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 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:58 pm
Alpha smiled at Leona's answer. It was finally an outside party having an opinion that made sense. Someone that saw reason and agreed to their ordeal. Finally, someone that was on their side, whatever this Shen character was, fortune had been kind enough to let him find Kravos and bring them all together. Alpha looked to Rene with a soft expression, but an inquisitive smile, "Did Pan ever explain how he and that Shen person met? I can't remember if he mentioned about him" he asked his lover. " I remember Leona explained some about him to us, but did Pan ever say what their relationship was?" he asked curiously. ~~~
Pan would arrive back at Sans Espoir, probably earlier than expected but too late to go barging in like a bull in a china shop. Pan knew that too. Walking back in, some guards didn't expect his return so soon, so they kept their guns out and at the ready. Others didn't expect back him either, but merely watched him walk down the halls. One simply pointed him to the direction he wanted to go.
Each step resonated hard for something in Pan's chest. Deep down, with fists clenched, Pan knew he had lost this battle. The thoughts flooding his mind were just as bad as Alpha's feelings of self-doubts. But these people had Carpo. He lost... And he feared that he was going to lose so much more. The small sliver of hope that remained, was the stupid belief that they'd let Carpo go. Pan wouldn't run if they let him go. On the contrary, he'd stay on his word alone, if these people would vow to let Carpo free... but that was not likely.
Pan arrived to the hallway that Ymir was standing in and walked to him with a cold and intense aura around him. Pan kept his gaze to the ground.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:13 am
"Not to me," Rene said with a soft frown," I think he told Carpo that they were friends though.. I don't really know. I just know that he seems to get sad when he comes up." As he spoke, Rene walked closer to the screen and watched as trees and snow passed by Kravos' camera. "If I remember correctly, Shen was connected to the reason Pan ended up in Sans Espoir... Kravos could you ask him?" "Huh....? Uh yeah uh no not right now, he jumped in the back to bandage up the others. A couple of them were in pretty poor shape," the man lied as he kept his eyes on the road. "Mmm.. We will have to ask him when they get back... Speaking of getting back... what are we going to do about Carpo....?" ----- Ymir looked unmoved and unsurprised by Pan's sooner than expected arrival. He thought this might happen, that was why he had insisted they get to work on the transplant right away. This way they could insure than Pan had a reason to stay rather than just take Carpo and bolt back out of here. Sighing, he listened closely to the movements behind the door for a few moments longer before finally giving Pan his full attention. "They are in the chest cavity right now.. If you want to watch and make sure they don't screw anything up, I'm sure they wouldn't protest. As barely any doctors are actually trained in heart transplants, however, I doubt you'd be of any help to them. Could tell them how to fix a cold maybe.. but that won't help much here," he said as he pushed himself off the wall and walked closer to Pan. He looked casual and relaxed, the complete opposite of earlier. "Or we could go sit somewhere and talk for a bit. What would you prefer, Doc?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:42 pm
Alpha gave a contented sigh when asked about Carpo. "I'm not sure. The most I would be able to do would locate him. The captain and her crew would still need to bring home their civilians and I can't risk their position in some outlandish attempt to save only one of our members... And Pan is involved now. I don't know Rene, but with all the others coming back in tatters... I think Carpo is on his own.. " The place where the words were coming from weren't normal for Alpha to say. Sure he was saying them from a standpoint of leadership, but he was still pissed at the actions the other two did on their own. Maybe to Rene, the choice seemed like it was out of petty vengeance but deep down, Alpha's anger was helping him see the bigger picture. ~~ Pan shifted uncomfortably at the description Ymir was giving. He was obviously trying to get under his skin. His methods were working, but Pan didn't want to give him the entire satisfaction of being impacted like this. "I'd rather just wait here." He muttered, keeping his gaze to the ground. Calling him Doc and pestering him was only making Pan more depressed than angry. But when the silence ensued, Pan tried hard to focus on any other noise than the sounds going on in the operating. The scraping of metal and flesh and even the sound of the bone saw all made Pan's heart stop. But what if they were putting something in him that didn't belong inside a chest cavity?! Pan tried hard to listen for those sounds. Pan seemingly began to forget that Ymir was even there.
