The Freeze Ray Chronicles - Part Fourteen (Dr. Horrible,Penny, PG)
Title: The Freeze Ray Chronicles
Author: BlondieBelle
Word Count:1017
Summary: Dr. Horrible manages to save Penny from death after the incident at the homeless shelter, but it seems death is not the biggest obstacle. Can Dr. Horrible live with Penny, without giving away his identity? And is Penny actually falling for the Doctor?
"Doc." Moist said, panting. "You're in trouble."
Billy stood, pulling Penny up with him and ushering her towards the hall.
"No." She said, planting her feet, not moving another inch. "I'm as much of a part of this as anyone now." Billy debated forcing her out of the room, but something told him they didn't have that much time.
"What. What's going on?" He asked, turning his attention to the problem at hand.
"The ELE, Captain Hammer and Johnny Snow are parked outside. They're planning- they're planning something." Moist said, a little embarrassed that he didn't have more information.
"Are they coming up here?" Billy asked, superfluously. Of course they were. Why else would they be here. That they weren't banging down his apartment door already actually surprised Billy.
"We need to get Penny out of here." He said, walking into the lab, and coming out seconds later in his lab coat and goggles. "She's in the most danger." He was deceptively calm, talking as if he were trying to hide an unwanted girlfriend from disapproving parents, instead of from a group of villains that wanted them all dead.
"But Doc, where can she go?" Moist asked as Penny began protesting the idea of leaving him to his death.
"I'm not going to leave you here, it's my fault anyways, Why don't I just go down and talk to Captain Hammer? I could probably get him to leave." Penny suggested, but her pleas fell on deaf ears.
"Moist, can you take Penny up to Holden's place?" Billy asked, tossing a small black box to the waiting henchman, who, in a moment of extreme luck, was able to catch it without dropping it on the floor.
"Yeah Doc, but the ELE will still be looking for Penny."
"She'll have to change her name, or something. I don't know. Just get her up there, and use that to contact me when you're safe. You have your car, right?" Billy asked, stress and nervous energy crackling from him like electricity.
"Billy!" Penny snapped, tired of being ignored. "I'm not going to let you send me away like this, and leave you to die." She said, the strained atmosphere wearing on her already. She looked terrified, but, not for herself. She was scared for him. All Billy could think to do was lie to her, if she thought he had a chance, maybe she'd leave. And she needed to leave now.
"Penny, remember what I said?" He tried to keep a calm, level tone, to reassure her. "If they still think you're dead, I'll be fine. Who ever the ELE sent will help me take care of Hammer and Snow. I'm only in danger if you're in danger, and you're only in danger if you're here." He pulled her into a hug. The rough material of the lab coat scratched Penny's cheek, but she didn't want to let go. Billy kissed her forehead, before pushing her away, and Penny realized that she was crying.
"Moist, get her out of here while you guys still have time." Billy ordered, and the henchman pulled the door off it's hinges again, before guiding Penny out, and giving one last wave to the Doc.
"It'll be fine, Penny." Moist tried to comfort her, and get her to calm down. They couldn't afford any extra noise now, and her sniffles would echo in the stairway.
Moist pulled the door to the stairwell open, and placed a hand on the light switch, focusing all his strength of secreting enough water to short out the lights. He silently cheered when it worked, and they very carefully made their way to the underground parking lot where Moist had left his car.
"You ever been on a road trip Penny?" Moist asked, trying to lighten the mood as they pulled out into the sunlight, but he got no response.
Billy scrambled around the apartment, erasing every trace that Penny was ever there. He even fired the death ray at her bed, and the monitors that had sat in the corner gathering dust for the past week. He was painfully on edge, expecting the league to walk in any second. They couldn't find any evidence, but they couldn't find him destroying evidence, and he didn't know what scenario was worse.
"Horrible?" Fury Lieka's voice, with it's clipped accent rang out through the apartment, and probably the rest of the building. It was followed by the sounds of a struggle, and Dr. Horrible ran into the main room to find five people of varying degrees of evil tangled on his floor. He reached for the death ray, taking it from where he had placed it on the counter.
"What are you doing here." He growled, trying to be menacing. No one on the floor bought it for a second.
"We just came to check up on -" Fury Lieka stopped talking after Captain Hammer launched himself at Dr. Horrible's head.
"Where is she you bastard." Hammer screamed, pinning the doc to the floor, with the death ray just out of reach.
"Who?" Dr. Horrible, along with the rest of the members in the ELE asked, most of them confused.
"Penny?" The Doc choked out. "Penny's dead. I killed her a long time ago, remember?" Dr. Horrible spat, his vision beginning to grow fuzzy. Someone knocked the bigger man off of him, and the Doc grabbed the death ray, and blindly fired into the room.
It lit up after that. No self respecting villain went anywhere without a gun, or a ray, and the heros must have planned on something like this happening.
Though it seemed like it took forever, the firing actually quieted after a few minutes. The walls had holes, the carpet was scorched, and the door ceased to exist, but the lone survivor seemed to ignore all that, as he quietly tucked his weapon away.
