Jess sighed. She had been standing out in the cold for a while now, her hopes beginning to waver. In the back of her mind, she remained focused on her hope that her love, Grievous would return.
She turned and cast a sidelong glance back towards the party, her eyes lingered a moment longer on Tony. Her nose wrinkled in disgust. Jess slowly turned back to her continuous vigil, surveying the dark horizon for any sign of her escaped love.
She was about ready to leave; really, what reason did she have to stay without him. Another sigh escaped her lips as she began to walk away, maybe she would call for a cab.
But then, just then, she saw a glint of metal in the distance. She froze, and slowly turned to look. There! Yes, there he was! Her face lit up with a victorious and overjoyed grin, and she emitted a shrill squeal. For off in the distance, moving rather quickly toward her was Grievous. He was being dragged across the lumpy ground, not particularly willingly either. It appeared as I an invisible hand had grabbed one of his ankles and pulled him back to her, much against his will. Even now, all four of his claw-like hands were pulling at the ground as it flew by underneath him.
"Grievie!" She shrieked with joy, ignoring his blatant unwillingness to be drawn close to her yet again.
Finally though, he was back at her side, standing with what appeared to be as much of a scowl as he could mange. Jess wrapped her arms around his skeletal body in a hug, and he merely gave a series of low, hacking coughs in protest.
"Whatever force dragged you back to me, I thank it!" Jess exclaimed, still wrapped around the alien cyborg. "I love you Grievous!" She yelled.
Well, Jess, you have the wondrous Mary-Sue portal to thank for that. Really, it doesn't get thanked enough for all the hard work it has to do either. Another day, another fan girl or fan boy with their silly desires, how many of them actually take the time to thank the one responsible for all that forced fantasy joy? Well, anyways, to hear her thanks made the portal very happy, and in response used it's mind altering powers to work on the General.
"I, err…" He found himself saying, and I alarm of hearing his voice speak when he had absolutely no intention to say what he felt his lips forming, he desperately tried to cough to cover it up. Alas, it still came through. "I love you too," He choked out through his cough. Blast, he thought, why did I say that? Why?
Jess grinned, unaware and not caring that the General's words were not only forced but inaccurate (or were they?). Simply hearing it made this the happiest day of her life – as if it hadn't already been.
She released him from the hug, and grabbed one of his hand.
"C'mon, Grievie, there's some peoplei want you to meet," She said.