Tereus slowly laid her down and got her boots and socks off of her, he gently pulled the covers over her, she looked at the damaged that she had caused to him,
"I'm sorry I hurt you," Deunan reaching up and touching his eyebrow, Tereus leaned over her.
"I'm a big boy Deunan, I can handle it," Tereus kissing her forehead,
"Where are you going?" Deunan grabbing his wrist not wanting him to leave,
"I have to go lock up, I'll be back," Tereus noticing the death grip she had on his wrist. Slowly Deunan let go, he walked back into the living room making sure all the doors were locked and grabbed his gun that he had laid down and walked back to the room, he took his jacket off and t-shirt and laid them both in the nearby chair, he then pulled his boots off and his socks and gently raised the covers and slid down in the bed with her.
"Tereus," Deunan mumbled,
"I'm right here Deunan," Tereus hoping that she would actually get some sleep with him there by her side, she curled up to him and fell asleep, Tereus wrapped her in his arms and fell asleep with her. A couple hours later the dreams of yester years had started to plague her.
"Deunan, get back," Briareos screamed, she saw the man falling, but she didn't see the live grenade in his hand, the man started falling off the building, Briareos ran and tackled Deunan to cover her.
"Deunan, talk to me, are you alright?" Briareos trying to get her to wake up, she blinked a couple of times to get her eyes adjusted,
"Briareos, am I… am I alive?" Deunan trying to lift her head,
"Yes Deunan, you're alive," Briareos caressing her cheek,
"Thank you Briareos," Deunan lying still as she stared up at him,
"I will always protect you Deunan, even if the world comes to an end," Briareos softly.
"I know you will," Deunan smiled,
another memory came to her,
"They are all cyborgs, what the hell is going on here," Deunan walking backward to place her back to Briareos' cyborg body,
"Lets ask them," Briareos started firing, Deunan followed suit, with their shells falling to the church's floor by the thousands, Deunan doing her flip between Briareos's guns, finally they had killed all the cyborgs. Briareos walked over to one of the cyborgs and grabbed it up by the collar,
"Who are you?" Briareos harshly trying to pump information from the cyborg,
"We will all be one, I am Halcon," the cyborg's body lighting up, Briareos backed off,
"He's going to blow, move," Briareos turning and running to Deunan and busting through the window.
Another came….
They were all at the Hitomi's party, Deunan just found out that Briareos had fully recovered from the church explosion and was returning to work, when Tereus showed up with the boss, Briareos and Tereus were meeting each other,
"So, I have my old partner back," Deunan explained to the boss,
"I have been meaning to talk you, I'm afraid I need you to partner with Tereus for a bit longer," the boss explained,
"No, I wont do it," Deunan shaking her head. Briareos grabbed Deunan's waist,
"Deunan, its okay, I'm going to team up with Aeacus for a while," Briareos explained,
"What do you mean?" Deunan getting all defensive about it,
"Wait, is this some kind of joke because I'm not laughing," Deunan getting upset.
"Deunan, think about it, they fixed me twice, who are you going to partner with if they can't fix me a third time?" Briareos holding her arms,
"Then I wont partner with anyone," Deunan explained.
Then came one more….
"Get Deunan," Briareos flying to stop the doors from shutting,
"One step ahead of you," Tereus diving down and grabbing Deunan,
"Deunan!" Tereus opening up his suit arms and grabbing her,
"Tereus," Deunan grabbing the arms. They flew up to Briareos,
"Alright, we eject, then jump through," Tereus telling Deunan the plan,
"Alright," Deunan ready, Tereus ejected from the suit, Deunan was flying towards the doors, Tereus flew towards her wrapping his arms around her and pulling her with him and pushing her towards the doors, they both rolled inside just as the door shut. Deunan was dodging the tentacles and saw a tomb-like box with tentacles inside attack Briareos,
"Briareos!" Deunan screamed out in her sleep, Tereus jerked awake,
"Deunan, wake up," Tereus shaking her a little, she jerked awake and was breathing heavy, her pores were to blame as she was soaked in her sweat, she grabbed Tereus's naked arms, she was shaking,
"Tereus," Deunan softly.
"Its okay Deunan, you're okay," Tereus holding her waist, she couldn't take this anymore,
"Drive me to work," Deunan strongly,
"Why?" Tereus confused,
"That's the only way I will get any sleep," Deunan sitting up. Tereus nodded, he got up and turned to the chair where his clothes were, Deunan stared at the birthmark on his left shoulder, she got off the bed and walked up behind him and touched the birthmark.
