Sorry I havent been able to update, my computer decided to be a douch and tell me I needed to update. But anyway, heres part 10, Enjoy.
Part 10: The Morning After
The sun began to rise higher in the sky, as everyone looked on in pure awe. Delta smiled and closed his eyes for a few moments, felling the warmth of the sun on his face. He then looked over to Eleanor, still holding his hand and smiling, while she looked up at him. He took his hand out of Sofia's, and Eleanor let go of his, so they could face each other. Sofia looked over to them, wondering what was going to be said. Delta put his hands on her shoulders, "Eleanor" he said in a very kind voice, "even if you weren't my real daughter, I would love you unconditionally. But now that I know that blood binds us together, it only gives me more reason to love you." Eleanor smiled at the very saying of those words, knowing now, that this man who sacrificed so much for her, was a true father top her.
Delta then turned to Sofia, and just like Eleanor, put his hands on her shoulders. "Sofia" he began after taking a breath, "we have gone through so much, but after all of that, you gave me much more then another chance at life, you gave me my humanity back. That is something that I don't think that I will ever be able to repay." "You already have" Sofia said with a smile. Delta smiled and then turned his attention to the young girls that were standing behind them. "All of you" he said to them gently, " I don't know if you have families to return to or not, but no matter what happens, from here on out, I'll always care for each and everyone of you." Delta knew that a lot of these girls had families of there own somewhere, and they needed to be with them, no matter how much they cared about them.
One of the girls approached him; she had brunette hair, and was dressed in a green dress. It was the one that had curled up beside him early that evening. "Daddy" she said to him in a slightly sad tone, "do you not love us." "No, no" Delta said in a sympathetic tone as he kneeled down to her, "what would make you say that?" "You don't want us to stay" she said tearing up, "No, it isn't like that" he said picking her up and holding her to his chest, "it's just that, a lot of you have your own families that probably miss you, and it's not right if I keep you from them." "But, I don't have a family." She said as she began to cry. What Delta had forgotten was, a couple of the girls were from orphanages, and so they didn't have anybody to return to.
I can't send them back to nothing, Delta thought to himself as he held her trying to calm her down. He knew that a lot of them would have to go back to their families, but for those of them who had no family, they would be theirs. After a little bit of time, he finally was able to get her to calm down, and after that they figured out who had families, and who didn't. Seven of the girls did have families, but that left three that didn't. "It's alright," Delta said in his best reassuring voice, "we will figure this out, no matter what. Like I said, so long as we have each other, we can solve any problem." With that said, everyone was reassured, and they were all happy once more. Suddenly, a loud gurgling noise was heard, all of the girls darted their heads around to see where it was coming from, and they found it.
It was Delta, his stomach was growling. He put his hand over his stomach, and gave them all a sheepish laugh and smile. Eleanor and Sofia just smiled and rolled their eyes, where as the younger girls all giggled at him. "What," Delta said in an embarrassed tone, "I'm not aloud to be hungry?" Sofia and Eleanor snickered at him as they began to make their way inside, the rest of the girls tagging along behind them. Delta stood there for a moment, as he shook his head while he half smiled, and then fallowed them inside. Inside, Sofia and Eleanor were going through the supplies, and managed to come up with a few cans of potted meat and fruit. Delta found a knife and started cutting up the meat into smaller portions, just to make sure that everyone would get enough. Then he cooked each piece individually, through careful use of incinerate (he had spent a lot of time eating straight out of the can, and didn't want to do it anymore).
Eleanor had managed to find enough plates and bowls for everyone, while her mother was busy opening cans of oranges and peaches. She served the fruit out to every one, just in time for Delta to be done with the meat. They didn't have any utensils, but they were content with just eating with their hands. Everyone laughed under their breath at how quickly Delta was eating, but then again you would to, if you had just emptied what little food you had in your stomach out hours earlier. Plus this was the first time in a long time that Delta had actually had a hot meal, and he was happy about it. After finishing up his portions of his meal, Delta glanced around the room, and watched as everyone else talked and ate. It looked to him, like it was a Sunday breakfast with the family, and at that he grinned.
He was still fairly hungry though, but he didn't want to dip further into the supplies, then he remembered he had a little something in one of his pouches. He reached down to one of his pouches, and pulled out a tin of sardines. All of the girls looked at him in a slight bit of disgust as he opened them and started eating them, because they all hated the taste of sardines, but Delta had acquired a taste for them after eating what ever he could in Rapture. "Those stink." said the girl sitting closest to him as she held her nose. Delta just looked at her and smiled while he chewed. Then he heard a sound that was very annoying to him, the sound of someone chewing with their mouth open. He took a glance around and found out who was making the noise, it was Eleanor of all people. "Eleanor, chew with your mouth closed" he said to her, but she didn't even realize she was doing it. She closed her mouth, but then laughed, because she thought she might use that later for something.
Once everyone was finished with their food, Sofia proceeded to pick up the plates to begin to wash them. Seeing this, Delta decided to help her and started to pickup some of the dishes as well. He bent down to get one of the plates off of the floor, but met someone else's hand. He looked up, and sure enough, he had his hand over Sofia's. They both looked at each other, but didn't say a word. Delta could fell his face start to burn, as his pale skin went pink. At the same time, Sofia's face was begging to turn red as well. "I uh, I could do that if y-you wanted me to." Delta said stuttering, "N-No that's ok, I got it." Sofia said in the same awkward style. "But uh, you could bet me some water from outside, s-so I can start cleaning these." She added quickly, "Oh sure" said Delta. He just looked at her for a few moments; then she smiled and said "Delta" "Yes?" he said, "Can I have my hand back please?" He glanced down and noticed that his hand was still over hers. "Oh, sorry" he said as he quickly moved his hand off of hers.
Delta fumbled around looking for a bucket he could use, all the while his daughter watched him, giving him a sly little grin. He finally found one, and then went outside to get some sea water to wash the dishes. He went to the side of the vessel and bent down to fill the bucket. As he was a bout to dip the bucket in the water, when he looked over to the way the direction they were heading, and was overwhelmed by what he saw. In the distance, he could make out faint traces of buildings, they were almost at land. He lifted himself up, and let the bucket fall to his side as his eyes widened. A smile quickly came to his face, and then he called to everyone else inside. "Everyone come out here, you have to see this!" he shouted in happiness. Everyone came rushing outside, and looked to where he was staring, and became overjoyed as well. "We did it!" Eleanor shouted in joy, as the other girls started jumping and shouting in joy. Delta, who was ecstatic at that point, reached for who he thought was Eleanor, and hugged her. But when he looked at who it was, he saw Sofia smiling in his arms, and his face went red. He was about to say something, then Sofia reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, and he completely forgot what he was going to say. He just smiled back at her, as Eleanor watched them giving them that same sly look, and the young girls giggled. Delta and Sofia turned their heads back to the on coming city, for they knew they had work to do.
Well, the real funs about to begin, so see you in part 11. please R&R/ Oh, one more thing, I was having an argument with my friend not to long ago, a stupid one but an argument never the less. I said that the perfect theme song for Delta was Three Doors Down's "Away From the Sun", but he said Brand New Sin"s "My World" fit better, so you guys decide. OK, thanks.
