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Coming Together
Chapter 6
Brad groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose some more. The headache that was setting in would be one of the worst in the past few months. He glanced around and closed his eyes for a few moments.
Alexis was seated in the large part of a shopping cart and Schuldig was pushing her up and down the aisles at rather high speeds for something with no seatbelts. He could here the girl squeal and shout something at the man who she had trusted her safety too. Crawford caught a glance of Schuldig and the girl. They were rocketing down an ailsle with Schuldig standing on a bar so that his feet weren't on the floor and he too was riding the cart.
An employee watched the two before making his way to Crawford and pointing. "They with you?"
All the precog could do was nod.
"Yea, well get some leashes on 'em" Then he turned and walked away.
Again Bradley nodded and tried to speak mentally with the red head. /Schuldig stop that/ No response. He gave up and turned to Hailey who was crouched down reading the box to some set of pans or other. "Tell them to stop."
"Please?" Hailey fished for the word, willing Crawford to ask her.
He sighed and just closed his eyes again. He was not going to ask that woman to control his teammate. Not for his life.
"What about your pride?" Hailey asked as she dropped a box containing an assortment of pots and pans into her cart.
Brad winced. He had actually let her read him. Partially. He needed a long hot bath and some pain killers. "My pride is not in jeopardy."
"Right, but your dignity is."
"So, is your."
Hailey flashed the man a smile I used to be a stripper. I have no dignity for Lexi to squash."
"Please"
"Very well" Hailey glanced in Farfarello's direction, but she couldn't see him. /Lexi, enough. If you must take the cart outside and convince Schu to push you through the drive-threw/
/Omi God! Good idea!/
Brad glanced back at Schu and Alexis and blinked. Schuldig was looking at the girl. Then his eyes lit up and he pushed the girl out of the store. "Where are they...?"
"Hungry?" Hailey cut him off.
Crawford just sighed. "Are you done?"
"Yep!" Hailey to control of the shopping cart and headed to the section where the store kept the knives. "Farf? Did you pick something out?"
"He is not allowed to ha..." Brad started, but Hailey cut him off again.
"Farfarello helped up. He agreed to pick out the best set of kitchen knives if I would buy him one of his own. Fair trade"
Farf wandered up and gingerly set two boxes into the cart. One was decidedly smaller than the other.
"Thanks hun" Hailey set out for the cashier's desk. Farfarello and Brad following after. As she paid Hailey reach out to Heather and Natalia. /Girl's we are done so start checkin out. I believe Schu and Alexis have already gotten lunch/ Hailey smiled to the cashier and lifted up a bag. "Thanks, I'll make sure to have Lexi return your cart. Sorry for the inconvience" Then she headed for the door.
"If you have no dignity why apologize?"
Farf began rummaging through Hailey's bag as she waked. The girl didn't even blink as she waited for the psycho to retrieve his toy. "I may not have dignity, but I do have manners. You're welcome Farfarello"
Farf pulled his knife from its box and dropped the cardboard on ground as he followed Hailey and Brad. He mumbled something that sounded like a thanks as he tested his knife. Soon a slight trickle of blood stained his arm.
Brad groaned softly and shook his head. Nagi and the two other girls of Verkannt walked up. Natalia and Nagi carried small bags.
"Whatcha get?" Hailey wondered.
Heather piped up with the answer "Nagi got a computer game and Nat got a CD and a player for it"
Wonderful. Something to make noise with. Crawford saw that they had reached the cars and unlocked his. Hailey was already stashing the bags in her trunk.
"Don't bother Brad. Lexi and Schu have lunch on the way. We're gonna eat in the park."
Just then a loud shriek came to his ears and he looked across the parking lot. He heard laughter from eveyone except Farfarello as Alexis and Schuldig raced across the lot. This time Schu was in the basket and Lexi was pushing.
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!" Schu shrieked as Lexi shoved the cart and let him fly on his own. "Stop it! Stop it! I'm gonna DIE!!!!"
Schu stopped mid yell as the buggy stopped on a dime. He tumbled out of the cart and onto the cement. Lexi ran up laughing uncontrollably as Schuldig blinked. "You could stop the cart, but not me!? I hate you!" He thrust a finger at Nagi.
