"You mind saying that again?"
Bigby had lived a hard life, a very rough one at it, so playing games wasn't very strong in his book. His hard chocolate brown eyes watched as Red put a single finger on the wall. Taking one foot in front of the other the bubbly girl slowly made her way to the rugged older man. Her face one of that drifting off in dream land as her finger dragged. Amazing bright azure eyes that hid behind messy bangs darted right at the man. Little Reds finger gave one last hard wipe at the wall and flung it right in front of the wolfs face, her finger now coal black.
gross
"You expect me to leave you here in this dump!? The stuff in the bucket means you must have some pretty bad wounds, bad wounds that could get infected in a place like this!" Bigby just crammed his hands in his pockets, letting the ever shorter cancer stick roll in his mouth. "If 'you' don't mind, I don't mind this dump of a den, fits me. Besides you're making it sound worse then it really is Red, I'm fiIIIINE!"
She smacked him on the chest hard, the volts of pain shooting all around his hairy chest and into his spine. Gaining posture he took a deep breath, glaring at the little shit. This girl was pushing all the wrong buttons, he was trying to be patient and wait for her to burn out and leave. No luck so far.
"See Wolfy? You're in worse condition then you let on, I'm trying to do you a solid here." Bigby wasn't sure what he was looking at, the cute little girl he once ate was long gone, in front of him was a tense teen who looked down on him. She crammed her hands on her hoodie and was leaning on the dirty wall. "I know you're tough stuff but in your state you're not one for taking on some bad Fables. This place is molding and in pretty bad condition, even I can break in here and get you, just hear me out Big Boy?"
Once more she let loose the tension and playfully swayed her way towards him. Balling her little hands into fists she put them on her hips. The urban girls voice was honey sweet, one of caring. But Bigby knew better. Any wrong moves or biting back and she would slap a wound or sore spot.
"Come on big fella, I have a nice clean house." He grunted, flicking out a cig from the cart and spitting out the old one. "Like I said kid I don't care for clean places." Lifting her convers covered foot she placed it on the creaky chair, the shoe placed right between his unmentionables. "I have a shower that works just fine, lots of hot water to soak in. Fresh food you can chow on too, even got bacon." "Cute, but no."
Lighting the cheap Huff n Puff brand he felt something tug on his neck, looking down he raised a brow when she was adjusting his loose tie. Pulling up the knot the messy haired girl gave off a soft smile, her little gap present. "I got beer."
"...Midas Gold?"
"Crisp and untouched."
Leaning back in the aged chair he inhaled the stick between his fingers, only to blow out the thick toxic fog into the air. "You had me at bacon."
Like a bomb she leaped in the air and exploded, her exposing legs kicking in mid air and hands reaching out in joy. "SLEEP OVER!" Bigby chuckled, the rough looking man was just giving Red a hard time. A place away from this dump wasn't so bad, but he wanted to see how far he could push the energetic girl. A little pay back for slapping his wounds. Bigby was a lot of things. Crude, brash, blunt and ready to promise you a black eye and loosen your teeth if he had to. But he also liked to push button and play with his prey, old habits die hard.
The petite girl rambled about all the things they could do, her mouth running like a motor. How did she get like this, last time he saw her she was such a small frail girl, the mere sight of him made her run for the hills. Now she smacked his bad spots and easily walked into his bubble without even flinching.
Looking at the bag on the floor the wounded Fable scratched his face, a horrible habit he picked up on. "Don't you have work to get back too, they're probably going to throw a fuss." Red slid over to the bag and kicked it away, the delivery bag flung to the corner of his room already forgotten. "BAH, I was going to quit soon anyways, everyone's too depressing to deal with. Besides, I fi-now I got company and we have plans!" The stutter caught his ear, but let it slide and let the petite girl bath in the moment. It was so unreal to see a Fable with this much glee, the energy she was giving off out matched nearly all the Fables in Fabletown combined.
it was...refreshing.
If everyone acted the way she did he wouldn't NEED this crummy job.
On second thought if every fable acted like her Fabletown would crumble...
He was quickly yanked out of the day dreaming when his arm felt like it was going to dislocate. Red was tugging at his arm, trying to pull the burly man out of the chair. "Come ON Bigby I have so much to show you! We're going to have so much fun, oh the places we'll go!" Her long legs kicked with each step and her hood bouncing on her back, everything about this girl was so alive.
So much for resting...
Red blitzed out of the Woodlands, she didn't want to be seen by any of the Fables. Even putting her oversized hood up not to be seen on cameras. Bigby finally made it out of the building, his eyes assaulted by the morning sun, it was a little more of a greeting then he cared for. Pulling out another Huff n Puff he quickly lit it, the emotions and voices of people going by flanked his senses, if it wasn't for the cancer sticks dulling his senses the wolf would be driven mad.
Looking up he sighed, the sun may be shining bright but the clouds where looking ugly and coming in hot. Over two hundred years he still didn't know why he listened to the weather man. "Biiiiiigby! Come on!" Glancing his way from the sky to the ground he stopped in front of a decent sized Moped parked near the curb. The paint looked and smelled fresh like it just came out of the shop, the rust almost non existent and the oil slushing inside would make it purr quite nice. A little pink sticker was crudely slapped on that said 'Bad Bitch.'
Red sat on the electrical bike, her rump sat firmly on half the seat so Bigby had room to get on too. Her tan legs and arms glowed in the sun. Tilting her black shades down a bit she looked at Bigby with her sky blue eyes and revved the engine a couple of times, the bike roaring to go. "Giddy up."
