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Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 10:09 pm
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Daevon awoke from his sleep by the ways of the sun. His cousin
having drawn back the very curtains that kept the blinding light
out.”come on!” He mumbled as the girl huffed, her metal arms
making their noises as she moved.”it’s time to get up Dae!” She
said as she went over.”don’t make me use it on you..” she said
her hand going out toward her older cousin. The man’s eyes flew
open.”I’m up! I’m up don’t do it! We just got this bed dried
yesterday!!” He said as he slid out. His feet hit the wood floor
as he sighed. He really didn’t want to get up today- but she was
right. He needed to work and pay of the debts that wasn’t even
theirs to begin with.
He rustled up to rub his head as she sighed at him.”get showered
and dressed! Breakfast is ready.” She said before slamming the
door behind her. The man that was in his boxers chuckled. *At
least .. she never lost her attitude.* He thought.
The morning continued as the two spoke of their day coming up,
Rachel took off to work at the local flower shop- she worked at
picking it up to earn it honestly.
Him on the other hand was heading to the automotive section. He
mostly worked at taking apart steam bikes, cars, whatever he
could to sell it to the black market- keeping quiet from Rachel
as he wanted to get them out of their clutches as fast as he
could.
He walked with Rachel who had a happy look on her face.”can’t
wait to see what orders come in today! It’s a busy time of the
day! “ she said cheerfully. It was one of romance and love- so
most would get flowers for the ones they held dearly.
“Have a good day Rachel.” He said with a smile before he started
to move away to where he would be working.
Like most of the town Boddy lived in, the man was up with the
call of the rooster, beckoning him from the yard and demanding
he wake up and feed the animals. He sighed to himself as he
reluctantly got up and went about his morning chores long before
his grandmother could stir in bed.
He had her breakfast laid out for here before he got ready for
work and headed out. It seemed he could never keep track of the
time properly as he rushed to his job at the flower shop,
breathing a sigh of relief when he found he was the first to
arrive. No one had to know he was just a little late.
He rushed about getting the floral shop open and ready for
business, having just finished setting up when his coworker
arrived.
"Morning Rach, having a good morning?" He questioned cheerfully
as he worked on a new arrangement of flowers for a display.
River had forgone pretending to go to a home to sleep for the
night, opting to work on a vehicle that was giving him far more
trouble than he was used to. He had gotten so sucked into his
problem with the engine that he didn't even notice that other
were arriving at the shop to work for a new day.
"River... did you even go home last night?" One coworker
questioned before getting a look from the man. "No, too much
work to do..." He murmured before resuming his work.
Rachel made a big smile.”yup! Didn’t have to dump water on dae
this morning- he actually moved.” She said with a chuckle.
“How’s your morning going?” She questioned as her eyes shifted
to the flowers.”you really do good work.” She said with a soft
smile before working on the few smaller arrangements.
——
Daevon came in a bit later, his eyes looking over the work area.
He took notice of River- looking like he was stuck again, he
sighed a little at it. While he wasn’t too terribly chummy with
the mafia- his empathy for those that can’t drop things and take
a break kicked in.
”River you really should take a break- if it’s that hard lemme
look at it.” He said with a flat look. “Get something to eat
man.” He added with a blink.
"Well! That's progress, now you just need him to start waking up
to an alarm. Henry is an excellent alarm. Have you considered
getting a rooster?" Boddy questioned before a massive smile came
to his lips at the complement. "Thanks, I certainly try," he
mused as he continued.
"Have you seen Lacy recently?" He questioned before chattering
on about the latest gossip that had been going around lately.
"One of these days it will catch up with her..." He complained
as he finished his spill of gossip as customers slowly started
to stop by.
###
"I'll take a break when I'm in the grave, though... you taking a
look probably wouldn't hurt. I've run all the diagnostics, taken
the whole thing apart twice and still can't figure out why it
won't start...." River complained, brushing off the man's urging
to take a break and eat.
If only the man knew he didn't need to sleep or eat like humans
did, though, if he were honest he never truly understood *what*
he was.
Rachel couldn’t help but chuckle at boddy.”I would but he
claimed he’d cook and eat it if I did.” She said as she placed a
vase down. “No I have not?” She said as her face fluctuated at
the news.”swear that girl cheats on men as much as my cousin
cheats at cards.” She said with a huff before hearing the
customers.
———
“You know it’s not a healthy mindset..” said daevon. He took
over to look his hands working over. He found the problem as he
looked at a wire that triggered the ignition.”seems it fried.. “
he mumbled and went to where parts were to pick a wire. He
connected the replacement and went around to start it. It roared
to life.”there ya go…” he said to chuckle with a smirk. “Were
you seriously up all night? Do you ever sleep?” He asked as he
slid out of the car.
The gossip was put on pause while the pair catered to the
customers. It seemed after that they were quite busy, unable to
gossip more outside of brief spells of quiet.
Bobby found himself absolutely swamped with arrangement
requests, so when a local girl rolled up to flirt with him, the
poor guy didn't know how to get her to go away without hurting
her feelings.
"Look... I'm flattered... but...." Bobby would start before the
girl started again. "Oh come on, don't play hard to get!" She
said with dismissive irritation.
---
"You have made me aware if that the last twenty times you have
told me," River said with a grumpy air to his voice. He watched
Dae work, his eyes widening when the man so easily fixed the
issue.
"Nope, never slept in my life," River said in a joking tone,
even if he was being quite serious. "I'll sleep when I'm in the
grave, get it all out of the way at once," he teased as he
started making notes on the diagnostics board and paperwork for
the engine.
"I clearly had been staring at that stupid thing for too long...
thanks for the help." He added, offering his hand to shake. "Can
buy you a drink tonight as a thank you," he added with a
chuckle. Most people avoided him due to the bad vibes and
entirely expected Dae to reject the offer like any other human
would.
Rachel was helping out the excess of customers. When she heard a
female voice. Her head swiveled to see Bobby trying to politely
shoo a girl away and sighed.”some people don’t learn.” She said
before slipping behind the girl her metal hand weighing on the
girls shoulder.
“He isn’t- he simply isn’t interested and is trying to be nice!
“ she said to see the girl whirl. Her hand went back as she took
in the face as it twisted in judgement. Seeing her metal hand
like that. The girl gave a sigh.”please finish with your
purchases- your holding up the line.” She said calmly she
watched as the girl huffed. And walked off as she heard the mild
insult.
“You okay Bobby?” She asked ignoring the huffing girl. She felt
for him- the guy seemed adorable and a magnet for girls a lot do
the time.
——
Daemon shook his head- “you should try sometime- it’s pretty
restful.” He joked as he went to get some tools.”long as your
buying- “ he said with a half smirk.
Relief came in the form of Rachel saving Bobby from the woman.
'Thank you' he mouthed to the woman when she looked at him.
The rest of their shift was far more quiet in comparison, and by
the time things finally settled down down and they had the last
customer leave, Bobby melted into a chair.
"My feet hurt..." He complained to himself. "Thanks for the save
earlier, don't think she was ganna take no for an answer." He
said with a sigh.
---
"Wouldn't be much of a thank you if I made you buy your own
drinks," River said with a slight chuckle. The look of surprise
in his eyes was impossible to hide, so instead he averted his
gaze. He didn't need the guy thinking he was friendless, having
to remind himself that it didn't matter.
Once things calmed down, Rachel began to sweep a little of the
floor to chuckle some toward Bobby.”it was busy, and no problem-
it’s not your fault- you just got a cute face anyone would flock
to- think it was the third time this week?” She said, as she
swept it out the door.
Her eyes went up seeing a man smoking as she felt a breath
leave. She turned to get back inside.”would you like some
water?” She asked with a small chipper tone as she made her way
to the s a small room that was treated like a break room finding
a few cups to go to the sink to fill them up. she walked over to
hold one out.
——
“You’d be suprised the last guy thanking me left me with a bill
and then some.” He said with a sigh. Daevon took in the suprise,
he mentally kept the face burned in his mind.
“If anything gotta let Rachel know I’m going out. So she knows.”
He said as their code knock came to mind. It was means to keep
her safe- least in his mind.
“Feel like small bar?- I know it makes the best drinks. It’s
called arms of steel.” He said to chuckle some.
"Why did I have to be cursed with such good looks? Water would
be a God sent." Bobby said, rather dramatically. When his
coworker returned with the cup of water, he gladly accepted it,
guzzling it down. He hadn't realized just how thirsty he had
been until that moment.
"What am I going to do without you when you finally move on to
bigger better things? Probably be forced into some marriage," he
joked, cracking himself up.
---
"What a dickbag, I'm fine with a small bar. We can meet up there
after work." River said as his expression allowed for a small
pleased smile, which promptly caused him to pull his medical
mask over his mouth and nose.
"Better get back to work, don't want you getting ragged on just
because you helped me." He said as he worked on getting the car
back on it's wheels as the diagnostics ran on the car to check
for any other issues.
Rachel chuckled rather softly.”bigger and better hm? Maybe I’ll
stay here and continue to sell flowers.” She told him.”and keep
the girls off you-“ she joked with a smile.
Despite her smile and cheery demeanor- a feeling of dread hit.
The guy that was across the street was gone but she had a
feeling. A feeling she had seen him before.”so- what would you
like for lunch? My treat.” Said Rachel with a wider grin.
——
“Sounds good, and your one to talk all nighter.” He commented
back at the man. “Just call me if you need help!” He said as he
gotten to work. Seeing that smile made some butterfly’s flutter
briefly as he inwardly wondered why he was crushing on the guy.
The man had a thing for men and River was bout damn near his
type. Save for the mafia connection.
By the time they were finishing up. He had washed his hands.”I’m
gonna make a quick phone call over to the flower shop that’s
not far River- gonna let Rachel know I’m goin’ out.” He said.
Rachel who was helping clean up heard the phone to answer in a
most sing song voice. “This is rainbow flower shop! I’m sorry
but we are closing soon but if you need an order done by
tomorrow or so I could note it!” She said.
“Do you ever breathe with that mouthful.” Asked Daevon.
Rachel blushed a bit.”ah- habit we do get last minute orders you
know!” She said with a puff.
After a bit of back and forth she hung up.”seems dae gots
drinking buddy tonight.” She said with a sigh.”is there anything
else that needs to be done Bobby?” She asked.
Meanwhile Daevon had hung up his end.”so we walkin’ or driving?”
He asked River, his eyes couldn’t help but eye the man’s ass for
a few seconds before shooting up in an attempt at being caught
ogling.
"Mmmmm lunch, certainly know your way to my heart," Bobby mused
before a thought had him sitting up fully, "ohhh what about some
fish tacos? I can't remember the last time we went and got some
and that is a crime in my book!" He said with a wide grin,
suddenly reviverated and back on his feet. Food was always an
excellent motivator for him, especially a free meal.
---
"Ain't no rest for the wicked," River teased as he got into the
driver's seat and headed off once the readout came back clean.
He then fell back into work quite easily, managing to finish
several job tickets before the day was over.
Normally, River would have just kept working, but he was
reminded of his evening plans when Daevon made a point to tell
him he would be calling his sister before they left.
"Oh... right, yeah... I'll finish up..." He said, working only a
little longer before packing up his tools and packing up by the
time his companion for the night returned.
"Well, considering we will be drinking, probably best we don't
drive." He commented as he finished cleaning up, well, as best
he could. Nothing short of a proper shower would get him
properly cleaned up.
His eyebrow raised when he saw Dae suddenly look away. What had
he been looking at? He pushed the thought away for now. "Lead
the way to your little bar," he suggested with a smirk on his
lips, hidden behind the mask.
“Walking it is, “ said Daevon. “Alright, just don’t fall for me
as I walk away.” He joked a bit. The two began their stroll,
making their way down the ally.
—-
She turned her head a bit to loop her arm in Bobby’s. “Yanno
let’s grab dinner- if dae can go out- so can I” she said with a
grin.”plus eating alone is so boring.” She said with a small
look.
A man with glasses that seemed closer to her from the Peripheral
of her eyes. His brown slicked hair and face gave it away.. in
not a good way.
She pulled him away from the man and headed down the street to
the corner that would go a ways down to where her brother
worked.
Once across she gave a half truth.”that guy is giving me creep
vibes- mind sticking with for a bit?” She asked as she eyed the
guy from the corner of her eye.. the man clearly staring *bobby*
down.
Her hand made a small noise as she heard the squeal of a
car.”****!” Said Rachel before tugging Bobby.”run and don’t
stop!” She said as they took off, she wheeled down the nearby
ally that she knew her cousin took daily, right after dropping
her off.
She hoped on some level they were lucky and he hadn’t left yet,
but even then- while the girl gave ignorance- she wasn’t dumb-
it be a place to hide at least.
"I'll try to control myself, no promises," River teased with a
wink before they began to make their way to the mentioned bar.
Or at least, they tried to.
The pair had just started down the street when he spotted a pair
running as fast as they could away from something. He had seen
Daevon's sister on occation and recognized her rather quickly.
"Isnt.... isn't that your sister?" Rover questioned with a fresh
look of concern coloring his features when he noticed the panic
in their eyes.
---
"Two meals in a row?? Rachel! You are ganna spoil me! How will I
learn to survive in the wild if you keep feeding me?" Bobby
joked as they closed up the shop to head out. He gave no
resistance to her looping their arms together and half draging
him down the road.
He could tell Rachal was uneasy with the mention of the creepy
guy but was still quite surprised when she urged him to run when
they heard screeching tiers.
He did his best to keep up with her, thankfully soon the woman's
cousin was quickly in view.
Daevon had chuckled, liking River a bit more. He felt there had
to be lore to some of the people in the group. He wondered if it
was possible to find happiness this way.
He heard river and noticed his cousin racing down the ally. “No
my cousin..” he corrected before seeing the car squeezing back.
He could see her clinging to Bobby and half dragging the man
with her. She knew she would have to explain herself later but
she shouted the only thing she could.”it’s Maverick!” She
shouted. Daevon’s eyes flew open. He remembered the pain Rachel
went through when they thought they were going to get
information from him- not knowing how much of the family didn’t
know of their father to one and uncle to another’s sins.
The name was only known to the mafia and the two - as he was the
doctor that seemingly vanished with their father. The car found
a natural block in a form of a pole that often didn’t let people
go down further. Two men came out their guns coming up.Rachel
about tackled Bobby to the ground at the first shot.”don’t hurt
the pale haired one- we need that one.” Said one gruffly before
the shots began to fly.
Daevon hearing this had shoved River back to avoid the man from
being shot as well before rolling to take off. He got his
lighter out and it it before he shot it out at a man essentially
combusting him on fire. Later another would shoot it out of his
hand.
Bobby was half sure he was going to fall as his legs threatened
to give out, it seemed to be something he wouldn't have to worry
about though as Rachal tackled him to the ground as a shot went
off. "What the hell is going on??" He questioned, terror clear
in his voice as he realized the men with guns were after him.
The big question being why?
River's eyes went very wide when he heard gun shots, but before
he could react, Daevon had shoved him back into the shop. He
felt his heart pounding in his chest at a fresh swell of anxiety
when he heard more shots fired. River looked around the shop
quickly, spotting a water pipe and rushed over.
A few tweaks later and River had the firehydrant in the street
busting and coating the attackers in a layer of ice, watching
his work through the window.
He came rushing back out of the shop moments later. "We can go
out the back of the shop, come on. I know a safe place to hide
out." He urged, feeling a sudden desire to help them. It was
odd, wanting to help, he had never cared so much about the
wellbeing of humans before.
Rachel covered his head more and said.”I’ll explain later.” To
peek at Daevon fighting, thanks to River, he took care of the
rest of the issue. He heard River to nod.”come on you two.” He
said to immediately scoop up Rachel who made a pained noise. He
stopped and noticed a torn spot on her coat .”I got grazed
promise..” she said.”still hurt though!” She said as the man
helped up Bobby.”it’s best we get safe and we can explain.” He
said before taking a brief look back at the death behind him.
He then rushed the two with river, making their way to the place
to hide.
Once safe Rachel let a breath out. She shuffled her coat off and
went to unbutton her vest and shirt. She took a look at her
side.”see just grazed..” she said letting a nervous relieved
laugh. She turned to Bobby.”are you hurt?.. are you.. okay?…”
she asked .
Daevon was attempting to calm down but he clearly was
upset.”that sick sonnofabitch!” He said as his head was in his
hands.
River swiftly lead the trio through the back of the shop before
checking if the coast was clear before he lead them through
several ally ways, even back tracking a couple of times to
insure they wernt followed before he even considered heading to
their true destination.
He brought them to the only place he knew for sure was safe, the
place he went when he wasn't working to hide from those who
would control him. It was a massive warehouse that looked long
abandoned, they even had to sneak in through a broken panel on
the side of the building.
Once inside, River pulled out a flashlight and led them up a
hidden flight of stares and up to the loft River had made for
himself over the years.
"We should be safe here." He told them as he switched on a
proper light before taking a seat on the cot that passed as
River's bed. He almost never used it but he liked having it
regardless.
Bobby hadn't made a noise outside of a pained one when he was
pulled to his feet but made no further complaints as he followed
after Rachal and her cousin being led by a stranger to Bobby.
Bobby leaned against the nearest wall when they finally stopped
running and let himself slide down as he held his upper left
arm. "I.... don't know... I.... think I might have gotten
hit...." He admitted, earning a heavy sigh from River who went
to grab the med kit he kept on hand for situations like this.
Usually he was cleaning up his own wounds though.
Rachel got close and made a worried look. She took the kit and
began working on it- she tore off his sleeve and inspected the
wound. Her eyes flickered a bit before Daevon took over to get
the bullet out. “Thankfully it didn’t hit anything important.”
He said and sighed.
Rachel helped with the other things and finished off bandaging
Bobby.
“Take your time..” said Rachel. She seemed a bit deep in thought
remembering several things Bobby and her gabbed about. She
wondered if he was target partly due to him having only his
grandmother.
“Sorry for the shove River- that man been known to experiment on
people, the fact he was here and after this guy- probably became
their next target..” he said as Rachel quietly said.”he only has
his grandmother… I think their targeting people who would barely
be missed, or with people that are by themselves..” she said.
“And if he’s involved.. means ..” her face made a pained look.
Daevon looked over.”don’t finish that.”
Bobby nearly bit through his lip feeling Daevon and Rachel
poking around his wound and even digging the bullet out. The
shot of 'pain medication' River did not inform them it was in
fact ketemine. It fully kicked in right before the pain got
*really* bad and he was out of it after that, leaning back
against the wall as he closed his eyes. "Thanks Rach...." Bobby
mumbled out. "You are suuuuuch a good frieeeeennd" He continued,
now extraordinarily high.
River's attention went from the injured guy back to Daevon when
the man apologized for shoving him. "Don't worry, I'll get you
back, might not be today,might not be tomorrow, but *sooon*." He
teased before frowning at just how those people had been and
then finding out they were targeting people who were on their
own made his jaw clinch.
"Well, he can heal up here for a while.... doubt anyone but me,
and now you guys know about this place... might need to get more
K if he ganna be here though..." He said with a sigh knowing it
wouldn't be safe for the guy to leave at the moment. "Unless
yall plan on trying to take him to a doctor." He added.
Rachel gave a gentle look. “I’m glad you think of me that way.
Just sit tight okay?” She said as she shuffled to button up her
shirt and vest.
“It’ll be best for a doctor, but we can’t leave him alone..
least not right now.” Said Daevon. “River- think you can give us
a hand with this?” He questioned. He could see how Rachel fussed
a bit over Bobby. The guilt clearly flickering back and forth as
she cleaned up what she could.
“His grandmother will be wondering where he is.” Said Rachel.”I
think it’s best if you guys take him there- I’ll get to his home
for now and make sure she’s okay.” She said with a small look.
Daevon sighed.”I don’t think it’s wise for you to go alone
either..” he started for her to cut him off.
“They could have gotten to his home to try to get him too you
know! -and she’s all that he has left!” Rachel said her face
giving a serious look.
"Sure, how about you go with your cousin, he is going to be out
of it for a while so I could probably get him into the back of a
car I have hidden down stairs and get him over to his house.
Would just need to directions." River suggested.
"If they are waiting at home boy's house, you will need back up.
I'm good at sneaking around, I'll keep him safe for ya." He
assured.
Rachel blinked. “As long as you keep him safe.. “ she said
softly. “Come on Bobby- let’s get you to the car..” she said for
Daevon to pick the smaller man up.”it’ll be faster this way.”
“I’ll tell you where to go- he lives in the countryside- it’s a
small house a soft blue.. so it’ll be hard to miss.” She said as
she helped prepare to leave.
River nodded his head in understanding, "alright, follow me," he
instructed as he led them back down stairs and pulled a few
panels off of a sheet that hid the car before removing that as
well.
He then opened the back door, helping Daevon lay the guy down in
the back seat before throwing a blanket over the guy to hide
him. "You two go, I won't be far behind," he told the pair as he
closed the car door.
After some time of getting to their destination, the two came
out as Rachel went for the house. Her eye saw a black car as
frowned.”not their car?” He asked as he saw her shake her head.
As they neared they heard voices and a frightened older woman.
The two snuck to the window that was open. Hearing the
questions. Rachel watched as Daevon jumped inside and barreled
into a man. Rachel popped in to get to the older woman.”Rachel!”
She heard.”come on Mrs fields, Bobby is waiting..” she said as
she helped the woman untie her hands.”dae can you carry her ?”
The man nodded to get her up and out of the window..
the few men that were left from another part of the house came
out of the door as one hung out the other window to shoot, only
to earn a fire hose like water from Rachel’s hand.”run!” She
shouted to take off.
River got the car stealthily out of the warehouse before
properly getting in the driver's seat and heading out of the
town and into the country side. He couldn't remember the last
time he had driven out of the town and found himself enjoying
the drive a little.
It wasn't long before he pulled up to the little blue house,
easily spotting Daevon and Rachel running before hearing shots
fired. River's eyes widened as he realized this place was far
from safe at the moment.
Daevon noticed the car to quickly make his way as Rachel turned
to fight back, while the girl was petite, her metal arms did
their damage to the men, breaking the arm of one to dodge
another. Daevon had his hands full and trying to avoid others -
not noticing that the elderly woman had taken the hit. He
assumed she had passed out from what was going on.
River rushed out of his car, going around to open the doors to
let Daevon and Rachel and company get in, unfortunately, he felt
a bullet rip through his back and come out of his stomach,
causing River to fall to the ground, he couldn't compose himself
quickly enough as the enemy quickly overtook the car, and
snatched a still high Bobby from the back of the car before
stuffing him in a trunk and speeding off.
River was back on his feet, trying to run after them but it was
too late, they were gone. "****..." He complained as he held a
hand to the bleeding wound on his stomach as blood soaked
through the back and front of his shirt showing off where the
bullet had hit him. There was no hiding this wound from the
humans. "I'm so sorry...." He told the others when they finally
got to where he was at.
His eyes were drawn to the elderly woman who, to him, didn't
exactly look alive. "Is... she alive?" He questioned with a
worried expression. Surly Daevon wasn't hauling a dead body for
fun.
Daevon saw the shot.”**** river!” He said as things seemed to
turn for the worst, Rachel was occupied at taking out the gunner
as the man got close.
Course when he heard sorry he made a rather shocked expression.
“Sorry! You just got shot! Through the gut!” He started. He
heard the man’s words and looked over. He got her down on the
ground and felt for a pulse.. he felt nothing, it was then he
noticed the shot that nailed her from the back of the head.
Rachel had seen Bobby getting taken to panic.. and the fact
river was shot she was sure he had died. But seeing the man
getting the **** up and apologizing was surreal.. so much so
the question didn’t register. It was almost as she had gone into
shock.
“You’re still alive, River let’s get you to a damn doctor!
You’re bleeding out!” Explained Daevon now just panicked.
The frown on Rivers lips deepened when it was confirmed that the
elder was dead before all attention was focused on as he raised
his hand up that wasn't holding his stomach in an attempt to get
the pair out of this panicked state.
"Woah woah woah, take a breath, I'll be fine," he reassured,
not used to *anyone* worrying about him like this.
“Fine? Fine!! River your holding your guts in! How is that
fine!?!” Said Daevon as he was questioning his own reality.
Rachel seemed more quiet before she felt something hit..
something familiar.”let’s at least bandage it up.. your bleeding
everywhere..” she said acting weirdly calm. Daevon looked at her
and could see her shock. It was like she was scrambling some
semblance with common sense. “T..then figure out how to get
Bobby back..” she said in a pained tone. “Maverick.. if he uses
Bobby..” her arms went around herself. She could remember how
sick she felt and how long her own suffering was. Even then as a
child she thought she had her mother’s illness- but was far from
it. Daevon was already pulling his shirt off, “yeah gotta stop
the bleeding..” he said as he still couldn’t understand how this
guy was treating it like he scraped his knee.
River rolled his eyes at the response of the pain, taking his
own shirt off and wrapping it around the wounds. "There, happy
now? Load up in the car, we can head to the loft... I'll even
let you bandage me up if that makes you feel better but
seriously, I'll be fine... you don't need to stress over me..."
He said after securing his shirt.
"Come on," he told them, motioning to his car that had a few new
bullet holes. "Don't know what you two want to do with your...
dead friend..." He said as his eyes went to the elder missing
the back of her skull.
“..Daevon.. can you.. uhm…” Rachel stammered.”burn her body..
the animals will eat her..“ Daevon looked over to see she looked
pale.”and River says he’s okay.. we can fix him up and..” her
voice breaking a little.
Daevon made work of burning Bobby’s grandmother. “Fine but I’m
driving river- you.. just.. stay calm!” He said more or less
saying it to River - when it really was for himself.
He got in the car to drive and he could hear Rachel breaking
down in the back. It don’t be long till they were back at rivers
place and Daevon trying to help patch up river with Rachel’s
help.”your not human.. are you?” Rachel asked quietly.
She had a feeling she knew what River was. It was something that
her father attempted to achieve but she couldn’t help but feel
there was more to his work.. but River was the closest being
what she thought he was attempting to achieve.
Daevon managed to get the man’s middle to stay in place to look
at the woman.
A grumpy expression came across River's features as he crossed
his arms before leaning on the car. "Yeah yeah whatever you can
drive..." He said with an eye roll at being told to be calm when
he was the only calm one among them.
When the body had been taken care of, River got into the
passenger seat, putting his feet up onto the dashboard behaving
as if he didn't have a gapeing hole through his torso.
It wasn't long before the trio got back to the wearhouse where
River hid the car before going up stairs to the loft and letting
Daevon fuss over him. He gave Rachel a surprised look when she
accused him of not being human before letting out a heavy sigh.
"Suppose there is no use lying about it.... no, I'm not
human.... think that was what my creators intentions were.... to
make me a human.... I'm... a Humunculus... from what I know, I
was created when someone tried to bring a person back from the
dead.... never successful... I don't really... remember a lot
before I woke up in this wearhouse...." He admitted, feeling
like he had no choice but to divulge his secret to the two, he
hoped his trust wouldn't be in vain.
Rebel's head jerked up at the sound of squealing tires and
cautiously peered out of his makeshift hiding spot in the back
alley. His eyebrows narrowed as he watched several bloodied and
wounded thugs pile out of a small car. Even from this far back
he could hear their curses and complaints about being surprised
by strange inhumans.
Rebel had been watching the warehouse for weeks now and had seen
a lot of crazy **** going down. Even so, he wasn't going to miss
the opportunity the thugs had just given him.
In their hurry to see to their wounds, they'd left the door and
gate unlocked. Everything inside was now fair game for the
Street Rat and thief.
Pulling his hood over his head, he glanced around before he
snuck into the old warehouse. He found a few tools laying around
that he shoved into his well worn messenger bag. Then he made
his way over to the car, which had been left unlocked.
It took him a few moments to remove the radio, and a few pieces
from under the hood. Then he went to the trunk to see if there
was other items he could grab as well.
His eyes widened when he found a young white haired guy inside.
He froze for a moment, then heard footsteps coming back out.
"Hurry, we gotta get out of here now!" He said reaching in and
yanking the other out of the trunk.
“I figured.. you didn’t go down with something that most living
things would die from.” Rachel said quietly.”nothing at all?”
She asked and seemed to fall into thought.
Daevon seemed shocked. “Explains why you never seem to sleep.”
He said with a sigh.
“Now what do we do?” Asked Rachel. “Bobby been taken.. I really
liked him…”
The pair were shocked, but they wernt running away and River
counted that as a win. "Well.... I remember a few names...
and... a vague sense that I've been running from... something...
gave myself a new name and tried to blend in." River said before
his eyes softened at Rachel's question.
"I'm sorry... I should have done more to protect him.... if we
can figure out where they took him we can always try and get him
back. If we are quick... maybe he will still be himself." He
suggested, finding himself trying to comfort the girl.
"Once I'm all patched up we can take my car out to look around,
maybe we will find something?" He suggested.
---
Bobby had been entirely out of it during the car ride to his
home, too high to even register the gun shots as he was yanked
out of the back of the car and tossed into a trunk.
He didn't start to come to until he was slammed into the seats
by a sudden stop. By the time the men were gone, Bobby was
trying to figure out where he was. That was when the trunk
opened by a handsome blue eyed man who looked just as surprised
as Bobby felt.
After a moment of silence the guy spoke in a panicked tone for
them to get out of where they were at, even going as far as to
yank Bobby up by his arm, thankfully not the one he had been
shot in.
He didn't question anything in that moment and followed after
his savior as quickly as he could manage as he was coming down
from his high.
Rebel heard a yell from behind them and pulled the guy down
behind a pillar as gunshots rang out.
"**** hell, I knew these guys were psycho, stay close," Rebel
told the other man and darted off again.
It was a bit of a harrowing game of cat and mouse for awhile
until Rebel pulled the stranger down into one of his hidden
underground tunnels. "Shh," he murmured, pressing the other
against a wall, waiting for their pursuers to pass overhead.
Finally he relaxed when the men wandered off and drew back to
look over the other man closely. That's when he noticed the
other's wounded arm.
"Come on I've got a kit somewhere down here." Reb said and
motioned for the guy to follow him.
Being used to living in the underground tunnels the rats, bugs
and trash didn't bother him all that much. The traveled a short
way before finally stopping at a small space covered in
cardboard, with a few supplies off to one corner.
"Have a seat, and I'll work on your arm. You got any family? I
can help you find them, for a small fee of course," Reb said as
he grabbed a small tin container and reached for the other guys
arm.
Rachel listened and felt for river. Being made and not knowing
who or what you were.. felt tough.”it’s not your fault.. in a
way you were still hurt and things happened.. I just hope he’s
still himself. If that creep changes him to a half animal or the
half baked plan of a humunculous - I’ll murder that man myself!”
She stated with a glower.
Daevon finished up what he was doing. His eyes making sure he
got the bullets out.”how fast do you heal?” He asked with a
gentle look.
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Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 10:18 pm
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A soft smile crossed River's lips at Rachel's attempt to make
him feel better. He understood her desire to hurt those who hurt
who she cared about. Before he could mentally fall into all the
things he didn't have, Daevon asked about his healing.
"Well, depends on the injury, should just be a scar in a few
days, I know it is faster than humans, but... in all honestly I
don't know much about human healing." River said as he got to
his feet and looked at himself in the mirror, "Thanks for the
patch job, think I owe you more than a drink at this point,"
River said before grabbing a shirt out of a basket sitting on
the floor in the corner of the loft and slipped it on.
"You two ready?" He questioned.
---
Bobby stuck to his savior like glue, especially when he heard
the gunshots ring out. He obeyed every oder the raven haired
man gave him as they tried to get away, finally escaping into a
swere tunnel where the man pushed him against the wall get a
blush out of Bobby as he silently waited for their pursuers to
go by.
Bobby took in a much needed breath when the man pulled away
mentioning a kit of some kind. He didn't need to be told twice
to follow after the guy, taking a seat when told.
"My Grandma is the only family I have... I hope those guys
didn't go to my house... this... is the second time today they
were after me... thank you for saving me.... my name is Bobby...
whats... yours?" He answered before asking the man's name.
Rebel concentrated on the man's wounded arm, relieved that the
gunshot hadn't caused more damage. "The second time you say?
That's kind of weird. Laying low for awhile might be smart.
Maybe even moving somewhere new," he suggested as he pulled out
bandages and some rubbing alcohol to clean the wound.
"Call me Reb it's short for Rebel. This is gonna hurt like
hell, curse me out all ya want," Reb replied, giving the other
warning before pouring the rubbing alcohol over the wound.
"Sorry all out of peroxide,"
“Mm well I know we don’t heal from wounds like these- we die.”
Said Daevon. The man chuckled.”we may even out if we can get
Bobby again.” He said.
“Yeah we are.. Angel think you can handle it?” He asked the
young woman by her nickname. “I can.. didn’t train for nothing
you know.” She said flatly. “You sure you’ll be able to handle
things river? Remember even you need a little time.” She said
understandably. While he acted like he simply skid his knee. To
see anyone move just fine like that made her wonder if he felt
pain.”your not in pain still?”
River couldn't help his own chuckle at Rachel's worrying over
him. "It's sweet of you to worry, yes of course it still hurts,
it's a gunshot wound. Though, I suspect I don't feel pain quite
like you do. The worst of it was when it first happened, as my
body repairs itself it hurts less and less. I'm not all that
worried about me, I will heal, your friend may not, let's get
going." He said, getting far more serious as he finished
talking.
"Besides, of I take anything for the pain there is a chance it
could prevent me form driving or whatever the hell else we need
to do to get your boyfriend back." He added with a shrug before
grabbing the car keys and heading down the stairs.
---
"I.... probably can't afford to pay you for your help.... Ow!"
Bobby had began to speak when Rebel started tending to his arm.
The rough treatment from the thugs who had taken him causing the
would to bleed more. He was grateful for Redel's help, clenching
his teeth as the wound was cleaned.
"Do you live down here?" He couldn't help but ask, an attempt to
distract himself from the pain he was currently in.
"don't worry about that right now. I'm good with food or
anything really. We can figure something out that benefits us
both," Rebel replied with a shrug.
He knew just how badly the stuff hurt: having been shot before.
"I've got some pain pills if ya need one," Rebel added as he
moved to rummage through one of his other bags under some
blankets he'd stashed in his hideaway.
"When I need to. I've got different spots all over the city that
I can use to lay low." Reb replied not really caring what Bobby
might think of his living situation.
After a bit of rummaging he pulled out a bag of oxycodone pills,
a water bottle and two granola bars. "You want in on any of
this?"
Rebel settled back, tearing one of the bars open and started
eating it in small bites , eyeing Bobby's soft features closely.
Rachel blushed a bit at the compliment of her being sweet.
Hearing him speak about how he heals and how the pain goes away
as it heals made her wonder. She nodded to get going with
Daevon.
“If driving’s the case I can take that.” Said Daevon. Rachel had
blushed hard at the boyfriend comment.”h..he’s not my boyfriend
just.. really.. close..“ she stammered as Daevon took notice of
how she was.
He gave a chuckle.”your so easy to read.” He said as the nail
came down.”you really should just tell him how you feel.”
Rachel found her voice as she got in the car.”you know how hard
that is? He’s been hit on by a few girls and he’s turned them
all down- some twice..” she said settling in the back as Daevon
held his hand out for the keys before he started the car once
River was in.”mmhmm…” he said his brows raising.
River sighed, rolling his eyes at Daevon's seeming
protectivness, he didn't have the energy to argue at the moment
as he went back into the loft and dug out a bottle of pills,
taking a few before doing some water and following the two down
stairs.
Hearing Rachel voice that Bobby wasn't her boyfriend, then
defend not asking him out had River laughing as he got in the
car. "Maybe, he is turning the other girls down because he likes
*you*." River teased. "Besides, what is the worst that could
happen? He says no? Watch, I'll show you," River said with a
smirk on his lips.
"Yo, Daevon, want to be my boyfriend?" He questioned, fully
expecting the man to tell him no or have some form of negitive
reaction but had already turned back to face Rachel, "see?
Easy."
---
"If you take payment in food, I could cook for you... when I'm
not... ya know... hiding in the sewer with a gunshot wound,"
Bobby said with a pained laugh. "Some pain meds would be a
godsend," he added.
He watched Rebel dig around and come back to him with the
medication, water, and even some snacks. "Absolutely," he said
as he popped the pills into his mouth once out of the bottle and
downed it with a sip of water before opening his own granola
bar. "You have any family?" Bobby questioned, wanting to know
more about his savior.
Rebel's eyebrows shot up at Bobby's suggestion of cooking for
him. Just the thought of home cooked food has his stomach growl.
Granola bars were okay and all, but real food was a rarity for
Reb.
