Charon heard it at the same time everyone else did. They crying. The high pitched cry for food, attention, anything. Everyone else heard it as a noise Charon heard it as so much more. It reached into his chest and twisted.
The group caught the attention of two guards and they charged. Charon roared and grabbed the first guard that reached him. He gripped him by the neck and slammed him hard against the wall. When the wind was knocked out of the guard, Charon reached for the knife from his boot and quickly slit his throat.
His chest rumbled with a roar and he quickly disposed of the second guard. The group, with Desmond leading, continued down the long clean corridors.
"What way now ?" Harkness shouted.
"Left !!" Desmond replied.
Butch watched Harkness with particular worry. He always had known he was an android but seeing him in action taking out men before they had even brought out their weaponry made the fact hit home. His eyes shone with a metallic blue and seemed to be forever calculating.
"Hey." he said grabbing the android arm. "Don't forget who you are."
The man reached up and stroked Butch's face.
"Never."
A young man in a lab coat came running out of a room. He was covered in his blood and his eyes darted wildly. He caught sight of Charon and mouthed the words 'no'.
Charon grabbed a piping next to him. His legs swung round and wrapped around the lab coats neck. When Charon let go of the pipe he put all of his weight into his legs and slammed down on the mans neck.
No fights in the wasteland compared to this. This was more than just protecting Janet. This was family and this was contract.
He kicked open the door from which the man had came from and roared. A man sat holding onto Janet.
His Janet. She was covered in her own blood and entirely unconscious. Her body was limp in the scientists arms.
"I know who you are." he spoke.
Charon simply replied by leaping from the door and strangling the man. His other hand grabbed for Janet pulling her closer to him. Finding sweet relief when he felt her heart beat hammering against his.
"Subject 10." the man groaned.
"That's who I WAS" Charon spat.
His hand held tighter against the mans neck turning his face from a light pink to a deep red.
"Help me !!" he cried to Desmond noticing his colleague.
"Why ?" the ghoul replied simply.
Charon held onto his neck until he man stopped twitching. The life left him and he stared unseeing. Graham was dead.
The room was littered with blood and bodies. Janet had out up a fight. Good girl.
Charon turned his full attention to his smoothskin. If Charon was an orbiting moon, she was his planet.
He held her close to his chest. Slightly distressed at the lack of bump and blood down her leg. He scanned the room and found signs of that there had been a baby there at one point. He growled and returned his attention to Janet.
"Honey please wake up." he mumbled kissing her forehead and smoothing her hair down. She groaned into his chest and her eyes fluttered open.
"You came for me." she whispered in pain.
"Ofcourse I did."
"Save him." her breathing was deep and laboured.
"A boy ?" Charon replied.
The girl simply nodded silently joining the ghoul in his simple tears.
"They will watch me." she pointed towards Butch and Harkness. Who nodded.
"I love you so much." He groaned into her hair. He kissed her damp forehead clutching her closer.
"For good or for ill." Janet groaned.
She grabbed his wrist as he went to leave.
"Charon. He is worth so much more than your contract remember that."
Charon nodded and kissed the hand that held tightly onto him.
"Go." Janet spoke softly, squeezing his hand before releasing him.
Charon turned around to the door to find the android staring at him sadly. It had really hit home for her there, she wasn't her. Watching the man you love caress another woman when your brain and heart is telling you that you love him is very painful. So this is what it felt like to be human.
Bumps (12a/20)
The group caught the attention of two guards and they charged. Charon roared and grabbed the first guard that reached him. He gripped him by the neck and slammed him hard against the wall. When the wind was knocked out of the guard, Charon reached for the knife from his boot and quickly slit his throat.
His chest rumbled with a roar and he quickly disposed of the second guard.
The group, with Desmond leading, continued down the long clean corridors.
"What way now ?" Harkness shouted.
"Left !!" Desmond replied.
Butch watched Harkness with particular worry. He always had known he was an android but seeing him in action taking out men before they had even brought out their weaponry made the fact hit home. His eyes shone with a metallic blue and seemed to be forever calculating.
"Hey." he said grabbing the android arm. "Don't forget who you are."
The man reached up and stroked Butch's face.
"Never."
A young man in a lab coat came running out of a room. He was covered in his blood and his eyes darted wildly. He caught sight of Charon and mouthed the words 'no'.
Charon grabbed a piping next to him. His legs swung round and wrapped around the lab coats neck. When Charon let go of the pipe he put all of his weight into his legs and slammed down on the mans neck.
No fights in the wasteland compared to this. This was more than just protecting Janet. This was family and this was contract.
He kicked open the door from which the man had came from and roared. A man sat holding onto Janet.
His Janet. She was covered in her own blood and entirely unconscious. Her body was limp in the scientists arms.
"I know who you are." he spoke.
Charon simply replied by leaping from the door and strangling the man. His other hand grabbed for Janet pulling her closer to him. Finding sweet relief when he felt her heart beat hammering against his.
"Subject 10." the man groaned.
"That's who I WAS" Charon spat.
His hand held tighter against the mans neck turning his face from a light pink to a deep red.
"Help me !!" he cried to Desmond noticing his colleague.
"Why ?" the ghoul replied simply.
Charon held onto his neck until he man stopped twitching. The life left him and he stared unseeing. Graham was dead.
The room was littered with blood and bodies. Janet had out up a fight. Good girl.
Charon turned his full attention to his smoothskin. If Charon was an orbiting moon, she was his planet.
He held her close to his chest. Slightly distressed at the lack of bump and blood down her leg. He scanned the room and found signs of that there had been a baby there at one point. He growled and returned his attention to Janet.
"Honey please wake up." he mumbled kissing her forehead and smoothing her hair down. She groaned into his chest and her eyes fluttered open.
"You came for me." she whispered in pain.
"Ofcourse I did."
"Save him." her breathing was deep and laboured.
"A boy ?" Charon replied.
The girl simply nodded silently joining the ghoul in his simple tears.
"They will watch me." she pointed towards Butch and Harkness. Who nodded.
"I love you so much." He groaned into her hair. He kissed her damp forehead clutching her closer.
"For good or for ill." Janet groaned.
She grabbed his wrist as he went to leave.
"Charon. He is worth so much more than your contract remember that."
Charon nodded and kissed the hand that held tightly onto him.
"Go." Janet spoke softly, squeezing his hand before releasing him.
Charon turned around to the door to find the android staring at him sadly. It had really hit home for her there, she wasn't her. Watching the man you love caress another woman when your brain and heart is telling you that you love him is very painful. So this is what it felt like to be human.