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Forsaken: Chapter 7
Title: Forsaken
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solarbaby614
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: All I own is the plot.
Words: 1082
Summary: Two months later… Paul/OMC
Notes: This took a long while to update but I finally got around to it. This chapter introduces a new character, Helix. This chapter focuses more on Paul and Helix than Mega or Brady.
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Chapter 7
Two Months Later
There was a creak, followed by the sound of feet running across wood above his head. A muffled giggling reached his ears and he turned, glancing in time to see a blonde head of hair through the railing.
Shaking his head, Mega turned back to the schematics in front of him. The giggling could be heard again, this time more prominent. When he glanced over, Brady was standing there at the top of the stairs, staring down at him.
Then she blinked, giggled once again, and ran off, disappearing through the door to her room. He rolled his eyes and had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop a small grin that was starting to form.
He was becoming attached. Mega froze, the hand hovering over the paper tightening into a fist. It began to shake and he pressed it against the table, shutting his eyes tight.
Stability. Routine. That’s what was important right now. For Brady and for all of them. And it was his responsibility to provide it; at least until he could find the child’s mother.
Mega took a deep breath and went back to work, ignoring the slight tremor in his hands.
-
A shadow fell over him as Paul sat out on the front steps of what had once been a church. He very pointedly didn’t not look up, not letting his attention waver from the book in front of him. It wasn’t particularly interesting but it was better than dealing with him.
The toe of a shoe poked him in the leg once, then again when Paul didn’t react. It came harder the third time, not quite a kick but almost there and Paul glared up at him.
He grinned back down, pleased, not even fazed, and sat down beside him. “Good book?” Paul saw him say.
He just turned back to the book, hoping that he would get the hint and go away.
He didn’t, choosing instead reach over and pluck the book from his hands, keeping it just out of reach when Paul tried to snatch it back. “I’m Helix,” he offered, as if he hadn’t introduced himself to Paul every day for the past two weeks. There was an expectant pause where he pulled the book back farther, and Paul lost his balance, ending sprawled across Helix‘s lap. “Still not talking to me, huh?”
‘Idiot,’ motioned Paul, jerking back, but Helix just blinked.
“That’s fine. I can wait,” he said with a small grin. “I’m very patient.”
Hell.
“And,” Helix leaned back, stretching, “I can talk enough for the both of us.”
Paul glanced back longing through the church doors, wondering if getting away would be a good enough trade off for no doubt getting wrangled into Mega’s work.
Helix was looking like he might physically try and stop him if he tried.
Sighing, he settled in for what would no doubt would be a long next few hours. Helix seemed to take his defeat for acceptance and looked pleased.
-
“Where have you been?” Mega will ask later, as Paul tries to slip in unnoticed.
Paul responds by flipping him off as he marches into his room, slamming the door behind him.
-
“I could teach you to use those,” Helix said as Paul glanced over at him.
His attention turned back to the swords hanging from the booth’s display, under the very watchful of its owner. The man seemed to get even more agitated when he caught sight of Helix, almost starting to shake when the boy reached out to caress one of the blades and then the one at his waist.
Helix must have read the interest on his face because he grinned, managing to look sheepish and triumphant at the same time. Reaching up, he plucked one of them off the wall and offered the hilt to Paul.
His grasp on it was tentative and apparently wrong because Helix reached over and repositioned grip before moving behind him. Paul couldn’t see what Helix was saying but he could feel the vibrations against his back. A hand was wrapped around his wrist and he let Helix guide his arm.
Paul could feel a flush start to creep up his neck as Helix pressed himself closer to guide him through another move. Then he felt him freeze and back away and he turned to find Brady staring at them, wide-eyed. He sent her a reassuring smile and shoved the sword into Helix’s hands, which she eyed with trepidation.
Helix watched, looking a little stunned, as Brady shot forward and wound herself around Paul’s legs. “Um… hello.”
She just waved and buried her face into his leg.
‘What are you doing?’ he motioned when he finally caught her attention.
‘Almost done.’ she returned, which was a little vague but she was learning and he pretty much got the gist of it.
At least she wasn’t as bad as it as Mega was, he thought with a grin as he bent down to pick her up.
“I’ve been trying to get him to talk to me for weeks,” he caught sight of Helix saying at Brady, grinning at her conspiratorially.
Brady just looked at him like he was stupid. “Paul don’t talk.”
That caused him to give a start and he blinked. “Why not?”
She shrugged. “Paul can’t hear?” she offered.
The grin dropped from his face in an instant. “Shit,” Helix said, his eyes wide as he stared at Paul, who was watching the exchange between them with amusement. “I didn’t even…”
Paul just reached over and patted him on the shoulder.
‘Silly.’ She told him.
He signed back with a, ‘Very.’
Then, suddenly, she started squirming and took off running when he sat her on the ground. He made a move to follow her but then stopped when he saw her nearly tackle Mega, who still tended to look alarmed every time it happened. She appeared to be talking a mile a minute as she pulled him toward them.
“Right,” Mega said, his face betraying no sign of what he was thinking as usual, the bastard. “Let’s go Paul.”
Paul rolled his eyes, an action that Brady mirrored, because he was an awesome influence, and grinned when he saw Mega’s eye twitch in response. Giving a wave to Helix, he followed Mega, Brady waving over his shoulder.
Helix watched them go, his gaze narrowed in on Mega, as his hand clutched the handle of his blade.
