Newer fucked up Infected RP pt3
More logs from Dani and I's infected rp. No not cleaning it up or anything.
burstheal 3:31 pm
(3:31:12 PM): "then we're going, don't stop running to fight. Take shit out in your path but we run until we don't hear them anymore. And if we get seperated...somehow I think we'll be able to find each other." He threw the door open causing the alarm to go off and took off running. Even if his burned side was screaming in pain from the exertion he kept at it. Knocking people down that tried to get in his way but he didn't stop to finish them this time. He was outside and somehow this was exilerating all in it's own right. He was making a mad dash for the forest just on the other side of the metal chainlink fence. "Don't let them slow you down kid."
Squeesan 3:37 pm
(3:37:20 PM): Ellis really didn't need telling twice... Even though the sun burned his eyes something horrible and his body was still sore from being shot, he sped across the last streatch of barren concrete that was before their freedom. Several shocked doctors and orderlies attempted to get in his way, but he bowled them over as he sped past. The fence was just a few more feet... He took a great leap, finding he flew farther than expected before latching to the fence to start scrambling upwards, several fingers and toes being caught painfully in the links, but he paid it no mind.
burstheal 3:42 pm
(3:42:06 PM): Nick managed to get over the fence with some dificulty. He felt like he as dragging a lead weight when he tried to life his injured arm to climb but he'd managed to get over in a fast enough fashion. He had no idea where they were going to go but it felt nice to be under the trees and out of the sun. "We need to find somewhere we can hide...and rest" He called to the figure so far up ahead of him.
Squeesan 3:46 pm
(3:46:28 PM): The minute they broke the treeline, Ellis sighed with relief, the leaves and branches mercy on his poor eyes. There was still sounds of the guards trying to follow and locate them, but they were gradually growing harder and harder to hear.
"Trees..." he said, looking up. "We can hide up there fer now."
burstheal 3:48 pm
(3:48:38 PM): "I was hoping for a cave but a tree will work too." As they ran he saw an answer in the form of both their thoughts. It was a huge old spruce with a hollowed out section underneath, probably dug by a bear and long since abandoned. It would be big enoug and easily hidden with forest litter. "Over here Ell."
Squeesan 3:52 pm
(3:52:39 PM): The mechanic's pace slowed as he approached the tree Nick had pointed out. It would do... They'd roughed it before, and in any sense, their refound freedom was more than enough comfort for him. He slipped into the hollow, investigating it a bit before he deemed it suitable and sat down.
burstheal 3:57 pm
(3:57:16 PM): Nick stayed outside longer making a pile of leaves and sticks around the entrance before climbing down and pulling it closed behind him. He breathed out able to see in the dark better than before. "We made it out.."
Squeesan 4:01 pm
(4:01:21 PM): There was a hissing sort of chuckle that came from the kid next to him as Ellis settled back against the hollowed trunk. "We're free..." he said in a voice strained with a million different emotions that were finally breaking through. "Free... FreefreeFREE!"
burstheal 4:02 pm
(4:02:33 PM): He closed his eye and nodded chin resting on his chest as he rested back agains the tree. "The cost might have been too high though..?"
Squeesan 4:08 pm
(4:08:54 PM): "Never..." He flexed his hands, staring at them through the darkness and finding he could see through it with incredible clarity. His fingers were caked with blood, the nails that had been neglected to be clipped looking even more garishly like claws. "...Oh right."
burstheal 4:19 pm
(4:19:35 PM): "yeah that.." He said putting his fingers up to the side of his face wincing at the feeling of mangled burned flesh, the part where the scar was being worse off. "I look like the god damn phantom now I bet..just get a mask and a pipe organ."
Squeesan 4:20 pm
(4:20:57 PM): "...What?" Ellis looked over and gave him a blank look. Musicals were not exactly a field he was knowledgable about.
burstheal 4:22 pm
(4:22:06 PM): "phantom of the opera...he had a messed up half of a face so he hid and wore a mask over it." He chuckled weakly at it. "No one could love that face, it was his dilema in life."
Squeesan 4:26 pm
(4:26:10 PM): "Ohh..." He looked at Nick consideringly. "...What opera's he at?"
burstheal 4:29 pm
(4:29:31 PM): "Hmmn? it's a musical play. I saw it in vegas once..or was it brodway...I can't remember but my ex liked dragging me out to plays and ballets and the like."
