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Post by Techy on Sept 30, 2007 19:52:18 GMT -5
Lewis looked a bit startled to hear the elevator speak, and the doors slid shut before he had a chance to bolt out. This only made the other three laugh.
"Ed, do you enjoy spooking our visitors?" Auru asked, "Lewis, Ed is basically our house, the technological being that runs everything. Which is why basically everything is voice activated."
"And you forget that I can;t read minds." Ed commented, sounding as annoyed as a computer could. He was actually getting better at expressing human emotions. Or maybe they were getting better at reconizing them in him.
"Oh, sorry, whatever floor Jack's on." Auru replied, a slight blush tinging her cheeks.
Connor grinned, seeing her blush again. Seeing his grin, she blushed deeper, and crossed her arms in a fake huff at the teasing. That only made Connor grin larger.
"That would be the kitchen, of course. Dinner is almost ready." Ed told them, as the elevator began moving upward.
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Post by Brokenhearts on Sept 30, 2007 20:35:19 GMT -5
"YAY!" cheered Tala happily, "do yer know wha' 'e's makin'?"
"No," Ed replied, "but it looks complecated."
"everything Jack does is complecated," stated Connor mildly, still grinning at Auru.
Tala looked between them and rolled her eyes. Again she had to hold her tongue before she said anything too contraversial, but she did allow the mutter of "lovebirds" to slip.
By the time they reached the kitchen, all four of them were chatting pleasently. Lewis and Connor got on pretty much immediately, and Tala could tell Auru liked the new guy- even if she only put in the odd input. Which Tala was of coarse very happy about. She liked Lewis. For a normal is was sweet and didnt seem intimadated by the fact that he was surrounded by supers, it was as though he over looked it entirely.
"JACKIIIIIE!" teased Tala as she bounded out of the elevator, "do we 'ave enough food fer a gues' too?!"
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Post by Techy on Sept 30, 2007 20:50:55 GMT -5
Jack looked at her, "With how much you eat sometimes, I'm always sure to make plenty of extras sometimes. Ed, get Adam. I guess its dinnertime."
Auru took up the task of setting the table, so Jack could get to know Lewis. It also let her cover up her slight shyness she was feeling, it was easier to not be shy when she was surrounded by people who were like her family, but she was still a shy person.
Jack, Lewis, and Tala were talking, Connor putting a few words in here and there. Tala was Lewis' friend, and jack had yet to meet him. Besides, Connor couldn;t help but make quite a few sidelong glances over at Auru, her being shy was placing a smile on his face. This was most likely one of the best days of his life, he could never remember being this happy dispite being in utter hopelessness, to the point where he was begging for death, just a few short weeks ago.
Personally, he liked the change.
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Post by Brokenhearts on Sept 30, 2007 21:05:15 GMT -5
They were seated for eating, but still Adam wasn't down yet. Tala had half a mind to storm up and get the little ex baddie herself, but he came skidding into the room on his own.
"Sorry guys," he said in a low voice, "swimming."
"that's ok," said Auru, simply.
Tala did have half a mind to have a go at Adam, simply because he had been so annoying recently, but she didn't. "Adam, my friend Lewis will be ea'in wiv us terday- I 'ope yer don' mind," she smiled at him, knowing her was almost as shy as Auru, and far more rude about such things, "Lewis this is Adam. 'e's an elementalist too, air and earth. Pu'in' 'is an' Auru's powers tergetha wuz the bes' idea the union eva 'ad!"
Adam looked at Lewis hard as Lewis got up holding out a hand to the older boy. "Nice to meet you," said Lewis, his tone firm, standing his ground, but everyone at the table could tell something was wrong and the confusion on Lewis' face told them he knew it too, he just wasn't sure why.
Adam came forward and shook Lewis' hand. "Hi," was all he said, then went to sit down.
Lewis looked at his hand and flexed it slightly. Apparently Adam hadn't been gentle. Tala frowned in confusion. Adam wasn't social, but he wasn't cruel!
Tala, who was seated by Lewis, touched his hand as he sat again, "you alri'e?" she asked.
"Fine," he beamed, "never better. the food smells great, mr Shepard," he added.
Tala looked at Adam who's face was imassive, but she had known him long enough to be able to catch the angry glint in his eyes.
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Post by Techy on Oct 1, 2007 13:37:03 GMT -5
Auru looked from Lewis to Adam. Then back to Lewis. Then back to Adam.
