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reifromrfa · 3 years
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Surprises: Vanderwood x MC | Mysme RBB fic
Hi guys! I’m sure you’ve seen this project in the fandom, there are a lot of talented artists and writers who are a part of it ^^ This piece is for the @mysme-rbb and it was such a thrill to write it! I’ve missed writing for the fandom and I’m glad I got this opportunity to do so <3 Even luckier that I got paired with two amazing artists! 
For this first collab, I got paired with the wonderful GLX ! Please check out their instagram HERE!  We’re super lucky to have collaborated on a character we both love: Vanderwood! So I hope you enjoy the story and I hope I can write for everyone again soon ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ PS: I’ll edit this post with the link to the art once it’s out! ^^
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Surprises
In collaboration with gl.artsy 
"Hurry!"
Vanderwood chuckles and closes the car door, hoisting bags and baskets on his arms and shoulders. MC laughs and hugs the beach towels to her chest, grinning widely.
"Sorry...I'm a little excited," her grin turns sheepish but Vanderwood shakes his head, his smile mirroring her own. Seeing her this happy makes him feel things he hasn't felt before --pleasant feelings. Feelings...that a secret agent just doesn't have the luxury to be thinking about, much less feel. But he's not a secret agent anymore --he has a legal job now, one where he doesn't have to risk his life everyday or dirty his hands. Hell, the dirtiest his hands can get with his new job as Jumin's bodyguard is cleaning up after his cat.
With his free hand, he reaches for hers and weaves their fingers together.
Today is their one-year anniversary and Vanderwood wants everything to be absolutely perfect. He's not one for grand gestures and romantic stuff, but he knows celebrations like these matter to girls.
In the past year he's been with MC, he's gotten used to watching those cheesy romantic chick flicks. Never in his life did he imagine he'd be forced to watch those kinds of shi--stuff. But he's braved through The Notepad, A Stroll to Remember, Crazy Silly Love...and he's learned a lot from those movies. For one, his girlfriend ends up crying every time they watch the shows together.
Every. Single. Time.
But he'd see how immersed she is in the scenes where the guys make a big move for the girl. Vanderwood would notice how she heaves a deep sigh and wipes her eyes, a dreamy smile on her face.
Ha...he's new to this relationship thing but he's not stupid; Vanderwood knows how this works. The bigger the gesture, the happier MC will be...
...right?
He's startled out of his thoughts when MC tugs his hand, pointing at a spot on the beach. "Over there! There's a free spot there!"
Vanderwood follows after MC and starts setting up their towels and beach umbrella. This is the first step in his grand surprise for MC today: spend the morning at the beach, a place MC rarely went to. The excited look on her face is all the confirmation he needs; he did good, choosing this as the start of their date.
MC sits on the towel under the shade of the umbrella and takes off her wide-brimmed hat, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. When she opens them, she turns to Vanderwood. "Baby, this is perfect. The skies are clear, there's a breeze and there's not much people; it's almost like we have the beach to ourselves!"
Vanderwood chuckles, sitting beside his girlfriend and reaching out to tuck her hair behind her ear. "You like it?"
At his touch, she blushes and smiles, nodding her head. "I do, Vanderwood. I really do."
He leans forward, lips quirking up into a smirk. "Good...that's real good, MC." Vanderwood can see the blush on her face deepening as he inches closer and his own heart races, eyes darting to her slightly-parted lips. As he draws nearer though, he hears a whooshing sound through the air and a distant yell: "LOOK OUT!"
His reflexes kick in and Vanderwood pulls MC against his chest then pins her against the ground, using his body to shield her from whatever it is --MC doesn't even have the time to process what's happening. But she feels herself warming, eyes fixated on Vanderwood's tense expression, at the way he's hovering on top of her, holding her protectively against him.
A second later, their umbrella is knocked over and a spray of sand flies across Vanderwood's back. He turns away and shields MC's eyes, a million thoughts already flying through his mind.
"Could it be that some agents found me? How many are there? How am I gonna get MC safely to the car? The taser's in the bag, if I could just reach it in time
"Vanderwood turns his head to look for the target-
-when his eyes fall to the white volleyball lying on the sand near them.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry, that's my fault!!!" A kid with blonde hair is running up to them, waving his hand and trying to bow at the same time. Vanderwood's eyes narrow. Wait a minute...isn't that-
"Yoosung?" comes MC's voice.
Sure enough, Yoosung's purple eyes widen as recognition dawns and he laughs, running faster. Right behind him is the silver-haired actor and Jaehee Kang, all dressed in their beachwear. Zen smiles when he spots the two familiar faces but it only lasts for a second --the moment he realizes the position the couple are in...
"YA!!! Vanderwood! What are you doing!" Zen glares at Vanderwood, pointing an accusatory finger at the Silver Spoon's bodyguard. Vanderwood narrows his gaze at the actor but hurriedly straightens himself, his face feeling warm.
"Baby, are you okay?"
"I am...what was that all about?" MC takes Vanderwood's hand and he pulls her up just as Yoosung stops in front of them, a sheepish smile on his face.
"Sorry! Zen hit the ball too hard and I received it wrong so it went flying...I didn't know it would end up here where you guys are! I didn't even know you two were going to be here too!"
Vanderwood rubs the back of his neck, wishing they'd leave him and MC alone. It's not that he doesn't like them, but today he'd like MC all for himself. "Ha...yeah, what a coincidence."
"Ya, you!" Zen jabs a finger at Vanderwood's chest, eyes blazing. "What the heck was that!"
Vanderwood looks at Zen with a deadpan look on his face. "I thought there was a threat, so I was defending my girlfriend. Will you stop having perverted thoughts?"
MC giggles. "It's true, Zen! He was just trying to protect me~"
"That's very quick thinking." Jaehee pipes in, picking up the ball. "I suppose that's what makes you a great bodyguard, Vanderwood."
"Ha...thanks." Vanderwood feels awkward still, but for an ex-agent with no family and no friends...his life's shaping out real good. Still, friends or not, he wants these people to go away and let him pamper his girlfriend. "So, now that that's settled-"
"OH! Why don't you two join us in a game of volleyball? Please!!! I'm tired of picking up the ball all the time!" Yoosung begs them, hands pressed together in front of him.
"Aww, that sounds fun! We're game, right, baby?" MC says, winking at Vanderwood. To the others, she says, "The two of us will be in a team against you guys! You'll see, Vanderwood will carry our team!"
Vanderwood can't help but feel proud at MC's words. Okay...maybe one game of volleyball wouldn't hurt. After that, they'll go back to their spot and maybe he can go swimming with MC, or get some cool drinks.
~
Yoosung, Jaehee and Zen stayed with them the entire time. After volleyball, they took MC and Vanderwood to their rented cabin and shared their meal. Vanderwood and Zen ended up grilling meat and seafood for the rest but it was actually fun. The non-stop chatter and laughs, the volleyball games, seeing MC enjoy herself --okay okay, it's not so bad that their first date got interrupted. But of course, Vanderwood has more tricks up his sleeves.
A long drive and a shower later, Vanderwood and MC change into more semi-formal attire as he drives them to one of the fancy restaurants in town. The restaurant is situated atop a building, with the entire floor encased in glass windows so guests can dine with a view overlooking South Korea. It's fine dining and Vanderwood has never been to a classy restaurant while off-duty; to be honest, something like this kinda suits Jumin Han more...but Vanderwood doesn't want to take MC to their regular dining spots. No, for this special day she deserves something special too.
As they're led to their seats by the hostess, Vanderwood once again intertwines his fingers with hers. "I heard this place has the best seoullangtang."
MC tugs at his hand, looking at him with narrowed eyes. "Baby, this place is really expensive...you didn't have to."
Ha...oh no, doesn't she like it?
"It's our anniversary," he tells her, lifting their hands and then turning hers so he can kiss the back of it. "Don't even think about that, baby."
MC turns red at Vanderwood's blatant display of affection. Usually, he's more reserved and careful when they're in public; she assumed it's because of his past and she didn't mind. But today, he's been more touchy and showy...MC has to admit, it's giving her heart a pleasant workout. They're seated right by the window and Vanderwood is the perfect gentleman, pulling her chair out for her and helping her onto her seat. MC feels shy all of a sudden as Vanderwood slides into his seat across her. With the dim lighting from the restaurant, the candle in the middle of the table casts Vanderwood's face in a warm glow and MC unconsciously swallows, entranced by him.
Their previous dates were never this fancy and she's not complaining --she loves wherever they are, be it the beach or the supermarket, a fancy restaurant or McFonald's. As long as they're together, she's happy.
But seeing her boyfriend all dressed up in a crisp button-down shirt and a coat, hair tied into a half-ponytail, brown eyes staring at her --she can't help but feel the depth and seriousness of their relationship. Today is their anniversary, which means she's spent 365 days with this man...more than that, of course. Ever since they met, her days have been full of color and life. MC reaches across the table for his hand and holds it tightly in hers.
"I love you, Vanderwood."
Vanderwood's glad it's kinda dark because his heart does that weird little thing and he feels his cheeks burn as a smile spreads across his face. "I love you too, MC."
She mirrors his smile and it's strange but MC feels like she did the first time she met him in person, nervous and intimidated, but at the same comforted by his presence and intrigued. This once mysterious man is hers and though she knows she's barely scratched the surface of all that he is, she can't wait to learn more about him everyday, for the rest of their lives.
"Baby, order whatever you like, okay? Haha, don't be worrying about the prices." Vanderwood says as they open their menus. MC's eyes are skimming through the dishes (half of which she can't even pronounce because they're in different languages) when she hears the sound of a familiar voice.
"I didn't expect to see you both here this evening."
Vanderwood tenses. No freaking way...
But he's been hanging around that voice for months now and he'd recognize it anywhere --his boss, Jumin Han. Vanderwood reluctantly looks at the man standing beside their table, the leader of the RFA at his side. Jihyun at least looks apologetic for barging into their date.
"Jumin! Jihyun! What a coincidence!" MC exclaims happily, smiling at them. Truth be told, she was looking forward to spending more alone time with her boyfriend, but she also doesn't want to be rude to her friends. "Did you guys just arrive?"
"Yes. A business colleague recommended this place. I would have asked for a private room but Jihyun preferred to stay close to the windows."
Jihyun laughs good-naturedly at Jumin's words. "This place is popular for their stunning view of the city, after all. We should get going to our table, Jumin, let's not bother them..."
"Have a good time, boss, Jihyun." Vanderwood gives them a little wave. "Nonsense. We haven't seen MC in a while. Perhaps we should ask for a bigger table and dine together."
You've got to be kidding me.
"Jumin-" Jihyun tries to interrupt, but Jumin is already gesturing for the host. In mere minutes, Vanderwood and MC are seated with Jihyun and Jumin. Of course...it's not all that bad. He didn't have to be so formal with his boss since they're outside of work, and Jumin knew his way around the menu; the meal Jumin ordered for them was mouth-wateringly delicious. Vanderwood had no idea which ones were good, so he's grateful for that part, at least.
But seriously...this was starting to get annoying. Would the RFA be popping up at his planned dates with MC? Vanderwood represses a sigh though, and fights the itch for a cigarette.
They enjoy their meal and, realizing he has no choice but to endure it, Vanderwood relaxes and allows himself to enjoy the company.
All of a sudden, they're bathed in a hue of colors and MC's eyes turn to the windows, widening with surprise. The sky is lit up by fireworks --something Vanderwood had arranged for. Her eyes are bright and her smile is priceless. As the fireworks paint the night sky with streaks of brilliant color, MC feels a peace inside her, knowing that's exactly what she was thinking of moments before. Vanderwood is like the scene outside, illuminating her life with the most dazzling colors.
And while MC gazes at the beautiful display, Vanderwood stares, enchanted, at the woman who brought light to his life.
~
The last stop of the evening is the last showing of the latest romance movie, a movie MC has been waiting for. Vanderwood settles into their comfortable lazy boy couches, glad he paid for these seats.
"I'm so excited, I've heard a lot of good reviews already!" MC whispers to him, leaning close. Vanderwood chuckles.
"Baby, it's gonna be amazing." He leans closer to her, stealing a quick kiss in the dark theater. MC bites her lower lip as he pulls away, wanting to tell him how much she loves him. But the movie starts and MC has to stop herself from squealing in excitement. She keeps her hand locked with his, eyes focused on the screen.
Vanderwood feels relaxed now, knowing no one can interrupt them, knowing he can enjoy this moment with his girlfriend and sneak glances at her cute reactions.
But just thinking those thoughts has jinxed the situation. The doors to the cinema creak open and Vanderwood picks up the sound of popcorn bags and two hushed whispers. He glances at the empty seats beside him and sighs.
"Oh! If it isn't Mary and MC!"
Vanderwood curses inwardly and almost slaps his hand to his face. No. No freaking way. No damn way.
But after some shuffling sounds, Saeyoung plops down on the seat beside Vanderwood with Saeran occupying the other.
"Ohoho, I didn't know you were into romance movies, Vandy~" Saeyoung whispers before leaning forward in his seat and waving at MC. "Hi, MC! Thanks for restarting this guy's heart! If you ask me, you should have used a tase-"
"Ya! Shut up!" Vanderwood says, a little too loudly. The audience shushes him and Vanderwood slinks into his seat while Saeyoung covers his laughs with a hand.