"Well rest up a bit, then I can help ya get home. My stomach
will gladly take ya up on cooked food,"
He gave Bobby a grin as he handed over the pills, water and
granola bar. "I think my dad is still alive, haven't seen or
talked to him in ages though," he said with a shrug, running his
tongue behind his lip piercings. "I do all right on my own."
Rachel blushed more and slid in the back seat. Course what
caught her off guard was Daevon.”why not? You’re a good guy…” he
said eyeing the man as Rachel blinked a bit.”anyone that has
your sense of humor huh?” She asked before he said with a
grin:”and a sweet ass.” Her metal hand rested on her face a
little.”excuse my cousin.. swear the filter gets used less and
less as time passes.” She said flatly. The car took off as they
began to look around.. scouring the city for Bobby.
River's head snapped back to Daevon when the man practically
said yes earning a deep blush from him. "Wait.... what? Really?"
He asked taken entirely off guard. Sure, River had a crush on
the guy for a while but had never dreamed the feelings could
actually be mutual. It seemed he needed to take his own advise
more often.
His cheeks turned even redder when Daevon commented on River's
ass, earning a laugh from the man. "Filters are lame," he added
with a smirk, pleasantly surprised by the turn out of the
question. It certainly helped to keep the mood a little lighter
while they searched for the kidnapped Bobby.
---
Bobby's eyes were drawn to Rebel's lips when he saw one of the
piercings moving, averting his eyes when he realized he was
staring. He tried to focus on eatting before he laid down. "How
long have you been on your own? Sounds lonely to me..." He
commented as he closed his eyes trying to rest like Reb had
suggested after he had finished eatting.
He couldn't help but gaze at the handsome blue eyed man who
saved him. It wasn't often he found a guy as attractive Rebel,
he was easy on the eyes to say the least.
Rebel of course caught Bobby's staring at his lips and smirked a
bit. He moved a bit to give Bobby space to lay down, even
tossing a folded up blanket for the guy to put under his head.
The question kind of caught him off guard for a moment. It was
lonely living in the street, always wary of others and on edge.
"I've lost count of how long. It does get lonely, but that's the
price of survival on the streets. You can't really trust anyone.
Least not for long. Everyone always has ulterior motives."
He caught Bobby staring at him again and reached out to lay his
hand on the other's thigh.
"You got a boyfriend? Or a girlfriend? Or just oogling me for
fun?" He couldn't help but tease a bit "me myself, I go both
ways," he added with a wink.
Daevon gave a smirk.”yes really. Telling me you been eyeing me
this whole time?” He asked at the blushing river with a chuckle.
Rachel looked about the area, giving hope that Bobby was alive
and well. At the same time.. her mind trying to figure out how
to tell him about his grandmother. She looked at Daevon and how
he flirted with River. Least she knew her cousin was finally
connecting with someone.
"I mean, who doesn't in the shop? Best looking guy in the
building by a long shot," River admitted with a smirk. "Pretty
sure there is a running pole on if you are even single or not,"
he added with a chuckle. "Mean, clearly your not single now," he
added, smirking wide. Today was continuing to surprise him more
and more.
"How you holding up back there Rachel?" River asked when she had
gone quiet for a while. He knew being in her own head wouldn't
do anyone any good.
---
Bobby gladly accepted the blanket and put it under his head as
best he could as a pillow. He listened to Rebel talk about how
being alone had become nessisary because the guy didn't trust
anyone. He felt so sad at that though, not having anyone you
trusted.
The hand on his thigh jerked Bobby out of his thoughts as his
pale cheeks burned a bright red. "I'm single right now......
can't really help that you are easy on the eyes. I... go both
ways myself..." He found himself admitting, blushing even more
at admitting such things. Something about those eyes drew Bobby
in.
"I'm easy in the eyes?" Rebel couldn't help but laugh out,
looking almost incredulous at such a thought. "Okay then. You're
pretty cute yourself,"
Rebel relaxed a bit, there was something about Bobby that put
him at ease. Maybe it was because the other wasn't from the
streets, and he was pretty cute with flushing cheeks.
"I'm probably gonna have to jack a car to get you out of here.
Can't have those thugs grabbing you yet again," he sighed. "I'll
be right back, try and rest up a bit more,"
He squeezed Bobby's leg before standing up and heading back the
way he'd come.
Daevon went red at what he was being told.”they were what? Damn
I could have gotten in on that..” he joked trying to regain his
composure.
Rachel blinked.”I’m okay- just worried.” She said with a smile.
Rachel’s eyes went wide to sink back in the seat recognizing
some men. They seemed to be looking and Maverick was there-
looking pissed.”he got away.. but he couldn’t have gone far..”
Rachel commented- “not with the gunshot wound.” She added before
they made their way around. They came to a spot as she slid out.
“We might have to split up… hopefully he hid himself well enough
to avoid them.. “ she said softly.
River chuckled at Daevon's teasing before noticed Rachel tense
up and sink into her seat. His eyes traveled to the men she had
been looking at.
"You two stick together, I'll check around some hiding spots I
know." River said before he got out of the car. "Make sure you
lock up," he added to Daevon before he headed off.
---
"You act like no one has ever told you how good looking you
are," Bobby said, unable to help his chuckle. His own blush
deepening when the man sqeezed his leg after claiming he would
steal a car. It appeared Bobby had found himself a badboy and
for some reason it made him even more draw to the guy.
"Just.... be careful, you don't need to put yourself in any more
danger than you already have for me..." He said softly to
Rebel's retreating form.
Rebel wasn't about to admit that Bobby was the first to say he
was good looking. Often times he was covered in dirt and grime
so not to stand out too much. He must be looking too clean at
the moment.
"Most people don't look that closely," he said with a shrug.
He paused hearing Bobby's soft words and glanced back. "Hey, no
need to worry about me. I'll be back soon," he reassured the
pretty boy.
Then he disappeared into the shadows, making his way through the
tunnel until he found the right grate that lead up to a few
streets over from the warehouse.
Reb hadn't gone far when he heard someone heading his way. With
a curse muttered under his breath, he slid into a shadowy
alcove. It wasn't until the guy got closer that he heard the man
calling out Bobby's name softly.
He blinked and then forced himself out behind the guy. "You know
Bobby?" He queried softly, not wanting his voice to carry to
far.
He scrutinized the man for a moment, trying to make his mind up
about the guy. Could he trust him? Or was another of the thugs
from the warehouse? There was something oddly familiar about
him.
Rachel nodded and began to walk with her brother.. softly
calling for Bobby. Her eyes looking more worried as they
progressed down the street. Daevon noticed some guys to gently
shove his cousin down an alleyway to avoid them and kept walking
as they peered at various people. “Bobby….” They would manage
periodically, while dodging the goons that were looking for the
man that fled.
River stopped instantly when he heard a familiar voice asking if
he knew Bobby. "Yeah, I do," River said as he turned around,
easily able to recognize a street kid when he saw one. "Looking
for him because I need to help him find a place to hide, think
he got loose from the thugs who shot me and grabbed him... you
know anything about where he might be? White hair, blue eyes,
light blue sweater...." River said trying to tell the guy
everything he remembered about what Bobby looked like.
"His friends are looking for him with me, we want to get him
somewhere safe... I'm River," he added, hopeing that maybe he
had found a lead. Why else would this guy ask if he knew Bobby?
Rebel's eyes narrowed a bit, cautiously moving a bit closer as
he listened to the older guy. The voice sounded quite familiar,
and he was trying to place it.
"River?" He asked, his eyes widening a bit, the name finally
making things click in his head. "It's me...Rebel,"
It had been at a couple of years since they'd hidden out in a
dark sewer tunnel trying to wait out a blood thirsty gang.
They'd been stuck down there nearly two days before the gang had
given up finding him.
"I know exactly where he is," he added and started back towards
the grate he'd come out of. "sounds like those guys are close
though, so we gotta be careful. They've tried to grab him more
than once already, what's that all about?"
Rebel quietly moved the grate and climbed down into the sewer,
waiting for River to follow. Then led him through the tunnels to
where he'd left Bobby.
"Bobby, time to go. I found one of your friends," Rebel said
touching the other on the shoulder to wake him.
A wide smile crossed River's lips when the guy told him his
name. "Good to see you are still in one piece," he commented as
he followed Rebel into the sewer. Even after so much time had
passed, he was still vividly reminded of his time hiding in the
dark with the man.
By the time they reached Bobby, River had sent Daevon a text
telling him to park in the alley that River had gone down,
informing the man he had found Bobby.
Bobby startled awake when Rebel returned and touched his
shoulder. He was relieved to see that Rebel had managed to find
Daevon's friend. "Oh good," he said, struggling a little to get
to his feet, using the sewer wall for support.
"Let's get you back to the surface and get you hidden away
somewhere you won't get ganggreen," River said with a joking
tone as he looked to Rebel, "you are welcome to come along," he
told the man as he started to headed back to where they had
entered the sewer.
Rebel was a bit surprised by the smile River gave him. He
nodded, feeling a bit strange at the other's sentiment. No one
had ever really said anything like that before.
After seeing the relief on Bobby's face, Rebel moved to help
steady the guy as he got up. "The pain pill may be making you
feel a bit woozy,"
Once again Rebel was shocked by River's offer, inviting him to
join them.
"Uh, I'll think about it," he muttered. "Let's just get Bobby
out of here first,"
He grabbed what he needed from his stash, shoving it into his
bag, and then helped River get Bobby up to the surface. The
waiting car had him gasping in appreciation.
"Nice ride," he breathed out slowly. He noted the other two
people, backing away a bit, a wary look on his face.
"Nice to meet you Bobby, stay safe, okay?"
Before he could second guess himself, Reb leaned in and kissed
Bobby a bit roughly on the lips. He pulled back, his face
flushing lightly. "uh... so can I hitch a ride with you? I just
need to get out of this area,"
The two started to come in and saw a man neither seen before.
Rachel’s eyes went wide as she saw the man kiss Bobby on the
lips.
Daevon just about gaped himself to glance over at Rachel who
deflated a little. Her look telling him that this was why she
held back. She took a minute and found her voice.”it’s fine but
- try asking before you kiss.. there’s this thing called
consent.” Said Rachel.”but thank you for saving Bobby..”
She got in the back with Bobby.”jump in the back.. might deal
with scary look from her for a while.” He warned rebel. He got
in the drivers seat to get ready to start. Their small group was
growing fast. He knew they would need to explain what happened
to Bobby.. and deliver the bad news. He looked back a bit at
Rachel, as she looked at Bobby’s arm.”this is good patch work..”
she commented and looked at rebel.
River was quite smug at Rebel's reaction to his car and smirk.
That look quickly wiped off his face and replaced with shock
when Rebel *kissed* Bobby. Well that put a wrench in the plan to
encourage Rachel to act on her feelings...
Bobby hadn't expected Rebel to lean in and kiss him, his eyes
going wide as his pale skin turned a bright red. "I... um...
okay... I'll try..." He said, quite dazed, only being pulled out
of it when he was guided into the car.
Rachel's reaction surprised him even more as she became
protective of him. It honestly brought a smile to his lips as he
hugged the woman.
River gestured with his head for Rebel to get in the car before
getting in himself. "Can head back to my loft until we figure
out a safer spot to stash Bobby-boy." He said to Daevon as he
relaxed into his seat.
Rebel was a bit surprised by the young woman speaking up and
blinked a bit. There was something about the way she spoke that
made him think he'd done something that made her sad. Did she
have a thing for Bobby maybe?
He shot her another look before getting in the back on the other
side of Bobby. His eyebrows shot up at her comment about his
work on Bobby's arm. "I am pretty handy at times, hot stuff," he
purred back. "So..you got a boyfriend? Or are you single too?"
Flirting was like breathing to Rebel. It was far more
comfortable to him than small talk. Plus, he did think she was
just as cute as Bobby.
Rachel heard the man hit on her and her brow raised. But the
question that followed caught her by surprise.”first you kiss
Bobby, and then hit on me… are you even human?” She asked
incredulously. Her cheeks reddened with the idea that someone
even complimented her in that way.
Her eyes went to her hands. She dreamed of having a relationship
and hoped whoever held her hand.. didn’t mind the cool feel of
metal. She hoped on some level it be Bobby- since he was the
first to look at her and not cringe or comment at her. “Your a
er… woman.. man izer.. huh?” She said her elbow resting on the
cars arm rest, her metal hand under her chin a bit as she peered
at rebel.
The confusion on Bobby's face was unmatched as Rebel proceeded
to flirt with Rachel, Bobby's best friend in the world. The
sentiment that his hot badboy savoir was a player was quite
saddening, though the idea of something giving Rachel such a
complement has a sprig of jeliously fill him.
Why did he feel like this? He was jelious on both ends, of
Rachel being hit on and Rebel being the one doing the flirting.
He had never thought of Rachel in such a way and began to wonder
why he hadn't. She was the one person who cared about himself
outside of his grandma.
His grandma.... "we need to stop by my house, I need to check on
my Grandma, she's been alone all day...." Bobby said with sudden
anxiety in his voice.
Rebel's eyebrows furrowed at the woman's question. "What else
would I be?" He asked a bit confused. That was when he noticed
her metal arms for the first time.
A look of realization hit him at what she must have gone
through. She'd survived some experiment or gone through
something traumatic in her life.
"I just have little to no social skills is all," rebel sighed,
leaning against the side of the car. "I flirt instead of actual
talking," he sighed. "I'm bisexual if that's what you were
trying to say."
He couldn't help but notice the jealous look that came into
Bobby's eyes and sighed again. Maybe he should just make a run
for it at the next red light. He'd known being around normal
people would be too hard.
Rachel blinked a bit.”bisexual? Makes sense since you hit on
both of us.. but I was suprised Bobby managed to reel in a man
this time- too cute swear..” she mumbled before hearing Bobby
mention his grandmother.
“Bobby…” Rachel said as daevons hands gripped the wheel.
“I…I’m sorry.. we did go to the house.. the thugs were there- we
tried to get her out of there..” Rachel said her metal hands
touching Bobby’s wishing she had normal arms to give the warm
hugs he deserved.”she was killed Bobby.. I’m sorry… “ she said
as she held what she knew was a delicate way for his hands.
“They were there to coerce you to go and experiment on you .. I
didn’t want you or her go through that… “she said softly.
The way Rachel said his name and seeing both Daevon and River
tense, Bobby already knew it wouldn't be good news, but he
hadn't been prepared for his heart to be shattered to pieces in
that moment. The last bit of family had been snatched away from
him.
He hadn't even told her goodbye that morning. Hot tears streamed
down Bobby's cheeks as he gripped Rachel's hand when it touched
his own. "That... that can't be right, she can't be gone..." He
nearly whispered in denial, disbelief as he wasn't able to come
to terms with the concept of never seeing the woman alive again.
"Please tell me this is just a sick joke..." He begged as he
voice **** on the last words.
Rebel didn't understand why the woman was so surprised that he e
was attracted to Bobby. The guy was super cute.
The sudden shift of mood in the car was palpable and Rebel shot
a look at Bobby as...was it Rachel?...took his hands.
He closed his eyes, a wave of empathy sweeping through him for
Bobby's loss. Instinctively he reached out to put a hand on
Bobby's shoulder, squeezing it gently.
While he was at a loss for words or something to say, he rubbed
his hand over the other's back gently.
He shot a look at Rachel, hoping she'd know what to say. They
two seemed to have a pretty close connection from what he'd
noticed so far.
Rachel look a breath and leaned in hugging in a way trying to be
mindful.. of hugging lightly. She quietly said.”I would never
joke about this and you know I wouldn’t Bobby.. but please
know.. you were the first and last thing on her mind when she
died. No matter where she is, you know she loves you always.”
She said and let the man cry. Daevon gritted his teeth some in
the front. His eyes shifted briefly to the review mirror. Daevon
blamed himself. He wished he could have done more.. or least be
the one shot instead of the elderly woman, feeling responsible
for Bobby being alone.
It felt like the world was crashing around him. He knew in his
heart that Rachel would never play such a cruel prank on him. He
just couldn't believe that the woman was gone now. The tears
kept flowing like a sunami as they made their way to River's
warehouse. Once there, the car was pulled inside and hidden once
more.
"Make yourself at home..." River said once the had made it to
his loft. Finally sitting down on the cot to rest, something he
didn't usually take the time to do but he was exhausted from the
days activities. The most surprising of which being his new
boyfriend. That would take some getting used to.
Bobby was broken to say the least, barely paying attention as he
was guided out of the car and up stairs to the loft. The moment
he was seated, he curled up into himself and sobbed his heart
out. He was a broken shell of a man at this point as loss and
grief full took over his mind. His body shaking with every sob.
---
The outside world had been far harder to survive in than Jun had
ever considered when she had run away. Having to steal food,
clothes, everything she needed. The hardest part was finding a
dry comfortable place to sleep. It had been three months now
being out on her own. She found herself missing her created, her
heart breaking every time she thought about how she couldn't go
back. She couldn't be discarded like all his other experiments,
she would be entirely broken the day that happened.
There was also a deep fear of what James would do when he
finally caught up to her. Jun carefully picked her way through
the alleyways on the hunt for an easy target to get food from.
As degrading as it was, she had began to go to dumpsters behind
grocery stores and restaurants, the places often threw out
perfectly good food.
The ride seemed to take far longer than it actually was due to
the somber and sad moods inside. Rebel was more than ready to
get out and followed after the others, taking in the warehouse
loft where River lived.
Seeing the limited space, had Rebel thinking it would be smart
to find his own place. Though he couldn't just leave while Bobby
was going through so much grief. It wasn't lost on him he and
Bobby were both all alone. Lost kids who had only themselves to
depend on. Though it did seem like Rachel and the others were
there for Bobby.
Seeing Bobby shaking and curled in a ball on the couch had Rebel
dropping his bag and moving to pull Bobby into his chest.
"Here, use me as a giant Hankey," he murmured and brushed his
fingers gently through Bobby's hair.
Rachel helped get Bobby into the loft. She managed to get him to
the couch and rubbed the man’s back. Her heart broke for him.
Knowing what it felt like to lose people close.
Daevon sat on the cot by river as he watched the two comfort
Bobby the best way they could, and when rebel went to hold Bobby
seeing Rachel relent. She knew he needed the comfort and clearly
rebel had the warmer hugs.
“River have any basic tools around?” He asked quietly. His eyes
went to his cousins arms. If there was going to be fights he
would need to check them over so they wouldn’t quit on her.
——-
Death was on the hunt for Jun. when James found out his beloved
creation had disappeared he about lost it. His eye opened a bit
when his phone went off and his touch clicked.”the target too? I
better find her quick.. least she can make him keep working.” He
said to himself. He passed by and ally to stop and notice a
female half bent in a dumpster her legs dangling. His brow
raised as he went over, once she came up and he got a good look
at her face, he grabbed the food and threw it away. Then he
grabbed her, to set her on her feet.”If you wanted to go out
that much Jun, I could have taken you somewhere nice.” Said the
humunculous. He took her hand to start walking back.”James is
all the worried about you- I had to tell him he had to stay
because of work but I’d find you- play nice I’ll get a nice fish
meal for you.. or meat..” he said as he walked with Jun.
Bobby felt Rachel artificial hand on his back as the woman tried
to comfort him before he was pulled out of his curled up
position and onto Rebel's chest. It temporarily surprised him
out of himself for a moment to look up at the man, before fresh
tears resumed in force as Bobby hid his face into Rebel's shirt.
River looked up at Daevon when the man spoke to him. "I have a
whole toolbox of **** somewhere around here." He murmmered as he
got to his feet and headed downstairs. After several minutes of
digging around, he finally found the toolbox he had been looking
for and brought it back up to his boyfriend.
"There ya go, think I'm ganna run down to the store and grab
some food, whole healing stuff makes me hungry, anyone else want
anything while I'm out?" River questioned.
----
Finally! A big box of sealed sandwiches! Jun felt like she had
hit the jackpot in that moment, but her excitement was quickly
dashed away when the food was ripped from her hands and she was
pulled out of the dumpster.
The pure shock of seeing Death standing before her made the
chimera's stomach sink to the floor knowing she had been caught.
Her brow furrowed when the man took her hand and tried to lead
her down the alley with promises of good food, causing her tummy
to rumble loudly.
She took a deep breath as he began to lead her down the alley
and yanked her hand out of Death's before sprinting in the
opposite direction of the man. "I'M NOT GOING BACK!" She yelled
as she ran with all her strength.
Even though Rebel had sort of taken over comforting Bobby, he
didn't feel right in making Rachel feel left out. It was obvious
that they two were close and had underlying feelings for one
another. Though..maybe they had yet to admit that to one
another.
He gently stroked his fingers through the other's white soft
hair and reached out to grab Rachel's metal hand and pulled her
in a bit closer.
"No need to be so far away. Let's make a Bobby sandwich," he
suggested.
Though he knew her metal hand wouldn't have any sensation, he
squeezed it before placing it on his own hip. This way Bobby was
cocooned by both their bodies. Then he began humming softly to
himself.
His humming paused at River's question about anyone needing
anything. "I could use something to eat, I'll eat whatever you
bring back. I'm not picky in the slightest," he spoke up, his
stomach rumbling a bit loudly in agreement.
Rachel had her hands folded when she heard rebel to blink. She
saw his hand in hers to feel the pull in. She saw how he
squeezed it and for a moment a tear formed. She burrowed her
head in Bobby’s shoulder as Daevon gave an appreciative smile.
He figured he’d give a bit of time before pulling her away for
much needed maintenance.”just get me something that will fill my
stomach. Rachel - mind grabbing her a salad and some soup? “ he
said as he mentally checked the diet she was on. “If there’s any
meat- chicken.” He said as he checked over the tools.
——
Death heard the breath and felt the yank to sigh. He never could
understand why she kept running away. “It’s such a good
relationship.” He said. He jogged lightly at first before
darting his way to snag Jun again.”you know you can’t get away..
he’s really missing you- he can’t work without you.” He said to
toss her over his shoulder and whistled for a car. He slid in
after getting her in with a man on the other side. Once he was
in he peered at her.”now tell uncle death why you keep running
away.. maybe I can help solve your problem?” He said with a tone
that sounded kind and cheerful.
"You got it," River said once everyone had told him what they
wanted before heading out. He would return a few hours later
with the groceries and put them away in the tiny kitchen. Bobby
having cried himself to sleep at that point in the comforting
arms of Rebel and Rachel.
"Least he is finally resting," River commented as he got the
food he had gotten ready to eat, cooking the chicken for Daevon.
---
Jun could hear Death's steps slowly growing quieter as she got
farther and farther away from. A false hope bloomed inside her
that she might actually get away, but that hope was quickly
dashed when the humunculus so effortlessly caught up to her and
scooped her up. She attempted to struggle against the man's
grasp on her but she was soon over his shoulder before being put
in the back of a waiting car.
Jun hissed in frustration, attempting to opened the door back up
once Death had his back turned but it seemed the man had learned
from her previous escape to put the child locks on. He
frantically kicked, hit, and threw her shoulder into the door to
no avail for a good portion of the drive before finally giving
up and sighing heavily.
"I don't want to go back Reaper.... The Doctor is going to grow
bored of me and then I will end up discarded like Chu was!
Locked in a cage to be tortured at Famine's leisure! I wouldn't
survive the heartbreak! Please just let me go Reaper, I'm
begging...." Jun pleaded.
Rebel gave Rachel a soft smile and rested back on the couch. It
was more than a little nice to get to have physical contact
after so long. He might have started the Bobby sandwich to help
comfort the grieving man, but it was also helping him. He
couldn't even remember the last time he'd felt this relaxed.
Rebel dozed off a little while after Bobby, his wariness finally
dropping. Of course, once River started cooking it was enough to
make him slowly stir and glance around.
With both Bobby and Rachel on top of him, he wasn't going to be
able to get up without waking them.
"Sleep helps, but it's going to take time before the pain of his
loss gets less," Reb sighed, remembering how bad it has been
for him when his mother had died. There were still times when it
hit him hard, not that he'd shared that before.
"What are you cooking? It smells Soo good,"
Death waited till she managed to calm down. He chuckled at her
nickname for him. Despite how things were he tried to be kinder
to those experimented on. Unlike the rest torture didn’t set
well with him. Which was why he dealt with cleanup and taking
care of business. “You know that won’t happen- the man barely
functions without you.” He told her gently.”chu is in that
position not because of boredom.. it’s merely tests famine is
going.” He said softly.”he’d never let you near that one.” He
said honestly.”just.. don’t run off for this project..I know
it’s hard since he has been delved into his work but he will
have a break soon.” He said honestly,
——
Rachel was sleeping for a little least until food came. Daevon
gently woke her up and chuckled a bit at rebel.”be one person
less for now.” The dark haired girl woke up and had a sleepy
expression before she let him take an arm off before he went and
brought the salad back for her to a table he saw, so she eat
with the remaining other.
“It’s been too long.. just too bad we couldn’t go to Steele this
time..” said Daevon thoughtfully of the man who made those arms.
Daevon learned a lot from the man to beable to help Rachel given
finances.
"Chicken.... I put some salt and butter on it... going to admit,
I'm hot good at cooking.... only ever eat when I get hurt....
grabbed a bit of variety as far as snacks," River said. If he
were entirely honest, had the others not been there be probably
wouldn't have bothered cooking the chicken but they didn't need
to know that.
Bobby started to stir when Rachel eventually pulled away, and
when the food was nearly done he finally woke up. It took a bit
to remember where he was and his cheeks turned a dark red when
he remembered who was holding him. He slowly pulled away before
heading into the bathroom once he had River point it out for him
and locked himself inside before turning on the sink, splashing
his face with water to try and wash away the tear stains on his
face.
---
"He could easily create someone he likes more than me and just
replace me without warning...." Jun lamated knowing she would
get nowhere with Death. The man treated her like she was just
throwing a tantrum.
Accepting there was no escaping in that moment, Jun pulled her
knees up to her chest, letting her tail wrap around her legs.
When the other man in the car looked at her she gave him a
threatening hiss, though most know the chimera to be all bark
and no bite. She was created to be a pet, not a fighter.
"I'm sure it'll taste better than anything I've had in the last
24 hrs," Rebel replied, his mouth already salivating at the
thought of eating freshly cooked meat.
He waited as patiently as he could for Rachel and Bobby to move
and then got up to stretch out a bit. It didn't escape him that
Bobby had flushed a bit.
He wandered over to watch Daevon work on the metal arm. He'd
always been fascinated with how things worked and would often
tinker on electronics when he had spare time.
"If you need any replacement parts, I could go scrounging
later," he offered.
When his stomach started growling louder, he pulled himself away
to grab some food. He sat back down on the couch making pleased
sounds as he ate, unable to be completely quiet.
Daevon chuckled.”believe me bet your better than Rachel. Can’t
cook worth a damn- but she bakes well.” He said. Course he
noticed she did not quip back like normal and got a soft look.
He flipped the arm before hearing rebel,”so far we don’t. It’s
mostly just making sure nothing slips out. Eventually I’ll need
to find some bolts.” He said with a sigh.
He got himself some food when it was ready and flipped arms with
Rachel to start working on the other one, he noticed she visibly
flinched and took notice of a rash on her other arm as the
result of the leather strapping that held it in place.”guess the
leather on this one is about to give out..” he said to gently
touch it.”let it breathe and I’ll see if the kit has a cream.”
He said as he went to work on the other arm and ate.
——-
“You are irreplaceable Jun. I doubt he could ever replace you.”
Said death knowing full well of what she was before. “You do
realize you’re the only one he hasn’t replaced? Tina, Zach, and
mark all got passed on but you’re still here.. doesn’t that
convince you of anything?” He asked.
Death knew full well if things were not so complicated-he’d let
her go- but given how James acted- could not afford to. “Please
just stay long enough for this project,and then I’ll let you do
what you want. I’ll even get you those candies you like so much
if you get James to work faster.” He said to smile a bit at her.
It wasn't much longer before the chicken was ready to come out
of the oven and cut the meat up for easy serving. River then
made himself a plate of food that most would consider an obserd
amount of food, heading down stairs to eat and give everyone in
the loft a little more space. River didn't really like to be
watched while he ate.
Bobby stay in the bathroom for a long while, trying to steady
himself. When he was finally somewhat collected he left the
bathroom finding the food ready to eat, Daevon working on
Rachel's arms while Rebel ate on the couch. The greiveing man
slowly made himself a plate of food before silently sitting
himself on the couch.
---
"He hasn't replaced me *yet*.... what is so important about this
project?" The feline woman questioned as her tail swished at the
end in irritation. "How... long til we get back?" She
reluctantly question, scared that James would be angry with her
for running away again. She had seen the man's rage let out on
others and was terrified of the day he would take it out on her.
Reb shook his head at Daevon's joke, looking a bit doubtful.
"I've never really cooked anything, so I doubt that."
He didn't mention that most of the food he did get was from
dumpsters behind restaurants or grocery stores.
Rebel's sharp ears picked up on Daevon's comments about the
leather and Rachel's arm and finished his bite of food.
"If you don't I should have some in my bag," he offered, wanting
to be helpful.
Reb was quick to get up and snag a serving of chicken and nearly
inhaled it. It was the best thing he'd had in a long time. When
his food was completely gone, he relaxed on the couch letting
out a happy sigh.
"Thanks for the food, I think I'll go out for a bit. I need a
walk after eating so much," He said popping to his feet.
He went to grab his bag, and rummaged through it. Reb finally
found some lotion cream and set it in the table next to Rachel.
"Maybe this will help some?" He leaned in and brushed a kiss to
Rachel's forehead. "Be back soon," he chirped and then turned
to kiss Bobby's cheek.
"Promise I won't go too far," he added before hurrying down the
stairs and out of the warehouse.
Rachel heard rebel mention about walking to be pulled from her
head by a form of a kiss on her forehead. Her face drastically
changed to a cherry tomato.”thanks.” She squeeked out. While
embarrassed- she did feel like she needed to keep up her guard.
She was wary of kindness of a stranger from a start in this
form.. that was due to her experience from her childhood when
she use to trust James. He acted like the fun loving uncle, and
acted as if he had her health in the best interest.. which
wasn’t the case.
She got the bottle to look at it, before noticing Bobby.”does it
taste okay?” She asked gently. She felt for the man. She
wondered what she could do to help his grief. “Maybe I should
have asked for brownies.. sweets may not cure anything, but
they’re damn good.” She said before lightly biting on the lid to
turn it. She put a little on the spot to try and smooth it out
at least, feeling the cool metal and cream on the skin.
——
“He won’t replace you at all Jun.. I don’t think you realize
just how priceless you are.” Said death.”simply the boss wanting
to be something like me..a humunculous while retaining his sense
of self.. pestilence.. war.. famine and I.. we have no real
collection- no memories of childhood- just of when we came to
be.” He told the chimera.”I’m quite old.. for a long time I
tried to figure out who I was.. but.. I am death and that is who
I am.“ he said.” The boss is hoping to have the benefits of
being a humunculous while being able to be himself in his own
body. To do that he has to see if it’s even viable.” He said
with a sigh.
“The boy was suppose to be the other half of the project.. an
attempt to see if a pair could be made to even procreate. Course
I have to figure out how to get the target since the means of
coercion was murdered…” he said in a voice that sounded
irritated.
“Not terribly far off but I won’t leave your side so he won’t
turn his rage on you. I won’t allow it.” Said death.
Bobby was pulled from his thoughts when Rebel kissed his cheek
after kissing Rachel on the forhead. He couldn't help but stare
after the raven haired man as he walked away promising not to go
far. Bobby's cheeks matched Rachel's in intensity, not knowing
how to deal with someone flirting with *both* of them.
It was too much to worry about at the moment as he slowly ebbed
back into his own quite dispare.
River returned not long after Rebel had wandered off, dumping
the empty plates in the sink. The plates were spotless, not even
bones from the chicken left behind, and given there was no
trashcan in sight, in was pretty obvious to the observant that
he had likely eaten them.
River laid down on his cot, groaning slightly ad he was reminded
of his back wound but didn't move to get up.
----
"You promise?" Jun asked meekly, all the fight that was in her
now fully dissipated. "How will you do your job *and* keep me
safe?" She asked, still not trusting the man. At this point she
didn't trust anyone. How could she given the nature of the
organization?
After that, Jun entirely shut down until they reached wherever
Death was taking her, only seemingly coming back to life when
she attempted to dart out of the car to try and get away once
more, much like a trapped animal. The man in the car with her
was quick in grabbing hold of her. Unfortunately for him, Jun
turned sharply and bit the arm of the hand bitting her, causing
the guy to cry out and let go. It took a little effort to pill
her fangs out, stuck in the human's flesh.
This would give Death more than enough time to get hands on her
to get her back under control.
Rebel hit the street, wariness hitting him almost immediately.
It was a different area and it was certain other gangs and
street urchins to deal with. Sure he got around, but he usually
would scout out a new area for weeks before moving in.
After a bit of exploration, he found an workshop a few blocks
away. After quickly picking the lock, he let himself in and
stole a few items he could sell. He felt quite lucky to find the
right size of bolts and leather pieces that could be used for
Rachel's arms.
He snuck back out and relocked the door behind him.
Rebel wasn't about to let someone use his skills for free after
all.
He was halfway back to River's warehouse when he felt the hairs
on the back of his neck raise. Then a crawling sensation that
moved over his skin and dread filled him. This had only happened
once before, the day his mother had died.
Rebel ducked behind a dumpster when he heard voices and many
feet approaching him. While the voices were low, he could make
out what they were saying. Years of living on the streets had
heightened his hearing. The more he heard, his heart got heavier
in his chest.
------After centuries of living around humans, War could blend
in easily when the need arose. His quiet presence among the
street gang hadn't been questioned, mostly due to his ease of
doling out death and punishment whenever it was needed.
They didn't seem to notice or care when their turf wars became
more violent. Or even suspect that he was the cause of it. War
thrived off of their hatred and need to destroy each other.
Humans were easy to manipulate in that way.
War's gaze slowly looked around while the humans plotted their
attack on their rival gangs hideout. He had thought he'd seen
some movement before the men had filled the alleyway. Perhaps it
had been a stray animal. It didn't really matter all that much
to him. Everyone in or around the place would soon be dead.
"Everyone got that? This isnt just a hit job, anything that
moves dies." The gang leader hissed, readying his two guns.
War shot a look over at Alice, a grin filling his face. "you
heard him. Unleash that inner fury of yours. Destroy anyone that
gets in your way,"
Even though he knew how volatile the red haired woman was, War
knew there would still be plenty for him to kill as well. The
group split and descended on the other gang, unleashing a
torrent of destruction and death on their enemies.
War's grin grew with every death and blood drop that spilled. It
took him back to the massacres and the glorious battles of the
past: the smell of blood and gun powder invigorating him even
more.
#Post#: 1234--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 10:34 pm
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Rachel finished with the lotion as she saw her arm sat down
before the man walked over to where River was.” Your back
hurting” Daevon asked. He noticed the bones were gone and
wondered if the man ate bones that often. “Maybe we can change
the bandages..” he said to sit on the side of the cot.
Alice smiled wide, her hand giving a salute to war before she
ran off, her bare feet hitting the sidewalk. The girl proved to
be good, as she disarmed some to use their own knives and
weapons against them, to throwing off challengers with ease with
her telekinesis till it hit its limit. The girl was splattered
in the enemies blood when she heard a noise around the quiet
where she had ended up.
Her duo toned eyes flickered a direction, sneaking a bit to poke
her head over rebel’s hiding spot.”oh? Got a hider! I know..
wanna play a game?” She asked as she could hear a few more shots
down the alley with the group that will still mod fight with the
rebel gang.
—-
Meanwhile Rachel realizing that Bobby wasn’t responding to her
questions. She went over to settle by him as she got her other
arm on.”Bobby.” She said and put her hand on his. She noticed he
seemed to react when rebel kissed him. She wondered if doing the
same might bring Bobby out even if he rejected her. Rachel let
off a breath to slide her metal hand under Bobby’s chin and gave
a soft kiss on his lips light and soft before pulling away.
Clearly flushed at the fact she finally did what she wanted to
and for the first kiss she had given away.
——-
Alice smiled wide, her hand giving a salute to war before she
ran off, her bare feet hitting the sidewalk. The girl proved to
be good, as she disarmed some to use their own knives and
weapons against them, to throwing off challengers with ease with
her telekinesis till it hit its limit. The girl was splattered
in the enemies blood when she heard a noise around the quiet
where she had ended up.
Her duo toned eyes flickered a direction, sneaking a bit to poke
her head over rebel’s hiding spot.”oh? Got a hider! I know..
wanna play a game?” She asked as she could hear a few more shots
down the alley with the group that will still mod fight with the
rebel gang.——
Death gave a smile.” I’ll try my best, but as for how, I’ll
simply have you do runs with me for errands.” He said with a
thought. “It’ll give time for you to have a breather from the
man and you’ll be helping out all at the same time!” He
commented.