Her voice a low whisper, she leaned toward Connor to whisper something in his ear, "Do you have any clue whats going on? I think I missed something."
"I missed it too." he whispered back, his eyes also going between the two.
The meal was served, an awkward silence over everybody. Besides Adam, who was acting like everything was normal, but was stabbing his food with pent up anger he didn;t usually have.
Jack cleared his throat, "So, Lewis, how did you and Tala meet and become friends so quickly?"
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 1, 2007 14:18:20 GMT -5
i am so missin' summat… thought Tala mildly looking between her new friend and her rescuee. she shrugged it off for the moment, but she would contact Emmie later to do some research for her, on both Lewis and Adam. There had to be something for him to be acting so childish.
She barely even heard the question, but she relaised what had been asked as Lewis answered.
"oh, uh," he started thinking back, "i've got a bit of a bad memory. some guy was trying it on with her, I know him, sort of and he's rather a bit dodgey. we just ended uo hanging out for the rest of the day, and she was interested in my paintings so i showed her a few back at the flat. then she noticed mi fridge is like... empty so she practically kidnaped me-"
"'e was willin- don' try it babe," she replied rolling her eyes.
Adam muttered something, but no one could make out what it was, so the left it.
"and thats hw we ended up here," Lewis smiled, winking at Tala.
"we jus' go' on really well, jack," she added, seeing Jack gaining his slight protective stance, though she knew fully well that the older man did like Lewis, he was just worried. Usual Jack.
"are you any good?" asked Conner, "at painting I mean."
"well i do a bit…" Lewis's cheeks coloured slightly, he had been modest about his artistic talent, even as Tala insisted she see them, even more so when she gasped and praised them.
"'es amazin'," said Tala, quite happily.
"I bet he is," snorted Adam.
The table was silent again, only Adam eating.
Tala glared at him, her eyes were smouldering. Adam knew better than that, but just then Tala didn't care. she was sick of Adam acting like this. "and wha's tha' suppose' ter mean?!" she said, coldly, the rooms tempurature plumeted.
"you know what it means," he growled back at her.
Tala felt reay to have a go at him, but she felt Lewis' fingers curl round her wrist, warning her to stay put. it didn't stop her from standing up.
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Post by Techy on Oct 1, 2007 16:00:01 GMT -5
Auru felt her own anger at Adam fly up. He was being super snobbish and sarcastic lately. What happened to the nice kid they had met? Auru also knew Tala was much quicker to anger and this was going to be put to sleep before it awoke. She opened her mouth to say something after Adams remark, but Tala beat her to it.
"and wha's tha' suppose' ter mean?!" she said, coldly, the rooms tempurature plumeted.
"you know what it means," he growled back at her.
Tala shot up, and Auru stood as well, milliseconds later. One of her hands extended toward Tala, a tiny fireball forming in her palm as a bare reminder of what she could do.
"There will be no fighting." her tone was firm toward her friend, another reminder, this one to her friend to keep her temper in check.
Once Tala was seated, Aurus hand switched till it was in front of Adam, "And you. Adam, stop being a sarcastic SOB, I'm getting sick of it. And this is coming from one of the people in the house with the most paitence. I don;t care if you have a problem with Lewis if it's over Tala or anything else, stuff it. He's a guest in this house right now and I will not tolerate misbehavior."
Adam stared at Auru, anger still burning in his eyes. He knew better than to challenge her, especially now that she could control Fire and water at the same time (though she's still mainly one and can only control the basics for the other) and her main seemed to be fire currently. So he nodded, and went back to eating, staring at his plate.
Auru's flame went out, and she seated herself again. Jack nodded, that was his Auru all right.
Lewis leaned over to Tala, "Shes acting like she is all of your mothers, and how old is she?"
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 1, 2007 16:18:40 GMT -5
Tala wanted to grin, but she was too busy glaring at at Adam. geez she missed the sweetie who used to love just sitting there listening to Jack and Tala's arguements while Auru either laughed or tried to sort it out. When they just talked about nothing, or simply sat together watching the tv. She missed it. But at the same time he was being intollerable.
she looked at Lewis, his eyes watching her closely. "she's abou' eigh'een," she said, "bu' she's always ac'ed like mi mum." she smirked. "it's a good thin' too coz otha wise me and Jack woulda killed each ovva by now." she looked across at Auru who still looked faintly annoyed, but much calmer. Tala had almost forgotten how scary Auru could be when she used her powers.