Author:
solarbaby614 Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: All I own is the plot.
Words: 1082
Summary: Two months later… Paul/OMC
Notes: This took a long while to update but I finally got around to it. This chapter introduces a new character, Helix. This chapter focuses more on Paul and Helix than Mega or Brady.
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Chapter 7
Two Months Later
There was a creak, followed by the sound of feet running across wood above his head. A muffled giggling reached his ears and he turned, glancing in time to see a blonde head of hair through the railing.
Shaking his head, Mega turned back to the schematics in front of him. The giggling could be heard again, this time more prominent. When he glanced over, Brady was standing there at the top of the stairs, staring down at him.
Then she blinked, giggled once again, and ran off, disappearing through the door to her room. He rolled his eyes and had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop a small grin that was starting to form.
He was becoming attached. Mega froze, the hand hovering over the paper tightening into a fist. It began to shake and he pressed it against the table, shutting his eyes tight.
Stability. Routine. That’s what was important right now. For Brady and for all of them. And it was his responsibility to provide it; at least until he could find the child’s mother.
Mega took a deep breath and went back to work, ignoring the slight tremor in his hands.
-
A shadow fell over him as Paul sat out on the front steps of what had once been a church. He very pointedly didn’t not look up, not letting his attention waver from the book in front of him. It wasn’t particularly interesting but it was better than dealing with him.
The toe of a shoe poked him in the leg once, then again when Paul didn’t react. It came harder the third time, not quite a kick but almost there and Paul glared up at him.
He grinned back down, pleased, not even fazed, and sat down beside him. “Good book?” Paul saw him say.
He just turned back to the book, hoping that he would get the hint and go away.
He didn’t, choosing instead reach over and pluck the book from his hands, keeping it just out of reach when Paul tried to snatch it back. “I’m Helix,” he offered, as if he hadn’t introduced himself to Paul every day for the past two weeks. There was an expectant pause where he pulled the book back farther, and Paul lost his balance, ending sprawled across Helix‘s lap. “Still not talking to me, huh?”
‘Idiot,’ motioned Paul, jerking back, but Helix just blinked.
“That’s fine. I can wait,” he said with a small grin. “I’m very patient.”
Hell.
“And,” Helix leaned back, stretching, “I can talk enough for the both of us.”
Paul glanced back longing through the church doors, wondering if getting away would be a good enough trade off for no doubt getting wrangled into Mega’s work.
Helix was looking like he might physically try and stop him if he tried.
Sighing, he settled in for what would no doubt would be a long next few hours. Helix seemed to take his defeat for acceptance and looked pleased.
-
“Where have you been?” Mega will ask later, as Paul tries to slip in unnoticed.
Paul responds by flipping him off as he marches into his room, slamming the door behind him.
-
“I could teach you to use those,” Helix said as Paul glanced over at him.
His attention turned back to the swords hanging from the booth’s display, under the very watchful of its owner. The man seemed to get even more agitated when he caught sight of Helix, almost starting to shake when the boy reached out to caress one of the blades and then the one at his waist.
Helix must have read the interest on his face because he grinned, managing to look sheepish and triumphant at the same time. Reaching up, he plucked one of them off the wall and offered the hilt to Paul.
His grasp on it was tentative and apparently wrong because Helix reached over and repositioned grip before moving behind him. Paul couldn’t see what Helix was saying but he could feel the vibrations against his back. A hand was wrapped around his wrist and he let Helix guide his arm.
Paul could feel a flush start to creep up his neck as Helix pressed himself closer to guide him through another move. Then he felt him freeze and back away and he turned to find Brady staring at them, wide-eyed. He sent her a reassuring smile and shoved the sword into Helix’s hands, which she eyed with trepidation.
Helix watched, looking a little stunned, as Brady shot forward and wound herself around Paul’s legs. “Um… hello.”
She just waved and buried her face into his leg.
‘What are you doing?’ he motioned when he finally caught her attention.
‘Almost done.’ she returned, which was a little vague but she was learning and he pretty much got the gist of it.
At least she wasn’t as bad as it as Mega was, he thought with a grin as he bent down to pick her up.
“I’ve been trying to get him to talk to me for weeks,” he caught sight of Helix saying at Brady, grinning at her conspiratorially.
Brady just looked at him like he was stupid. “Paul don’t talk.”
That caused him to give a start and he blinked. “Why not?”
She shrugged. “Paul can’t hear?” she offered.
The grin dropped from his face in an instant. “Shit,” Helix said, his eyes wide as he stared at Paul, who was watching the exchange between them with amusement. “I didn’t even…”
Paul just reached over and patted him on the shoulder.
‘Silly.’ She told him.
He signed back with a, ‘Very.’
Then, suddenly, she started squirming and took off running when he sat her on the ground. He made a move to follow her but then stopped when he saw her nearly tackle Mega, who still tended to look alarmed every time it happened. She appeared to be talking a mile a minute as she pulled him toward them.
“Right,” Mega said, his face betraying no sign of what he was thinking as usual, the bastard. “Let’s go Paul.”
Paul rolled his eyes, an action that Brady mirrored, because he was an awesome influence, and grinned when he saw Mega’s eye twitch in response. Giving a wave to Helix, he followed Mega, Brady waving over his shoulder.
Helix watched them go, his gaze narrowed in on Mega, as his hand clutched the handle of his blade.