"I never get tired of seeing this mark, Tereus, what's happening to me, I feel like I am falling apart," Deunan staring at the mark, he gently put his hand on her hand that remained on his shoulder, she looked at his hand, she leaned her head against his back. Slowly Tereus turned around and held her to him, he rested his chin on top of her head,
"I wont let you fall apart on me Deunan," Tereus strongly. Deunan slowly wrapped her arms around his waist, Tereus closed his eyes, seeing the pain that she was in was starting to take a toll on him,
"Are you sure you want to go to the lab, that's where they have Briareos," Tereus explained.
"No, I'll stay here," Deunan standing there listening to his heart beat, she was still confused by him, why did he know things that Briareos knew, why did he have the same ideas about things like Briareos, did it kill him as bad as it would have killed Briareos if he saw her falling apart like she was right now? Slowly Deunan slid towards the floor, Tereus fell to the floor with her and caught her in his lap. She still had her head against his naked chest,
"I've got you Deunan," Tereus holding her,
"I can't keep it together anymore," Deunan breathing hard, she didn't want him to see her like this, she couldn't fall apart in front of him, it was like falling apart in front of Briareos himself.
"Its okay if you cry, I wont think any less of you Deunan, you need to cry, you'll feel a lot better," Tereus softly,
"No, I can't, I can't do this," Deunan shaking her head, Tereus took her head in both of his hands, he made her look him in the eye.
"Remember that I was created from Briareos' DNA, remember how me and Briareos used to have the ideas, well this Briareos is telling you to mourn, cry your heart out over him and remember he will be with you always, and move on," Tereus strongly,
"Its killing you to see me this way isn't it?" Deunan asked, Tereus stared at her,
"Yes Deunan, because I have no idea how to help you, unless we start training together," Tereus bringing up an idea, Deunan laughed a little, she looked down at her hands,
"It would have been what Briareos would have done, he would have taught me what I was doing wrong, and would make me push myself in everything that I did," Deunan looking up at him.
"Alright then, starting tomorrow I will help you, I will push you, but its going to be far harder than you would be training with Briareos, I am a bioroid Deunan, I can run a lot faster than what you are doing now, I can lift three times more than you can, you are human, you may never succeed to the level I am at right now," Tereus explained,
"So push me Tereus, push me hard, and when I want to give up push me even harder, I want to succeed," Deunan staring up at him. He nodded, slowly he stood up with her in his arms,
"Let me change into something more comfortable," Deunan grabbing some pajamas and heading to the bathroom, Tereus made a phone call,
"Yeah, Yoshitsune, you guys have got to move Briareos' body somewhere, for the sake of Deunan," Tereus explained.
"Just don't let her come into the lab," Yoshitsune explained,
"I don't know how well that's going to work, she's not sleeping too well here, she wanted to come over to the lab tonight," Tereus running his fingers through his long black hair that he had just let down.
"Alright, I'll see what I can do," Yoshitsune hanging up, Tereus hung up the phone and put his gun under the pillow he was planning on sleeping on that night, Deunan came out of the bathroom and crawled back in bed with just a pair of shorts and a tank top on, she stared at him,
"You know you can take your pants off and sleep in your boxers if you would be more comfortable," Deunan explained. Tereus' mouth opened a little,
"Are you sure I wouldn't be stepping over the boundaries there?" Tereus asked, Deunan shrugged,
"What boundaries? You and I are partners, more than likely somewhere down the line we will become lovers," Deunan softly. Tereus slid off his pants, he got under the covers,
"Are you not getting under the covers?" Tereus gently rubbing her arm,
"Tereus, do you have any memory of New Mexico, of the war that me and Briareos fought together in?" Deunan hugging her knees, he could see her arms were ate up with scars and there was a long scar that caught his eye on her leg.
"There is only one strong memory I know of from New Mexico, he saved your life and it was the first time he told you that he would protect you even if the world came to an end," Tereus explained, Deunan nodded,
"The memory came to me tonight in my sleep, even the memory of when I was fighting not to be partners with you," Deunan softly.
"I guess you don't want to try to go back to sleep do you," Tereus sitting halfway up,
"I don't want to remember anymore, the memories of him plague me," Deunan rubbing her face, Tereus thought of something,
"I know something that you could try, I don't know if it would help you sleep better but here, lay down, lay your ear over my heart, and just focus on it beating," Tereus pulling her to him, Deunan liked the sound of his heart beating, in a way Briareos was still alive, she smiled as a tear fell onto his naked chest,
"Shh, its okay Deunan," Tereus playing with her hair just as Briareos would have, but then he softly started singing a song that popped into his head, the same one Briareos would sing when she couldn't sleep.
"Briareos used to sing that to me," Deunan letting her tears pour out,
"Do you want me to stop?" Tereus wrapping his arms around her,
"No, please don't, I like the song," Deunan crying herself to sleep. Soon morning came, Tereus woke up first and saw Deunan was still sleeping, he smiled,
"You are so beautiful Deunan," Tereus whispered as he stared at the ceiling.