Of course when they reached the destination she tried to get
away again. Thankfully her biting the man gave enough time to
grab Jun. “excuse me young lady. If you continue to try to
escape my deal goes out the window.” He said with a drop in his
voice as part of his face went translucent - a sign of someone
that was getting a bit angry. Inside would be the skeleton head
showing partially in response.The last thing Bobby ever expected
in his life was for Rachel to kiss him. So when the woman sat
next to him and gentle turned his face to look at her, pure
shock colored Bobby's face along with the deepest blush of his
life. It ended as quickly as it began and all he could do was
stare at her. His fingers went to his lips as if still in
disbelief that what had happened was even real.
"What.... what was that for?" He questioned, the confusion he
felt inside of himself feeling like knots tightening on his
insides.
---
"You just want to see me shirtless," River playfully accused
before gingerly sitting up and pulling his shirt off. The
bandages were soaked through with blood, his wounds still
bleeding pretty badly but looking like they had been healing for
days and not hours now.
By the time Daevon was done redressing River's injuries, the
humonculus realized Rebel had been gone for a while now.
"I'm going to go make sure Rebel didn't find himself in trouble,
I'll be back soon." He told the others, more finding an excuse
to get out of the place when Rachel decided to kiss Bobby.
It wasn't long before he found Rebel running for his life. River
was quick to snack the guy from a doorway in the alley and drag
him farther back into the building, hoping he could help the man
escape whatever trouble he was in.
It was when the beast chasing down Rebel found them that things
truly got out of hand. River had Rebel behind himself
protectively and when he realized the monster wouldn't back off,
it triggered his true form. River held his face shaking his head
before the skull of a raven replaced his face and head. The
clothes he was wearing morphed around him making a cloak and
wrapping up all exposed skin.
----
At Death's scolding, Jun became quite docile, quietly following
her captor with a quiet "sorry" as she was led inside. She
wondered where the man would be taking her.
She didn't recognize this place. A fear welled up inside of her
that this was likely a cage.A place to trap her and keep her
complacent. She tried to stay calm, but I was hard. Was James
here? Was Famine?
Rebel shivered in his hiding spot, trying to remain quiet until
the others were occupied so he could sneak away. Unfortunate for
him, when he went to move, his foot met an empty can and it went
skittering out into the open. He cursed under his breath and
nearly jumped out of his skin when a bloodied female poked her
face into his space.
Rebel scrambled back on his hands, his eyes widening in fear.
The way she spoke sounded wrong..and more than a little creepy.
"I don't think your idea of a game is gonna be any fun, so no
thank you,"
The moment he got the chance, he was running for dear life
knowing better than to look behind him. He about yelped when he
was grabbed and pulled back into an old building. Rebel
instinctively went for his hidden dagger and relaxed a bit when
he recognized River's shadowed face.
"Oh thank the gods. Some crazy chic is hunting me down," he got
out. "She's gonna kill me if she catches me!"
Rebel froze a moment later when the blood thirsty psycho chick
showed up, not even standing down when River suddenly changed.
All Rebel could do was shake, watching as fear filled him,
clutching his dagger and hoping that he'd somehow survive the
unfolding nightmare.
Rachel blushed a bit harder.”.you seemed more in your head.. so
I thought one.. that it would bring you out. And two.. I ah…
like you.” Rachel said and made a bashful look.”never kissed
before so hopefully it wasn’t weird.” She said noticing how his
face looked a bit confused. Her metal hands started playing a
bit twiddling almost. Rachel was a bundle of nerves and
butterflies- but she figured if everyone else was gonna make a
move on the man- she better make her own feelings known.”I liked
you for a while now I just had trouble bringing it up, mostly
due to nerves…” she said before biting her bottom lip a little.
——
Daevon chuckled.”and? Maybe one day I’ll see more than just the
shirt off.” He joked a bit to help River redress the bandages so
he wasn’t sitting or rather soaking in the blood from the shirt.
Daevon simply just followed out the door to give the two some
space and steal a smoke. What he didn’t know was what was going
on given he stayed close to the loft.
——
“Yes it is! You try to stay alive!” She said before she heard a
noise to turn her attention back to the man that was running
away. She chuckled to run/skip her way towards the guy, just
keeping within reach to toy with him and egg on the fear. Of
course she held out long enough to notice a familiar face, what
she didn’t expect was the man to change to his form and just
about froze.”pestilence!” She said it flying out.”I didn’t know
he was your friend!” She said looking fearful. She knew what the
man was capable of to scramble away, wanting to avoid being
touched. War. She needed war, she knew pestilence normally would
never trigger his true form unless it was a job or defending
himself. Least.. that’s what death told her. Her feet hit the
street as she managed to get away.
———
Death managed to come in as he heard voices. One was covered his
face hidden from them both, famine was also in attendance,
sitting on the counter as usual. Eating or fake eating candy.A
resounding pop came out of his mouth.”there you are! Managed to
calm him down a little thanks to some news from some of war’s
men that visited that farm.” He said before noticing Jun. before
he could make a grin, death blocked her view of the man knowing
how uncomfortable she was.
“Jun!! “ said James as his head turned at the sound of their
feet. “Where have you been! Why did you run off? I was so
worried. What were you thinking!?!” He asked.
James was more than gone thanks to having Jun around again as he
tried to come close as death made it apparent he wasn’t going to
let him.”she’s still feeling emotional James, you need to give
her proper attention!” He said with a firm sound.
He turned to famine as he clarified.”the girl with the missing
arms grew up just fine.” He reported.”still need a way for a
blood sample though.” He said his eyes looking or rather
drifting to Jun. his eyes landed on the girls ears as he thought
about chu and what he had done.”oh James!.. when do I get a new
pet?” He asked. James stopped and sighed.”fine fine- you can
have Caleb.” He told him as famine huffed.”what about ju-“ he
started to get a glare from not just James but death as
well.”that will never happen.” Said James.”she’s mine and mine
alone!” He said possessively.
“Your acting spoiled again..” said death.”do we need another
lesson?” He asked as his face slowly showed some translucence to
gain a fearful look from famine.”look sorry! I won’t ask again.”
He said to jam the sucker back in his mouth.Rachel's confession
had Bobby sitting there in shock for several moments, not
knowing how to process what he had just been told. She liked
him. His best friend in the entire world liked him as more than
a friend. It took several moments for him to articulate the
words.
"It wasn't weird.... I... I like you too...." He admitted with a
darkening blush on his cheeks. With all the darkness around him,
he was glad to have some light to hold onto.
---
The name Pestilence rang in River's ears. Seeing the fear on the
woman's face as if he would eat her. Once she was gone, he
shifted back into his human shape, stumbling a little before he
regained his composure.
"You okay? We need to get out of here." River said in a stressed
whisper before taking Rebel's hand and guiding the man out and
back to the loft, sticking to the shadows unseen.
---
A chill ran down Jun's spine hearing Famine and James. She took
shelter in hiding behind Death, not looking at ether man as he
feline ears drooped.
She pressed in closer to Death when the man protected her from
the pair. The comfort was short lived as Famine asked about a
new pet, even going as far as to try and say her name but James
was quick to shut this down. It made Jun's heart flutter a
little at how possessive he was of her. Maybe Death had been
right about James not growing board of her. It helped hearing
James saying Famine would never have her.Rebel was more than a
little surprised by the woman's fear of the changed River.
Hearing her call the man/creature Pestilence had him go pale and
freeze. At least it seemed she was afraid River.
He watched her dash off in the other direction, hoping that he
wouldn't see her again anytime soon.
Rebel stashed his dagger away, nodding silently at River's
whispered question. He was a bit wary of the man/creature but
didn't fight when his hand was taken and led away.
Even though he had questions running through his head, he didn't
want to upset River and trigger that other side. Finding a new
hideout was going to be on the top of his list of things to
do.Rachel’s eyes went wide. She didn’t expect his feelings to be
mutual. She smiled softly. She could still remember going into
the flower shop when she was looking for work. She never
expected Bobby to be so accepting before despite the fact of her
arms, and the rosecroft name. She leaned into him enjoying the
moment she was having.
——
Daevon was finishing his smoke when he notice rebel and river,
in fact rebel looked pale and River looked spooked.”what
happened?” He asked now a bit concerned.
——-
Death gave the leopard chimera a soft smile. “Good now explain..
Rachel lived?” Famine still looking more or less now just pissed
looked away. He wasn’t getting what he wanted so he resorted to
silence, but the man beside him seemed to open up right
away.”yes, she managed , and seems sane.” He finished before a
gun went to the side of his head and a shot rang out.
James made a face.”famine not inside!” He shouted as the body
dropped.”you realize how much chemicals are around here one
missed shot everything will go boom.” He told the man.”it lodged
in his head, and that wasn’t information for him to give.” He
said to cross his arm
Death sighed.”I could just ask war to put you through training…”
he started as famine finished quickly with the report of the
location and time.”funnily enough she was protecting the man
James picked out..” he said as death put a hand to his
chin.”that might work out in our favor.” He said thoughtfully.
——-
Alice managed to make it back to the group, her shoving, and
some being thrown by telekinesis out of the way as she got to
war.”war! I saw pestilence! I was chasing a hider and he
protected him.. I don’t think he remembers me..” she said and
added.”I didn’t know they were friends!” She said as she clung
to the humunculpus’ arm for comfort.Bobby found himself putting
an arm around Rachel and pulling the girl into his lap, cuddling
her closely as he hid his face in her shoulder. His mind drifted
to Rebel and how he might react to. He knew he liked the man,
but he also liked Rachel. This was so confusing.
River shook his head at Daevon's question and moved to go inside
the warehouse. "I'll explain when we are all inside." Was all he
could manage and headed up the stairs before sitting on his cot.
"I... don't know exactly how it happened... but.... Rebel was
being chased by some crazy woman... I... changed into a
different form.... she called me Pestilence and acted like she
knew me and was scared before she ran away... i... I didn't even
know I could do that...." He said covering his face in his hands
and pressed the palms against his eyes.
----
Things seemed to fall into business as usual for a moment before
a shot rang out and a body hit the ground. Jun covered her
sensitive ears quickly and trembled at how no one cared about
the loss of life, only of the mess it would make or danger it
could cause. It chilled her to the bone.
Then the conversation tracked to past experiments and
kidnapping. Her heart hurt thinking of a new person going
through torture for James's goals.
Jun gently pulled on Death's sleeve and looked up at the man.
"Can... we go somewhere I can get cleaned up? I... could use a
shower..." she requested timidly.The battle was over far too
soon for War, but it had at least fed him. His eyes were glowing
around the edges, though no one seemed to notice. At the sound
of Alice's voice, his head jerked towards her, surprise showing
on his features.
"I haven't spoken to him in an age and a half;" he mused and
then his forehead wrinkled a bit. "I should have felt him
though,"
War patted Alice reassuringly on her head. "Don't you worry,
I'll keep you safe. If you see him again let me know. I should
try and contact him, find out where he's been for do long."
A part of War was relieved to know that his brother was close
by. It could be that Pestilence just needed a reminder of who he
was. "Come on, let's go find something fun for you to do. If
Pestilence is protecting a human, you should probably leave them
alone. Getting on his bad side is dangerous, even for you. One
touch is all it would take to end you,"------
Rebel gladly let River answer Daevon's question, not really sure
how to answer. Plus he was still in shock. He followed the older
men up to the loft, hanging back a bit.
When he spied Rachel in Bobby's lap he couldn't help but feel
happy for them. It looked like they were finally showing one
another how they felt. He moved to slump on the other end of the
couch while River explained what has happened.
"Is it possible that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are
real? Cause I think another one was there; I'm pretty sure I
felt Death in the past. When my...mom died," Rebel brought
up.Rachel felt the arm and the pull into his lap. She draped her
metal arms around him to stroke his hair some.
She heard the two coming in as Daevon froze.”take your time..”
he said calmly before looking over at rebel. Hearing his
question he sat down.”realistically no, but the mafia I’m indebt
to had a lot of secrets. I know one named after a horseman-
famine.”He said and saw how Rachel seemed to burrow a little
closer to Bobby.
He went to River and gently touched his arms.”it probably part
of your abilities you don’t quite remember.. maybe we need to
focus on that for you so you can learn them.” He said honestly.
———
Alice blinked at him.”you didn’t feel him?.. and I know that’s
why I ran away- he changed to his secondary form.” She said to
follow war.”if he said that human was his toy- I wouldn’t have
played with him.” She said with a pout.
——-
Death felt the gentle pull.”yes my dear- you must be
exhausted..” he said as famine looked over to see the two walk
by.”why does death get to have Jun.”
James sighed.”she’s not she’s mine.. he’s simply helping her
clean up.” He said as he went to look at the telescope to turn
it down.”so you’re saying death sees her naked?” He asked before
a crack would be heard from him getting too close to the
sample.”like hell!” He said to walk over to grab jun’s
arm.”*I’ll *show* her where she can clean up.” He started before
death grabbed the man’s hand to pry it off.”I’m showing her to
the bathroom not going in.. you’re scaring her. I thought you
loved her..” said death. Somehow that nailed James to the
core.”fine.. just.. ..” he stammered trying to contain his
jealousy.
Famine seemed to be enjoying the drama unfolding and smirked.
Least it made the place around him lively!Feeling Rachel press
closer into him had Bobby holding the woman a little tighter,
protectively even. Hearing about the men who hurt Rachel boiled
rage deep inside of himself. Were these the people after him?
River's eyes glazed over for several moments as a horrible face
flashed behind the man's eyes as an old barried memory tried to
surface at the name Famine. He knew they were in trouble just
but the name. A deep fear welled inside of him.
"We need to try and get out of this town. I don't think it is
safe here... we just need an idea of where we are going
though..." He said trying not to let his panic show.
---
A sweet smile came to Jun's lips at the sweet way Death spoke to
her. Her skin crawled a little as Famine referred to her as if
she were an object to be had. That seemed to spark something in
James who rushed over and grabbed Jun's wrist.
Fear welled up inside of the chimera as she tried to pull away,
only relaxing when Death came to her rescue. If James thought
she was too close to Death before, the feline woman was
practically clinging to the Humunculus the way she used to cling
to James.Rebel wasn't quite so sure what to make of Daevon's
reply. He tapped his jaw while he thought over the strange woman
that had chased after him. If anything, he'd move just to put
distance between them.
Hearing River bring it up had him nodding. "We'll need supplies
and gas for the car. That's going to take at least a few days or
a week to get together. Probably want to get a map too,"
-------
War frowned a bit, running his hand over his jaw. "there might
have been a bit of a tingle, but nothing like normal. Something
must have happened to break our connection,"
Hearing that his brother had changed to his second form
concerned him. Normally they didn't use them. Had Pestilence
really not recognized Alice?
"Relax Alice, you got away. I'll have to go look for him later.
It might be that his memory just isn't the best right now,"
War was starting to get concerned about his brother. Something
terrible must have happened to him. He had half the thought to
find Death and Famine first and see if they knew anything.
"Come on then, Let's find some more fun, what do you feel like
doing? Maybe going on a hunt?"Daevon heard the words of running
away. He looked at his cousin, and couldn’t count how many
times they had moved.”we can try. It would mean changing our
identities as well. Rachel and I haven’t for some time cause the
places we went didn’t know the rosecrofts nor what William-
Rachel’s father had done.” He said as he saw her head shot
up.”do we really have to-“ said Rachel as she often avoided
talking about the family outside of Daevon. “If we are running
they should know.” He said watching her take a breath.”then let
me- it’s not your dad that put you in this position.” She said
and sighed.
“The doctor that is after Bobby worked with my father for a
time-I guess either the man wanted more money or got caught but
they were working on a big project that involved slowing of
aging.” She said and kept her face staring at her metal hands.
“I… ah… my father went out of his way to experiment on not just
my mother- but me as well under the guise of curing our
illnesses. I was or I believed I was a sickly child. But reality
was the treatments given left me bedridden for days- mother
didn’t quite make it- I’m not sure when they started on me.. my
memories are not the best about it-.Course the money father used
was from the mafia, and he fled when he couldn’t pay it back.
They thought daevon or I would know where my father went. We are
all that’s left of our families. “ Rachel said quietly,
“Rachel’s arms were taken from her as a result.” Daevon said
taking over. “We were lucky she managed to survive in the first
place. It was in an effort to get information out of us that we
didn’t even know ourselves.” He said honestly.”we also don’t
know what kind of affect Rachel went through. But her father’s
atrocities were founded in our hometown. Which is why we don’t
go back. There might be a chance they’ll find us.. depends on
how the boss would be if he finds out we skipped town again.” He
said to rub his neck.James watched as the feline clung to death-
but the fear on her face managed some restraint as death ushered
the female away. Of course the moment they went down the hall
would they hear the sounds of the man practically ruining his
lab and cursing out death.
“I thought one shot and the whole place would..” famine started
as James cut him off.”Shut the hell up!” Famine made a smug grin
before popping the candy back in his mouth and heading the same
direction as death. His hands resting on the back of his
head.”Will you stop causing trouble..” death said as famine just
chuckled.”it gets dull if it’s about work.. besides you and Jun
being a thing wouldn’t be bad.. you barely have any other
subordinates.. why not just *take* her for yourself.” Said
famine with a cheerful desposition.”mean the good doctor is
about done with his work and we can go bang and be done and go
back to fishing for bigger things.” He said.
Death kept Jun close and his brow raised.”right now this one
needs to be done- for once stop being lazy- if that woman is
running about make it your business to catch her instead.” He
told the man.
A sigh escaped from famine.”fine fine.. mean be fun to see her
scared look again.” He said with a smirk. Seeing her fear as a
child was one thing but seeing if it continued to affect her
left him curious.”bye bye:. Don’t do anything to **** the doctor
off more..” he teased to earn a glare before he turned down
another hallway to laugh.
Death gave another sigh and got Jun to his room and shut the
door.”you can use my shower.” He told her before he texted on
his phone to sit on his bed. His room was windowless to allow it
to be dark enough. While he couldn’t sleep somehow it gave him a
sense of being normal to lay down and rest. Plus it was nice and
quiet.
——Alice made a concerned look and blinked.”His memory?“ she
asked and seemed to think a little bit.”well I am hungry. I want
something sweet!” She said.”can we get some food?” She asked as
she didn’t quite let go of wars arm. The girl had always been
clingy to war since she was brought under him. If she wasn’t
doing her part, she almost seemingly left his side. “Maybe a
crepe?” She asked being one of her favorite sweets as what was
left of the men were getting into their own cars from the scene
as she heard the sounds of sirens in the distance.Bobby and
River both listened to the others as they spoke about the past
and Daevon even going as far as claiming that Famine must have
done something to River. It made the Humunculus shiver as more
waves of fear washed over him it wasn't a feeling he thought he
could ever get used to.
"I... I don't remember... that name just... makes my blood run
cold...." He said in a defeated tone. "No one wander off on
their own... I don't know why... but I have a feeling we will be
seeing more of those goons soon... if.... if I transform
again... whatever you do... don't touch me... I don't
remember... what exactly happens... but... I know no one has
ever survived...." He said as the pain of not knowing his own
past weighed on him.
He could keep everyone so much safer if he could remember. "We
need to be out of town by the end of the week at the latest..
" River finally decided as he got to his feet. "Stay here, stay
together, I'll be back. Ganna see if I can't get started on
grabbing supplies, and see who is lurking around...."
Bobby got a fresh wave of sad emotions wash over him at hearing
what had happened to Rachel in her past. If only he could have
protected her back then, not that he was much protection now.
She was the one always protecting him, even before things got
deadly.
----
Relief finally came as Death ushered Jun out of the lab moments
before she heard destruction being caused as they made it down
the hall. It caused the feline to tremble, pressing against
Death even more when Famine joined them.
She was near hyperventilating by the time they had parted ways
with Famine and made it to Death's room. The pitch black space
took a moment for Jun's eyes to adjust to before being blinded
as the lights were switched on causing her to shield them for a
moment. Her tail swished back and forth behind her as she
finally began to relax. The thought of belonging to Death
instead of James played on her thoughts.Usually, James had her
undress in front of him before going to shower, so, out if
habit, Jun stripped off her top and shorts right in front of
Death rather shamelessly. She had never developed a sense of
shame about her body, so it didn't bother her in the slightest
for anyone she trusted to see her naked. Once her little show
was over, Jun made her way into the bathroom and got herself
under the hot water rather quickly. After 3 months of being
unable to properly bathe, she took her sweet time getting clean.
Soaping up every inch of her body from the tips of her furry
ears to the end of her long tail. It wasn't until the water
started to run cold that Jun finally forced herself out and
worked on drying herself off.
She gave up on drying her hair and tail once they wernt dripping
wet any longer before returning to the bedroom, still entirely
**** as she went over to the bed and laid down on her stomach,
purring at the comfortable surface.Rebel was more than a little
surprised to hear Daevon mentioning changing identities. It
wasn't like he'd have to, he'd long ago shed his true identity
when he'd left for the streets. It wasn't like anyone was
looking for him, save for the creepy psycho chic.
His face scrunched up as Daevon and Rachel kept talking,
mentioning that the guy after Bobby had done horrible things to
the young woman. He looked ready to kill when Daevon mentioned
why Rachel's arms had been taken.
"That's so freaking messed up," he muttered, already plotting to
hunt those that hurt her down and giving them a taste of pain.
While he had the urge, Rebel knew better than going off on his
own. It was quite likely the Dr. And this Famine guy had people
protecting them.
He was pulled out of his plotting by River's warning about not
touching him in is other form. "Ya don't have to tell me twice,"
He frowned a bit, not liking the idea of staying put, but didn't
argue. The last thing he wanted was to run into the crazy red
head. "I did find a work shop a few blocks over, they might have
done if what you need. I managed to grab a few things, but
there's a lot more there."
Rebel started pulling out what he'd found, handing the bolts and
leather pieces to Daevon. "Here, found these for Rachel's arms.
Oh and got a few tools for you too,"
-----War nodded at Alice's question. "Sometimes our memories are
affected if we go a long time between changing forms." He
explained.
He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at her declaring she wanted
something sweet. "sounds like Famine's sweet tooth rubbed off on
you. Sure, we can get food," he agreed.
By now War was used to her clinginess. Not that he minded it.
Having her around kept him more aware and less prone to losing
himself to his blood lust.
"A crepe huh? Not sure if there's any places open that make
those at this hour," he mused and led her off down the street
away from the police sirens. "If I can't find you crepes, I'll
find you the next best thing," he promised and pulled her closer
into his side.Daevon noted how he was being. It sounded like the
man suffered from trauma.”alright.. I understand.” He told
him.”but you going alone isn’t my thing Rachel and the rest can
stay- it’s faster if there is two of us.” He told the man.
Seeing him out of sorts almost reminded him how Rachel reacted
for a while. He had a feeling if whatever happened came to the
surface.. river was going to need support. He took the things
from the man to shift it to a table.”thanks rebel.” He told
him.”we need to be quick and not be seen.” He said thoughtfully.
Rachel quietly shifted her head and seemed a bit of a mix of
suprise and mild suspicion. She managed to muster out.”thank you
for the parts.” Her reluctance to accept the man’s abrupt
kindness and flirty nature so readily.
“Rachel you need to stay put a while alright?” He told her as
she shifted her head.”alright but if your not back within the
hour im finding you.” She warned softly.
“Deal.” He said.”just have a little time with Bobby.. now that
you finally opened your mouth.” He said to watch her face turn
red.”your lucky there’s too many people in this small space.”
She said flatly.
—
Death was settled before he noticed her stripping her
clothing.”j..jun! I’m not James!” He said not quite covering his
eyes or looking away but trying. Once she walked off he let a
breath off before hearing the door to accept some clothing from
who he contacted and some real food for Jun. he figured she’d be
starving.
Course when she came out naked and laid right down on his bed
did he turn his back.”j..Jun.. you really should get dressed.. I
got food too.” He said as his mind wandered to what famine
mentioned.. almost playing with the idea of taking her from
James.
——
Alice blinked and seemed to understand.. despite not
entirely.”well I was under him before you.” She reminded. She
smiled wide at the positive answer from war, “okay! Long as it’s
sweet.” She said and leaned on his arm. They got into the car to
take off as she looked out the window.At Daevon's protest of
River going out alone, the man paused, deciding not to argue
with his boyfriend, for now at least. He had said to not go out
of their own, would be going against his own rule if he
protested. "Let's get going..." He said with a slight air of
impatience as he led the way out of the warehouse. His feet
guiding them to where he had a vuage feeling they would find an
old emergency stash.
The pair had been walking for about twenty minutes when River
slipped into a back alley behind a pawn shop and easily located
a hidden hole in the brick wall. It had several dufflebags.
After peaking into a few of them, River began putting on ten of
the sixteen bags. "You think you can grab the rest?" He
questioned.
---
"Clothes is so... restricting though...." Jun complained as she
sat up on the bet at the mention of food. Her tail swished in
excitement. "What kind of food did you get me?" She questioned
as she crawled over to the man to see what food he had on offer.
"Is it fish? You did promise me fish," she said with a wide
smile.Rebel wasn't all that surprised by Rachel's reaction. He
was still a stranger to her after all. He probably had come on
to her and Bobby a bit fast as well. It's not like he could help
it though, when he was attracted to anyone, he flirted with
them. For now though it would be smart to draw back on physical
affection. That would of course would be tough.
"I'm gonna go down in the warehouse and look around for a bit.
Give you two some..time to yourselves," he finally spoke up once
River and Daevon left together.
"Don't mind me, I've got earbuds," he added, pulling them out
and cranking up the old iPod so he wouldn't hear anything and
headed down into the warehouse.
He was soon messing around with one of the car's that was half
pulled apart, trying to figure out what the problem was with it.
-----
"Maybe so, but you haven't known him as long as I have. We gre
up together, and usually it's short term memory that goes,"
War gave Alice a fond look, fighting the urge to stroke his hand
through her hair. Maybe if his hand hadn't been covered in blood
and grime, he would have.
It took a bit of searching, but War finally found a late night
diner that served crepes and other sweet breakfast things. War
didn't like to admit it outright but after a fight he craved
sweet things himself. He ordered a tall stack of waffles covered
in whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate syrup. He also got
a huge plate of bacon.
"You enjoying your crepes? Are they sweet enough for you?" He
asked Alice with a soft look.Daevon walked with the man and
began to help out, “yeah I can, what’s in them anyway?” He
asked. He heard a noise to jump a little to see a small black
cat scramble its way given it scared itself.”damn cat!” He
stated with a sigh.
——
Rachel ended up going a shade darker. Particularly at the idea
the man had earbuds. She watched him go and shifted her head
back to Bobby.“…well now there’s just us hm?” She said to smile
a bit. Her eyes seemed to study Bobby’s for a little bit before
she decided making out wouldn’t be a bad idea as her mouth
found his.
——-
Death tried to not look, it was hard given the girl practically
crawled his way and the swinging chest just coaxing him back to
staring.”it’s fish like I promised.” He said as his eyes clearly
was not on her face, right before he pulled his eyes up to her
face.
*she’s attractive.. yes but you promised yourself no
attatchments. You’d be breaking your own rules..* he thought to
himself as his eyes wandered.
—-
Alice was enjoying her sweets with a tea and heard war ask how
she was enjoying her food.”yup! And there’s so many.” She said
with a smile.
“So is this job done?” She asked before taking another bite, the
creame coming out some on her cheek. She ignored the strange
stares given how she looked- she looked the least human and
somewhat like she broken out of the psych ward. “What do we do
next?” She asked.
——-
Meanwhile famine hit the streets after convincing a few of wars
men to help him out. Given what he is, and his ability. Pulled
out a small doll that was in a bag for what looked like a
decade-preserved, for what it was.”her scent shouldn’t have
changed.. too much.. besides being a adult by now..”he mumbled.
His nose twitched a few times at the house where they had
stopped and he began to follow the scent. It was the last place
they had visual and he planned on using the trail.
He made sure his guns were hidden as he peered around town, his
nose leading him to a warehouse.There another scent invaded him
as he made a face.”what the hell?!? Pestilence?” He said to go
inside, the scent seemed fresh but as if he had stepped out. He
could hear rummaging to see some man busy and clearly not
hearing him. He made a few hand gestures as now his priorities
were now messed up. He was more geared on finding pestilence and
putting him through the grinder yet again.Bobby's face was
slowly growing darker and darker shades of red from Daevon's
comments all the way to Rebel's promise to wear headphones and
Rachel's comment of them being alone as well.
"Yeah,.. just us," Bobby agreed. Rachel seemed to know the
perfect cure for the awkwardness the others had created as her
lips found their place on his own. He didn't know if it was her
goal, but the woman was doing a fabulous job of distracting him.
---
Once all the bags were obtained, River grined at his boyfriend,
"Cash, fake ID kits, papers, emergency food, medical supplies,
think there is even a bag with some pistols in it. We can to a
proper look through once we are back at the warehouse and decide
what else we might need to grab before leaving town." He
answered as the pair made their way back to the their hideout.
The pair had opted for going through the back entrance due to
having better access to the trunk of the car. River easily got
everything into the trunk before he realized anything was off.
He could hear footsteps, and way more than what should have been
here. "Somethings wrong..." He found himself muttering, coming
out from behind the junk pile and coming face to face with
Famine. A look of pure terror crossed River's expression as he
was frozen in fear.
---
A happy chirp escaped the leopard as she took the offered food
and sat down, snuggled up to Death. "Thank you! You are the
best!" She said excitedly as she started to eat, scarfing down
all the offered food in record time. She then yawned and
stretched, laying on her back on display for Death to gaze at
his leisure. Small habits drilled into her from James.War knew
that he indulged Alice a bit more than he should. Still he
couldn't help it, he liked her. Sure she came off as odd at
times, but she was definitely his match when it came to fighting
on the battlefield.
"Well take your time enjoying them," he told her, not wanting to
rush her enjoyment.
War took a bite as she asked him if the job was done and nodded.
He picked up a a napkin and reached out to wipe off her cheek.
"Yeah, we'll go find somewhere to clean up and then see if there
are any upcoming jobs to do. If there aren't any, I may see if I
can find my brother."
When they'd finished their food a little while later, War left
some bills at the table and escorted Alice back out. From the
way the people inside had stared, he figured it might be a good
idea to get Alice something new to wear.
"I was thinking it's about time to get you a new dress, or
outfit to wear."----
Rebel was so engulfed in what he was doing that he didn't sense
anything off. The loud music pounding in his ears masked
Famine's entrance into the warehouse.
Rebel finally stepped back and glanced up to see River frozen in
place and turned to see a stranger standing only a foot away.
"Holy ****!" He yelled, grabbing a nearby open bottle of oil and
squeezing it right into the man's eyes.
He scrambled back, grabbing a tire iron from the nearby bench
and began hitting the intruder in the ribs and stomach. "Get
away from me! Get outta here!"Death watched as she ate and was
amazed at how she downed the food. His eye roamed over her body
as it stretched. He made a small groan.”Jun. if you wanted to be
underneath someone new.. would you accept it?” He asked trying
to regain composure and somehow drill the idea of consent in the
girl as he was now just about broke. “I know a way to protect
you, but that means we may do things James may go off the handle
for.” He said honestly. The man’s ears was showing some red to
them as he spoke. His mind on the other hand was making plans on
how to keep Jun untouched for the most part.
——-
Daevon blinked at the man.”sounds good, I know we need to stop
by the apartment or I’ll never hear the end of Rachel worrying
about her cat hiro.” He said as he followed him.
He was giving a hand with the bags before he saw how river froze
and went over to see Famine as he froze as well.”well well well,
been a while little br-“ he started before a bottle of oil
poured in his eyes with a yell. He made a few grunts and laid on
the ground before one of his men knocked rebel back. “Owwww you
**** ****! Didn’t your mother tell you it’s rude to interrupt?”
Slid out from the man on the ground. Daevon grabbed rivers arm
to try to pull him back before the man shapeshifted to his
second form.”I hate this form and you made me use it!” He
shouted at rebel, unlike the others- when he lost his composure
would he slip into the side he hated with a passion, his speed
was almost fast enough to blur as he tried to hit rebel to miss
as he cleared his eyes with the other arm..”now pest… don’t tell
me your snatching the job away from me…*again*” he seethed.”do
we need to do another good few rounds of how fast you can heal
again?” He asked as he screeched.
The sound was almost animalistic that inside the loft would
resound for Rachel to seperate and cover her ears. Her eyes held
complete dread.”why is he here..” she asked her voice shaking
softly. Her eyes went to Bobby.
She seemed to think and sighed.”we need to get out.. we might
have to find a way out differently.” She said as she got
worried.Alice felt the man clean her face off. Not that she
minded- it was surely different under his care than it was
famines. War gave more structure where famine was more wild a
lot of the time. “Okay.. maybe we can find him instead of Job..
I just wanna know how important that human is, and apologize for
almost breaking his toy.” She said and sighed.
Once done she clung to ear as they got out. She heard him
mention about a dress or an outfit. “Fine but still no shoes.. “
she said flatly. For some godly reason the woman preferred to be
barefoot, one wouldn’t know why. Winter was especially hard when
the woman would refuse. “What kind of dress?” She asked as her
head made a tilt.Seeing Famine be attacked was enough to snap
River out of his trance like state. His eyes darting around the
room as if trying to figure out exactly what to do in this
situation. "Daevon, you and Rebel take the car and get out of
here, swing by you apartment and grab anything you have to
have... I'll distract this... monster while the others get
out...." He told his boyfriend before pulling away from the man,
shifting into his own alternate form which caused a black smoke
to bellow onto the floor, easily hiding the humans as he
transformed into the plague doctor like form.
"Leave now while I am still allowing you to breathe," River
threatened, his bravery being derived from his desire to keep
Daevon and the others safe.
---
It seemed the moment the pair got lost in each other was the
moment things decided to go into the critically bad territory.
"Lead the way..." was all Bobby to say when Rachel said they
needed to get out.
Bobby's eyes scanned over the area and pointed out some
scaffolding that worked as the fire escape. Bobby used his good
arm to open the window, holding it open for Rachel.
---
"Depends on who it was, if it was someone I trusted like you, I
would accept it easily... what did you have in mind?" Jun
questioned as she sat up once more, tilting her head innocently
to one side. The look in his eyes reminded her of the way James
looked at her when he wanted to play. She wondered if Death
wanted to play with her too, that certainly would upset
James.Rebel felt hands shoving him back and swung at the new
attacker, making the underling curse when the tire iron hit him.
"No, my mom taught me to go down swinging you piece of ****!"
Rebel yelled back, now fully in fight mode. "Stay back!" He
screamed at the other minions that gathered around the stranger.
He swung the tire iron wildly, his earbuds flying out of his
ears
Rebel paled seeing the guy suddenly shift into a nightmarish
form. What the hell was going on? He managed to pick up on what
River told Daevon and shivered. When River started to shift,
Rebel darted quickly over to snag his bag and scurried out of
the warehouse after Daevon.
"Is this what happens before the world ends?" He couldn't help
but blurt out. He was starting to feel panic blooming inside.
-----
"Probably the best thing to do, I don't want Famine finding him
first. We both know what he'd do to Pestilence," War said
shaking his head. "It's a good thing you didn't or he probably
would never forgive you."
This was the very sentiment War had in regards to Alice. If
Pestilence had hurt her, he'd have to retaliate. Even more so if
Famine got any ideas of torturing her.
"I can't say I understand you not wanting shoes, but I'm not
going to force you to wear shoes my dear Alice,"
War couldn't help but grin at her question. "Something that
hugs your curves perfectly. I think it should be in crimson, it
is your color after all,"Death heard her talk and let a breath
out.”well.. it involves having a baby with me.” He said and
towered a little over her.”well.. If it’s even possible on my
end.. I know for you it shouldn’t be a problem.” He said and
chuckled.”it be an important experiment in his eyes to see if my
kind can even reproduce. “ he said and pulled her chin up.”If
there’s anything stronger than his anger it’s his desire to see
results.” He said gently.”course it means you get to partake in
my abilities as well and won’t die on my watch.” He said
honestly as the hand slid down her form.
“He’ll be pissed alright but can’t do anything.”
———
“That would be bad..” said Alice.”hasn’t been the same since
pestilence took over his work last time.” She added. “I’d like
that! I love the color of red..” she said with a smile that
bordered to crazy.”especially when we fight.” She said with a
chuckle.
——
Daevon saw rhe man pull away before he shifted. His eyes went
wide at the plague looking doctor form, the smoke blocking parts
of things out.”pest! You’re being a pain!” He heard.
His feet took off for the car and slid in. He hoped Rachel found
a way out given the sound famine got out. “This isn’t the end of
the world! I told you their homunculus..river will be okay, just
pray he messes up the other guy worse.” He said as he started
the car to get moving.
——-
Rachel nodded to get up, her own face scanning for a good place.
