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Meet The Parents…
Chapter 5: Meet Daddy Dearest, Trigon Roth
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"Don't move a muscle."
'Uh oh…' Garfield thought as he slowly stood up straight and stared at the wall in front of him. 'Looks like we've got a trespasser in the house, not good, not good...where did I learn the word trespasser?'
"Put you hands behind your head." the deep voice ordered. Garfield gulped as he did as told. "Slowly turn around." Garfield cautiously turned around, his eyes slowly meeting the figure that stood in front of him with a gun now pressed to Garfield's forehead. He was confronted by a large man like Eddy but seemingly a few inches shorter. His skin though was like Eddy's, red with radiant yellow eyes and long white hair. Judging by his expression, he seemed quite raged.
"So…trying to ransack the house, huh?" the person said.
"What?" Garfield asked slightly bringing down his hands.
"You picked the wrong house to break in shrimp." Said the hot headed man.
"No, no, no!" Garfield said shaking his hand as he brought them down. "You don't understand…"
"Keep your hands up green bean!" the man said pressing the again harder on his forehead.
"No, no, no, wait!" Garfield yelped putting his hands back up.
"Don't think you can fool me." The man said.
"But wait I wasn't robbing this house!"
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't blow your brains out?"
"Don't let my green skin fool ya, I'm a medical marvel." Garfield smiled nervously the small fang sticking out from the corner of his lip.
"Not good enough." The man said as he pushed back the hammer of the gun.
"Aw come on man!" Garfield screamed beginning to panic.
"Any last words?"
"Dude I'm just a guest here! I'm meeting my girlfriend's parent, my names Garfield! I…"
"Wait…Garfield?" the man asked wide eyes.
"Dad!"
"Oh give me that!" Arella said as she came forward and snatched the gun out of the man's hand while Raven ran up to Garfield.
"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Raven asked checking up on Garfield as if searching for injuries.
"Why, was he seriously going to!" Garfield asked pointing to the man.
"Well sort of." Raven smiled as she then walked up to the man.
"How many times have I told you not to go pointing this thing at every single person?" Arella scolded the man.
"Well how was I supposed to know he wasn't a thief or something?" The man said as he snatched his gun back and placed it away. His eye's caught sight of Raven who walked up behind Arella beaming excitedly.
"Hey dad…" she began with broad smile and her hand wrapped behind her.
"Raven….what happened to you?" the man, Raven's father, exclaimed.
"Um…"
"Look how thin you are! What have you been eating girl? Or have you been eating at all!"
"Dad…"
"And what's this?" Raven's father said picking a strand of Raven's hair. "Why did you grow you hair? It looks darker, did you dye it? And why are you paler than usual? You're damn uncle didn't give you any alcohol or drugs did he?" Raven's father ranted. "I told you she couldn't take care of herself alone!" he told Arella who rolled her eyes.
"Well it's great to see you again dad!" Raven said sarcastically before throwing her arms around her father and enveloping him in a hug. Her father grumbled as he, embarrassed, returned the hug grumbling all the way. He was obviously not the mushy sentimental type. Garfield stared from his position, his left eye twitching as he watched the father and daughter reunion.
'This…is Raven's…father…and he carries a gun…and was ready to use it to splatter my brain on the wall…' Garfield thought his mouth slightly opened as he watched Raven chat with the red skinned man.
'Ok so the first impression from Rae's ol'man was pretty frightening, but looking at him now he seems pretty…frightening. Well I don't know him completely yet, but I'm sure he can't be that bad. One thing I always expected from Raven's father was that he would be one of those overly protective of their daughter type. Well…let's just hope for the best.'
After being reunited with her father Raven looked towards Garfield. "Dad I want you meet my boyfriend, this is Garfield." Raven said. Garfield offered a smile while Raven's father looked at him from head to toe. He looked back at Raven.
"This…is Garfield?" Raven's father asked. Raven nodded in response. He looked back at Garfield and looked him over again. "Uh Raven?" he said as he pulled Raven aside and started whispering to her. "You're telling me that that is Garfield?"
"Yes that's him." Raven whispered.
Looking over his shoulder, he took another look at him. "That green shrimp is your boyfriend?"
"Dad please…"
"I'm just saying that I think…"
Garfield watched as the two whispered in silence trying to pick up what they were saying. "Oh don't worry Garfield." Arella said walking up beside him noticing the concern on his face. "Trigon always likes to be certain of things. He'll eventually accept you of course."
'Trigon eh…have I heard that name before?'
"Well let's just hope that when he accepts me, all my limbs are intact." Garfield said while Arella chuckled in response. Once they were done whispering they both moved back to Garfield.
"Garfield Logan?" Trigon began.
"Yes. It's a pleasure to finally meet you um sir." Garfield nervously spoke as he extended out his hand.
"Yes." Trigon said still eyeing him suspiciously as he shook his hand.
"I'm sorry about the earlier misunderstanding; I was only looking around the house." Garfield explained.