Squeesan 4:35 pm
(4:35:17 PM): "Ohh! Them things... I ain't ever gone t' one. I mean, apart from whatever my high school was doin', but that's pretty far from broadway." He rolled his shoulders with a bit of a pained groan. "You think things'll be different b'tween us jus' cuz ya got all burned to hell?"
burstheal 4:40 pm
(4:40:53 PM): "I..hope not." He said carefully hands resting on his legs. The hospital pants he was wearing were burned. He hoped they were near some kind of town or village they could steal clothes from sooner or later. "But I could understand it...I wouldn't blame you."
Squeesan 4:42 pm
(4:42:12 PM): Ellis made a rought sort of scoff. "I ain't gonna leave ya..." he assured Nick, looking at him with a smile. "Not after findin' ya again."
burstheal 4:43 pm
(4:43:47 PM): "Did they tell you I'd died too? I just about killed the bitch of a doctor who told me." He sighed out and moved so he could sit next to him looking at his hands. "I don't think..I've seen anything like what i'm becoming. Not that we encountered at least...you..your movements are like a hunters but your still you."
Squeesan 4:48 pm
(4:48:57 PM): "Yea..." He leaned carefully against Nick's side. "Think I about lost it then..." His voice cracked a little. "Justa 'bout went off the deep end..." He grimmaced a bit. "I ain't one'a them Hunters," he said descpicably. "I ain't gonna be a zombie."
burstheal 4:50 pm
(4:50:57 PM): "Ellis...we have to think about this rationally...you survived bullet wounds to the chest...Do I honestly look like I should have been able to survive the fire either? We're not human....anymore.."
Squeesan 4:53 pm
(4:53:03 PM): The mechanic hissed, his temper flaring up much more easily than usual. "I ain't nothin' but a human, unless I say otherwise!" he declared.
burstheal 4:54 pm
(4:54:44 PM): Nick winced actually shifting down a bit from that tone. Being hit and beat up and cut on and gods knows what else while he was alone had mentally made him wary of anger save his own. "Whatever you say kid..until you say otherwise." His voice was quiet the graveling of it worse than a man who smoked all the time would have.
Squeesan 4:58 pm
(4:58:33 PM): Ellis recalled himself at that reaction. "S-sssory..." he said regretably, even going so far as to lean over and nuzzle at Nick's unburned cheek apologetically.
burstheal 5:03 pm
(5:03:00 PM): He leaned into the nuzzling eye falling closed as he did. "It's alright...guess we're like a couple of abused animals..there's going to be things that..make us cower or get upset that the other can't help."
Squeesan 5:05 pm
(5:05:15 PM): "Don't wanna make ya cower, though," Ellis said honestly. "Here... Think... Try an' tell me whatchya think would bother ya most."
burstheal 5:06 pm
(5:06:14 PM): "I guess the fear of being hurt again...I reacted violently to things..but inside..and when they'd leave me alone..I just wanted to dissapear." He sighed out head falling forward a little. "Only one thing kept me from it."
Squeesan 5:08 pm
(5:08:31 PM): "I won't hurt ya," Ellis promised. "Not ever..." He kissed at Nick's cheek gently, letting out a soft, soothing purr in an effort to calm the other's nerves. "What kept ya from it?"
burstheal 5:13 pm
(5:13:42 PM): "You." He said simply leaning against him some. "Or more ...a name and the notion that I'd made a promise and I keep my promises."
Squeesan 5:17 pm
(5:17:15 PM): A grin streatched across Ellis' face and he was compelled to brush his tongue against the gambler's cheek affectionately. "Same fer me, more'r less... I wanted to keep good on what we talked about." He sighed. "Ya think we'll still manage to be happy somehow?"
burstheal 5:25 pm
(5:25:13 PM): "I think so...we just need to find somewhere..uninhabited. Maybe a forest like this..find a cabin. Hunt wild game to..sate whatever urges come from this."
