...this week has been impossibly slow...
May. 6th, 2005 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lavandarlizard2...I can't possibly be *that* good at my job... Even Bubba is snoring under my desk. The gargoyle has taken to stalking the mice in the landscaping. We're all deadbang bored...
Hopefully, this isn't boring... ~_^
Part 089 - BFB - Statement (d)
It took me a few seconds to realize where we were; standing in the corridor outside a cell.
Julie’s cell.
“Oh, shit!” I hissed. “Jake! We aren’t supposed to be here!”
“Hey, you need to talk to her,” he growled back at me. “It’s my bust, remember? I brought you here.” He gave me a nudge. “Go on; you said you wanted to know.”
I did... but...
I swallowed and moved closer to the front of the cell. The front was all open bars, the sides and back solid concrete block walls. A lump on the bottom bunk moved slightly. I stopped just beyond arm’s reach from the bars.
“Julie?”
She rolled over with a gasp to stare at me. “Duo!” She flung herself off the bunk and at the bars and I stepped back automatically. For a long moment she just stared at me wonderingly, then she sighed heavily. “You look wonderful! You see, I told you it’d be all right”
I gaped at her. “All *right*?! All right?! Julie, he raped me! You took me there and *left* me! You set me up! How could you do that?” Through my angry words, she was shaking her head, a look of exasperation on her face. “I thought we were *friends*!”
“But you’re fine! I knew you would be. I had to find someone; he wouldn’t let me go until I found him someone else.”
“Julie... What are you talking about?” Things began to click over in my mind; things I hadn’t thought of before.
She draped herself against the bars, smiling happily. “I wanted so bad to get away, but he said I couldn’t go until I brought him someone else. And you’re gay, so I knew you could handle him.”
I blinked at her. She wasn’t making sense; I had a feeling that this meeting wasn’t going to help me a whole lot. But I was there, and dammit, I wanted to *know*!
“I don’t understand... I thought we were friends...”
“We are,” she insisted brightly. “That’s why I knew it would be okay. ‘Cuz gay men do that kind of thing all the time. They have sex with everyone. So, I knew it would be okay. Kevin doesn’t care; not really.”
...Have sex with everyone...?
“Where the hell did you get an idea like that?” I snarled. “I don’t have sex with ‘everyone’! And even if I did, that doesn’t give you the right to drug me and kidnap me and let some pervert rape me! What the *hell*, Julie?!”
For the first time she looked vaguely uncertain. “But everyone knows that gay men are horny all the time... I thought you’d be fine with it, once you woke up. You said you wanted to help me.”
I stepped back, speechless with astonishment. “Where did you ever get that idea?” I whispered finally.
She waved her hand vaguely. “You know... Everybody says so.”
“Julie...”
“And I was tired of it! I wanted to go! Mommie and Jennifer just took off and left me with him and I just wanted to get away! You said you’d help me!”
“Julie... Was he... molesting you?” I whispered.
She rested her head against the bars. “I was a good girl... He said I was... Mommie and Jennifer were bad; they left. But I stayed. But... I didn’t want to stay anymore... And everyone knows that gays are sluts; they’ll screw anyone. He said I had to find him someone else... He didn’t say who...”
I didn’t realize I was shaking until Jake put his hand on my shoulder. Of all the reasons... It never entered my mind...
She raised her head and frowned at me. “That man scared me... He yelled at me and turned into a monster and threatened to hurt me... I don’t see why no one ever asks Kevin...”
“Kevin? Julie, Kevin’s *dead*.”
“Really? Did he wreck the SUV? He’s a lousy driver.”
“No... I killed him.”
She blinked at me. “Really? Cool! Then they won’t send me back there. And he won’t be mad at me. He said he’d find me if he wanted me back. So I had to be careful. But you killed him!” She actually bounced a little on the balls of her feet. “Wow! Thanks, Duo! I knew you could fix it!”
I slumped against Jake. “Oh my god... She’s crazy...” I whispered.
“Totally off her rocker,” he agreed in a return whisper. “You heard enough?”
I nodded. “Yeah... Yeah.”
“Duo?” I looked at the girl who betrayed me. “Could you do one more thing for me? Could you ask them to give me a hook and some yarn? I’m really bored.”
I almost gagged, but I swallowed it and nodded shakily. “I-I’ll ask... but Julie... He *hurt* me. I don’t think I can forgive you for- for leaving me with him.”
“Oh,” she said. “But he’s gone now. He’s gone,” she sighed wistfully. “Mommie’s gone, Jennifer’s gone... Everything’s all right now. All the mean people are gone.” She peered hopefully at me.