She heard Bobby to look out.”alright. You be careful .” She told
him before hoisting herself out the window.
She began to carefully make her way down to look up to make sure
Bobby was doing okay, after a bit she managed to get down.
During this she heard the car peel out and looked through the
bottom window. The wind escaped her lungs at the sight of rivers
form.. and the dreadful famine.
They seemed to be fighting trading blows as famine was cussing..
or what sounded like it at River. It seemed the pause was brief
for Rachel to snap out as she saw a small group of men.Her
stomach dropped as she saw one of their hands pointed. “Bobby
run!” She said to push him ahead with her on his heels. She
wondered why they were not shooting assuming Bobby being
involved was why. “Keep running.” Rachel told Bobby.”I’m right
behind you.” She assured. She then briefly stopped to activate
her water alchemy against some pipes they came across in the
ally that was exposed . They busted to soak their persuers
before she cycled around to feel her foot caught before hitting
the ground, she turned to see her foot with a stone hand around
it before her arms. She struggled before the bad leather
strapped one popped off. She managed to glance back to realize
one of the men applied their own alchemy and she was screwed. It
was a nightmare and Rachel was praying she’d wake up.
—
#Post#: 1235--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 10:58 pm
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It was far harder to climb down the fire escape than Bobby had
considered with his wounded arm. Still he pushed through the
pain as tried his best not to use that arm. Thankfully the pair
were soon on the ground and running. Rachel urging him to run.
He had started to until he heard the woman hit the ground and
was quickly rushing back over to her and looked around
frantically for something to free her.
He spotted a discarded metal pipe and quickly snatched it up
before going after the stone hands holding Rachel. Once broken,
Bobby scooped Rachel up with his good arm, tossing her onto his
shoulder before grabbing her detached arm and began to run with
all his strength.
Thankfully the wall of water prevented the alchemist from
grabbing hold of them again, though he came close several times.
Bobby rounded a corner and ducked into the back of a closed
shop, finding a back break room to hide them both in. Bobby sat
Rachel down on a chair before putting her metal arm on a table,
finally sitting down when the door was blocked with all the
other furniture in the room. "Are you okay?" He finally asked
when he was able to catch his breathe.
---
Seeing Daevon and Rebel flee like he had instructed gave River a
bit more resolve to try and keep Famine away from them. He used
a sort of phantom step to appear at other points in the room,
easily touching each of Famine's underlings causing them to form
horrible boils on their skin before slowly dying. Soon all that
was left was the two humuculus. After several more moments of
dodging Famine and making the man dodge him back did River pull
his disappearing act. Black smoke hid his body before he turned
into was appeared to be a Flock of ravens that flew in every
direction out the windows.
River himself having slipped out a back door and started to run.
---
"A... baby?" Jun questioned as Death's hand guided her to look
up at him. His promise to keep her safe as his hand trained down
her body sparked a wave of desire in her.
"Does... that mean I will be yours instead of his?" She
questioned, fully sold on the idea already. The idea of the
caring man being the one to bed her at night bringing tingling
sensations through her."homunuculawhat?" Rebel shot back as he
dove into the back seat of the car head first. His face screwed
up a bit trying to decipher the word. "Who am I praying to
exactly?" He couldn't help but ask. "If the four horsemen aren't
real, is there really a god?"
They'd only gone a short way, when Rebel twisted to peer back at
the warehouse. "We can't just leave without the others dude, we
gotta go back. Bobby, Rachel can only run so fast. There were
quite a few minions with that psycho dude," he added,
-----
War nodded, his face going grim recalling what had happened in
the past. Pestilence had been pushed too hard by Famine and had
unleashed a horrific plague which had wiped out over a fourth of
the population.
His mood brightened at Alice's happy crazy grin. "I've noticed,"
he replied. "It's one of the things I like about you,"
He soon parked the car outside of a dress boutique, where the
exact dress he'd described was displayed in the front window.
"Well...talk about good fortune. Do you want try it on or look
for anything else?"“You would be mine, yes.” Said death his head
lowered enough.”so will you be mine? And mine alone?” He asked
as he couldn’t help but grope a breast. The stirring inside was
something he was not accustomed to for quite some time. He never
was one for attatchments other than his ‘family’ of the four.
——
Alice blinked at the boutique, she saw the dress and eyed it.”I
wanna look around.” She said to briskly walk in. Naturally some
of the patrons inside recoiled seeing a barefooted woman waltz
in, and start pushing a lot of the wracks.”e..excuse me.. you
need shoes..” Alice heard for her head to snap.”no.” She stated
to go back to what she was doing. The poor owner got an eyefull
of war and backed down.”ah sorry didn’t realize..” fumbled the
owner. “Is it time again?” She asked her hand to her face
worriedly as protection money was a thing with their
organization.
——
“Homunculus” stated Daevon.”they’re technically an act against
god made by the hand of man- a big nono.” He explained to
rebel.”least that is what the church says.. the government calls
it an act of inhumanity.” He said flatly.
“Pray to whatever you want.” He said before the next few words
just about set daevons poor mind back into place. Rachel, he
turned the wheel without much warning .”sorry just too much ****
going on!” He said as he noticed some goons down a ways looking
soaked to continue.”she went that way but car won’t fit.” He
said to go to the next street over.
———
Famine made an unholy scream- more or less out of
frustration.”you think you can run away from me?!? I’m famine!!”
He shouted before he moved his head. “Boss!” He heard as he
could smell pestilence everywhere thanks to his stunt, he was
trying to figure out where he just went!”shut the hell up!” He
yelled.”sir! The wo-.” He heard. It was short lived as famine
chose to eat the man in half- what was worse was it was one of
wars men. Famine paused horrified at what he just did.”****.” He
stammered. War was gonna let him have it now!During his panic
did another man inform him the woman they were after - had ran
off in some flooded ally.. death was gonna kill him too.. more
than once. “**** it- we won’t go back till we find the ****.” He
said desperate to have at least death on his side out of the
four.
——Rachel was bright red by the time they got to the shop. She
didn’t realize just how much Bobby had it in him to haul her ass
over his shoulder and run like that. Then she blushed harder as
she reasoned in her head the man did more than *just*arrange
flowers. She felt embarrassed for that.”I.. ah.. am okay. “ she
said her heart beating a mile a minute. Her cheek had a small
cut from when one of the small stones flew by. “Are you okay?”
She asked as her eyes looked him over."Nothing that won't heal,
just glad you are okay... let's see if I can't find something to
fix your strap for now?" Bobby offered as he dug through the
room, coming across rags he was able to tear apart to hold
Rachel's arm on for now. "Not a long term solution, but it will
work for now hopefully." He said, unable to sit still with the
danger they were still facing. He still didn't understand why
these people were after them. What was so special about him?
---
River finally stopped running when he couldn't hear Famine any
longer and no one was chasing him. He stopped, leaning on the
brick wall of a building as he braced his hands on his knees to
catch his breath. His heart was still racing as fear coarsed
through his viens.
How was he going to find the others and get everyone out of town
safely? Maybe if he could remember things from his past it
wouldn't be taking him off guard like this. Famine's face
flashed through his mind as he remembered the man... his
*brother* trying to kill him. Torturing him and leaving him for
dead.
---
"Yes Death, yours and only yours." Jun confirmed nearly
breathless having the man so close, touching her so intimately.
How could she resist the gentle God among men? The prince
reaper... *her* Death.War followed Alice in, not minding her
wanting to look around a bit before deciding.
He came to a sudden halt, feeling the death of the men who chose
to work under him. His eyes flashed dark red, and his hands
clenched into fists at his side.
His eyes shifted to glower at the owner when she brought him
back to the present. It took him a moment to place her face and
nodded slowly. "Yes, though this time, I'll take whatever
clothes my lady desires in payment,"
He moved past the owner to join Alice, watching as she looked
through the racks of clothes. "Pick out whatever you like, but
let's try to do it quickly. Several of my men were just killed,
and I suspect Famine had something to do with it. That little
upstart keeps taking my men out without asking permission. He
should damn well know better by now," War growled out, sounding
very pissed off.
----
Rebel scratched his chin, still not quite sure what a Homunuclus
was. He'd have to do some research on it later. "okay then," he
muttered in return.
Rebel managed to grab the back of the seat and hung on as
Daevon swung the car around. His head spun a bit but he didn't
say a word of complaint. "Yeah, I understand the sentiment," he
replied, grateful he hadn't lost his lunch yet.
Rebel frowned as he too picked up on the soaked guys. It made
him wonder for a moment how Rachel was able to shoot water jets
at people. Was she more than human like River was? He hoped he
got the chance to ask her later about it.Death heard her words
and it was enough for him. His mouth covered Jin’s briefly
before slipping away to not only lock the door but began to
undress. The vest came off before he took his shirt, draping it
in the chair. He joined her back in bed once he finished
undressing, his hands wandering to places as his mouth went to
others. He figured this would fix everything- well least half
the project. He’d just have to find William that much harder to
replace James.
In his mind this was simple and knocking several birds out with
one stone. His promise to protect her, half the project at least
surmised about his kind, and speeding up James end.”moan for me
Jun..” he mumbled in her cat like ear before sliding down to
have a taste of her warmth.
——-
“Yes sir it shall be done.” Said the older woman . Alice heard
war and blinked.”again?” Asked Alice with a frown. Anytime now
when famine killed off wars men interfered with her fun- her
once friendship with the guy had diminished after she realized
how getting out of hand could be. Well when it didn’t benefit
her.
The older woman that had told war yes came out and held a vivid
blue dress against the red head some.”mmmm I like this color.”
Said Alice.”yes quite miss, may I suggest a black accessory.. a
headband?” Alice heard.”really? Okay!” She said and seemed
rather taken back to her own desires as quickly as it felt taken
away.
After a bit of time did they find their clothing to head off..
——
Rachel gave a smile,”wouldn’t be a bad idea.. sucks when the arm
pops off like that.” She said to sigh. She could see his face
looked confused and lost in thought as he worked at tying her
arm back to stay.”I.. ah…” Rachel let off a sigh.”there might be
a reason why they’re adamant on you” she said quietly.”they
check everything- health, background.. family line..” she said
and rubbed her neck.”somehow it factors into their aim.” She let
off a breath.”do you use alchemy.. or magic affinity to
anything?” She asked softly.Rachel was sincerely trying to
figure out what tied the victims together.. even for her. The
blood on her cheek slid down. Rachel went with her good hand and
an extra cloth to wipe it while blood normally looked red, it
looked almost purple.
———
Daevon gave a breath out. “I know we need to find her fast.
She’s been dealing with all sorts of things the past month. Not
to mention her abilities been fluctuating oddly.” He said his
teeth gritting. Given the awkward street builds he came across
River first.”River! Come on.. I’m trying to find the other two.”
He said to wave the man in.Bobby thought for a long moment about
Rachel had said about family lines and such. "I mean, my dad was
supposedly some big shot in the military before he died...
I've... never really tried Alchemy.... I wouldn't know where to
start...." He admitted with sigh. "I swear if it's because of my
looks, I might scream," he said, only half joking.
It always seemed his pretty face always get him into trouble,
some way or another. He hadn't expected it to excilate to
kidnapping!
---
The sound of tires screeching to a stop caused River to flinch
and look up quickly. A feeling of relief rushing him as he
stumbled his way into the passenger seat. He was quite a but
worse for wear. His body sporting several bruses from his fight
with Famine.
"You two okay? Where are the others?" He questioned when he
realized only Rebel was in the back seat.
---
Death sealed Jun's promise to him with a kiss before pulling
away to lock the door, discarding his clothes on the way back to
the bed. Within moments his hands were roaming her body, finding
all of her favorite spots as he went lower and lower.
Hot needy moans escaped Jun, not only at Death's command, but
also the massive amount of pleasure corsing through her as he
pleasured her with his tounge. "Oh yes! Yes Death!" She moaned
out feeling heat rise in her.War grimaced, rubbing his forehead,
trying to ease the ache he'd gotten from being cut off so
abruptly from his men. "Yeah, you'd think by now he'd realize I
feel it every time,"
War was already plotting how he'd punish Famine for the pain he
was going through.
His mood brightened slightly at Alice's reaction to the bright
blue dress. It would look quite good on her, he couldn't help
but think. Maybe even more when he helped her take it off.
Once her clothing choices, along with the crimson dress were
wrapped up and bagged, War thanked the owner and led Alice out.
"Now let's hunt down that little ****," he growled once they
were back in the car.
He revved the engine and let his other side take over for a
moment to get a feel for Famine. "He's gonna regret hurting my
men," War growled a bit deeper and peeled out towards the last
spot Famine had used his ability.
----------
Rebel was more than a little curious about what Daevon said
about Rachel, and abilities fluctuating. He didn't have time to
ask more when the older man pulled to a stop next to River.
"Doing just peachy, they had to leave from the loft and had to
go in another direction. We're tracking them down now," Rebel
replied, tugging at his hair, worry showing in his eyes.
"Who was that crazy dude that attacked? And what is a
Homunuclus? Is there anything we can do to stop him from coming
after us?"Rachel listened.” Big shot in the military that might
be why. William.. rather my father was a well known scientist,
he was considered a bright mind till the crazy came out. Mom use
to work by him- she knew tons about botany.. guess that’s why I
got drawn to the flower shop.” She admitted. “She always did
like being surrounded by flowers.” She quickly chanted
back.”bet his health was off the charts or perhaps was smart..
your mom?” She said before she heard a noise. Her mouth formed a
worried look.”tie it as much as you can.. I’ll have to fight and
if it pops up again I’ll be fighting with a handicap..” she said
with a soft tone.
On the other side men were trying to bust the door down. While
one called famine to let them know where they were.
Once the door busted in did Rachel fight back without
hesitation. Her metal arms making contact in the side of one of
the goons face for him to fall back with a broken jaw. After
some struggle did a guy twice her size grab her and fought with
her good arm as the other one popped off again. “Stop fighting
or we can break a leg or two!” Said a man.
———
“Just fine- but we are following Rachel’s work to her. “ he told
river. He heard rebel ask his questions to sigh.”famine can be
only slowed down.” He said honestly.”not sure if all his
abilities but he **** hates fire.”he commented. “I would have
done something but I didn’t want you two to be mixed up in my
alchemy.” He said to sigh.
———
Alice followed war hearing his anger.”famine is gonna run you
know.” She said remembering the first time they met. She was
helping him dip out from war at the time.
—-
Once death felt Jun ready did he slip in. He made a soft
groan.”let me know if I’m hurting you..” he mumbled before he
began to move. The feeling was new, almost as if he was becoming
one with Jun. his jun. his eyes made a faint glow as he picked
up the pace.
——Famine was in mid panic down another alleyway when he got the
call.”you **** lock them down! I’ll be there!” He said to hang
up and run down a place as he had a nasty feeling war was on his
way.
The thoughts of Bobby's parents floated in his mind. His father
stern, strong, brilliant, his mother nurturing, sweet, and
caring. Oh how he missed them. "My mom was a florist, that was
how I got interested in flowers and got good at arranging them,"
he said before they were interrupted by a noise at the door.
His entire body tensed as he tried to finish tying up Rachel's
arm so she could fight. Even knowing they were coming was still
not enough time. Soon they were swarmed. Bobby tried to fight
back, bitting the man who had grabbed him but the next one
grabbed his arm where be had been shot that morning and caused
Bobby to crumple to his knees, making him easy to capture and
tie up after that.
---
"Humulculus are the result of someone trying to defy nature and
bring someone back from the dead.... I... don't think there is
anything that we can do to stop them... we just need to find the
others and get the hell out of here." River stated, her nerves
on edge as he was ready to ditch town right then and there, he
couldn't leave the others though, his conscious wouldn't let
him.
----
Soon Death's mouth was replaced with his manhood and it was *so*
much bigger than James could ever hope to be. It filled her
nearly to the breaking point as he moved inside her, claiming
her body for him.
Jun was a moaning mess as she clung to her new lover, her new
master. "You are so big! Yes!" She moaned out, his name falling
from her lips with nearly every thrust."oh I'm counting on it,"
War growled back. "You did say you wanted to hunt, guess we got
one after all,"
It didn't take long before he was stopping outside the now
abandoned warehouse and making his way inside to look over the
destruction closer. His eyes flashed when he found the remains
of his men. His jaw twitched as he carefully looked everything
over, getting a better idea of what had happened.
"Looks like they went out this way," he muttered and led Alice
out onto the street and began tracking the trail the others had
left. It might not have been intentional, but War could pick up
on the smallest signs.
He could also feel Famine close by. He would have turned towards
his brother had the sound of fighting not caught his attention.
He arrived on the scene, taking in the two trying to fight off
his men.
"Well..well," he spoke, recognizing the young man as the mark
that James has wanted for his next experiment. "What have we got
here? Looks like Famine found our escapee, and the mark. Too bad
he's not here,"
War looked around at his men, taking in their wounds and the one
sporting a disfigured jaw. "get these two back to the warehouse,
use the sedatives so they're more manageable. The doctor won't
be pleased if you break them. Also take them in separately." He
added. "Now...where did Famine go? He and I need to have a
little talk," War empathized this by cracking his knuckles.
------Rebel shivered as Daevon explained that famine could only
be slowed down. His right eyebrow jerked up at the mention of
Famine hating fire.
"Wait, you're more than human too?" Rebel asked, blinking
hearing Daevon mentioning alchemy.
How was he suddenly surrounded by all these Homunuclus and
people with powers? Maybe he just attracted strange things.
Rebel felt his skin crawl when River explained what Homunuclus
were. It reminded him of how obsessed his father had been about
his mother and trying to bring her back after she'd died. He
hoped that the man had given up on it.
Rebel nodded and moved to peer out the back window, trying to
see any signs of Rachel and Bobby.
"Oh God no!" He gasped out, seeing both Rachel and Bobby being
dragged out of a building and shoved and stashed into two
different cars. "They got them, we are going to go after them
right? Try and rescue them?" He asked, shooting a worried look
at River and Daevon.
He might only be a lowly street rat, but he wasn't just gonna
run away. Rachel and Bobby needed help.Rachel was in mid
struggle- arms no arms didn’t matter to her. She saw Bobby
crumple and snapped.”hurt him I hurt you.” By the time the few
men got the two out did she get a look of war and Alice to
blink. Course in that time famine had showed up and made a small
face. He let off a breath. “W..war! I swear this isn’t all what
it looks like- I ate one yeah but pest killed the others!” He
said panicked.”I was just trying to complete my job.” He said
keeping people between them. Rachel settled long enough for a
shot to be stuck in her upper arm given the flesh left, they
didn’t have to deal with ropes since they took off the other arm
to ditch it in the ally. They realized it didn’t quite stick
when she gave a swift yank toward Bobby to feel the drag back.
Another one was given as she finally seemed to slack and got
shoved in *a* car.
——
“Anyone can do alchemy even you rebel, it’s just mostly outlawed
here.. Rachel and I use it within our means.” He told the
man.”but I’d recommend one element for beginners- “ he had said.
It was then he saw the scene from the car. He witnessed the way
his cousin was manhandled- his hands clutching the wheel as
they turned white. If he didn’t have the other two he would have
ran in with the car.”I can’t say anything about you two but I am
not leaving my cousin. She been through enough.” He said.”just
too many people..” he said watching as some filed to cars as
they pulled away.
——
Death continued to go at Jun, the feeling of her hugging him
bringing out his own noises. He could feel himself building up..
and a sensation of exploding came from within as he spilled. He
continued to enjoy this new feeling.. letting it linger as much
as it would.Fighting back got harder and harder once they were
dragged out to the street before being stuck with a needle. It
wasn't much longer before he passed out, entirely at the mercy
of his captors.
---
"Well, I certainly can't let my new boyfriend run off into
certain danger on his own," River mused, hiding his fear in the
situation with humor. Fear wasn't a feeling he was all that used
to, even if it was the feeling that drove him to keep himself
hidden from the world.
"We should follow them and figure out when would be the best
time to break in. We can get a safe place ready and get
everything we need so we can bail out of town the moment we have
them," River suggested as he watched tensely as the two were
taken away.
---
More sounds of pleasure escaped Jun as Death used her body to
pleasure himself. Her eyes nearly rolled to the back of her head
as she felt him filling her, getting an even louder pleased moan
out of her. Even still, he didn't stop moving, driving Jun over
the edge again and again until he was finally satisfied. She
could never go back to sleeping with anyone else, Death had
officially ruined her for anyone save for himself.War turned his
attention on Famine, his eyes flashing and started towards the
other: malice in his eyes.
"I thought I'd made it very clear to you about asking before
taking what's mine," he growled, not really wanting to hear
Famine's explanation. "If you want to delay your punishment
that's fine by me. I'm sure Death would love a show,"
War growled an order to one of the men to collect the metal arms
before stalking back to his own car. While he wanted to punish
Famine, he wasn't going to hurt his own men trying to get at the
spoiled rotten brat.
He was far to lost in musing over how he'd punish Famine to
notice the car of people watching him and his men.
----
Rebel was more than surprised to hear he could do alchemy as
well. "Really? I guess I've been out of the loop too long living
underground for so long," he mused.
He wondered for a moment what element he might try first.
"I'll help in whatever way I can," Rebel spoke up. "I'm good at
sneaking in places, an I can help with getting more supplies. We
might want some fire power too "Death rolled to his side,
catching his breath. He looked at the sexed out chimera to
smirk. “That was amazing for a first time.. maybe I should tell
war to try.. if Alice is that kind of woman.” He thought to
himself chuckling. He definitely wouldn’t get old of this!
—-
Famine saw the malice to shrink.”I am sorry- but I did find
those two!” He said to shut up at the sound of a punishment. He
went to get in a car that didn’t have war in it to a grogged up
Rachel.”can you believe it- I half eat one guy and borrowed a
few and he gets his panties in a bunch.” He said flatly to
blink. His head tilted as it seemed the girl was acting as if
she was half sedated.”two shots and your still up.. pfff! Doc
gonna love you.” He said to laugh a bit as he tried to ease his
mind from being afraid.
———
Daevon blushed.”really?” The man’s hands relaxed and
nodded.”your right.. i just hope Rachel can hold out. “ he said
quietly looking at the cars that were quite the distance as he
followed.
——
It wasn’t long till the cars had pulled up and famine being the
little **** he was already took off. Death was straightened up
leaving a few snacks for Jun to meet the group as he saw famine
lugging in Rachel to put her in the chair.”see I got the girl-
now I’m gonna go to my room-“ he started as death caught him by
the collar. “You need to debrief how many times have I said
that?” He asked before seeing Bobby being brought in.”and we
need you since we got them both. Someone take the boy and get
him cleaned up, girl too, prep the beds- “ he said with his
usual demeanor. The only signs of anything being out of place
his hair, and the tie being slightly skew as he had rushed when
he heard through the door about problems. He straightened his
tie and smoothed his hair some. “Alice..” he said as the girl
came in.”give this young woman some dignity, would you?” He said
as she understood. “War is pissed famine did it.” She said as he
glared over before war would come in."Yeah, really, haven't even
had a proper date yet, can't bail out on me before that," River
mused as they slowly followed after the people who had Bobby and
Rachel. A few weeks ago, the man would have cut his losses and
left town, but Daevon and the other humans, they had gotten him
to care and that wasn't something he could turn off.
Once they had a location, River considered their options. "We
can go back to the warehouse, get what we left behind there. We
could set up there for now, or maybe find a spot closer? Reb,
you know of any good hiding locations around here where we can
stash us and the car?" He questioned looking back at the man.
---
"That was your first time? That's hard to believe," Jun mused in
a purr as she cuddled up to the man, groaning in protest when he
pulled away to redress. She watched him for several minutes as
he rushed to get ready before leaving a snack for her as he
left. The chimera huffed to herself as she moved to where her
snack was.
It didn't take long for her to finish eatting and decided she
was bored. Once dressed in the clothes Death had gotten for her,
Jun wandered out of his room. It didn't take long for her to
find the others.
A frown came to her lips seeing the two people taken in. The
latest victims and it looked like one could be a repeat
customer. She recognized the woman's face. "Are these the people
you were hunting?" She questioned as she approached the male
captive to poke his face, getting him to flinch and stir.
"Rachel....." was all Bobby could muster as he weakly tried to
struggle. "What are you going to do to them?" She
questioned.Rebel couldn't help but worry even more when he heard
Daevon talking about Rachel holding out. Just why had Rachel and
Bobby been grabbed? What was going to happen to them if they
couldn't get them out fast enough.
"Just...what were they grabbed for?" He finally asked, feeling a
chill go through him.
There was something oddly familiar about the place the other
Homunuclus had stopped. Not that he could have explained why.
"There's an old abandoned subway station not too far from here.
There's a street entrance to it that should be big enough to
hide the car," he suggested.
It had actually been one of his first hiding spots. "We should
probably grab whatever weapons we can find, as well as
supplies," he added.
He directed Daevon the hideout, climbing out to pull the old
decaying door open so he could drive the car inside. "I'll get
the lights," he mumbled moving past the car to open an old panel
and twisted a few wires until the overhead lights flickered on.
"There isn't running water, but at least we can see in here," he
said and then led them to an old subway car. "Got some extra
dust and cobwebs, but looks about the same," he said more to
himself.
-------War let Alice go in first, having to deal with telling
the family about the death of one of the dead men. It wasn't a
job he liked doing, which was why he preferred to not take on
married men. Not that Famine gave a **** about that sort of
thing.
He hung up a few moments later, and headed in to talk to Death
and give Famine the punishment he deserved.
He moved to stand near Alice, glaring back at Famine. "Next
time, he's not allowed near my guys without me. He ate one of
them," he growled, black shadowy tendrils starting to climb up
his body.
It was a sign he was close to unleashing his blood thirsty side.
"Also, Pestilence is close by, and may not be completely
himself. Alice said he didn't recognize her,"Daevon blushed
hotly at his words.”be best we can try that.. but I think a
closer spot would be best, I know we might need weapons. “ he
said thoughtfully.”probably medical kits.” Daevon clearly
trying to remain calm.
He listened to rebel and they managed to get to where he was
directing .Daevon seemed to be somewhat a shell, trying to not
worry- but in the back of his mind- every minute Rachel was with
them.. she may lose herself.
——-
Alice was busy behind a screen that was put up unbuttoning the
girls blouse to glance a bit around. That’s when she noticed a
scar on her cheek and a smudge of purple. Rachel was coming out
of it to stare at Alice her jaw flexing.”kick me and we hurt
blue haired man.” She warned just to earn a dirtier glare. Her
ears picked up deaths conversation and heard a woman’s voice.
She groaned softly.”y’all suck.” She commented
—-
“Yes they are Jun, one was an experiment that we didn’t think
would survive this long- tests are needed to see what her body
is capable of. If this is the case we need to recreate the
scenario with the boy.” He explained.”only.. no limbs lost this
time.”
——
Death sighed as he saw war.”I agree, he’s been abusing his
rights lately.” He said as famine shrunk.”I swear I’ll be
better!” He said covering his head to avoid any smacks war might
give.
The moment he heard about pestilence he gained a worried look at
the sound of it.”didn’t?” He asked. Rachel by then was coming
out of the fog as she heard the name. Her brow raised a little
before feeling a gown tugged over and tied.”you shouldn’t listen
to other people’s conversations.” Said Alice matter of fact. She
turned.”yeah I was following this bad boy..” said Alice as she
fiddled with the tie on the opposite screen. The more Rachel
heard the description it hit her. She watched the screen go by
and saw death.”he was defending a human?” He asked.”yeah it was
weird.. he never does.”River couldn't be happier with the place
Rebel had led them to. It was perfect. River got out of the car
and leaned against it as Rebel got the lights on. "There are
some guns in one of the bags in the back of the car but we are
going to need something that hits harder to get Rachel and Bobby
back.... I might know of a stockpile we could raid for better
equipment. Not sure where we could get more medical supplies but
we will need that and parts for Rachel's arms, who knows what
condition they will be when we get them back." He said with a
heavy sigh.
"We should get moving, I have a feeling that Fanine guy will be
looking for me, so you two stay together and get what we need
while I go get those weapons." He suggested as he pushed off the
car. As beat up as he was, he didn't want to sit around and wait
any longer.
----
"James always said Pestilence hates humans," Jun said as she
moved away from Bobby to stand closer to Death. The anxiety of
James arriving was already playing on her mind. She knew she
couldn't avoid him forever. Eventually he would get her to
himself again and it scared her.Rebel was worrying even more
when his question about why Rachel and Bobby were taken for was
ignored. He had the feeling neither of the older guys wanted to
scare him. They definitely needed to get them out ASAP .
"I can help get some med kits assembled. There's a hospital not
too far away," Rebel volunteered. He wasn't just going to sit
around and wait if there was something he could do.
At least they already had some guns on hand. "what would you
want? Ç4? Maybe some grenades?" Rebel asked, trying to think of
heavier things that might pack a bigger punch.
He let out a sigh and nodded when River suggested he that he and
Daevon stick together.
"Yeah, good idea. Just be careful out there. If you get taken
too, it's gonna be harder to rescue Rachel and Bobby. You ready
Daevon?"
-----
War's eyes flicked to the screen that Alice had set up to follow
through with Death's order. Now that she wasn't as close, he
picked up on the subtle changes in the other's scent.
He didn't mention it though, Famine's whined promise making him
glower even more. He waited until Famine relaxed a bit to reach
out and slap the back of the other's head. "You had better. If
you get hungry, eat a different human. My men are trained for
fighting. I need them for my battles,"
War wasn't yet done with Famine but he could tell by Death's
reaction and questions about Pestilence that he might be needed
to go find their brother.
"I can try and find him and bring him in. If his memory has been
messed with, it's not going to be easy. However, I insist Famine
gets locked up. I'm not about to let him have free range of the
place after what he did. I doubt you want him trying something
against Jun,"“Be best given famine.. and your right.” He said
and blinked.”now that I think about it- how did he know we were
there.. hell you?” He asked River.
He heard rebels suggestion of a hospital and shook his
head.”Bobby maybe if they hadn’t tried recreating what happened
to Rachel, Rachel can’t see normal doctors- they would question
things and realize she herself is bordering the same qualities
of a hummuculous” He commented.”they might try to finish what
they started with her- she’s already been eating less,, “ he
said his face twitching.
——-
Death heard Jun, as she came by him. Rachel kept her head down
listening. Hearing famine help at the smack and how famine
seemed to sniff. Granted not as subtly as war would. His eyes
went wide at what he smelled. “You slept with Jun?!?” He said
before a hand smashed over his mouth.”keep quiet.. let that out
punishment is worse.” Death said. Famine pried his hand
off.”lock me up and I’ll sing it from the rooftops!” He told him
before the steps would be heard approaching.”from the rooftops?”
James asked as famine grinned.”oh bout seeing pest with memory
problems.” He said as death wiped his face clean of the ‘imma
kill you’ look.
The man walked over to the unconscious Bobby.”mmm… get those
mixtures we got left from pest.” Said James.”same stuff used for
Rachel just bigger doses.. maybe an iv drip?” He mumbled before
Rachel was brought back. She paused as she took in a familiar
face. James turned long enough to hear the woman say.”auntie..”
The man made a panicked expression.”death get Jun to a room
first..” he started before famine finally smarted off.”so death
can **** her again?” The pause that came felt long.. as James
who grabbed a gag to keep Rachel quiet before she about called
the woman’s real name was produced.”what?” He asked as Rachel
was gagged by his hand.
Famine grinned.”you heard me”
James swooped in to grab Jun.”that’s it your going to my room
and gonna learn who owns you!” He stated.Death took the man’s
hand he didn’t need to use to crush it.”hands off!” He said to
see the other hand swing at death for the man to confiscate a
sedative from one of wars men to stick him with it for the man
to keel over.” Famine your being locked up with supervision and
work. You’re gonna see what this woman can take- take notes.
Want your freedom follow instructions and wars training regime
for the next decade.” He snapped before dragging the unconscious
doctor to a room and shutting the door after to dust his
hand."We need any weapons we can get our hands on." River said
as he opened the trunk and dug through the bags until he found
the one that held several pistols and ammo and loaded one up for
himself before loading two more for the humans and handed them
over.
"Need to stay focused if we want to get them out in one piece.
You and Rebel hit up the hospital and see what you can get ahold
of. I'll meet you two back here." River said as he stashed the
gun in his wasteband. He thought for a moment before grabbing
Daevon's shirt and gave the man a deep kiss on the lips. "Stay
out of trouble." He told his boyfriend before he headed out of
the abandoned subway station.
It didn't take him long to locate another stash. He had a vague
feeling of War that he didn't understand, but knew this weapon
stash belonged to war. He ignored the weird feels as he worked
on gathering what he could from the storehouse.
---
It seemed Jun's new secret was out thanks to Famine, the beast
even going as far to tell James who near instantly got hold of
Jun before Death stopped him, crushing the man's hand and
sedating him.
While normally that would have been more than enough to distant
the feline woman, her mind was stuck on something else. The
woman had called her Auntie. Why? Jun watched the others go
about their business so she was able to walk over to the woman
and attempted to pull the gag off.
"What did you call me?" Jun questioned, gently holding the
woman's face so she could properly look into the girls drowsy
eyes.Rebel opened and closed his mouth, not sure how to explain
to Daevon that he'd mentioned the hospital as more of a source,
than a place to go. It probably wasn't normal to have a list of
places that one could steal from.
He got more than a little worried hearing that Bobby could be
subjected to the same things Rachel had gone through. He
definitely felt the urgency get the two of them out after
hearing this.
Rebel took the gun from River, making sure the safety was on
before stashing it in out of sight under his hoodie .
"Got it, and there's a few pieces I can grab on the way as
well," Rebel replied. He moved to empty what he could out of his
messenger bag, and emptied a bigger bag that they could fill up.
Rebel led the way out of the old subway station and towards the
hospital.
"How do you feel about causing a distraction so I can grab stuff
from the hospital? You Could go the flirting route, or make the
nurses thing it's an emergency," he said, glancing up at Daevon.
A few blocks from the hospital, Rebel veered off into an
abandoned construction site. "Hopefully they didn't unearth the
stuff I had stashed here," he muttered.
It wasn't exactly a quick trip through the site, as there were a
lot of unsafe areas to get through. Rebel finally stopped and
started digging near a half constructed wall. "Oh good, still
here," he said triumphantly when he revealed an old gym bag.
"Should check the lock box they have for anything useful as
well," he suggested. "You want to carry this? I'll need my hands
to pick the lock,"
It took him under a minute to unlock it and they filled up the
empty bag with anything that could be weaponized.
"All right, now to the hospital. Should I just grab everything
that we might need?"
--------War stood there watching Famine being the brat he was.
If he thought James was any sort of threat to Death, he would
have stepped in to help. As it was, his brother took care of the
human easily.
It was a bit curious to him that Death was protecting Jun from
James.
War grinned when Death announced Famine's punishment and moved
to restrain him. "Alice do you mind keeping an eye on Famine
while I'm looking for Pestilence? I won't be long. I'll leave
some guards to help as well. I look forwards to training you,
we'll start when I get back, little brother," War told Famine.
He personally lovked Famine up in a windowless room across from
Rachel's and left Alice and two of his trusted men to keep a
close eye on him.
War headed out; thinking over what to say when he found his
brother. If his memory was gone, it wouldn't be easy to reason
with him.
He drove around, trying to pick up on Pestilence. When the
silent alarm in one of his storehouses went off, he cursed and
headed to the building. He wasn't quite prepared to find his
brother there stealing his weapons stash.
"I'm guessing you've got a big fight coming up," War spoke,
looking Pestilence over.
He stashed his gun away, not wanting to have a fight with the
man. "What's going on with you? I understand the sentiment of
not liking Famine, but why are you stealing from me?"Daevon
heard river to his and took the pistol for himself to load and
tuck it away in the back of his waistband.. “Right.” He said
before he felt the drag in. The kiss caused the man to blush and
deepen in response to groan. When they parted he heard the man’s
words.”you too… don’t push yourself and get out of things get
dicy.” He to d the man.
Daevon followed rebel out as his face was still bright red.”I
can do a wound- I got a boyfriend now- flirting is kinda pushing
it.” He said to rub his neck.
Once they got to the constructed wall of a site he kept an eye
out.”yanno you should bring your voice down.” He commented
before taking the bag.”go ahead, I’m not good with lock
picking.”
Once they got it full he went to go with the man.”pain pills,
bandages.. much as you can.” He said as his jaw flexed. “Mind
helping me making a convincing enough injury?” He asked as they
neared the place to hand the bag back to the man as he carried
it part of the way.
——
Famine’s face went white before feeling war restrain him.”hey!”
He shouted before Alice hearing the man responded.”yup! I’ll
make sure he is doing what he’s suppose to be doin.” She said to
see death looking rather relieved.”good luck looking for him,
try to find out what caused him to lose his memory.” He said to
watch him go.