Squeesan 5:28 pm
(5:28:44 PM): The boy made a small grimmace. "I've already felt the effects of it, I think... Was it bad tearin' into those sick fucks felt a lil' too good?" The corners of his lips twitched, like he was unsure what facial expression to use.
burstheal 5:30 pm
(5:30:03 PM): "I think they got what they deserved. They all should die for what they've done..i want to go back and kill them..free the others...but we're not strong enough right now."
Squeesan 5:31 pm
(5:31:51 PM): "I wanna get Coach an' Rochelle out," Ellis said with a frown. "If... They're still around... Or somethin'..." He hissed under his breath. "Goddamn... Why'd it gotta come to this?"
burstheal 5:34 pm
(5:34:23 PM): "Because the goverment is a bunch of sick fucks. Who only care about their own asses." He made a face and put his arm around him pulling him closer. "either way we have each other."
Squeesan 5:38 pm
(5:38:15 PM): "An' I'm s'posed to be the cheesy one," Ellis said with a snort. It was okay, though, really. Nick could be as cheesy and hoakey as he damned well pleased. They were free from their imprisonment. That was all that mattered.
"Hey..." he said in a softer voice, nudging Nick's cheek lightly.
burstheal 5:39 pm
(5:39:53 PM): He looked over at him his eye having lost it's silver color it was like blood had bled into it. "what is it..?"
Squeesan 5:40 pm
(5:40:58 PM): "I love you..."
burstheal 5:47 pm
(5:47:04 PM): He blinked looking at him but his expression softened. "I love you too..." He smiled a bit for the first time since they'd gotten loose.
Squeesan 5:52 pm
(5:52:35 PM): "That's a lil' better," Ellis said, nosing the smile. "I like it when ya smile."
burstheal 6:03 pm
(6:03:32 PM): Nick nodded a little. "I'll try to get better at it. Without being a synical ass along side."
burstheal 3:37 am
(3:37:13 AM): His body knew how desperately he'd needed this. Anything like this with the other man. It pulled noise and drew him steadily closer and closer. One well placed rough crack of their hips and a ragged tear of pain from teeth had him falling over the edge with a loud cry.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 3:42 am
(3:42:41 AM): Ellis followed with a strangled sort of yelp, so unbecoming of his current state, but it did not matter. Not when his entire body shook with it, strained to fight against the fuzzy darkness and physical weakness that came along with his orgasm. Teeth clutched at their hold on Nick's throat, the only thing keeping him anchored to this world as he collapsed with rough pants sucked through flared nostrils.
burstheal 10:34 am
(10:34:48 AM): He panting was hoarse and crackled but he didn't seem to care. Going limp with exauhstion beneath the boy. His mine ever so slowly coming back to him and he made a face. Had he just let that happen? Since when was the boy the 'man' in the relationship? "H..hey..you can stop nomming my throat now Ell.."
(10:34:59 AM): mind*
Squeesan 10:39 am
(10:39:00 AM): "Hhnn..." Ellis mumbled through his mouthful, voice sounding thick and heavy. Slowly, he drew back, giving the mark a last lingering stroke of his tongue before he pillowed his head on Nick's chest.
burstheal 10:40 am
(10:40:03 AM): Nick drew his arms around him and let a breath out. "We should go into the cabin if we're going to sleep kid, out here in the open is no good.." He kissed the top of his head. Completely uncaring of the people they'd killed not but a short time ago.
Squeesan 10:44 am
(10:44:41 AM): "'kay..." He pulled back with a groan, before swaying to his feet. For a moment, he stared down at the bodys close to them. The expression on his face was unreadable, before he simply turned his back and ambled for the door of the cabin.
burstheal 10:50 am
(10:50:41 AM): Nick watched him go knowing he was still in a fog. Pushing to his own feet with a grimace he didn't go inside imediately. He stared at the one hand that had lit on fire before and how the other hand now matched it, glancing over at the cabin he moved to the fire and put his hands in. He felt no pain but again his palms caught flame and he tilted his head a little looking at them for a moment before moving over and burning the bodies until they were nothing but charcol. Then he kicked as much brush over them as he could concealing them before moving inside. Extinguishing his hands as he closed his palms and smothered the source of the flames. He shut the door behind him and looked over the place. It wasn't much. A living room and a tiny bedroom with a bed. A kitchen with a pump sink and likely a bathroom somewhere he'd have to look into later so they could bathe. He moved into the bedroom and climbed onto the bed with the boy.
