers," Tanya said.
She left laughing and I heard the door shut. I yawned and rolled onto my side, forcing myself into a uneasy sleep.
I was stirred awake by the sounds of the basement stairs creeking. I sat up in bed and tried to focus on who was trying to sneak up me. By the time I focused on the intruder they were sitting at the end of the bed already. She stifled a yawn badly and by the sounds of it, Faith was the one who decided to come visit me.
" I know you hearing is good," She said. " So you heard the conversation I had with Tanya."
" No shit," I said.
" Move over," She said.
I started to move, but she shook her head.
" I'll take the wall actually, gives me security," She said.
She then moved over me to the vacant side of the bed and made herself comfortable.
" Want to hear something honest from me?" She asked.
I didn't answer her, mainly because she was too close for comfort and the urge was worse then ever now.
" You know how painful it is to be brought back to life after you've been dead for three years? It hurts like nothing you could ever imagine. Embalming fluid feels like liquid fire in your veins and you'd do anything to get it out of your system. Dragonus shared his blood with me, but only if I helped Wraith and he to create a freak army to defeat you. I only agreed because I didn't know what would happen. I didn't know I had been dead for three years," She said. " I didn't know until I saw you. I visited you while you were in Sun View. You'd never talk since you were so drugged up. At least until my last visit. You glared up at me and told me I was dead, that you never loved me. How I fucked up your entire existance and turned you into a murderer. You didn't care what you said, and the doctor's told me you didn't know what you were saying. A crazy mind does blabber, but what they say do have a seed of truth. I know that I fucked up your life and I'm sorry I did. We had a lot of good times, but the bad out do the good. If I never came around you wouldn't be in this situation. Maybe everyone would of been better off without me. I'm only here for my son and my sister's family. No one else really cares here. You don't even care. You just tolerate me."
We layed there in silence and I could hear her breathing. What can you say to a person after they've just said that? I probed my mind for the right words.
" You need to realize that I really didn't know who I was talking to. You're 'ghost' plagued me for years. Still does sometimes. I thought if I told your ghost that she would go away," I said.
" My ghost?" She asked. " You mean you hallucated my ghost?"
" Oddly yes," I said.
" Makes sense," Faith said.
" What I told you was a lie," I said. " I feel the exact opposite."
" Prove it," She said. " You've avoided from even evading my personal space since I showed up again. You invaded it more when we were fighting as enemies."
Typical Faith answer.
" Is that the reason for all your *interesting* comments you've been giving me in the past few days?" I asked.
" Maybe," She replied. " That and I know you can be a jack ass when the situation calls for it."