Missing (GI 10)
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:14 pm
Part 10
Kurtz was lying on his back, and not on purpose. Darres smiled as best he could while trying to breath. It had been a long battle, and a long day. Darres could hear Kurtz curse him over the radio. But Darres was breathing to hard to hear everything.
“Darres you really did it!” Melissa was screaming. “I mean I knew that Kurtz was an easy target but really, you just got beat by a rookie!”
“Try saying that to my face you…. You…” Kurtz stopped there. Melissa was now laughing so hard she was in pain. Kurtz was actually having a lack of words. Kurtz just ran out of his AS and to the food. He grabbed about two trays of food and ran off with them to the bathroom. This just made Melissa laugh even harder. Darres would have laughed if he hadn’t been busy messing with the suit he was in.
“What’s wrong with you? You just beat numb nuts over there but you look like a beaver crawled up your butt.” Melissa was on some kind of rampage.
“No its this outfit, do I really have to wear it. I mean cant I get something a little less, I don’t know, leather jumpsuit-ish?” Darres unzipped the suit about half way before he remembered he wasn’t wearing anything under it other than his bowers and pulled the zipper back up.
“It’s ‘cuz Melissa looks so good in them that they though the rest of us ought to try it out. Only the effect is reversed when it comes to guys.” Kurtz and come out of hiding. Melissa just kicked him and elbowed him in the stomach; this sent the food in his mouth flying at Tessa who had just walked in.
“Would you two please stop acting like children.” Tessa whipped some of the food off her face. “Darres, Melissa, Sousoke and Kurtz I want you to get changed and meet back in conference room. We are going to discuss with Natasha the operations of the new AS and some other important things.”
“Natasha is here?” Darres asked not wanting her to see him in this weird suit.
“No, not yet. I sent a car over to pick her and the head tech guy up. They should be arriving shortly.” Tessa turned and left.
*
Darres paced around the room for the third time in the last minute. Kurtz was snoring in his chair. Melissa and left and was only god knows where. Sousoke was one of the only people left in the room, well at leas the only one that seemed to care. Sure Tessa cared in fact she was out with a search party. But that was not the point.
“You need to calm down Darres. Walking around in circles will get you nowhere.” Sousoke tried to south him.
“How can I calm down? Natasha has been missing for more than four hours now and there is a storm so that is only slowing down the search.” Darres practically screamed at Sousoke. It was about then that one of the guys popped in.
“Um, not to make the situation worse or anything but you have a phone call Darres.” The guy said leaving as fast as he could. Darres followed him to the phone.
“Darres, Thank God, I have been trying to get a hold of you for almost the whole day!” Nico sobbed into the earpiece.
“Wait, Nico, what’s wrong? Why do you sound like that?” Darres had a feeling in the pit of his stomach that things were going to get worse in about ten seconds.
“It happened last night. Loki and Kit went out to get some milk from the 24-hour store. Chris had been with him but he was useless at the time after his recent scrap with you know whom. They were ambushed on the way home. They took Loki and nearly killed Kit trying. Chris was knocked out for hours. I have been in the hospital all day with the other boys. We reported the accident to Mithril and they will pay for the charges and the hospital. But they don’t know anything about Loki.” Nico had the sound in his voice of some on who no longer had something to live for. Darres just slid to the floor dropping the phone. Why was the world coming down on him? How could they both be missing? And most of all, Natasha had known this was happening. Last night it was her dream. Why hadn’t he guessed that she could predict the future or at least know what was going on elsewhere? And why did she have to go missing when he needed her the most? Darres could hear Nico on the other end of the phone calling his name, but the world was no longer real for Darres and he stopped caring.
*
Loki moved slowly in his new body. It felt weird to be so large. What was the point? Why had he been taken from his family? Why did the men put him in the machine that made him grow? Loki didn’t want to grow, he wanted to stay smaller because if he got bigger his father would surely return and hit him till he stopped. Loki did not like this room he was in. It had an earthen floor and smelt like death. Loki knew the smell well. He also knew why the men wanted him. They wanted him to hurt more people with his screams. Loki knew because when he had first done that many men had wanted to kill him or use him. But the company that paid for everything had promised that he would be safe. It was because Darres was gone, if Darres had been there none of this would have happened.
Loki jumped as the cell door opened. “Hey, Kid. Lets go, time to see your friend.” The man grabbed Loki and pulled him out of the cell and threw him onto the golf cart. Loki hit something or some one on impact. Once they were moving Loki was able to see who it was, it was Natasha. Her hands were bond and so were her feet. Loki now knew that they were both in more trouble than he had thought. Natasha was like him. She could bring death and destruction.