He turned to see Jun holding a groggy Rachel’s face up, the gag
gone.
He made his steps to scoop up the gag as rachel only managed a
shocked sob. Realizing it was reality.. and that her aunt was
alive! He swooped in to gag rachel again.”Jun love.. she almost
bit her tongue off.. Gags like these prevent that.” He said
fibbing slightly. He made sure it was tight to earn a
noise.“Alice.. just would you mind taking Jun to my room, love
I’ll be there shortly- I just have to tie things up here since
James is out and got to at least get things going for the boy.
And I need to get Emilia down here to make sure he doesn’t die
on us.” He said naming a subordinate he knew well.
Alice nodded to gently take jun’s hand.
Death took rachel by her upper arm to get her into the room, it
looked suprisingly clean. It held no bed but merely what looked
like it varied from medical tools to tools you’d find in a
garage. Her eyes went wide through the hot tears that managed to
escape from the shock of seeing her aunt- and not an ounce of
recognition from her.”I was hoping to make this easy.” Said
death before he sighed. Now that the door had shut his real side
showed. His face shifting to the translucent skeleton it was as
rachel went from sobbing to yanking to hit the floor.”the
sedatives should be wearing off. You won’t get more if you even
mention her name.” Said death.”Jun is now different, she’s not
the same- she’s dead to you understand?” He said leaning down at
the green eyed woman.”famine will be here shortly. Try to not
struggle- he will make things worse.” He said to stride out and
slam the door, he went to the next room where Bobby was being
strapped down and prepped, he worked at getting the IV drop
ready and once Emilia came gave instructions to note when he
starts feeling bad. Once things were settled and Alice at her
post did he enter the bedroom to look softly at Jun.”I am sorry
for that- hopefully when the work is done you and I can have
some real time away from all this.” He said before sitting in a
chair.Nearly an entire bag filled as River's hands worked
swiftly to take as much as he could. He hadn't expected the
place to have an alarm of any sort so when he was interrupted,
the humunculus whipped around, flamethrower in hand as he
pointed it at the intruder. The air of familiarity the man had,
made River second guess himself.
"Look man, I... I don't know who you are, I just want to get my
friends back and somewhere safe...." He managed after pushing
past his initial shock. "I don't want to hurt anyone, so don't
follow me..... I don't want anything to do with anyone involved
with that monster..." He half yelled, his anxiety and fear
getting the better of him in that moment as he began to back
away to try and leave.
----
A frown settled itself on Jun's lips as Death stoped the woman
from saying anything before having Alice bring her to his room,
locking her inside away from whatever was going on. She let out
a growl of frustration knowing the man was hiding things from
her. It was James made over!
She couldn't stand being lied to anymore. When Death finally
came into the room she turned away from him in place on the bed.
"You are hiding something from me... just like James is... that
girl *recognized* me.... she called me Auntie..... she must know
more about who I was before James turned me into this....." She
said flatly, she was far more intelligent than anyone in the
facility gave her credit for.War froze in place, his brow
wrinkling in alarm at the utter lack of recognition the other
had on his face. At least Pestilence didn't actually turn on the
flame thrower.
War didn't feel like shocking his brother further was a good
idea. If he told Pestilence they were brothers, it might just
have the guy unleashing flames in his face.
He slowly raised his hands up and stepped back, showing
Pestilence he didn't mean him harm. "I stay as far from Famine
as I can. As for your friends; if you want to get them out, best
do it soon before more men show up at the compound," he advised.
He wasn't outright going to try and stop the man, and this
protective side of Pestilence piqued his interest. "Famine's
going to be locked up with the girl, so you be careful when you
find her,"
While War wasn't about to give everything away, he wouldn't mind
if Pestilence tortured Famine a bit. It did worry him that his
brother had no clue who he was, and didn't remember him. What
had happened to Pestilence? He was starting to get suspicious
and think that Famine might know more than he let on.
"We're not all monsters like Famine." He called after
Pestilence.
-----
Rebel hadn't really thought that flirting was off limits for
Daevon. He shrugged, realizing it came down to personal choice.
A wound would work just as well. He just hoped River wouldn't
get mad about it later on.
Rebel's head jerked to glance around when Daevon mentioned he
shouldn't talk so loud. "Yeah, will do," he whispered and held
back from smacking his face.
Rebel wasn't quite prepared for Daevon to ask for his help with
getting a convincing injury.
"Uh...head lacerations bleed a lot and would get a great deal of
attention. I just...don't want to have River pissed at me."Death
saw Jun and heard her speak. A sigh escaped his lips. He knew he
couldn’t give the full truth but at least apart of it.”she
recognized you due to looking quite similar to a woman that
James was obsessed with. But you’re no longer that woman Jun.”
he said.”he tried to make you love him, thinking he could
program it in your head. But clearly that didn’t work.” He said
and rubbed his head some.
——-
“He won’t- I’ll tell him it was my idea- just don’t hit me so
hard that I don’t remember.” He said with a chuckle.”been in
enough fights to take a hit.” He told the man with a soft look.
One hit, and distraction later were the two back together and
him looking like he had a headache.”that nurse was too damn
handsy. Said it was my head not my body.” He said as he fought
the pounding headache he had from the aftermath.Distrust colored
pestilence every move as he slowly backed away taking in what
the man had to say. He didn't know why the man was seemingly
trying to help him, but moment River was out of the room, he
turned and ran. His heart was just about pounding in his throat
by the time he made it back to the abandoned subway and laid
himself in the back of the car after resting the bag of weapons
and flamethrower in the passenger seat, taking up the back for
himself as he waited for Daevon and Rebel to return.
---
No response came out of the feline woman, at least,not right
away as she thought over what Death said. "I was someone before
I became this... I have a whole human half that came from
somewhere.... a person who had a family... I am not just a
pet... or a toy..." Jun said as her voice ****, tears of loss
rolling down her cheeks. She couldn't even place where the grief
was coming from but she always felt she was missing a piece of
herself.War frowned as he lowered his hands and watched
Pestilence back off and make a run for it. There had to be a way
to help his brother remember them and what they were there to
do. Maybe, he and the others could manage to catch him and help
jog his memory. As well as figure out what had happened in the
first place.
War moved to check over his stash, and sighed seeing that it had
been nearly picked clean. "Of course he'd take all the good
stuff," he said shaking his head.
War grabbed the remaining guns and carried them back to his car.
"What the hell happened to you Pesto? I'm going to get to the
bottom of it and try and help you get your memories back," he
sighed as he headed back to the compound.
After handing off the guns to his men, he went to find Death,
wanting to tell him what had happened. He paused outside the
other's door, hearing the sound of crying coming from inside.
After a few moments he finally leaned in to knock.
"Sorry to bother you Death, I was able to find and talk with
Pestilence. Can we talk? Privately?"
------
Rebel hesitated for a moment, then sighed. "All right, I'll do
it. I'll make sure to grab you some extra aspirin, you're
probably gonna need it,"
Rebel waited until they were a little closer to the hospital
before hitting Daevon hard enough to make him bleed. From there
it was easy for Rebel to sneak in past the helpful concerned
nurses and fill his bag with everything they needed from the
supply closet. He even stashed some extra items in his hoodie
and jeans pockets.
"Nurse Sylvie is like that with every good looking guy.
Surprised she hasn't snagged a boyfriend yet," Rebel chuckled
and pulled a bottle of aspirin out for Daevon. "How's your head
feel? I didn't hit you too hard did I?" He asked in concern.
They were soon back in their makeshift hideout and looking
around for River. "River man, you here?" Rebel called out in a
low voice, not having seen the man in the back of the car.Death
waited before he heard her voice.”she was yes.. but that family
all died out except three- one being a poor excuse of a family
man.” Said death.”the other two became ways to pay the mafia
back. One will beable to continue the line, the other wasn’t so
lucky.” He put his hand on hers.”your a person Jun.. I don’t
just pick anyone to have my children.. “ he said.”I promise…
with me you’ll be a mother, and I’ll be with my you ever step of
the way..” he said to collect her in his arms to embrace the
woman.
It was a bit later he heard the door.”you found our little
plague bringer?” He mused as he made his way to the door.”come
in. Please sit down.” He said to go to where Jun was.
——
Daevon sighed.”it’s probably cause she’s too talkative.He said
and looked at him.”I’ll be fine, promise.” He said as they got
to the place. he walked a bit to the cart to see the man laying
down.”you ok River?” He asked seeing how his face looked in
thought.The sounds of footsteps caused River to tense before he
heard Rebel questioning the room for him. Moments later, Daevon
poked his head into the car finding River. He sat up, groaning a
little from his various injuries, but mainly his chest wound.
"Not any worse for wear... you two didn't run into any
trouble..... what happened to your face?" He questioned, his
voice instantly dripped in worry seeing the bandage on Daevon's
head where Rebel had hit him.
---
The sweet sugar coated words Death spoke eased Jun out of her
panicked distrust as she let herself lean against the man when
he put his hand over hers. A squeak escaping her when he scooped
her up into his arms, saying sweet words that made her feel a
little better, special even.
The feline finally calmed down right before there was a knock at
the door and War's voice on the other side. She had expected
Death to excuse himself, but instead, invited his brother in
before returning to her. It made her insides feel all fluttery
feeling like she was being included.War hadn't expected Death to
invite him into his room or expect to talk freely in front of
Jun. Something odd was going on. Was Death growing fond of Jun?
It wasn't something he'd expected to ever happen, then again he
hadn't thought Pestilence would become attached to humans
either.
"I talked to him, and let him go. He didn't recognize me. It's
like his memories were completely wiped away," War shared,
concern showing on his face.
"I didn't attempt to tell him who I was, he had a flame thrower
in my face at the time," he added. "He was afraid of me, and he
thought that I was a monster."
War picked at a hole in his jeans as he went on to tell Death
that Pestilence was planning on storming the compound for the
human and half homunculus girl. "He is somehow attached to them,
and he's not going to give up until he frees them. I figured
knowing that he's going to attempt a rescue, we can be ready and
snag him. Then try to fix him, and find out what the hell
happened to erase his memories. I suspect that Famine may be
behind it."
-----
"More than likely," Rebel agreed before falling silent.
He was starting to worry about if the three of them stood a
chance against a whole compound of fighters, even with a ton of
fire power. He wasn't going to say that out loud though.
Rebel looked down when he heard River's question about Daevon's
face, not wanting the Homunuclus to see the guilty look in his
eyes.
"I'm just gonna relieve myself," he said hurriedly, making
himself scarce.
He took his time before heading back to the car, using a
sanitizing wipe to clean his hands.
"So, we've got weapons and first aid supplies. We probably want
to get an idea about the place's defenses and what else we're up
against. We can go scout it out from a distance," he suggested,
keeping a good distance between himself and River.Death blinked
softly. “That’s not good.. and you’re not wrong. Famine most
likely did one of his stunts probably being jealous again. Might
try to talk to him during a break from the woman.” He made a
slow look.”just how to make him pause long enough to snag him..
if he had reaction to calling you a monster maybe he can recall
what he went through at least?” He said in thought.
——
Daevon heard the man groan.”do I need to change the bandages?”
He asked.”and I’m fine- I had rebel give me a good wallop since
I wasn’t planning on flirting with a bunch of nurses.” He said
to chuckle.”but I still got a pounding headache.” He said with a
sigh. “But I deserve it for a thrown together plan.” He went
quiet wondering just how the two were doing. “How much more
stuff do we need?” He asked.The sudden departure of Rebel had
confused River at first, at least until Daevon explained that
Rebel had been the one to give his boyfriend the head injury. He
couldn't help how his eyes narrowed in disapproval but said
nothing on the matter. "Yeah... they probably need to be
changed." He agreed as he moved out of the back of the car,
moving to sit on the hood once he took his shirt off and waited
for Daevon to tend to his wounds.
"Thinking we have as much as we can manage at such short
notice... I ran into someone when I got the weapons... he...
told me that Rachel would be with Famine... and that more men
would be at the compound soon... think we should wait for
nightfall and try and break in... scouting the place out might
not be a bad idea... but if they are expecting us... we may only
get one shot at getting those two back..." He said with a sigh,
flinching when his boyfriend began to take the bandgages off and
tended to the still massive wounds on his back and chest.
----
The idea of Pestilince not having his memory made Jun a little
scared. She worried that the man would hurt Death or War. "What
if he hurts one of you?" She found herself questioning in
worry.War growled a bit, knowing just how psychotic Famine could
become. He shook his head, frustrated with Famine's pettiness.
"Gonna have to deal with that. Maybe I can work it out of him
with training,"
War knew that it would probably take more than ten years to turn
Famine around.
"I doubt he'll talk about it, but you can try if you'd like,"
War replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I don't know. Maybe hearing you might help. Guess we'll find
out soon enough. I'm gonna go clean up and tell my guys to keep
an eye out. I'm betting he'll attempt to hit tonight,"
Hearing jun's question had War turn to look at her, surprise
showing on his face. "even if we do get hurt, we'll heal. We
can't actually kill one another," he tried to reassure her.
------
Rebel tried to not stare at the massive wound in River's chest
as Daevon worked on rewrapping it. It was shocking and
fascinating at the same time. Could anyone be turned into a
Homunuclus? That was a sobering thought.
Rebel's eyebrows narrowed when River shared about getting
information about Rachel, and there being more men being brought
in.
"It could be a trap you know." He said, crossing his arms over
his chest. "They'll probably expect an attack at night. Could
wait until dawn. Or if I can find a way in, I could go in and
cause a distraction for you two."
The thought of going in had his heart pound loudly in his ears.
It was more than likely he wouldn't have long before he was
caught himself. Still, he couldn't let Bobby and Rachel be
subjected to a crazy man's experiments.Daevon could see the
disapproval and made note to not do that again. He began to
unwrap his bandages and got some fresh ones to begin his work.
As he listened he paused hearing about his cousin and famine
together.”that ****?” Daevon slid out. A flashback from the past
played in his head - rachel screaming when she was much younger
watching the first arm coming off and him laughing.
He came out of it to continue.”you sure we can trust that guy?”
Asked Daevon slowly. “If he knows those two are together- then
he’d willingly let her be there.” He said. His mind couldn’t
help but play out the trauma in his own head seeing famine
pinning him down squirming to a half dead girl before witnessing
the forbidden alchemy by one of James lackies. His hands tugged
the bandages making sure it was firm.”not too tight?” He asked
as he settled back.
The man fought with the idea of at night or even later. Somehow
he felt they were on a timer. “It could be, but if we play our
cards right maybe we can figure a way out of this.. maybe even
use that guys words against him.” He said thoughtfully.
——-
“War is right, we will heal fine.. we’ve been around enough.
Course war having fought enough tends to heal the fastest..
granted I’m a close second.” He said to chuckle.”but it’s also
been a while since I even seen the front lines.” He admitted. He
use to fight with war and before war himself. The man was
capable but the more homunculus was made- the more death could
relax.”I may of gotten lazy.. May just join you with training
for famine.. I might of lost my touch a little.” He said now
thinking about it.”it’ll be an attempt- maybe during his work-
he always slips up when he’s doing things. Never was a
multitasker.” He said and sighed.
“Alright- Alice is still watching after famine, might one to
poke your head over there and let her know. You can come with
before heading out.” He said.“I might as well go see famine..
Jun, I would bring you with me but- that girl isn’t going
through anything good.” He told her honestly.
“It’s gonna be a bloody mess and I’d rather spare you what
famine is doing.” He said with a gentle look. “It’s not pretty.”
He added as he went to get up.
——
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Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 11:03 pm
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Alice having gotten bored was in the room with famine. He knew
better than to mess with her in the first place cause war had
her. But even then, the homunculus was attatched to Alice in a
different way. Almost treating her like a best friend. Or rather
was.
“Don’t you think you’re going a little too far?” Asked Alice
dodging a bit, of whatever famine pulled.
“They want to know how fast she can heal yeah? I’m not taking
any limbs or anything.” He said as he pushed her up to a sitting
position against the wall,to walk to the table to write down
that healing was slow but was gaining some traction.
Alice looked down at the broken body of the woman and heard the
sobs. It didn’t quite affect her now, only reminded her from
where she started in the beginning.Rachel was like her, a Lab
rat to be worked on. Alice only managed to climb out thanks to
famine and higher thanks to war.
“Just endure it.” Said Alice her arms folding.”eventually
someone will take you in.” She said with a sigh.
She heard the steps of famine coming up.”alrighty.. think we can
do a bit more damage now. “ he said grabbing whatever he had
planned next before making his way to the broken woman.
She heard a knock to open the door and took a plate of what
looked like food.”famine stop for now.. let’s see if this speeds
things up..” she said as she got a glare.”don’t make me tell war
you wouldn’t listen.” She said as he huffed and told her fine as
she walked over to get the woman back up and against the
wall."Of course I know it could be a trap.... I don't trust most
people let alone him... it seems like they know who I was before
my memory was lost.... ah!" River had began, unable to hold back
the pained noise that left him as Daevon tented to his wounds.
He took a deep breath to continue. "Think it would be more
effective if I made the distraction... they will be expecting
me... so you two can get in, get those two out , and then we can
all ditch town once I escape." He added before flinching again
as Daevon pulled the bandages tight.
"It's fine," River reassured his boyfriend before slitting his
shirt back on. "I don't think waiting is a good idea, God knows
what those two are going through right now...." He said with a
shiver. He then got himself off the car hood and went around to
the passenger door to look over the weapons he had gotten.
"Don't try and argue with me, you two can't take damage like I
can and I refuse to let either of you be a target from them...."
He added as he unloaded the bag. Once the trio decided on a time
to attack, there was nothing left to do but wait.
River took the time to sleep for once, his body going into
healing overdrive when he did. When he woke, he was ready to
cause some damage and safe Daevon's cousin and her boyfriend.
With flamethrower in hand, River carefully snuck into the
compound, carefully picking through the place to find where they
were keeping Rachel, knowing he would find Famine.
----
As quickly as they had included Jun, she was once again told to
stay put. She didn't exactly argue with the men as she had no
desire to see what Famine had done so far to that poor woman.
She stayed there quietly until she heard a strange sound and
decided to go check it out, leaving the safety of the
bedroom."You're more than welcome to join the training
sessions," War replied. It had been a long time since they'd
last trained together, though War had the feeling Death might be
needed to play peacekeeper between him and Famine as well.
He let out a sigh when Death reminded him Alice was watching
over Famine as he worked. He really didn't want to see what the
brat had been up to, or his handiwork. It disgusted him to no
end. Then again, he'd never had the stomach for extended
torture.
"Yeah, if he's done enough for James, I may pull her away for
awhile. Too much time around Famine isn't good for her,"
War waited for Death to finish talking with Jun before they
headed to where Famine had been left with Rachel. One of the
guards moved to unlock the door and open it for them.
War stepped inside, his nostrils flaring at the spattered blood
all over the floor and on Famine's clothes.
With Famine distracted by his work, war and Death were able to
get what they needed out of him. War was more than pissed to
know what the brat had done to Pestilence. Not that he said it
out loud.
War passed along the news of Pestilence's incoming invasion to
his men and headed up to clean up in his private room. He'd
instructed Alice to come find him once she was done helping
Famine.
He was in the middle of a shower when he felt Pestilence's
presence. He let out a groan, but finished washing up and turned
off the water. "Figures he'd show early," he muttered.
------Rebel hoped that Daevon was right. Yet there was this
growing sense of unease going through him. There were only three
of them up against an unknown amount of men.
He relaxed slightly when River decided to take on the job of
distracting. "Sounds like a plan,"
It was more than a little worrisome to see River shiver at the
mention of what Rachel and Bobby might be going through.
"No arguments from me," Rebel said softly and started assembling
a few explosives from what they had. He figured everything they
could use would help them. After that, he busied himself by
checking his weapons and making sure they were ready to go. He
always got nervous and had to have busy hands before a big
fight, and this would be his biggest ever.
He fell in behind Daevon, waiting for the older man to signal
they were going in after River.Alice was working with famine as
he continued his work. When she saw war she brightened up.
During his work it came out that he lost it out on pestilence
but claimed he couldn’t remember half of what he done. Death
wasn’t entirely happy about the notion that the memory loss was
the result of famines jealous rage.
The man ended up tied up in working on Bobby, and keeping an eye
on vitals to try to distract his thoughts. It wouldn’t be till
later he would feel the tie to pestilence tug, his eyes that
normally never opened barely slid open revealing their red
orbs.”little plague bringer came…” he said as he made sure a
strap was keeping Bobby in place. It seemed it was doing its job
and making the man he hoped feeling like he was dying from the
inside. Well least that’s how pestilence made the compound for
them a ways back. Faint marks of the illness that was
handcrafted showing a bit on his face
———
Alice had managed to get away growing tired of watching the man,
but once she stepped out did famine smell pestilence nearby when
the door opened.”oh?.. “ he sounded smirking as he settled back
on his feet looking away from Rachel who looked like a husk of
her former self at that point. Soaked in her own blood and her
green eyes looking dull and lifeless. He let go of what he was
doing, her slumping a little “Finally some real fun.” He said
to stand up.
“Suddenly getting some balls to come to me huh?” He told to the
room. He pulled the gun from his belt, and leaned next to
Rachel. “Seems someone came to have some fun.. now it won’t be
just you!” He said He didn’t know just what pestilence had in
his hands.
——
Daevon was following river to pause when he noticed items of
Rachel’s and Bobby’s. He tried to be quiet as he paused to get
them, but due to his clumsiness had dropped some glasses.
He bet down to pick them up when he heard a noise.The gun he had
came out of his belt to point at the shadows, his eyes scanning
to see a person step back.”take one more I’ll shoot.” He
whispered out.”show yourself.” His hand shook hoping it wasn’t
one of the humunculous, given they couldn’t die.
What he didn’t expect was to see the one person he thought he
lost forever and his gun went down.”mom…” he stammered.”y..your
Alive” his relief turned to horror as he realized her ears and
tail.”what.. did they do…” he said his voice no longer a whisper
but full of emotion.
—-
Alice had managed to get to wars room, to open the door. Being
the type of person she was- there was some that just didn’t
change. One being learning to knock. The bathroom door opened
with a bang.”pesto is here!” She said to blink. Her eyes went
down below the belt as her hands went to her face to cover her
eyes… only to peep out. Her face was red enough but she wasn’t
being very good at being secretive at looking.The sight of
Rachel on the floor, bloody and a ghost of herself sparked a
rage in River as he glared darkly. "Let's see if you can survive
this mother fucker...." He growled as he started up the
flamethrower towards Famine to get him away from Rachel. He
ended up cornering Famine in the room, trading him with fire as
he gathered up Rachel in one arm and headed for the door. He
needed to get her out of here!!
---
A familiar face was lurking in the dark causing Jun to pause,
even more so when she accidently kicked something on the floor
causing the man to whip around and point a gun at her. The
Chimera's hands went up as she tried to back away.
What caused her to stop again was what the man said. He called
her mom. Her eyes widened, staring at the clearly distraught
man. A memory of a young boy, her son. "Daevon?" She questioned,
daring to take a step closer. Her ears no longer pinned back as
tears filled her eyes as she remembered her baby, her only
child, her Daevon. It broke her heart that she had forgotten the
man for so long.
"They experimented on me... I am a Chimera now.... you have grow
so big..." She said in a bit of a daze, almost feeling like she
was remembering a life from long ago.
----
The sedation used on Bobby was slowly not becoming enough to
keep him still. As the pain inside of him grew, it feel like his
insides were rotting. When he felt the strap around him tighten,
Bobby opened his eyes gasping out in pain. He tried to struggle
against his binds, unable to even budge his restraints.War
turned at the sound of the door, his had outstretched for a
towel. "Yes, I know, I can feel him," War replied. Seeing her
reaction to his body had him wondering if Alice might one day in
the future want to do more than just look.
He dried off and wrapped the towel around his hips, moving into
the room to get dressed.
"You'll want to arm yourself, we'll be needed. We'll go out
together,"
Even if Pestilence had shown early, War was going to at least
try to capture him. There had to be a way to fix his brother.
War was soon dressed and donned his armor and pulled on his gun
belt. While a bullet wound wouldn't kill Pestilence, it might
slow him down a little.
"You ready for this? Remember, let death and I deal with
Pestilence. Whoever else is free game," War told Alice and
headed to the stairs.
There was a sudden loud explosion and War instinctively reached
for Alice. "Guess he means business," War said his eyes
flashing.
--------
Rebel's heart and as pounding in his ears as he followed after
Daevon. After going a few feet in, he moved to set up several of
his explosives and armed them to go off at different times
before hurrying after the other two. He figured the explosions
would create a distraction and pull the people inside to those
areas.
Not seeing either of them, he went off down the hall, checking
in the rooms. He came to a stop, his heart sinking at the sight
of Bobby restrained on a hospital table.
"****," he swore and picked the lock as quickly as he could.
"Bobby, **** what did they do to you?"
He pulled out his knife to cut through the leather straps and
helped get Bobby sat up. "Can..can you walk or you gonna need
help?"Famine grinned as he saw the man come in. His eyes fell on
the flame thrower as his eyes went wide. What he didn’t expect
was the amount of rage he saw in the man’s face over the
victim.”pest this ain’t you.” He said as his gun cocked ready to
shoot. He was met with flames that drove him apart from the
woman who moved a little as she saw feet approaching her.
Famine made a face.”your boning in another job!” He yelled
before sinking back in the corner more to avoid the flames,
feeling the heat off of it.”where the hell is war and death!?!”
He said in a voice that clearly was irritated at this point.
Sure he reasoned he may of made pest lose his memory but he
never *burned* the guy. He watched him collect Rachel from the
floor the girl making a pained noise. He let off a few shots in
pestilence’s direction as he yelled for backup.
——-
After death had strapped the man down. Had left the room, he
could hear steps to turn. His jaw flexed.”take care of the man
in that room and don’t let the experiment leave.” He told a few
men.
Daevon stared at her ears some before he went closer and gave a
warm hug.”I missed you.” He said and sobbed lightly. It was then
he heard footsteps to pull his mother down below the counter and
hugged her. He heard the steps fade to poke his head out to see
death being met up with more men to head down the hallway, where
he could hear yelling. He clutched Jun a little as the first
explosion went off.”come with me.. we came to save Rachel and a
friend.. now that I found you too… and it won’t be safe here for
long.” He admitted.
Death having felt the tremors made a face.”cut off pestilences
route.. tell those who can die to get out!” He said before
rushing back to his room.”Jun!” He said and looked around the
room to see her gone.”****..” he commented before checking the
bathroom.”Jun where are you!?!” If there was explosions involved
he didn’t want her mixed up in it.——
Alice composed herself, she nodded to get her own weapons and
held her gun as another was in her belt of her straitjacket
outfit. “Alright.. you just be careful.” She said before feeling
a tremor to feel war’s hand around her waist. “Guess means go
all out?” She asked looking up at the man that towered over her
petite form.Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in
she shoulder. He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the
pain as he ran. He had to hope the other two managed to grab
Bobby because he needed to get Rachel out *now*.
He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
going to last.
Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
admit, torching this place was fun.
----
Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
experimented on?
Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
felt something was missing.
---Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in she
shoulder. He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the pain as
he ran. He had to hope the other two managed to grab Bobby
because he needed to get Rachel out *now*.
He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
going to last.
Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
admit, torching this place was fun.
----
Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
experimented on?
Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
felt something was missing.
---Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in she
shoulder. He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the pain as
he ran. He had to hope the other two managed to grab Bobby
because he needed to get Rachel out *now*.
He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
going to last.
Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
admit, torching this place was fun.
----
Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
experimented on?
Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
felt something was missing.
---The sound of fresh footsteps had Bobby open his eyes again,
relief filling him at the sight of Rebel as the man approached,
swifly unlocking the restraints and pulling Bobby into a sitting
position, a deep groan of pain leaving him as he was moved once
the straps were cut. He could already hear more footsteps coming
closer to the room again.
"I... I don't think I can walk...." He admitted, unable to will
hos body to properly move. He didn't want to know how much he
would hurt himself trying to walk. "Someone's coming..." He
managed as he tried his best to hold onto Rebel.War started to
pull away and then paused and leaned down to kiss her forehead.
"I'll be careful, and yes. Just keep out of Pestilence's way.
Death and I will have to go focus on him,"
War's hand tightened on her waist as the compound was shook by
several more explosions. "Try not to get crushed either,"
War let her go and headed down to the first floor, making his
way through the rubble left from the explosions. It wasn't hard
for him to see that the explosions had been set up more for a
distraction than for destruction.
He rounded a corner and spied Pestilence carrying the girl out
of a huge hole in the wall. War didn't follow, having the
feeling that his brother would be back.
"Pesto, why are you doing this?" He called out to his
transformed brother.
-----
Rebel's ears pricked at the sound of footsteps getting closer.
"Then I guess I'll have to try and carry you out," he replied, a
determined look setting on his face.
"Yeah, I hear them too. Give me a minute,"
Rebel dropped his bag, pulled out a rope and used it to tie
Bobby onto his back. If Bobby didn't look so out of it, he'd
just have taken him out piggy back style.
"All right, try not to move around too much, and hold your
breath." Rebel said and pulled out a smoke bomb, quickly
opened the door, pulled the pin and lobbed it out into the hall.
Then he moved as fast as he could through the smoke and past the
guards that were coughing their lungs out.Rachel made noises at
the jostles as River ran. The feel of fresh air hit her lungs as
she realized they were outside before feeling herself being
carefully put in the back. She watched as his form changed as he
ran on his way back, her breath letting out a little. A small
hope rose inside that they’d get away and leave the nightmare
behind. Her one good eye drifted closed, in response.
——
“I can’t leave you mom, I can’t lose you again.not since I found
you.” He said. “They already took enough away... please!” He
asked.”and I meant it that this place won’t be safe, this part
of town he building is rigged with some explosives.. it’s meant
to come down!” He said.
—-
Death heard another explosion as he felt his anxiety being
pulled as he saw James being shuffled out as well.”Jun! We can’t
be playing!” He said looking around.”this building won’t last
long!” He said now fully concerned making his way back to where
he came from.
Part of him hoped Jun just ran off again and he would find her
trying to just enjoy the outside.. being inside was too risky.
——
Alice blushed a bit.”alright..” she said and nodded before
heading down the hall to the first floor. Once there she
separated . She noticed smoke before a man bolting out with the
other man tied to his back.”pestos toy..” she mumbled.”I’ll need
to be careful.” She reasoned not wanting to get the hummuculous
‘ wrath. She took off, her feet flying before she felt a
stronger shake from an explosion. She slid a bit before she got
within range, planning on pulling the man back- only to save the
man she was chasing with her telekinesis as the roof was coming
down to pause above his head.”you need to give up! Your pestos
friend right? You won’t be harmed at all if you’re with him!”
She said mimicking a negotiation that war tried to teach her
that was important at times.”I really don’t wanna break pestos
friend- pesto is scary when angry.” She stated her duo toned
eyes looking at the two men.—-
Famine made chase to pestilence, now that the fucker had stopped
trying to burn him. A few men at his disposal to try to take him
down. *Did that **** get faster!?!* He thought to himself. It
had been some time since he last saw the guy. He took a few more
shots, one landing but didn’t drop the girl that he saw. He
watched him jump out of the hole only to see the fucker come
back changed. He shifted hating it as he felt repulsive to meet
pestilence head on for hand to hand, getting more pissed the
more he realized how or it felt like how pestilence had
improved.The man who had caught River at the weapon stash showed
up next, calling him a strange name and questing why he was
doing this as if they had been close. He didn't understand it.
"My name is not Pesto or Pest or Pestilence or any of that ****.
I don't know you and you took my friends!" He practically
snarled. Weither River really didn't want to hurt the man in his
rage, stunned by confusion, or distracted by the sudden arrival
of Famine was hard to say.
He easily fixated on the man who had tortured him. As the pair
exchanged blows, the memories came lurching back. The man had
been trying to kill him. Claimed he just wanted to test his
limits before admitting he just hated him. More anger filled him
as he attacked Famine with everything he had, the flamethrower
being used as a club to smack Famine around. He wouldn't be
satisfied until the man was a stain on the ground at this point.
---
Worry filled Jun at what her son had to say, hearing Death
calling for her caused her to look away from Daevon to see how
close her lover was to finding them. She took a deep breath
before looking back at the young man who had not so long ago,
and yet a lifetime ago, was just a little boy, a babe in her
arms.
"My sweet little boy..." She said softly as she cupped his cheek
in one hand. She couldn't take it seeing him like this. If Death
found them, she would have to beg him to not harm her son. Maybe
he would grant her that? The last shred of her past life.
"Okay... I'll... I'll come with you." She agreed, still sounding
quite reluctant.
---
Sounds of pain left Bobby with each movement, even just getting
situated and tied onto Rebel's back nearly brought him to tears.
He felt like he was dying and he knew he didn't want to die here
as he clung to his savior as best he could, closing his eyes
tight as he tried to bite back the pained groans that threatened
to leave him as Rebel hauled him through the collapsing
building, holding his breath as they went through the
smoke.Bobby didn't open his eyes until he heard a female voice
trying to reason with Rebel, claiming the man was Pesto's
friend, whoever the hell that was. He hoped Rebel wouldn't stop
running, especially when the ceiling began to give, the strange
woman even keeping the roof from entirely caving in on them.
#Post#: 1237--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 11:07 pm
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✅
Rebel was more than a little worried hearing the sounds coming
from Bobby. It was quite evident that they'd done something
horrible to the young man. He wondered if a hospital would be
able to help, or if Bobby had been harmed too much by these
crazy people.
Rebel paled at voice and dodged a falling piece of rubble. "Why
can't you crazy freaks just leave us alone? Back off!" He
yelled, his panic rising even more.
He couldn't forget how she'd suggested hunting him down for fun.
Rebel let out another cry of surprise when the ceiling started
to cave in. The debris being held back and the look of
concentration on the woman's face made him realize she was
protecting them. But why? Especially after doing terrible
experiments on Bobby.
Rebel considered shooting the woman and letting the ceiling
crush her, but he just couldn't do it. Of course when armed
guards swarmed from behind her, that prompted Rebel to unleash
shots at them and hurry away as fast as he could. Him having to
constantly check behind himself and the added weight of Bobby on
his back caused him to trip and go sliding face first into the
cement.
"**** hell...it hurts," he groaned and spat out blood and a
couple of broken teeth. His jaw and cheek were killing him and
throbbing, as did his right arm and leg.
Rebel tried to get back up but his leg crumpled under him and
he let out a cry of pain. "Sorry Bobby, I tried..and I failed,"
he apologized between the tears of pain going down his face.
--------
War would have been able to hold Pestilence off on his own, bit
of course Famine had to show and get in on the rumble. "Brat,
back off," War growled at Famine.
The two seemed far too invested in their fight and War was
forced to intervene and help evacuate those escaping the
building coming down.
He'd been wrong about the explosives apparently. Whoever had set
them has been much smarter than he'd anticipated, targeting
supports and weakened areas of the compound.
"Enough of this fighting, you're both going to get crushed in
the rubble! " War yelled.
When his eyes alit on two men being carried between his guards,
he moved to grab one by his black hair. "You want your friends
to live? Stop fighting and come with us quietly or they both
die," War threatened.
He held back the surprise when he saw the man's features and
eyes closer and recognized a much younger version of a general
he'd worked with in the past.Famine was too lost in the fight to
even listen to any sort of reason. Course when the torch became
a club and him being the target didn’t feel so good either! He
went to get up to be smacked again, he tried to grab it to wack
river only to miss, and got smacked in the face. He crumpled on
the ground in absolute pain at that point when war finally
yelled about pestilence’s friends.
———
Meanwhile back inside did Daevon seemed more than happy to hear
his mom agree to come. He took her hand to lead her with him, he
managed to help her through a window he opened and got through
himself before hearing a few shots to get her to duck. He
hoisted the bag as he got Jun to run with him to the car, he
noticed Rachel in the back and got Jun in.
He could still hear fighting going on, but then.. yelling. He
took his gun out.”stay here okay mom?” He asked softly. He went
to the hole and was semi ducked to see Bobby and rebel in wars
hands.. the only good thing seen was famine out like a light on
the floor. Death managed to calm down as he saw Jun and Daevon
going out the window moments earlier- figuring it was best with
the building going down.
What he didn’t expect was death to come up behind him and
confiscate his gun to feel it at the side of his head.”as much
as I think famine deserved that…” said death.”please calm down,
I’d hate for your friends to be hurt..” he paused to see rebels
face.”anymore hurt than they already are.”he said.
His face turned to Alice.”there’s some ladies near a car,
neither should be a threat.” He said calmly. The woman inched a
bit to stop and look at pestilence.”I’m sorry for nearly
breaking your toy the first time but.. he did that to his own
face.” She pointed. Death sighed.”Alice!” She ducked out of the
hole to make her way down with the few men.
