One Chance 1/4
After the band hears from Magnus, Skwisgaar convinces Jamie to help him go to try to rescue Toki on their own. (Quick info on who Jamie is under the cut for those who need it.)
Warning: Murder
Disclaimer: I do not own them, and all that stuff.
x-posted to i_hates_you
Jamie info: Jamie was a very close physical match for Skwisgaar, they met in a bar a long time ago and came up with this arrangement. Jamie had a few plastic surgeries to make his face match, grew out his hair, and moved into Mordhaus. Skwisgaar started dressing in his current fashion at that time, and they would trade the skull belt for the gear hood and switch out when Skwis wanted a break.
Jamie refuses to give a last name, or any background information except that he was once an actor and is not wanted by authorities for anything. He speaks without an accent when being himself, but can copy most people’s speech if he chooses. When he’s in full Skwisgaar mode, even Toki can’t tell them apart.
For many years, they kept their deal a secret. Eventually Charles found out, but has allowed the arrangement to continue. He did put Jamie on the books as an official Klokateer, using the number Skwisgaar had given him as a joke. (6-3-6, because it was close to s-e-x.) He isn’t branded.
Toki knows about him, and likes to hang out with him sometimes. Jamie doesn’t use his Skwisgaar voice when they do. The others were told at one point, but they forgot. Jamie can’t play guitar, and Skwisgaar calls him Jays.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jamie slipped into Skwisgaar’s room and shut the door. “Hey, what’s up? What did he say?”
Skwisgaar was pacing back and forth in front of his window, he didn’t stop. “He ams saysing dat we all meets him dere tomorrows and he gives us Toki back.”
“Well that’s good news, right?”
“No! I knows how he ams, I knows what he ams plannings! He wants to kills him in fronts of us, dat stupids revenge t’ing! Den he gives him back.” He finally stopped pacing and faced Jamie. “But I gots an ideas, and I needs you’s help.”
Jamie crossed his arms. “Tell me.”
~an hour later~
They headed down to the garages together, Jamie wearing his hood and carrying a spare belt in a bag. He needed to be just another gear until they were safely away from the haus.
Picking an SUV for the roomy backseat, they climbed in and headed out. They were stopped at the gate of course, but Skwisgaar was the boss (one of them anyway) and they were allowed to pass.
It was a two hour drive to the location they’d been given, and they were hoping Magnus hadn’t lied about being alone there. He’d sworn that if he was ambushed Toki would die, and they believed him. Tomorrow the band would go. Tonight, Skwisgaar would get there first.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to do this? I’m the actor after all, and he’s not going to know the difference.”
“I’s sure, I has to be de one dat does it. For whats he dids to Toki...”
Jamie pulled the truck over, removed his hood and stuffed it in the glove box. He shook out his hair and put on the belt. “Okay, but if you change your mind just give me some sign and I’ll take over.”
Skwisgaar just nodded, he had no plans to change his mind. He just hoped Toki would be alert enough not to give Jamie away.
They rode the rest of the way in silence.
The building was surprisingly difficult to find, even with the directions Skwisgaar had stolen and their GPS. It was hard to tell what it’s original purpose had been, but now it looked like some odd shed/house hybrid. The blinds were closed, but there was a light on and no sign of guards.
Jamie put the truck in park and shut it off. “If we don’t make it out, it was nice knowing you.”
Skwisgaar just nodded, and they both got out and went to the door. Skwisgaar knocked and they stepped back, assuming that Magnus would be too curious about there being two of them to waste them on sight.
Magnus cracked the door, leaving the chain on. “I said tomorrow! What is the meaning of this?!”
“I comes to talks to you wit’out de udders. I wants to t’anks you, if you didn’ts take dat stupid Toki aways den I would never has gots to has dis clones.”
“Thank me?” The door briefly closed, then opened fully. “Okay I want to hear this, you might as well come in. Both of you.”
Jamie held out his hand. “Hellos Magnus, I ams Skwisgaar too. I’s heard so much abouts you.”
“You named him after yourself? Isn’t that confusing?”
Skwisgaar shrugged. “He ams me, and dat ams mine name.”
Inside, the building was very open. There were a couple doors on one side that probably led to a bathroom or closets, a ratty couch, a chair, and a couple beds against the back wall. A tiny kitchenette was in the far corner.
And Toki was on one of the beds, he was awake but looked terrible. Skwisgaar wondered if he really could go through with this, it was going to be harder than he’d thought. Jamie could do it... But no. They had once chance here, if they failed he wanted no one to blame but himself.
