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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 5, 2011 13:14:02 GMT -5
It was somehow unsurprising, even to Robert's fuzzy-feeling mind, that Lukas would turn out to drive a very expensive-looking emerald-green sports car.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 5, 2011 13:45:19 GMT -5
Lukas stood off to the side, arms crossed, and watched the orderlies load the boot of the car with boxes and bags containing Robert's meager belongings.
"Holds more than you'd expect, doesn't it?" he asked, glancing over at Robert.
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 5, 2011 13:54:00 GMT -5
Robert leaned against the car and stared in silence.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 5, 2011 14:07:29 GMT -5
"Talkative, aren't you?" Lukas chuckled. "It's all right. I'm sure you'll warm up once the whole family's together again."
He locked the boot once it was loaded and stepped around to the driver's side while the hospital staff helped Robert into the passenger seat.
There was a long pause after he sat down.
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 5, 2011 14:07:53 GMT -5
"...seatbelt," Robert croaked.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 5, 2011 14:14:53 GMT -5
Lukas stopped staring at the car's controls with his hands hovering over the steering wheel and looked at Robert instead.
After a moment, he waved his hand and laughed.
"Silly me-"
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 5, 2011 14:38:29 GMT -5
Robert wasn't sure if it was just the trouble he was having in general or if it was objectively true, but when Lukas took the car down the road, he had the most bizarre feeling that Lukas wasn't driving at all.
The scenery seemed to whip by entirely too fast. Lukas sat leaning forward with a look of almost martial concentration, teeth gritted and bared while he gripped the steering wheel with white-knuckled hands.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 5, 2011 14:45:40 GMT -5
The car veered around a corner. There was a bump as the front left tire hit and bounced over the edge of the sidewalk, but despite the angle there was no answering bump from the back tire.
Lukas released the wheel and leaned out the window, car still going at full speed.
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 5, 2011 16:01:08 GMT -5
"Careful-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 5, 2011 16:06:26 GMT -5
Lukas laughed and batted dismissively at the air while the car sped safely forward on an impossibly convenient road, then leaned back into the car, still grinning.
"You worry too much, brother..."
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 7, 2011 10:28:21 GMT -5
Something finally pinged in Robert's head, and he pointed shakily at the man supposedly driving the car.
"...I have no brother. Lukas... died when he was-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 7, 2011 10:30:20 GMT -5
"Bobby," said Lukas, hands on the wheel again but not looking where he was driving, "you're imagining things again..."
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 7, 2011 10:31:01 GMT -5
"N- no. No, I'm not-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 7, 2011 10:41:42 GMT -5
"I'm right here, though, aren't I?" Lukas said cheerfully. "And- well, look at that. We're almost home."
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Post by The Ashton Family on Sept 7, 2011 10:42:52 GMT -5
Robert looked forward again.
Impossibly, they were already outside a small mansion in Long Beach.
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