rjb_absinthe (rjb_absinthe) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-28 01:34:00

Current location:	Sinister's compound
Entry tags:	inactive - cassidy summers, inactive - rene boudreaux

Bedtime story @ 1:34 am
"Den, Marie Jolie, she come to de edge o' de bayou, and she start ta cry, 'cause she know she ain't never got de stregnth to get 'round it, an' if she try ta swim it, dem gators dey eat her fo' sho'." Rene was in full Cajun mode. It was a Cajun story, so it was easier to tell in the right accent, plus the little girl in the cell on his right and the little boys in the cells across from him seemed to like it. It made them giggle. Extra bonus, for some reason it really annoyed the big cat man who was walking the perimeter of the cells that night.

"What did she do?" asked Taylor, the little boy across and to the left of him. At least Rene thought he was a boy. He was partly made of fog, so it was a tough call.

"Well, you know, one o' dem gators, he swim right up ta her and he pull his two arms outta de water and he cross dem right on de land, like he settlin' in fo' a long chat. Marie Jolie say, 'Please, please, monsieur Gator, don' eat me. I wouldn't be disturbin' you at all, but de devil hisself is chasing me!'

'De devil hisself?' de gator say, 'well, looks like you got a choice to make, you. You can climb up here on my back, an' I'll take you right 'cross dis bayou, me. An you get away from dat devil, or you sit right dere and wait fer him to get you.'

'How I know you not gonna eat me soon as we get out in de middle o' de bayou?' Marie Jolie asked.

'I promise I won',' de gator sighed long and deep, 'guess you just haveta trust me on dat, chere.'

Marie Jolie t'ought she heard a sound behind her an' she jumped up on dat gator's back quicker den a blink! And de gator, he did jus' like he said. Dropped her off on de other side and tol' her just which way to run to find de nearest church.

Den dat ol' gator turn around an' he see de devil. Now de devil, he don' like water, so he was jumpin' up and down and jus' havin' hisself a full out conniption! Gator, he swim hisself over ta dat devil, and he give him de same choice he gave Marie Jolie. Devil thought he too big and powerful to ever get tricked, so he jump right up on dat gator's back. Gator swim him out to the deepest part o' de bayou, whip 'round real fast and grab dat devil leg in him mout' and ate him right down! And dat was de end o' dat."

"How could an alligator eat the devil?" A cynical woman in a cell on the other side of the little girl spat out.

'Thanks a lot, you're being an enormous help, seriously' Rene thought to himself. "'pparently you never been to de bayou, madame, 'cause I will tell you what, don't matter if you a human, mutant, devil, metal man with a ugly red diamond on you head, big ol' cat or what, one o' dem gators eats you, you stay eaten."

"I LIKE that story, Rene!" Aimee, the little girl in the cell next to him declared.

"I'm glad," he smiled at her. "I like it too."

"If I had gator, I'd call him Killer!" Gaius said from across the corridor.

"I'd call mine Buddy."

"I'd call mine Tater."

"I'd call mine Princess!"

"I'd-"

"SHADDUP!" Sabertooth hit the switch that sent and elecric shock through all of the cells' metal floors and walls.

It hurt, and it left Rene shaking and twitching. For the millionth time he wondered what the hell these people wanted with him, who they were and why it was taking the guilds so long to find him.

He heard the big cat's footsteps stop in front of his cell. "Guess what, storyteller? It's your turn to have a sleep over in the lab." Sabertook grinned cruelly.

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	rjb_absinthe 2010-04-07 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"Bein' alive don' mean anythin" if you aint free!" Rene rubbed his hands through his hair, the headache was getting worse. "Cassidy, I promise, I will do everything I can to protect you!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sound_and_fury 2010-04-07 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"No one can protect me, Rene. My parents abandoned me to this, and you can't even save yourself." the young man says, defeated. He's been here his whole life, even the parts he doesn't remember. There's never been anything for him but this, and he doesn't know how he'll get out. But maybe... "I've got an idea, Rene. Something that might help you." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rjb_absinthe 2010-04-07 04:50 am UTC (link)
	Rene sighs, defeated. "Okay, C, lay it on me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sound_and_fury 2010-04-08 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm gonna ask him to let you go." Cassidy says, as if it's the most natural idea in the world. He's got a plan working in his head, but he needs to sell Dr. Milbury on it. If he can, then it's going to help everyone here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rjb_absinthe
2010-04-09 12:43 am UTC (link)

Rene blinks at him. He heard footsteps, they still had a few minutes, but not long. "You're gonna ask him. . . . You are going to ASK him? That's your plan? Seriously?" Rene took a few steps back from Cassidy, turned and slammed his fist into the wall. "Damn it, Cassidy! We could have made it! We could have at least made a hell of a try!" The shouting was making his headache worse, and now his hand hurt. "Well do me a favor, huh, cher? Make sure you say pretty please!" Rene let his body fall back against the wall and slide down until he was sitting on the floor, his head in his hands, unsuccessfully trying not to cry.

