Blaze Of Glory
PikaDarkness
Chapter 5
Quitting Apart Of Your Misery.
Jeff and Emma were woken up by a bright flash. Looking around sleepily they found out that there was a thunderstorm outside.
"Geez…" Emma muttered, rubbing her eyes as Jeff stretched. "had to be loud aye…?"
"Mmm" Jeff was to tired to reply to her. "God I'm tired…"
"Same here" Emma murmured.
Jeff grabbed for the clock. "Holy shit it's three in the morning!"
"Fuck this." Emma received a sharp smack to her arm Emma looked at Jeff who looked at her with sleepy seriousness, he never liked swearing and he never wanted Emma to use it. "I'm going to bed."
"Right behind ya"
But they didn't get off the lounge before dropping back off again, they were so worn out.
They woke up a few hours later, Jeff was surprised that he still had the clock in his hands.
"Shit I have to get to work!" Jeff worked two days a week seeing as he was a single parent.
"Can I come?" Emma asked. Jeff looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"How fast can you change?"
Emma looked over at him in determination "Time me"
"No can do, I gotta get ready to ya know."
"Alright first one down here wins! Ready, set, go!" they rushed upstairs into their rooms finding there clothes and throwing them on at top speed. Both of them left there rooms at the same time. Jeff tore down the stairs while Emma leapt of the banister onto the lounge then bounced off onto the floor.
"Cheater!" Jeff cried, Emma smiled jubilantly.
"No sorry I never said how to get down!" Jeff growled. Emma looked at the coffee table something grey caught her eyes. Picking up Jeff's asthma spray she threw it to him.
"Don't forget it- you might need it" Jeff nodded exasperatedly.
"Come on lets go! I'm gonna be late and my boss doesn't take a liking to me, and I don't need him breathing down my neck."
Emma nodded. They walked to the car climbed in and drove off. Emma turned on the radio and Faint by Linkin Park blared from it.
"Woo! I love this song!" Emma cried. She then started to sing along with it. Jeff laughed. "What you don't like my singing?"
"No I just don't like the song!"
"Then you suck!"
The car ride was a jubilant affair. When they pulled up at Jeff's work.
"Damn no wonder kids don't buy the toys nobody likes their logo." Emma remarked Jeff laughed at that. The logo was like a cross between a bat and a jack-o-lantern. Not many young kids find that cute.
"Yeah… I hate it myself you should see what it looks like at night time" Jeff looked at her with a silly grin on his face, "Well lets go inside." He sounded as if he didn't really want to go in, Emma couldn't see why.
"Hardy!" Came his bosses voice, Emma sidestepped behind Jeff as his boss marched out of his office.
"Yes sir?"
"More calls of complaint!" Michael shouted, half the workers stopped in their tracks, Jeff heard Emma squeak and clutch the back of his shirt.
"Sir I have told you a million times I don't run the machine that makes the toys!" Jeff muttered unhappily.
"If you want to keep your job I suggest that you make yourself useful!" Michael jabbed Jeff's chest with the pointed end of his pen.
"Don't talk to my father like that!" Emma got over her fear of the man and got angry.
"Who is this?" Michael asked bending over and looking into Emma's eyes.
"This is my daughter Emma."
Michael huffed. "So this is the reason why your only working two days a week?"
"Yes sir." Jeff seemed rather bored.
"I suggest you leave her at home next time."
Jeff caught Emma around the chest as she leapt at Michael, who was acting as if she was a dog.
"Do that again miss, and your father is fired!" Emma was shocked.
"Why do you treat my father so unfairly?" she asked thoroughly confused.
Michael laughed. "He's a pile of shit that's what he is! An incompetent loser! He can work to save his life."
Emma was appalled. "No that's pathetic." Emma pointed to Adrian who was making love to the vending machine for the amusement of his colleagues.
"That's my son! Don't ever talk about him that way!" Michael grabbed Emma by the shirt and shook her. Jeff snapped.
"Hey let her go!" Jeff shouted, pulling Emma out of Michaels grasp. "Don't ever touch my daughter again!"
Michael drew himself up haughtily. "I'll do what I want!"
Emma buried her head into her fathers side frightened. Jeff suddenly felt his shirt get wet. He looked down and saw she was crying. Jeff bent down and consoled her, trying to calm her down.
When Jeff got back up Michael hit him out of the blue.
"Get out of my sight!"
Jeff did so taking his terrified kid into his office.
"Are you ok?" Jeff asked anxiously. Emma nodded, curling on Jeff's desk chair. "I cant believe he put his hands on you"
"Quit" Emma said, Jeff's raised his head.
"What?"
"Quit" Emma repeated, her eyes flicked to his. "I don't care I just don't want you working in a place like this! Every worker deserves to be treated fairly and that's not the case here, quit!"
"Emma I cant with my record no one will want me." Jeff looked sadly at her, his bottom lip sticking out a bit.
"Record?" Emma asked perplexed.
"I've been blamed for everything bad the boss's son has done and it all gets recorded. Adrian ,The bosses son, has a squeaky clean record while I have 57 bad things on mine"
Emma was outraged. "That's so unfair!" Jeff nodded dispiritedly.
Emma got up and hugged Jeff.
"Why are you hugging me for?" Jeff asked mystified.
"Because you need a hug." Emma said simply. "After all you've done and been through you deserve one"
Jeff smiled "Thanks…" he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.
"Please just quit… I don't care whether you get a job at a fast food restaurant, as long as your not here!"
Jeff was touched at how much she cared.
"Alright… I'll quit." He felt Emma hug him very firmly. Jeff was always happy when she was. And right now he was ecstatic.
Adrian suddenly walked into the room. He was carrying stacks of papers that almost toppled him over. "Sign these now!"
"Pichu! Thundershock!" Emma cried releasing Pichu.
"Pi-chu!" and with a mighty burst the papers were blasted to smithereens. A white glow suddenly appeared around Pichu. When it disappeared a Pikachu was standing in its place.
"Wow!" Emma cried. She ran to her Pikachu and hugged it tightly.
"Dad!" Adrian called. Michael came running. "She used her Pikachu to blast the papers we needed them for the new workers!" Michael went beetroot colour and was seething.
Michael charged at Emma, who screamed. Jeff leapt up and stood infront of her protectively.
"Move out of the way or your fired!" Michael threatened for the last time.
"You cant fire me! I quit!" Jeff shouted, Michael was stunned into silence. Jeff started to gather his things, when he was done he grabbed Emma's hand and left the building.
Emma got into the car as Jeff threw his stuff into the boot. Emma smiled meekly at Jeff who smiled back at her reassuringly. Jeff put a hand around her head and brought her in, he kissed her head and released her.
"I'm proud of ya dad!" Emma gave him a toothy grin.
"I'm proud of you too" And with that they pulled out of the parking lot and away from the place Jeff called Misery.
To Be Continued
Aww! I loved writing this chapter, in fact I love writing all of it! I cant believe I'm done writing chapter 5! I did three chapters in less then 12 hours! I'm so proud of myself! If you guys want Team Rocket or Gary in this story then just ask me and I'll work them in. In fact if you want any character from Pokemon in just ask me! But no Giovanni… he comes in in the sequel! I hope you like the story!
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