They left Rivet City the following day. Charon couldn't tell them where they were going or how far away it was, he just knew they were going the right way.
On the first night they took shelter, Charon was reluctant. Every minute stopping was one wasted.
"She's not due for a few weeks. She'll be safe for now." Harkness reassured him.
Charon grunted and sat in the corner. He couldn't sleep. He hadn't slept the night before either. The bed was now empty, he had reached out last night, absentminded when he was deep in thought , expecting to stroke her hair and feel her warmth. Nothing. He didn't know where the android had slept, he didn't care. She wasn't Janet ad she wasn't his.
Harkness' words brought no comfort. He knew the institutes approach to babies. Training material. During his training two of the other 'trainees' had been intimate. During lights out or in the cover of a shadow. The female had become pregnant. She didn't know it, none of them had sexual education, they had just done what had felt right. It was during the annual intense medical exam that it was discovered. Soon after the baby was born, it was taken away to be part of the new regime. The mother was put down for disobedience.
The father had gone into a rage and the trainees had been ordered to kill him. He took down 3 others before he was shot. By a shotgun. His. Before he pulled the trigger the boy had stared into him desperately. Charon had no idea that echo of his past would come to represent his present.
A father desperate to save his family.
Charon knew he would take down a lot more than three.
Charon had been staring into the wall for a unknown amount of time down. Both androids and Butch were now asleep. Butch rolled over and buried his head into Harkness' shoulder. Charon smirked at the view knowing that if Janet was really here she would have poked his side and whispered 'I told you.'
"Charon ?"
He looked down to find the android looking at him. He grunted in response.
"I know you hate me because I'm not her."
He gave her a look that confirmed the statement. He didn't look at her often since the revelation mostly out of anger but because it hurt too.
"But I'm sorry. I didn't know I wasn't her till you did. Their plan was meant to be so secure that even the decoy wasn't in on it."
The android smirked but Charon scowled. He didn't find this as a great moment to laugh.
"I'm remembering more " she whispered "in here." She tapped her head. "Diagrams, robotic parts, people, plans."
"What kind of plans ?" Charon asks intrigued.
"To do with them."
Charon stared at her and stated slowly.
"Tell. Me. What. They. Are."
The android whimpered and pulles her knees to her chin.
"I dreamt them they woke me up.... But I know their real."
Charon did nothing but scowl so she continued.
"Janet will be kept under sedation till the baby is born. I don't think she even knows that she's been taken. It makes it easier to test on them...."
"THEY'VE STARTED ?!" Charon roared. He had stupidly assumed it would happen once she had given birth. Harkness and Butch woke up and drew their weapons. Finding no danger they put them away and gave them an enquiring look.
"She's remembering. They've already started testing on them." Charon spoke angrily.
Harkness' sat with his mouth agape in horror and Butch shouted out.
"That's not cool man !"
"They don't know what Janet is. She has a thing in her."
"The FEV."
"They are looking to see what it does to her. They'll do all sort of experiments to get their results. The baby....." the android chocked "they don't know what the baby is or what it will come out like. They want it because of its unusual conception... They'll check for stuff like.... Limb repair, bone repair, pain endurance."
The android was crying now and the room was silent in horror.
Butch had heard and seen a lot of terrifying things since leave the vault. But none ever matched, until the day he died, the primal and ferocious roar Charon gave at that moment.
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Bumps (9/20)
Date: 2012-01-27 06:24 pm (UTC)On the first night they took shelter, Charon was reluctant. Every minute stopping was one wasted.
"She's not due for a few weeks. She'll be safe for now." Harkness reassured him.
Charon grunted and sat in the corner. He couldn't sleep. He hadn't slept the night before either. The bed was now empty, he had reached out last night, absentminded when he was deep in thought , expecting to stroke her hair and feel her warmth. Nothing. He didn't know where the android had slept, he didn't care. She wasn't Janet ad she wasn't his.
Harkness' words brought no comfort. He knew the institutes approach to babies. Training material. During his training two of the other 'trainees' had been intimate. During lights out or in the cover of a shadow. The female had become pregnant. She didn't know it, none of them had sexual education, they had just done what had felt right. It was during the annual intense medical exam that it was discovered. Soon after the baby was born, it was taken away to be part of the new regime. The mother was put down for disobedience.
The father had gone into a rage and the trainees had been ordered to kill him. He took down 3 others before he was shot. By a shotgun. His. Before he pulled the trigger the boy had stared into him desperately. Charon had no idea that echo of his past would come to represent his present.
A father desperate to save his family.
Charon knew he would take down a lot more than three.
Charon had been staring into the wall for a unknown amount of time down. Both androids and Butch were now asleep. Butch rolled over and buried his head into Harkness' shoulder. Charon smirked at the view knowing that if Janet was really here she would have poked his side and whispered 'I told you.'
"Charon ?"
He looked down to find the android looking at him. He grunted in response.
"I know you hate me because I'm not her."
He gave her a look that confirmed the statement. He didn't look at her often since the revelation mostly out of anger but because it hurt too.
"But I'm sorry. I didn't know I wasn't her till you did. Their plan was meant to be so secure that even the decoy wasn't in on it."
The android smirked but Charon scowled. He didn't find this as a great moment to laugh.
"I'm remembering more " she whispered "in here." She tapped her head. "Diagrams, robotic parts, people, plans."
"What kind of plans ?" Charon asks intrigued.
"To do with them."
Charon stared at her and stated slowly.
"Tell. Me. What. They. Are."
The android whimpered and pulles her knees to her chin.
"I dreamt them they woke me up.... But I know their real."
Charon did nothing but scowl so she continued.
"Janet will be kept under sedation till the baby is born. I don't think she even knows that she's been taken. It makes it easier to test on them...."
"THEY'VE STARTED ?!" Charon roared. He had stupidly assumed it would happen once she had given birth. Harkness and Butch woke up and drew their weapons. Finding no danger they put them away and gave them an enquiring look.
"She's remembering. They've already started testing on them." Charon spoke angrily.
Harkness' sat with his mouth agape in horror and Butch shouted out.
"That's not cool man !"
"They don't know what Janet is. She has a thing in her."
"The FEV."
"They are looking to see what it does to her. They'll do all sort of experiments to get their results. The baby....." the android chocked "they don't know what the baby is or what it will come out like. They want it because of its unusual conception... They'll check for stuff like.... Limb repair, bone repair, pain endurance."
The android was crying now and the room was silent in horror.
Butch had heard and seen a lot of terrifying things since leave the vault. But none ever matched, until the day he died, the primal and ferocious roar Charon gave at that moment.