The young boy blinked and tilted his head to the side. "How are you sure it was me? Nat could have done it"
The red headed boy sat up and whimpered at Heather, appealing for her attention. As the girl snorted and began shuffling through the bags of food in the cart Schu shot looks back and forth between Nagi and Natalia. "I'll just go in and find out!"
Hailey gave Schuldig a stern look. "Leave Natalia alone..."
"Yea man, not a good idea" Lexi advised.
Natalia gave Schu a nervous look and moved away. Schu smirked and rolled his eyes.
Schuldig tried to force his way into Nagi's head, but as usual the boy did a good job of hiding away the info Schuldig endeavored for. Pouting he tried Natalia and blinked. The girl had no shields at all. He got into her mind as easily as anything. He shrugged a shoulder and began exploring. Not far into her mind however things changed. At first they had been ordered and neat, but suddenly a wave of dizziness hit the telepath. Everything was moving. It was like... Farfarello's mind. Schu had only tried once with the silver haired psycho. The complete chaos of Natalia's mind sent Schu reeling into hell and back. He tried to jerk himself from her mind, but found he couldn't. He was lost. He had only been in the storm for a few seconds and already he couldn't tell his mind from the raging hell of her's. Then just as suddenly as the storm had picked up a path of sorts formed and Schu was able to pull his mind from her's.
Schuldig staggered away a few steps and fell to his knees. Whimpering he doubled over and vomited. Alexis kneeled at his side and sighed. "We tried to warn you. Hailey I'm gonna try and help" Slowly Alexis brushed her mind against Schuldig's. The brunette's eyes slipped shut as she caressed the man's mind with her own. Concentrating she gently sorted the man's thoughts into a small order and forced his mind to tell him body to relax. At this Schu's retching stopped and he sagged in Lexi's arms.
"Lexi?" Heather ventured softly, unsure if she was still in Schuldig's mind.
Slowly Lexi answered "He's.... He's alright now... I think."
Brad moved over to the girl and boy. He glanced at Heather, as she was the only girl not preoccupied. "What did she do?"
Nagi too moved to Schu's side and used his talent to help the man to his feet. Schu wavered and leaned heavily against Crawford. He was once more whimpering. Amazingly Crawford wrapped his arms around the red head and rubbed his back slowly.
"Natalia has an extreme fear of telepaths. In Rosenkruez one basically ripped her mind to shreds. Even more than usual. She only knows her name because he roommate re-taught it to her. As well as some of her past. Ever since she throws her mind into wild tantrums that leave her" Heather motioned to the two red heads... "And the telepath in states like this, or worse"
A small crowd had gathered and was watching from a few yards off. With a nudge from Hailey they decided to leave, because apparently two of the people were violently ill with something contagious. Hailey sat next to her car with Natalia cradled in her arms. Nat's green eyes were glazed with fear and she was trembling terribly. Fear was all that shown though. It seemed as if there was no intelligence inside the shell of a girl at all.
Alexis got up off her feet and took the bags of food from the shopping cart and handed them to Farfarello. Then she took the cart back to the store it had come from. Farf sniffed at the bags then put them in the car. Obviously they were not going to the park to day.
Brad led Schuldig slowly over to the car and helped the man into the passenger seat. Schu relinquished his tight hold on Brad with a plaintive whine. Slowly the leader of Schwarz closed the door and turned to Nagi and Farf. "Get in you two" There was no argument as they piled into the car. Crawford looked at Hailey and sighed "How long will you be?"
"Right behind ya" Lexi fished a spare key from her pocket and looked at Heather. "You get shot gun chicka."
Hailey was already helping Natalia into the car. Heather nodded blankly and climbed in. Soon, everyone was headed for the apartment.
End Chapter 6
Okies, this one was a little shorter than the others, but I liked it! Yep! I feel bad though. I don't like hurting da Schu. He is so... Schu-ish cries miserably
And since there has been no chance for anyone to review as of yet. A BIG THANKS too everyone who has read this. Thank you soooo much! I wuvs ya all!