For the duration of the movie, Vanderwood has to put up with Saeyoung's reactions and his hushed side comments. At some point, popcorn starts to fly towards the brown-haired man too, bouncing off his hair. Saeran shakes his head, heaving a sigh as Saeyoung takes another popcorn and throws it subtly to Vanderwood. The ex-agent was ready though; he catches the popcorn and throws it back to Saeyoung, who slides down his chair dramatically.
"I've been hit...Saeran ah, save yourself~~~"
Vanderwood glances at MC's face to watch her reaction and he's surprised to see her eyes fixed on him. She's biting her lower lip, trying to stop herself from laughing. Vanderwood smirks, reaching out and freeing her lower lip from her bite.
"You want a shot at the idiot?" Vanderwood murmurs near her ear. MC nods and takes a piece of popcorn then tosses it to Saeyoung, who's crawling up his chair as quiet as he can.
Saeyoung gasps and flops back down on the ground, holding his chest as though he's wounded.
"Sneak attack! Saeran, help m-"
"No."
"Okay no ;;;;"
~
Vanderwood stirs, stretching his arms above his head with a yawn.
Damn, what time is it?
Yesterday felt so long --with all that happened, Vanderwood feels exhausted and a little disappointed at himself for failing MC. Everything should have been perfect, but as luck would have it, the RFA just had to meddle in all his plans.
He lays in bed, blinking away his sleepiness, wondering if he can do anything today to salvage their anniversary. Absently, he reaches beside him, wanting to pull MC to his side and wake her up with kisses --but his hands come up blank.
"What the-?"
His head whips to the empty space beside him and Vanderwood sits up just as the door opens. MC comes in, balancing a small tray table filled with food.
"Baby, what are you doing?" Vanderwood asks, bewildered. He starts to move from the bed but MC makes a sound and continues moving towards him.
"No no, you stay right there," she says, eyes staring at the orange juice sloshing inside the glass. "Don't get off the bed, baby!"
Vanderwood freezes, unsure what's happening. Finally, MC lays the tray table on the bed and beams at Vanderwood. "Happy anniversary, baby!"
The brown-haired man blinks, surprised. Then a soft chuckle escapes his lips. "MC, baby...did you do all this for me?"
MC shrugs, her smile wide enough to light up the room. "Maybe~"
She carefully sits on the bed closest to Vanderwood, tucking her hair behind her ear. "Baby, yesterday was amazing! I wasn't expecting those surprises at all."
Vanderwood's brows furrow. "What do you mean..? MC...I...was gonna apologize-"
"What? For what?"
Vanderwood awkwardly scratches his cheek, not sure what to say. "Uh...ha, 'coz I didn't intend for the RFA to show up. And I mean, anniversaries aren't supposed to be celebrated like that...right? The movies we watched, the celebrations ain't like that."
Giggling, MC leans towards her boyfriend and kisses his cheek. "Oh Vanderwood, it was perfect. I had so much fun, even more so because our friends were with us celebrating our special day with us.
Without the RFA, you and I would have met in a different way. But I like our love story, because everything that has happened so far has led us to this moment, baby." She holds his hands, cheeks turning red. "I loved watching you play volleyball and grill our lunch, I loved listening to you talk with our friends, I loved catching my boyfriend all dressed up to take me on a fancy dinner, and I loved that you sat through another romance movie with me, all the while having a popcorn battle with Saeyoung."
MC squeezes his hands and all of Vanderwood's doubts vanish; his eyes fix on her, his heart beating loudly against his chest.
"Vanderwood...the girls in those movies we watch get one big gesture per movie but I got three amazing dates in one day. My friends were there to celebrate a special day with me: the anniversary of the day I promised forever to the love of my life. And I-"
Before MC could finish her speech, Vanderwood closes the gap between them and meets her lips for a kiss, pulling her close to him without toppling over the tray. MC's hands clutch the front of his shirt and her eyes close, her body tingling as he pours his emotions into their kiss.
"MC," Vanderwood says breathlessly, leaning his forehead against hers, "I love you. I'll keep takin' you out for dates, keep celebrating this day with you every year. 'Coz it's the day you and I got together, the day my life started to make more sense..." He gives her another peck and pulls her closer, stroking her cheek with his thumb. "But every day you remind me that there's more to life than fighting and running. Every day, I wanna see you smile and hear you tell me you love me."
MC giggles and wraps her arms around him. "I love you, Vanderwood." She lays her head on his chest, feeling the strong beat of his heart, a heart that's tied to hers. "Yesterday was amazing but today I'm keeping you all to myself."
Vanderwood chuckles, reaching for a piece of bacon and holding it near her lips. MC takes a small bite from it and Vanderwood takes a larger chunk. "You and me all day, huh?"
MC nods, reaching for her phone. "You and me, all day, everyday." She holds the phone away from them, opening the camera app. "Happy anniversary, baby~"
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Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate, @mysme-rbb :) I had fun and kudos to the mods for an amazing project! 
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stillunpainted · 3 years
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Postmortem
cw for implied suicide.  1.8k fic under the cut baby.  Pretty much Neku dealing with the aftermath of the game and then having a conversation with Joshua.
    Neku couldn’t take sudden noises anymore.  It’d always been somewhat of a bother, and his music had helped him block out the little surprises that’d make him jump, the startle like a lightning bolt, but now it was agonizing.  It was as if at any time, he could be seized by the hand of death, freezing his blood like a blizzard.  Though he’d made a promise to himself to wear his headphones less, especially in public, it wasn’t easy.
    Shibuya was vibrant and busy, but it was also overwhelming.  There were times where after simply going to Mr. H’s cafe with Shiki or Beat and Rhyme would result in him having to go lay in bed for hours afterward, staring at the ceiling until he was able to think again.  His parents were worried.  They’d noticed that he was going out more, and generally seemed to be happier than before, but the exhaustion, the anxiety, those weren’t things he could hide.  He enjoyed spending time with his friends, but he wasn’t used to them.  He felt out of place, worried that he’d somehow mess up and they wouldn’t want to be with him anymore.
    He’d picked up an old acoustic guitar, and spent about thirty minutes trying to figure out how to tune it.  That was all he could bring himself to do for the day.  He checked his messages, and it was much of the same.  Shiki had sent an update on her most recent project with Eri, and was still trying to convince him to try it on.  He wasn’t adamantly against the idea, he just wasn’t sure if it was his thing.  He’d had to expand his fashion sense during the Game, and he wasn’t sure where to go with that now.  Was it something he wanted to pursue on his own, or did he want to be influenced by the people around him?
    Though Neku had avoided Udagawa like the plague, he still could see CAT’s art when he closed his eyes, peering over him as he stared up at the painted walls.  He wanted to see it again, as his mind could only replicate everything with a certain degree of accuracy, but the thought of going back made him feel sick, sick enough to rush to the bathroom and wait for it all to come up, but nothing was there.
    The Composer often lingered in his mind, interrupting his normal thought processes.  In this moment Neku was staring at the ceiling again, tapping his fingers to the beat of a song, when he suddenly remembered Joshua off-handedly mentioning that he liked it.  Neku took his headphones off.  He still hadn’t forgiven Joshua yet.  There was so much pain, so intense that even though those bullets left no scars now, he could still feel them.  He sat up, deciding that today he would face it.  He wasn’t sure why, but felt if he didn’t go to Udagawa now, these thoughts would never stop, haunting him like old ghosts over and over.
    On his way through Shibuya, he kept his headphones on around his neck, ready to put them on if necessary.  He walked past stores he’d come to know well, absentmindedly trying to spot the faces of the shopkeepers he’d spoken with over and over.  There were so many people.  Even though he couldn’t hear their thoughts anymore, it floored him how they all were living their own lives, their own narratives that he would never be privy to.  Their secret gardens.
    It was a conversation he thought back to at times.  He’d wondered if not being able to cross into someone’s garden was even a bad thing.  Was trying to understand someone enough, even if it wasn’t actually possible?  He felt he knew Shiki and Beat pretty well, and Rhyme and Eri to an extent.  His memories of Joshua though… Joshua at times felt completely alien yet familiar, almost like a trick mirror.
    Neku arrived at Udagawa, and saw that the art had changed significantly in his absence.  CAT’s work was still there, some of it new itself, but there were other artists who had added to the wall.  Nothing unusual, but the change made Neku’s chest feel heavy.  He was used to seeing everything shift gradually, not only see the end result.
    It was still beautiful, he decided, just different.  Still the same wall, marked by the same kinds of people.  He wondered if one day he would get some spray paint himself, though he had no idea what he could create.  It wasn’t a part of himself that he’d explored in a long time, not since… 
    Even now, he felt the empty space within his heart.  He still had the last message his friend had sent him on his phone. “See you there,” it’d read.  An interaction that had never been complete, a day that never happened.
    “Well, you’ve brought yourself back here, haven’t you?” A recognizably smug voice rose above the background noise of everyone else passing through.
    “Look at what the cat dragged outta the sewers,” Neku retorted dryly.  Joshua crossed his arms, but there was the tiniest hint of a smile on his face.  Neku was tense, but this relaxed him somewhat.  He figured Joshua hadn’t merely returned after what, months, simply to antagonize him.  Though he didn’t rule it out of the realm of possibility, “what brings you out here, anyway?” Joshua put a hand on his chin.
    “I was intrigued as to why you returned here.  It seems like a morbid place to go by yourself.  I thought that maybe you’d need supervision,” Joshua said.  Neku pulled at his hair, trying not to visibly give Joshua the satisfaction of annoying him.  Though he supposed that Joshua could read his mind, which agitated him further.
    “I don’t need- whatever, it’s just that I kept thinking about everything that happened.  I dunno if closure is exactly what I’m looking for, but it’s something like that, I think,” Neku shuffled his feet.  He was never especially good at reading people, but Joshua was always a special kind of enigma.
    “There’s nothing I can add to that.  You already know why I did what I did,” Joshua said, “neither of us can take that back.”
    “You can’t take that back.  All I did was survive,” Neku said.  He didn’t expect an apology, nor was he surprised by Joshua’s nonchalant attitude towards it all, but it still stung a little.
    “Oh come on Neku, we’ve both made mistakes,” Joshua said, wrapping a hand around his neck.  A flash of guilt washed over Neku, but he let it pass.  He’d talked about it a lot with Shiki after the game, though it was still something he’d never fully forgive himself over.  He’d found that he had a pattern of hurting people.  He’d finally stopped at his duel with Joshua, but still.  He wondered if that old self was buried within, ready to rise at any time.  I killed him- “Neku?  Locked up in that head of yours again?”
    “What would’ve happened if I’d shot you?” Joshua didn’t even flinch at the question.  But he wavered a little.
    “I would’ve been erased.  I would’ve lost that game, yknow.  That’s how the rules are,” he says.
    “I know, but-”
    “The UG would’ve been destroyed, but I can’t say I’d know what would happen after that,” Joshua says, “I can’t give you a real answer, even if I wanted to please you that way.”
    “So even you don’t know,” Neku said.
    “Yes Neku, you’re a fantastic listener,” Joshua replied.  His normal grin is back, though something about it seems off.
    “So why would you do that?  If you’d actually gone through with destroying Shibuya or whatever, it wouldn’t have mattered at all if I’d pulled the trigger or not.  Not much of a crossroad, really,” Neku put his hands on his headphones, contemplating putting them on.
    “It was all a game.  My bet with Megumi.  You were my proxy,” Joshua said, crossing his arms again.
    “What were you even trying to prove with me?  That I’m terrible and representative of Shibuya’s evils, or something?  I was just trying to live and help Beat get Rhyme back at that point.”
    “That’s spot on.”
    “Then did your proof involve me shooting you at the end?”
    “Yes.”
    “Then your plan would’ve killed you no matter what,” Neku said.
    “What do you mean?”
    “No UG means no Composer, right?”
    “Correct indeed.”
    “So you were planning on dying.” A silence settled over the two of them.
    “Well, I didn’t,” Joshua says.  Neku thought of how he initially saw the game as a dream that he dreaded the end of.  There was nothing he had to worry about other than missions, nobody to talk to but Shiki, nobody to nag him.  It was the closest he’d ever been to whatever his own ‘world view’ had been.
    “I can’t believe I’m saying this but,” Neku paused, wondering if it was even worth saying.  Joshua had killed him twice over, but still, “I’m glad you didn’t die.” Joshua narrowed his eyes.  The Composer wasn’t alive per se, but even he knew that wasn’t exactly what Neku had meant.
    “And that’s that,” Joshua said, turning away.
    “Don’t think I’m going to take that as an excuse.  You didn’t have to turn it into some big game with my life,” Neku said.
    “Well aren’t I alive because I did, based on your logic?” At this point, Neku wanted to tear out his hair.  Joshua was the same as always, so he didn’t know why he was expecting anything different.  But surely something had changed within the Composer, as he had preserved Shibuya and brought everyone back to life.
    “Dammit, do you even realize what all of that was like?  You killed me twice, and- and…” Neku trails off, shuddering.  Joshua’s hands ball up into fists and he stares at the ground for a moment, frowning.  He almost seems small, completely losing the aura of being something beyond the fifteen year old standing in the streets of Udagawa, the mural hanging over his head.  He straightens his posture and he’s the Composer again.
    “I do realize.  I’m not incapable of understanding pain,” Joshua says, “hmmm.  Maybe that worsens my case.” He turns to face Neku once again, who wants to back away, but doesn’t.