Adam got up suddenly, muttered something about gym and left.
Jack looked at Lewis. "So… do you know what that was all about?"
Lewis shook his head. "no sir," he said, bemused, "i seriously dont. i wish i did… then i could say sorry."
"'es jus' bein' a pri-"
"yes yes," interrupted Jack, glowering at her slightly, for her language, "but his behaviour just now is unacceptable. we do not do things like that to each other- we have to keep close. no matter what."
Tala knew that part of that was simply because he did not like what Adam had been insinuating.
"I'll talk ter im la'er," said Tala, sighing, "bu' i wish i knew wha' wuz up."
Lewis put his arm round her shoulders and squeezed her slightly. "you'll find out… and when you do… uh… could you clue me in?"
(think we shud move on a lil bit?)
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Post by Techy on Oct 1, 2007 16:54:31 GMT -5
(sure, how far?)
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 1, 2007 17:38:35 GMT -5
(not 2 far... mayb sayin gd nite and gd bye 2 lewis and then u cn have a lil scene with connor and auru ^_- coz i need tala 2 have the talk with adam)
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Post by Techy on Oct 1, 2007 20:50:18 GMT -5
(kays, think I can do that XD)
"Nice meeting you, Lewis!" Auru was the last one to say goodbye before their new friend walked out of view, around a corner.
It was dark out now, the stars twinkling happily. Auru looked up at them and grinned, the stars always looked so beautiful.
"Well, I'm going to bed. Don;t stay up too late." Jack said, turning and heading back inside. When Auru wasn't acting like everybodys mother, Jack was being their father.
"Have fun with that." Auru murmered, not really listening. Her fingers were laced with Connors again, and she was looking at the stars. She was blissifully happy.
Tala muttered something about finding Adam, and Connor told her to not hurt him too badly. Auru still wasn't paying much attention.
"You like the stars?" Connor asked, looking up with her.
"Mmhmm. So beautiful." she murmered back for a responce.
Connor tugging on her hand brought her attention back down to earth, "Come with me."
She obeyed, following him back inside. Dispite the fact that it was a beautiful night and she wanted to look at the stars. He pulled her in, to the elevator, and muttered something into the small microphone slits above the manual buttons (for those who we're disturbed by knowing Ed controlled everything). Auru looked at him quizzically, but he just smiled lovingly at her as the elevator began moving. She shook her head, but a smile was there nevertheless. Connor was well deserving of this happiness, after spending 30 years in that warp. She was going to let him have this small secret. Though, it wouldn;t be a secret for long, they were going to the floor he asked for.
They arrived, and the doors slid open to a place Auru hadn't yet been. The roof. The view of the city was spectacular(sp?), and the stars just added to that brillance. Auru couldn't speak even if she wanted too. She looked over at Connor (who looked as pleased as a cat with a bowl of cream), her mouth hanging open.
"You look goofy with your mouth hanging open like that." he told her, looking even more pleased.
She closed it. Connor let her gape, as he went into the building that held the pool supplies. Unknown to the gaping Auru, he pulled out a radio/MP3 hookup, and listed a few songs to play in a row. With Ed's help during the weeks before, when he had dissapeared in the evenings, he had gotten a few speakers set up in the half of the roof the pool wasn;t in, and a few around the pool, but they wern't done with those yet.
Auru's favorite slow song came up, making her look over at Connor. He grinned at her, and she could only look around, stunned.
"How...? You-..." She was basically unable to speak, so Connor decided to come in and save her from having to.
He walked up to her, and took her hand, bowing over it, "May I have this dance, my beautiful maiden?"
She smiled and nodded, still unable to speak. He took her into his arms, wrapping them about her waist as she wrapped her own around his neck. As they swayed to the beat, their own private litle party, he pulled her as close as he could, and had no intention of letting her go anytime soon.
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 2, 2007 8:45:08 GMT -5
Tala had hugged Lewis goodbye, promising to call him sometime soon and meet up. she liked him alot, he was relaxed, friendly, and he seemed to keep her out of trouble. even better he treated her as though he really didnt care that she was a super- when most normals found out, they eithr freakd or treated her like the most amazing being on earth. supers were not commen, but they weren't entirely unheard of!
she spotted Auru getting misty eyed over the stars and Connor watching her happily. she grinned and muttered something about finding Adam.