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 1:24 am
Rene frowned slightly at his words, but didn’t argue. After all, he was right, Carpo would be hard to rescue... This wasn’t like what normally happened in Sans Espoir where they could just pop in and hack or secret passage their way out once they got what they needed.... They didn’t have Kravos in there with his vast knowledge of the place and Carpo was in a highly restricted area of which they had only seen after getting caught up with Pan...
Kravos and Leona also frowned, but also said nothing about Alphas judgement. Instead Kravos merely opened his mouth to enlighten them as to what he knew. “Well, they did say that they would release him if Pan came back to the prison..,..” he said as he continued watching the trees passed by,” I’m not sure that they’ll keep to their word though....”
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Pan would hear no ticking time bombs or dropped wrenches. Instead he’d just hear the sounds typical of surgery: the scraping, cutting, and clinking. It seemed
like everything was going well, but it was hard to tell. After all, nobody had done this sort of surgery for decades because people were just born with better hearts... Heart defects and the like had been cut out of dna almost completely and anyone born with them was usually naturally born.... It was a wonder that anyone would know how to do this actually, making it seem all the more likely that they had planned for this well in advance.
Any thoughts Pan was having would be quickly interrupted as Ymir, annoyed with Pans behavior, chose the flick him on the side of the head. “I know it seemed like was giving you a choice to do what you want, but it wasn’t. You can’t just stand there. Either you go in there and feel comforted by the fact that things seem to be going well or sit with me and talk about stuff,” he said as he stepped in front of him, getting a bit closer to him,” they don’t want you just standing around and getting stressed out. They want you distracted and calm so that this process can be a painless as possible.”
As he spoke, Pan could hear a voice over the headset scolding the young man for being so blunt and telling him the flat out truth behind their intentions. They had intended for him to be more subtle about it, so that Pan wouldn’t be suspicious of some ulterior motive that just simply wasn’t there.
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 5:28 pm
Alpha frowned at that information. "Of course they would. Look, after everything we found out about Pan, we can't take the risk of simply giving Pan to those monsters." Alpha was well aware of what he was saying in front of the captain. Whether she was shocked or not, Alpha continued. " Who knows what they would do..." he confessed, unaware that Pan wasn't even in the vehicle anymore. ~~ Pan was irritated with the flicking, but was ready to ignore it until Ymir kept talking. His gaze traveled from the operating room door to pierce cold eyes the wolf man. His eyes widened at the voice on the other end of the ear piece. His blood was searing as the anger bubbled inside him. He knew he couldn't start making a mess while Carpo's rib cage was open to the operators' mercy. But he feared now what this people were going to do. Calm? How the hell did they think this any of this process would keep Pan calm?! His eyes twinkled with raging anger as he crossed his arms across his chest and walked to the operating room doors, turned towards Ymir and just stood there. '' You wanna talk? Start talking... " Pan was clearly aggravated and now on high alert, the exact opposite of what Ymir asked for. And Pan could hear everything.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:39 am
Kravos did not and would not bring up the fact that he knew that Pan was missing. He was too tired to deal with the consequences of such an action at this point. He was a bit concerned though... “What’s so special about Pan,” he asked, taking the words right out of Leo’s mouth. They had both know than Shen watched over Pan but they both figured that was because of his status as a doctor. Did he know some weird genetic secret...? —— Ymir smiled at the change in emotion and at the fact that the rabbit was no longer so solemn. His boss did not seem amused, but he ignored her and continued on. “Ah see lookit that. Much better,” he said as he watched the rage boil under his skin in amusement,” you know you really shouldn’t be so worried. This is the best care Carpo has gotten in his whole life. Much better than the super glue and rag bandages he’s used to.” Pan, unsurprisingly did not look comforted or relaxed by that. “Look, if we wanted him dead, he’d be dead. We would have no reason to pull a ruse with you. He’s getting a heart, a real nice non exploding heart so that you can rest a little bit easier at night and get everything done that we need you to do,” he said as he watched Pan closing, trying to determine whether or not he was calming down,” another country declared war on us Pan... They think we took one of their leaders and are threatening to tear our whole infrastructure apart to get him. And sure this government has done a lot of s**t, but not that. It’s our job to defend this country so our civilians don’t have to think about it. Lord knows that if they even tried to process it, their heads would explode.” “
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:27 am