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	sound_and_fury 2010-04-22 12:05 am UTC (link)
	"Rene, I know it seems bad, but I need you to listen to me." he says, leaning in to whisper to Rene. "You're the only one between us who can get out of here alive. You can save everyone here. I know it sounds crazy, but I need you to trust me, because I know something you don't." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rjb_absinthe 2010-04-22 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Rene missed the point of Cassidy's final sentence completely, stuck on what he'd said first. "What do you mean you can't get out alive? If you think I can save everyone here, then you know I can save you too! I'm not just leavin' you here! You should know better than that!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sound_and_fury
2010-04-22 11:47 pm UTC (link)

"Rene. Listen. To. Me." Cassidy says, enunciating each word.

"This collar will explode if I tamper with it, or if I take any action Doctor Milbury doesn't approve of. If we both ran now, I would die, and maybe you from proximity of the explosion. We both lose." he says.

"I'm going to get you released, then you're going to go and get us help from somewhere. You come back with help, and maybe, just maybe, I'll still be alive when you get back. The Doctor needs me for something, or he'd have killed me awhile ago. I'm not indispensable, but I'm worth the effort.

Otherwise, he'll just pick a day and kill you and the others to hurt me, and I don't want that. Please, trust me. You get out of here and come back for me, and I'll do my level best to stay alive until you do." Cassidy says.

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rjb_absinthe
2010-04-23 01:35 am UTC (link)

Rene takes a deep breath. "Okay, okay," he stands up and pulls himself together, running his hand through his hair. "So, I'll go back to the cells, and you're gonna do whatever you think you can do to get me released, then I'll get help and come back for you." He nods, to himself. "Well, it's not a real specific plan, but it's a plan." He looks at Cassidy. "Sorry, man, lost it for a second there. Back now. So this guy, his name's Milbury? What does he want? And how do you know that about your collar? I mean, are you sure that's for real? What about mine?"

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sound_and_fury
2010-04-23 01:44 am UTC (link)

"Before you got here, Dr. Milbury demonstrated what the collars do. You've been allowed to take yours off so he can see what you can do, right? When have you ever seen me with mine off?" he asks. Rene would know that such a time has never occurred.

"He likes to study people like us, people with powers. He called us mutants. I don't know why he wants us, just that he does. And he always says I'm important somehow."

"You go back to the cells tonight, and I'll talk to the doctor. With any luck...you'll be free by morning. And no, his name isn't really Milbury, just like the five "orderlies" he keeps around aren't named George, Simon, Riana, Vanessa, Bob. But they're just names and serve a purpose." he says.

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	rjb_absinthe 2010-04-23 02:34 am UTC (link)
	Rene nods, accepting the information. "All right, I get all that. But why you, Cassidy? What is it you can do that he makes you watch what he does to us? How can that be important to him? Torturing us to torture you?" The footsteps outside the lab turned and got louder, obviously coming toward the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sound_and_fury
2010-04-27 06:54 pm UTC (link)

"Like I said, I have something he wants, Rene. If he thinks he's getting it, he has no reason to use you." Cassidy says, hoping his reasoning is sound.

"I don't know what I can do, Rene. If I did, I'd do it and leave this place and take everyone with me." Cassidy says softly, sadly. "Right now, though, I need you to trust me. No matter what I say next, I want you to trust me and not say anything."

Dr. Milbury enters the room just then, looking at the two young men with a rather...sinister smile.

"Are we ready to continue, gentlemen?" the doctor asks.

"No." Cassidy says, trying to remember the plan he'd come up with. He needed to think, needed to breathe a little. He took a deep breath as the Doctor watched him curiously.

"I...I want you to let Rene go. I've come up with a way to bring you more test subjects, Doctor. Rene has volunteered to help us." Cassidy says, smiling.

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