Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e]

Subject: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:33 pm

I walk along the rocky shore of the lake, and kick a few sharp pebbles into the dark waters. I find a large flat stone, and sit down feeling totally defeated. Picking up a few flatter rocks, I flick my wrist, and let them fly across the lake, bouncing as they went. How was I going to get my Junie back? I didn't know where the fortress was, and the only Them I knew wasnt about to help my rescue his hostage. I sigh, and kick the ground in frustration.

{Rocket}

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I am lying in the middle of the dock, staring up at the sky. It swishes back and forth under my body, a lulling motion that makes me close my eyes. I breath deeply, and clean, crisp air fills my lungs, scented heavily with the smell of trees. The air is cold on my bare chest, and my wet cut-offs make me shiver. The lake was a magnificent place, but I couldn't successfully get all my problems to leave my mind and go somewhere else in the clear blue sky. I had never before felt love, but now it seemed to be all I thought about. It was everywhere now, in the eyes of the older couples walking hand in hand along the street, to the young lovers who couldn't stop looking at each other. I needed to see her again. Needed to- a few splashes nearby made me open my eyes and sit up. Who was that? I squinted. It looked like him, but it was hard to see.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:14 pm

Lucky for me, I was wearing a pair of gym shorts. I peel off my shirt, and reveal slick abs. Thankfully, there was only me, the rocks, and the water. No girls to swoon. Sure I acted like I liked it, but I hate the attention; usually. I toss my shirt on the rocks, and wade into the cold dark water. Or so I thought. I shiver, and before I can run, I force myself to dive into the watery depths. I swim out a good 200 meters from the shore before I stop, and bob up and down in the middle of the lake. A harsh wind whips round, chilling my wet hair. I feel a tingling sensation on the back of me neck that I was sure wasn't originated from the wind. I turn around to see a boy watching me. I paddle over to him, thinking I could give him some grief about watching me. Since his face was turned my way, and his eyes were fixed directly at me. I get closer, and my eyes widen when I realize it was just the person I was thinking of. Dev, hi. I stutter, thinking that it was perfect for him to be here, but he was the last person I wanted to see.

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I blink a few times at him, and can't seem to get my mouth to move. It was an odd sensation, feeling as if you were the only person in the whole world, all alone, and then discovering you weren't. "Small world," I say, my voice soft. "What are you doing here?" The wind blows my hair in my eyes but I ignore it. What was he doing here? Was it just coincidental that we were both at the lake today? The wind starts picking up, and dark clouds are advancing, ready to take over the perfect sky. I feel a sudden stab of protectiveness. How could those clouds just come in and ruin the endless blue? Why did they think they had the power to do that? I clench my fists, hard. I would beat the crap out of those clouds until they were nothing. Even now, the sky was darkening, changing. It would never be the same. I realize with a jolt I wasn't thinking about the sky at all; It was actually a metaphor.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:00 pm

%Do you mean it was only a metaphor? That would make more sense. Sorry it's so long.

Yeah I guess. I say, my body already launching into alert mode, ready to attack if the need arose. The threatening wind slaps me, and plasters my hair to my forehead. I push up on the dock, and climb out of the water, hoping that Dev would be kind enough to kill me once I got on the dock and at least had a chance to defend myself. Suprisingly, I get on the dock and he doesn't leap at me like a mad man. I sit down next to him, only a few feet away, shivering and wrapping my arms around my body. I felt so vulnerable. I was cold, I had lost the only thing I loved and the only way I was ever going to get her back was with the help of my arch enemy. Okay, maybe he wasnt my arch enemy, but we didn't really like each other. It wasn't like when I say him I would strut over, and give him a friendly high-five, knuckle bump, and bro-hug. There was tension in our realationship, and at any time, he could seriously destroy and already broken man. He could kill her. The thought makes me shake more, and I thrust it to the farthest part of my mind, hoping it wouldn't be strong enough or fueled by my fear to climb back up into mind where it could drive me to insanity. I decided it was just my rotten luck to bring us together so soon, and I hadn't even prepared my 'Gimme what I want or else' act. I sigh deeply, and glare at the sky for sharing my mood. It seemed unfair for it to be sad too, it should be happy trying to put a carefree smile on my face, but I guess that wasn't what the clouds intentions were. They blocked out the sun, and seemed to be teasing me as if to say, "This is how you look, gray, dull, depressed. Losing hope. You're a wreck, you look awful. You're so ugly when you are sad." I grit my teeth, and decide the only way the sun was ever going to shine again was with my help. That made it seem like if I didn't do something, the whole world would parish; which in a way, it would. But if I just told myself I wasn't the one that was weak, and needed help, it was everyone else I was rescuing, asking Dev to help me didn't seem so unbearably hard. I need your help. I tell him my voice level trying not to lose the control I had gained over my emotions. It was his fault that I needed help, and he was the only person I could ask to fix it, and put me back together. I felt pathetic, ut there wasn't much I could do with out him getting totally offended and refusing to help me before I even tried to convince him to let me have Junie back. I was willing to do almost anything to get her back, but it seemed useless to believe that I would ever have anything that Devoid needed from me. I bit my lower lip, causing a few drops of blood to leak out and trickle down my chin. I wipe them away, and pray that Dev would make the right choice and answer the way I wanted him to so that the whole dock would not be burnt in my anger. I was barely containing my rage as it was, if he decided to toy with my feelings, I wouldn't be strong enough to tie down my light, and then he could kill me.

