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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 2:49:22 GMT
Piper listened intently to Emery's story, recalling the incident with Riley and frowning. It wasn't his fault. She remained quiet as he stammered on, but let out an annoyed huff when Molly interrupted. She was actually getting somewhere with him too! A brown eyebrow twitched in annoyance before she scowled and went to open the door. She pulled it open a bit too forcefully and gave Molly a dark look.
Gabriel nodded his head before sitting himself down in one of the corners. Ren and him had dealt with Rebels and cops, but never had they come across situations so intense before. Back rested against the wall, he slid down it til his butt connected with the floor. He wasn't too big, not like Ren, so he fit snug in the area. He slowly took off his shoes and placed them at his side. He couldn't remember the last time he had actually gotten a good night's sleep. He closed his eyes and rested his head against the wall, face turned upward toward the ceiling.
Ren shuffled his feet for a bit. He wanted to apologize to Rapid for scaring him, but it looked like he was already drifting off, so instead he proceeded to follow Gabe to the corner. He followed Gabe's movements in stripping off his shoes before he laid on his side. He pulled off his hoodie and bunched it up on Gabe's lap before using it as a pillow. His knees curled towards his chest and he fiddled with the bracelet on his left wrist, tracing the engraved letters. He wasn't too tired, but he could feel the tension leaving his shoulders in the close proximity he had to his friend. Gabe was his only special person. He saved him. He would move the world if Gabe asked.
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 2:57:44 GMT
Molly frowned at Piper's look. "What??" she stalked inside but Emery was already on his feet and putting together a shower set, rolling his new clothes in a towel. "Sorry for that, Molly." he said blandly with a shrug. "Weird dream. Come on, like you've never accidentally set your sheets on fire."
Molly frowned in annoyance. "Gonna tell us about it?"
"Can't even remember it." Emery sighed. "Now I'm going to take a shower and I'm really hoping niether of you follow me in there, that'd be weird." he ducked past them both and headed down to hall to the wash rooms.
Molly groaned. "He drives me nuts with his attitude, maybe we should say something to the commander."
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 3:00:54 GMT
Piper shook her head, watching him leave in a hurry. "No. This is nothing to consult the commander about. Emery is our friend and he is fine. If he says he is fine, he is fine." She spoke the words, but they felt like lies on her tongue. She swallowed thickly. She had half a mind to follow Emery into the wash room just to get him to finish what he was telling her, but thought better of it. She'd pester him later.
Gabriel fell into a restless sleep and his legs slid out from their propped up position to lay across the floor, jostling Ren who was fast asleep and nearly kicking Rapid. He let out a quiet moan and whispered, "Ben."
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 3:08:34 GMT
Molly frowned. "Friends we might be but we have a serious job here and if there's something wrong with him these kid's lives could be at risk. And if you know something about it then you'd be an enabler to that risk." she folded her arms. "Just remember why we're down here. He might be cracking under the stress but if that's the case he needs to be reassigned as soon as possible. The longer this keeps happening the more liable it becomes." she turned and headed down the hall to wake the other children for their daily routines.
Rapid was used to sleeping alone, sleeping in a room with two other fidgety guys was difficult.He did get a few hours in though. He heard Gabriel mumble somthing and he woke up sleepily. He sat up and looked over. "hmm?"
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 4:41:56 GMT
Piper didn't say anything, just watched Molly leave. She had a point and the feeling of not knowing what was wrong with Emery bugged her. She headed toward the washroom to stand outside the door. She wouldn't let him leave without an answer that satisfied her.
Ren slept like a rock, no matter how much Gabriel moaned or fidgeted. He remained sleeping quietly on the older man's right thigh, clutching onto it with one hand protectively.
Gabriel muttered a few incoherent words and bit his lip harshly in his sleep. "S'rry... 'm sorry, B-nny boy. M' fault." A single drop of blood stained his lip before the cut closed.
