Ch. 18, The Enemy
Half an hour later Grievous saw Charlie walking down the hall toward him, "There you are!"
Charlie grinned at him, "I win," she cheered and started making fun of him. Grievous could easily tell she was really hyper, "Do you need a oil change or a new battery?"
Grievous cocked his head to the side, "And you call me the two-year-old. You might want to stop while you're ahead Charlie"
Charlie grabbed her stomach because she was laughing so hard, "Are you getting rust?" she joked again.
Grievous stalked up to her as she was getting ready to take off running again.
He quickly grabbed her, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Umm… to the bathroom." She gave a cheesy grin.
"There's a nice one in your room," he said as he picked her up and carried her back to her room.
"Meanie! I don't want to go back to my room!… you-… you bucket of bolts!" she yelled as she tried to get away.
"I am not," he said trying to keep his cool as he stopped her efforts of getting away.
"Let me go!" Charlie whined.
"No," Grievous said firmly as he dropped her on to her bed. He turned on his heal and walked out of her room locking the door.
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Charlie yelled at the top of her lungs crossing her arms and laid back on the bed.
"Life isn't!" Grievous called back to her through the door.
Charlie paid him no mind she was to busy mumbling stuff under her breath.
Grievous started to walk off as the medical droid came up carrying a plate of food.
It opened the door to take the food into Charlie, but she ran out and took off down the hall. The droid saw Grievous was glaring at him,
"I was taking her food in… I didn't know… its not my fault!" Grievous sighed and then took off after Charlie once more.
Charlie suddenly stopped when she felt tired. She held on to the wall, "Woah! Where did it all go!" she breathed.
Grievous came up behind her, "I don't know, but this is good." He laughed and picked her up and carried her back.
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Grievous walked into Charlie's room he was surprised to see her fast asleep.
"Wake up Charlie," he said as he poked her in the side.
Charlie slapped his hand away and muttered something in sleep-talk.
"Get up!" he said as he poked her again.
"Stop it!" yelled Charlie as she rolled over. She opened an eye then closed it back.
Grievous cocked his head, "It's time to get up." He then poked her stomach.
Charlie who was half way still asleep, "five more minutes dad," she groaned as she puled the covers up over her head and wrapped her self in them.
"What did she call me?" mumbled Grievous.
Charlie woke up and pulled the cover down, "What!" she demanded.
"What did you call me?" he asked.
Charlie who was confused she didn't recall her sleep talking.
"Don't play dumb Charlie!" said Grievous.
"I don't understand!" Charlie groaned grabbing her head, "You are confusing me!"
Grievous cocked his head again, "You called me dad!"
Charlie looked at him, "No I didn't!"
"Yes you did." He stated.
"No I didn't, I know what I would say!"
"Even in your sleep?" asked Grievous laughing.
Charlie stopped a moment, "Sleep talking doesn't count!"
"Yes it does," said Grievous knowing he was getting on her nerves.
"NO it doesn't! Because the mind is not aware of what it is doing!" hissed Charlie.
"It does count!" said Grievous as he poked her.
"No it doesn't- Stop it!" she growled grabbing his finger.
"Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better." he said.
Grievous left as the medical droid came in, "I'm fine." She repeated, the droid nodded and walked back out.
Charlie got to her feet and went to sneak out. But Grievous was leaned up against the wall outside waiting. She walked by not seeing him.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
Charlie jumped up on one foot screaming, "Eeekk!" she then took off running with Grievous chasing after her.
Charlie slid down a hallway almost falling on her ass. She took of her socks so she wouldn't slide so much and picked back up to speed.
"Get back here Charlie!" Grievous called to her.
"Never!" Charlie called back.
Grievous sighed, "Charlie get back here before you get hurt"
But she kept going.
Grievous sighed again, "Thought that would work"
A droid walked out in front of her and knocked her down. Charlie glared up at the battle droid as it raised it's blaster and was about to shoot her.
"If you want to stay in one piece you better not shoot her!" Grievous yelled at it as he scooped Charlie up.
"It was gonna shoot me!" cried Charlie in shock.
"I told you to stop before you got hurt." He mumbled carrying her back to her room.
"Not if you told them to leave me alone!" snapped Charlie.
"I told them too, but you can't destroy their programming of destroy the enemy!" Grievous snapped back at her.
Charlie glared at him, "I didn't ask to become a general!"
Grievous shrugged, "I can't help that"
He then let her go once she was in her room. Charlie growled and grabbed a random object and threw it at him. It hit him on the head. She grabbed her mouth, "Oops," she grinned cheesy.
"You did that on purpose!" said Grievous trying to keep his cool.
"I know," said Charlie.
Grievous grabbed her arm to keep her from running away. He then dragged her to her bed.
"I'm not sleepy!" she yelled.
"And I care why?" he said coldly.
"Now you're being mean!" she growled.
"That's what you get for hitting me in the head." He snapped at her.
"Well look at all the times you hit me!" Charlie yelled at him.
Grievous cocked his head, "Me, hit you?"
"Yes! Unless you have short term memory loss! You have hit me many of times and burned me with your light saber!" she yelled holding her stomach.
"Short term memory is such a bummer," he laughed.
Charlie angrily pulled free of him, "You didn't forget!" she yelled and threw herself on to the bed. She buried her face into the pillow and started crying.
Grievous shook his head and left the room.
The medical droid walked in. Making sure Grievous wasn't around and listening. It walked over to Charlie, "Are you ready to go?" he whispered to her.
Charlie looked at the droid, she wiped away her tears and nodded.
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