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I stare. No, gape. After an eternity, I pull myself back together. "Oh yeah?" I say, my voice cracking. I rest my head on my knees. This was awkward. We had been enemies so long. My brow furrows as I stare at him, trying to figure out why he isn't all, "Oh look I'm Rocket I'm the most amazing guy in the whole world." I take another deep breath of that wonderful air and let it out, slow. He didn't look so good, I muse. Depressed...or something. I wonder if stars could die even if it wasn't their birthday. Could stars get sick? Could stars commit suicide? I shook that thought off. The silence between us was loud. No, not just loud. It was like someone was screaming bloody murder in your ear. And that brought me back to what he had just said. Why would he need my help? What, was he doing some project for school where he was supposed to help me, but then the only way he could help me was to convince me that he needed help, which in turn would help me by helping him? I narrow my eyes, suspicious. I was doing fine on my own. What was up with Fallen, anyway? They were popping up everywhere. I wonder for the thousandth time where their Hideout was. Not that I wanted to turn them in, or anything. Well maybe I did. Or did I? I was so confused. If I did find their Hideout I would be a hero. My father, maybe he'd actually love me. Idiot, Dev, I tell myself. You're an idiot if you think that's every going to happen. But what if....I blink, hard. No. What about her, idiot? You're not going to kill her. Stupid. Stupid.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:26 pm

I could pick up is confusion if I was a mile away; it was so obvious. He looks at me scrutinizing me at if he was trying to read my mind and find out if this was some sort of trap. I sigh. Yes, I need your help. You knew he would take her, and now I need you to help me get her back! I say my voice getting louder and more enunciated with each word.

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"Who," I say tiredly. "Who are you talking about?" Once again, I sigh. I abruptly stand up and the dock rocks. I stare down at him. "Why do you need my help? You hate me." I dive off, and the cold water is like a slap to the face. Under the water, life is still. I swim to the bottom, ignoring the chill that is seeping into my bones. The water clouds when I skim the mud on the bottom with the tips of my fingers, but I can't stay long. Already my lungs are burning. I let the water pull my body to the surface. When air hits my wet face I breath deeply for a few moments, my eyes still closed. Finally I look up at him, and it takes some effort to move my numb lips. "What happened. Tell me."

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:15 pm

He stole her! I practically shriek. How could he blow me off like that when I had had the guts to come to him for help. I grind my teeth. He put her in a sack, and, poof. All bye bye. I tell her gesturing wildly with my hands.

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I smile grimly, pulling myself back up onto the dock. "Oh yeah? Who's he? And you think this is my fault?" I shake my head and stare off into nowhere. "I thought you didn't care about anyone. I used to think that too." I admit, and then my expression turns wistful. "But not anymore." Immediately I chastise myself for getting carried away. No one could know about us, it would ruin everything. "And what do you think I am supposed to do? Launch a rescue mission for you, even though it kills you to ask anything from me? Seriously."

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:11 pm

I stutter. I don't care about anyone. Some one else does. I say trying to make him belive it. I get up, and slide back into the water. Seriously, I thought coming to you for help would be the stupidest thing I could ever do, but I did it anyway. I need to get to your fortress, but if you can't help me, I can get there on my own. Obviously you know what its like to love someone. And I could easily destroy her. I tell him, thinking it wouldnt be too hard to hurt a human enough to make her never love again. And that would hurt him. Unless he helped me.

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"I'll strike you a deal," an amused expression flits across my face. "Because children of Them never do favors without something in return. Policy rules. Sorry." I look at him. "If I help you get your Shine back, you will tell me where your hideout is." I shake my head, and water droplets free themselves. "That is my proposal. You can either take it, or you can never see her again. That is because, I swear on my life, the only way you are getting to the fortress is through one of us. And it seems you aren't friendly with very many of us." I place my chin in one of my hands and fix him with a thoughtful stare. "And I don't believe you, by the way. About the caring thing. Seems to me if you didn't care about her, you wouldn't have given it a second thought when she was kidnapped. Just saying."