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 4:46:39 GMT
Rapid got up on his knees and hesitated, he wanted to wake him up, he seemed stressed and locked in a bad dream but... He looked at his hands. What if he hurt him? He chewed his lip and looked around before finding a pencil on the ground and gave his shoulder a light poke with the eraser end. "Gabriel wake up." he murmured. "You're having a nightmare."
Emery had just finished drying off his hair and dressed in his work fatigues. He summoned his shower supplies and headed out the door but when he turned in the hall and almost walked into Piper, making him jump and drop all his things, which he caught before they hit the floor and summoned them back into his arms. "Geeze Frosty the Stalker! Wear a bell!" he pressed a hand to his chest. "Trying to kill me."
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 5:00:18 GMT
Piper raised a brow at him for the nickname, as if to say 'really? that's the best you could do?' She rolled her eyes, "Trying to save your stupid butt is more like it. Molly's getting suspicious and I'm trying to save you from who knows what." Steel gray eyes looked deep into his, "I'm trying to help you. Let me help you." Her stance screamed on edge, but her eyes showed otherwise. She really wanted to help him.
Gabriel scrunched up his nose at the sensation of something poking him before his eyes opened a little ways. Half-lidded, they landed on Rapid before he questioned in a gravely sleepy voice, "What 're you doin' pokin' me with a pencil? What do ya mean nightmare? I didn't have a nightm're... I was thinkin' 'bout 'en." His body seemed to be awake, but his mind was still in dreamworld. It was only every once in a blue moon that he talked in his sleep.
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 5:04:42 GMT
Emery sighed in agitation. "I appreciate what you're trying to do, really, but there truly is nothing you could ever do." he said in undertone. "Its something that buried itself with a lot of time and its just resurfaced lately and the less I think about it the further away it gets. So me bringing it up isn't going to make it all better and ok again. If Molly's suspicious you can send her my way and I'll tell her the same thing. But there's nothing either of you can do. The best thing you can do is drop it." He puffed some hair out of his eyes and started dow the hall.
Rapid blinked in confusion. "Uh, well your mouth's bleeding." he twisting to sit down. He didn't really have anything else to prod him with. He set the pencil down. "Gabe." he said a little sharper, but quiet enough to let Ren sleep.
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 5:13:05 GMT
Gabe shifted a bit, his foot a bit closer to Rapid then before and his head tilted towards his right side. "Ya could've just touched me. Not like it would'a hurt me 'nyways." Blinking slowly, he let out a long sigh.
Piper's brow furrowed, "But-" she stopped herself as she watched him walk away. She couldn't help but think she wasn't so good at this.. friends thing. With a small frown she went off to go find Molly and help get the kids ready.
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 5:19:10 GMT
Rapid shook his head. "I've... hurt a lot of people, a lot. Uh... shattered a guys' shoulder giving him a high-five in high school. Um... Cause a seven car pile up when I held up traffic in a crosswalk and a cab tried to get around me." he sat back. "Bent a motorcycle in half, knocked a street lamp onto a double decker buss full of tourist I just... I learned its better not to touch people or things... a lot anyway so, I won't if I can help it." he handed him a box of printed dispenser napkins. "For your lip."
Molly was with the kids in the kitchen watching the cooks make breakfast. She was sitting by Haruka at one of the tiny tables. "You sleep ok?" she asked her. "I heard Leon had a nightmare, he came out to see us."
Emery walked into the kitchen and sat down with the toddlers, helping them cute up their pancakes and sausage into bite sized pieces. He caught a glimps of Molly's suspicious stare and rolled his eyes, going back to his task.
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 5:29:53 GMT
Gabriel was starting to come to his senses, the sleep still clouded his eyes but he accepted the napkin anyway, placing it on his lip. He pulled it away and spoke softly, "Ya don't have to worry 'bout breaking me or 'nything... I jus' can't seem to die." Another dab at his lip to make sure there was no excess blood. "ya can touch me if ya want, I won't shatt'r." Though his green eyes were filled with bits of sleep, he looked into Rapid's eyes to reassure him.
Haruka finished chewing the piece of pancake in her mouth before answering Molly, "Yes, I did." She took a sip of her water before saying a quick, "Thank you for asking," before she ate some more of her pancake.
