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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 17, 2011 2:13:11 GMT -5
As soon as he realized where all of this was headed, Adrien screamed again. In his mind it all came down to that; he didn't even feel as though he'd ever be able to use speech again.
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Mar 17, 2011 2:14:51 GMT -5
Dan leaned down and smashed Adrian in to the televisions behind him. Breaking at least six.
He swung, hitting as hard as he could straight in to Adrian's face.
He screamed and grunted and picked him up, slamming him a few more times in to the televisions.
"YOU. SON. OF. A. BITCH!"
Before he could land another blow, he heard a scream.
Turning around he saw Adrien, and his face completely changed. Feeling disgusted with himself he dropped Adrian and took two steps back.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 17, 2011 2:17:33 GMT -5
Adrian offered no resistance, and he slid to the floor, bruised and bleeding, when Dan released him.
He looked rather helplessly toward Adrien.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 17, 2011 2:19:29 GMT -5
The scream just rang out continuously until Adrien ran out of air, and simultaneously, something in his brain shorted out for a moment, leaving him wondering, for a second, just what was happening, if this was real life or not. Letting out little panicked breaths, Adrien looked between their faces, and started screaming again, short little cries of mindless, hysterical fear.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 17, 2011 2:20:30 GMT -5
Adrian slowly staggered to his feet.
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Post by Megan on Mar 17, 2011 2:22:14 GMT -5
Megan came back in from the snow and looked at the tableau in front of her, including the motionless Manhattan, with a dull expression.
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Mar 17, 2011 2:22:21 GMT -5
Dan looked down at Adrian and blinked hard "I can't-" he turned to Megan and her gashed face, and Adrien with his broken fingers and unstoppable scream and felt his whole body tremble hard.
Calming himself he turned his back completely on the once great Ozymandias and moved toward the screaming boy.
Kneeling down before him he lifted his chin, his eyes glazed and full of fear. "Adrien-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 17, 2011 2:24:37 GMT -5
Adrien stumbled forward and into Dan's arms, cuddling closer in a twitchy manner, his whole body jumpy as though waiting for further violence to befall it - or someone else's. He kept his body folded in on itself, still cradling his left hand against his own chest, but slid against Dan as though needing desperately to use him as a human shield.
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Post by Megan on Mar 17, 2011 2:25:56 GMT -5
Megan looked at Manhattan, and then at Veidt.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 17, 2011 2:26:49 GMT -5
Adrian looked back at Megan for a long moment, then looked at Dan.
"Dan..."
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Mar 17, 2011 2:28:20 GMT -5
Dan, although not expecting it, wrapped his arms around Adrien and held him tightly.
Hearing Adrian he ignored him, holding the boy with all the emotion he could muster.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 17, 2011 2:30:25 GMT -5
Adrien felt a little sharp sensation and looked down in surprise. Cautiously his right hand slid down into his pocket.
He drew out Adrian's tooth, then blinked rapidly a few times, eyes becoming damp. "I-I can't -"
The words ran together in fright. He looked up to Dan and held his hand out to him desperately.
"You give it to him because I can't-"
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Mar 17, 2011 2:33:00 GMT -5
Dan nodded "Okay" he slowly took the tooth and moved so that Adrien wouldn't fall when he stood up.
Slowly he turned back to Adrian, tooth in hand.
When he got to Adrian he grabbed his hand and placed the tooth in it.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 17, 2011 2:34:18 GMT -5
Adrian looked down at their nearly-intertwined hands, but was still silent.
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Post by Daniel Dreiberg on Mar 17, 2011 2:36:34 GMT -5
Holding a bit longer than one should in the situation Dan stared at Adrian, stared as if he could see straight in to his mind.
Then let go, looking up at Megan with a face that simply said Let's get the fuck out of here and headed back to Adrien.
"Come with us" he almost whispered "you can stay with us for a while, you don't need to be here."
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