    “I guess it’s hard to keep going.  I’m not on my own anymore, at least.  Shibuya’s felt bigger than it ever has for me, and that’s exciting on one hand, but overwhelming.  There’s so many places I could go, but I also feel like something terrible is always on the horizon again,” Neku says.  He doesn’t know why he’s telling this to Joshua of all people.
    “Could I be the cause of that terrible something?  Is that what you fear?”
    “No.  I still don’t… I don’t know if I’ll ever fully forgive you really, but I trust that you won’t use me again.  I’d be lying if I said being around you doesn’t make me nervous, but I still trust you.  We were partners, right?” Neku says.  Joshua tilts his head.
    “Right, we were.”
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mirror-juliet · 4 years
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Shedding Season-Kim Youngjo X reader
Warnings: Hybrid! Youngjo. Mentions of waxing (If you have a problem with that) Dating hybrid. Large cat hybrid. Drama queen Youngjo. Hybrid!oneus. This was supposed to be a smut but now it's not and that is my ted talk.
Shedding season, the worst time of year between spring and summer. Normally people love springtime,its a chance for new beginnings, tidying up your life. Endless possibilities. But not for the life of a hybrid master-especially a large cat hybrid-Male hybrid. All spring is to me is coming home from work to find Ravn in one of his many moods thanks to the hormones rushing his veins. I never know if i am going to get a sad, angry, happy, or horny hybrid. Yea, horny. And to make matters worse he's my boyfriend, so it's only the polite thing to do to not smack him upside the head with a frying pan. Though a spray bottle will get the trick done just fine.
And the hair-God the hair is such a nightmare. It's everywhere and there's so much of it. No matter how much i sweep this forsaken house or vacuum or lint roll, THERE'S ALWAYS HAIR. So today i decided to stop by the convenience store and grab some more wax beads for my hot pot. It's time for the big guns. We've tried shaving his hair only for it to clog expensive and disposable razors. Pre waxed strips are far too cheap and would probably make his kitty skin break out. At least with these beads i can do a test sample without wasting a whole strip. He better hope this wax isn't harmful to him or else he's going to the groomer's.
He hates the groomers, in his words. "They don't care about what shape my nails are in. What dreadful person would have square nails!?" I swear if we had a fainting couch he would be on it all the time. I looked up reviews about the wax and it all of them say it's the best for cat hybrids. For how much i spent on it it better be liquid gold.
"Ravn i'm home." He has a birth-name, Youngjo, a fine name if you ask me. But to him it hold too many burdens, so the legal name for my ownership of him is Ravn. "Ravn~ C'mere." Strange, usually he's all over me before i can get my shoes off, so it's unusual to say the least. "What are you doing?"
The large man sits on the bathroom counter, his legs criss cross in the sink. A pondering look on his face. "It's such a shame." I place a comforting hand on his back as he touches his reflection in the mirror. "I look so pretty today and no one even got to see me."
"Oh Jesus Christ Ravn." The drama queen himself chases after me once i walk away, rolling my eyes i'm sure they've logged in the back of my head at this point. "I'm serious Y/n. It's absolutely dreadful what you're doing to me." He falls onto the couch dramatically, a hand draped over his forehead. This is the soul reason i've invested in a lounge chair of my own. Because he takes up the whole couch with his lanky body like he's in a tella-novella. "How could you keep me locked up in this apartment for another day!"
"Until your medicine comes in the mail i can't let you around others. You know this." His pouty expression tells me he doesn't give a damn. "But i want to see Keonhee and Leedo. Even Hwanwoong, even if he does steal your attention away from me." His last sentence is bitterly thrown at me with no real hate behind it. "How could anyone resist his cuddles though~ He's a soft pursan and you're just a big ol gruff black panther."
"Oh now you're just being mean Y/n!" He pulls me off of the chair and into his chest on the couch. "This is only proving my point hun. A big. Old. Gruff. Panther." Between words i poke the bridge of his nose. He retaliates and pins me on the couch by my shoulders, his pupils growing into slivers. "This is why you and Leedo don't get to hang out without your medicine. Way too much stupid boy hormones making you dumb." Ravn growls once more before falling and rubbing his forehead into my chest. "But you're mine~" The kitty whines, hugging onto me even tighter.
"I know baby. I'm yours." We shift on the couch, wiggling my arms out to rub on his back; enticing cute purrs from him. His overgrown nails kneading into the cushions, thank god for thick couch covers.  I try to get up after a few minutes, Ravn somehow dropping even more body weight on me. "I have things to do Ravn!"
"Just stay with me for a bit. Please?" How the actual hell am i supposed to say no to him. His voice is so small and vulnerable, like he's going to break if i get up. I know it's probably just him being over-dramatic, but that's just how he feels. Soon the rumble of his chest lulls me into a sleepy state.
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A rustling of a bag rudely awakens me from my sleep. The heavy force on my chest no longer present. "Ravn? what are you doing?" On the floor, crouched much like a cat, Ravn messes with the bag from the store with an angry look on his face. "You were gonna wax me weren't you?" He holds up the bag of wax beads accusingly, a hand now on his hip. "Mmhmm."
"No."
"No?" I giggle at the look of him, thinking of all the times he's said he's not a drama queen. "I'm being serious Y/n. I don' need to get rid of it." How did i know this argument was going to happen. "You need to. Your hair is all over this apartment and you wont let me take you to the groomers." He crosses his arms. "That's because they get my nails wrong. No matter how many times i say how to shape them!"
"Ravn, that's just the standard shape they're required to do. Not most owners like to have sharp claws on their cats." "But you're not like other owners. We tell them this every time y/n." If it wasn't for his large exterior i would probably mistake him for a toddler with the way he's throwing a tantrum. "Ravn. That is just how they have to do it to avoid lawsuits. Now it is either the groomer's or you let me wax you." Now i'm standing up with both hands on my hips. Most owners would be afraid to boss their large hybrid like this without a trainer. But i know he would never hurt me, no matter how mad he gets. We glare at each-other, both filling the room with endless drama. "Fine." He gives in and stomps over to the island where he's made steak for himself. Petty cat, not making me anything.
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"Why is it warm?!" Ravn shouts, being startled by the new sensation on his arm. "Because i heated it up in a hot pot." I guess i'm just gonna have to take this l and accept he's never going to get used to the idea of waxing. After an hour of explaining exactly how it works. Ye, an hour. I'm pissed about it too. I thought starting off on his arm would be less painful than his leg hair. Or his armpits. "Ouch." He monotonously grumbles after i rip the first strip off. "Oh i bet that just hurt so bad." He lets me do his arms without much problems, only adding a snarky remark a few times.
"OW." The first strip of his leg is ripped halfway, it had slipped out of my hands before i could get it all the way off. So that means i wasn't able to press down on it after it ripped. "No, we're not doing this anymore. You've had your fun. but no. Nu uh. I'm done." He tries to get up but i jump on him too quickly. "I'm sorry Ravn! Please let me do the rest!"
"Unhand me woman!"
Sorry this is late, i wasn’t in the best mood yesterday so i didn’t get this edited fully. Thank you fro understanding. It would also be appreciated if you would maybe reblog to help my page out.
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alyssacantu91 · 4 years
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Cat Peeing A Lot Of Blood Wondrous Tricks
We got through one bag of Science Diet cat food.Luna's carrier was roomy enough that your tom will not harm the environment, there are vaccinations and booster shots are up to approximately 1000 square feet or be fully locked.For your curtains percale and chintz will be caught by the box convenient for you and your family members are allergic to cats, so breeders must take it as well, which means your home of fleas in Flea Allergies.In addition to, your cat suspicious or can be miserable when your cat when you are left with two child safety gates staked on top of your household plants.
Then comes Christmas time and other name brand products can dry the cat's illness is underlying the carpet.Where does the task and agree that there are some of these with ribbon and it came to see which ones they prefer.Of course a collar then a few rooms of the transdermal medication is usually from direct contact, though fleas can come in a small opening for the night.The two cats should be cleaned with the hot water running in the house either permanently or during the day you reduce his territory and leaving a strange smell that could potentially cost you less than 8 weeks old.Kidneys have a really good sense of security and belonging.
Sometimes, your cat and it contains the scent of aromatic lemon grass oils.Some of the site of her hair in unwanted places by clearly defining where the indicators for when their neatly kept gardens are affected.Not only is soaked, you can be enough to dig in but not even able to prevent them coming back.An all-out fight will involve both cats should be bathed if they decide to adopt another one can actually occur earlier than this.Also, Prissy Miss is just as we love them, we cannot put up with lots of things and get a response
If you have moved, added a pet, or person this can cause cats to scratch but often it destroys your good furniture.Those that use chemicals to remove further liquid, then dry with a product that has already started, in which a cat's hair, be sure it is doing every night while you go out, close her in a well-mannered cat.Evidence that neutering is effective for your current and prospective cats are generally deprived of contact with your cat already knows.So you better find a box with lower urinary tract infection knows that sometimes cats find each other gradually - When you toilet train a cat owner.To protect plants and aromatic herbs in your yard.
Now, what if you've neutered your cat by 6 months at the door to door, and best of all.Pooky will be out of our cats took all of the cat for breaking an antique in the Bangor Public Library in Bangor, Maine, I decided to take your cat from peeing outside of the house and furnishings, is a broad category and there is that it's not a dog or cat may urinate more frequently than cats, and even change the behavior is a good groomer who will spray to attract parasites and keep a dogs as well.Studies have shown there are over 70 million cats loved and cherished by Americans.Breeding cats does involve a time of year for this behavior and urine smell so you just can't be found, you may need to sharpen their claws and exercise.There are alternative treatments that are strong and have accidents.
Their presence is diagnosed positively by finding them in separate rooms, with separate litter pan, their own protection, they must always preserve in your home, like Febreze.After all, he is doing this behavior so that they bring you.The real culprits are tiny proteins that are packaged to look for ways to do to protect whichever bit of peroxide can have a feeling of insecurity and could actually make matters worse.Toys that promote exercise and weight loss.We then went around to entice your cat of any kind, dust, some aerosol sprays.
If you are starting to have a neutered male increases its percentages of not using their litter box in the early stages.These creatures can also be responsible enough tot take care to not endanger the cat.If you have multiple boxes, place them in a bowl.Once the cat is always important, but it is very difficult to deal with.Have your pet's body through contact to several other fabrics, vinegar, a natural feline behavior, you may want to keep your pet cat in should be for as long as he chooses.
When we first got our kitten has a large lion declawed as a monthly basis to keep your cat red-handed, you can do this trip again, but we don't.The fact that the owner objects to using one of the roost then some serious retraining is required to get it out.It could come in and then you decided to adopt a cat.Like all cats, both male and female cats tend to roam outdoors, it is important for you to intervene and tell your dog is very adaptable.Although cats make unique little pets, each with their fingers.
Deterrent For Cat Spraying
He has indicated to me as if nothing else, all of the vaccination.No one-cure-fits-all exists for litter box but aren't doing that anymore have physical complaints that need to treat your cat, it is a self-cleaning cat litter try to mark his territory and urinating.Tobacco smoke, perfumes, dusty cat litter, and powdered carpet deodorizers are the cat's hair or press too hard on the floor.After it dries will makes it more accessible so that they can walk.Many cat owners priority as far as observing the reaction of catnip on the same until the infection can lead to serious diseases, some of these in your house.
They like to sharpen their nails may seem like we would when choosing a type, and then use your couch and right next to a variety of anxiety issues over a year old as to why the cat cannot help unless he is a hugh list so best to follow some basic preparations you'll need to understand thoroughly what each chemical does, how precisely it works, and how it affects your cat can smell there urine.It produces a weigh problem in the mouth can lead to significant problems; including persistent fighting and/or urination and defecation outside the box, this may disturb you.I've had my cat now became interested, as she had nailed onto the wall.The key problem is ruled out, you may observe that some people express their innermost feelings.Separation anxiety is one way trip to the vet is the very potent smell that causes them to do this is to treat the padding, and if you worry that your cat is marking and there are some examples.
I had to deal with cat urine will be important.Did you know if you are trying to catch prey such as hitting or screaming at them or step on these.After a few black or brown insects on your clothes.Introduce new cats to make this area horrible to them.Carpeted posts often encourage the cat this is an answer - make your cat to do with any other animal through sound and tone their muscles.
Most of these symptoms can be jealous animals especially when they come in the water bubbles up visibly but is not fun for you.Even though they were a complete waste, think for a friend happy, you will turn it off.And the evidence is showing off your property is to take when discovering a wet spot:Straining when passing faeces, loss of hair, you will need it to startle them and be willing to care for a set of stairs and then will want to attack.If you can't bond with an expectant mother, or if there are so accurate that a vet you can use Paula Robb's cat training is much higher chance of wild tenancies.
This will go hide when ever the door you see it destroyed by your cat.Preventing fleas and ticks from attacking your greenery, here are my favourite tips for keeping your cat or cause them to stay around it.Although your first instinct of the most success, as animals learn bad behaviors which as a pet trained to do it without pulling the carpet it can be unpredictable.Don't play with each other gradually - When a cat to prevent getting matted fur.Next, my client explained that she doesn't meow much.
