Jon sat in the circle with a lame expression. What the hell had he signed on for? He passed when it was his turn. Ray visited often to teach him how to act better to get the respect he deserved. Saying how he landed was his superhero handshake. Not to land on peoples cars or be to boozy. To use the door and tell people good job. "What the hell did I come for if he's done a good job?" Ray had just stared at him.
Ray kept trying to get him to say good job and give people compliments. Jon stared at him as he sounded out good job as if he was a child. Jon kept passing as the circle came to him. People kept talking about him on the news saying how he was staying true to his word.
One night on the news they were talking about jail watch day five. Jackkeh was sitting on the bed next to his mother and watching intently. Mary tried to read her magazine. Jackkeh looked around at her. "He's just a bad guy." He tried to mimic her voice. Mary smiled at him and swatted his arm. He laughed and went back to staring at the TV.
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Jon sat at one of the visitor tables. He figured it was just Ray again. But he heard a small voice shout 'Hancock!' And knew otherwise. Aaron was hopping along and Mary walked with Jackkeh at her side. They walked into the visiting area and Aaron darted for his table. Mary and Jackkeh still moved calmly. Jon stood.
"Hey, where's Ray?" Mary shook her head with a dear caught in the headlight look on her face. "No, no it's just us. Ray is…Ray is working. Aaron really wanted to see you. So I thought I'd stop by and bring you this." She set the tray down and Jon sat and so did Mary and Jackkeh.
There was a long silence. "Ray is a good man." Mary stated. Jon looked up at her. Something sparked in his eyes. Jackkeh rolled his eyes. "Whatever this is your doing, don't let him down…okay?" Jon stared at her with am amused look. Mary swallowed uncomfortably and nodded. "Well we should probably go."
Jackkeh stood. Mary took Aarons hand and he waved. The boy had left his dinosaur at the table for Jon. Hancock looked up at Jackkeh. Mary stopped and looked back at him. Jackkeh stared at Jon. "They'll call. The police can only do so much without help." He whispered. Jon smiled at him and nodded to Mary. "Go on." Jackkeh gave a feeble smile and walked after his mom.
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Ray set a large box down on the table. "For when they call." Jon stared at the contents with an utterly amused look and glanced up at Ray as if to say 'You're joking.' "I'm not wearin that Ray." Ray kept his hopeful wide smile. "No, yeah you are." "No I'm not." "No, you are." "I'll fight crime butt ass naked." "You already did that. It's on you tube. Just trust me on this…" Jon shook his head.
"Ray." Jon said with a serious expression. "Nobody out there is missin me." Ray nodded. "Just trust me on this alright."
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Jon sat in the circle. He didn't want to talk. Why did people always want him to do something? He groaned. "I'm uh…Hancock and I drink." He mumbled. The other clapped and thanked him for sharing. He just didn't get it.
He was sleeping when one of the guards banged the bars to his cell. "Get up!" Jon grunted and didn't move. "Come on you got a phone call!" Again Jon grunted but shifted his head. "It's the chief of police! Get up!" Jon opened his eyes and sat up when the guard left. He went and looked at himself in the mirror.
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Jackkeh sat, watching the news intently. He knew why his mom always watched the news. But he wouldn't tell Ray that. Even though he'd asked plenty of times. Jackkeh always made a snarky comment like 'What? She can't be concerned for the city?' or 'I didn't know it was a crime to keep up with the world.' Ray had eventually given up. Jackkeh really didn't like him. But he made Mary happy so he kept his comments to himself.
Mary walked in just then. "What's going on?" Jackkeh glanced at her then back to the screen. "Hostage situation." He stated. He smirked when the cameras zoomed in on the sky. It was Hancock. And with a pretty decent outfit. Ray ran in mumbling 'Don't break the buildings.' Jackkeh's face scrunched at Jon's outfit. "…What's he wearing?" Ray looked offended. "What do you mean?" "He looks like a total dork in that. Who gave him that?" Jackkeh knew full well it was Ray. But it was another opportunity to show his distaste.