I just felt sick. I’d wanted this, wanted to know ‘why’, but the only thing I knew now was that Julie was crazy and that my anguish didn’t even register with her.
Jake laced his fingers with mine and a moment later we were back in the hallway outside the detective’s room.
“Where have you been?” growled Heero from behind us. I slumped against Jake, hanging onto his shirt. Three seconds and I would be bawling. I couldn’t even look at Heero.
“Duo was upset,” Jake began. “About not knowing why it all happened.”
I tried to get myself together to stop him saying what I knew he was going to say, but I felt like I was standing next to myself, just watching a disaster unfold with no way or will to stop it.
And I was panting, I realised, like a dog, and much as I wanted to let go of Jake’s shirt, my fingers would not unclench.
“Heero...” I whispered thinly. “Don’t... Please.”
“Where did you go?” Heero growled again, his hands suddenly heavy on my shoulders.
I squeezed my eyes shut.
“I took him to see her; the girl. So he could ask her why.”
“YOU WHAT?!?!?!” thundered the Wyvern. “Are you out of your freaking mind?!”
I managed to let go of Jake’s shirt. I may have been thinking that Heero would follow me and leave Jake alone. Turns out, I was underestimating the potential for tenacious fury in male Wyverns. The IchiBan explained it to me sometime later; the fact that though the females are the titular heads of the clans, the males are definitely more aggressive.
Right.
Anyway, I went from point “A”, Jake’s semi-embrace, to point “B”, an open spot on the floor about ten feet away, with no noticeable lessening of Heero’s rage. I just wasn’t up to dealing with any more at that moment. So, while two guys who have only my best interests at heart yelled at each other, I turned around and walked out of the building.
~*~
Q opened the door to the hallway and nearly staggered at the volume of noise. No, not noise; yelling. Heero and... Jake?!
“What the hell?” muttered the Wizard. Heero and Jake were great friends; what in the world...?
The port Wizard and the Wyvern were nose to nose, almost literally, yelling at each other.
“– Not your place to take him there!” Heero snarled.
“– Needs to know!” shouted Jake at the same moment.
“Damn you, you obnoxious, meddling –!” they both yelled, only to be cut off by Q’s icy interjection.
“Where’s Duo?”
...tbc...
Hopefully, this isn't boring... ~_^
Part 089 - BFB - Statement (d)
It took me a few seconds to realize where we were; standing in the corridor outside a cell.
Julie’s cell.
“Oh, shit!” I hissed. “Jake! We aren’t supposed to be here!”
“Hey, you need to talk to her,” he growled back at me. “It’s my bust, remember? I brought you here.” He gave me a nudge. “Go on; you said you wanted to know.”
I did... but...
I swallowed and moved closer to the front of the cell. The front was all open bars, the sides and back solid concrete block walls. A lump on the bottom bunk moved slightly. I stopped just beyond arm’s reach from the bars.
“Julie?”
She rolled over with a gasp to stare at me. “Duo!” She flung herself off the bunk and at the bars and I stepped back automatically. For a long moment she just stared at me wonderingly, then she sighed heavily. “You look wonderful! You see, I told you it’d be all right”
I gaped at her. “All *right*?! All right?! Julie, he raped me! You took me there and *left* me! You set me up! How could you do that?” Through my angry words, she was shaking her head, a look of exasperation on her face. “I thought we were *friends*!”
“But you’re fine! I knew you would be. I had to find someone; he wouldn’t let me go until I found him someone else.”
“Julie... What are you talking about?” Things began to click over in my mind; things I hadn’t thought of before.
She draped herself against the bars, smiling happily. “I wanted so bad to get away, but he said I couldn’t go until I brought him someone else. And you’re gay, so I knew you could handle him.”
I blinked at her. She wasn’t making sense; I had a feeling that this meeting wasn’t going to help me a whole lot. But I was there, and dammit, I wanted to *know*!
“I don’t understand... I thought we were friends...”
“We are,” she insisted brightly. “That’s why I knew it would be okay. ‘Cuz gay men do that kind of thing all the time. They have sex with everyone. So, I knew it would be okay. Kevin doesn’t care; not really.”
...Have sex with everyone...?
“Where the hell did you get an idea like that?” I snarled. “I don’t have sex with ‘everyone’! And even if I did, that doesn’t give you the right to drug me and kidnap me and let some pervert rape me! What the *hell*, Julie?!”
For the first time she looked vaguely uncertain. “But everyone knows that gay men are horny all the time... I thought you’d be fine with it, once you woke up. You said you wanted to help me.”
