"F900 this is G14, do you copy?!" It was Officer Alex Mansley, trying
his best to not let go of the wheel while trying to get backup through
his walkie-talkie.
"G14 to F900! G14 to F900 we have a situation here. The man presumed dead, known as Mr. Dirk Harrison, Rachel's father, is indeed still alive, do you copy?"
No answer.
"Goddammit!" Mansley yelled, throwing down his walkie-talkie as he turned the wheel sharply to the right.
"Who the hell does he think he is?" he yelled again.
He turned again, no Dirk Harrison.
"Shit where'd he go." Mansley said to himself.
Dirk Harrison had simply disappeared.
Rachel awoke to silence. She opened her eyes and saw the ugly green of the tent above her. She let out a sigh of relief, it was so nice to wake up to silence, no horrible buzzing sound of the horn and no shuffling of feet, no talking. Wait a minute, why not?
She turned her head and saw Squid sitting on the cot next to her. She sighed again, feeling comfort from being in his presence.
"Hi." she whispered.
"Hey." he said.
She closed her eyes shortly and opened them again. She looked at Squid, and he looked back. Neither one of them knew what to say.
"Um…w-…uh, what happened?" Rachel asked slowly.
"You fainted yesterday, and I took you back here." Squid answered.
"No, I don't mean that. I mean what happened," she paused, "to me?"
Squid shook his head. "It's not a bad thing…it's…you're hurting." he said.
"No," Rachel shook her head, "I couldn't take it, I couldn't control myself. I couldn't…." she stopped.
Squid shook his head again. "It's just something that hurts you, it's a delicate thing to talk about. I know what that feels like. But it was especially bad for you because of what X-Ray said."
"How did he know what happened to my brother? What else does he know about me?" Rachel asked rudely, feeling anger rise in her temper, getting up from the cot.
Squid got up, "I don't know. But I think you should stay away from him for a while."
"No! You're not going to tell me what to do! I'm not a child! If I want to talk to him, I will talk to him! Nothing's going to stop me!" Rachel snapped, walking out of the tent with frustration.
Squid sighed and said, "Okay."
Rachel stormed down the wasteland and into the Wreck Room, nobody was there. She stormed back out and just walked around the camp, slowing to a walk.
She sighed, "What makes him think he can talk to me that way?" she said rudely to herself.
"Great, where is everyone?"
She walked back in the Wreck Room and looked around.
"What makes him think he can talk to me that way!?" Rachel repeated, yelling this time. She walked over to the pool table, grabbed a blue solid ball and threw it into the wall. It crushed a hole into it and the ball stuck inside.
She slowly, slowly walked over to where Zero sat the last time she saw him, her head down at her feet, and she turned around, putting her back against the wall. She slowly sunk down to a sitting position, curled up like a ball.
She wiped a tear from her face as soon as it fell from her eye, and she looked up to see Squid standing in the doorway.
"Do you ever give up?!" she asked rudely.
He shook his head, and didn't move.
After some silence, Rachel said, "What'd you want?"
Squid tilted his head to the other side and he walked over to her. He sat down next to her and looked straight ahead.
"What'd you want?" Rachel asked again.
"I came to tell you where X-Ray is." he said.
"Oh-ho-ho, so now you want me to go talk to him. Huh. Unbelievable." she said, shaking her head and looking down.
"No, I wanted to tell you that I don't think that you're a child. And that you can make your own decisions as you want. X-Ray's out digging his hole." Squid said.
"Well, why aren't you?" Rachel asked, trying to catch him in a mistake.
Squid grunted and got up, walking to the doorway of the Wreck Room.
"I'm not digging my hole because I told the Warden I'd dig two tomorrow instead." he answered.
"Why would anybody do that?" Rachel snapped.
"Nobody would." Squid said.
"But you did. That's the whole point." Rachel said.
"I did because I wanted to stay there until you woke up." Squid said. Rachel looked up, but he had already walked out of the Wreck Room.
Officer Alex Mansley slammed the door open to the Police Department.
"You get him?" Another man asked.
"Not even close! Got away. Dammit why didn't they answer? I need backup for goodness sakes!" Officer Mansley fumed. He slammed himself into a chair next to a desk in the station and put his head back. He put his hands over his eyes and then fed his fingers through his hair. He sighed.
A woman officer came walking toward where Officer Mansley was sitting, and slammed some papers on a desk.
"What's this?" Mansley asked.
"Evidence." she said proudly.
"Of…?" Mansley said.
"Of Joshua Harrison's death, of Dirk's EXACT criminal charges, and of Mrs. Harrison's death as well." she said, "We've got it all here. Now all we have to do is catch Dirk Harrison." she eyed Mansley.
"Hey what was I supposed to do? You left me hangin' out there!" Mansley snapped. He got up from the chair and picked up the files that the woman set down.
Mansley looked wide-eyed, "Cocaine? He tried Cocaine on his own son? That son of a…"
"Yes, it's all true. His son died minutes after. We never got this evidence before because it was a closed case, everyone assumed that Dirk was dead."
"Why?" Mansley asked.
"He just disappeared. Went out of the country for a while, in hiding…he came back to the US when his charges were dismissed."
"Whoever dismissed them was a moron." he said.
"Um...well, you did sir." she said.
