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Title: An Unexpected Guest, Part 2
Author: sinemoras09
Characters: Peter, Adam, Yaeko
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 1,004
Spoilers: Season 2
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Summary: AU. Peter accidentally takes Yaeko back into the future. Takes place immediately after "Four Months Ago." Written for un_love_you prompt #29, "Author's Choice."
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The place where Peter and Adam are staying isn't well-suited toward having a woman around, but Yaeko doesn't seem to mind. The only reason they're there is because Peter refuses to use his abilities to con people for better accomodations: it's a pay-by-night suite in a motel located in a seedy part of town; the rooms are bare except for the moldy furniture pressed up against the walls, and the only light that's available come from bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling. "Well, she will have to get used to it," Adam said. "There's a reason why no one else lives here. Unless of course, you want to take her back."
Peter, as per normal, didn't argue. He wasn't even sure if he could take her back: being able to teleport to that exact moment in time where he found her would prove daunting, even for someone as experienced as Hiro. Peter never told Adam this, though; he had decided to keep his worries to himself.
The door closes. Peter looks up, sees Adam stepping into the doorway.
"You have the Haitian's ability, correct?" Adam asks.
Peter turns and sees Adam carrying a brown paper sack. He sets it on the table and pulls out a bottle of vodka. "I'm planning on enjoying this tonight. Unfortunately, my ability gets in the way of that. I need you to use the Haitian's ability to stop me from healing. From what I understand, it would take minimal effort on your part. All you need to do is sit there. You can even partake, if you wish."
"I'm not going to help you get drunk, you need to talk to her," Peter says.
"She has nothing to do with it," Adam says. "Peter, in a few days, we're going to be breaking into one of the Company's top facilities. They're not going to let us walk in unchecked. You remember those Haitian pills you took? Well, they have a liquid formulation; they put them in little darts and then they shoot them at us. We won't be able to heal, which would be problematic if they decide to use real bullets. Believe me, Yaeko is the farthest thing from my mind."
"You're lying. You're freaking out because you have to see her again," Peter says. "Now, if you want me to help you, you have to tell the truth: you want to get drunk because you can't deal with Yaeko staying with us."
Adam twirls the bottle on the table.
"Fine," Peter says. "Then drink it for the taste. I'm going outside."
****
It's a cool night; Yaeko stands outside, rubbing her arms. She's wearing one of Peter's shirts; it billows around her the way her kimino would.
"What are you thinking about?" Peter asks in Japanese. Yaeko looks up at him and smiles.
"Peter-sama. I did not see you. How is your night?" Yaeko asks.
"It's could be worse," Peter says. He sits on the concrete steps, motioning Yaeko to sit next to him. "Where've you been?"
"I went for a walk," Yaeko says. She furrows her brow. "The people here speak different. It does not sound like English. I cannot understand them."
"They're speaking French," Peter says. "We're in Montreal, it's a city in Canada. We're holing up here for a few days until we can get our bearings."
Yaeko nods. "I see," Yaeko says. She falls quiet.
Peter kicks a rock by his foot. "Yaeko, can I ask you something?"
Yaeko turns her head. "What is it?" Yaeko asks.
"You and Adam," Peter says. "What happened between you two? Why do you hate him so much?"
Yaeko is quiet. She tilts her head, her eyes losing focus.
"I fell in love with a man who saved me on horseback," Yaeko says, quietly. "He was wearing Kensei's armor. We stood under the cherry blossoms and I could feel his heart. I thought it was Kensei, but it was not. It was Kensei's squire. It was he who was wearing Kensei's armor that day. He who could bend time to his will. I fell in love with him, and Kensei was angered. He captured my father and threatened all of Japan. My love faced him in battle, and he won. Kensei, I thought, was dead."
Yaeko turns and looks Peter in the eye.
"My love left me," Yaeko says. "Cut his own heart so that the world would be safe. Kensei would not do such a thing. He has no honor. And now you see why I cannot trust him. Not after that. Not after all he's done."
There's a sound, something clattering behind them. Yaeko stands; Peter turns and sees Adam standing at the doorway. "Adam..."
"Ask her why I did it," Adam says. His eyes are hard. "Go on. Tell him. Tell him how you left. How I caught you."
Peter watches as Adam moves slowly, deliberately, toward where Yaeko is standing. Yaeko glares at him. They're close enough to touch.
"You say he cut his heart out for you, princess, you forget that you knifed through mine," Adam says. "That's the tricky thing about healing, love. Memories don't fade. It's like they happened yesterday."
"You will never have me," Yaeko says.
"Don't flatter yourself. It's been centuries since you and I last met. Do you really think I still care?"
"Okay, that's enough," Peter says. He steps in-between them, pushing Adam away from her. "The virus is supposed to be released in four days. That's not a lot of time. Let's just drop this for now and worry about it later, we don't have time to keep fighting over this."
"I have a better idea," Adam says, in English. "We take her back. If the virus gets out, everybody will die, Yaeko included. And that would negate all your efforts at saving her life. Not that she's anything worth saving," Adam says, in Japanese.
Yaeko's eyes flash. Adam glares at her, then breaks away.
"Take her back," Adam says, still speaking English. "You know I'm right."
He walks back inside, slamming the door.
*****
Yaeko's eyes are bright. She holds her head up, tears building up at the corners. Peter touches her arm.
"Are you okay?" Peter asks, in Japanese. Yaeko closes her eyes, the tears spilling over.
"Take me home, Peter-sama," Yaeko says. "Take me home."