Taking the worlds longest drag Bigby finally let out the smoke in his lungs, just staring at the girl as the smoke never seemed to end. Only to walk back towards the building without a word.
"OH come ON! I planned that and everything! Bigby please come back!" Turning he grimaced, his face looking its usual grumpy self. "Listen Red, you cant expect me to get on that thing, its not happening." "Don't knock it till you try it Wolf, now get over here where burning daylight!"
Bigby was looking back and forth from the building to the bike, deciding if this was worth it.
The things he'd do for a cold glass.
Walking over Bigby stretched his leg around, sitting down hard on the bike. The crimson colored bike itself lowered a bit under the grizzly mans weight, but still looked like it was ready to go. "I got to warn you Bigby, I put a lot of money into this baby, its actually costumed made so just hold on to me and don't fall off!" How fast was she thinking this thing could go? Placing and gripping her waist with his callused claw like hands he held on, only to jump when she fully revved the engine. He winced when she burned rubber, the skidding hurting his ear drum, but as soon as she let go of the break she blasted off. Bigby gipped her waist harder trying not to fly off the electrical bike. Was this thing even support to go this fast!?
Red was having the time of her life, every time she got on the electrical bike she never felt more alive from the rush, nothing a little bike back at home could give her. Putting the petal to the metal the little girl kicked up the speed even more, beside, delivery was her specialty. And she had a man to deliver.
And nothing would get in her way.
"RED! SHOULDNT WE SLOW DOWN!? THERES A RED LIGHT AHEAD!" Bigby did his best to reach the girl, but seemed like all fell down deaths ears when she was heading strait for the cluster of taxis and cars. Ramming right in the cracks she swerved right into all the tight spots and blitzed past them, Bigby watched in horror as they where heading strait for a cross road. Breaking out of the cluster Bigby looked to his left. His teeth clenching the cigarette in his jaw as he saw a semi truck a couple feet away from smashing them to bits. Red kicked the bike to the side and leaned, skidding right between the flurry of cars that were passing by and drove on against the current of cars. Bigby was jerking left and right as she drove against everything that broke the laws of driving. he was positive his neck would snap soon, why, WHY didn't he stay home in his dump of an apartment!
Red lights or yellow lights didn't mater, too her all lights were green.
Li'l Reds hoodie was flapping against her body as if something hard was trying to pull it off from the back. The wind pounded on her body as she swerved through all the cars and trucks that blurred past her and Bigby. If it wasn't for her shades her eyes would be horribly damaged and quickly dried out. Her navigational mind was not one to wrecked with, one stroll around the block was all it took for her to remember the whole layout. It was how she did things back at home, it was how she dodged the big bad wolf and other monsters for so long even when she ventured so close to their home.
leaning in she drove strait into another crowd of cars. While in the middle of the lot she looked to her left, a flurry of cars where homing in to cross and had no time to slow down! Left with little options she wanted to see how fast the bike could go, see how much she could push the speed demon to its limits.
She was going to press it!
"HOOOLD OOON!" She could feel Bigbys strong hands dig into her sides, his grip squeezing her ribs. But she ignored it and leaned in only to jerked her hands forward to the max. With moving her thumb to the far side she clicked a button that was built in. The revving grew ever louder like it was about to explode. Red was having trouble just trying to stay on to her own bike at the speed she was going.
Bigby wasn't fairing any better. He closed his eyes and ducking so his rough face was stuffed in her hood, keeping his eyes open would stinging and the wind smashing on his face was over bearing. The man tensed up and gripped hard with his legs on the bike and arms around the girl.
The Mundys car windows cracked as she blazed past them, and leaving a harsh skid mark in her wake. Red easily dodging the vehicles driving on the other side, the only problem was she didn't know how to slow down. Only went faster down the road with no signs of stopping. A Mundy leaned out side of her car window, looking at the now disappearing bike that dodged the flurry of cars. And just like that, they where out of sight in seconds.
It would be a while until she leaned to let go of the button.
Coming to a slow and ragged stop the bike let out a nice little hiss, as if letting out a satisfied sigh. Reds arms where all wobbly and shaky. Reds body was falling back into Bigbys embrace, her little high draining fast. She looked up and giggled into her hands, his hair was standing up and a complete mess, and his face looked like he was glad to just be alive. But she was sure she looked far worse. "So that's what that button does..." Who knew technology and magic fused so well together. "Hey, Red." "Ya Bigz?" "Where can I buy one of these?" She burst out laughing and got even more comfortable on his chest. "Sorry but I don't think you could handle these bad boys." "Is that a challenge." "You know I could easily smoke you in a race!"
Taking the keys out of the ignition she hopped off only to wince. Reds slender fingers gripped her puffy tomato red hoodie and frowned at her sides. The grip markings from Bigbys hands left purple bruises, didn't he know she bruised like a banana?
He gave a quick glance at the girl, her waist was slender but healthy, he was a little surprised when her tummy was as tan as her legs. Waving it off before he thought is other places were tan too he spoke up. "Sorry about that, just didn't want to fall off and die." He too got off the bike and quickly lit a cig, anything too calm his nerves from the episode he just had. While on that speed demon he saw his life flash before his eyes.
He gave a quick scan, looking at the Complex before him, it was quite big. Definitely better than anything the Woodlands could give. Its painting was new and held itself together well, flowers littered the out line giving it a more lively look. Nothing too much to boast about but it did its job.
Red and Bigby walked inside and made there way to her room, Bigby in pursuit ready to just relax on the first piece of furniture he spotted. Red found and unlocked the door, her giddiness coming back ten fold. When Red opened the door the bombastic girl grabbed his callused hand, pushing him inside.
"Welcome to my home!"