"It's complicated. I'll explain more to you when you get here." He stated bluntly. Now was not the time to - or attempt to- explain all that's really going on. "And It'll be easier to show you and when Pan is here" Alpha remembered the things that Zedd, Carpo and he saw on the secret video files ~~ Pan frowned at Ymir and then relaxed his features. He sighed " As long as you keep your word and leave him unharmed, I said I'd cooperate. Although I don't understand why a city like this, that had me and my friends killed and arrested should expect a failed experiment to help them..." He challenged. His anger beginning to cool. "Why are you telling me this? What's in this for you? An easier attack on the 'enemy'? Well aren't you lucky... " Pan frowned, and couldn't look Ymir in the eye anymore. The other just wanted to tick him off, and Pan's usual passive demeanor was surprisingly forward with out a raging TR trying to break through. "This city deserves to have what's coming to it. Stealing a world leader doesn't seem so farfetched for something these people would do for power..." Pan couldn't help but scoff, his shining pink eyes glancing over Ymir up and down, "Just look at us..." All the while, Pan was trying his best to theorize what these monsters were planning to do with Carpo. The worst idea being that Carpo would be trained as a soldier and thrown into the front lines of whatever war this was supposed to be. But it seemed unlikely, since Pan would easily protect him... Pan's head struggled to wrap his around the future.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:56 am
Kravos went quiet at that, wondering if he really could keep him and Pan's deal a secret from Alpha. Hopefully Alpha would be so wrapped up with head counts and such that he would forget to drill him? Not likely, but he could hope right? The man drove on for a few moments longer before the building came into sight. Leona and Rene waited there for him and Leona's eyes lit up as the vehicle came into view. Once parked and out of the car, he hardly had time to adjust to walking on the snow before, Leona implanted herself into his arms. "Whoa," he uttered out of surprise before chuckling and hugging her back. "We're here guys," he called to the others before setting his chin atop Leona's head.. It was good to be back... ~~ "You aren't a failed experiment Pan...," he began to argue, as if to console the other, but he quickly stopped himself. He had to remember, this wasn't TR, this was Pan. And being a "failed experiment" was not what concerned him.... It was the other stuff... The gray haired man frowned as Pan went on, but did not say a word as he continued. It was only when the man started to talk so carelessly and uncompassionately that he finally spoke up, a look of irritation appearing on his features. "Hey! You watch your tongue! This city does not deserve a war Pan. Those people are innocent! And if a war comes to them, they could die. Heck, we all could die, both the good and the bad," he practically barked at him," and what do you mean, look at us? I-" "Watch your temper, Ymir." Mother's voice called over the intercom, in a metallic sounding voice. It seemed that whomever had been speaking in Ymir's headset earlier had lost their patience with him and had called in the big guns to attempt to shame him. "Ah ******** off," he yelled as he pulled his earpiece out and chucked in at the speaker. It appeared as though their attempt had not worked...
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:01 am
Alpha followed the captain with Rene by his side and couldn't help but smile with a surprised reaction at Leona's embrace of their colleague. It seemed to somewhat confirm any suspicion that Kravos and her were close. He looked to Rene with a heartfelt gaze, kissed him on the cheek, and then gestured to the back of the truck. The snow made their breath visible. With Rene's help, Alpha hoped to get his team inside easily. He opened the latches on the back of the truck and called inside, " Everyone okay?" he asked, only to here a cry of sorrowful relief! The others inside were cold and ragged, beaten and bruised, but seemed alive. Luna and several others would see Alpha and Rene and with a burst of energy leap to them with joyous tears in their eyes, wailing about how happy they were to see them. Alpha was helping some out of the truck when the others leapt to dog pile him in happiness of a familiar face. Fear was beginning to subside from some of their faces, as the idea of danger was slowly leaving their minds. Even Alpha was beginning to feel some confidence again and tears were welling up in his eyes as well. ________ The sounding of Mother calling from the intercom made all of Pan's hairs stand on end. His eyes widened at her voice and he was left frozen. He only breathed again when Ymir growled and threw his ear piece. His heart was now practically stuck in his throat and his breath shuttered. He hadn't thought about that hold that Mother could still have on him. But so much was different now. Pan now knew the outside and bigger world, and saw the lies his home had told. But Mother was such an important aspect, if not now a breathtakingly terrifying one. Her voice echoed and lingered in his mind. It had seemed so long since he heard her familiar voice, but now instead of admiring it and loving her welcoming sound, he felt nothing but confusion and frustration.
