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 Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 6:56 pm
((MYYY TUUUURN... woo woo... then finishing my LAST PAINTING HOMG... I don't think I can do it XD; ))
When Cherokee had driven away the first stop he made was his own home. Haphazardly he threw things into a dufflel bug, clothes, a tooth brush, some shoes, a gun... things if you asked him to recite later, he wouldn't be able to recall. His mind was elsewhere, so far elsewhere that by the time he finished through a whole pack of cigs he didn't realize it until he reached for another to find there was none left.
He frowned and tossed the empty package into the trash moving about to finish up things. He cleared out his nearly empty refridgerator, pouring out milk into the sink so it wouldn't sit and spoil. He rooted about under his bed and in the corners of his closet in search of things he might not want forgotten and found a few cigerette butts and some toys Emily had left from visits before. Tucking those few toys into his bag he then moved about his cats, touching them behind ears and on the nape of their necks in goodbye.
"It's been great, guys. The shedding, the hairballs, the smell... but just remember, it's not you. It's me. You're too good for a guy like me." He told them all as he went about the apartment complex, gifting the stray animals to boarders and those that he could not find homes for he left his door open as well as his window.
"Wherever the wind will blow ya." He told the remaining few as he emptied out the remaining stock of his cat food into their little food dishes. "Watch out for cars, alright guys?"
Cherokee then hefted up his few belongings and headed for the door, but not before stooping to pick up a striped orange and white tomcat who had been sitting regally on the bare abondonned couch where Cherokee used to spend most of his nights. He clutched it carefully in his arms, rubbing at his one ear, the other long lost to some cat battle long ago.
"You're coming with me, Clint Eastwood." He said of the battle scarred cat. "Emily'd never forgive me if I didn't at least take you."
And with that he left his room and after paying off his rent and turning in his room key was gone from the place he had been so sure he never would have left. He threw his bag in the back and placed Clint Eastwood in the front seat and drove off once more, a cigerette dangling from the corner of his mouth and a woman on his mind.
The next stop he made was a break in. Cherokee remembered her apartment well, the apartment he had spent so much time in in his younger years. The landlord remembered his face and let him in, no questions asked. He only told Cherokee that Emily's mother wasn't there. Cherokee replied:
"I won't need her."
The whole apartment stank of her, and it made him sick in his memory of it. He knew every room, mostly her own, but didn't stop as he passed it and moved into Emily's. He quickly delved into her tiny closet and unearthed a backpack from a pile of shoes and toys. He quickly stuffed it with a few good clothes, her favorite toys, a little hairbrush, and anything he was sure she would have missed. He wished he could have had stayed longer to see if there was anything he missed, but he wanted to be out before Karen arrived. This was a break in, after all. She didn't want him near her, and hardly near Emily at all.
Thinking on it as he shut the door behind him with Emily's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle back pack on his broad shoulder, he knew what he was doing... and what the consequences would be. And would it be better for Emily...? He wondered as he trotted down flights of stairs and back into the cool city air, but somehow he knew that anywhere was better than here... and if there was anything more that he wanted it was to have his daughter, the only family he had ever really known. He knew his love would be enough for her and in her older years she might thank him for it, or hate him for it, but either way his love for her would make it alright.
Getting back into his car and placing the little bag beside Clint Eastwood, he cast the cat a look. Slowly, he smiled. "We are so out of here." He said in a sober voice, and with his free hand while the other drove, he called Beatrix.
((this is a LOOONG POOOOSSST. I had so much to do -.-;;; ))
When Enzo had fallen asleep on her shoulder, Beatrix smiled warmly and snaked an arm around his shoulders, leaving her fingers to tease his lank hair. "Just like a baby." She remarked teasingly, surprised at her own affection of him.
Though, that was not the only thing that surprised her. It was also the fact she was leaving, leaving for good... leaving for good with a man who asked her to come with him. That was unlike her, very unlike her. She probably wouldn't have gone with anyone else, she mused, watching Emily pick a treat from a nearby vending machine.
They wouldn't have been worth it.
She chuckled to herself and shook her head. "I'm getting all sentimental." She muttered to herself and grinned as Emily trotted back with a Snickers bar in hand.
"Chief comin' soon?" She asked as she slid up next to Beatrix, making sure to keep her voice qiuet for Enzo.
Beatrix's phone rang just as she started to open her mouth. Smiling, she answered.
After a brief conversation she looked to Emily, who was watching her with hopeful eyes. "He's coming." She said. "And he told me to tell you he brought.. Clint Eastwood?"
((OKAY I AM SO DONE. FOR GOD SAKES ALEX! *kicks herself and runs off*))
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 7:34 pm
((YOU CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE IN YOU! *points* Hey I finished my paper in a short amount of time, you can finish a painting. >:] ))
"Your name?" The nurse asked quietly, putting on focal glasses.