"So you were." Trigon said as Garfield began to feel uncomfortable under Trigon's gaze.
"Ey Raven!" Everyone attention turned to the entrance of the kitchen where someone rushed and ran up to Raven.
"Axe!" Raven exclaimed as the older man hugged her.
"Aw our lil Rae-Rae is back." The man said before pulling away. "Why look at you!" Axe said as he looked over Raven. "Can't call you little anymore."
Garfield took in this Axe character's appearance. His skin was the same as Trigon and Eddy, he had hand long white hair like Trigon but it was slicked back. He seemed a head shorter than Trigon, with pointy ear similar to Garfield's, he had a more average built body compared to Trigon and Eddy and his face was less threatening. Garfield noticed the cigar in his mouth as well. He was clad in black trousers, white shirt and a black vest. Though Garfield didn't judge by looks, Axe most possibly was a friendly person.
"So where that boy you datin'?" Axe asked picking the cigar out of his mouth.
"Oh yes! Axe this is Garfield." Raven said motioning to Garfield. Garfield had extended his hand out to shake but then recoiled in pain when Axe punched him on his arm.
"Ah so you the boy who won Raven's heart eh?" Axe smirked.
"Uh yep that's me." Garfield said rubbing his arm.
"You lucky S.O.B!" Axe said as he punched Garfield arm again. Garfield gritted his teeth to restrain himself from shouting; the guy had a strong punch.
"Oh the boys and I got these for you lil Rae-Rae." Axe said as he handed Raven the bouquet of flowers.
"Oh thanks. But where are the others?" Raven asked.
"Raven!"
Next thing Garfield, the kitchen was bombard ed by a bunch of men in business suits who all attacked Raven into a hug. Garfield stared on at the sight before him and turned to Arella with a questioning look.
Arella smiled understanding his confusion. "These are all Trigon's employees. As Trigon always brought his work to the house, Raven had grown up with all these men." Arella explained.
'So these are all Raven's baby sitters huh?' Garfield inwardly laughed as he looked back his girlfriend. 'Looks like one big family.' Garfield smiled. He took a glance at Trigon but looked at him again realizing that Trigon was still suspiciously gazing at him. Garfield gulped as he looked away.
"Gar, come over here." Raven said as she dragged him into the group to be introduced. Meanwhile Arella walked up to Trigon.
"What do you think of him so far?" Arella asked crossing her arms. Trigon tapped his finger on the counter as he watched Garfield. He then started sniffing the air, his nose directed towards Garfield. "Honey I'm sure he doesn't have any drugs on him." Arella sternly looked at Trigon.
"Can't be too sure. We already put Raven through enough. Can't have her dating a juvenile delinquent." Trigon whispered.
"I'm sure he's a nice boy." Arella assured him.
"We'll just have to see about that." Trigon said standing up straight and buttoning up his suit. "Okay boys, this reunion and continue later. Back to work!" Trigon ordered stepping forward. Following his orders without dispute they all moved out after giving Raven a final 'welcome home' hug.
"Axe." Trigon called Axe before he left.
"Yeah boss?" Axe asked coming up to his boss' side and folding his hand behind him.
"Stick around for a while." Trigon told him and then walked up to Garfield. "You," he said pointing at his face. "Follow me." He ordered before walking out of the kitchen.
"Um…me?" he looked towards Raven pointing at himself.
"Yes, the boss said you." Axe said repeating Trigon action by pointing at Garfield's face. Garfield looked at Raven questioningly, she shrugged in response. "Let's move green bean." Axe said before walking out.
"I have a name." Garfield said following Axe out of the kitchen.
"Sure, grass stain." Axe calmly said. Garfield gave Raven one nervous glance before disappearing off with Axe.
"He's going to play 20 questions with Garfield huh?" Raven looked at her mother.
"Don't worry honey. I convinced him to cut down to twelve." Arella smiled.
"God I hope dad doesn't get all melodramatic or anything." Raven sighed sitting down on a stool next to her mother. "So…how has dad been while I was away?"
"Stressed out as always because of business," Arella said emphasizing 'business' "He really did miss you though."
Raven eyes grew wide. "He did? Well that's a surprise."
"Oh, but he didn't show or admit it." Arella said.
"Oh, then that's no surprise." Raven said resting her head in her palm. Her head then shot up. "Oh by the way, where's Hawkins?"
"Oh he was sent to Jump City to retrieve something special." Arella said keeping her voice down.
"He was?" Raven asked lowering her voice as well.
"Yes. We told him to keep under cover and make you don't see him. Just to avert any sort attention or suspicion. He was on the same flight as you though."
"Oh...well where is he now?"
"We're not sure. He hasn't even called back. We're worried something might have happened."
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Following behind Axe and Trigon, Garfield entered into a dimly lit room which seemed like an office. Observing the room, there was a large desk at the front consisting of a black computer, in front a sofa and two single seat couches at the side, another desk at the side with another computer and a couple of shelves containing some books and folders.