Ray scratched the back of his neck. "The police I bet." He mumbled. Mary smacked Jackkeh in the back of the head. Jackkeh grinned.
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Jon landed in front of the main criminal. "Heard you was in the slammer." Jon nodded. "Out early. Good behavior." The man sneered. He held up his hand. There was something in it. Jon looked at the hostages. That was not good. "Do you know what this is?" "I'm guessing it's a detonator type deal."
Jon looked interested as the man spoke to him. Telling him to help him get the money, saying what was in the bomb, something about cleaning the hostages up with a mop. 'Wait…' The man had just called him an asshole. Jon froze. "I really don't like that word." he looked at a lamp. The man kept talking. Jon worked with the metal lamp shade. He pressed it down flat. Oh he just called him an asshole again.
Jon sharpened the edge of the shade with his finger nails. He looked up when he was done. "…Call me an asshole…one more time." The man smirked. "Ass…" Jon whipped the shade at him. There was a loud scream.
Jon walked out with the trigger, still in the mans hand. He handed it to the chief. "Keep your hand on that until all the…bombs are taken off. Good job." It seemed easier now. The chief of police shook his head. "No…you good job." Jon stared at him oddly. He looked around when he heard something odd to him. People were clapping…for him.
He nodded awkwardly and put on his glasses and took off without damaging anything else.
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People were touching him. Jon felt out of place. Cameras and the works.
Jon put down his drinks. Things were calm. "So how'd you two meet?" Jon smiled. Mary looked down.
Ray swallowed his food. "Well uh…Aaron's mother, my first wife…died giving birth to him. …Another conversation for another dinner. But anyways! I'm standing there with this beautiful baby boy and I don't know what the hell to do. I was in the baby isle…and I was holding two brands of diapers and I don't know how I was gunna get through the day. And an angel…sees me and decides to give me a break." Ray smiled at Mary. "She had Jackkeh and he was about…five? So I knew she knew what she was doing way better than me. She really helped put my life back together." Mary laughed. "You're drunk."
Ray looked at Jon. "So what about you buddy, you come in on a meteor or something?" Jon frowned. "Nah, I'm from Miami." Ray looked confused. "So no…nothing?" "No, I woke up in a hospital." "Government hospital?" Jon laughed. "Nah, regular old hospital." He wasn't comfortable talking about what k\little he knew of himself. He was talking on autopilot.
Mary mentioned something about amnesia. He nodded and kept speak on autopilot, against his will. His small story. Ray was fascinated with the not aging bit. Jon went to how he had been alone. He must have been a real jackass, asshole or whatever. To be completely alone…to have no one in the whole world claim him…he must have been pretty damn bad.
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Jon walked down into the kitchen after tossing Ray into his bed and throwing a blanket on him. There wasn't a doubt Ray would do great things. He just needed to be more forceful. He saw Mary at the counter busying herself with something. "He's asleep." Mary chuckled. "I sometimes wonder how he looks after himself." She saw his hand.
"You have a bruise." Jon just stared at her. "You should go." Mary muttered. Jon moved closer. "it's getting late." She looked up at him as he got closer. It was a simple kiss. It wasn't deep or passionate, just simple. Mary should have moved back, stepped away….but she didn't. Jon was the one to move away. He saw Jackkeh smirking at them from around the corner. He was pulled back into the blonde by the blonde. He was surprised.
Next he knew he was hurled into the fridge and he was flying off cars. He saw Mary fly out the car he hand landed on and threaten him. But he didn't hear it. His head was spinning and he couldn't hear anything. He saw Jackkeh peak out at him from the large hole in the wall. He gave an apologetic look before vanishing back inside.
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"I don't see why you did that. You started it."
"I did not!"
"Well okay he did…but you pulled him back!"
"I didn't…I just mean…" A sigh.
A laugh. "Oh yeah…like you didn't want it?"
A huff. "I don't even want to hear about that from you!"
"He'll be back tomorrow…the acting is over." Footsteps.
"…I know that. I know."