"What?" Mansley stammered.
"It's true, we closed the case and you dismissed his charges."
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"G14 to F900! G14 to F900 we have a situation here. The man presumed dead, known as Mr. Dirk Harrison, Rachel's father, is indeed still alive, do you copy?"
No answer.
"Goddammit!" Mansley yelled, throwing down his walkie-talkie as he turned the wheel sharply to the right.
"Who the hell does he think he is?" he yelled again.
He turned again, no Dirk Harrison.
"Shit where'd he go." Mansley said to himself.
Dirk Harrison had simply disappeared.
Rachel awoke to silence. She opened her eyes and saw the ugly green of the tent above her. She let out a sigh of relief, it was so nice to wake up to silence, no horrible buzzing sound of the horn and no shuffling of feet, no talking. Wait a minute, why not?
She turned her head and saw Squid sitting on the cot next to her. She sighed again, feeling comfort from being in his presence.
"Hi." she whispered.
"Hey." he said.
She closed her eyes shortly and opened them again. She looked at Squid, and he looked back. Neither one of them knew what to say.
"Um…w-…uh, what happened?" Rachel asked slowly.
"You fainted yesterday, and I took you back here." Squid answered.
"No, I don't mean that. I mean what happened," she paused, "to me?"
Squid shook his head. "It's not a bad thing…it's…you're hurting." he said.
"No," Rachel shook her head, "I couldn't take it, I couldn't control myself. I couldn't…." she stopped.
Squid shook his head again. "It's just something that hurts you, it's a delicate thing to talk about. I know what that feels like. But it was especially bad for you because of what X-Ray said."
"How did he know what happened to my brother? What else does he know about me?" Rachel asked rudely, feeling anger rise in her temper, getting up from the cot.
Squid got up, "I don't know. But I think you should stay away from him for a while."
"No! You're not going to tell me what to do! I'm not a child! If I want to talk to him, I will talk to him! Nothing's going to stop me!" Rachel snapped, walking out of the tent with frustration.
Squid sighed and said, "Okay."
Rachel stormed down the wasteland and into the Wreck Room, nobody was there. She stormed back out and just walked around the camp, slowing to a walk.
She sighed, "What makes him think he can talk to me that way?" she said rudely to herself.
"Great, where is everyone?"
She walked back in the Wreck Room and looked around.
"What makes him think he can talk to me that way!?" Rachel repeated, yelling this time. She walked over to the pool table, grabbed a blue solid ball and threw it into the wall. It crushed a hole into it and the ball stuck inside.
She slowly, slowly walked over to where Zero sat the last time she saw him, her head down at her feet, and she turned around, putting her back against the wall. She slowly sunk down to a sitting position, curled up like a ball.
She wiped a tear from her face as soon as it fell from her eye, and she looked up to see Squid standing in the doorway.
"Do you ever give up?!" she asked rudely.
He shook his head, and didn't move.
After some silence, Rachel said, "What'd you want?"
Squid tilted his head to the other side and he walked over to her. He sat down next to her and looked straight ahead.
"What'd you want?" Rachel asked again.
"I came to tell you where X-Ray is." he said.
"Oh-ho-ho, so now you want me to go talk to him. Huh. Unbelievable." she said, shaking her head and looking down.
"No, I wanted to tell you that I don't think that you're a child. And that you can make your own decisions as you want. X-Ray's out digging his hole." Squid said.
"Well, why aren't you?" Rachel asked, trying to catch him in a mistake.
Squid grunted and got up, walking to the doorway of the Wreck Room.
"I'm not digging my hole because I told the Warden I'd dig two tomorrow instead." he answered.
"Why would anybody do that?" Rachel snapped.
"Nobody would." Squid said.
"But you did. That's the whole point." Rachel said.
"I did because I wanted to stay there until you woke up." Squid said. Rachel looked up, but he had already walked out of the Wreck Room.
Officer Alex Mansley slammed the door open to the Police Department.
"You get him?" Another man asked.
"Not even close! Got away. Dammit why didn't they answer? I need backup for goodness sakes!" Officer Mansley fumed. He slammed himself into a chair next to a desk in the station and put his head back. He put his hands over his eyes and then fed his fingers through his hair. He sighed.
A woman officer came walking toward where Officer Mansley was sitting, and slammed some papers on a desk.
"What's this?" Mansley asked.
"Evidence." she said proudly.
"Of…?" Mansley said.
"Of Joshua Harrison's death, of Dirk's EXACT criminal charges, and of Mrs. Harrison's death as well." she said, "We've got it all here. Now all we have to do is catch Dirk Harrison." she eyed Mansley.
"Hey what was I supposed to do? You left me hangin' out there!" Mansley snapped. He got up from the chair and picked up the files that the woman set down.
Mansley looked wide-eyed, "Cocaine? He tried Cocaine on his own son? That son of a…"
"Yes, it's all true. His son died minutes after. We never got this evidence before because it was a closed case, everyone assumed that Dirk was dead."
"Why?" Mansley asked.
"He just disappeared. Went out of the country for a while, in hiding…he came back to the US when his charges were dismissed."
"Whoever dismissed them was a moron." he said.
"Um...well, you did sir." she said.
"What?" Mansley stammered.
"It's true, we closed the case and you dismissed his charges."
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