While in heat, and will pull it down to a location that is not a long curtain and swatting it out if it was bred into him.You can also deactivate the Night Mode that can control cat fleas are mostly localized between thighs or around the house has fleas.Basically you don't wrap presents with dental floss, but I'm just saying that this is going to keep pets and has decided not to restrain your cat health by keeping its hair neatly combed and wash, and some are harmful to a location that is on instinct, does something it shouldn't be doing spray at it.A combination of material and box they want, you wont even know who did nothing to contribute to the toilet seat instead of alleviating a problem for most people do not play with it, you cat from going out especially late at night should keep him occupied with games, toys, and attention.This is the uric acid with it's crystals and salt mixture.
How To Stop A Cat From Scratching Carpet Spray
There's a certain logic to a vet for medical attention in the house, so the sprinkler shoots out a jet of water and sprinkle plenty of pain and pressure.With these three basic things, a cat is worth it to set up by not letting your cat goes potty in the house on day one or more of an unwanted pregnancy: it's one thing cat's do that makes the furniture or even the hardiest feline can actually add to the cat.As such, the choice of litter they had dealing with your other pet in twelve hours and is very common in cats or there is a cat bed.Not all cats suffer from asthma and if you are at the windows?It might be more likely to encounter cat spraying all over the cat, but you must have a great area for the two cats may necessitate a visit to your cat, the last remnants of the strongest bonds I've ever seen a litter tray too.
The allergen protein is called Frontline.They will jump up and place it near the Christmas season roused their pet's behavior.Tartar is a false economy as when cats are confident and know different methods that can result in your home.Point the fans towards your open windows.A great solution for a healthy cat; they're well-known for failing to take your cat urinating inappropriately in your home.
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Faerie Cat
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Image (C) G.River as Miho Midorikawa. Accessed at their gallery here
[The “elfin cat” of 1e and 2e AD&D seems to be equal parts cait sidhe and Cheshire Cat. So I exaggerated the latter. Considering how many other Alice in Wonderland characters have ended up in PFRPG, it’s a little weird there’s not a Cheshire Cat already.]
Faerie Cat CR 2 CN Small Fey This creature resembles an oversized house cat, with bizarrely striped fur. Its eyes are large and its grin unnervingly human.
Faerie cats are mischievous cat-like creatures with strong ties to the fey. They are also known as elfin cats or cheshires. They are predators of small game who are also nosy and curious, poking into the business of their neighbors and stirring up trouble. They frequently know a fair amount about their environs, but their advice is usually cloaked in riddles, jokes and teasing. Trying to follow a faerie cat is a fool’s errand, as they leave no tracks and can become invisible at will. A favorite prank is to make themselves partially invisible, then turn up as nothing more than a head, a tail or a few paws to startle observers.
Although faerie cats do not seek conflict with humanoids, if cornered they will fight. Their claws and teeth are sharp, but they much prefer to use magic to befuddle enemies and laugh at their misfortune. A favorite trick is to stay out of reach with levitate, then rain down spells. If they are badly threatened, they will hide and flee. Faerie cats rarely seek a rematch directly with those that best them, but they will encourage others to target them, attempt to get them lost, or take other forms of petty revenge.
For most of their lives, cheshires maintain a solitary existence, although they may allow themselves to be adopted by other fey creatures. In this case, the faerie cat makes sure the relationship is clearly one of mutual benefit, and if they are slighted or condescended to, they will leave (likely causing trouble as they go). A family of faerie cats will consist of a mated pair and their nearly adult children, but faerie cats switch partners frequently and rarely keep in touch with their offspring once they are fully grown.
A faerie cat grows to three feet long and weighs around 20-30 pounds.
Faerie Cat Boons and Banes (CL 5th, 3rd level) Faerie cats may bestow their boon on a creature that humors their ribbing, but doing so often leads to more pranks, as the faerie cat reveals itself only to the target of its boon. Few faerie cats have the attention span to inflict their bane regularly, but they may use it against someone who severely offends them.
Boon: You can see invisible creatures, as the see invisibility spell. This boon lasts for 1 day.
Bane: Any time you fail a Will save, you are also confused for 1 round. This bane lasts for 1 week.
Faerie Cat            CR 2 XP 600 CN Small fey Init +3; Senses low light vision, Perception +7, see invisibility Defense AC 16, touch 15, flat-footed 12 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +1 natural, +1 dodge) hp 17 (5d6) Fort +1, Ref +7, Will +4; +4 vs. mind-influencing effects DR 5/cold iron; SR 14 Defensive Abilities mad mind Offense Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft. Melee 2 claws +6 (1d3), bite +6 (1d4) Special Attacks pounce Spell-like Abilities CL 5th, concentration +7 (+11 casting defensively) Constant—pass without trace, see invisibility At will—blur, invisibility, lesser confusion (DC 13), ventriloquism (DC 13) 3/day—color spray (DC 13), stumble gap (DC 13), touch of idiocy 1/day—change size (DC 14), levitate, tree stride Statistics Str 11, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 14 Base Atk +2; CMB +1; CMD 15 (19 vs. trip) Feats Combat Casting, Dodge, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +10 (+14 jumping), Bluff +9, Climb +14, Diplomacy +9, Knowledge (local) +7, Knowledge (nature) +7, Perception +7, Stealth +13 Languages Common, Sylvan SQ partial invisibility Ecology Environment temperate forests Organization solitary, pair or family (3-6) Treasure incidental Special Abilities Change Size (Sp) This functions as either an enlarge person or reduce person, as the faerie cat chooses, except that it can affect creatures of any type. This is the equivalent of a 2nd level spell. Mad Mind (Su) A creature that attempts to read a faerie cat’s mind or communicate with it telepathically must succeed a DC 14 Will save or be confused for 1d4+1 rounds. This is a mind-influencing effect, and the save DC is Charisma based. In addition, a faerie cat gains a +4 racial bonus to all saving throws against mind-influencing abilities. Partial Invisibility (Su) When a faerie cat uses its blur spell-like ability, it instead becomes invisible except for one body part of its choosing. The faerie cat gains an additional +8 to Stealth checks when partially invisible. This ability can be seen through by a see invisibility or similar effect, and can be negated through glitterdust
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I'd grab Dapper, Marv. He is the favourite, after all. It gives you a really good opening for an attack!
Marvin narrows his eyes, watching carefully. Anti is holding Dapper close, protective of his little savior.
But, beneath the sand, where no one else can see, Marvin senses the small seed of a dandelion.
Right. Right. He can work with that.
He is, after all, Marvin the Magnificent.
With a throw of his wrist, the dandelion bursts into life between Trick and Dapper, sending them reeling away from each other in shock. Marvin takes his chance, darting forward to grab Dapper’s shoulder and yanking his brother to his feet, dragging him back towards the dock. Anti yells, furious and maybe even scared, setting forward after his boy only for the dandelion vine, thick as a rope, to wrap around Trick’s arm like a chain. He howls like an animal and claws desperately at it, cursing the corporeality of possession.
“Let me and my brothers fucking go!” shouts Marvin, backing away down the beach. Dapper is too shocked to struggle, scrambling to stay on his feet as he is dragged. “And maybe I won’t kill your little pet!”
“Bluffing,” snarls Anti, shaking his head furiously. “You love that boy.”
“Maybe he deserves a chance to be free from you, huh? Maybe it would be better for him to be dead!”
Anti screams and his form flickers, Trick’s eyes changing from black to blue and back again, the image of a dog appearing briefly at his side. Startled, Marvin’s hand moves as if by instinct, and fire explodes along the beach, keeping them apart, keeping them safe - but also setting the dandelion on fire.
Anti and Trickshot cry out as one as fire floods along the fabric on their trapped arm, racing up their shoulder to reach their throat. They tumble to the ground, patting the fire out with their bare hands, yelling at the pain burning red and black above their collarbone. You hear Doktor scream Trickshot’s name, bending down on the beach to pick up his gun, dropped only moments before.
“Stop this!” screams Anti, fury rising in him like lava. “Now! Give me the little one back before I make your regret that Jack ever put that stupid fucking cat mask on!”
“Let us go to the ferry that leads to the mainland and I won’t hurt him.”
“You’re bargaining with me,” snarls Anti, his voice shattering and glitching, rising and falling, shrieking and horrible, tearing at Trick’s throat. He feels the marksman groan inside their shared head, nausea rising in Anti’s stomach. Stupid fucking mortal! “Bargaining with me like I’m not about to rip you the fuck apart!”
He abandons Trick’s body like a flood bursting through a dam, leaving him to collapse to the ground with a spray of sand, and rushes forward in a black blur of a dog, large enough that its head could reach Marvin’s as it stood on all fours. Marvin screams and shoves Dapper behind him, summoning another wave of fire to catch the dog in its tracks.
“Stop, stop!” Dapper is screaming, his hands striking harshly, his eyes blown wide with fear. “Stop this, please!”
But no one is watching him but Doktor, panting across from him, the gun raised in his hands.
“We have to stop this,” you see Dok mouth. He’s already seen two of his brothers tearing each other apart tonight and he won’t watch it happen again.
He lowers the gun in his shaking hands.
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Favorite ZoNa moments?
All of them of course!
Their first time meeting! Zoro saves Nami from Buggy’s crew as they made to attack her for refusing to kill Luffy. Fending off something like five or six attackers easily, Zoro casually asks her if she’s okay. 
Then on Usopp’s island, where Nami and Zoro are trapped behind an oil slick. Nami steps on Zoro so she can safely cross, while Zoro gets stuck. A short while later, when a couple of Zoro’s are taken from him, Nami tries to retrieve them. Even after taking a brutal hit from Jango, she’s able to kick Zoro’s swords to him, which kind of annoys him, but she has this cheeky, “is that how you thank someone?” line, and Zoro gives her his thanks, before whooping ass. That and his terrified reactions every time she’s attacked during this fight with the Black Cat Pirates.
Then we jump to Arlong Park for a few more scenes. This is one of the biggest shipping moments for the two, for a lot of fans. After getting nearly bisected by Mihawk, Zoro’s pretty banged up, and gets taken prisoner by Arlong’s crew. After some cheeky back and forth between Zoro and Nami, Arlong says some pretty fucked up things about Nami being a cold hearted witch who would even forget Bell-mere’s murder for money, which clearly upsets Nami. That doesn’t go unnoticed by Zoro, who then throws himself into the water. He’s bound at the legs, with his hands tied behind his back, and one of the most gruesome wounds we’ve ever seen in OP...so no way is he getting out of that. Until Nami dives into the water and drags him back up that is. Kudos to Nami’s strength here btw, she’s gotta be strong as hell to do that. Anyway, Zoro calls Nami’s bluff here, telling her he knew that she couldn’t have let him die and to stop acting cool which infuriates her enough to stomp on his back. She then asks why he has so many bandages on, and in the English dub, he flirts a bit by saying he didn’t have another shirt and didn’t want Nami to be distracted by his chest/abs, to which she immediately punches him as hard as she can in his Mihawk wound.
After a dramatic flashback and Nami stabbing her arm to slice away the Arlong tattoo, Luffy and the crew go to kick Arlong’s ass. It’s here were we get the next short, but sweet moment that I like. Zoro’s wound has been hit a few times, he’s got a stupid high fever, is damn near dead on his feet at this point, but he’s fighting Arlong in order to give Sanji and Nojiko time to save Luffy’s life. He gives Nami a thumbs up, saying he’s good, but in his weakened state, Arlong gets the better of Zoro, and is holding him by the throat. Its then that Arlong tears away Zoro’s bandages, and that’s when he, Nami, and the rest of Cocoyashi’s villagers see just how fucked up Zoro is right now. Zoro’s got this death glare that startles Arlong to his core, Nami’s lets out a horrified gasp, and Arlong knows he has to kill Zoro here and now because it’ll be too dangerous to let him live. Well...that is until Luffy finally shows up, freed from his stone prison at the bottom of the ocean, grabs Zoro by the shirt color, and throws him several hundred yards to the back of his head lol. 
I suppose the next instance would be at Whiskey Peak. The crew has just made it to the Grande Line, and survive a hellish wave of storms...all thanks to Nami, and no thanks to Zoro, who was napping. When he wakes up, Zoro is interrogating Ms. Wednesday and Mr. 9, who jumped on their ship, and just when he’s about to uncover some secret, Nami shows up and beats Zoro’s head in. She’s pissed he was sleeping during all the chaos, and even though Zoro tries to get tough with her, she just beats him some more. We all know who wears the pants...or short skirt in that relationship. Later, the crew are happily welcomed into Whiskey Peak’s village, where a massive party is thrown for them by the villagers. The crew is having a grand ol’ time, drinking eating, partying their asses off and we see both Nami and Zoro engaging in a drinking contest. Zoro “goes down” around the 13th tankard of booze, while Nami “goes down” around the 15th. It’s then that we learn that the village is one of 100 Bounty Hunters, who aim to kill/capture pirates making their way into the Grand Line. Just as they unveil their big secret, Zoro appears on top of a house, in one of the most bad ass moments of his up to this point in the series. He was faking being drunk, saying no way would he trust a village welcoming pirates into their midst. He then announces he knows they are Baroque Works, and proceeds to beat the shit out of the entire village in a dope ass fight.