Coming Together
Chapter 6
Brad groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose some more. The headache that was setting in would be one of the worst in the past few months. He glanced around and closed his eyes for a few moments.
Alexis was seated in the large part of a shopping cart and Schuldig was pushing her up and down the aisles at rather high speeds for something with no seatbelts. He could here the girl squeal and shout something at the man who she had trusted her safety too. Crawford caught a glance of Schuldig and the girl. They were rocketing down an ailsle with Schuldig standing on a bar so that his feet weren't on the floor and he too was riding the cart.
An employee watched the two before making his way to Crawford and pointing. "They with you?"
All the precog could do was nod.
"Yea, well get some leashes on 'em" Then he turned and walked away.
Again Bradley nodded and tried to speak mentally with the red head. /Schuldig stop that/ No response. He gave up and turned to Hailey who was crouched down reading the box to some set of pans or other. "Tell them to stop."
"Please?" Hailey fished for the word, willing Crawford to ask her.
He sighed and just closed his eyes again. He was not going to ask that woman to control his teammate. Not for his life.
"What about your pride?" Hailey asked as she dropped a box containing an assortment of pots and pans into her cart.
Brad winced. He had actually let her read him. Partially. He needed a long hot bath and some pain killers. "My pride is not in jeopardy."
"Right, but your dignity is."
"So, is your."
Hailey flashed the man a smile I used to be a stripper. I have no dignity for Lexi to squash."
"Please"
"Very well" Hailey glanced in Farfarello's direction, but she couldn't see him. /Lexi, enough. If you must take the cart outside and convince Schu to push you through the drive-threw/
/Omi God! Good idea!/
Brad glanced back at Schu and Alexis and blinked. Schuldig was looking at the girl. Then his eyes lit up and he pushed the girl out of the store. "Where are they...?"
"Hungry?" Hailey cut him off.
Crawford just sighed. "Are you done?"
"Yep!" Hailey to control of the shopping cart and headed to the section where the store kept the knives. "Farf? Did you pick something out?"
"He is not allowed to ha..." Brad started, but Hailey cut him off again.
"Farfarello helped up. He agreed to pick out the best set of kitchen knives if I would buy him one of his own. Fair trade"
Farf wandered up and gingerly set two boxes into the cart. One was decidedly smaller than the other.
"Thanks hun" Hailey set out for the cashier's desk. Farfarello and Brad following after. As she paid Hailey reach out to Heather and Natalia. /Girl's we are done so start checkin out. I believe Schu and Alexis have already gotten lunch/ Hailey smiled to the cashier and lifted up a bag. "Thanks, I'll make sure to have Lexi return your cart. Sorry for the inconvience" Then she headed for the door.
"If you have no dignity why apologize?"
Farf began rummaging through Hailey's bag as she waked. The girl didn't even blink as she waited for the psycho to retrieve his toy. "I may not have dignity, but I do have manners. You're welcome Farfarello"
Farf pulled his knife from its box and dropped the cardboard on ground as he followed Hailey and Brad. He mumbled something that sounded like a thanks as he tested his knife. Soon a slight trickle of blood stained his arm.
Brad groaned softly and shook his head. Nagi and the two other girls of Verkannt walked up. Natalia and Nagi carried small bags.
"Whatcha get?" Hailey wondered.
Heather piped up with the answer "Nagi got a computer game and Nat got a CD and a player for it"
Wonderful. Something to make noise with. Crawford saw that they had reached the cars and unlocked his. Hailey was already stashing the bags in her trunk.
"Don't bother Brad. Lexi and Schu have lunch on the way. We're gonna eat in the park."
Just then a loud shriek came to his ears and he looked across the parking lot. He heard laughter from eveyone except Farfarello as Alexis and Schuldig raced across the lot. This time Schu was in the basket and Lexi was pushing.
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!" Schu shrieked as Lexi shoved the cart and let him fly on his own. "Stop it! Stop it! I'm gonna DIE!!!!"
Schu stopped mid yell as the buggy stopped on a dime. He tumbled out of the cart and onto the cement. Lexi ran up laughing uncontrollably as Schuldig blinked. "You could stop the cart, but not me!? I hate you!" He thrust a finger at Nagi.