Squeesan 10:56 am
(10:56:55 AM): Ellis had made a B-line for the bedroom and collapsed down onto the mattress on his stomach. He'd barely even tugged the blankets over his body, and seemed utterly unconcerned with the way the blood on his body stained the sheets. The moment he sensed the other on the bed with him, he rolled over and curled into his side, demure, calm, and utterly changed from his state only a few minutes ago.
burstheal 11:00 am
(11:00:33 AM): An arm was thrown around him before he turned and curled over him more. Burrying his face into the boys brown hair. He was concious of what they'd become but found himself really caring little about it. He had Ellis, and he didn't really give a damn about other people to begin with. It was win win to him.
Squeesan 11:05 am
(11:05:27 AM): Ellis' mind was blissfully clear and peaceful for the first time in... He did not know how long. He honestly had little care in the world, except that the warm body next to him was real and tangible. "G'night, Nick..." he mumbled.
burstheal 11:08 am
(11:08:11 AM): "Night Elle.." He yawned out pulling the blankets up over them and falling asleep.
Of course dreaming was turblent for them both, nightmares after going through such hell were to be expected. He woke with a start but didn't scream or move from his position. They'd slept straight throught the day again he could tell because the light outside was dwindling into night fall. The one eye fell half closed again unwilling to give up his position curled against the boy while he tried to settle his heart rate and breathing.
Squeesan 11:12 am
(11:12:15 AM): At some time in the night, Ellis had shifted and moved in his sleep until he was on his side, back facing Nick and hugging his arm closely. He was still twitching and fidgetting restlessly in his sleep, occassionally muttering and growling indistinctly in a low voice.
burstheal 11:13 am
(11:13:09 AM): Hearing this he sat up and reached over shaking him gently. "Ellis..hey...hey overalls wake up.." He called quietly to him worried about his lovers state of mind if he didn't pull him from it.
Squeesan 11:19 am
(11:19:33 AM): For a moment, he was hard to shake awake, and the mutterings escalated until he finally bolted upright. "GET TH' HELL OFF ME!" he hissed, tumbling out of the bed with a loud thud. His weight pulled the bedsheets with him, and the fabric tangled around his body confiningly, making everything understandably worse.
burstheal 11:21 am
(11:21:38 AM): Nick jumped off the bed after being shoved back slightly from the tumble. He knelt down and started getting the sheets off from around him. "Ellis! Ellis wake up it's me. Your safe your just tangled up in a sheet. Your ok!" He was distressed by the turn of events. The last thing he wanted was a half awake Ellis tearing into him thinking he was something or someone else.
Squeesan 11:24 am
(11:24:57 AM): The voice penetrated the horrific visions, and Ellis slowly stopped fighting to stare up at Nick with wide eyes. He was shaking visibly, and when his spoke, his voice shook just as much. "...N-Nick...?" he whimpered.
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burstheal 11:31 am
(11:31:10 AM): "I'm right here kid it's ok." He said softly and finished getting him untangled. Drawing him into his arms he put his back to the side of the bed and cradled him. "It's going to be ok."
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Squeesan 12:18 pm
(12:18:23 PM): The smaller figure shook and trembled, the tremors soon evolving into soft sobs. "Oh god... Nick... Nick, I thought I was back there!" he whimpered.
burstheal 12:20 pm
(12:20:19 PM): Curling more around him he soothingly pet at his back with those claws lightly. "It's ok Ell, your not there your here with me. I won't let them ever take you back. I'll kill anyone who tries to hut you."
Squeesan 12:28 pm
(12:28:54 PM): Ellis only nodded, curling into Nick's side more. "Th-thank you..." he sniffed, scrubbing at his eyes. His nose filled with the stench of dried blood. "I... I think I need to get cleaned up..."
burstheal 12:32 pm
(12:32:15 PM): "We both do kid, you got your dinner all over me last night too." He said with a small weak chuckle. Standing with him in his arms he headed for the bathroom. The tub was a huge deep thing with a furnace build underneath to heat up the water. Setting Ellis down he looked at his hands. "Now how am I going to do this again...without a spark..?" He wondered to himself just as his claws clashed together and his hand lit up making him jump a bit. "Holy hell.."