Tears silently fell down his cheeks, out of his glittering pink eyes, and onto the floor. Why was he made? A monster? A soldier? He certainly wasn't a doctor. And now a war?! Pan did his best to wipe his tears away. This time they fell without Carpo, but he longed for his lover's comforting scent and embrace. Or any embrace. At this point, what Ymir said seemed true and Pan was shaking slightly. As much as he longed to hold Carpo and keep him close, he knew deep down that everything he knew and loved was going to go away somehow... one way or another.
"........... What's going to happen to us........?
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:56 pm
Rene smiled at Alphas gesture and walked over to the back of the truck with him, smiling as the worry slowly faded from his loved ones face. Upon opening the door he smiled at the number inside. There numbers had dwindled considerably from the original amount.... but there was so many more than he thought there would be.. The entire ride over, he’d worried that hardly anyone would be left. A few tears welled up in his eyes as he started to help a few of them out and started falling as soon as he received his first hug. He was so happy to finally have his family mostly back together... “I um... I cooked some things inside while you guys were heading over, so you would have something to eat.,” he said to the lot as he tried to wipe the tears out of his eyes, only to smile as a few of them dog piled Alpha. ——- Ymir glared at the speaker for a few more moments before turning back to look at Pan. He was... crying? He wasn’t supposed to be crying. Had he seriously gotten upset over what he had said..? No. Not possible Pan wouldn’t care about what he’d said or that he’d been scolded. It had to be something else. Ymir couldn’t figure it out though and the fact that he was crying made him uncomfortable... He hadn’t seen that happen since they were young... The gray haired man went silent as he watched Pan, trying to figure out what to do or say. Just as he thought of something though, a doctor exited, looking rather calm. “The procedure is going well. Carpo seems to be doing fine,” she said as she looked dispassionately to Pan,” they have a question for me to ask you Pan. Why are you crying? This should be a happy moment for you?”
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:59 pm
The others cheered, some just smiled at the thought of having of a hot meal with friends. All were beginning to feel safe again. For the time being it felt safe. Luna looked over after her moment of cheerfulness and saw the way Kravos held Leona. Alpha noticed her staring and put a hand on her shoulder, to keep her distracted. He assumed he knew what happened to her boyfriend
"Come on, lets get you out of the cold..." he called to everyone. Reaching a hand to Luna and waving to Rene to bring everyone inside.
Alpha would help gather the others inside, smiling to Kravos after a good 10 minutes after he arrived before noticing.
"Hey... where's Pan?" he asked Rene and then looked to Kravos. Luna, who despite being rather bruised herself, had composed herself enough to help others out of the cold.
"You mean that loud sound from earlier wasn't him?" she asked, referring to the moment Pan jumped out of the truck. To Alpha, Kravos had done a well enough job keeping the moment hidden, he assumed that the truck ran over rock...
Alpha's eyes widened and eyebrows lifted. ".... What?"
The happy mood was gone again.
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Pan whipped his around to the doctor that came out and quickly wiped his tears. He didn't smile but the relief from hearing the news was obvious when he spoke.
"No - I ... I am glad... " he breathed. "C..... Can I see him?" he asked the surgeon, calmly. He still felt that overwhelming feeling of confusion from Mother's voice, but the idea of Carpo being able to breathe without being burdened, seemed to make him forget about Ymir for only a moment.
Still... the previous warning from earlier didn't leave his mind. Was he never going to see Carpo again? As long as he was safe, that's all that matters! Is what Pan thought and would like to keep thinking. The deal would be off if they wanted to start experiments again on his lover!