The young boy blinked and tilted his head to the side. "How are you sure it was me? Nat could have done it"
The red headed boy sat up and whimpered at Heather, appealing for her attention. As the girl snorted and began shuffling through the bags of food in the cart Schu shot looks back and forth between Nagi and Natalia. "I'll just go in and find out!"
Hailey gave Schuldig a stern look. "Leave Natalia alone..."
"Yea man, not a good idea" Lexi advised.
Natalia gave Schu a nervous look and moved away. Schu smirked and rolled his eyes.
Schuldig tried to force his way into Nagi's head, but as usual the boy did a good job of hiding away the info Schuldig endeavored for. Pouting he tried Natalia and blinked. The girl had no shields at all. He got into her mind as easily as anything. He shrugged a shoulder and began exploring. Not far into her mind however things changed. At first they had been ordered and neat, but suddenly a wave of dizziness hit the telepath. Everything was moving. It was like... Farfarello's mind. Schu had only tried once with the silver haired psycho. The complete chaos of Natalia's mind sent Schu reeling into hell and back. He tried to jerk himself from her mind, but found he couldn't. He was lost. He had only been in the storm for a few seconds and already he couldn't tell his mind from the raging hell of her's. Then just as suddenly as the storm had picked up a path of sorts formed and Schu was able to pull his mind from her's.
Schuldig staggered away a few steps and fell to his knees. Whimpering he doubled over and vomited. Alexis kneeled at his side and sighed. "We tried to warn you. Hailey I'm gonna try and help" Slowly Alexis brushed her mind against Schuldig's. The brunette's eyes slipped shut as she caressed the man's mind with her own. Concentrating she gently sorted the man's thoughts into a small order and forced his mind to tell him body to relax. At this Schu's retching stopped and he sagged in Lexi's arms.
"Lexi?" Heather ventured softly, unsure if she was still in Schuldig's mind.
Slowly Lexi answered "He's.... He's alright now... I think."
Brad moved over to the girl and boy. He glanced at Heather, as she was the only girl not preoccupied. "What did she do?"
Nagi too moved to Schu's side and used his talent to help the man to his feet. Schu wavered and leaned heavily against Crawford. He was once more whimpering. Amazingly Crawford wrapped his arms around the red head and rubbed his back slowly.
"Natalia has an extreme fear of telepaths. In Rosenkruez one basically ripped her mind to shreds. Even more than usual. She only knows her name because he roommate re-taught it to her. As well as some of her past. Ever since she throws her mind into wild tantrums that leave her" Heather motioned to the two red heads... "And the telepath in states like this, or worse"
A small crowd had gathered and was watching from a few yards off. With a nudge from Hailey they decided to leave, because apparently two of the people were violently ill with something contagious. Hailey sat next to her car with Natalia cradled in her arms. Nat's green eyes were glazed with fear and she was trembling terribly. Fear was all that shown though. It seemed as if there was no intelligence inside the shell of a girl at all.
Alexis got up off her feet and took the bags of food from the shopping cart and handed them to Farfarello. Then she took the cart back to the store it had come from. Farf sniffed at the bags then put them in the car. Obviously they were not going to the park to day.
Brad led Schuldig slowly over to the car and helped the man into the passenger seat. Schu relinquished his tight hold on Brad with a plaintive whine. Slowly the leader of Schwarz closed the door and turned to Nagi and Farf. "Get in you two" There was no argument as they piled into the car. Crawford looked at Hailey and sighed "How long will you be?"
"Right behind ya" Lexi fished a spare key from her pocket and looked at Heather. "You get shot gun chicka."
Hailey was already helping Natalia into the car. Heather nodded blankly and climbed in. Soon, everyone was headed for the apartment.
End Chapter 6
Okies, this one was a little shorter than the others, but I liked it! Yep! I feel bad though. I don't like hurting da Schu. He is so... Schu-ish cries miserably
And since there has been no chance for anyone to review as of yet. A BIG THANKS too everyone who has read this. Thank you soooo much! I wuvs ya all!