He was going to find Penny.
Author: BlondieBelle
Word Count:1017
Summary: Dr. Horrible manages to save Penny from death after the incident at the homeless shelter, but it seems death is not the biggest obstacle. Can Dr. Horrible live with Penny, without giving away his identity? And is Penny actually falling for the Doctor?
"Doc." Moist said, panting. "You're in trouble."
Billy stood, pulling Penny up with him and ushering her towards the hall.
"No." She said, planting her feet, not moving another inch. "I'm as much of a part of this as anyone now." Billy debated forcing her out of the room, but something told him they didn't have that much time.
"What. What's going on?" He asked, turning his attention to the problem at hand.
"The ELE, Captain Hammer and Johnny Snow are parked outside. They're planning- they're planning something." Moist said, a little embarrassed that he didn't have more information.
"Are they coming up here?" Billy asked, superfluously. Of course they were. Why else would they be here. That they weren't banging down his apartment door already actually surprised Billy.
"We need to get Penny out of here." He said, walking into the lab, and coming out seconds later in his lab coat and goggles. "She's in the most danger." He was deceptively calm, talking as if he were trying to hide an unwanted girlfriend from disapproving parents, instead of from a group of villains that wanted them all dead.
"But Doc, where can she go?" Moist asked as Penny began protesting the idea of leaving him to his death.
"I'm not going to leave you here, it's my fault anyways, Why don't I just go down and talk to Captain Hammer? I could probably get him to leave." Penny suggested, but her pleas fell on deaf ears.
"Moist, can you take Penny up to Holden's place?" Billy asked, tossing a small black box to the waiting henchman, who, in a moment of extreme luck, was able to catch it without dropping it on the floor.
"Yeah Doc, but the ELE will still be looking for Penny."
"She'll have to change her name, or something. I don't know. Just get her up there, and use that to contact me when you're safe. You have your car, right?" Billy asked, stress and nervous energy crackling from him like electricity.
"Billy!" Penny snapped, tired of being ignored. "I'm not going to let you send me away like this, and leave you to die." She said, the strained atmosphere wearing on her already. She looked terrified, but, not for herself. She was scared for him. All Billy could think to do was lie to her, if she thought he had a chance, maybe she'd leave. And she needed to leave now.
"Penny, remember what I said?" He tried to keep a calm, level tone, to reassure her. "If they still think you're dead, I'll be fine. Who ever the ELE sent will help me take care of Hammer and Snow. I'm only in danger if you're in danger, and you're only in danger if you're here." He pulled her into a hug. The rough material of the lab coat scratched Penny's cheek, but she didn't want to let go. Billy kissed her forehead, before pushing her away, and Penny realized that she was crying.
"Moist, get her out of here while you guys still have time." Billy ordered, and the henchman pulled the door off it's hinges again, before guiding Penny out, and giving one last wave to the Doc.
"It'll be fine, Penny." Moist tried to comfort her, and get her to calm down. They couldn't afford any extra noise now, and her sniffles would echo in the stairway.
Moist pulled the door to the stairwell open, and placed a hand on the light switch, focusing all his strength of secreting enough water to short out the lights. He silently cheered when it worked, and they very carefully made their way to the underground parking lot where Moist had left his car.
"You ever been on a road trip Penny?" Moist asked, trying to lighten the mood as they pulled out into the sunlight, but he got no response.
Billy scrambled around the apartment, erasing every trace that Penny was ever there. He even fired the death ray at her bed, and the monitors that had sat in the corner gathering dust for the past week. He was painfully on edge, expecting the league to walk in any second. They couldn't find any evidence, but they couldn't find him destroying evidence, and he didn't know what scenario was worse.
"Horrible?" Fury Lieka's voice, with it's clipped accent rang out through the apartment, and probably the rest of the building. It was followed by the sounds of a struggle, and Dr. Horrible ran into the main room to find five people of varying degrees of evil tangled on his floor. He reached for the death ray, taking it from where he had placed it on the counter.
"What are you doing here." He growled, trying to be menacing. No one on the floor bought it for a second.
"We just came to check up on -" Fury Lieka stopped talking after Captain Hammer launched himself at Dr. Horrible's head.
"Where is she you bastard." Hammer screamed, pinning the doc to the floor, with the death ray just out of reach.
"Who?" Dr. Horrible, along with the rest of the members in the ELE asked, most of them confused.
"Penny?" The Doc choked out. "Penny's dead. I killed her a long time ago, remember?" Dr. Horrible spat, his vision beginning to grow fuzzy. Someone knocked the bigger man off of him, and the Doc grabbed the death ray, and blindly fired into the room.
It lit up after that. No self respecting villain went anywhere without a gun, or a ray, and the heros must have planned on something like this happening.
Though it seemed like it took forever, the firing actually quieted after a few minutes. The walls had holes, the carpet was scorched, and the door ceased to exist, but the lone survivor seemed to ignore all that, as he quietly tucked his weapon away.
He was going to find Penny.