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:57 am
Kravos and Leo held each other for a few moments longer, just lingering in the joy of reunion. Leo then gave him a quick peck to the cheek before finally letting the man go. “Go help your friends,” she said with a small smile,” I have to get some paperwork ready for them.” With that said, the giant of a man began to help his friends inside. He was just about to carry one of the more injured rebels to the foyer when Alpha inevitably noticed that Pan was gone. Kravos turned as he felt his gaze on him and then scanned the crowd, as if searching for Pan. After a few seconds of that, he frowned and shrugged. “That loud bang was him, that was when he went to the back to help patch up some of the worse off. He must’ve not been able to get. back on due to how fast I was driving,” he said as he looked to Alpha, not a bit worried about being caught in his lie,” I’m sure he’ll catch up eventually.” Rene bit his lip at this and looked to the direction the rebels had come from. “I wonder if he got lost... If you would like I can go look for him Alpha,” the blond posed to their leader, a concerned look upon his face. As one of the more able at the moment,” he was more than willing to do so. —- “Not quite yet. His chest cavity is still open as they still have to reconnect the ribs and reposition the lungs. Soon though. Maybe another hour or so? He should be all together and confirmed for complete stability then,” she said with a soft smile. Her expressions and words were practiced, mechanical even. It was like how many people were in this society, a sharp contrast to how the rebels and Ymir behaved. “Would you like some tea, or something to eat? I know your stomach may feel upset at the very idea, but I’m sure it would be good for you, what with your increased metabolism.”
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:55 pm
Staring hard at Kravos with a sort of hurt grin and clenched teeth, Alpha took in a deep breath and sighed. He shook his head at the lie, unable to look at Kravos. Everything was just beginning to settle down, though. Alpha didn't want to explode in front of everyone who just went through the traumatic events at Sans Espoir. Still... he did not like Kravos lying to him. "Really..." he wasn't asking a question.
Annoyed, Alpha ran his hands through his hair and rubbed his face. After Rene spoke aloud, Alpha shook his head. "No.. uh... Can you just make sure everyone gets some food in their stomach's .. er something... I... uh.. I'll go look for him ..." he scowled and huffed, taking hardy steps back outside. He knew Pan wasn't out there, but after everything he had just finished explaining to Kravos, he had only hoped that Kravos would have taken some of it seriously... but at least Kravos cared enough about his team to keep them safe.
Alpha was putting was so deep in thought, he wouldn't have noticed if Rene decided to follow him or do as he asked. Of course, Rene was capable to do both, but should the blonde man follow him outside, he'd find a very upset Alpha.
The man had pulled his long hair up in a higher ponytail out of frustration. Trudging in the cold was a walk in the park as he marched back to the truck. The cold wind was beginning to pick up. Alpha was walking towards the back of the truck, searching for any sign that Kravos could have possibly been telling the truth. Of course he didn't know what to expect. There was some bandages back there but that could've come from the others. He paced for a minute, then from the outside of the vehicle, a loud crash could be heard, along with a frustrated grunt. Alpha had kicked out the side of the truck and kept doing so, making dents all along the side. He stopped when punched the back window, and no dent was made, just pain in his fist. He winced back, and assessed his hand. No broken bone and nothing was bleeding. He growled and calmed down, just facing out to look at the front seats. And there, on the passenger seat was an envelope with his name on it..
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Pan inhaled a sharp breath at the description. Never had he done something like that. Maybe he put a cast on some people and helped fix broken bones, but he couldn't recall ever having to open someone up to that extent. His stomach turned at the imagery.
Then the doctor, very pointedly asked if he would like something to eat... what? Why was she being so kind to him? Or maybe Pan was mistaking it for kindness. Confusion was setting in again and he frowned. He did feel thirsty and famished, but none of what he felt was important. He would only eat or do anything until he knew Carpo was safe and recoverying
"N-No thank you... " he replied quietly. "I'll wait here... " he added. Pan turned from the doctor and found that Ymir was still there. He made eye contact with him once, but quickly pulled his eyes away to look at the ground. Pan didn't want to cause more any more trouble and just knowing that Carpo was lying in that operating room with his chest cavity wide open was an image that made Pan feel vulnerable and helpless. Still... he had to hope that this would be worth it.
Leaning quietly against the wall, Pan felt the urge to find anything to distract himself from thinking about Carpo... so his mind went to Ymir. Ymir. Was making this all the more confusing. Why did Mother yell at him? Pan was staring now. It seems foolish to let someone like Ymir, a loose canon, to handle someone delicate and dangerous like Carpo. Or to keep quiet on certain things, which he seemed to be failing at...
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