"hey, you be careful," Connor had evidently heard her.
"wen am i no'?"she asked, cheekily.
he just looked at her. "seriously, Tala," he said softly, "he's not exactly the safest of people here. just watch it... and don't hurt him too badly" he was well aware of her capability to beat the crap out of a guy when she had to. he pitied anyone that had done so in the past.
"i'll be fine," she insisted, and glanced at Auru, "you be careful of 'er ye? otherwise..." she trailed off, leaving the rest to his imagination. she walked back into the HQ and got the elevator, telling Ed to send her where Adam was.
"his room?"
"where 'e is," she insisted stubbornly, "i need ter talk to 'im."
"hummm..." Ed sounded uncertain.
"Eddie come on," pleaded Tala, "i need this sor'ed."
"all right fine," the computer sounded oddly worried. "but be careful."
Tala muttered about how Eddie sounded like the Shepard brothers.
the elevator stopped and Tala navigated her way to Adam's room. she knocked on the door. no reply. she knocked again, much louder. she could hear shuffling inside. under normal circumstances she would have assumed things and left him be, but seeing as she knew he hadn't been out, she wasn't about to let it go. she balled her hand into a fist, and banged the door hard.
"LET ME IN!" she shouted at the door, "i know yer in there. le' me in, I need ter talk to yer."
the door opened, reveling a semi naked Adam, with sweat glistening on his body. considering Tala was used to guys, and used to Adam, it made no impact on her at all. pushed him away from the door, walked in and shut the door behind her.
"yes..." said Adam, sounding tired.
"wha' wuz tha' abou'," she demanded, "why the 'ell were yer bein' so 'ostile ter Lewis!"
Adam looked down her, then crossed his arms across his muscular chest and smirked at her, irritatingly. "what does it matter to you? you're not with him... you just met him."
"am i no' allowed ter make friends?" she snapped, "i like 'im. 'e's swee', we ge' on. so wha's yer problem with 'im?! 'e'asnt done anythin' to yer."
Adam sighed, and broke the electrical eye contact between them, sitting heavily on his bed, his head shaking, almost as if in wander at the situation. "Tala... you... you just would not understand..."
"try me," she snarled.
he looked up at her, his brown eyes hardening. "no, you really wouldn't."
"you don' no me," she retorted, "gimme a chance ter try!"
"o get real!" his voice was rising, "i might not know you, but i know your type. super with a proper family, who looked after you, and loved you no matter what! you never knew what it was like to... be left with no one to look after you. just coz you're DIFFERENT!"
For a moment Tala stared at him, she walked closer, then slapped him hard across his face. "yer really do no' know me," she snapped, and turned to walk away, but she felt him reach out and grab her arm. she was almosy upset that she was wearing long sleeves, maybe she could have gone into his memories.
"what's that supposed to mean," he asked.
(ill finish this wen i gt home =])
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 2, 2007 14:17:10 GMT -5
"I mean jus' coz I act like nuffin 'as 'appened ter me in my life, duzn' mean it ain'," she said slowly, trying to twist her arm out of his grip, but it got tighter, "we're supers, we are tha deffinition of a hard life. ge' used to i'." Adam held her tighter still, as she continued to glare. "i refuse ter le' my pas' ge' ter me. i didn' 'ave it easy. i know yer had it bad, ive heard you in your sleep-" his eyes widened, "and i've read yer file. bu' yer can' le' tha' rule yer life…" she felt his grip relax slightly, she took advantage of that and pulled away from him.
"yer ca really can' le' i' rule yer life," she said gently, reaching out to touch his face. he jerked away from her, she scowled and crossed her arms, "and anyway- i don' see why yer takin' this ou' on Lewis. 'e's a friend of mine now- you gotta ge' used to it."
"i don't have to like it."
"no you don', i'm no' sayin yer do. bu' i wanna know why! 'e treat's me normal, which is bettr than some super's i no, and 'e looked after me, 'es a good ma'e. and he could be ter you if you give him a chance."
"i'm never gonna give Lewis Carter a chance," hissed Adam, "that is the last thing i will ever do!"
Tala lost. "YER REALLY ARE BLOODY BACKWARDS!" she screamed at him, "WHY CAN' YER JUS GROW UP?!"
"Shut up Tals," he murmered.