Piper went to stand behind Leon, ruffling his hair affectionately. "How are you doing, squirt?"
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 5:38:36 GMT
Rapid frowned slightly. "You say that like you've... tried to die." he raised a hand but withdrew it and picked up his sweatshirt to busy his hands with an excuse. Dispite Gabriel's assurance, he was still wary. Plus, he was drowsy and probably still disoriented. Lord knew he didn't want to snap his arm and have Ren blast a hole through his chest out of fear.
Molly sighed. "We got in a new shipment of art supplies from the Council, you wanna help us make some art to decorate the rec room?" she suggested. She wanted her to get out more and play with the other youngsters.
Leon giggled. "Goooood, Ms. Benson made me a pancake shaped like a lizard, I ate its head!"
"Goof." Emery smirked from the next table over. He blinked as his wrist watch started to blip, Molly's did too. "Warning signal." he stood up. "Ok kids, remember the drills, everyone put their hands over their mouth and stay very verrry quiet." he whispered. He looked at Piper. "I'll go knock out the generators." he murmured.
Molly got up. "I'll man the door." she stood up and let her hands melt into glowing, mits of lava as she walked.
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 5:47:27 GMT
Gabriel reached out, grasping Rapid's wrist and tugging the bigger man closer. He held out his own wrist and proceeded to place Rapid's hand on it. Drowsiness was nearly gone, so he didn't have an excuse for what he said or did next. "I've tried to die many times. Just doesn't happen," he murmured, "my brother has super strength and I helped him learn to control his power. Maybe I can help you too. Besides...never being able to touch someone is an incredibly sad thing."
Haruka nodded happily. Art was her favorite thing to do besides read books. She jumped up to follow Molly when their watches started going off. She knew something bad was going to happen.
Piper rounded up the kids into a circle and stood in front of them, her body already dropping degrees. She stood stiff and ready for whatever would be thrown their way.
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Post by Skidar on Aug 30, 2014 5:57:55 GMT
Rapid gasped and almost pulled away, wide eyed he held his breath but nothing happened he sighed out worriedly, hand twitching slightly. "is... 'Ben' your brother?" he asked in confusion. He sorely wanted to pull his hand back, it would feel safer, but he didn't want to be rude. "How did... how did you help him control it, cause... I hate it." he admitted. "All I do is break things."
Molly headed down the hall as the lights went out. She reached the radio on the wall and cooled one hand to use the dial. "Lucky charms secure, power down, awaiting commando assistance on the surface." she spoke clearly. "Commandos attention, anyone near the surface of safehouse one reply!" She heard the thump above and paused, but there was no clarification from the radio. She melted her hand again and frowned as the heat spread down her arms and she let herself blaze.
Emery hurried back to the kitchen and shut the door, guarding it from the outside. he breathed out slow in the dark and waited for the attack.
Leon's breath was showing when he got close to Piper, he was completely white with yellow spots now. "Piper..." he whimpered. "When will they turn the lights back on??" he gasped and clapped his hands over his mouth, forgetting the rule.
"Wakey waaaaakey." a haunting voice shouted down the hall. Emery spun around. "Medusa..." he gasped, glad the lights were off.
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Post by raine on Aug 30, 2014 6:08:02 GMT
Gabriel stiffened at the name. "N-no. Ben's not- Ben was my brother who died. Willam is my brother with super strength." He tried his best not to choke on his words. "... The whole controlling it thing is about 85% mental. You need to believe that you can control it before you actually can. If you're scared of hurting someone all the time, the chances are that you will. Concentration is also key." He licked his chapped lips, "I want you to squeeze my arm. Just a little bit to see what happens. Remember, believe you won't hurt me."
Piper warmed up a bit, putting one of her hands on Leon's head to silence him and comfort him. She was tense, edging the kids closer together and behind her even further. She faced the door with a fierce determination.
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sometime after ten, hope you'll be up! also.... WILL PROFILE thatisall 