"Amma Ashworth." Amma said calmly. Her head turned to look at Justin who was eyeing her cautiously, making sure his eyes remained on his mother at all times. He tugged on Joker's baggy white shirt and pointed to Amma as he said something to his father.
"She's going to see Uncle Darius, buddy." He replied and lifted the kid up. "She wants to talk to him."
"Unc won' hear her. He sleepin'." Big blue eyes cocked to the side, still watching his mom, reaching out for her. "I wanna go with Ma. I wanna go with ma!" His voice raised.
"Amma Ashworth..." The nurse nodded and waved for Amma to follow her. "Right this way Miss."
"I WANNA GO WITH MAMA!" Justin screamed fearfully when Amma walked down the hall. "MAMA I WANNA GO WITH YOU! MAMA!" Joker winced, unable to settle the boy down, he looked to Adam, seeking help. He wasn't used to dealing with him, and he was worried.
"Let him go...he won't quit. He does that when I leave too. You want me to take him?" Adam's eyes watched the two and Joker shook his head.
"Nah, you've had enough of him...I should have some responsibility-"
"MAAAAMAAAA!" Justin screamed and tears rolled down his face. "MAMA COME BACK!"
"Justin." Joker said with force and let the struggling boy down. "We're going we're going." With this said Justin fell silent, tears still running down his pale brown face. "Just...don't cry."
"Mama..."
Amma finally got to the room and the first thing she noticed was the wires and beeping. Wires stuck in Darius's wrists, up his nose, they were connected to machines, alien machines. She wanted to rip them out so he could live again. They were sucking him dry.
"Be careful, he's still recovering, so don't touch him too hard, only his hands okay?"
"Alright..." Amma walked in the room as the nurse closed the door behind her. "Darius..." her voice softened considerably as she looked down on the large form.
He appeared so tranquil and serene. His eyelids were closed, not a movement to be seen underneath and his whole dark skinned body was limp and placid. The air around him was still and his breathing unaudible. The constant beeps were the only assurance his heart was still beating. It made her sick to her stomach and she had to kneel down beside the bed, knees weak and buckling.
"Oh god...please...please don't kill him...I didn't mean to. Don't take him away because of my stupidity. He only was trying to help, he was jealous...he thought I was in danger. Don't take him!" She grabbed onto his cold hand and rested her forhead on the side of the bed. "I wasn't thinking right, I could have dealt with it another way. I love him...I love him so much...I need him to hear my voice again, to see me again, to see Justin, Joker, and Adam again. We can all move with Cherokee and them and we can live happy and all that. Just don't kill him."
"Mama?" Justin peeped, peeking through a crack in the door. "Daddy...mama's crying...daddy...she crying." His small voice broke Amma's prayer as she turned around to watch the three males in the doorway. Adam looked to the side, Joker frowned and looked to Justin, and Justin starred at Amma. "Mama, Daddy said I shouldn't cry, so you shouldn't cry too. Awright mama?"
Amma's heart clenched and she turned back around gripping Darius's hand like a life-saver. "Look at what a mess I've made. Please don't leave me. Please wake up, so we can all go together. I can't leave you here like this."
"Mama...mama." Justin walked up to her and put his small hand atop of her and Darius's. "Mama. Who you talkin'?"
His voice made tears drip down her face and she grabbed onto his small body, resting her head against his. "God. Asking him to keep your Uncle Darius alive...so we can all live together...with Mama's friends and your daddy and Uncle Adam."
"Live together?"
"Yes sweetie..." She then broke down for the third time as he hugged her tightly, talking to God for her.
"God...whoever you are...keep Unc live. Keep unc live for mama and her friends. We live together God. Where's God mama? He doesn't talk back...that rude?"
Adam walked over and took Justin away from Amma. "Let's go play outside for a bit okay?"
"Mama gonna come too?"
"She'll come later. We can take your car." The two of them left, leaving Joker and Amma alone together.
Joker stood still watching Amma cry against Darius's hand. "Ummm..."
"It's all my fault! I'm ruining everyone's life! I ruined Cherokee's, Enzo's, your's, Justin's, Adam's, and now Darius! I ruined them all Joker!" She screamed and Joker knelt down, helping her to her feet.
"No...stop being so damn selfish Amma. It's never been you. It's them, us, him. We're the ones ruining our own lives. You don't make the choices for us, we do. Okay?" Then all was silent, Amma starred down at Darius and his seemingly dead face, Joker walked out the room to go with Adam and Justin, and all Amma could think about was someone else. She felt so horrible for thinking of him now, while she watched someone she loved, sleep for who knew how long, and while she watched her family walk out the door.
