(Hey, guys. Me again..! Anyways, I finally found some down-time and I'm bored out of my mind, so I figured: Why not write another chapter? So, here I am now! I might be more frequent with creating chapters, but I might also not be so don't hold anything against me, heh heh..! Anywho, enough about me! Let's get right into this!)
John looked at her like she just told him to drop dead in front of her. Which, to be fair he believed was exactly what she said. "...Uh, yeah. I'll take a rain-check on that and get back to you on the twelfth of never."
Tenenbaum shrugged. "Suit yourself. Why so, exactly? It will not harm you or any of the Little Ones, I can assure you."
John scoffed. "This coming from someone who held me at gunpoint? Twice, in one day? Yeah, hard pass, toots."
Tenenbaum raised an eyebrow at his last comment, but decided to brush it off. She had been called worse, after all. "Again, I apologize for that, but I did not know you were still human and the last one was part of the test. Now, I suppose since you do not want to, then we shall negotiate the best form of approach."
John nodded slowly, half-listening and half-thinking. He did wonder where Serana went off to... "Alright then, Doc. Should I get Serana for the negotiating?"
Tenenbaum shrugged. "If you must, but please. Try to keep her under control. I do not wish to die before my mistakes're fixed."
John smiled very slightly, which just ended up being a half-crooked smirk. "Fair enough, I suppose. I'll go fetch her. I'll try to keep her under control, Doc."
Tenenbaum smiled, except it was even slighter than John's. Then again. his smile wasn't even close to a smile-
"Thank you. Also, I recommend you ask her whether or not she truly has harbored feelings for yo-"
"How bout I just ask her if she likes me or not?" John suggested, earning a mild-glare from Tenenbaum.
"...To put that simply, I suppose so yes." Tenenbaum said with a hint of somewhat-sarcasm and somewhat-annoyance, which ultimately John shrugged off.
John smiled one of his Award-Winning smiles, turning and walking over to where the Little Ones were. He found Serana playing with the Little Ones. Well, more like them taking turns playing piggy-back on her, but it was still amusing to watch.
John learned up against the doorframe. At, least what he thought was a doorframe... Clearing his throat. "Hey, uh. Serana, the Doc wants you." Some of the Little Ones giggled, his eyes locking with Victoria's. Would she be, safer here-
"The doc..? Who is that?" Serana practically slapped him back to reality, causing him to turn his attention to her. "Huh?O-Oh, Tenenbaum or whatever her name is. She wants to discuss some, things."
Serana shrugged, cracking her knuckles. "I'm all for 'Discussi-'"
Whoa, easy..! Not what I meant. Don't kill her just yet, and promise not to be mad at me?" John half-pleaded the last part, figuring she'd be pretty pissed anyways.
Serana smiled under her helmet, not that John could see... "Why would I be mad at you? Did you do something?"
John laughed nervously, carefully leading her to Tenenbaum. "Y-You, could say that..."
(Aaand so ends this chapter..! Sorry for this being short, but again I've been busy. I apologize, and shall try to find some sort of schedule or at least fix my schedule. Till then, see you in the next one..!)