Kurtz was lying on his back, and not on purpose. Darres smiled as best he could while trying to breath. It had been a long battle, and a long day. Darres could hear Kurtz curse him over the radio. But Darres was breathing to hard to hear everything.
“Darres you really did it!” Melissa was screaming. “I mean I knew that Kurtz was an easy target but really, you just got beat by a rookie!”
“Try saying that to my face you…. You…” Kurtz stopped there. Melissa was now laughing so hard she was in pain. Kurtz was actually having a lack of words. Kurtz just ran out of his AS and to the food. He grabbed about two trays of food and ran off with them to the bathroom. This just made Melissa laugh even harder. Darres would have laughed if he hadn’t been busy messing with the suit he was in.
“What’s wrong with you? You just beat numb nuts over there but you look like a beaver crawled up your butt.” Melissa was on some kind of rampage.
“No its this outfit, do I really have to wear it. I mean cant I get something a little less, I don’t know, leather jumpsuit-ish?” Darres unzipped the suit about half way before he remembered he wasn’t wearing anything under it other than his bowers and pulled the zipper back up.
“It’s ‘cuz Melissa looks so good in them that they though the rest of us ought to try it out. Only the effect is reversed when it comes to guys.” Kurtz and come out of hiding. Melissa just kicked him and elbowed him in the stomach; this sent the food in his mouth flying at Tessa who had just walked in.
“Would you two please stop acting like children.” Tessa whipped some of the food off her face. “Darres, Melissa, Sousoke and Kurtz I want you to get changed and meet back in conference room. We are going to discuss with Natasha the operations of the new AS and some other important things.”
“Natasha is here?” Darres asked not wanting her to see him in this weird suit.
“No, not yet. I sent a car over to pick her and the head tech guy up. They should be arriving shortly.” Tessa turned and left.
*
Darres paced around the room for the third time in the last minute. Kurtz was snoring in his chair. Melissa and left and was only god knows where. Sousoke was one of the only people left in the room, well at leas the only one that seemed to care. Sure Tessa cared in fact she was out with a search party. But that was not the point.
“You need to calm down Darres. Walking around in circles will get you nowhere.” Sousoke tried to south him.
“How can I calm down? Natasha has been missing for more than four hours now and there is a storm so that is only slowing down the search.” Darres practically screamed at Sousoke. It was about then that one of the guys popped in.
“Um, not to make the situation worse or anything but you have a phone call Darres.” The guy said leaving as fast as he could. Darres followed him to the phone.
“Darres, Thank God, I have been trying to get a hold of you for almost the whole day!” Nico sobbed into the earpiece.
“Wait, Nico, what’s wrong? Why do you sound like that?” Darres had a feeling in the pit of his stomach that things were going to get worse in about ten seconds.
“It happened last night. Loki and Kit went out to get some milk from the 24-hour store. Chris had been with him but he was useless at the time after his recent scrap with you know whom. They were ambushed on the way home. They took Loki and nearly killed Kit trying. Chris was knocked out for hours. I have been in the hospital all day with the other boys. We reported the accident to Mithril and they will pay for the charges and the hospital. But they don’t know anything about Loki.” Nico had the sound in his voice of some on who no longer had something to live for. Darres just slid to the floor dropping the phone. Why was the world coming down on him? How could they both be missing? And most of all, Natasha had known this was happening. Last night it was her dream. Why hadn’t he guessed that she could predict the future or at least know what was going on elsewhere? And why did she have to go missing when he needed her the most? Darres could hear Nico on the other end of the phone calling his name, but the world was no longer real for Darres and he stopped caring.
*
Loki moved slowly in his new body. It felt weird to be so large. What was the point? Why had he been taken from his family? Why did the men put him in the machine that made him grow? Loki didn’t want to grow, he wanted to stay smaller because if he got bigger his father would surely return and hit him till he stopped. Loki did not like this room he was in. It had an earthen floor and smelt like death. Loki knew the smell well. He also knew why the men wanted him. They wanted him to hurt more people with his screams. Loki knew because when he had first done that many men had wanted to kill him or use him. But the company that paid for everything had promised that he would be safe. It was because Darres was gone, if Darres had been there none of this would have happened.
Loki jumped as the cell door opened. “Hey, Kid. Lets go, time to see your friend.” The man grabbed Loki and pulled him out of the cell and threw him onto the golf cart. Loki hit something or some one on impact. Once they were moving Loki was able to see who it was, it was Natasha. Her hands were bond and so were her feet. Loki now knew that they were both in more trouble than he had thought. Natasha was like him. She could bring death and destruction.
I've been in MAJOR writer's block
*salutes!*