"Please wake up...we can go to Georgia...with Cheroke and Enzo...and we can live in this same small neighborhood...and sleep late on humid mornings...just like you told me we'd do. Brother and Sister. Please."
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((I really shouldn't type more...but what the hell...just in case...I dunno...if anyone wants to make something happen.))
The three of them walked outside. Justin immideatly ran to the sidewalk and started moving the car here and there, completely forgetting what had happened, while Adam and Joker started walking down the side of the street, following Justin and listening to cars drive by.
"She's met someone you know." Joker spoke up, smiling at Justin who almost tripped over a small rock. "I'm happy for her...but she can't seem to do anything about it. You know she's the type to make the other person do it for her. And I think they're too similar so they'll keep expecting the other to do it, back and forth."
Adam nodded and looked up, counting the cars driving by. "She's doing this to herself..."
"Yeah...but."
"Let her figure things out. The only way she can do anything better for herself is if she gets over her selfish thinking. She's gotta do it, no one else. That's how it's always been. That's how she got this mess to her, she was selfish." He took the remote from Justin who begged him to drive the small car and began circling it and making it rev up.
"She shot Darius for him..." Joker appeared angry for a moment and then laughed when Justin pouted and tried to catch the car. "I'm jealous..."
"Don't be."
((AHHHH I HAVE TO STOP. SO many characters to play ya know? Gah...someone needs to meet up soon or I'll be typing like this forever.))
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Alandra_Noir Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:05 pm
((Haha I warn you now... This is probably going to be rather short... I'm sorta... completely and totally lacking in inspiration the past few days... XD;; ))
Upon Beatrix's wrapping her arm around his shoulder, Enzo gave a muttered sentence, and seemed to curl up mentally; the look on his face was finally one that was relaxed - something there was no possible way he could manage while conscious. Had he been able to see himself that way, he might have thought things could be alright after all.
He barely moved when Beatrix's phone rang, and only after she snapped the phone shut did he force his eyes open. He hadn't the energy to sit up properly, and hoped somewhere in the back of his muddled head that Bee didn't mind. "Wassat Cherokee?" He asked quietly, rubbing at one of his dark-rimmed eyes. The look on Emily's face was enough of an answer.
"I would guess so, yeah? Good, good. Then we'll get the hell out of here... And maybe even some sleep." The young man paused, "Clint Eastwood's coming?" His face fell a bit. That cat liked him too much... And he always thought it smelled a bit odd... Not to mention, its facial expressions were dead on to the rough and tough actor that had truthfully, scared him a bit as a kid.
Forcing himself to sit somewhat upright, he hooked an arm over the back of the bench and gave a deep, tired sigh. "Did he say if Amma was coming with him?" He asked Beatrix, finding that his hand was snaking its way around HER shoulder. He laughed at it and continued, "If not, I can leave a ticket here for her..." He was just so ready to leave... And the fact that they were actually doing it was... It was satisfying. And relieving. He could finally leave. FINALLY.
Enzo patted the spot next to him so that Emily would scoot a bit closer, "Care to share a bit of that candy bar? Uncle Enz hasn't had much to eat since the chinese food last night."
((Haha, my feet smell weird.))
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 4:22 pm
((...))
And aliens came down from the sky, swooped everyone up, and had mad sexy techno parties all night long... and by sexy... I mean they TOTALLY had sex to techno music.
((hahaha, that was for you, J. But anyway... I'M GOING TO POST TOMORROW! I am going to think of something really good to write... mhmmmm yes... COS THIS TAKES THOUGHT!!! So... for now... that's what you get XDD))
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:52 pm
((Haha that's cool man, that's cool. But it better be amazingly AWSOME! Okay? Better give us something to do. *nod nod* And I loved that post. It'd go in the hall of fame if we had one.))
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 9:25 pm
((Haha yes, along with what was it... something like
"SHADOW IS WANDERING."
XD))
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Alandra_Noir Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:15 pm
((hahaha, ok... I still couldn't think of anythin... but I thought if I typed something would come to me... SO HERE IT GOOOOESSS!! And yeah.. I WAS pretty proud of that post. NO LIE. X3))
Beatrix laughed a little, her arched brows furrowed in confusion. "Who is Clint Eastwood?" She wanted to know.
"My cat!" Emily piped in helpfully. "Chief done good!" She said happily as she thought affectionately of her beraggled pet.
"Ah." Beatrix said with a smile as she at last understood. "I see. A cat. I'm glad Cherokee remembered your kitty."
As Emily nodded her head very seriously and chomped into her candy bar, Beatrix looked back to Enzo. Slowly she shook her head. "I don't think she's coming. He didn't say a word about her... I'm a little surprised he didn't tie her up and make her come. The way he looks at her..." She ran her fingers over her mouth. "That's one man who's way far gone." She laughed humorlessly. "I feel sorry for him. She's still too lost, I think, to really love anyone." She might have felt cruel saying that, but felt it was true.