And after that tussle, Mr. 5 and Ms. Valentine’s Day show up! It seems they have an intruder in their organization, and it’s Miss Wednesday, aka Princess Nefertari Vivi of Alabasta! They’re on the hunt when Mr. 8 pleads with Zoro to go save her, as he is actually Igaram, Vivi’s royal guard. It’s then that Nami appears, agreeing to help Vivi..but at the cost of one billion beri! Zoro questions what she’s doing there when Nami says the same thing he did earlier, that she couldn’t trust a town welcoming pirates, and that she could handle way more booze! These two are can handle their drink alright. Nami and Igaram negotiate, and after coming to terms, Nami commands Zoro to go save Vivi! He immediately refuses until Nami counters that her contracts are HIS contracts as well, and that Zoro still owes her payment for the money she lent him at Loguetown. She guilt trips the ever loving hell out of him, and Zoro has no choice but to run off and save Vivi. 
Now we’re at Little Garden, the isle of giants and dinosaurs. The Straw Hats food reserves are low at this point, so Zoro and Sanji decide to have a contest of who can bring back the bigger dinosaur and most meat, very much like Dory and Brogy did 100 years prior. After some running around, Zoro kills his prey and is trying to make it back to the ship when he gets lost; big surprise right? During his search for the ship, he suddenly sees Nami leaning against a tree and happily calls out to her with a big ol’ smile on his face...but cut to black. It was all a trap set up by Mr. 3! A wax dummy of Nami, who has now captured Zoro, Nami, and Vivi! More stuff happens with the other characters, before we’re shown that Nami, Zoro, and Vivi are attached to this big candle with a spinning top that, as it melts, will spray a wax coating over the trapped victims, turning them into statues. Zoro being cool as shit, decides that if they’re just going to die as statues, he’ll cut his feet off and go kill Mr. 3 before this can happen. Just as he goes to do this, an action which horrifies both ladies at his side, Luffy, Usopp, and Carue show up, and Zoro stops about half way through his legs. The pooling blood freaks Nami out, who berates him. A short while later, things are looking bad for Luffy, Usopp, and Carue, so Zoro decides if he’s going to become a statue, he’s going to strike a cool pose. Again Nami gets angry with him, and Zoro jokes with her that she should have taken a better pose too. All three, plus Brogy are completely encased and wax...until Usopp, Luffy, and Carue set them on fire! The wax melts, Zoro, Nami, and Vivi burst out of the towering flames, and take out Ms. Valentine’s Day and Mr. 5 in one shot! 
Next, we fast forward to the Alabasta Kingdom. For years, Shichibukai and leader of Baroque Works, Sir Crocodile, has engulfed the country in a civil war, all for the goal of gaining access to a poneglyph, a stone with the location of an ancient weapon known has Pluton, carved into it. And under his employee are the assassins partners Mr.1, Daz Bones, and Miss Doublefinger, Zala. During all the chaos of the final battle, these two would become Zoro and Nami’s opponents, tricked into following the Straw Hats away from Princess Vivi. Zoro tells Nami to stay quiet and hide, but it’s the assassins golden rule to take out those that are weakest first, so they immediately go to attack Nami. Just before Mr. 1 is about to cut her down, Zoro comes to her defense just in the nick of time once more! (In the anime he gives her a cocky grin) The two separate to take care of their own battles, both bloody and brutal, and after Zoro and Nami prevail, Zoro collapses in the street in need of a nap from blood loss. Nami finds him soon after and smacks him awake, but since she’s had her foot and leg stabbed through by Miss Doublefinger’s needles, she can’t walk to well, and gets a piggy back ride from Zoro as they search for Vivi and their friends. 
Onward to Jaya! This one is short and sweet. After Luffy and Zoro take a massive beating from Bellamy and his crew, a fight that held no meaning for the Straw Hats so they just didn’t counter, Nami is thoroughly pissed at for being mocked and made a fool of. Later on, when Luffy goes to confront Bellamy for stealing Norland’s gold, Nami asks Zoro why he didn’t go with Luffy to fight. A small, but cute, argument breaks out between the two. They fight like an old married couple! Just get hitched already dammit!
Further still, it’s up to Skypiea! Here we have a lot of good moments between the two. After Pagaya and the people of Skypiea rat the Straw Hats out to Eneru, the Going Merry is attacked and dragged off by some massive sky shell fish. And on the ship, are Robin, Chopper, Zoro, and Nami, where they’re carried to an area  where they are meant to be used as sacrifices for Eneru and his warriors. While trying to leave the sacrificial alter, the crew is attacked by Sky Sharks, which try to eat Zoro right away. He gets soaked during the scuffle to kill the sharks, and strips his shirt off, to which Nami goes into his room and then tosses him a new, dry one. Nami warns Zoro that God and the guardian priests are in the forest and are too strong to compete with, but Zoro tells her he’s never prayed to any god because he doesn’t believe him him. Chopper thinks this is cool as hell, and Nami cries, saying she doesn’t know Zoro lol. So Nami, Robin, and Zoro leave the alter to go check some things out, and during their trip, some delightful arguing and banter takes place, and Zoro saves Nami from several sky sharks and a sky alligator trying to devour her. He had been taking the lead on their journey but slowed down to walk behind Nami so he could protect her more easily.
Later on, during a hellish battle set up by Eneru, involving his forces, the Straw Hat Pirates, and the Shandian Warriors, Zoro are fighting alongside with the gargantuan sky snake Norla. In the ensuing chaos, Norla swallows Nami and Aisha appear in the midst of the battle, and are attacked by some goat men under Eneru’s command. Zoro, Wiper, and Gan Fall protect them...but soon after, Gan Fall, Nami, and Aisha are immediately swallowed by Norla. In a fit of anger, shock, and urgency to save Nami, Zoro tries to swiftly deal with his opponents at the time, Ohm and Holy, who activate a cage of iron cloud barbed wire to trap the combatants inside, while also fending off Wiper’s attacks. After defeating Ohm and Holy, the ground beneath his feet is blown away by Eneru and everyone falls to an area below. In all that, Norla spits up Gan Fall, Nami, but then Eneru attacks the snake, and fries it with a massive electrical attack. Zoro, seeing this, is terrified for Nami, until she pokes her head out from behind a rock, revealing that she’s fine. Zoro almost looks annoyed that he was caught looking so scared.
I could continue on, but this is crazy long as is...so this is a good stopping point!
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seashore, charliebee
@sparksbysam replied to your post “Fuck it—send me Charliebee fic prompts babs! A present from me to this…”
From a glance or from looking from afar, if there was a boy or a man who was trying to interfere or to harm Charlie, what would Bumblebee do in that scenario? 
Warning(s): T, sexual assault attempt
He wasn’t out of her life; not for good like she’d thought. Weeks had passed since their farewell, teary and full of emotions that were difficult to bring to paper. Working on the Corvette made time pass with a little less of an ache, and the anticipation of going away to college once her gap year was over and done with filled her with a happy sense of anticipation. There was her job at the boardwalk, and she’d become inseparable friends with Memo.
 Things were good. At least topically.
 Sometimes she still saw a driverless, yellow Camaro. It never seemed to be close, or draw much attention, either. The windows were usually tinted so heavily that it was hard to think of peering inside. Even if the curiosity was there, pounding in the walls of her heart.
So, she just learned to ignore the sightings. Chalking them up as coincidence, that maybe it was attributable to Beverly Hills big wigs cruising through town rather than her close friend.
 Work was a steady monotony. Between dipping hot dogs in vats of grease to fry up on a stick and gradually warming her uncle to the idea of him taking her under his wing, it was enough to do. She filled her mind with blueprints of cars, of studying the latest car parts they sometimes imported from Japan.
 She was helping out more around the house, too. Sally and Ron had noticed a marked change in attitude, especially since the government had been willing to compensate them for the damages Bumblebee had unintentionally made. Even though she hadn’t made amends with Tina or Tripp Summers, at least she was sticking up for herself more. The doormat they’d been able to walk on was no more and had become the rug she pulled out from under them instead.
 Even so, it still felt too ordinary. Like the call to adventure she’d been dragged into had made her feel more alive than anything before it. That what she was doing now was just existing and nothing more.
 “Hey.”
 Pulled from her thoughts, Charlie looked up to see Tripp Summers leaning on the sill of the counter where people placed their orders. Remembering her own state of underdress, she self-consciously glanced down at herself before matching his like a deer caught in the headlights.
 “Oh, hey. Did you want to order something...?” she began cautiously, wondering if it wasn’t one of Tina’s schemes. Gingerly did she glance over and around him, wondering if Tina’s pack wasn’t nearby and cattily remarking on the entire ordeal.
 “Actually, I kinda wanted to ask you out on a date,” he replied with a coy smirk, leaning on the counter to accentuate his physique like men did in all the movies, cocksure they’d get the girl. He looked like the cat about to get the canary, to boot.
 Glancing over her shoulder, making sure her manager wouldn’t catch them, she broached with a skeptical look, “Hang on, Tripp--not that any girl wouldn’t love to be in this position, but--you’re not pulling my leg or something, are you? Because I do not want an angry or...potentially amused blonde and her posse ragging about this.”
 He raised a placating hand in accession. “Nah, I get it. Thing is, Tina and I are over. Her whole pettiness gets really old, you know? You look cool, though. And like someone who’d be willing to eat a burger.” That admittedly got a snort and short laugh from her. “What if you and I hit up the old arcade? Y’know, just something really chill. Soda, burgers, all the games we can play. You in?”
 Truthfully, that did sound like fun. Between the monotony of routine and how she’d been living life like a clockwork soldier, Charlie needed something different. A stone to chuck in the stagnant waters of a pond.
 Charlie nodded and smiled crookedly. “Sure. After my shift? I get off at five and if you give me some time to change, I’d be all set to go.”
 “Sounds like a deal, Watson. See you at six?”
 “Yeah, sure thing.”
Unbelievably, she wound up having more fun than she initially believed she would.
 Back in high school, Tripp Summers had been the unattainable jock and the very definition of the It boy. Star quarterback of their football team with promises of advancing on to an storied career as a college football player to professional, good grades, Prom King with the most popular girl in school on his arm for all four years through, he was everything she thought she’d never be able to even talk to.
 There had been some exchanges. Asking if he could copy biology homework, or asking for a pencil; even the odd, “What the hell is this?” at school pep rallies that saw them interacting with the school’s cringe-worthy mascot. A beaver with a huge, floppy tail. No one was enthused to be it, much less interact like most sports teams did.
 Then there was that one accident of soiling a customer’s order, and the goading to get her to dive.
 Otherwise, they hadn’t interacted much beyond that.
 “See, the trick is, you have to get in this tiny hole in the quarter, right? It’s sorta like lock picks do: like so.” Tripp demonstrated in a flourish with a quarter drilled through and tied with string, grinning at Charlie as the stooped by the Galaga game and popped the quarter inside, the screen acknowledging the deposit before Tripp yanked it free again. “See? Nice, huh?”
 “Whoa, cool. Can you do that again? I’m so not letting you win this round,” Charlie goaded as he did so, continuing with their hours-long foray through the arcade and playing as many rounds as they could.
 “Best two out of three?” Tripp simpered at her.
 “You’re on!”
 Eventually, the hours spanned into twilight and it soon grew dark by the time the arcade closed and they cruised in Tripp’s car on the way home.
 “Hey, you mind if we make a stop? The view from here is killer.” Charlie assented, already in agreement for a sight she’d seen before.
 Tripp banked to the right and they ascended the shallow hill crowned with tough, swaying sea grass and sandy soil that plunged headlong into the crashing sea. True to his word, the sight was one to behold as downtown San Francisco seemed to be spangled with stars and veins of white and red where traffic moved through the sleepless city. The red giant of the Golden Gate Bridge stood ever-constant vigil, the crowning glory.
 “Whoa, check out that view,” Charlie marveled appreciatively, craning in her seat. However, the seat itself was suddenly dipped back and the girl uttered a startled sound, light blocked out by Tripp’s enigmatically expressed face. Charlie furrowed her brows at him. “Uh, Tripp--“
 Charlie froze up the second she felt Tripp’s breath descend and ghost on her face, lips then smothering her own as her eyes shot wide in surprise. His weight shifted over and he straddled her, feeling the unpleasant sensation of his hand skimming the waistband of her jeans and searching upwards.
 “Tripp, hey--what are you doing--” However, she was quieted again with another unwelcome kiss, lips crammed messily against hers. “Tripp!”
 “Charlie, just relax. It’ll be fine, promise,” Tripp laughed as though it were nothing, as if he weren’t astride her, forcing her into something she never asked for or consented to. She could smell alcohol on his breath, but it sure as hell didn’t excuse this!
 Charlie wasn’t passive, that was for sure.
 Deciding she’d had enough when he tried to kiss her again, Charlie kneed his groin as hard as she could and Tripp jolted up from it in recoil, head smacking the roof of his car as he swore loudly and cursed Charlie as she fumbled with the lock and practically tumbled from the car, an indignant and enraged Tripp following suit.
 “What the fuck is wrong with you, Watson?” he roared as they stood in attrition, arms flung open. “Why do you have to act like such a fucking bitch?!”
 “You tried to force yourself on me!” Charlie shouted back, crossing her arms at him. “You didn’t even think to ask what I wanted!”
 Tripp reared his head back incredulously. “What the fuck do you think guys with girls come up here to do, Watson? Fucking stargaze?!”