Squeesan 12:34 pm
(12:34:41 PM): Ellis yelped at the sudden flash of light, curling away with a mix of startled fear and pain. "P-put it out..."
burstheal 12:35 pm
(12:35:57 PM): "Just a sec kid, don't you want a hot bath?" He said usingh is body to block the light from his eyes best he could. He put his hand into the slot where the wood had been loaded in by the hunters and lit it up. Shutting the door he closed his claws again puttingi t out. "There we go. We just have to give it a few moments to heat up."
Squeesan 12:38 pm
(12:38:56 PM): Once the light flickered out, Ellis turned slowly back around. "How'd ya do that?" he asked with a measure of cautious curiosity.
burstheal 12:41 pm
(12:41:52 PM): Nick shrugged. "I don't know..last night sparks hit this hand and it lit on fire...and after you went inside I put my hands in the camp fire and I was able to keep a steady heat going. I guess..just what I am now.." He shrugged some looking at his hands.
[11:37] Squeesan: "Ain't never heard of a z--... Anythin' able to control fire," Ellis said, refraining from using the word 'zombie'. "Well, 'cept fer like... X-Men or somethin'."
[11:39] burstheal: Nick made a face at him. "You calling me a mutant? How is that better from the Z word?" He wondered aloud and leaned against the tank. "I figure it's the injections..whatever the fuck they had to do to amp up the infection to make us immune go crazy.."
[11:43] Squeesan: "Ain't said that!" Ellis grouched, lower lip jutting into a pout. He sighed. "...What if we wasn't immune?" he said after a moment. "I mean, I know when we was runnin' around tryin' to get saved, we never turned, but... Well, ya remember that shit about 'Carriers' or somethin' on the saferoom walls?"
[11:44] burstheal: "I know kid, I've considered that too. But why go through all that trouble to do this to us. If we weren't something they hadn't counted on. People that couldn't get sick from the strain they put out so they had to give it steroids and now...now theres..." He looked at his hands frowning. "mutations..."
[11:50] Squeesan: Ellis made a face and reached out to carefully put his hand into Nick's, mindful of the claws. "We'll be alright," he said, though it didn't carry its usual conviction. The water of the tub sloshed a bit as he moved and leaned over to nudge his nose against the gambler's.
[11:52] burstheal: "For once..I don't quite believe you..." He sighed out heavily and nudged back before stripping the remains of his clothes off and slides into the water with him. This caused a level of pain he was expecting. The burns may have been immune to fire but they were still fresh and it stung so badly he closed his eyes and had to try and bring his breathing back to normal.
[11:55] Squeesan: "You alright?" the mechanic asked with concern, dancing between moving over in an attempt to comfort, and staying put for fear of hurting him more.
[11:56] burstheal: "Just stings like a bitch...water and burns don't..don't mix well. But I need to get cleaned." Though for the more basic reasons of needing to get clean he didn't know why it mattered any more. It wasn't like the wounds would get infected. No that notion would bring a sardonic snort from him. It was more from his lingering need to preserve whatever of his humanity was left. And he was obsessive compulsive even then. Carefully scissoring a sponge between his claws to wash the unburned side of his skin off from dirt and gore from the day before.
[12:10] Squeesan: Ellis bit his lip. No matter what sort of condition he was in, he always held some sort of concern for Nick and his well-being. Reaching out, he grasped the sponge. "Lemme help a lil'," he offered, taking the sponge out from between those sharp claws and moving closer to gently scrub at the older man's skin with it, the warmed water trickling down his chest.
[12:12] burstheal: He licked his lips a little watching him, eyes half hooding as he was taken care of. "At least one thing hasn't changed...even if your a bit more off in the head then you were already...Your still Ellis.." He said quietly watching him. "Though ..I wonder if I'm the only freak out of the two of us."
[12:15] Squeesan: "Yea...?" His face quirked a bit in his old smile. "Still Ellis... I like th' sound've that." He dunked the sponge in the water again, the water in the tub starting to stain a reddish hue. "I think we're both freaks at this point..."
[12:17] burstheal: "Well I just meant..I light shit on fire kid..what can you do?" He wondered leaning closer to look at him. the one red eye wasn't nearly as intimidating like this. He never wanted to come off as a demon to the other man. No Ellis was the one precious thing he had and he was going to kill anyone who tried to take him from him again.