She caught up with jun and opened the door.”come on.. we may
have to change locations.” She told her.”you’ll be in deaths
car, “ her duo toned eyes looked over where a man was shifting
for Rachel.Rachel sighed deeply. Seems things gotten worse. She
grunted in pain when she heard Alice telling them to gather the
rest in a van, and be prepared for a transport.
The rage entirely consumed River as he continued to pummel
Famine into the floor, ignoring the other man at first when he
tried to stop him once Famine was down. River slammed the heavy
flamethrower against Famine's head and back until Rebel was used
as a hostage, and the Daevon. One more swing, leaving the
flamethrower on Famine's head.
The plague doctor form slowly raised it's hands to surrender,
finally shifting back to his human form. "You hurt them you
don't want to know the hell you will pay," he warned. He had
failed again to protect them and now even got more people
captured. What would happen now?
---
It was easy to follow Daevon out of the building, the man hiding
her in a hidden car before running off again. She stayed with
the injured woman, feeling very sad over the condition she was
now in. "What did they do to you?" Jun questioned as she waited.
A fresh layer of fear took hold of Jun when she saw Daevon
captured by Death, and Alice having found them very easily. She
scrambled out of the car and towards Death and her son. "Death!
Please! Don't hurt him!" She begged. "He is my son Death
please," she pleaded as she grabbed her lover's wrist of the
hand holding the gun to Daevon's head.
---
Bobby's heart sank the moment Rebel slipped and he couldn't get
back up. "Don't apologize, I'm grateful you came at all..." He
said softly, his voice weaker now. Then Rebel was snatched up by
one of the men from the compound, threatening to kill the man to
what looked like a monster that soon became River to try and
protect them. What the hell was going on?Once War's and Death's
threats caused Pestilence to stand down, there was a great deal
of work involved in getting their men and captives loaded up in
vans and vehicles. The few dead men, War took car of before
gathering up Famine's crumpled body.
Not wanting to hear his complaining or groans, he muzzled his
brother and chained him and tossed him in the car trunk. "We're
going to the Dark Mansion, do not release him. I or Death will
deal with him when we get there," he told the driver.
The caravan was soon heading out; Death in a van with Pestilence
and one of the human men. War escorting Alice and Jun into
another van: leaving his men to bring a van with James, his two
experiments and the young clone.
-----
Rebel hated himself for being so weak, wishing things had gone
differently. Maybe if they were lucky, he might die before he
was subjected to bring experimented on like Bobby and Rachel had
been.
He let out a cry of pain when he was dumped in the back of a van
and tried to breath through the extreme pain. He turned his head
and bit into his lip seeing how bad Bobby and Rachel looked. He
had the sinking feeling that things were going to get much worse
for all of them.Famine felt the muzzle to start struggling
naturally his noises slipping out before he felt the chains to
panic. Bit when he saw the trunk he about lost it to see the
hood close and him banging on it like crazy. His head hurt like
hell from the last wallup from River. His banging wouldn’t stop
till they were halfway there.
——-
Daevon was dragged with death to the car as he saw his
mom.”don’t you **** touch-“ he started yelling to feel death
yank him close.”she’s safer with him than James.” He started
before seeing the man bitching himself about being away from the
woman. Daevon took one look to see the man getting dragged to
being taken with his cousin.”and that’s any better?” He
started.”lemme go I’ll cooperate if I can hit em once.” Death
looking done with the whole thing let go of daevons arm to watch
him march over and watched as the man clocked James hard enough
for the glasses to break in half. The man was out and tossed in
with several bags of things, one Daevon recognized as what he
scooped of Rachel’s things before walking away.
——
Rachel could still hear her aunts question and sighed wishing
she’d remember her. She always did like baking with the woman.
Once the doors closed she looked around. She knew she could not
keep feeling sorry for herself.. she’d be in the same spot years
ago when she first realized she would never feel with her hands
again. She noticed Daevon looking at a bag and shifted her head
at the beaten rebel and the dying Bobby.
She let off a soft breath feeling the van move there were no
windows.. being treated more like things than people.”Bobby… “
she said softly.”I’m giving you a choice okay?.. I just don’t
want you to suffer anymore but if I turn you into what I am..
they may do more things.. I’m throwing a wrench in this way..”
she said and tears welled up.——
Daevon quietly went in the car with River and death clearly
looking pissed.”look, I’m not gonna touch you for juns sake, but
you’re gonna realize she isn’t the same person.” He told the man
as he heard.”you don’t get to choose that.. she’s my mom and she
will recognize me as her kid at the end of the day.” He shot
back. Death gripped the wheel. He could still see her pleading
face to spare her child.. and him saying he would as long as she
wouldn’t leave. “Little plague bringer.. what happened.. I want
to know.” His eyes drifted to the review mirror where the two
would be.”why do you look at me with such contempt.”
#Post#: 1238--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 11:14 pm
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Everything around River seemed to move in slow motion and yet,
everything was happening so suddenly. Finding out the cat woman
was Daevon's mom was definitely news, but still more shock was
to come.
Once under way, the seeming ring leader asked a question that
truly confused him. "Are... are you serious? You kidnap my
boyfriends cousin and friend, *torture them* and have now
kidnapped all of us.... what part of this am I supposed to be
happy about?" River questioned, the coals of his anger still
festering.
"Doesn't exactly help that your little abomination of a friend
tortured me to the point that I don't remember anything past
when he tried to kill me...." He said with venom in his words.
At least Daevon was unharmed... he had to take the small
victories.
----
Where Jun had expected Death, War arrived in his place, joining
her and Alice in the van before it took off. The feline woman
looked out the back window, anxiety filling her at the thought
of Death being alone with her son. "Where are we going?" She
finally asked after the silence had dragged on for a majority of
the ride.
---
A fresh gasp of pain left Bobby as he was separated from Rebel
before being tossed into the back of the car with Rebel, Rachel,
and a man he didn't recognize past knowing Daevon had socked the
guy in the face breaking his glasses.
He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Rachel speak. He
turned to look at her, a look of sorrow overcoming him seeing
her like this. Even feeling like he was on the doorstep of
death, Rachel still managed to get a proper blush out of him
when she admitted to loving him. It wasn't even a choice in his
mind.
"I couldn't possibly take the easy way out and leave you all
alone... we will have each other... all three of us.... if we
are going to survive... I... I love you too Rachel..." He said
with a faint smile.
——-
It took every ounce of his strength to moved into a sitting
position, against the wall of the van, jostling around with each
bump.War had been reliving the experience of tossing the brat
into the trunk when he heard Jun's question.
"To a much better fortified safe house," he replied, sneaking a
glance back at the chimaera. "I don't think you've been there
before. Maybe Death's mentioned it though. We call it Dark
Mansion,"
War stole a look at Alice, seeing she still had debris in her
hair, as well as a few scratches on her. Once everything was
settled, he was going to be dragging her into the shower. He had
the feeling that she wouldn't mind it.
-------
Rebel was starting to worry even more hearing Bobby's breathing
getting worse by the moment. His attention shifted to Rachel,
his own breath catching when she suggested turning Bobby.
"I-i got it," Rebel stuttered out and clenched his teeth,
hauling himself closer to the bag she'd mentioned and pulled out
the good arm.
It took him a few agonizing moments to pull himself over to
Rachel and get the arm strapped to her stub. "There, got it," he
gasped out and slumped down next to Rachel. "I'm just...gonna
pass out now," he groaned, his eyes rolling back as the pain
made him black out.
——
Death listened to pestilence getting naturally angry. Gauging
the man some as he could hear the anger in his voice. His eyes
flickered to Daevon he had his arms cuffed and behind him. The
man quietly glaring at him as well. “Pestilence, the other
abomination is your older brother-“ he started before he saw
Daevons head slowly turn in a way and clearly had a disgusted
look.”as for what he did- he will be punished thoroughly, you
can’t die - but to know we can go to that extent of losing
memory?…” he sighed.
His mind whirred a little on how to keep pestilence happy and
be-able to at least finish what they started on the two. His
lips parted.”pestilence I promise when we are done with daevons
family member and friend they can remain untouched- the girl it
came out she’s been changing over time into what we are.. she
might be an entirely different type of hummunculi.. the boy will
die if you don’t let us finish. He will be much like her if we
can recreate the circumstances that William had started. If
anything- you just have to state they follow under your orders.
They will get breaks with what’s coming and at least a little
more freedom than they’ve been given so far.” He said to see
Daevon blink.”you can even make the boyfriend your second in
command.. just come back to us for now. Famine is more than out
of commission right now, and I’ll gladly let you knock him
around again since he’s suppose to go through wars rigorous
training.” He said and his hands tightened on the wheel.Daevon
looked like he was itching to give death a few choice words but
remained quiet as this conversation was directed at River.
——
Alice could see the worry in Jun’s face. Her hand touched the
felines back. She opted for it given she knew the chimeras
history of escaping. She could feel eyes from ear to glance back
, before naturally brushing the ceiling from her hair.
——-
Rachel’s face softened at the words given, and the mention of
the three of them. She could hear rebel getting her arm as her
face went red slightly. Her pale face earned another shade at
his confession of love before he adjusted his own position her
eyes looking concerned. “Bobby..” she managed before seeing
rebel drag himself back over. She made a small hiss of pain. Her
arm must of gone through someone being rough with it.. but she
would make it work.once it was strapped on she heard rebel.
Her arm went around him to slide him down on the floor.”just
rest… hopefully a better doctor will patch you up..” she mumbled
looking at James wondering how hard her cousin managed to deck
him- and hoping he’d stay out for a while.
She quietly dug in another bag that was filled with things and
weapons to find a knife. She cut down Bobby’s medical gown front
and blushed a bit.”sorry..” she said drawing back, turning the
knife away from Bobby to earn another jostle of the van, causing
it to drop and nearly stabbed her leg. She inspected herself
till she found a wound that wasn’t healed and said.”it’ll be a
bit gross but just.. stay with me.” She said softly before using
her fingers to draw on the man’s chest. She fixed what she could
with the jostles and looked at Bobby one more time. She could
tell he was on the brink of going. Once the light seemed to
diminish as the breathing slowed she activated the circle. A
glow filled the back of the van as she mumbled a prayer, or what
sounded like it. The glow started blue before shifting to the
traumatizing purple before everything went white.
Rachel’s eyes flickered open her face looking at a familiar
vision of a door in a white room. A soft gasp escaped before she
looked down to see.. her true arms. Her eyes flickered behind
her to see a grinning white blob of a person.”nice to see you
again.” She heard her arms going close to her chest. “What is it
you want?” She heard.She let off a sigh. Her arms were part of
the fodder to try- but memories of being here before showed on
her face. She’d never get the arms back. But then.. the person
using them was told they were never theirs to give. “Bobby…” she
said and looked at the entity.”that’s all I want.” The grinning
thing cocked its head.. or what seemed like it. “Will be done
for the arms that was once yours.” She heard before the vision
ended. Her eyes flew open to hear finally.”what have you
done?!?” Rachel noticed the van and the raging James. She
ignored him to wipe her hand over the blood to smudge the work
in case he tried to stop her. She was shoved back as the man
started checking Bobby over immediately.. before a nice big
jostle threw him back. Rachel got back near Bobby and put her
ear near his chest to hear the thud.. a heartbeat. It was
faint.. but it was there. Her metal hand touched rebel.”I owe
you a real thank you… and I’ll give it once you wake up..” she
said before being dragged off Bobby again to be told to not move
again.
——
"My name is not Pestilence!" River half yelled, disgust,
confusion, and anger all taking turns contorting his facial
features. "I don't know what you think you will gain with those
*lies* I found Rachel being actively tortured by that freak. You
expect me to let him do more?? I don't give two **** about
whatever bullshit you weirdos have going on. Am I a past
experiment or something? Trying to convince me I'm someone else,
is that what you did to Daevon's mom?" The tirade continued for
several more minutes before he had finally gotten most of his
rage out of his system.
"Even if he *was* my brother before what he did.... he certainly
isn't one now.... moment the fucker found me he tried to get rid
of me again...." River said in a far softer voice, this one
filled with a kind of hurt one only felt when betrayed by
family. Which confused the man as he didn't know why it felt
like a betrayal.
----
"No, I haven't been there... or heard of it... everyone treats
me like a pet... so I'm not really told things...." Jun said in
a dreary voice. Her mind was racing about all the trouble she
would be in with James and Death. Even with Death's promises to
keep her safe, she knew eventually the man would be unable to be
by her side constantly. Not only that, but she had disobeyed him
and was deathly afraid of what punishment the man would have for
her.
Her mind kept wondering back to her son. Worrying over his fate.
Would he be trapped like her now too? It seemed like that might
be the case given they were going to a more secure safe house.
She was pulled briefly from her thoughts when she felt Alice's
hand on her back, causing the chimera to look at the woman. The
seeming compassion on her face felt, odd. She had known Alice to
be ruthless having worked under Fanine for a long while, but
having her attempt to comfort her was almost out of place.
Still, Jun didn't push her away, turning her gaze back out the
window. "How long til we arrive?" She asked.
----
The feeling of approaching death was getting closer and closer
as Bobby tried to stay awake for a little longer. He just had to
hold on or the world would slip away and he had a feeling he
wouldn't wake back up this time. A shaky breath left him as
Rachel got her arm back in place before using her own blood to
make a symbol of some kind on his chest after cutting open his
clothes with a blade she had found.
Then, there was a blinding light as Bobby's body went into fresh
waves of agony. Had he died? He couldn't have, he could still
feel everything contracting and expanding inside of him like an
unnatural dance of death. Was this hell? He hadn't thought he
had been a bad person, but maybe he was wrong?
Then, Bobby saw the door. Rachel, he couldn't hear what she was
saying or see who she was talking to, but she looked desperate.
He wanted to reach out and comfort her but he couldn't move.
Suddenly, the weight of impending sleep washed over the dying
man as the pain slowly ebbed away and he slipped into rather
peaceful sleep.
———
War wasn't all that surprised to hear Jun had been kept in the
dark about most things. James was the type to keep his
underlings barely knowledgeable about anything other than what
he needed them to know. Death more than likely would tell her a
bit more. Of course it made him consider what he should share
with the chimaera.
War noticed Alice's attempt to calm Jun down and was relieved
that it seemed to work.
"I know James likes to be closed off about things, Death will
probably teach you more if you ask. The Dark Mansion's a few
hours outside the city, we should be there soon enough,"
War felt the hairs on his body raise on end and his eyes flashed
white briefly in response to feeling the magic Rachel had used.
His hands tightened on the driver's wheel. He didn't mention
what he felt, though he was sure James would be pissed by
whatever was happening. Famine might as well, which made him
crack a grin.
------
An hour later, War pulled up to the gate house outside the
massive Dark Mansion and talked to the men on guard duty. It
took a while before the gates were open and the vehicles were
waved inside.
War led the vans to the hospital wing and parked out of the way.
"Wait for me here Alice, I'll be back to take you in. I'm sure
Death will be a long shortly for you Jun."
The big door to the hospital wing opened wide and a tall
androgynous creature dressed in a nursing outfit came out with
several aids to get the wounded inside.
Seeing the state of Bobby, Rachel and Rebel had Dior clicking
their tongue and shooting an open glare at the still passed out
James.
"And you call yourself a doctor. Be gentle with them," Dior told
the aids and War's men who were helping. "Or you'll have me to
deal with,"
Dior oversaw their unloading and started treating those that
they could.Death heard the yelling and listened to the man. He
let off a breath. “You are not an experiment.. the rest of us
are just men that do the work.” He said.”*I* didn’t do anything
to Jun.. that was James work.” Daevon looked livid.”imma kill
him.” He mumbled. “So what are you doing with my mom then?”
Death heard.
Death blushed reflexively.
“Oh HELL no! “ Daevon said.
Death clutched the wheel the moment he felt it. He didn’t know
who did it- but knowing it was activated. “Well that’s gonna be
a problem.” He mumbled.
——-
By the time they arrived, they got to the van, Rachel in the
man’s grip by her now dried looking gown. He heard Dior and
about flexed his jaw. “Some don’t deserve gentle.” He said to
let the girl drop. Course once Rachel was collected with the
others did she see her cousin approach. He could see a few
fresh bruises only to be met by his cousins smirk.”I just pissed
him off a little.” She said to see death coming up behind and
immediately looked away. Dior seemed to be kind of man that
would shoo away stress.”can a girl ask that certain people not
come near me for a while?” She called out irritated and in pain.
“That this **** here.” She said pointing at death while James
was being escorted inside to go calm down. She didn’t want to
deal with questions and hoped somehow death would be too busy to
even try at some point.
Famine was in the trunk already acting up again when he felt
what was going on. He was ready to get the hell out that he
knew.
There wasn't much else to say as far as River was concerned. All
he wanted sas to go with Daevon and the small possy they had
formed and flee the town but that was looking like a distorted
fantasy at this point. He tried to focus on his boyfriend's
anger. They had taken the man's mother and brushed it off like
it was nothing. These thoughts were wiped away for several
moments as a strange feeling of discomfort overtook him,
disappearing as quickly as it arrived.
River didn't know what to expect, but a secluded fortress of a
masion was not what he would have thought of for a safe spot
from these thugs to crash. Once allowed out of the car, he
stayed close to Daevon, giving anyone who got to close to the
man a rather nasty glare that was more than enough to get them
to back off.
When an assistant attempted to guide River away, he was quick to
jerk away demanding not to be touched. Sure, he needed a bullet
taken out of his shoulder and his bandages needed changing but
he was confident his boyfriend could take care of that.
----
"I doubt Death will tolerate my disobedience for long..." the
feline woman said sadly. When they arrived at the masion, Jun
was quick to get out of the car before she was told to stay put.
The chimera huffed as she leaned against the trunk of the car
and wait for Death for collect her.
---
The day had gone from trivially routine to hectic in a matter of
hours after Sébastien received a call that he would have new
patients. Dr. Polick didn't much care for sudden schedul changes
and had to rush the staff into shape in order to receive the
injured. As always, Nurse Dior was a God sent.
The man always held a poise and grace about his work that made
the sassy creature a delight to work with. It helped that Dior
got results with a caring touch. Unlike most of the other staff,
Sébastien didn't rush outside to help bring people in.
Rather, he waited for the injured to come to him. The moment
bodies hit their beds, Dr. Polick was at work."I don't give a
damn about your opinion," Dior shot back at James.
Dior got distracted momentarily when they saw Death and the two
other men get out and come over. Hearing Rachel's question and
her motion at Death had Dior moving to intervene.
"Make sure James gets some time in the padded room until he
calms down. Maybe a sedative as well." Dior called to the aid
helping War's men.
"You heard the woman, back off. You're going to have to wait
until the doctor or I give you permission to talk to her,"
After getting Rachel and the others settled, Dior came back out,
recalling having heard noise from one of the car trunks.
"All right, unlock this trunk, I know I heard something moving
around," Dior insisted, glancing at War and Death.
War sighed and got the driver to unlock it. "Be careful,
Famine's likely to lash out, he could hurt you,"
Dior rolled their eyes and moved in to open the trunk. Seeing
the chained and muzzled man in various stages of healing pissed
them off intensely.
"What the hell is wrong with you ****? Why would you be so
cruel? Get these off of him now!"
"Famine's dangerous, I put them on him for a reason. Fine...just
move out of the way," War replied, pulling the key out of his
pocket and cautiously moving in towards Famine.
"Just. Give it." Dior demanded and grabbed the key. They started
muttering curses under their breath as the undid the chains and
removed the muzzle.
"Let me help you inside," They insisted, slipping an arm around
Famine and helped him out of the trunk and onto his feet.
—-
Rachel seemed to relax to see death reluctantly going as she and
the rest were shuffled to a room. Daevon opting to patch up
River in the hospital room given he wanted to do it right. Had
he not had to deal with the mafia would have been a medic.
He sat down with River in a chair and got himself situated to
see the doctor. Part of him making sure this guy wasn’t a second
coming of James. “Sit still alright? I’ll get it out just lemme
know if I’m too rough.” He told River as he worked at the
bullet. Rachel just settled back the gentle touches to cleaning
her up and dressed in a clean gown. She moved her arm again and
made a small pained noise. She realized the scuffle in the van
may of **** with her connectors. She could also hear Steele in
her head chewing her out to lean back semi defeated.
Daevon managed to get it out and grabbed some alcohol to clean
it and began to bandage it.”just lemme know if it’s too tight..”
he said as he continued his work. His mind whirring on what to
do. His eyes drifted briefly to rebel and Bobby. The man looked
asleep, but .. he looked better. Daevon finished tying it off
and turned to Rachel. He watched the eyes blink twice and the
slight bite of her bottom lip.”Rachel did you…” he saw the face
he knew well. One that she knew she did something wrong but for
a reason. “Try to worry about healing..” he said as he turned
back to River to continue looking over him.
——
Death grumbled slightly at being told to walk off. He could see
the girl visibly relax with him away. He walked to his car to
notice Jun leaning against it.”let’s go to my room - my dear.
I’m sure you have a lot of questions.” Death said quietly. His
jaw flexed a little as he could feel a rare headache for him
coming on.
——-
Alice watched as Dior was making demands and hearing famine
going slightly feral in the trunk. Course when the trunk opened
and just about prepared to jump whoever opened the thing-
stopped.They… were gorgeous… and here he was in the most
embarrassing situation. Chained and looking like a mess! Of
course hearing them being quite indignant for him was a breath
of fresh air. He saw how war was acting cautious and course in
his mind he felt the hummunculous should be. He wanted training?
He was gonna give war a headache later. But when Dior had the
key did the pissy look wipe from his face instantly to looking a
bit pathetic. Feeding off the sympathy of Dior. Once he was
freed from his prison and gag he moved his joints and jaw. He
blushed a bit feeling the arm, the moment his feet hit the
ground did he realize their height difference.. but for once he
wasn’t pissed that they were taller.”thank you.” Fell out
leaving Alice gaping as he never said thank you since the moment
she met him.. or so she believed.Following Daevon away from the
chaos that was now their life was quite easy for River. Soon the
pair were mostly alone in a hospital room like area, well,
mostly. A man who only identified himself as "The Doctor" when
anyone asked who he was. Dr. Polick wasn't a fan of offering up
his real name when working with the mafia, was going about the
place tending to the injured and advising the staff of how to
care for each person.
He ended up spending a long time looking over Bobby, a grim look
in his features and tone when he spoke about the boy. River was
quickly distracted from the man when his boyfriend began to dig
into the bullet wound once the humunculus' shirt was off. He
gritted his teeth and gripped the back of the chair as the man
fished the metal from his flesh. He couldn't stop his gasp when
the man used alcohol on the fresh wound.
He stayed still despite all the pain, seeming to barely flinch
as the guy wrapped up his injuries. "I always heal, how are you
holding up?" He questioned, trying to keep the focus off of
himself. The man wasn't used to being fussed over like this.
---
Once Sébastien was sure that the male experiment wasn't going to
keel over on him when his back was turned, he finally turned his
attention to the woman. Seeing the way her arm moved and how she
flinched, crying out. He walked over to her, standing in front
of her as he was making notes on a chart he was writing up for
her. Every patient needed one and his whole day was now going to
be drown in paperwork.
"Good afternoon, I am the attending Doctor on staff here at the
Dark Mannor. I need your name, age, medications, past injuries,
and current ailments. Then I can examine you and help get those
arms functioning again." He said with a friendly smile as his
robotic eyes focused in on the woman's missing limbs and how she
would likely to have extensive work done to repaire her body.
---
The lack of anger in Death's voice took Jun off guard. She had
expected him to be upset.Without questioning it for the moment,
Jun followed after her lover to his bedroom in this massive
luxury home. The leopard woman couldn't help but look around as
they traveled through the halls. It didn't take the pair long to
get to the room the man had spoken of.
She took in a sharp breath when the door closed, officially
alone with the man for the first time since she had disobeyed
him. She was scared to turn and face him, but she slowly forced
herself to.
"I'm... I'm sorry.... I just... he is my son.... I.... I
remember him...." She started as tears began to well up in her
eyes.
✅
#Post#: 1239--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 10, 2026, 11:22 pm
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Dior ignored everyone that was watching with shocked looks on
their faces and helped the wounded Homunuclus into the hospital
wing.
"You're quite welcome cutie," Dior replied with a flirty wink.
"Now don't fight me about checking you out and helping you heal
faster," They added, helping Famine inside to get settled in one
of the more private rooms.
Seeing how the others had treated him, Dior felt it would be
best to keep Famine far from the others.
"Do I need to help you undress? Or can you manage on your own?
There's a gown on the chair that you can slip on." Dior asked,
tapping their fingers on the metal bed frame.
----
War was more than a little stunned by Famine's reaction to the
nurse and how docile he was. Not to mention that The brat was
actually polite.
"Looks like he might actually behave for a change," War said
with a shake of his head. "Never thought that was possible,"
War walked over to take Alice's hand and led her off down to the
front entrance of the mansion. "I'll give you a tour of the
place, but first let's get cleaned up."
He was grateful to be able to let his guard down a little bit
for once. He hoped that the nurse would remain a good influence
on Famine. The last thing he wanted was to be called to the
hospital wing to deal with him.
War found the ground floor suite he'd always used and opened the
door for Alice and followed her inside. "It would be safer to
share this room, I promise I won't smother you," War said
pulling away to start pulling off his dirty and torn clothes.
"Want to join me in the shower?' he asked, sneaking a look at
her once he'd pulled his shirt off.
——-
Daevon chuckled at the sudden shift of the question to him.”you
really aren’t use to being fussed over- “ his mouth fell a
little as he watched the bustle over Bobby.
“Honestly I don’t know.. had so much happen.. and my mom being
here and used…” his fingers slid from his work. “It’s just a mix
of emotions.. and I’m sure you’re feeling the same way right
now.” He said his fingers drifting up to brush pestilence’s hair
back.”think once we have some real privacy..and if your not
hurting too bad maybe blowing off some steam the fun way? “ he
said with a lopsided smile. He didn’t want to touch on too much
out in the open.
——-
Unlike that of the last room. Deaths was more on the side of
having at least two large windows. The bed was a bit bigger and
the room decorated bit more elegantly. The moment they hit the
room. He shut and locked the door. His back to her as his face
slid to its transparent form not daring to turn himself. He was
angry.. but unlike the other three can come off calm, which was
normally hard for anyone to know. But chimera were a different
matter all together. Animals and those that were crossed with
them would have an instinctive fear toward him knowing the
truth. Only if his form slipped during this calm interaction
would anyone else know.”Jun we talked about this, you hold the
face that James was obsessed with. You’ll be a mother, just your
holding the ghost of memories of someone else.” He said rather
coldly. The tie came off as he laid it on the chair. He began to
undress from the mess and said.”strip, we both need a bath after
that big mess at the compound.. “ his mind wandered to what he
wanted to do, the idea of his hands running on her form. Same
time.. he reasoned to himself maybe locking her up for a while
would be better punishment and trying to keep her away from
Daevon would be better.
His hands paused at his belt. A thought played in his head as he
seemed to come upon a decision that sounded right in his head.
But first that bath.
—-
Alice felt her hand taken to watch famine exaggerating a limp as
they walked away and sighed.”maybe just for him.” She said to
rub her head. The two made it to a room her face taking in the
rather large room and bed. Being how she was once he let go of
her hand dirty or not fell on the bed.”so comfy..” she mumbled.
Her last room was nothing *but* a padded cell. She
shifted.”sharing? There’s no padded rooms?” She blushed a bit
feeling happy enough to not be by herself for hours anymore.
Though she knew the poor and prodding of James wouldn’t end.
She heard the mention of a shower to ease her fingers on her
outfit, “I wouldn’t mind. But I need help out of the belts..
they’re in the back.” She shifted her hair from the attire to
let the man get them undone. After a few tugs she managed to get
it off. The scars littered about her back was faint from years
ago. She untied her long wavy hair as it drooped down.”washing
this hair gonna be a lot of work.” She mumbled looking in the
mirror at herself before feeling eyes. Being use to being naked
in front of others she couldn’t help but see the mischievous
look.“Wanna have fun?” She asked in her now characteristically
normal way, be it on the battle field or a normal game.
——-
Rachel looked at the kindly doctor that had walked up. Naturally
the woman seemed to be slightly mistrusting. But Rachel knew
better.”Rachel rosecroft, “ she started to see famine being
walked by, his eyes connected with hers and a smirk formed
briefly as the girl dropped her eyes. “I ah.. am not taking
medications. Sedatives work only so much, I’m 19.” She looked at
her hand. “Past injuries- poisoned during my childhood, arms cut
off.. not entirely human anymore.” She listed. “I have my teeth
back so no worries there.. my eye is back just lacking some
vision.. I have poor eye problems to begin with.” She went quiet
there was more but she sure wasn’t gonna tell with her cousin
around.“My connectors got **** with royally so thank you for
taking care of that. The arms got trashed extensively as well,
you might want to get a metal mechanic.. best I know is Steele,
he works for anyone so won’t have issues.. mention my name he’ll
understand.” She said.
———
Famine was more than smitten the moment the compliment came out
of Dior’s mouth. The man called him cute!
After giving Rachel a smirk that seemed to scare her enough he
wiped it clean before going in the room. “I won’t fight it at
all..” he said liking this ‘special’ treatment Dior seemed to be
doing in his mind. While he could undress himself he was t gonna
waste an opportunity, “mine helping me? I don’t think I can lift
my arms too much without them hurting.” He ‘complained’ the idea
of being taken care of hand and foot made him slightly giddy..
and for once not starving for attention like he did with death
and war when pestilence came into being. But now there was
another half baked hummunculous and wasn’t happy to know it was
another pretty face.
——
Feeling the help of being undressed and the gentle hands of Dior
made him melt a little.A light chuckle escaped River at being
called out on his lack of experience being fussed over. His
expression turned more serious when Daevon opened up to him,
even curving into a frown as the man easily guessed the
emotional turmoil the humuculus was going through.
It was needless to say that River was caught off guard by what
his boyfriend said next, earning a proper blush from him at the
idea of being more intimate with the man. That lopsided smile on
Daevon's lips making River want to draw the man in for a kiss
right then, but held himself back.
"The fun way? I'm curious what exactly you have in mind." He
flirted with a smirk taking over his lips. "Might need to figure
out where they plan on keeping us..." He mused before his eyes
went from his boyfriend and back to the room. It wasn't hard to
flag down an assistant who was smile at River in a way as if the
woman knew him.
"Well, you will be staying in *your* room Master Pestilence."
She nearly chimed with pleasantness. The glare that crossed
River's face about gave the poor woman a heartattack as she
appologize quickly. "My name is not Pestilence.... You can call
me River...." He corrected, trying to keep his voice calm as the
woman was already scared of him. "Just... take me to this
Pestilence guy's room I guess..." He finally said to which she
eagerly abliged as she led the pair to a master bedroom.
The inside was rather extravagant with bird skulls, complemented
with black flowers and other black decor graced nearly every
surface. If it wasn't black or bird related, it seemed
everything else involved legends of death. The boat for the
river stixx in model form sat as a wall ornament above the
headboard of the huge bed. "Not morbid at all..." River
commented, almost complaining, yet, the place felt like home in
the strangest of ways.
"If you need anything I won't be far!" The woman told the pair
before closing the door and, per the orders of the master of the
house, locked them inside the room.
---
The feline woman's ears and tail drooped at what Death said to
her. That cold tone sending a chill down her. "It is more than
memories..." Jun started to argue, but stopped when she saw him
beginning to undress and demanded she do the same. The chimera
didn't dare disobey the man in the moment as she easily slipped
out of her dirty clothes, letting them crumple into a pile on
the floor before she headed into the bathroom.
She found a brush in one of the sink drawers and began to work
on detangeling her hair as she waited for her lover to join her.
A sinking sorrow was slowly inching it's way over Jun's heart at
the thought that her memories could be false, but she knew
without a doubt that Daevon was her son, or at least, she was
sure she knew. Death was very good at making her doubt herself.
---
The pen scratched over Sébastien chart as he took notes of
everything the woman was telling him, nodding as he went to
encourage her to keep going. "Well, when I am done with my
examination I will get his information from you and give Mr.
Steele a call." The doctor the proceeded to carry on, going over
all his standard questions as he looked the woman over
carefully.
After being quite through, Dr. Polick went back to making notes
on her patient chart. "I will be ordering you some pain
medication, the state of that connector must be hurting. I will
call the automale mechanic and we will regroup with a proper
plan to get you fixed up properly." He said with a smile. When
he was done writing on the chart, he handed it off to one of his
assistants, telling them he wanted Dior on Rachel's care as soon
as possible before going to his office, both for a brief
reprieve from the chaos that was his clinic.
He dialed the number Rachel had given him and called up the man.
"Yes, hello, is this Mr. Steele? I have a patient in my care by
the name of Rachel Rosecroft and was hoping you could come in
for a consultation." He began once the man answered.
——-
War couldn't help but watch Alice as she relaxed on the bed. Her
question about padded rooms had him frown. Is that where she'd
been staying before? He turned around keeping her from seeing
how angry he felt. Why had he never thought to find out what her
living quarters were.
"I apologize for not getting you moved before. From now on I'll
do better, and you'll stay with me,"
War moved behind her and undid the belts after she mentioned
needing help. He stepped back and finished undressing watching
as she pulled the form fitting outfit off.
HIs eyes trailed down her back, taking in her scars and sexy
curves. "I can help you with your hair," War offered and gave
her a smoldering lustful look when she asked if he wanted to
have some fun.
"What did you have in mind beautiful?" He asked and slide a hand
down one arm and then clasped her hand in it and pulled her into
the private bathroom.
"I think a shower first to get everything off, then a long soak
would work best. What do you think?"
-----
Dior was more than a little pleased that Famine didn't seem to
mind the flirting. It even seemed as though he was interested in
them as well. "Of course I'll help you," Dior replied and moved
in to gently help him undress.
They assessed Famine's wounds, making note of them before
getting him into the hospital gown. Dior guided Famine into the
bed and tucked him in and ran a hand gently through his hair.
"Is there anything else I can get you? I've got other work to
do, but I can come back later to clean you up and visit with you
if you'd like. I'm Dior by the way,"
Dior was soon pulled away by an aid that passed on orders that
Sebastian had given about the other patients and what care
they'd need. After seeing to Rachel and Bobby; Dior went to
check out Rebel.
He had only woken when his leg had been set and then passed back
out, and pumped full of morphine and an IV of saline to keep him
hydrated.
Dior checked the young guy over and took a few vials of blood
for testing. Having lived on the streets for a little while, he
recognized the signs of street living on the other's body. It
was quite likely the guy could have other problems that he
didn't know about.
"Take these to the lab please," Dior said to one of the aids and
handed them off.
——-
They gathered up some bathing supplies and headed back to
Famine. "So cutie, what do you want me to call you?"
——
Daevon smirked a bit more.”no idea but you know they’re gonna
lock the door.” He said flatly. Course the woman that came as he
took note of Rachel being hesitant to talk more with him around.
He followed the two his eyes looking around the hall. How he
wished he had Rachel’s photographic memory. He kept quiet as
much as she did about it. It got them out of sticky situations
before.
His eyes looked around at the images. “I don’t know, kinda like
the asthetic.. course I always did have a twisted sense of
appeal of stuff like this.” He said.
He looked back to hear the cheerful woman and sighed at the
locked door.”see what I mean?” He said to shuffle his shirt off.
As he did so, the scar famine left so long ago showed. Despite
it clearly looked as if the man worked out. “So… shower first
**** later or **** now and shower later.” He said to sit on the
bed,”can clean each other up and get to feeling ourselves
again..” He said with a chuckle. He wasn’t sure what kind of
person River was in bed.. or if he been in bed before. He knew
he had.. but he didn’t want to spring how he was on river too
suddenly with bed if he never had his first time. Course this
was him running away from having to talk about what was on his
mind right now. He needed just a distraction to properly think.
Course River and seeing him naked was invading his mind clearly
doing a good job of distracting him from the mountain.. or what
felt like it of problems that seemingly dropped on him.
———
Death came into the bathroom to start the bath, shower didn’t
sound like something he wanted, he watched as she combed her
hair his eyes running over her bare backside. He wondered if he
should do what was done to Alice once they got her away from
famine. The lashings seemed to straighten her out. Along with
war teaching her the right way and being the compassion she
needed. He knew it couldn’t be him to do that. James came to
mind, maybe he could work this out somehow.His mind was whirring
as he sunk in the water and said.”are you about done with your
hair. Join me.” He said. His thoughts came out.”no more talking
about the guests.. “ he told her.”I can’t touch that boy
anyway.. I do I’ll be breaking orders.” He told her honestly. “I
want you to let go of that man, I know what you’re feeling and
it’s hard.. “ he said and then looked at the water before
drawing her in.”you belong to me.. I’m suppose to be who you’re
thinking about in the here and now.. those fragments that James
created.. what he did was wrong.” He said trying to give the
woman a chance.Alice heard his apology.”it wasn’t your fault, it
was where I belonged.” She stated.”after all I’m just a lab rat,
just like the newbies.” She stated in a matter of fact voice.”I
just got lucky that you wanted me to be your subordinate.” She
said and smiled. “Besides.. the padded room was fun, I wasn’t
necessarily bored.” She said.”and I’d like the help. It got
long.” She said and her face puffed. There was talk of cutting
it short by her original creator but it got a response to a pair
of scissors in their hand.