Magnus took the chair, motioning for them to it on the couch. They did so, as he looked back and forth between them in awe. Somehow, Skwisgaar really had cloned himself!
“Okay Skwisgaar, tell me why you’re here.”
“Because you calls and says dat you ams givings Toki back tomorrows. I don’ts wants him back, all he does is drags de band down.”
Magnus considered this. “I don’t believe you.”
“I didn’t t’inks you woulds, but it ams de truth. I gots dis guy now, he ams the bestest too, and we don’ts need nobodies else.”
“Well maybe I should just kill him right now then, how about that?” Magnus pulled out his ever-present knife, caressing the blade.
Skwisgaar didn’t hesitate. “I wish you woulds! You has no idea how much I hates him!”
Magnus turned to the other Skwisgaar. What about you, do you want him dead too?”
“I never even meets de guy, why de fucks woulds I care abouts him? But I wants to plays wit’ Dethklok, and if dey gets him back, dey amsn’t goings to lets me. So ja, kills him, fines wit’ me.”
“You’re both sure?” Magnus’ grin was taking on that familiar homicidal edge.
Skwisgaar nodded. “I hates him more dan you can even imagines.” He really hoped Toki was listening, nobody else knew how they used that word, what it meant to them.
“Let’s do this! It’s not what I originally had in mind, but I like it!” He stood and walked back to loom over Toki, who tried unsuccessfully to cringe away. He held the knife high, and paused. “You’re serious. You’re not going to stop me?”
It was show time, and Skwisgaar was determined to get through this. “Actuallies, can I does it? I wants to, and it amsn’t like dey’s going to ever pins it on me.”
“I guess you grew some balls since the old days!” He considered it. “Yeah, it would be pretty sweet to watch you kill him.”
Other Skwisgaar stood up. “Cans I watches too?”
“Ja I don’ts care, comes over here.”
Jamie moved in close to watch, and Magnus handed the knife over to Skwisgaar.
Skwisgaar took a deep breath, focusing on Toki’s side because he couldn’t bear to look him in the face. He should say something, it was probably expected. “Toki, you ams a big crybaby dildos and I really really really hates you so much.” He raised the knife high like Magnus had. It was all about speed now, if he wasn’t fast enough they were all fucked.
Well he would just have to be fast enough, after all, this was the most important performance of his life.
Skwisgaar brought the knife down, swerving at the last second and driving it into Magnus instead.
Magnus punched him hard, knocking him back to stumble into the corner of the bed and fall to the floor. Yanking the knife free, a still way too alive Magnus pounced.
But Jamie was there, kicking him off target and making him drop the knife, and together they subdued him.
While Jamie attached Magnus to the chair with some duct tape he’d found, Skwisgaar went to Toki. He really didn’t look good at all, but at least he was alive. Skwisgaar lay a gentle hand on one too warm cheek. “Toki?”
“Hi Skwisgaar.” Toki leaned into the hand weakly, trying to smile. “I hates you too.”
“Hey Skwisgaar, what do you want to do with this bastard?” He’d even taped Magnus’s mouth shut, a nice touch.
“He ams mine. Takes Toki to de trucks and waits for me, dis won’ts take long.”
Jamie shook his head. “No, I’m afraid I’ll hurt him if I try. We'll take him together, then you can do whatever you have to.” He walked over. “Hi Toki, you’re not looking so hot.”
“Hi Jamie. I’s been betters.”
Carefully, they eased Toki to his feet and carried him out. They worked him into the back seat, it wasn’t long enough for him to completely stretch out but big enough to not be uncomfortable.
Jamie climbed back into the driver’s seat and Skwisgaar went back inside.
He wasn’t gone long, he was too worried about getting Toki to the doctors to draw it out but he still made Magnus deeply regret ever existing in the first place.
Covered in blood that wasn’t his own, Skwisgaar climbed silently into the truck and they headed for home.
Other than worried glances into the back seat to make sure Toki was hanging in there, they didn’t interact.
A few miles from Mordhaus, Skwisgaar finally spoke. “Jays, t’anks for helpsing us. Wit’out you dere too, he probablies would has killeds us both.”
“I’m just relieved your crazy plan actually worked.”
Back in the garage, Jamie put on his hood and slipped away.
After calling for help, Skwisgaar moved to stand in the now open back door at Toki’s head. “Dey’s going to fixes you all ups, don’ts worry.”
“Nots worried, you saves me. Stays with me?”
“Dey’s not going to lets me be in dere if dey does surgery, but when I cans be, I stays.”
Toki slowly reached up a hand and Skwisgaar took it, lacing their fingers together. When the medics came and loaded him on a stretcher, Skwisgaar walked alongside still holding his hand.