I stepped back, speechless with astonishment. “Where did you ever get that idea?” I whispered finally.
She waved her hand vaguely. “You know... Everybody says so.”
“Julie...”
“And I was tired of it! I wanted to go! Mommie and Jennifer just took off and left me with him and I just wanted to get away! You said you’d help me!”
“Julie... Was he... molesting you?” I whispered.
She rested her head against the bars. “I was a good girl... He said I was... Mommie and Jennifer were bad; they left. But I stayed. But... I didn’t want to stay anymore... And everyone knows that gays are sluts; they’ll screw anyone. He said I had to find him someone else... He didn’t say who...”
I didn’t realize I was shaking until Jake put his hand on my shoulder. Of all the reasons... It never entered my mind...
She raised her head and frowned at me. “That man scared me... He yelled at me and turned into a monster and threatened to hurt me... I don’t see why no one ever asks Kevin...”
“Kevin? Julie, Kevin’s *dead*.”
“Really? Did he wreck the SUV? He’s a lousy driver.”
“No... I killed him.”
She blinked at me. “Really? Cool! Then they won’t send me back there. And he won’t be mad at me. He said he’d find me if he wanted me back. So I had to be careful. But you killed him!” She actually bounced a little on the balls of her feet. “Wow! Thanks, Duo! I knew you could fix it!”
I slumped against Jake. “Oh my god... She’s crazy...” I whispered.
“Totally off her rocker,” he agreed in a return whisper. “You heard enough?”
I nodded. “Yeah... Yeah.”
“Duo?” I looked at the girl who betrayed me. “Could you do one more thing for me? Could you ask them to give me a hook and some yarn? I’m really bored.”
I almost gagged, but I swallowed it and nodded shakily. “I-I’ll ask... but Julie... He *hurt* me. I don’t think I can forgive you for- for leaving me with him.”
“Oh,” she said. “But he’s gone now. He’s gone,” she sighed wistfully. “Mommie’s gone, Jennifer’s gone... Everything’s all right now. All the mean people are gone.” She peered hopefully at me.
I just felt sick. I’d wanted this, wanted to know ‘why’, but the only thing I knew now was that Julie was crazy and that my anguish didn’t even register with her.
Jake laced his fingers with mine and a moment later we were back in the hallway outside the detective’s room.
“Where have you been?” growled Heero from behind us. I slumped against Jake, hanging onto his shirt. Three seconds and I would be bawling. I couldn’t even look at Heero.
“Duo was upset,” Jake began. “About not knowing why it all happened.”
I tried to get myself together to stop him saying what I knew he was going to say, but I felt like I was standing next to myself, just watching a disaster unfold with no way or will to stop it.
And I was panting, I realised, like a dog, and much as I wanted to let go of Jake’s shirt, my fingers would not unclench.
“Heero...” I whispered thinly. “Don’t... Please.”
“Where did you go?” Heero growled again, his hands suddenly heavy on my shoulders.
I squeezed my eyes shut.
“I took him to see her; the girl. So he could ask her why.”
“YOU WHAT?!?!?!” thundered the Wyvern. “Are you out of your freaking mind?!”
I managed to let go of Jake’s shirt. I may have been thinking that Heero would follow me and leave Jake alone. Turns out, I was underestimating the potential for tenacious fury in male Wyverns. The IchiBan explained it to me sometime later; the fact that though the females are the titular heads of the clans, the males are definitely more aggressive.
Right.
Anyway, I went from point “A”, Jake’s semi-embrace, to point “B”, an open spot on the floor about ten feet away, with no noticeable lessening of Heero’s rage. I just wasn’t up to dealing with any more at that moment. So, while two guys who have only my best interests at heart yelled at each other, I turned around and walked out of the building.
~*~
Q opened the door to the hallway and nearly staggered at the volume of noise. No, not noise; yelling. Heero and... Jake?!
“What the hell?” muttered the Wizard. Heero and Jake were great friends; what in the world...?
The port Wizard and the Wyvern were nose to nose, almost literally, yelling at each other.
“– Not your place to take him there!” Heero snarled.
“– Needs to know!” shouted Jake at the same moment.
“Damn you, you obnoxious, meddling –!” they both yelled, only to be cut off by Q’s icy interjection.
“Where’s Duo?”
...tbc...
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Date: 2005-05-07 03:11 am (UTC)Well... it needed doing. I don't think Duo was going to be able to let it go until he saw her for himself. Not that he got much closure out of THAT conversation. O.o
Now... to see if Heero lets Jake live...
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