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:30 pm

I hated it when I was wrong. So what? You can come and kill us all once we are happily reunited? No thanks.

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I shrugged. "Suit yourself. The way this is going, you won't ever be happily reunited, so that solves that problem."

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:54 pm

I dip under the water, and come back up my face dripping. I felt like one of those sport guys that are always all wet with sweat and say; "Gatorade, its good." Or something cheesy like that. Can I give you something else?

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I glare at him. "I don't make compromises." My voice is sharp, and my Them side surfaces for a moment.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:56 pm

I had nothing on him. Nothing to do to hurt him. Absolutly nothing. My eyes flare, and become swirly and lighter. "And I don't take no for an answer." I say my voice matching his in tone.

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I snarl. "Oh yeah? Then I will just say it. No. No, I will not help you get to the Fortress of Them. I will not help you rescue your precious little girl. So deal with it, Rocket." I was outraged. He thought I would just agree to rescue her without anything in return? Did he seriously believe that? Maybe I would do it for him if he hadn't classified me under "Evil" the moment he saw my face. But really? After all this? Maybe if he was really desperate, I would make him kneel on the ground before me and say, "master, master." Or maybe not, since that was what my father would have done, and I was about to make the same mistakes as him. I stared at Rocket Jones Sterling, who swore he would never love. "I pity you," I spat. Even though in many ways I envied him. He had a family. Well, maybe not the kind of family you saw in, "Leave it to Beaver." But he had people who cared about him. I didn't. Was that what They were fighting? Love? Like love should be destroyed. Maybe it was jealousy that drove Them to this point. Jealous of a star. Jealous of a stars' light. Jealous that They were just humans. But if you were jealous of the light, why would you destroy it? The answer was simple, of course. I'd heard my father say it in every one of his speeches. We were fighting to make the world fair. Yes. Fairness, because the stars were bright and magnificent, and we were small and dull. So then how about eliminating light all together? If you can't have what you want, and they can, it isn't fair. So no one should. Jealousy makes people do things they will regret. I would help him...I just needed to know where it was. How would I see her? Sneaking into the car shop while she was working? You can't build a strong relationship off of stealth. I wouldn't show the others, but then how could I tell Rocket this without telling him I was in love with a Fallen? And I didn't even know her name.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:16 pm

"Kay, I will deal. Devoid." Man, I would hate to have a name like that. If he wouldn't help me, than screw him. I probably didn't need him anyway. But I knew that was a lie. I knew that I needed help from a Shadow, and he was the only one I knew besides Ember, or J.P. but I had no idea how to get to them.

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I smile menacingly. "You do not choose to deal with it. There are only two options. She dies and it is your fault, or you tell me where your hideout is and I help you save her." Why couldn't he understand that I just needed to know? How could I make him understand?

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:08 pm

I couldn't lose her. I just couldn't. But I couldn't put us all in danger by disclosing the where abouts of the Hideout. I heave myself back onto the dock, and shiver involuntarily. "Why do you want to know?" I ask him, after a while, starting at the sky.

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I press my lips together. Here goes. I felt like I was sealing my fate. It was comparable with jumping off a cliff. But soon, you can't stand there looking down, you just have to jump. "Iminlovewithoneofyourkind," I mutter, then realize he probably couldn't hear me anyway. "I'm in love with a star child, okay?" I say, daring him to contradict me. I glare at the water; at my reflection. The stupid boy who fell in love with the one thing he couldn't have.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:28 pm

I cough, thinking I must have heard him wrong. Oh, wow, this was too good to be true, gosh this was...Wow. I wonder who it was. Who would Dev like? Roxy, the bossy... Not likely. Cori didn't seem like the type of chick he would go for either. Hm. Someone that wouldn't tell. Callie was a gossip. Olive...possibly. Eva, no. I had already seen the way he acted around her. Maya? It wasn't insane. Diggs, no way jose. She was too tough. Too...too Diggs. "Who?!" I ask shocked.

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I press my lips together so they form a thin line. "That's not important," I say curtly. "What is important is that I need to know where it is. Your hideout.

Subject: Re: Need Help, Now! [p r i v a t e] Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:35 pm

"Just ask your dear girly friend." I reply and cackle. "Dev, I'm not going to put my whole...family...in danger just so you can see her. I can give you her cell number, and you can call her and meet her somewhere. You don't need to be gentlemanly and pick her up." I reply shortly.