Everything would be okay.
continued...
Warning: Murder
Disclaimer: I do not own them, and all that stuff.
x-posted to i_hates_you
Jamie info: Jamie was a very close physical match for Skwisgaar, they met in a bar a long time ago and came up with this arrangement. Jamie had a few plastic surgeries to make his face match, grew out his hair, and moved into Mordhaus. Skwisgaar started dressing in his current fashion at that time, and they would trade the skull belt for the gear hood and switch out when Skwis wanted a break.
Jamie refuses to give a last name, or any background information except that he was once an actor and is not wanted by authorities for anything. He speaks without an accent when being himself, but can copy most people’s speech if he chooses. When he’s in full Skwisgaar mode, even Toki can’t tell them apart.
For many years, they kept their deal a secret. Eventually Charles found out, but has allowed the arrangement to continue. He did put Jamie on the books as an official Klokateer, using the number Skwisgaar had given him as a joke. (6-3-6, because it was close to s-e-x.) He isn’t branded.
Toki knows about him, and likes to hang out with him sometimes. Jamie doesn’t use his Skwisgaar voice when they do. The others were told at one point, but they forgot. Jamie can’t play guitar, and Skwisgaar calls him Jays.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jamie slipped into Skwisgaar’s room and shut the door. “Hey, what’s up? What did he say?”
Skwisgaar was pacing back and forth in front of his window, he didn’t stop. “He ams saysing dat we all meets him dere tomorrows and he gives us Toki back.”
“Well that’s good news, right?”
“No! I knows how he ams, I knows what he ams plannings! He wants to kills him in fronts of us, dat stupids revenge t’ing! Den he gives him back.” He finally stopped pacing and faced Jamie. “But I gots an ideas, and I needs you’s help.”
Jamie crossed his arms. “Tell me.”
~an hour later~
They headed down to the garages together, Jamie wearing his hood and carrying a spare belt in a bag. He needed to be just another gear until they were safely away from the haus.
Picking an SUV for the roomy backseat, they climbed in and headed out. They were stopped at the gate of course, but Skwisgaar was the boss (one of them anyway) and they were allowed to pass.
It was a two hour drive to the location they’d been given, and they were hoping Magnus hadn’t lied about being alone there. He’d sworn that if he was ambushed Toki would die, and they believed him. Tomorrow the band would go. Tonight, Skwisgaar would get there first.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to do this? I’m the actor after all, and he’s not going to know the difference.”
“I’s sure, I has to be de one dat does it. For whats he dids to Toki...”
Jamie pulled the truck over, removed his hood and stuffed it in the glove box. He shook out his hair and put on the belt. “Okay, but if you change your mind just give me some sign and I’ll take over.”
Skwisgaar just nodded, he had no plans to change his mind. He just hoped Toki would be alert enough not to give Jamie away.
They rode the rest of the way in silence.
The building was surprisingly difficult to find, even with the directions Skwisgaar had stolen and their GPS. It was hard to tell what it’s original purpose had been, but now it looked like some odd shed/house hybrid. The blinds were closed, but there was a light on and no sign of guards.
Jamie put the truck in park and shut it off. “If we don’t make it out, it was nice knowing you.”
Skwisgaar just nodded, and they both got out and went to the door. Skwisgaar knocked and they stepped back, assuming that Magnus would be too curious about there being two of them to waste them on sight.
Magnus cracked the door, leaving the chain on. “I said tomorrow! What is the meaning of this?!”
“I comes to talks to you wit’out de udders. I wants to t’anks you, if you didn’ts take dat stupid Toki aways den I would never has gots to has dis clones.”
“Thank me?” The door briefly closed, then opened fully. “Okay I want to hear this, you might as well come in. Both of you.”
Jamie held out his hand. “Hellos Magnus, I ams Skwisgaar too. I’s heard so much abouts you.”
“You named him after yourself? Isn’t that confusing?”
Skwisgaar shrugged. “He ams me, and dat ams mine name.”
Inside, the building was very open. There were a couple doors on one side that probably led to a bathroom or closets, a ratty couch, a chair, and a couple beds against the back wall. A tiny kitchenette was in the far corner.
And Toki was on one of the beds, he was awake but looked terrible. Skwisgaar wondered if he really could go through with this, it was going to be harder than he’d thought. Jamie could do it... But no. They had once chance here, if they failed he wanted no one to blame but himself.
Magnus took the chair, motioning for them to it on the couch. They did so, as he looked back and forth between them in awe. Somehow, Skwisgaar really had cloned himself!