[12:22] Squeesan: The boy's pale eyes lifted up to stare into Nick's one good eye. Ellis' eyes had always been a pale-blue color, but the onset of Infection seemed to be sucking all the hue out of them, leaving an odd sort of silver glow. "I dunno..." he said with a small shrug of his shoulders. "Kill crazy CEDA scientists?" He chuckled.
[12:23] burstheal: He laughed a little and pulled him closer. "Oh..I think we'll do more than just kill them. We'll torture the sick fucks who tortured us. And kill the rest. And any of their pets and people like us around we'll just let them all free. Let them get their revenge too." He looked at him darkly, revenge was always something he did so well.
[12:29] Squeesan: Normally, Ellis might have opposed a notion like this, had things still been normal... Or at least as 'normal' as things had been before they were taken hostage by CEDA and treated like guinea pigs. For all his enthusiasm at dispatching zombies, he'd still had his humanity. The idea of killing humans would have earned a disgusted reaction.
But things were different now... After what they'd been through, the plan just earned a twisted little smirk. "I like that idea..." he said, fingertips stroking down Nick's good arm as he absentmindedly kept up with the sponge.
[12:31] burstheal: "Yea? I thought you might. But lets give them a few days. Let them think we're long gone and we'll sneak in at night. When the bastards least expect it." He had other plans too. Ones he wasn't going to let Ellis in on yet. He wanted to see where the vaults of 'pure' americans were being kept. The ones the government had protected. He was the vindictive sort, and if he had it his way he'd let a few plauge carrying rats the size of hunters loose in those underground cities.
[12:39] Squeesan: The kid nodded, though a bit of unease stirred in him. Would they be strong enough to take down an entire government organization? A few guards and scientists was one thing, but CEDA in its entireity was another thing completely... He pushed it away for now. His battered mind was tired on the subject... He justed wanted to stay with Nick for now, and assure himself they were together. With a small noise, he leaned against the conman's good side.
[12:45] burstheal: Gingerly Nick wrapped his arm around him and the claws rested against his chest lightly. "Shit..I'm going to have to be fucking careful with these lawn dart fingers." He sighed a bit. "Ell...this is going to be embarrassing to admit..but I'm probably..going to need your help doing shit I could normally do for myself."
[12:47] Squeesan: "Like...?" He looked up at Nick with a quizical expression.
[12:50] burstheal: "I don't think I can make coffee...or put a cigarette in my mouth like this..I doubt I have to worry about shaving or anything anymore but the simple pleasures I can't do..." He frowned a little. "And I can't...get you ready anymore..it would be kind of painful right?"
[12:53] Squeesan: "Yea, I s'pose it would..." He frowned a little, before pushing a smile to his face for the sake of it. "Don't gotta worry," he said assuredly. "I'll help ya. I promise."
[12:55] burstheal: Nick smiled a little and nodded. "Thanks kid..worse comes to worse..." He coughed a bit and looked away the nonscarred up side of his face flushed a little. "I didn't mind last night that much..If I can't be top anymore I'm not going to hate it.."
[12:57] Squeesan: A smirk curled on Ellis' lips. "Yea...?" He chuckled, a hoarse hiss of a sound, but a chuckle nonetheless. "You like it when I dominate you~?"
[12:59] burstheal: "Fuck...do you have to put it like that? Fucking embarrassing kid..." He made a face but he lacked his old angry conviction.
[13:00] Squeesan: "Honestly...?" Ellis said thoughtfully. "...Yea."
[13:09] burstheal: "Brat..." He said then looked at him still bright red in the cheek area. "...yea..I liked it." He admitted feeding the boys ego a bit, after all he deserved it
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:06 pm
(8:06:04 PM): The smirk spread into a devilish grin. "I knew it." He snapped his teeth playfully, and their sharp, gore-stained surfaces glinted lightly in the glow of the wooden logs burning beneath the tub. As far as appearances went, he was steadily straying further and further away from everything Ellis once was, even if he more or less still acted the same, at least in the calm private moments he had with Nick.