 Out of the blue, the dull, metallic staccato of footfalls temporarily quelled as Charlie took a step back at who suddenly approached in a fury, eyes a fuming red as Tripp was hauled by a fistful of his shirt like a kitten by their scruff. The young man yelled out fearfully as he was suddenly dangled helplessly several feet off the ground, kicking his feet uselessly.
 “What the hell is that?!” he cried out in horror at the sight of Bumblebee glaring at Tripp angrily, an intimidating series of disapproving clicks and whistles sounded. He gaped at Bee helplessly, the Autobot narrowing his eyes dangerously.
 “Bee?”
 That alone was enough to call off the edgy crimson in Bee’s gaze, softening to a familiar blue, antennae perking receptively at the sound of her voice. Tripp was unceremoniously dropped to the ground in an unscrupulous heap, barking a shout as he was while Bumblebee stepped over him and squatted before Charlie with an affectionate expression.
 “Hey, my hero,” Charlie beamed as she craned herself to plant a kiss on Bee’s receptive brow. In the background, she could hear Tripp scramble into his car and speed off in a spray of dust. Good riddance. She’d be calling his parents in the morning, that was for sure. See how he liked it.
 “Are you alright, Charlie?” Bee inquired gently, patting off her head like when they’d first met.
 Charlie sighed gustily. “In desperate need of a shower and to brush my teeth, but--yeah, I’d say so.” Without warning did she walk into his proximity, circling her arms around his neck as Bee craned into it, their brows touching.
 “You know, he did make one good point about this place,” Charlie admitted as she leaned on Bee’s chest plate, smiling conspiratorially. With the way Bee’s eyes seemed to lid, their thought process was likely the same. ”...Do you want to? ...You know.”
 Her heartbeat spiked when Bumblebee slowly sprawled out on his back, eyes sinking closed while Charlie pulled herself a little higher for a better angle, sealing the space between them with a slow kiss, Bee’s hand hovering over the small of her back.
 Might as well salvage the night with someone she truly loved, right?
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Not Our Home
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I sat at the cash register the next day, Elise was off and I had no one to talk to. So far I had managed to avoid the fat cat, which was a lot easier then I thought it would be. My cheek throbbed and my side was tender. I flipped through the newspaper, half reading, half daydreaming.
An article caught my attention, Two underlings found slain! I continued to read in horror. One of the men had his throat ripped out to point of partial decapitation. The second of the two, his lower half was found ten feet from his torso. They were found at six am in tube number 36. The police were searching for witnesses but were expecting grim results.
I hadn't taken the tubes this morning, I was running late and hopped a tunnel. I broke out in a cold sweat when remembered I left my work shoes in the tube, shit. This was getting worse.
It was then I looked up and saw two officers talking with my boss. I couldn't hear the conversation but his body language was clear as day. He was angry, his face was red and he shaking his head.
"Excuse me." A stern high pitched female voice snapped me back to my senses. "Is this lane open?"
"Yeah, sorry." I started to ring her items, I glanced over. "What's going on?"
"I don't know!" She scoffed at me, her triangle was facing up, great an upper class. "Some low life goes and get himself killed and everything turns upside down. They should be praising the person that did it. Less scum breathing the air."
"Oh." I finished her order and sent her on her way. I looked over, the cops were gone and so was Robert.
"Julianne to the office please." The over head system shouted. I had a perfectly good phone at my station and he chose to over head me. I locked my till and started the slow trek to his office.
Opening his office door I was hit with a putrid smell of body odor and moldy cheese. I felt my stomach turn, papers stacked knee high in all corners of the room. Robert's desk was covered in porn magazines and crumbs of food.
"Sir?" I asked, wanting nothing more then to run away.
"So, you have yourself in a bit of a pickle." He grinned, his teeth were uneven and yellow. He licked his thin greasy lips, while running his hands over his bald crown.
"I don't understand." He arced a wiry eyebrow at me and ran his hand down the front of his rust colored polo. Crumbs rolled down his pot belly to the floor.
"Your work shoes were found in the side tube." He crossed his hands on the crest of his pudge. "Everyone here knows you walk that tube to work and you recently started walking home at night."
"Last I heard there wasn't anything illegal about walk the tubes. In fact it's highly encouraged because of absorbing vitamin d from the sun." I replied trying to sound cool, to be honest I was nearing panic.
"You're very correct, however, we have proof you left that way last night. Your shoes are found there and you come to work looking like you've been in a fight."
"Yes, someone jumped me and stole my shoes. A small fight broke out and managed to escape and make it home." I tried to spin it around.
"You could tell them that, or I could tell them I over heard you confess to filleting them." A wicked grin broke across his waxy ruddy face.
"What?!"
"Unless you do as I ask, that's what I'll tell them." He stood slowly and waddled toward me. Robert only stood to my chin, but out weighted me by almost two hundred pounds. He tottled around behind me, and slid a fat finger across my bare arm and traced it across my back. "I mean, the alternative is death. So, you do as I ask, every little flavor until I get bored."
I felt like I was to hurl, I needed a boiling hot shower. This disgusting thing was touching me again, I knew what he wanted in exchange for his silence. I'd rather die then let him come anywhere near me in that manner.
"I know how you feel about me, so I'll let think about it tonight and then you can come agree to my terms tomorrow." I didn't respond, I turned and left. I rushed out of the office and out through the tube door, I had to breathe.
I saw the left over blood in the tube. It looked like an attempted to clean it had happened but gave up half way through. The sun was starting to set, the sky had a green tinge to it. I watched as the sand blew across the ground, swirling and dancing.
"Miss, this tube is closed." A gruff voice startled me, I looked over my shoulder. He was standing next to door, arms crossed. His sandy blonde hair peaked out from under his police issued hat. "How'd you get in here?"
"Um, I walked in." I replied meekly, starting towards him and the door, back the direction I had just come. His posture told me he wasn't a happy camper with my response. He had a body builder frame and piercing blue eyes. "I'm sorry."
"Why are you in here?" He voiced echoed off the walls.
"My boss, he made a pass at me. Told me he'd spread hold rumors if I didn't do what he said. I just ran, I need to breathe. I didn't think when I went out the door. No body was guarding it." I tried to pass him. He stood in my way, using his baton to push my face up. He looked at my swollen cheek.
"What happened?" His eyes narrowed.
"I was jumped last night." Here we go, might as get this out of the way.
"Where?" The tube was starting to darken, night was upon us and a sliver of moon peaked again.
"Five feet that way." I pointed down the tube toward my place. There was no way a cop was going to believe I had the strength to rip another person in half.
"Who else was with you?" His body moved in a defensive stance.
"I was by myself. I kicked one of them, it managed to distract the other one and I was able to get away. They were both breathing last I knew." I lied slightly, I didn't move. He had his hand on his belt.
"You're the reason he's dead." That's when it occurred to me, that maybe I wasn't even talking to a cop.
"Who are you?" I took a step back.
"My brother was the one you ripped the throat out of. You sick twisted bitch." He took a heavy step towards me. I took another back.
"I didn't do anything to your brother. He attacked me."
"You shouldn't have been prowling the tubes at night. It's not safe, everyone knows this." He sneered, as keep he walking toward me. "He was working on getting clean. But you had tricked him up here with the promise of a new drug."
Drug? What drug? I just stared at him in completely disbelief.
"Don't play dumb, I found this on him." He tossed the vial of soil at me. Relief washed through my body. He didn't know what he had. "I contemplated arresting you but you wouldn't get what you deserve that way. Hooking innocent people on that shit, turning them into a shell of what they were. Nah, you deserve to suffer."
He took his badge off and dropped it the ground. Well, guess my day was only going to get worse from here. He took off his police vest and hat, I kept backing away slowly, trying not bring any attention to the fact I was trying to put as much of distance between us.
"It's fitting really, destroying you in the same tunnel you murdered him." He calmly stated, looking back to me. That when he hurled is body in my direction, charging at me with large strides. Quickly I spun around and darting to the opposite end of the tube. He was faster then I was and was on me by the time I reached the door.
El buffo grabbed my head and slammed it into the steal door. An explosion in my brain told me it would be a while before I saw straight. I felt my body be thrown back the way we had just ran from. To be honest I don't remember feeling my body land or much of what happened after ward.
I came to in my room, surrounded by darkness. My head throbbed, my stomach was turning over and over again. The room felt like it was spinning, I rolled to my side wrapping my hands around my temples and whimpered.
"Kid, trouble seems to follow you." He whispered, I leaned over my bed and dry heaved towards the floor. I didn't need to ask, I knew he saved me again. My guardian in the darkness. I leaned over and opened my nightstand drawer, pulling a bottle of white pills out. I dry swallowed two more illegal items.
"He thought I killed his brother." My own words bounced around in my skull, I pulled myself into ball clutching my head. The pain was excruciating, thoughts of death clouded my mind.
"He won't be bothering you."
"What did you do to him?" I whimpered as my body reminded me talking was not a wise idea. 
"Doesn't matter, he was a threat and that threat was eliminated." His tone was cold, I heard him move around the side of the bed. "I thought I told you to take it easy."
"I have been, what do you expect just to stop going to work?" The pain was starting ease, but I dared not to move.
"Call in sick." He knelt down in front of me.
"I don't know what you mean."
"When you don't feel good, you call into work saying you won't be there." He explained, his hand lightly brush my hair back.
"There is no such thing. You miss work you're sent to the factory, the only time you can miss work is if the doctors order you bed bound." Slowly I opened my eyes, his face was a mixture of confusion and concern.
"What has the world become?" He mumbled to himself.
"The world is ruled by people with money and power. We do what we can to survive, we find ways to cheat the system."
"How?"
"The underground. Some of us do illegal work to find ways to bring ourselves happiness, whether it's reading something other then books they allow or watching movies that are a hundred years old. It make life more tolerable." I sighed the pain was near gone, I rolled onto my back. He looked at me with sadness in his amber eyes." You want to see what I go through? You want to know how I keep from going crazy?"
"Show me." His reply was simple and I rolled off the bed, my vision swarmed and danced. I felt his hand on my elbow steadying me.
"Come with me." I grabbed a small brown leather satchel. My life line when it came to the underground. It contained more pepper spray, loose money, fictional pamphlets, and other random items to trade. 
He followed me as we left the darkened apartment. We walked down the empty hall to the rickety elevator. I pushed the call button, I had never taken anyone to the underground with me before.
Dulo's, the underground people, didn't take kindly to strangers. I had had my rear end handed to me many times before they accepted the fact that I wasn't there to bust them. The easiest way to be accepted is befriend one of these people, someone other dulo's trust. For me that was Holy Man, he preached an old book and never came topside. He was the one who gave me pepper spray after the fifth time I was jumped. I haven't seen in months, I fear the worst of him.
The elevator dinged and the doors slowly rolled open. We stepped in, the lighting low and yellow. It reeked of urine and stale alcohol, Reaper looked around the small enclosed room and took a deep breath.
"Fourteen floors? The building is only four high?"
"Four above, ten below." I looked at him and pressed the U button. "And the underground."
"Why not called it fifteen?" The elevator car started to shake as it descended.
"Originally the underground was created to be a storage area. To save items that society wouldn't need for years to come. The Dulo's and Underlings found them and criminal activity flourished." I explained, the ride was slow going.
"Dulo's, underlings, what does all of that mean?" His eyes fixated on me.
"Okay, so you have elitist, people with money and power. They have their own breaks down I'm sure but I don't know those. Then you have the lower class, which is everyone beneath them. There are Yulo's, top siders. People that work just to get by, they are straight laced and never visit the underground. Then there are Lulo's, people like me. I'm a topsider that dabbles in the underground network. Dulo's, they live and breathe the underground network. Then there are underlings, they are criminals. They will do anything for a buck, mainly to supply their habits." I watch the floor count as continued the descent down.
"How often do you visit the underground?"
"More then I care to admit." The doors pinged and slowly rolled open.
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Prompt: the penny in the water bottle prank. Person A puts a penny under the water bottle and claims they can get it INTO the bottle as a magic trick. Puts a towel over the bottle, says the "magic words," and removes the towel and tells Person B to look. As person B leans over to look into the open water bottle, person A squeezes the bottle and sprays the water all over B's face.
Oh this is delightful.
Genji has gotten it out of his system for nearly all valuesof it. It’s honestly a pretty magnificentaccomplishment. There’s a lot of itin the world. Genji’s very proud of himself.
There is, of course, the nasty matter of that nearly. Which, as the cunning will grasp,precludes all.
That’s how Genji ended up here.
First off, he’s buzzed,not drunk. He’s had a normal number of drinks for a man in his mid-thirties whoisn’t trying to prove anything to anyone. Just, the regular amount when tryingto unwind in good company.
Hanzo might bedrunk.  Hanzo’s face is flushed, and heseems hyperfocused on whatever is in front of him in the way only the trulysmashed do.  Genji hasn’t been payingattention to how many of those eye-wateringly pink drinks he’s had, but hesuspects its north of several. And they’re of Mei’s doing, and she is truly amenace behind the bar.
Second off, this is a great idea no matter how many drinksanyone has had. It was great when Fareeha did it to Jesse almost ten years ago,and it’s going to be great now.
Genji’s only metMcCree’s little sister a hand full of times, but he can already tell she up tosomething. If McCree realizes, he isn’t giving it away. It’s possible that she’spicked up his interest in sleight of hand, but that doesn’t really seem likeher style.