“Okay Skwisgaar, tell me why you’re here.”
“Because you calls and says dat you ams givings Toki back tomorrows. I don’ts wants him back, all he does is drags de band down.”
Magnus considered this. “I don’t believe you.”
“I didn’t t’inks you woulds, but it ams de truth. I gots dis guy now, he ams the bestest too, and we don’ts need nobodies else.”
“Well maybe I should just kill him right now then, how about that?” Magnus pulled out his ever-present knife, caressing the blade.
Skwisgaar didn’t hesitate. “I wish you woulds! You has no idea how much I hates him!”
Magnus turned to the other Skwisgaar. What about you, do you want him dead too?”
“I never even meets de guy, why de fucks woulds I care abouts him? But I wants to plays wit’ Dethklok, and if dey gets him back, dey amsn’t goings to lets me. So ja, kills him, fines wit’ me.”
“You’re both sure?” Magnus’ grin was taking on that familiar homicidal edge.
Skwisgaar nodded. “I hates him more dan you can even imagines.” He really hoped Toki was listening, nobody else knew how they used that word, what it meant to them.
“Let’s do this! It’s not what I originally had in mind, but I like it!” He stood and walked back to loom over Toki, who tried unsuccessfully to cringe away. He held the knife high, and paused. “You’re serious. You’re not going to stop me?”
It was show time, and Skwisgaar was determined to get through this. “Actuallies, can I does it? I wants to, and it amsn’t like dey’s going to ever pins it on me.”
“I guess you grew some balls since the old days!” He considered it. “Yeah, it would be pretty sweet to watch you kill him.”
Other Skwisgaar stood up. “Cans I watches too?”
“Ja I don’ts care, comes over here.”
Jamie moved in close to watch, and Magnus handed the knife over to Skwisgaar.
Skwisgaar took a deep breath, focusing on Toki’s side because he couldn’t bear to look him in the face. He should say something, it was probably expected. “Toki, you ams a big crybaby dildos and I really really really hates you so much.” He raised the knife high like Magnus had. It was all about speed now, if he wasn’t fast enough they were all fucked.
Well he would just have to be fast enough, after all, this was the most important performance of his life.
Skwisgaar brought the knife down, swerving at the last second and driving it into Magnus instead.
Magnus punched him hard, knocking him back to stumble into the corner of the bed and fall to the floor. Yanking the knife free, a still way too alive Magnus pounced.
But Jamie was there, kicking him off target and making him drop the knife, and together they subdued him.
While Jamie attached Magnus to the chair with some duct tape he’d found, Skwisgaar went to Toki. He really didn’t look good at all, but at least he was alive. Skwisgaar lay a gentle hand on one too warm cheek. “Toki?”
“Hi Skwisgaar.” Toki leaned into the hand weakly, trying to smile. “I hates you too.”
“Hey Skwisgaar, what do you want to do with this bastard?” He’d even taped Magnus’s mouth shut, a nice touch.
“He ams mine. Takes Toki to de trucks and waits for me, dis won’ts take long.”
Jamie shook his head. “No, I’m afraid I’ll hurt him if I try. We'll take him together, then you can do whatever you have to.” He walked over. “Hi Toki, you’re not looking so hot.”
“Hi Jamie. I’s been betters.”
Carefully, they eased Toki to his feet and carried him out. They worked him into the back seat, it wasn’t long enough for him to completely stretch out but big enough to not be uncomfortable.
Jamie climbed back into the driver’s seat and Skwisgaar went back inside.
He wasn’t gone long, he was too worried about getting Toki to the doctors to draw it out but he still made Magnus deeply regret ever existing in the first place.
Covered in blood that wasn’t his own, Skwisgaar climbed silently into the truck and they headed for home.
Other than worried glances into the back seat to make sure Toki was hanging in there, they didn’t interact.
A few miles from Mordhaus, Skwisgaar finally spoke. “Jays, t’anks for helpsing us. Wit’out you dere too, he probablies would has killeds us both.”
“I’m just relieved your crazy plan actually worked.”
Back in the garage, Jamie put on his hood and slipped away.
After calling for help, Skwisgaar moved to stand in the now open back door at Toki’s head. “Dey’s going to fixes you all ups, don’ts worry.”
“Nots worried, you saves me. Stays with me?”
“Dey’s not going to lets me be in dere if dey does surgery, but when I cans be, I stays.”
Toki slowly reached up a hand and Skwisgaar took it, lacing their fingers together. When the medics came and loaded him on a stretcher, Skwisgaar walked alongside still holding his hand.
Everything would be okay.
continued...