"Beautiful women are the most fickle and dangerous women on earth." She remarked with a smirk as Enzo's arm found its way around her shoulders. Beatrix happily settled her head onto Enzo's shoulder and blew a puff of air teasingly into one of his ears. "You're certaintly slick when you're tired. What else you got?"
Though, Beatrix behaved promising Enzo in her dark voice that she'd deal with him later as Emily eagerly scooted over to Enzo and offered him an end of her Snickers bar. "You're too skinny, Enz." She remarked solemnly. "I think you should have the rest. I was thinking about giving it to Clinty, but... but, but you're skinner than he is, so you can have it."
Beatrix smiled warmly. "You're a sweet kid, Em."
"I know." Emily replied shamelessly.
It wasn't too much later that Cherokee arrived at the bus station with bags in hand and a cat on his shoulders. He looked a little like he might have lost something the way he looked about as though searching for something that he had dropped and scattered and there was a forlorn line in his body, the sort of stoop that men recieve when they've lost something too soon... but when Emily had leapt from her bench and ran to meet him an unmistakeable smile spread across his face and all the shadows of grief bled away from his handsome face.
Cherokee knelt from his towering height to embrace tightly his small daughter. He buried his face into her little shoulder as he felt her little arms wrap around his neck.
"I missed you, kid." He breathed.
"I missed you too, Chief." Emily whispered, gripping at his dark hair. He felt her large smile pressed into his own shoulder and he stood with her in his arms. "But we'll be together now, Chief!" She said in a happy voice. "You won't have to miss me anymore!"
Cherokee kissed her atop her head. "You're pretty okay, kid... so I'll keep you." He whispered and scooping up their baggage he headed for Beatrix and Enzo and then for the bus that would take them away from a life they wanted left far behind.
((OKAY! SO! I have it. It'd be STUPID for Cherokee to go back after he went to all the trouble of leaving her... sooo... I SAY WE DO THIS TIME SKIP THING! Like a month or so later...? And see how that plays out. You know? Tell me if this is a bad idea~! >.< It'd be a good time for Enzo and Beatrix to develop... THAT POOR POT HEAD. And there could still be THINGS.... like... yeah... anyway... I seemed like a good idea at the time... SO IF YOU GUYS ARE A-OKAY WITH THIS I'LL TYPE MORE... yeah.))
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:21 pm
((I LOVE THAT IDEA! XD Haha I already got ideas running through my head!
Yes yes let's do it! :] *is happy you thought of that* I wouldn't have, and yeah, it'd give time for other things to happen to deepen the plot.))
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:14 pm
((BRILLANCE! I'm happy you like the idea... hahah, cos I woulda been so screwed otherwise! We'll see how Ala likes it too! *shakes her booty* But I'm sure she'll be fine with it. OH YAYS! Boy, am IIII excited.))
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:13 pm
((MMmm, time skips are like sex in water!
...*cracks up*
Yeah, sounds good to me! Did you want me to post, or were you gonna write more? But yes, time skips are good! It'll get them together right away, hahaaha but in a way that makes sense... Amma can deal with her stuff, while everyone else travels or gets settled or WHATEVER..> Yeah. GOOD THINGS GOOD THINGS *gurgles and goes to play with her Wii*))
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Alandra_Noir Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:34 am
((HAAAAHAHHAAHHA, SEX IN WATER! HAHAHA HAAAAAHAHAHHAH.
... It's too early. Xd;
AND YOU CAN SOOOO POOOOST if you have ideas. *laughs* Cos I can hold off on mine... and and... and... yeah... go ahead if you want o.o I WILL NOT STOP YOU.))
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:42 pm
((Or sexy water? :]
Anyways, how about a COUPLE months of a time skip, that way it gives more time to make stuff happen and more possibilities to work with, ya know? And gives the characters time to change, grow, what-not. Ya know?
That's just my opinion though...))
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:17 pm
((Hahah, yes! Perfect. And I shall plan more for this... THIS HAS OPENED MANY POSSIBILITESSSS!!! XDDD ))
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:29 pm
((I know, I know. x3 Hmmm I've got stuff to plan for as well! But I'm debating on a certain something. ANYWAYS...is Lala gone for the night? Or just for a while? Cause I can't wait for this to start... :[ *whines*))
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:00 pm
((She went to work so she is gone for the night... and tonight she is going to crash here acos she has no car to get to her job in the morning and I live like RIGHT by her job... so blah blah, you get it.
You can go ahead and post though. *laughs* And I'll see if I can't post and if Ala wants while I'm sleeping (cursed school) she can post! TA DAAAH! *twirls*))
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