burstheal 8:10 pm
(8:10:39 PM): Frowning a little at this it wasn't like he couldn't say the same. He probably looked nothing like himself anymore. He looked at his reflection in the water and that was a mistake to be sure. His expression fell and he hit the water distorting the image and looking away from it.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:12 pm
(8:12:20 PM): Ellis blinked in confusion at the sudden outburst. "What's the matter...?" he asked with confusion.
burstheal 8:18 pm
(8:18:35 PM): He frowned heavier. "Remind me to have you break any mirrors in this place later."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:24 pm
(8:24:51 PM): "Mph..." Ellis hissed a bit. "You're not ugly," he said. He moved to climb out of the tub, reaching for a towel.
burstheal 8:26 pm
(8:26:37 PM): Nick laid over the side slightly watching him. "I don't share your view...I look like a monster..if it wasn't for you I'd probably."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:30 pm
(8:30:51 PM): "I ain't any different, then," Ellis pointed out, drying the moisture from his skin with the towel. "I might not look anythin' like a monster as I stand, but... Well, shit. Don'tchya remember what I did to those men last night?
(8:30:53 PM): "
burstheal 8:33 pm
(8:33:22 PM): He nodded a little and shook his head out clearing his thoughts as he climbed out and wrapped his arms around him. "We're monsters together then....your you and I'm me..and...shit kid...who cares what we are to anyone else. Their killers..their saviors...whatever...right?"
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:38 pm
(8:38:31 PM): The kid snorted as Nick's arms encircled him, skin prickling a little as the charred flesh brushed against his own. "Right." He made his little lopsided grin, fingers running through his wet hair. "I'm gonna need some clothes..."
burstheal 8:42 pm
(8:42:23 PM): "not going to keep running around naked?" He joked with a half grin of his own since that one half of his face didn't want to act right.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:49 pm
(8:49:48 PM): "It's a helluva lot colder 'round these parts than down South," Ellis reasoned. "I get cold easily."
burstheal 8:56 pm
(8:56:41 PM): "I figured, I found you clothes and me some new ones.." He kissed him softly then moved towards the bedroom again a towel around his waist. The damage to his body was horrible, his backside wasn't just burned, it had scars on the unburned side too. All kinds of bad wounds. The scars on his hip was the worst of it. It looked like someone had torn the flesh repeadedly to get that level of damage
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:10 pm
(9:10:42 PM): Ellis' eyes narrowed as they roved over the out-of-place marks on Nick's skin. "What're those from...?" he asked, slipping after the older man.
burstheal 9:13 pm
(9:13:28 PM): He blinked a little and looked down where the boys eyes wandered and he stiffened a little. Just looking at them reminded him of other things he needed revenge for. He slid into the bedroom avoiding eye contact. "They got tired...the guards of just watching me get tortured and not breaking well enough. So they took things into their own hands. One of them had a knife fetish or something. He cut the whole time..." He picked up the clothes he'd found for himself. Setting Ellis's asside. "I guess that's why I really don't mind letting you take the lead anymore. They broke me of whatever pride I had been holding onto there..."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:37 pm
(9:37:30 PM): "...What?" Ellis very suddenly bristled up with a loud hiss. "You're sayin' they did what I think they did?" His lips curled back into a hideous snarl.
burstheal 9:39 pm
(9:39:42 PM): He looked up at him his brow knit upwards in a sad expresion, an ashamed one. "I never...I never meant to be unfaithful..I wanted shit to be different with you." He shook his head his tone taking on a different quality than usual, a slightly afraid one. "I tried...I tried I swear.." He held his head the traumatic events coming back fresh hitting him like a tank. "I didn't want it.."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:45 pm
(9:45:51 PM): "It ain't your fault," Ellis said, though his voice was still adopting that dangerous tone. He could feel the anger and hate bubbling up again like a pot left too long on the stove. He tugged Nick into a sheilding hug. "I'll kill 'em..."
burstheal 10:00 pm
(10:00:27 PM): He leaned against him and closed his eye tightly. Curling against him feeling weak for the first time since they'd gotten out of that hell. Remembering how weak he'd been then. " Elle...I'm sorry for being so weak..I should be protecting you...avenging you...I promise I will.."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:19 pm
(10:19:10 PM): "You are not weak," Ellis directed with a low growl, making special emphasis to enunciate each and every syllable rather than using his typical lazy drawl and prove his point. "Stop feelin' sorry for things that ain't your fault!" He grabbed Nick's face and made their eyes meet. "Nothing is your fault."
burstheal 10:24 pm
(10:24:58 PM): He nodded a little looking at him his hand reaching up to brush claws against his cheek. "I know...sorry...shit..I'm sorry.." He sighed out and leaned forward kissing him softly for a moment. "Lets stop being naked...and just...move past this right now." He knew the kid was going to be pissed for a while. He knew him well enough to know big things like that weren't things he could just forgive and move on from. "I'm yours..no matter what anyone else did. All that matters right..?"