Part 3
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A/N: I think Adam's ability keeps him from getting drunk. So when he asks Peter to use The Haitian's ability on him, he's basically asking him to help him get sloshed. LOL. If that wasn't clear ;)
Author: sinemoras09
Characters: Peter, Adam, Yaeko
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 1,004
Spoilers: Season 2
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Summary: AU. Peter accidentally takes Yaeko back into the future. Takes place immediately after "Four Months Ago." Written for un_love_you prompt #29, "Author's Choice."
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The place where Peter and Adam are staying isn't well-suited toward having a woman around, but Yaeko doesn't seem to mind. The only reason they're there is because Peter refuses to use his abilities to con people for better accomodations: it's a pay-by-night suite in a motel located in a seedy part of town; the rooms are bare except for the moldy furniture pressed up against the walls, and the only light that's available come from bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling. "Well, she will have to get used to it," Adam said. "There's a reason why no one else lives here. Unless of course, you want to take her back."
Peter, as per normal, didn't argue. He wasn't even sure if he could take her back: being able to teleport to that exact moment in time where he found her would prove daunting, even for someone as experienced as Hiro. Peter never told Adam this, though; he had decided to keep his worries to himself.
The door closes. Peter looks up, sees Adam stepping into the doorway.
"You have the Haitian's ability, correct?" Adam asks.
Peter turns and sees Adam carrying a brown paper sack. He sets it on the table and pulls out a bottle of vodka. "I'm planning on enjoying this tonight. Unfortunately, my ability gets in the way of that. I need you to use the Haitian's ability to stop me from healing. From what I understand, it would take minimal effort on your part. All you need to do is sit there. You can even partake, if you wish."
"I'm not going to help you get drunk, you need to talk to her," Peter says.
"She has nothing to do with it," Adam says. "Peter, in a few days, we're going to be breaking into one of the Company's top facilities. They're not going to let us walk in unchecked. You remember those Haitian pills you took? Well, they have a liquid formulation; they put them in little darts and then they shoot them at us. We won't be able to heal, which would be problematic if they decide to use real bullets. Believe me, Yaeko is the farthest thing from my mind."
"You're lying. You're freaking out because you have to see her again," Peter says. "Now, if you want me to help you, you have to tell the truth: you want to get drunk because you can't deal with Yaeko staying with us."
Adam twirls the bottle on the table.
"Fine," Peter says. "Then drink it for the taste. I'm going outside."
****
It's a cool night; Yaeko stands outside, rubbing her arms. She's wearing one of Peter's shirts; it billows around her the way her kimino would.
"What are you thinking about?" Peter asks in Japanese. Yaeko looks up at him and smiles.
"Peter-sama. I did not see you. How is your night?" Yaeko asks.
"It's could be worse," Peter says. He sits on the concrete steps, motioning Yaeko to sit next to him. "Where've you been?"
"I went for a walk," Yaeko says. She furrows her brow. "The people here speak different. It does not sound like English. I cannot understand them."
"They're speaking French," Peter says. "We're in Montreal, it's a city in Canada. We're holing up here for a few days until we can get our bearings."
Yaeko nods. "I see," Yaeko says. She falls quiet.
Peter kicks a rock by his foot. "Yaeko, can I ask you something?"
Yaeko turns her head. "What is it?" Yaeko asks.
"You and Adam," Peter says. "What happened between you two? Why do you hate him so much?"
Yaeko is quiet. She tilts her head, her eyes losing focus.
"I fell in love with a man who saved me on horseback," Yaeko says, quietly. "He was wearing Kensei's armor. We stood under the cherry blossoms and I could feel his heart. I thought it was Kensei, but it was not. It was Kensei's squire. It was he who was wearing Kensei's armor that day. He who could bend time to his will. I fell in love with him, and Kensei was angered. He captured my father and threatened all of Japan. My love faced him in battle, and he won. Kensei, I thought, was dead."
Yaeko turns and looks Peter in the eye.
"My love left me," Yaeko says. "Cut his own heart so that the world would be safe. Kensei would not do such a thing. He has no honor. And now you see why I cannot trust him. Not after that. Not after all he's done."
There's a sound, something clattering behind them. Yaeko stands; Peter turns and sees Adam standing at the doorway. "Adam..."
"Ask her why I did it," Adam says. His eyes are hard. "Go on. Tell him. Tell him how you left. How I caught you."
Peter watches as Adam moves slowly, deliberately, toward where Yaeko is standing. Yaeko glares at him. They're close enough to touch.
"You say he cut his heart out for you, princess, you forget that you knifed through mine," Adam says. "That's the tricky thing about healing, love. Memories don't fade. It's like they happened yesterday."
"You will never have me," Yaeko says.
"Don't flatter yourself. It's been centuries since you and I last met. Do you really think I still care?"
"Okay, that's enough," Peter says. He steps in-between them, pushing Adam away from her. "The virus is supposed to be released in four days. That's not a lot of time. Let's just drop this for now and worry about it later, we don't have time to keep fighting over this."
"I have a better idea," Adam says, in English. "We take her back. If the virus gets out, everybody will die, Yaeko included. And that would negate all your efforts at saving her life. Not that she's anything worth saving," Adam says, in Japanese.
Yaeko's eyes flash. Adam glares at her, then breaks away.
"Take her back," Adam says, still speaking English. "You know I'm right."
He walks back inside, slamming the door.
*****
Yaeko's eyes are bright. She holds her head up, tears building up at the corners. Peter touches her arm.
"Are you okay?" Peter asks, in Japanese. Yaeko closes her eyes, the tears spilling over.
"Take me home, Peter-sama," Yaeko says. "Take me home."
Part 3
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A/N: I think Adam's ability keeps him from getting drunk. So when he asks Peter to use The Haitian's ability on him, he's basically asking him to help him get sloshed. LOL. If that wasn't clear ;)