She felt the hand slide down and felt a tingle down her spine.
She followed him in to nod.”get rid of the dirt and grime and
make a bubble bath later.” She said with a grin.
Once the shower started she began to scrub up and thanks to war
was able to wash her hair, now that it was soaked it looked
almost touching the floor.
She got the bath ready and put in what she wanted to settle in
the quite large tub. She didn’t bother putting her hair up
knowing she’d rinse more later, her mind on other activities as
she waited for war to come join.
———
Once Rachel saw that her cousin had left and with the other two
men knocked out was able to be fully be honest. She told a few
sensitive things giving the answer as to why the sedative won’t
work. “. the body I have now just gets use to it.” She said and
sighed.
“Also my appetite hasn’t been the same.. It’s like I barely eat
anymore and have issues sleeping.” She finished.
She heard the doctor continue to mention needing Information to
give the number and his full name.
Rachel settled back after he taken a look to blink.”thank you..
and it is.“
She watched the man leave to sigh. Her eyes looking to rebel as
she noticed he hadn’t woke up.
——
Famine felt the tuck in and was liking this attention.”… I
wouldn’t mind a snack.” He said to smile.”I’m famine.. nice to
meet you Dior. “ he said to chat with them a little till Dior
was pulled away. His ears catching about taking care of the
****. His eyes narrowed some. He wanted the nurse to himself and
didn’t like the idea of sharing.
——
Rachel watched as a rather good looking person coming in
recognizing the person that shooed death away. Her eyes
flickered some as she watched them go over Bobby before her. She
gave her thank you for what they did. Flinching only slightly at
the connector and was more than ready to be fixed.
What got to her was seeing poor rebel passed out again.
——
She watched Dior go back to the room with famine of all people
and settled down again.
Famine blinked at them and said.”I don’t mind famine. I have a
name I use out there but those closest use my actual name.” He
said.
———
Steele was in the middle of getting his shop cleaned up to hear
his phone ring. He stopped to feel his leg stall again.”god damn
leg.” He mumbled to wack it with the wrench to get it moving,
the heavy thud to the wood as he walked over to pick it up.
“Hello this is the spares and wares mechanic shop, how can I
help you.” He asked before hearing his name.“Yes this is
Nickolas Steele, “ he said to pause and blinked.”Rachel? Mind
briefing me on the condition of her arms and connectors?“ he
asked.”and if you can give me your name doctor I’d be more than
happy to help.” He said as he moved. The sound of his metal leg
acting up again.”gonna have to replace a bolt if it keeps doing
this.” He mumbled out loud before shuffling for a bag or two to
get ready to go over.A fresh blush crossed River's cheeks as
Daevon cast away his shirt before talking about having a shower
and more openingly talking about what he wanted now that they
were alone. It was hard to believe they had only just started
dating only yesterday. A lot had happened since he asked the man
to join him for a drink. "Well... we probably need a good shower
first... I... well... when I kissed you yesterday... that... was
the first time I kissed anyone... so... I'm... sure you can
guess my level of experience in such... matters..." He admitted
as his blush intensified.
He couldn't pull his eyes away from Daevon's bare chest for a
long moment before forcing himself to look away. He headed into
the bathroom, stripping out of his clothes once he got the
shower started for them both. Excitement and nerves filling him
at the thought of touching his boyfriend in such intimate way...
even more so the man touching *him*. His body was reacting quite
strongly to the ideas and possibilities.
---
"Yes," Jun answered when Death beckoned her. She quickly
finished before she slowly got into the tub with her lover. A
sad expression coming to her as the man spoke of letting go of
her son, trying to convince her they wernt her memories before
pulling her close.
The feline snuggled against Death's chest. "I'll try... the..
memories... they feel so... real..." She said in attempted
obedience.
---
"My name is of no consequence, I am the only physician on staff
at Dark Mannor so when you arrive just ask for the doctor and
you will be brought right to me." Sébastien answered before
going into more detail on Rachel's condition. Taking notes on
what the man on the other end told him.
"Do you need someone to come pick you up or will you make your
way out here on your own?" The doctor question, nodding his head
to himself when the man spoke again. "I will see you soon," he
said in way of a goodbye before hanging up the phone and soon
going through his patients.
——
War shook his head as Alice replied, his expression showing his
how much he disagreed. "That may be what Famine drilled into
you, but he was dead wrong. You have proven yourself many times
over. You belong with me, and I'm the lucky one," War insisted.
He snorted at her saying the padded room had been fun. "I think
it's been far too long since you've had actual fun. We'll have
to change that,"
War was already dying to get his hands in that long hair of
Alice's. He'd had several fantasies of playing with it. "Have I
told you how much I love your long hair?" He asked following
her into the shower.
War had a great deal of fun helping Alice wash her hair, and
even helped with her back. Even giving her a few teasing
squeezes while he cleaned her body. Once she had finished, War
got to work on cleaning his own body, watching her as she got
the bath ready. "You waiting for me?" He asked slowly sweeping
his eyes over every inch of her. "What sort of fun did you want
to try first?"
He turned off the shower and stalked over to tub and slide in
with her, moving his legs around her own and pulled her back
against his chest. He gently angled her head back to look her in
the eyes.
"Perhaps we could start with a kiss?"
----
Dior set down a tub of supplies at the end of the bed, and gave
Famine a warm smile. "All right Famine it is. Though, I can call
you cutie too, right?"
Dior got to work cleaning up Famine, chatting about random
topics and being flirty with the man. "So you look like you're
healing, though it is a bit slow. That snack should be showing
up soon. I'm done with my other patients for now, would you like
me to stay and keep you company?" They asked after having
cleaned up Famine's body.
"Oh and I'll wash you hair for you tomorrow if you'd like."
Dior heard a knock on the door and went to collect a tray from
one of the aids. "Thanks, do you mind keeping an eye on the
others for me? I can give you a break in a couple of hours,"
"Sure Dior," the guy replied and hurried off, not wanting to be
around Famine.
Dior rolled their eyes and went to sit down on the side of the
bed. "All right, what do you want first?" They asked pulling the
cover off of the tray. "If none of this looks appealing, I can
get you something different,"
——
Daevon chuckled a bit seeing the blush he got from him.”oh?
First kiss? Quite bold ..” he flirted. He liked the color the
man looked against the pale skin of his. He could see how the
man stared a bit before heading to the bathroom. He chuckled a
bit to get up and walk in once he was sure the man was in the
shower. The pants dropped with everything else with a nice thud
so River would hear nice and clear when the belt clanged against
the floor.
“Imma join you, think we both can clean each other up.. and
don’t worry I’ll leave the first time for the bed..“ he teased
to slide by the man. He took in his pale form, “want me to scrub
your back?” He asked tempted to just run his hands over the
man’s ass, which happened anyway. “My hand slipped, sorry.” He
said to chuckle before grabbing the soap.
———
Death got the reaction he wanted.. the soft snuggle, her
confusion.. he knew it be a fight but he’d convince her
otherwise. “I know my love.. but we can make memories now to
help with the false ones.. “ he said drawing her face up to
him.”promise me you won’t do anything like that again?” He
asked.”I’m glad you’re safe though..“ he held her tighter.”bout
panicked when I couldn’t find you.” He admitted. His own hand
slid in the water drawing her where he wanted, capturing her
mouth to give her no time to really think about it. He slid in
with a groan. “You’re mine..” he said after parting from her
lips. “And I’ll make sure you remember that..” he said to
entangle his hand in her hair to draw her head back gently
allowing access to her throat. He peppered it with kisses,
enjoying the feeling and listening for the noises he enjoyed.
———
Alice would have naturally retorted that famine was her friend
but held back. She knew he was a problem but still held a bond
with him to an extent.
Alice shifted to let the man in behind her to feel the pull back
against the man’s chest. She could feel the few metal parts in
him. She then felt her head pulled back, her hair fully back
revealing the red and blue eyes back at him. Her hand went up
behind the man’s head to get him to lean down as her mouth slid
in the upside down kiss, her other hand encouraging him to touch
her in places she knew she liked. “Feels good mm..” she sounded
to kiss him again.
———
Famine blushed bright red almost immediately.”you think I’m
cute?!?” He hadn’t heard that line in a while. The feeling of
being cleaned up felt amazing.. but the thought of his healing
being slow was unnatural for him. He got a serious look
wondering if pest had something to do with it.
“Yes I would like that.. no one else likes me and the girl in
the other room is scared of me to even talk.” He said not
exactly lying of the situation. He took note of a flower that
had been taken out during cleaning. It looked odd.. almost a red
blood color. He was starting to feel a bit normal to settle
back.”so Dior… how long have you worked in the medical field..
what drew you to it?” He asked curiously.
———
Steele heard the answer and sighed. “I can make there myself
plenty.. just need a guy to meet me where I need ta’ go.” He
said.”I’ll bring a few things.. girly was also holing up at the
apartment I rented here- be bringing some things she gonna
need..“ he said as he put some tools and hoisted a bag to get to
the truck once that was done he grabbed the spare keys to the
apartment he gave the two above. He looked around where they
slept and grabbed another bag.”I know it’s gotta be inspected
and all just clothes mostly.” He said as he shuffled them into
the bag. Once he got the information he found hiro to scoop the
cat up. He made sure the thing was fed and took a photo, he then
took care of a few more things before he headed out.
It would be some time before he finally hit the mansion. A man
indeed greeted him. He watched as they inspected the bags and
got pissed when a prototype arm was roughly treated.”ya break
that imma insist on you paying for it.” He said with a glower
before he was led to the ‘doctor.’
——
Tobias was beginning to doze some, his little love bird perched
on his shoulder. Papers spread out of his writings and his work
on figuring out what William was doing was scattered. He made a
sigh to hear the door knock.”boss wants to see you in a bit.” He
heard.”seriously?” Tobias rubbed his face quietly to collect
what he could. No doubt it was wanting information of his
progress. He hadn’t had any news on Daevon in days.. he hoped
his son was keeping out of trouble.
—-
The tension in River's body slowly ebbed as the hot water washed
over his body carrying away the grime of the day away. He had
almost forgotten Daevon was still there until he heard the
clanking thud of the man's clothes hitting the floor. Moments
later, his boyfriend was behind him, 'accidently' rubbing his
ass. It got a proper shiver out of River.
"Yeah, you can wash my back..." He agreed, trying to convince
himself that he wasn't going to mess this up somehow. He slowly
eased into the man touching his body as Daevon helped him to
wash up.
The humunculus pulled Daevon under the water with him after
turning around and kissed the man passionately before he could
talk himself out of letting his boyfriend get so close and
intimate with him. It wasn't hard to get the soap from the man
moments later, taking his turn rubbing his hands over Daevon's
form, cleaning every bit of him before lingering on the man's
ass. "You are a great kisser," he purred, finally regaining his
composure on the situation.
----
A deep blush crossed Jun's cheeks as Death called her his love.
A mixture of emotions filled her at everything the man had to
say, but before she could even mentally formulate a response,
his lips were crashing into hers. She couldn't help the soft
moan that was swiftly replaced with a much deeper one as the man
claimed her body as he penitated deep inside her.
"All yours," Jun moaned out as he gripped her hair and attacked
her throat with his lips. His name and many more moans feel from
the feline as Death made love to her. She was growing addicted
to how gently he treated her when he used her body making her
crave more and more. "Yes! Breed me!" She moaned out as she
reached her own climax, the idea of being full and having his
baby driving her well over the edge again and again.
---
As the evening rolled into night time, Sébastien did his final
check of his patients for the night. Updating charts as needed
and talking with the staff.It didn't take him long to finish
with the nightly update, but his usual routine, which was taking
far longer than it usually did, was interrupted by the arrival
of Mr. Steele. The doctor had just finished with his last
patient of the night and walking down to his room when the man
was brought to him.
"Oh! Greetings, I am the resident doctor. Being as late as it
is, you can get comfortable in a room for the night. If the
fancy suits you, you could join me for dinner and we can discuss
our patient." He offered with a friendly smile. His robotic eyes
glowing a soft blue, showing his current relaxed state.
——-
War followed Alice's guiding hand, pressing his lips against
hers in response. His hands started moving, fondling her breasts
and curves.
"You taste pretty good too," War growled back in approval, his
hands wandering down to her thighs.
His lips molded over hers again, and he let out a pleased sound
as they continued making out. He had never imagined just how
amazing Alice would taste and feel under his hands.
He pulled back after a few long moments to let her catch her
breath. "Just let me know if you want to slow down. I don't want
to push you into doing anything you're not ready for,"
-----
Dior's smile got bigger at Famine's reaction to being called
cute. "how could I not? You're very much my type," Dior admitted
and glanced away for a moment, feeling their cheeks heat up.
Dior tried to not stare or stay too long in one area of Famine's
body while they washed him up. They tried to be as professional
as possible.
Dior glanced through the window in the direction of Rachel,
frowning slightly. They were sure there was a reason for why the
woman was afraid of Famine. Still, Dior wasn't quite ready go to
ask anything that would upset Famine.
"Then I'll stay," Dior said with a grin.
The others question had Dior go quiet for a moment, past
memories flashing through their head.
"Do you want the abridged version, or the two hour speel?" They
joked and ran a hand through their hair.
"The doctor saved me from dying, only what he did made me a bit
inhuman, as I like to call it. Sebby became my best friend and
trained me as a nurse. I got my assistant skills naturally,
which makes me indispensable to him. I like the job and working
with my best friend, so I stayed. I get to work on a lot of
interesting cases here," Dior explained.Daevon continued to wash
him till he felt the pull in and the kiss. The groan sliding out
before he used his tongue to explore rivers mouth. Daevon was
rinsing a bit chuckling at the attention to his own ass.”hmmm?
And you’re good at cleaning me.. “ he purred back. After he slid
out and let off a sigh.”been ages since I had a warm shower!” He
said with a smile on his face. “Money was a stretch we were
lucky if we had a warm bath once in a while:” he admitted. He
tossed the towel in rivers face to get to the bed and crawled on
to wait for the man.
Once the man was there he kissed him deeply again.”now since
it’s your first time.. I’ll ease it in me.. so..” he slid down
to begin sucking at the man’s dick softly and gently.
——
Each little buck death did, and sound that Jun made brought him
closer, the cries of her wanting to be breeder just urged him
on, the water sloshed, the heat and passion grew. As he was
close was when a knock came to the door of the bathroom. He
paused and looked back.”what! Can’t you knock on my bedroo-“ he
started to hear through the door.
“The boss wants a meeting right away.. please be present in the
next ten minutes.”
Death made a face before hearing feet go and sighed.”dammit!
Sorry Jun… seems this one is important.. I think one of my girls
got a dress you can wear.. try to not be nervous.. it’s just
part of my work.” He said quietly trying to now calm down.
——
Alice took a breath, to chuckle and turn in his lap.”slow down
is no fun.. aren’t you having fun?” She asked before her mouth
connected back to press her body close to his. “Want more of
me?” She asked as she seperated for another breath.
——-
“Be best and dinner sounds good- unconventional but good.” He
said giving his own smile. “Let me just make sure this stuff
stays secure. Some of wars men like to borrow things without me
knowing.” He said flatly. His eyes then caught the soft glow of
the man before him. “….never seen eyes like those.. quite
lovely.” He said with an interest.”mind showing me to a room
where I can change.. and a suit.. I don’t own any.” He said to
chuckle.
———
Famine blushed hard at that line! “Your type?” He stammered. The
man was finally too flustered to talk normally. He listened to
him talk a bit and his eyes went wide.”I human.. that’s awfully
nice, how long have you two been friends?” He asked now a bit
skeptical of this friend.”and what was the most interesting
case?he asked wi h a bright look. He was enjoying this
conversation!
✅
#Post#: 1250--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 11, 2026, 7:23 am
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Once Daevon pulled away, River stayed under the water for a few
minutes longer, listening to his boyfriend talk about the money
related hardships he had been going through. River cut the water
off before slipping out himself, his face being met with the
discarded towel, earning a laugh out of River. By the time he
freed his face, Daevon had already left the bathroom.
River slowly dried himself off, looking at himself in the
mirror, his wounds healing but still quite painful. He then made
his way to the bed, moaning into the sudden kiss as he gripped
the sheets next to them. River didn't even have any real time to
react as his boyfriend broke the kiss and went down to take his
needy member into his mouth earning a deep moan out of him. "Oh
****!" He moaned out.
---
Stars were all that Jun could see as Death rocked her world as
he claimed her body, waiting to be filled with his seed.
Unfortunately, it seemed the universe had different plans as the
knock on the door caused Death to pause before stopping entirely
when told the boss wanted him. A groan of disappointment left
her at not being filled but gave no other protest, mostly
because she was shocked he planned on taking her along.
She half suspected he didn't trust her to be alone, but decided
to take it as he didn't want to be away from her. She
reluctantly pulled away from Death as she got out of the tub and
dried off. Once she had the fresh clothes, she was quickly
dressed and ready to follow her lover wherever he led her.
---
A surprised expression crossed Sébastien face when Steele
commented on his eyes being lovely. In fact the comment earned a
blush out of the doctor. He cleared his throat to regain his
composure. "Yes, of course. Right this way." He said as he led
the newest arrival to the wing of the compound that the
physician and other staff stayed, giving the man an empty room
that happened to be across the hall from his own bedroom.
"A staff member will be by shortly with a suit for you,"He said
with a grin. "I'll see you soon, I believe the chef is making a
regional delicacy tonight some form of duck if I'm not
mistaken." He mused before headed off the change into more
comfortable clothes after he had instructed a staff member to
take care of Steele's requests.
———
War let out a soft groan when Alice moved, brushing against more
sensitive areas. War's eyes nearly went black at Alice's
question and he responded to her kiss, his arms pulling her in
even closer and sliding his tongue into her mouth for their next
kiss.
"Oh I want more," he purred back and nipped at her neck, leaving
a mark there. "I want all of you,"
War feasted on her mouth, his hands roaming her body much more
freely. He moved a hand between their bodies and teased her
opening and slipped a finger slowly inside her.
"Soo tight and wet," he murmured against her lips. "And
perfect."
-----
"Yeah, you know; adorable pink haired shorties," came out of
Dior's mouth before he could stop himself.
It had taken Dior awhile to accept that he was different, but
more so for the humans that worked in the hospital wing. For
Famine to not even blink an eye about him being inhuman was a
nice change.
"Uh..let me think," Dior said and counted on their fingers.
"We've been friends for nearly ten years now. Honestly he was so
disorganized before I got my hands on fixing up his filing
system." Dior said with an amused chuckle.
He tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment before answering
the next question.
"Well, there was this general guy we got a few months ago.
Nearly got blown up by a bomb. He was lucky that Sebastian was
able to save him, though he lost an eye. It was one of our
tougher cases. Sebastian tried to talk the guy into getting a
mechanical eye, but the guy wouldn't do it. I felt like he might
be a bit crazy,"Daevon gave a rather mischevious grin, his
tongue slowly circling the man’s dick. He only stopped long
enough to soak his own fingers to get back to driving the man
wild with his mouth as he got himself ready, his fingers playing
his own needy hole. After a little and feeling more than ready
did he come off with a resounding pop. He crawled up to take
Rivers mouth to press the man to the hole and into him feeling
the fill and groaned.”mmmm.. “ he said to pause at the fill as
he sat up a little to stroke himself. Once he could tell River
was ready did his movements start slow. His mouth finding places
on rivers neck. He knew he needed to be gentle given he just
patched him up, his hips rocking against the man to groan.
———
Alice felt the tongue to allow it, to groan before feeling the
nip to her neck giving a small squeek of a sound. His mouth came
back as she enjoyed the feel of his lips, every gasp taken to
only work back at the kissing.feeling how he gripped her ass,
and played with a breast. Left a growing need. Once she felt the
finger inside to smirk. Her hand sliding the same fashion to
feel him.”and your nice and hard… “ she said to give a stroke to
it, she guided herself on top to let it impale her her eyes
rolling back a little.”your big war.. “ slid out. Her hips
bucked with the slosh of the water as the feeling of tingling up
her spine came when a spot was touched, her eyes going. A bit
wide. Her mouth continued to work at war as her body moved with
the man.
——-
Nickolas face a soft smile.”thank you kindly, and duck? Been a
while since I ate that well.” He said to chuckle to head off to
wait for what he asked for as he put things away,
The man went into the room and got what he needed to keep some
things safe. He cleaned up, and walked out of the room. He
didn’t quite trust anyone with his own stuff let alone Daevon
and Rachel’s things.
His black suit hugged his form a little having to trade out
twice for the pants due to the leg.Once he saw the man come back
he grinned.”I might be slow at walking today. I fixed my leg but
the gosh darn thing might need to be replaced soon.” He said
with a sigh as he started walking with the man. He kept the eye
contact but it felt like he was examining the other one’s eyes..
the soft glow and the long hair. Nickolas felt like the man was
just his type.. now he had to figure out how to coax a name out
of the man.
——-
Death was dressed and used some gel to smooth his hair back. He
wondered what the meeting would be about. He offered his arm to
Jun and began his way down the hallway his mind in thought
before hearing talk about the recent fiasco of James to sigh. He
was going to have to figure out how to keep the man from going
off the rails once he found out Jun may just be carrying kids
sometime. They made it to the middle of the house where a blonde
man stood. Albert Gotti, the man dressed finely in white, his
hair tied back with a smile that normally melted any woman’s or
man’s heart. But everyone knew better- behind that smile was
someone that was sadistic in his own right.. and once crossed
you were either dead or tortured till the end of your days if
you had any. Death still remembered the last time famine dared
to even try with the man. Five years did famine deal with a lot
of pain. It was one of the few times he’d ever see the man
straighten up. But even then- it seemed this behavior cycled to
pestilence.. but what he didn’t expect to see was a tired
looking man, still looking very alive. Tobias shifted his head
from his conversation he wasn’t enjoying but being polite as he
was trying to stay alive himself. His stormy grey eyes widened
at the sight he never thought he’d see again. Death paled
immediately and held Jun’s hand as Tobias excused himself,
Albert look somewhat annoyed, but allowed it when he noticed the
behavior to smirk a little.
“What are you doing with my wife?” Came out as the man came eye
to eye with death, who got a glimpse of the red orbs that were
wide in suprise.”she’s not the woman you know.” He hissed.”your
crazy friend is why this one has her face at all.” He started as
Tobias made a glare.”your lying.. “ he said and looked at Jun
and his eyes went down at the blue dress she wore.”blue always
did look good on you…” he complimented.
——
Rachel blinked a little when the flower had dropped, she made a
small sigh, but her eye was now able to see enough. Her eyes
went to rebel, she wanted to help but she knew if she did too
much they would find out. She knew eventually she needed to
figure a way to canvas the building.
She felt eyes briefly keeping her head down. It was quiet, her
body settled back after she felt it safe to and closed her eyes-
not that it helped none.
——
Famine couldn’t go any other colors but went quiet. It was the
first compliment he had on his height. He blinked some hearing
about the man’s past enough. It sounded like this man was
reliable, that’s when he heard about the general and knew what
he was talking about. The man kept saying he had some spare
parts somewhere so hearing talk that rebel was the spare parts
came to mind.”yeah… crazy…” he said before his head shifted to
the window.
“Honestly.. I’m suprised you wanna be mixed up with us.. we are
not very good people.” Famine said uncharacteristically.”mean we
are the mafia after all.” He said speaking freely as he always
did with everyone.
——-
The sensations running through River's body as Daevon pleasure
him had the man near ferral when he heard that pop. Thoughts and
pain were gone as all he could focus on was his boyfriend.
Before he could even entirely process what the man was doing,
Daevon had impaled himself onto the humuculus's rock hard
member.
His eyes widened, filled with lust as he watched the man stroke
himself as he settled. He had never been more turned on than in
that moment, but then, his lover began to move while toying with
his sensitive neck. It was more than enough to drive River over
the edge.
His arms snaked around the man as he easily flipped them over,
pinning Daevon by his legs, forcing them next to the man's head.
"God you are tight... you look so good under me like this," he
purred darkly, his eyes shimmering with lust and need as he
began to ruthlessly plow into his new lover.
With the intense pace he had taken, there were a few
consequences, the first being that River filled the man under
him with his seed far sooner than he would have liked, the
second was that he reopened all oh his chest wounds so by the
time he finally came to a stop, he was dripping thick purple
blood onto Daevon's chest.
---
Death was already a handsome man, so when he dressed in such a
nice suit and put her in a lovely blue gown, Jun felt like they
were more going on a date than going to a boring meeting. She
hadn't exactly expect the meeting to be as eventful as it ended
up being.
She entered the room on Death's arm, pressing close to the man
when they arrived seeking his safety. Her eyes fell onto a man
who looked so familiar and she felt drawn to him for some
strange reason. These feelings were snapped sharply into focus
when the man aproched them, calling her his wife. Death tried to
deflect it by claiming she only had the face of the man's wife
but he called the humuculus a liar.
Then his eyes were on her, paying her a complement with a tone
of love she hadn't expected.That look in his eyes took her back
to an old memory, long buried. She was in school, on the collage
campus. She had been out in the courtyard studying for a midterm
exam when he aproched her and complemented her on her blue
sweater. He had the same look in his eyes from back then but
now, they held a layer of sorrow she wished she could kiss away.
How could false memories make her feel this strongly?
"T...Tobias? You.... you died..." She said in shock when his
name and who he was hit her like a ton of bricks. Her husband,
the father of her son, and the love of her life. It hurt
thinking that these memories could be false and not hers.
---
When the doctor left his room once again, he found Steele
waiting for him, a charming grin on the man's bearded face.
"Well, we will have to get you fixed up as well while you are
here..." Sébastien commented with a grin of his own. It didn't
take him long to realize the man was staring at his eyes. It
cause the color to flicker from a blue to a more purple color in
nature as he blushed once more.
He found himself looking away. While he was used to others
staring at his eyes, the way the automale mechanic was staring
into his eyes made him feel ways he hadn't been prepared for.
Every the professional, Dr. Polick led the way to the dinning
hall without commented about the man's stare. The hall had the
air of a restaurant as different staff members served the
medical staff their meals, it was rather late in the evening so
Sébastien and his new companion were all alone with a single
waiter tending to their needs.
"Have a seat, we have quite a but to go over about Rachel's
current status and needs. I am hoping we can begin with steps to
improve her comfort in the morning but we need a plan first." He
said, instinctively focusing on work and not whatever weird
feeling the handsome burly man invoked in him.
—-
Dior got the distinct feeling that Famine might know more about
the general he'd mentioned. They'd rather not waste the time
they had together by digging more into it.
Dior chuckled, finding it amusing that Famine was trying to warn
him off.
"Trying to give me an out are you? While that's nice of you, I
know what I'm getting into. I know for a fact that there are bad
people everywhere, not just in the Mafia. Famine, my own family
hated me enough to throw me out, forced me to live on the
streets. I've encountered horrible people, some really twisted
cruel ones, and a few good ones. And then there those like your
kind that come in shades of gray. You may not believe it, but
you have a good side too. Let me help you find it,"
Dior reached to take Famine's closest hand and squeezed it
gently. "I'm not sure if you can tell or not, but I am a guy. I
just like to dress to make people guess. I hope that doesn't
turn you off at all,"
Dior noticed that Famine had yet to touch their snack and
grabbed a strawberry to press it against his lips. "Now eat, you
need fuel to help you heal faster," they insisted.
-------
War was quite enjoying Alice's sounds of pleasure, and let out a
groan when her hand wrapped around him.
"That's what you do to me, Alice," War replied, his hands moving
to her waist as she slide into him. " God, you feel so tight,"
he groaned out.
He matched her bucking hips, thrusting into her as their mouths
molded together. War had never imagined that their first time
would be this amazing.Tobias shook his head.”came close but they
said they needed me.. told me you died.. Juni.” He said softly.
He took a step forward to see deaths face go transparent and a
look that told him if he dared things would happen.”death stop
your nonsense.. we need him- you kill him you’ll be paying for
it for the next 50 years.. just as my father taught you as
well.” Said Albert with a firm tone.. his gaze going icy. Death
stopped to settle down.. those parts of his face shown.
“Same to you Tobias.. make another step to aggravating death..
Daevon will join your niece in what she is.” He said in a tone
that caused the man to freeze.”I… understand… “ he said and
looked at Jun.”I’m sorry my little firefly.. I want to.. but I’m
trying to keep our son from suffering a fate worse than death
itself.” He said before he turned.
It wouldn’t be long until James now quite docile would walk in.
Despite his rage’s one thing did keep him from push to shove.
And that was work. He strolled by Jun to give his icy look
before continuing to walk. Clearly there was a man with him to
be sure of his outbursts stay in check.”let us start on our
meeting of progress shall we?” Said Albert before stepping
toward Jun causing the three to freeze. It seemed to get the men
to be more docile as they started in.. the man right behind with
a smirk all his own.
——-
“It changes colors too?.. that color looks nice on you too.”
Said Steele with a smirk. He followed to blush a bit at the
man’s offer to fix his own leg.”be mighty kind can’t find a
proper doctor anymore that makes decent work on the connectors I
make.” He admitted as he followed him.
Once settled he heard the man delve straight into work.”mmm ..
so your the type to work even with such a nice meal as this?”
Joked the man some.”well I can do that but don’t mind the words
that come out of my mouth once I’m tipsy.” He said with a grin.
“In terms of her comfort. I do have connectors I’ve been
considering to get flipped out.“ he said.“She been using
delicate builds for a while but given the nature of her ah..
situation- it’s best she gets something that can survive some
scuffles.” He said knowing the girl well enough. “What’s her
current condition?” He asked as the wine came in and he put his
hand up.”I’m a burbon kind of man if you please.” He said before
the bow and the walk out.
——
Famine blinked at how Dior was. Listening he felt for him,
knowing his family hated him. He knew his brothers .. we’ll save
for pest didn’t dislike him- or he though they didn’t.
He blushed at the idea of actual good in him.. all he ever heard
was being called brat.. and spoiled. “Who cares! You’re hot
either way.. honestly thought I was seeing a model not a nurse.”
He said before the strawberry hit his lips. He took a
bite.”alright alright…” he said with his mouth full before
looking through the window at the girl that seemingly fell
asleep. For the first time in his life a small pang of guilt
rose up. He shook it off to continue eating.
Daevon could feel the lust and want off of rivers core. What he
didn’t expect was the sudden flip of top and bottom to see his
legs by his head. He blushed hard at the look. It wouldn’t be
long till he would be pounded into- he was t sure what took over
River but god damn did he love it!
——
The feelings Tobias' words inspired caused Jun's heart to ache.
Her eyes quickly going up to Death's face when the boss told the
humuculus to stop. A shiver ran through her seeing the man like
that. A shocked horror taking her when she heard Albert threaten
her son. A tear streaked down her cheek hearing him used her
nickname, protecting their son.
Seeing James come in and give her that icy glare had her
pressing more into Death's side desperate for the man's promised
protection from her creator. The frightened Chimera's fur stood
on end when Albert approached her.
Her instincts causing her to let go of Death and back away from
the man as she averted her gaze to the floor. Showing every
signal she could that she was no threat. To say she was scared
of the handsome man was an understatement to say the least.
----
"My lead nurse complains endlessly about it, I often chose work
over eatting at all," Sébastien admitted with a chuckle. "Oh?
Well I suppose we will see what come out," he said with a smirk
of his own. The automale mechanic seemed like quite lively
company.
"Exellent, I was hoping you may suggest as much because her
current connectors are in quite the state. If I had to hazard a
guess I would think they let something quite terrible get ahold
of her. Separation between the mesh membrane and the living
tissue. She it going to need extensive surgery to get it
functioning the way it is meant to. The automale attached to her
is in rough shape as well, the other arm is missing from what I
have gathered from my staff." He prattled as he took his, and
Steele's glasses of wine.
"I'll take his," he assured the waiter who hurried off before
returning with Nickolas' requested drink.
"Otherwise she is in stable condition. Vitals are all normal,
healing at an excelerated rate from what my equipment has told
me... my nurse should have joined us by now...." He said, more
talking to himself than the newest arrival towards the end of
what he was saying.The doctor pulled out his phone and sent a
quick text to Dior. `'Where are you? How is it I am eatting but
you are not? I need your input on a patient. Join me and Mr.
Steele in the dinning hall.'` he sent before looking back up at
his company. "When you see her in the morning we can make a more
accurate assessment of her." He added as he put his phone back
in his coat pocket.
---
River's hands slowly trailed up Daevon's body as he gave the man
a few more thrusts before slowly pulling out and moving to take
his lover's errection into his mouth to help the man finish. His
chest pressed against the bed would leave a massive purple stain
on the black sheets when he finally pulled away once he had a
proper taste of his boyfriend's seed.
—-
Dior felt a wave of relief and happiness sweep through him at
Famine's reply. "Me, A model? Yes, I model for the nurse's
uniform catalogue," Dior joked, flushing just a little at the
compliment.
Dior felt the phone in their nurse's apron buzz and let out a
sigh. "Sorry, let me check that. The doctor probably has work
for me to do."
It was quite funny to see the text asking Dior about not having
dinner. Talk about a role reversal. Dior typed a reply back
quickly, and slowly stood up.
`I was visiting with a patient, keeping them company. I'll be
there shortly.`
"I'm sorry but duty calls, I'll be back to check on you later,
and tomorrow I can visit with you some more. Try and eat a bit
more. Once you're healed up more, I can move you to a regular
room. Maybe even close to mine, if you'd like," Dior offered.
Once Dior was sure Famine was settled, they checked over the
other patients charts. When they spied the flower by Rachel's
bed, Dior couldn't help but snatch it up and stick it artfully
in their hair.
Dior was more than a little intrigued to see Sebby sitting at a
table with a very handsome hunk of a man. "Sorry to keep you
waiting Doctor. You said you wanted input on one of our new
patients?" Dior said, glancing between Sebby and the stranger.
It was quite easy to see there was more than a little interest
in the guy's eyes for the doctor. Well...maybe Sebby would
finally get some action for a change. It was about time.
——-
Death noticed how Jun slipped away.”Jun please get back here.”
He started to see the man offer his arm.”this way young miss.”
Said Albert. While he was what he was- he still believed in some
form of manners and didn’t like scaring the females unless it
was necessary. “You can sit by me so these boys stop
squabbling.” He said with a peer at death. He stood there and
went to open the door to let them in.”much better.” He said as
he walked by Tobias coming up in behind him and James lagging
behind to get a glare before he went inside. James shut the door
as they found their seats. He watched the man guide the chimera
to a seat alright, his lap. Causing the threes hair stand on
end.”now let this meeting commence.” Said the man with a
grin.”how goes your brothers notes? “ he asked Tobias.”any
breakthroughs?” Tobias sighed.”I managed to get headway- and
found what he was noting on half hummunculi.. the philosophers
stone was a dude according to his notes.. all he can make is
false ones..” he said to see Albert make an irritated look.
“Death, James hopefully you have input on project near death?”
He asked as James made a nervous look.”well it certainly was a
success granted the person involved happened to be the woman we
were testing to see if healing was fast enough.” He said as the
eyes peered at James.”what?” Death seemed to swivel his own head
at what he heard.”the boy was dying on route to here, I was out
too long, I woke up to her smudging her work but the boy coming
too. She survived whatever others did- we won’t know more until
she recovers that the doctor is insisting on..” said James
rather bitterly.
Albert sighed.”seems many problems.. I’ll give you time to fix
it.. in fact I might switch some roles for now.. Tobias get your
niece to talk. She may be forthcoming once she realizes you’re
alive.. you can even see your son during this time.” He said and
peered at him. Tobias paled some as he saw the man’s hand touch
Jun’s head.“And keep fighting over this one I’ll be taking her
until you three either learn to share or at least stop
fighting.” He said his eyes giving an icy look to the three that
sat in the chairs.