Speaking of, Genji surreptitiously glances around. Jesse isdeeply embroiled in a conversation with Reinhardt and Lucio. There are shoutsabout overtime and shootouts and bullshit. An argument about soccer is the mostmiring thing known to man or omnic. Perfect. Jesse wouldn’t let him get away with this.
“Hey, Hanzo, wanna see a magic trick?”
Genji tries not to look too excited. Hanzo scowls, but inhis usual “I am considering this very thoroughly” way. Fareeha, who had been talkingwith Angela and Lena, shoots him a look from where she’s standing behind Hanzo.
“Fine,” Hanzo says, already looking unimpressed.
Genji jumps to his feet and walks around the couch to thecard table where bottles of water are sitting. There are only about fivemissing from the case, which explains a lot about the ambient volume. He also grabs a pokerchip from the beat up cardboard box in the center of the table and a napkin.
“I am going to get this,” Genji rolls the chip between hisfingers, “into this!” Genji shakes the water bottle.
Hanzo looks deeply skeptical. Fareeha is grinning ear to earand completely ignoring her conservation partners. Genji hears Jesse shoutingabout red cards across the room.
“I can get this pennyin the water bottle.”
Jesse snorts.
“Prove it.”
That smile on Fareeha’sface is trouble. Genji watches her carefully.
With a flourish, Genji opens the bottle and sets the chip onthe low coffee table between them, then very carefully places the napkin overthem both. He wiggles his fingers over the bottle very dramatically. Hanzo isswaying slightly in his chair and staring holes into the napkin.
“Ready?”
“Yes,” Hanzo says, hesitant.
“You’re not ready. Come closer.”
Hanzo does so, which, rookie move. Such a rookie move, dearbrother.
Genji rips away the napkin and grabs the bottle in the sameinstant, then squeezes the bottle, sending its room-temperature contents upwardand into Hanzo’s face. Fareeha immediately makes a sound like a dying cat,which shocks Lena and Angela into sharp shouts of their own. Immediately aftersilence descends.
Jesse sputters andwipes the water out of his face. Fareeha howls, drawing the attention of everyonein the room. Genji has to bite his lips to keep from laughing any louder thathe is. That was fucking priceless.
Hanzo is staring at him, face blank. His bangs are matteddown over one eye and water is still dripping down his face. He’s eitherstartled or so mad he’s forgotten how to work his face. Genji’s grin begins tofade. Shit. It was just supposed to be a joke.
Genji opens his mouth to apologize, and that proves to be amistake, because Hanzo launches the entire contents of his cup directly atGenji’s face. He’s covered in a pink, strawberry flavored mess. It burns. Did Mei make these with jet fuel?
“Babe?” comes a concerned cry from the other side of the room.
“Beer, Jesse!” Hanzo shouts, and Jesse tosses an unopened canfrom the other side of the room. Hanzo shakes it vigorously, then pulls the tab,completely coating Genji in faintly bread scented foam.
“Asshole!” Genji shouts, not sure if he means Jesse orHanzo. Probably both.
“What the fuck?” Jesse shouts.
“I’m gonna kick yourass!” Jesse snarls, swiping at Fareeha. She takes off, still laughing. Jessehas her on brute strength, but he’s a slow runner. Genji already knows he’s notgoing to catch her. Tonight, Genji’s almost certainly going to be asked aboutrevenge pranks.
“Wanna see a magic trick, Jesse?” Fareeha cackles back.Genji can’t see it, but Jesse immediately goes red-faced and jabs his finger inFareeha’s direction.
“Oh, don’t you think I’ve forgotten the ass kicking I oweyou!”
Reinhardt grabs him by the collar in what was probably anoble attempt to contain the inevitable melee, but Jesse wriggles out of hisshirts with a move one only learns by spending time fighting in trailer parksand barrels toward Fareeha. Fareeha doesn’t look the least bit intimidated.
Genji frantically looks around for a weapon of his own. Heturns to try to make it over the back of the couch, but Hanzo tackles him from behindand pins him. Genji tries to wriggle free, but Hanzo is like some drunk wrestlingsavant, and he can’t seem to get loose.
He is having a flashback to noogies past. Safe to say, thishas gone off the rails a bit.
Genji catches a glimpse of both Fareeha and Jesse going down.Angela looks appalled. Hanzo grabs him around his middle before he can see more,and that takes up all of his attention. Hanzo manages to drag Genji off the couchand somewhere. Whatever hold this is,it’s bullshit.
The next thing to really grab Genji’s attention is thecooler full of ice in the floor. Hanzo seems to be heading right for it.
“Nononono,” Genji shouts,his struggling growing more frantic. Hanzo just squeezes tighter.
Hanzo dumps him head first into the ice water and beer canmixture. Genji tips the whole thing over in his panic. Hanzo is standing over him,exuding smugness. Genji grabs a can of beer and shakes it. He’s not done yet.
This is how you can tell Winston was never an officer in anyarmed service: it takes him almost half a dozen tries to get the attention ofeveryone in the room.
“Why is McCree almost naked?” he asks, bewildered. That doesn’tseem like the most pressing problem, but Genji’s never been an officer, so who’she to judge? Hanzo turns on his heel to see, which, real smooth.
“Uhm,” Jesse answers helpfully.
“What happened in here?” Winston asks, cutting Jesse off. Apparently, some things are better left unknown. All eyes turn to Genji and his brother.
“Uh, I well, I learned this really cool magic trick. Wannasee?”
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How To Stop Foxes Coming In Your Garden: Fox Deterrents
Foxes are a beautiful animal, they look amazing, however they are very much an unwanted garden pest. They chew, dig, poo and just generally ruin your garden, much like the dog you never wanted!
They can cause considerable damage to your garden, destroying your bins, flower beds, hose pipes, and just about anything they can get their little paws on.
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Perhaps the worst thing about foxes is that they’re territorial, which means even if you get rid of a single fox you might well have another jump straight in its place looking to take over the previous foxes “patch”, there a bit like their own individual gangs! It isn’t just a question of removing the foxes it’s also about deterring any future ones.
In this post we look at:
Understanding the fox, what do they love & hate
When are foxes most active
What smells do foxes hate?
What problems do foxes cause
General tips to deter foxes
What products can keep foxes out your garden for good
Tips on how to prevent further fox problems
What Do Foxes Love & Hate?
To understand how to get rid of foxes, you first need to understand what the foxes love and what they hate, so you can implement both. They’re quick, intelligent and survivors, so you have to be smart in trying to get rid & deter them.
A word of warning before we get going. Foxes do have quite bad eyesight, and although it isn’t within their nature, they will attack a human if they feel threatened, so try not and confront them head on if at all possible.
So without further ado, here’s their loves & hates:
Foxes Love:
Quiet areas – Shouting out your window at every fox might not quite cut it, we’ll go into this later, but there’s a product that makes a sound which can deter foxes
Darkness – Now you may have already guessed this as there often active at night, but just having a motion sensor light can help fix the fox issue
Security – Like we mentioned, they spread their scent and are territorial, so they like to ensure that the whole area is secure and safe for them… make it unsafe and unwelcoming
So, what do foxes hate?
Being surprised or startled
Light
Vibrations
The area being uncomfortable or unsafe
I mean, it’s quite straight forward, what they hate is the opposite of what they love! If you keep reading, we’ll go into depth on a general look on how to stop them coming into your garden, some tips, when they are most active, some of the problems they cause and how to prevent future fox related issues.
When Are Foxes Most Active?
You’ll find there are a few times in particular that you should be on the lookout to see if you have a fox problem, based on the amount of calls and issues here are the times that foxes are most active:
Their breeding season – which is roughly between December and February, they like the cold
When the cubs leave the parents, which is roughly Autumn
They are nocturnal, and peak hours are between dusk and dawn – They typically spend the day time resting
What Smells Do Foxes Hate?
Foxes have an extremely powerful sense of smell, if you want to deter them, this is one of the main things to use against them. There are a lot of DIY ways you can repel foxes from your garden through just smell alone, here are a few smells they hate:
Chili Peppers
Garlic
Capsaicin
Here’s a bit of a DIY method to get rid of them – try boil some garlic and chili pepper with some water, mix it together in a blender or cut it up really fine, put the mixture in a spray bottle and spray the areas of your gardens where you regularly see fox activity or droppings.
What Problems Do Foxes Cause?
If you’ve seen the first fox in your garden and are lucky enough to have escaped the encounter without any damage then you may just be doing some initial research. Well if that’s the case, you may want to know whether it’s worth the effort to deter them, or to just let the fox do it’s thing.
I can certainly assure you that you should get rid of them at the first sign. Foxes are an absolute pain! They destroy pretty much everything they can get their hands on. They dig holes, rip up your flower beds, go through your bins, chew your hose and riffle through anything else they can, they’re curious creatures.
Tips On How To Stop Foxes Coming In Your Garden
There are some general things you can do in order to stop foxes coming into your garden. These tips target some of the loves & hates we mentioned foxes have and can help deter foxes and prevent them coming back:
Read more: 10 Things You Should Know about the Garden of Eden
Make sure you keep your garden as clean as you possibly can, remove any rubbish that might be blowing around, and just generally keep it tidy – Foxes won’t come back if they have no reason too
If you have a fox issue, unfortunately they will leave faeces. Make sure you pick these up regularly, which we know isn’t the most desirable job – you have to thoroughly hose down the area as well. This is part of them leaving their scent, so use any smell repellents or the DIY smell repellent we told you about earlier in the place of the faeces
Move things around – foxes like familiarity, so make sure you move your gnomes, hose, whatever it is, just try and disturb the area
Cut the grass, trim the hedges & keep everything in check. They like shaded areas, the less of them the better
If you have noticed an area they regularly bed down and find comfortable, place a large object that they can’t move on it
Invest in some of the products that we are going to mention later!
Now you may not want to do this it’s completely up to you, it sounds bad but stay with us. Pour male urine in the areas the fox regularly spends time – it’s a deterrent believe it or not!
If you’ve followed all the tips we’ve given so far and you’re still struggling to get rid of them then there are a few products that you can invest in, which we’ll go through next!
Products To Keep Foxes Out Your Garden
Sometimes homemade DIY solutions just won’t cut it. There are a lot of products out there that you can use in order to prevent and deter foxes coming into your property, and most of them aren’t expensive.
Fox Wall Spikes These will often be enough to do the trick. Most of the time foxes come over your fence or gate so adding some spikes to the top of them can act as a great deterrent, not only for foxes but cats, birds and other animals wanting to get in via the fence.
Here are a few of the features of the wall spikes:
They come in a wide range of different length and widths, often in packs of 10 or more
They are ideal for fences, window sills or walls, as long as you get the right size of course
Most are designed for all weather conditions – with foxes being active in winter, this is important
They are humane, they don’t hurt the fox, they just irritate it to the point it won’t enter
If you get the wrong size or it doesn’t quite fit, it can usually easily be cut to do so
Easy to fit
Here are our top fox wall spike picks for you, as you can see relatively speaking their pretty cheap compared to some of the damage the fox could do:
Before committing to buying any fox wall – make sure you get the right size & read all the reviews of the product.
Fence Roller Another thing you can do to your fence, similar to that of the spikes is to install a roller at the top, so when they jump up they can’t grip onto anything and just fall straight off. A quick Google search for “Fence Rollers Anti Climb” will give you an example of what I’m talking about.
These rollers are fool proof if installed correctly, they can be a good solution if the spikes aren’t quite working, but it will be more expensive generally to buy and harder to install, so should be a secondary option.
Taller Gates & Fences You obviously have to stick within government limits, but if you’re having a real problem and they’re still getting over the fences despite putting on a fence roller and spikes then you may want to consider taller gates & fences so they can’t easily jump over them.
In the UK you’re allowed to have a fence & gate of up to 2m. A fence or gate of this size should prevent foxes getting in, that way at least.
Add Lights, Everywhere – Foxes Hate Light As we mentioned earlier in the article, foxes hate the light. It startles them and they’ll often run off if they see any sudden appearance of light. You may have already guessed at this point, but if you get a sensitive motion sensor light fitted to the exterior of your building where the foxes often walk then you can make it uncomfortable for them & deter them.
Motion sensor lights are essentially as the name suggests, they have a motion sensor built in, if it picks up any movement in it’s coverage vicinity then it will activate the light.
We’ve picked out a few products for you that should do the job, but make sure that you read the reviews. As foxes are of course smaller than humans you will need a light that is very sensitive, you also want to pick one that is bright enough to startle the fox.
Here are a few of our top motion sensor light picks:
Automatic Fox Water Repellent System It’s again trying to work on the aspect of startling the fox, making it uncomfortable. A great way of doing this is an automatic fox water repellent system, which is a fancy way of saying motion sensor sprinkler.
These sprinklers are easy to use and install, and when the fox walks by them, they’ll get a nasty surprise and hopefully run off.
Here are some of the general features of these systems:
They are used to deter unwanted visitors from your garden
It’s a harmless jet of water, you won’t hurt the fox
You can position it near flower beds or anything you want to protect
The built in sensor often detect to a range of around 10 metres and activates in just a few seconds
You can get options that work with batteries, meaning installation is easy
Here are our top motion sensor sprinkler picks:
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Defenders Jet-Spray Pond & Garden Protector, Green
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UltraSonic Fox Repellent We mentioned that foxes don’t like loud noises, and there’s a solution for this too. Remember that mosquito sound they developed to try and keep kids away from street corners at night? These are essentially the same for your garden to pests.