"NO!" she retorted, "why can' yer jus'… jus' go back ter 'ow it was be-"
"SHUT UP!" he yeled at her, getting up, gripping her upper arms, "you're the one who doesn't understand! you… so wound up in your own little world! just because you've had it hard does not mean you understand me."
"i'm not sayin tha i-"
"shuddup," he growled, "you listen to me. Lewis Carter is scum. i am never going to give him a chance. he will hurt you, he will make you regret that you ever set eyes on him. i promise you this- he will. and when he does- dont you come running to me for answers as to why. that's just who he is. don't say i didn't tell you, that i did not warn you."
"o piss off adam, it's not like you even care," she hissed through gritted teeth.
"gods help me… i do bloody care! that's my freakin problem!"
his grip was tightening, and Tala knew she would have bruises later on. "Adam… jus'… tell me why."
her soft tone caught him off guard. his grip relaxed, but he didn't answer.
"adam?"
he let her go and looked away.
"fine," she said angrily, she turned to leave, "fine." she left slamming the door behind her. she was sick of this...
she fell asleep in the tv lounge watching absolutely nothing. it was Eddie who had to turn it off for her. his robotic bodygot her a blanket to cover her.
(ur turn ^_^)
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Post by Techy on Oct 2, 2007 16:07:48 GMT -5
Connor and Auru sat on the edge of the roof, Auru leaning on Connor, sound asleep. He was going to wake her as soon as he saw the first rays of the sunrise. During the days he had dissapeared at night up here, he had found that the sunrise was one of the most beautiful works nature herself did. It couldn;t compare to the beauty in his arms, but she would really appriciate seeing it.
He also knew that they both would be sleeping in till at least noon today.
"Hey, look at this." he gently shook Auru awake, half of him not wanting to disturb her, but to keep watching her sleep.
She mumbled something, and buried her face in Connors side before actually waking up. She pulled slightly away, then pulled herself up so her head could perch on Connors shoulder. He smiled down at her, and she tried to blink some sleep away, without much sucess.
"You;re comfy. And why am I being awoken?" she asked, yawning halfway through.
He grinned, "Thanks, I guess. Watch. Its the sunrise."
They watched, Auru becoming more enraptured in it as it went on. Connor half watched the sunrise, half watched Auru as her expression changed. She looked even more beautiful when she was very happy.
Too soon for the two, the sun completely rose. Now, Auru was falling back asleep, and Connor knew they;d better get to bed. He picked her up, bridal style, and carried her to her room.
(sorry, not very creative right now)
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Post by Brokenhearts on Oct 2, 2007 16:44:49 GMT -5
Tala woke with a start. she looked out her window, the sun was climbing high in the sky. she estimated the time to be about eleven. she was off about about an hour, but it was pretty good all the same.
she sat up and stretched.
"awake I see," came a serene voice from the door way.
Tala looked u to see the familliar figure of Jack Shepard with a mug of a steaming drink in each hand. he walked over to her, place the mugs on the table near them and walked over to hug her slightly and sit beside her.
"the hot chocolate is yours," he said breifly, passing her a mug, taking the other for himself.
"Thank's Jack," she murmered, in her sleepy state she almost called him dad, but managed to catch herself in time. she sighed heavily, then sipped the creamy, rich hot chocolate. it didn't wake her up, but she felt better. "needed tha'..."
"you alrigh'?" asked Jack, evidently he wasn't fully awake either.
"yeah…" she trailed off, "sort of…"
"Adam?"
"mind reada," she smiled into her mug as she sipped again, "'e's drivin' me up tha wall now. 'e told me tha' Lewis will 'urt me bu' 'e didn' say 'ow 'e knew… 'e didn' tell me anythin'!"
"i know, Tala…" he reached out and pulled her into a comforting hug, she leaned on his shoulder, feeling safe. Jack and her were so similar they often argued, but it also meant they were very close. "come on, come do the shopping with me." Tala just looked up at him eye brows raised, they both knew that was anything but a good idea. "all right all right, come with me into town then go out on your own, then we meet up when we're all done. idea?"
"good idea," agreed Tala, getting up, she finished her drink as quickly as she could, "i'll just get changed," she smiled, "mee' me down stairs in twen'y minu'es."
"argh girls take for ever."
"you godda ge' ready too," she pointed out, leaving the room.
she heard disgruntled mutterings as she left, making her laugh. she just hoped she wouldn't bump into Adam on the way out. then again, he was porbably already in the gym.
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