—-
“Your nurse isn’t quite wrong.. breaks are necessary for a fresh
mind.. but honestly I should listen to my own words.. it’s easy
to get lost in what you love.” Said the automail mechanic. He
listened to the state of the connectors and to say he looked
pissed was an understatement.”they were that rough with her?..
and yes.. they may be a bit new for her so I suggest remedial
therapy.. learning to grab things without crushing it, maybe
some extra curricular activities as well if the mafia will allow
it.their meant to allow for more fluid movement and been
something I’ve been working on. It may revolutionize how the
automail may move.” He told the man.”I’m also working with some
rare quality metals and honestly be a perfect time to test it
out. Only reason she’s being considered is not just that she’s a
woman but I only have so much metal to work with to even offer
it.” He said with a thought. He heard the man prattle on about
her healing quickly and stayed quiet. He had some knowledge of
his client but given he did hold some secrets wasn’t going to
let everything in on the man.. even if he was cute. “Glad to
hear she’s doing okay. It’s best she’s healthy as possible..
given the nature she will need to be awake to make sure the
nerves are connected right for the connectors as you know.” He
said.”just realize her personality does tend to change when in
pain. So if she calls you a quack don’t take it to heart- she
just isn’t big on pain.” He said chuckling at the last doctor
that had taken offense.
He listened as he watched the man text and seemed to
smile.”sounds good, it’s best we do things early anyway.. it’s
gonna be a long day of getting the connectors out to just
replace them.” He said with a sigh and saw his drink to down
it.”gimmie another.” He said and went back to the man.“while we
are waiting - I’m curious.. did you build those eyes or did
someone else?.. cause gods knows they seemed to be built to just
be gazed into.. find it also interesting it changes color.
Mind telling me what they mean.. well if there is a reason for
it?” He asked as he saw the food and went for a fork.
——-
Famine chuckled.”you were a model? Imma have to find that
catalogue.” He said to joke a little.
It was then he heard the buzz and blinked a bit. He was sure to
have heard Dior chuckle at that moment. A small pang of jealousy
fluttered through.
“Oh.. it’s work?” He asked and blinked a bit. He felt his face
get a bit heated at the idea of bein bit closer to Dior. “Think
I’ll move my room closer to someone that actually likes me..” he
mumbled to himself as he watched Dior check over the other
patients and seemingly over Rachel causing another pang of
jealousy. His brow raised seeing the man put something in his
hair.
Rachel who was leaning back with her eyes closed felt a snatch
of a flower. She had planned on planting it on some guard but
the nurse seemed to take to it and used it like a hair
decoration.
It felt surreal seeing part of the complex. She kept herself
relaxed till she noticed a dining room and saw Steele to get a
bit of a breath out.
She could see the doctor and her automail mechanic looking more
like on a date than a consultation. She felt a bit bad for
eavesdropping but figured it wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing
to see who they were without her around.. or all the restraint.
——-
Daevon felt the hands wander about him, what he didn’t expect
was a hot mouth on his own member to gasp and feel himself cum.
He took a little bit to rest to finally look at the bed.”I..
think we may need to ask for some sheets…” he then looked at
River.”… and bandages..” he said and thought.”maybe after
another shower.” He said to chuckle a little bit. “Didn’t
realize you had such a feral side to you… I like it.” He said
with a smirk.Hearing the gentle voice coming from Albert caused
Jun to look back up at him with confusion on her features. She
looked to Death for a moment, almost asking permission before
she took Albert's offered arm. She didn't understand what was
happening as she was guided into the meeting room before being
pulled into the boss's lap once the man was seated.
The tension in the room could have been cut with a knife and yet
Albert continued on in a calm even voice that made her shiver.
Her eyes kept darting around the room at each of the three men
stareing at her and the boss as the meeting went on. She felt so
out of place, and yet, felt more like a pet than she had in a
long while.
She flinched when the man placed his hand on her head, causing
her ears to pin back even more as he threatened to take her. She
didn't want to find out what that meant.
---
The glass of wine pressed against Sébastien's lips as he
finished off the first glass of wine listening to his companion
speak, quite passionately. A chuckle escaped him at the man's
warning of the woman calling him a quack. "Oh I don't take what
is said in pain to heart. I've heart many.... colorful things
from patients over the years." He mused.
The man's drink arrived and the doctor worked on his second
glass. He hadn't expected the man to switch to a more personal
topic while they waited for Dior. The color turned to a more
intense purple at the man's questions and comments about
Sébastien's eyes. He blinked a few times to regain his
composure, the color settling back into a softer blue.
"Yes, I built this set. It's a modified design from the original
implants. They were highly experimental with several flaws but
I've managed to work most of them out. I had thought it would be
a nice feature to change the color of my eyes when I chose.
Unfortunately it seems the colors are wired to my emotional
state and I haven't quite figured out how to remedy that." He
explained as he moved his glass of wine out of the way.The food
was quickly set down and the pair were already digging in when
Dior finally arrived. "There you are. Yes, Rachel Rosecroft.
Give me an update on her status please. We will be preparing her
for surgery in the morning so make sure any staff that interacts
with her know no food or water until after surgery. Hook her up
to an iv if she hasn't been put on one already." He explained,
easily falling back into work mode.
---
The humuculus's eyes ran over the soiled sheets as he sat up,
looking down at himself. That was quite a bit of blood. River
felt a deep blush settle on his cheeks as Daevon not only
suggested another shower, but praised the performance he had
given. "Surprised you and me both..." He admitted with a
chuckle. "Showering first sounds like a good idea," he agreed as
he got out of bed, letting a groan escape at how sore he felt
now.
River made his way to the bathroom, turning the shower back on
and got back under the water once the water was warm enough.
—-
Dior stayed standing, pulling out their phone to send a message
to the aid that had been left in charge, about the no water and
food order. They didn't want Rachel's surgery to be delayed.
Once Sebastian had finished giving orders, Dior updated the two
on how Rachel was doing.
"I hooked her up when she first arrived, and is healing up
rather quickly. Is there anything else you need me to carry
out?" They asked politely.
Seeing Sebbys eyes turn purple from the other's obvious interest
had Dior mentally making a note. He'd seen his friend's eyes
turn pretty much every color until now.
"If that's all you need, I'll let you two enjoy your dinner and
get back to the hospital wing. Try and have some fun Doc, relax
a little," Dior added with a wink.
They headed to the kitchen to get some dinner to go and headed
back. Unfortunately Dior came back to find several of War's men
and two of the Mafia guardsmen looking like they'd gotten into a
brawl. After dealing with patching them up and keeping them
apart, Dior went to look in on Famine.
"You still awake cutie?" Dior asked softly.
———
Death quietly seemed to hear the man and then let his words fall
out of his mouth.”I’m also starting to see if it’s probable for
my kind to have kids.. I’m breeding Jun.. so if it’s
permitted..” he started to see James ready to launch himself
over the table and Tobias holding the chair so hard his knuckles
were white.”if I am allowed to continue it’ll benefit you
greatly.” He said aiming to take James from trying and meant the
two couldn’t hold the woman like they wanted.”that is fine.. but
realize this woman has a grown child.. stop with the antics and
filling her poor head with such lies.. mother and son bonds are
important.. keep that in mind.” He said as death paled.
“Under..stood.” He said and the man looked at the other
two.”more progress in your work the more time you earn- death
give her time with her son during the day- even if it’s just
having breakfast.. fail to do so you lose her for the day.” He
said with a small iced tone.
——
Steele listened intently to hear the man speak of the
modifications and how they react to emotions.”so I take it
purple means something?” He asked to smirk.”such innovation.. I
find that attractive in a man..” he said and smirked a
little.”mmmm.. perhaps that means your flustered?” He
questioned.
Once Dior came in and heard the man’s words speaking about
Rachel’s improvements made him some personal sense of relief.
Whatever sent her in the hospital worried him a little. But he
kept quiet. That’s when he noticed a familiar flower in the
nurse’s hair realizing the girl was listening in. He remembered
when she first found out she had the ability when they were
first living in the apartments. Seemed she was getting better at
hiding it.
Rachel watched with a little amusement that she tried to keep
from her face. Now the man finally took her advice about dating.
Course the talk about no food and water was pretty standard.
Course she noticed steeles eye movement and glance. She got
nervous at the idea if he noticed. Was it too obvious? She
wondered.
—-
Famine was resting rather bored till he heard Dior to shift and
smile.”your back!” He said to brighten up.”sleeps a bit hard for
my kind.. injured enough we might.” He admitted.”work go okay?”
He asked with a soft smile.
Now he wouldn’t be so bored.
——-
Daevon watched as River went to go to the shower to pull in some
pants at first and knocked on the door. There he saw the maid
and her eyes went wide at the blood on the bed.”uhm.. we are
gonna need new sheets and bandages.. “ he said sheepishly.”we
went a bit too hard so sorry about the room looking like a
murder scene.. though clearly will admit I’m not the one who did
the stabbing.” He said earning a blush from the woman as she
started to stammer that she’d get on it.
——
The color of Jun's cheeks turned very red when Death informed
the man petting her that he was trying to breed her. The blush
only darkening as the man holding her in his lap seemed fine
with such an arrangement before talking about Jun like she was a
toy or a pet the man's children were fighting over.
The idea of spending time with her son every day was a relief
and being told indirectly that her memories were real was a
relief, but a look of betrayal came to her eyes as she looked at
Death. He had been lying to her?
All Jun wanted to do was crawl under a rock and hide from all
the eyes on her and lick her emotional wounds. If only she could
get her family out of this place, far away and safe. Sadly, she
was only a pet and running had been proven time and time again
to be infective.
---
It seemed the automale mechanic was intent on keeping
Sébastien's face in a constant state of blushing from being
called attractive, to being called out for being flustered.
"That is all I need.... I relax all the time i dont know what
you are eluding to, " the doctor answered before Dior went off
to enjoy their evening after whatever work they had left.
The purple color had returned to his eyes at Dior's suggestion
of 'have some fun'. "I don't know what purple means, they have
never turned that color before...." He added once they were
alone again.
---
The process of getting clean was far quicker than the previous
shower, mostly because the wounds stung. He was out and wrapped
in a towel as he re entered the bedroom in time to hear Daevon
talking to the maid about what they had been doing.
"Daevon! Is it really nessisary to elude to... that....? Could
have just said my wounds reopened...." He complained at his
boyfriend, going through the dresser to see what clothes where
available for him to change into. It didn't take long for him to
locate the pajama pants and waited for the woman to be gone
before he changed into them.
——-
Dior smiled back, pleased to see Famine looking happy to see
them. It wasn't like Dior had dated much, or had any close
friends other than Sebastian.
"Of course I am," Dior replied and pulled a chair over next to
the bed and sat down with their dinner. "I have noticed that
about your kind. How long have you gone without sleeping for? I
sometimes wish I could do that, I could get so much work done.
Yeah just gotta check in on the other workers later on. You
don't mind if I eat while we talk do you? I might even share
some with you," Dior added with a wink. "So, tell me Famine,
what's the first thing you want to do once you're healed?"
——
Death could see the look of betrayal from Jun. he could feel
himself feeling guilty as Tobias had a look of relief.”in that
aspect since I am talking to my niece- might I as well…have
breakfast with my family.” He said looking at Jun to earn
another glare from death. Albert rubbed the girls hair.”I’ll
permit it- but fail to get what we need from her mouth you’ll be
cut off from both mother and child until you can translate
what’s in the next batch of notes William left.” He heard and
the man sighed.”got it.” He looked at Jun, to know she went
through all of this and James having turned her into what she
was now killed him. How badly he wanted to hold her and feel the
warmth of his wife again. To even touch her face. The meeting
finally finished before the man relinquished Jun to Tobias
instead of death. “You and I need time.” He told the man as he
looked at Tobias.”don’t do anything you shouldn’t do.” He told
the man as he got to feel her hand again.”I understand.” He said
to draw her out. He could tell what the boss was doing was
bothering her and saw the look himself. He knew later he’d need
to give the man a good punch homunculus or not, putting such
thoughts in his wife’s head.
——
Steele chuckle.”I take it you two are more than just colleagues
seems quite the friend.” He said to look at Sebastian.”as much
as I understand calling you the doctor.. I may just come with a
name all my own to call you by.” He admitted.”I get why you’re
doing what you are, but it’s just me giving a name with a face-
you can use it instead too when dealing with the mafia.“ he
seemed to think as he stared in the eyes of the man before him
his brain wracking for something that would work. Maybe
something with his eyes… “how about babydoll.” He said to look
him over.”cause you certainly are quite the looker.” Said the
mechanic as the alcohol let him relax enough.
“Honestly what got you mixed in all of this anyway- you seem
quite the capable doctor and with a nurse like that I am sure
you’d be quite popular.” He said with a blink.
—
Daecon blinked.”I didn’t exactly lie you know.” He said as the
woman was about to leave.”it’s not like I told her you went
feral on me.” He said smirking at how the maid lingered a little
before it slammed the rest of the way.
Sure he could be trapped here- but gods knows he wasn’t gonna be
bored about it! “How are you feeling? Hopefully not too much
pain?” He asked as he walked over to inspect the wounds that
pestilence had gotten.
—-
Famine thought for a little.”mmm longest I’ve stayed up was 72
hours.. then I might sleep.. death is different here tries
snagging one or two hours.. war and pest….. ilence I’m not sure-
there’s stories that the two could be up for weeks at a time.”
He said as he caught himself saying pestilence’s nickname he had
to finish it. He didn’t think he could handle Dior not liking
him. “No it’s fine.. and I’m plenty full from what I ate
before.” He said to hear his question.
“Well one isn’t a no brainer - I have to report to big boss
first.. unfortunately you can’t come.. the guys… ah.. kinda
scary.” He said as faint memories came to mind.”but think after
I don’t mind walking the premises with you.” He said.”maybe even
get some outside time. I do need to shop for some things.. plus
Alice’s birthday is coming and I want to get my friend something
nice. “ he said and seemed to be in a thoughtful mode.”she’s a
dear friend.. a little crazy in the head but she really is a
great bestie.” He said with a chuckle.”when do you get time
off?” He asked curiously.
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#Post#: 1251--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble of life
By: Inkglitched Date: February 11, 2026, 7:28 am
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A fresh shiver ran down the chimera's spine as her hair was
caressed by the man holding her in his lap as her husband
pleaded for time with his family. To say she was shocked by
Albert agreeing to this request as well had her wondering I'd he
truly expected the three men to share her. Hearing the threat
that followed after gave more understanding as to why. The man
was using her to motivate the three.
As the meeting drew to a close, Jun had expected to be sent off
with Death, instead, the boss handed her over to her husband.
A look of shock and delight came to her eyes as Tobias took her
hand. Jun needed no coaxing to follow after her long lost love.
Finally alone with Tobias as they walked the halls to wherever
he was taking her, she felt like she could relax. It had been
far to long since she had been able to truly let her guard down
because she hadn't ever fully trusted anyone like she did her
Tobias.
He looked as amazing as the last time she had seen him so long
ago. "Where are we going?" She questioned softly, her tail
swishing behind her as they went.
---
Flustered was not a feeling Sébastien was used to, but Steele
was *very* good at making him feel knots in his stomach. Most
were too intimidated by his secrecy, connections, or even his
intellect in several cases, to outright flirt with him like
this. "Babydoll?" He questioned with an incredulous look before
shaking his head and laughing. "I suppose I could tolerate a
nickname if you insist. Not sure I would be using that over
calling myself Doctor any time soon," he mused, relaxing a
little. The second and third glasses of wine certainly helped.
The next topic took Sébastien by surprise, though it was a
fairly reasonable one. His eyes slowly turned a fainter and
faster purple until they were an almost pink pale blue purple as
he explained. "When I was in collage for my doctorate in
medicine, I was involved in a lab accident. Sulphuric acid into
my eyes, destroyed all the tissue."All the doctors my parents
brought me to told them I would never see again. Well, my
parents couldn't accept that. So, they turned to... less legal
means of restoring my sight. Spent a good three years as a test
subject before they finally made the bade model for the eyes I
have now, giving me back my vision and future in medicine.
Sometimes the ends justify the means so I try and keep it as
humane on the subjects as possible. Advancement requires
sacrifice and if all the men of integrity don't tolerate those
without it, then those making the breakthroughs will always be
the worst possible people. At least, that's how I justify it to
myself." Sébastien explained. His eyes back to a soft blue by
the time he finished talking about his past and reasons.
Soon, his belly was full, four empty wine glasses to one side of
the doctor's empty plate. "I hope you enjoyed your dinner, mine
was fantastic." He commented.
---
Rather than yelling again at his boyfriend, River threw a pillow
from a nearby armchair. "You are doing it on purpose now!" He
complained as his face reddened more wishing the woman would
leave quicker rather than lingering in the door.
Once his pajama pants were on, River sat on the end of the bed
before Daevon began to fuss over him again. "I've survived
worse, besides, worth it to get to see that slutty look on your
face," he teased with a smirk of his own now. "Can't imagine how
it might feel when I'm not hurt," he added with a chuckle.
—-
Dior's eyebrows shot up, a bit shocked and impressed by how long
Famine had stayed awake. He finished chewing a mouth full and
swallowed.
"That's crazy. I've managed about 2 days awake before I crashed.
Think I slept a full day after." Dior mused and gave Famine a
nod, pleased that he'd had enough to eat.
They dug into the food, finishing it off while Famine went on to
give an answer to the other question.
"I know who you're talking about and I have no wish to see that
guy." Dior confessed with a shiver of fear.
While he'd only seen Albert from a distance, and half hidden: he
knew very well the Mafia boss was someone not to tangle with. Or
draw the attention of.
"A walk would be nice. There's an amazing garden I like to spend
time in during my breaks. It even has a hedge maze in it."
A part of Dior wondered if Famine might use them to find a way
off the mansion. From the way the other Homunuclui had brought
him in, Dior had the feeling Famine might have restricted
freedom.
"I get the feeling you might only be allowed off grounds with
supervision. I usually only go out with a guard, the city isn't
really that safe," Dior added, rubbing their arm a bit
nervously.
"I hope I get to meet this friend of yours soon. As for time
off, I'm supposed to have two days off starting tomorrow. I
usually end up trying to drag the doctor out, or he'd just work
himself to death,"“My room.” Said Tobias. “It’s late and
honestly been up all last night.” He admitted.”is it okay my
lightning bug?” He asked to bring her close to him.”I never
thought.. that my dreams would come true and finally touch you
again..” he said his hand snaking around her waist. “Have you
eaten?” He asked softly as he just wanted to hold her close and
just not let her go. Part of him was afraid he had drifted off
on his work and this was some nightmare that turned into a sweet
dream.
——
“Who said anyone else be using it.. it’s just for me to use
while we work.” He said with a chuckle,
Steele watched the eyes shift colors and smiled a bit, he
listened to the man’s story, sounding heart breaking, he heard
the man continue about test subjects and his words sounded
reasonable. “I understand justifying the means. But know when to
draw the line.. cause you never know when they continue to
redraw until there is no boundaries. I messed up once.. but it’s
probably the one time I’d allow it to happen.” He said with a
sigh.
——“You maybe.. I’ve managed to work to the point of having more
freedom.. I can always be your guard for the day out.” Said
famine.”the ones that have to have one are those most likely to
spill their guts about this place.. and the captives.. well.. if
they even get to that point.” He said as he watched them eat.
“She went with war to his room so it might be a while.. she had
the hots for him for a while so hopefully hard ass is taking the
initiative and finally having his fun.” He said with a
chuckle.”he acts all scared of me but honestly I think it’s a
front.. he and death are older than I am.. pest…. Ilence is the
youngest. Well.. was.. guess the blue haired cutie is now the
youngest created.” He said looking through the window at Bobby.
—
Daevon just made a chuckle and a grin to catch the pillow.”hey
if imma be trapped here im gonna spread gossip.” He said with a
bemused look.”besides it’s benefiting us- they won’t touch me
knowing your *that *into me.” Daevon said trying to convince
himself to be true.
Once the stuff came he began to work on him. He blushed hotly at
what River said and smirked.”you sure you never been to no body?
Never knew any.. well .. when you were a virgin talk like that.”
He teased with a smirk.A sweet smile came to Jun's lips as her
husband caller her by one of his pet names for her. It had been
so long that it felt like when they had first started dating all
those years ago. A blush coming to her cheeks at his words as he
pulled her closer to him. "I missed you.... no... I haven't
eaten yet..." She said, nuzzling into his side as a purring
noise escaped her. The sound caused her cheeks to turn a much
darker red knowing humans didn't make sounds like that.
"Sorry..." She said unsure of what to say about her new likely
strange habits. She was sure she was so much different than the
woman he remembered marrying.
---
"Mistakes happen, sometimes there aren't real choices in such...
less than legal matters... but I try to do right by my
patients." Sébastien said with a shrug, getting up from his seat
and gathering up the dirty dishes to put where the staff could
easily collect and clean it later.
"I look forward to working with you Mr. Steele," he said with a
smile, turning back to the man. "I'm sure you are ready to get
some rest, shall we make our way back to our rooms?" The doctor
suggested.
---
"That's assuming they keep thinking I'm whoever the hell they
think I am..." River said with a sigh before laughing at
Daevon's comment. "You are my first, as far as I know anyways.
Whole no memories stuff makes it hard to know for sure...." He
said, letting his mood fall into a more somber tone.
"I.... don't remember anything before what Famine did to me... I
remember... what he did more and more.... supposedly he was my
brother.... if I am this Pestilence fucker...." He said softly
as his boyfriend worked on patching him up. "What if I was... a
bad person? What if Famine tried to kill me for a reason?" He
questioned as these confusing thoughts filled him.Dior didn't
want to admit that they took a guard because they were afraid of
going on their own.
"I wouldn't mind that," Dior said softly, "I know we just met
and all, but I like spending time with you. I'm definitely up to
getting to know you better,"
Dior recalled the gorgeous red haired woman that had been
dragged off by the brute like warrior and suspected that Famine
was probably right.
"Well whenever they come up for air you can introduce me."
A part of Dior wondered if there was a side of Famine that the
others might actually be afraid of. From what he heard Death and
War were the more calculating type, waiting and planning their
strikes. If Famine was more chaotic and unpredictable, that
might be why the others treated him the way they did.
"Maybe it's just that your personalities clash. A lot of
siblings are like that," Dior pointed out thoughtfully. "You're
talking about baby face 1 out there? I don't know, maybe I'm
biased, but to me you're the cutest," Dior couldn't help but
flirt a little.“Well then I’ll feed you, anything you like?”
Tobias asked softly to enjoy the nuzzling. He heard her
apologize, after the purr that came from her.”oh juniper.. don’t
apologize, “ he said to slip his hand under her chin.”you can be
however you want and whatever.. always told you that.. I know
some things.. changed thanks to James but you’re still my sweet
juni.. just more things to love now.” He said his mouth covering
his without a second thought. He parted.. the moonlight leaking
through the windows.. giving juni a soft glow about her.
“Glowing as always..” he said with a lopsided smile.
——-
“Mine was more moral.. honestly.. “ said Steele to look to the
side. He didn’t quite bother with his dishes as it was
habit.”and as do I dollface..and yes.. it’s probably best we
rest for what’s coming. Thank you for the lovely dinner and
banter.. while I don’t have a name.. getting to know you makes
me more curious..” he said as they walked back. Once they got to
the rooms he took Sebastian’s hand to kiss the fingers of the
man.”now please.. “ he said”rest well.” He said to chuckle as he
turned to go. He hadn’t openly done that in over a decade.
——Daevon chuckled a bit before he saw the mood fall. He listened
to the man speak and let off a breath.” Thing is don’t worry
about the memories that come-if you were not the best then you
are now.” Said Daevon.”you tried saving my cousin, and friends
you barely met.. I think that warrants being good now.. but even
if things come out won’t change the fact that I feel this way
about you..” said Daevon. He tugged the man’s face toward
his.”clearly I been on your mind before all of this before you
claimed me..” he said to dip and kiss the man.
——-
Famine smiled at the invitation. A date sounded nice and be a
first for him. “Yeah.. war may act a bit differently to me but
my friend tends to be a bit.. energetic.” He said to give a
smile that looked apologetic almost for what Dior might
encounter.
“Maybe?… honestly they use to be different with me.. least till
pest came along.” Said famine forgetting to fix how he said the
man’s name. Clash.. he could still remember how he yelled at
pestilence during the full beat down and torture admitting how
he hated him. It became a full vent to a man shaking and in pain
about how he felt replaced, and how dare he kick famine from his
spot- and take his jobs. Course right after that he bashed the
guys head in a few times after giving a shot to the head. He
knew he’d come back.. but he didn’t realize he would lose his
memories.Course out of the four he wasn’t exactly calculating.
He opened his mouth to admit that he may of done *some* harm to
his little brother before he heard the man mention about Bobby.
He blushed hard at being told he was the cutest.”r..really?” He
asked giving a small bashful look.How was Tobias even more
amazing than she remembered him being? He was gentle and
accepting. She could see in his eyes and even the way he kissed
her, that he loved her with all his heart. Just being near him
had her memories floating to the surface. It felt like a
lifetime ago.
The way he complemented her with that perfectly imperfect smile
that caused the corners of his eyes to wrinkle. "It's hard to
believe you really standing here... holding me again..." She
said softly, kissing his again. She had missed the comfort her
husband brought her. Feeling truly safe with the man.
"Ive... grown quite partial to fish, but... any meat heavy food
is fine," Jun added, remembering he had asked her a question
before making her swoon for him.
---
A fresh blush colored the doctor's cheeks at being called
dollface. "The pleasure is all mine, I am grateful you were able
to come at such short notice, dinner and company is the least I
could give you as welcome." Sébastien said, trying to get his
flustered state under control. He had barley managed it when the
pair got to their rooms.
The doctor had turned to bid the man a good night, and it seemed
Nickolas had a very similar idea, only his version involved the
man's lips on his fingers. Sébastien's eyes turned a deep purple
as his cheeks inflamed once more. "I'll... I'll try..." He
stammered out as the man turned away from him. The doctor
shocked into staring at Steele's back as the man retreated to
his bedroom.
After a moment, Sébastien fled to his own room, trying to calm
himself. He had never been drawn to anyone like he was the sexy
beared automale mechanic. No one had ever need so forward with
him! Rather than fussing over his notes of the day, Dr. Polick
opted for a soothing shower and then went straight to bed, not
waking until his alarm went off the following morning, coaxing
him into his daily morning routine of checking in on the
patients.
---The words his boyfriend spoke easily soothed River's stress
and confusion. Daevon gave himself something to hold onto that
wouldn't change, at least he hoped it wouldn't. His liver sealed
his words with a kiss, claiming River had been thinking about
his boyfriend long before they were together.
When the kiss finally broke, River gazed into Daevon's eyes. "I
may have developed a pretty substantial crush on you when I
first met you...." He admitted, holding his lover close as he
kissed his again. It felt so right to have the man's lips on his
own.
"How about we get something to eat, then you can get some sleep,
if you behave yourself, I might even sleep too," he suggested
with a grin.Dior was already thinking about what they might wear
when they went out. Which probably meant that this "getting to
know" Famine could be classified as a date.
"Energetic can be fun," Dior commented, having other things
thoughts go through their head. "I am sure I'll be fine. I've
endured far worse people in my life,"
Dior got the feeling that Famine might not have dealt very well
with Pestilence coming along. Maybe he'd felt as though he'd
been replaced.
Sometimes his empathetic abilities kicked in when he least
expected them to.
"Yes really," Dior replied and impulsively leaned in to kiss
Famine on the side of the mouth.
"I should go check in and then get some sleep. You should try to
sleep a little. I'll be back in the morning to check you over
again,"Tobias gave a soft look.”I honestly am too afraid to let
go.. be afraid this was just a dream.” He admitted. After
lingering in the hall, he would take her to the kitchens, it
would later lead to the bedroom where he would wrap his arms
around her and for once sleep peacefully with the woman he never
thought would be close to again.
——
Daevon made a bright blush at River after parting. “Yeah..
better knock the door and say we are starving.” He said to
chuckle with a smile. He was in the moment of enjoying River as
he was.. moments like this was meant to be enjoyed. He let a
breath out.”hopefully they don’t feed slop all I know is I’m
craving a good steak.” He said with a chuckle.
—-Famine gave a bright look as he heard him,”worse huh? Think
you’ll like her.” He said to smile, he blushed brightly before
hearing the man mention about working again.”I’ll try.. think I
may be able to tonight dreaming of you.” He said to give his
warm smile before he fell back to the pillows. He felt a bit
drifty for once as he began to turn to fall asleep.. a smile
dawning on his face as he did so.Morning broke as Tobias was
entangled with Jun. The man woke up from his nightmare to look
by him to see juniper his shaky breath from the dream that felt
like a memory to draw her in closer, taking in her scent. His
hand wandering down her hair as he calmed himself. *it’s not a
dream… she’s real* cycled in his mind. He didn’t wish to get
from the bed just yet.. and enjoyed the cuddling he could get
knowing that she’d be snatched away from him by death. If he
could convince the man to share… his eyes closed as he let his
mind wander to what he could do.
——
Morning had crawled into wars room, where a naked Alice sat
perched on top of war as she looked down at the scruffy man. Her
hands wandered down his chest.”waar..” she sung out.”the sun is
up so you should be up!” She said as she scooted the blanket
down further.
——-Rachel was getting use to the hum and drum of the nurses. The
woman talking to the mechanic about her arms.”so… they’re
suppose to allow more movement?” She asked as Steele
nodded,”procedures a bit rougher on you and you’ll need to do
what your told in physical therapy.” He told her.Once fed, Jun
was curled up in bed with her husband, enjoying having him back,
even if it was only til after breakfast. She cherished the now.
The night peacefully, at least until the morning finally came.
Jun felt Tobias pull her in closer, tighter, waking her from her
dreams of her and her husband at the park with their son. She
turned in his arms and snuggled in closer as she began to purr,
kissing at his neck in an attempt to ease his anxiety she could
feel wafting off of him. "Good morning my love," she purred out.
---
"Ohhh stake sounds pretty damn good." River agreed. It wasn't
hard to get the attendant to come to the door, taking the pair's
food order before returning a half hour later. Once properly
fed, the two got into bed. This was so very new to River, and
yet, cuddling up with Daevon just came so naturally. Soon the
pair were fast asleep.
---
"Good morning, I hope everyone managed to get some proper sleep,
I want Rachel preped for surgery in the next hour." Sébastien
said as he walked over to Rachel to give her a proper look over
to note any changes since she was last examined.
"So, to give you a bit of a rundown miss Rosecroft. We need to
replace your connectors. The new ones should be sturdier and
easier to use but the surgery is extremely painful. I will have
the nurse give you pain medication but unfortunately you will
need to be awake for this. I expect to be ready in the next
hour." He explained, not wanting to put the woman through pain
without at least explaining the reason.
Once his orders for the staff were given, the doctor went off to
look over Bobby, who was still out but stable, and then checked
in on Rebel. Once everyone was looked after, Sébastien went to
his office in the medical wing to look over the parts and
diagrams to mentally prepare for surgery. He wanted to minimize
pain so he had to work efficiently.War's eyes slowly opened, his
body stirring to life under the soft touch of Alice's hands. He
reached up to capture her wrists and gently tugged her down so
their faces were closer.
"After last night I thought you'd need more time to recover,
insatiable minx," he rasped out. "I also just dozed off a few
minutes ago," he added, though she wouldn't have known that.
It was like he usually needed sleep, but the woman had worn him
out more than was usual. Not that he minded all that much.
Giving Alice pleasure and fulfilling her sexual needs was quite
an enjoyable way to pass time.
War pulled her down for a deep kiss and then released her
wrists. "If you want some more fun, I'm up for it. I should
check up on things and get into my regular routine, but I can do
that later. Not to mention have a talk with my men." He added,
sighing a bit.
Sometimes War wished he could take more time off. Though it
would probably only last a day or less. He was a little
surprised that Famine hadn't acted out already. Usually he was
constantly having to babysit the brat to keep him out of
trouble.
Alice was a much needed and welcomed distraction.
----
"I'm sure I will. Sleep well Famine," Dior replied, blushing a
bit at the other's saying he'd dream of them.
Dior tucked Famine in again and gathered up the dishes and
headed out, closing the door behind them.
Night turned into morning, drawing Dior out of bed earlier than
normal. The sweet anticipation of seeing Famine again and
spending some time with him made Dior a bit giddy.
After a quick cool shower, they dressed in a black skirt and a
Chinese style black and gold top. Dior dolled up their face with
makeup, fixed up their hair and headed to the infirmary.
A few of the aids looked surprised to see them and exchanged
looks when Dior went straight to Famine's room.
"Good morning sleepyhead, how'd you sleep?" Dior asked in a sing
song tone, smiling down at Famine.Tobias gave a soft blush at
the sound of his wife. He smiled at the purring knowing full
well that it meant she was happy.”morning my Juni..” he said.
His fingers wandered through her hair and down her body. Being
able to just feel her skin was intoxicating. His mind wandered
to her being under him and the faces she’d make during their
love making. He was tempted to take her then and there.. when a
firm abrupt knock came to the door. He paused before hearing a
voice.”It’s breakfast time.” Said death on the other side.”I’ve
come to collect Jun so she can have breakfast with Daevon.” He
said in a slight bitter tone. Tobias sat up, holding Jun
close.”we will be ready..” he started to hear.”no *you* have a
neice to talk to I’ll accompany their breakfast.” Tobias paled,
anger rising as he got out of bed thrown on some pajama pants
and threw the door open as death was told.”she’s currently going
through surgery.” Tobias paused.”she needs time to recover.. so
*I’m* coming to breakfast- I was at that meeting and I recall he
said I could.” He told death as he heard a tsk.
“Don’t click your tongue at me.. or do I need to tell Albert
your defying orders?” He asked with a brow raised to see the
aggressive homunculus deflate.
“Fine.. get ready and I’ll get the boy..” he said flatly with a
small look of contempt to the icy expression of Tobias he got
right back.
——-Alice was enjoying teasing the man with her pushing down the
blankets to get her wrists taken. Her face got a look of suprise
before their faces were closer, her chest smooshed against his.
She heard his words.”not my fault you leaving yourself
vunerable..” she teased. She felt her mouth taken before he let
go of her wrists. “Mmm work first then we play.” She said with a
grin.”I gotta see James anyway.. he mentioned needing me this
morning by maid. Probably more poking and prodding.” She said
looking rather unhappy about it.
——Death made his way to the next room, being that of Daevon and
River, he made a pause to one of wars men.”tell the man to be
training Pestilence this morning- maybe if we can get his normal
routine going again- so will his memory.” He told the man he
knew war would trust well enough.
He finally arrived at the twos room to knock on it heavily. He
paused and waited as he always has.”he still sleeps like the
dead?” Mumbled death knowing when the man was injured enough and
sleeping be hard to even wake up. He opened the door to see the
two practically entangled with each other and the sheets. “Make
that two of them..” he said with a sigh and motioned for a maid
to come help. She brought a pitcher of ice water that he took
and doused the two. Daevon woke with a bit of a yell.”dammit
Rachel-“ flew out as he sat up meeting deaths face.”you get
ready for breakfast. River wake up- you got training shortly!”
He said looking at the other man in bed.
——Famine was awake and was busy tying his shoe before seeing
feet stop in front of him. His eyes slowly went up the legs and
ended with Dior’s face. He flew up and blushed.”I’m good.. but..
damn… you look sexy..” came out before he covered his mouth. He
always was impulsive but it was a first to feel embarrassed by
it.
“I slept when I could. Did you sleep well?” He asked.”I’m
guessing you wanna go out today?” He asked as he took in the
outfit again.. his eyes not helping but to linger at just how it
accented their figure.
——-Rachel noted how the man was being thurough again. Once the
fussing was over, it seemed to be a wait given the doctor was
getting his head in place for it. “So he’s good right?” Rachel
asked now nervous as she looked at the mechanic as the two were
taking a bit of quiet before the storm.”he is.. man modded his
own eyes.” He said with a smirk.”anyone who can do that for
themselves are always that good.” Rachel let a breath out. Her
eyes flickered.”also you shouldn’t be lookin’ on peoples dates.”
He said under his breath as he made it seem like he was making.
Sure her gown was tied.She heard to blush.”I didn’t know I was
going to that..” she mumbled under her breath.”I was just trying
to get some look of the building.” She said to give a flat look.
“I’m going to check on the doctor.. try to keep nice even
breaths.” Said the man warmly.”so says you- Daevon isn’t here
this time… he was there last time..”Rachel said with a small
look. She earned a soft look.”probably best with the insults
that come outta yer mouth.” She heard.”ass.” She said before her
face turned to Bobby. He hadn’t woke up.. and worry shown on
her face.
Steele saw how she was to notice Bobby. He quietly walked off to
go find the doctor to see him pouring over things and clearly
getting in his headspace for work.”I’m guessing this happens
often?” He asked the man. He leaned on the table as he looked at
the diagrams of what was going on.”just know you’re not alone..
I’ll be helping out given the nature of them.” He said to lean a
bit forward.. close to Sebastian.. he swore he could smell
something nice off him.”you smell nice today.” He complimented.
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