"Sit." Trigon ordered as he moved up to his desk. Garfield walked up to the couch but before he could sit down himself, Axe pushed him down into the seat. While Axe stood by Garfield's side Trigon sat at his desk intently staring at Garfield.
"So Garfield…" he began.
Garfield gulped. "Um yes sir..." Trigon didn't speak after that but tapped his finger on his desk and continued to stare at him.
'Now this is too freaky…' Garfield thought.
"Do you drink?" Trigon firstly asked.
"No." Garfield answered nervously. shaking his head.
"Do you smoke?"
"No."
"Do you do drugs?"
"No."
"Do you have any allergies?" Trigon asked leaning forward on his desk.
"Um…no."
"Do you have any body piercing?"
"No."
"Do you have any tattoos?"
"No." Garfield answered. Trigon nodded his head in acknowledgement. He rubbed his chin and seemed to be deep in thought. He looked back up at Garfield. "Do you have a driver's license?"
"Yes." Garfield said nodding his head. Trigon then snapped his fingers.
Axe extended his hand out. "Let's see it." Garfield quickly pulled out his wallet from his pant pocket and handed it to Axe. Taking it from him Axe walked up to Trigon and handed it to him. Opening up his wallet Trigon took a look at his license. Satisfied he stood up and strolled over and stood in front of Garfield.
"How long have you been with Raven?" he asked.
"Um 7 years, since the 11th grade." Garfield answered.
"You have kissed her?"
"Uh huh."
"Have you ever made out with her?" Trigon asked his voice slightly at the edge of anger.
"Um yes." Garfield said. Both Trigon and Axe leaned in very close to Garfield while he sank in his seat.
"Have you had any intercourse with her?" Trigon whispered staring daggers into Garfield.
Garfield gulped. "Intercourse? What type do you basically mean?" Garfield asked sweat pouring down his forehead.
"You know what he means." Axe whispered. Garfield did of course understand. The whole situation of talking about the matter, especially with his own girlfriend's father, is most uncomfortable.
"Heh heh…" Garfield nervously laughed. "I assure you, other than kissing and making out, we have done absolutely nothing."
Trigon nodded as he and Axe stood up straight. "Good." He said turning around and walking back to his desk. "So you haven't seen her naked."
"I've seen her half naked."
At that Trigon jerked back around and leaned back down to Garfield eye level, his hand clutching the couch arm slightly tilting it back. One thing you can't miss is the raging flames in his eyes.
"But nothing bad! I swear!" Garfield quickly said as he was already lying on his seat with Trion towering over him.
"How much did you exactly see?" Trigon growled.
"Uh well…"
"Nuh-uh-uh boss." Axe said bobbing his finger right to left. "You're twelve questions are up."
"Oh she'll never know!" Trigon said remembering his promise to Arella not to pressure with his questions prepared for Garfield.
"Well I'm supposed to tell her if you go cahoots." Axe said. Trigon looked up and glared at him. "She put me up to it!" Axe defended.
Trigon face concocted in anger as he looked back down at Garfield. "Fine…but one last question." He said. Garfield prepared himself for what was to come. "Give me one could reason to trust you with my daughter?"
Garfield let out a breath he was holding back and looked up at Trigon confidently for the first time. "Because I love her and would never do anything to hurt her."
"Aw…" Axe smiled his head tilting over his shoulder. Garfield smiled and waited for Trigon's response. He looked at him for a while before answering.
"Not good enough!" Trigon said.
"You heard him, not good enough!" Axe said returning to his previous composure. Garfield stared back and forth from Axe and Trigon.
"But good enough for now." Trigon said as he stood up straight. "Well then, here is my first and foremost warning to you Logan." Trigon then gripped Garfield's shirt collar and pulled him up to his eye level.
"If you make her cry, I will make you cry. Understood!" Trigon shouted in Garfield face.
"Y-ye-yes yes sir." Garfield stuttered. Trigon then pushed Garfield down into his seat.
"Alright. Axe," Trigon said snapping his fingers. "Get chef Papillion's ass and tell him to cook up a special meal for we're having a special guest." Trigon said as he walked out of his office.
"Ya got it, boss." Axe said as he walked out next leaving only Garfield slumped in his seat.
'Ok so that turned out better than I expected. I know for one thing I would have to be keeping an eye out for Rae's dad. He definitely is one of those protective types. I don't think I've seen his full power yet…and I really don't want. Axe…well he ain't so bad I guess…dude who's just following orders. Well Arella I like. Eddy and Axe I might wanna spend some time getting to know…along with daddy dearest which is gonna be a real difficult obstacle. Well this is still the first day, lets see how things go on from here on.
God this is gonna be one scary episode of my life.'
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Still a lot of question is your head, all to be answered soon. Oh and I'll be drawing some sketches of Steve, Eddy and Axe for you guys to see.
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