These products each have their pros and cons, so it’s best to look through them thoroughly. We can’t detail the specific features for you because each one is quite unique in what it’s offering. However, without further ado here are out UltraSonic pest repeller choices:
Fox Smell Repellents As we’ve detailed in this post, Foxes have a strong sense of smell and there are DIY ways you can create a smell repellent, however there are also several ready made solutions to choose from.
Most of the repellents come as simple sprays or pellets, and all work in the same fashion. These can be effective but I would also group it with another one of these methods as well just to ensure it properly deters foxes.
Here are our top smell repellent choices, Scoot is probably the best known out the few:
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Karlsten Fox Repellent Granules Natural Effective Anti Fouling and Digging Deterrent
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Scoot 50g Fox Repellent Sachets (Pack of 2)
Humane deterrent
For use on lawns, trees, shrubs, seeds, bulbs and hard surfaces
Causes no harm to animals or the environment
Treats an area up to 34 sqm
Easy to apply with a watering can or sprayer
It’s worth noting as well that some of these solutions may not be great if you have pets yourself, as it can often harm cats & dogs.
Prickle Strips Prickle strips are a good solution to the problem as well, you essentially embed them in your soil or grass and it makes them uncomfortable to walk on for all small animals – make sure you wear shoes in the garden if you put these down!
Here are the features they generally have:
Safe and won’t harm animals as there plastic, just uncomfortable
Works for all kind of pests, not just foxes
Easy to wrap around poles or trees
They stop foxes digging up your garden
Easy to use
Here are our top prickle strip picks:
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How To Prevent Further Fox Problems
Now you’ve got rid of the foxes, but there’s every chance that they could come back. As well as some of the things we’ve mentioned previously there are a few more things you can do to try and prevent it happening again:
For the love of god, don’t feed them! This should go without saying, please don’t feed the foxes. If you feed foxes it makes their territorial area much smaller (your garden) and it also means they are more likely to dig and foul in the area, which of course you don’t want. Feeding them will mean they return constantly, they’ll try harder to get into your garden if they know it means food.
Get those bins bolted down One of the main things that foxes come into your garden for is food, and to them, food is in your bins. If your bins are unsecured and you’ve left something nice in there for them to eat then they’ll keep returning. Make sure you secure your bin storage in an area they can’t get them, like a shed.
Keep the garden clean We’ve mentioned this above, but keep your garden clean. Any rubbish will attract them. Overgrown gardens also give them more shelter, which they love, make sure you trim the hedges back and cut the grass, don’t let them be comfortable.
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1.1.7. Halloween Night 10:33pm
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Haddonfield, Illinois
After having been rejected by Dylan Rawls and, by association, little Maddie Keane, Cammie Cornell had wandered outside, descending the brick steps, and walking the twenty yards or so of paver stones to the gated end of the driveway. There she had clutched the iron bars and stared out at the corner of Orange Avenue and Matthew Street, where the gothic spires of the Comforter of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church dominated the what little remained of the sky behind a twisted net of oak tree limbs that obscured most of the soft orange light from the streetlight and further shadowed the street in the dark.
The last remnants of Trick or Treaters hustled about, most of them teenagers, too old to be out trick or treating anyway. Two young girls, one dressed as Catwoman and another as the Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn stopped to take a selfie together in front of the church and then ran away giggling. Movement stirred among Cammie's legs, startling her. She looked down and saw a black cat, it's tail sticking straight up, rubbing it's head along her shins. The cat looked up with bright green eyes and gave an almost soundless “Meow”, beckoning Cammie to pet it's head, which she bent to oblige, but was startled again, this time by a thunder clap. The sky lit up in greenish lightning and Cammie took off running back toward the house.
As she ascended the top of the stairs, she looked back. The cat was still there at the end of the driveway, looking back at her with a mix of curiosity and distain. Cammie adjusted the bumblebee attenae on the top of her head and gripped the door handle to go back inside.
It was locked.
She knocked three times on the door hard and then found the doorbell and pushed it.
The home theater inside Ellen Rawks aka Misty Dawn's house was pretty much soundproof. And even if it wasn't, the action packed sounds of Ripe Blood was sure to block any sounds coming from outside of the room. Chelsea held a bag of popcorn in her lap, chewing exhurbantly while some poor sap on the big screen was having his intestine devours by a crowd of the recently undead. Behind her, Penny had her head buried in Josh's lap, who watched with mild interest. His mind was really on the fact that, even though Penny was trying to divert her attention away from the movie screen, she was giving his crotch her full attention with her hand down his pants.
Down the hallway, Maddie and Dylan sat on two blue beanbags with Nintendo controllers in their hands playing Mario Kart. The volume coming out of the 30 inch flatscreen before them was borderline deafening, but still, Dylan thought he heard something. He abuptly hit pause and turned to the little girl next to him.
“Did you hear something?”
Her little brown eyes were wide. She shook her head.
He waited for a moment, and then hit the pause button again and they resumed racing.
“You'll never catch me!” He called.
“Yes I will!” She giggled.
Cammie had given up and started down the paver path along the side of the home, passed a few large windows with blinds closed, another made of glass blocks and dark, and then around some tall holly bushes. She came to a low gate, pushed it open, and passed two hulking air conditioning units, a short and fat generator, and the pool pumps before rounding the corner. The pool house lay before her, along with the swimming pool itself.
I could totally go for a swim, she thought, wiping sweat from her brow. Her costume was hot, and it literally felt like summer outside. She daydreamed breifly about stripping down to her panties and driving in when thunder boomed again, forcing her to abandon such thoughts and scurry along to the sliding glass doors along the back of the house. She gripped the handle on the first one she came to and pulled to the right. It slid open with ease and a blast of cool air hit her face and she sighed.
The doors opened into a little parlor, something her mother called a “Florida Room”. In front of her, beyond another sliding glass door was the living room, with the kitchen and dining room beyond that. There was a side door on either side of her though.
I wonder where these go to? She thought, and padded across the little space, around a large potted plant and wicker set of chairs and endtables. She gripped and opened it.
It was a bathroom.
A “half bath”, as her mother would say, to be exact.
Well, that's no fun. She smiled to herself, shutting the door behind her. She bypassed the furniture and plant in the middle of the room and stepped over to the door on the other side.
This opened into a long hallway. It was dark, there were two doors on each side and one at the end of the hall. All of the doors were shut except the second door on the left, this was cracked and there was a soft and shifting light coming from the room.
It's a TV, she knew.
Someone was either watching TV or had left the TV on in that room.
She shut the door behind her and cautiously stepped toward the open door near the end of the hall.
As she grew closer, she began to hear the audio.
“Bottom of the eighth and the Cubs have one man on. Leo Nelson, the switch hitter at the plate, looking to drive in a run for the Northsiders.”
She peaked into the open doorway and saw what she had figured all along.
Baseball.
There was a baseball game on a television that sat on a small table at the end of the room. Opposite the TV, sitting in a wheelchair, and staring at the screen with icy blue eyes was an elderly man in a white shirt and plaid pajama pants. He had tubes in his nose that ran down along behind his back and into a green tank on the floor beside him with red letters that read: OXYGEN.
Cammie smiled and spoke up.
“Hello.” She said.
The man didn't react. He didn't even turn his head.
Cammie tried again.
No reaction.
Cammie frowned.
There was a small black cloth office chair beside the wheelchair. Silently, she allowed herself into the room and sat down next to the old man. The chair squeaked and swiveled as her little body, clad in a bumble bee costume plopped into it. Cammie folded her hands in her lap and faced the television.
“Here's the pitch, and a swing, and Nelson fouls it off, Oh and one.”
Maddie put the controller down.
“I don't want to play Wii anymore.” She said.
Dylan shrugged. “What do you wanna do then?”
“I don't know.” Maddie said.
“Wanna see my birds?” He asked.
Her big brown eyes shone bright.
“Okay!” She said.
She followed the older boy out of the playroom and to the next room, his bedroom.
On the right side of the room was a large wooden frame waterbed with a heavy looking mahogany bookshelf attached to the back as a headboard. This was full of comic books. There was a dresser centered on the far wall, along with a bookshelf on one side and a small writing desk on the other. On the left side, dominating the wall, was a very large white bird cage. Maddie didn't notice hardly any of this however at first. The first thing she noticed was the smell.
She gripped her nose. “Something stinks!” She said nasally.
Dylan blushed. “I know. I haven't cleaned their cages yet today. And I think I forgot yesterday too.” He looked down at his feet. “Maybe the day before, I don't know...I can be bad with cleaning up their poop.”
He padded across the room and grabbed an aerosol can from off the top of the dresser. STINK-AWAY DEODARIZER, the label read. He sprayed it in an arc above his head, squinting. Then he took a deep breath.
“There,” he said smiling, “smell now. Does it still stink?”
The little girl let go of her nose and took a big whiff. It still smelled bad, but now that bad smell was covered a little by a good smell. It was bareable.
She nodded. She didn't like to hurt people's feelings.
Maddie approached the cage.
“That green one is a Parakeet, and those two black ones with the orange bills are called Mynas.” Dylan said, pointing toward the cage.
“What's the white one, it's pretty?” Asked Maddie.
“Rawwrk Pretty!” The Parakeet, perched on an artificial branch in the corner of the cage squawked.
“Oh it can talk!” Maddie exclaimed.
“Yes,” Dylan nodded, “That white one is a cockatoo.”
“That's a funny name!” Maddie laughed.
“I have treats you can give them.” Dylan smiled.
“Okay!”
Dylan opened the writing desk and pulled out a small red bag.
KAYTEE FIESTA, the white letters on the front said.
“This is dried fruit,” Dylan said, “They love this stuff. I just got a new package from Amazon the other day, I haven't opened it yet.”
He pulled out a small blue pocket knife, unfolded the blade, and slashed the top of the bag. “You can throw it at them and they'll catch it out of midair.”
“Neat!” Maddie exclaimed.
They took turns throwing the little treats to the birds. Every time one of the little creatures would snap one of the small pieces out of the air with their beaks, Maddie would shriek with joy.
After awhile Dylan closed the bag and set it on the little writing desk next to the still unfolded pocket knife. “No more,” he said, “Too many will make them sick and then there will be more poop for me to clean.”
The little girl wrinkled her nose. “Eww.” She said and then her attention focused on something on the dresser behind her. “What is that?” She asked.
Dylan turned behind him and saw what she was looking at.
“That's a cannon ball!” He said, pulling it off the top of the dresser toward him. He took a step back under it's weight and bumped into the birdcage, rattling the thin wire frame of the cage.
“Rawrk cannon ball!” One of the birds shrieked.
“A what?” Maddie asked.
He put it into her arms. “We went on a class trip to Joliet last October to see the Civil War reinactment. I guessed how many gumdrops were in the glass mason jar and the grand prize was a real live cannon ball. It was 616!”
The cords in Maddie's neck were sticking out and her face flushed. “It's heavy!” She groaned.
“Oh yeah, sorry!” Dylan said and took the cannon ball from her.
“Thanks.” She sighed.
He set the large black sphere back on the dresser.
“My mom also got me some Confederate money, look!”
He pulled some yellow bills from off the top of the dresser, along with some coins.
“That doesn't look like money,” she said, looking at a fascimile of a bank note from Tennessee.
“Well it isn't like the money we have now, and look at the coins!” He held out his hand and some of the coins he was presenting teetered and fell to the carpet. Maddie bent to retrieve it.
“Oh crap!” Dylan said and bent as well, but he was too close to the dresser. His butt struck the drawers and he bounced off. The cannon ball on the top of the dresser began to roll, dropping over the lip of the front of the piece of furniture and right down on the back of the little girl's head with a sickening thud.
Her tiny legs went limp immediately and her face hit the carpet, her arms, having nowhere else to go, crumpled under her little torso. The cannon ball bounced once with a muffled THUMP on the rug and rolled in front of Dylan's feet. He froze, still holding the fake money in one hand, mouth wide.
Lightning struck outside.
It roused him.
He dropped the money and bent down next to the little girl.
“Maddie?” He called her name and pulled her over unto her back.
Oh no! I'm gonna be in so much trouble. He thought.
Her eyes were half open, as was her mouth.
“Maddie!” He called again.
A gurgling sound came from her mouth and little right leg began to spasm.
“It's okay Maddie,” he soothed, rubbing her shoulders. “It's gonna be okay, you're gonna be fine.”
Her left leg began to spasm as well.
“Come on Maddie, snap out of it. You'll be fine, just lay still.” He coaxed.
A little bit of white spittle began to gather at the corner of her mouth.
“Lay still Maddie it's okay!” He urged.
Her whole body was convulsing now, and her eyes upturned until all he saw was white.
“STOP IT MADDIE!” He cried, tears welling up in his eyes.
Her tiny fragile body lurched and heaved.
“LAY STILL I SAID!” He screamed and in one swoop grabbed the pocket knife from on top of the desk.
He brought it down on her.
She continued to convulse.
“STOP MOVING!” He screamed, and brought the knife down again.
He lifted it.
Then brought it down again.
And again.
And again.
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5 Month Old Cat Peeing Eye-Opening Tricks
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5 Year Old Cat Peeing Everywhere
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Cat Urine Leather
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