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:34 pm
(10:34:10 PM): The mechanic still seethed heavily, even as he muttered a dissatisfied "Yea...", before slipping past Nick to re-enter the bedroom they decided to occupy. He ripped the drawers to the dresser open and rifled through the contents for a moment, tugging on a t-shirt and a pair of rather worn-in jeans. Something was missing, though...
burstheal 10:36 pm
(10:36:06 PM): Nick put something on his head. It wasn't the same hat but he'd found a green john deer tractor hat in one of the closets and it was close enough that it gave the boy a bit of his old look. He had dressed in a pair of black pants and a red shirt he'd found. Likely one of the men they'd killed's city clothes. "there we go...now you look the part."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:39 pm
(10:39:47 PM): Ellis brought a hand up and ran his fingers against the brim of the hat in an old, familiar gesture. A bit of his anger dissipated. "Thanks..." he mumbled.
burstheal 3:31 pm
(3:31:12 PM): "then we're going, don't stop running to fight. Take shit out in your path but we run until we don't hear them anymore. And if we get seperated...somehow I think we'll be able to find each other." He threw the door open causing the alarm to go off and took off running. Even if his burned side was screaming in pain from the exertion he kept at it. Knocking people down that tried to get in his way but he didn't stop to finish them this time. He was outside and somehow this was exilerating all in it's own right. He was making a mad dash for the forest just on the other side of the metal chainlink fence. "Don't let them slow you down kid."
Squeesan 3:37 pm
(3:37:20 PM): Ellis really didn't need telling twice... Even though the sun burned his eyes something horrible and his body was still sore from being shot, he sped across the last streatch of barren concrete that was before their freedom. Several shocked doctors and orderlies attempted to get in his way, but he bowled them over as he sped past. The fence was just a few more feet... He took a great leap, finding he flew farther than expected before latching to the fence to start scrambling upwards, several fingers and toes being caught painfully in the links, but he paid it no mind.
burstheal 3:42 pm
(3:42:06 PM): Nick managed to get over the fence with some dificulty. He felt like he as dragging a lead weight when he tried to life his injured arm to climb but he'd managed to get over in a fast enough fashion. He had no idea where they were going to go but it felt nice to be under the trees and out of the sun. "We need to find somewhere we can hide...and rest" He called to the figure so far up ahead of him.
Squeesan 3:46 pm
(3:46:28 PM): The minute they broke the treeline, Ellis sighed with relief, the leaves and branches mercy on his poor eyes. There was still sounds of the guards trying to follow and locate them, but they were gradually growing harder and harder to hear.
"Trees..." he said, looking up. "We can hide up there fer now."
burstheal 3:48 pm
(3:48:38 PM): "I was hoping for a cave but a tree will work too." As they ran he saw an answer in the form of both their thoughts. It was a huge old spruce with a hollowed out section underneath, probably dug by a bear and long since abandoned. It would be big enoug and easily hidden with forest litter. "Over here Ell."
Squeesan 3:52 pm
(3:52:39 PM): The mechanic's pace slowed as he approached the tree Nick had pointed out. It would do... They'd roughed it before, and in any sense, their refound freedom was more than enough comfort for him. He slipped into the hollow, investigating it a bit before he deemed it suitable and sat down.
burstheal 3:57 pm
(3:57:16 PM): Nick stayed outside longer making a pile of leaves and sticks around the entrance before climbing down and pulling it closed behind him. He breathed out able to see in the dark better than before. "We made it out.."
Squeesan 4:01 pm
(4:01:21 PM): There was a hissing sort of chuckle that came from the kid next to him as Ellis settled back against the hollowed trunk. "We're free..." he said in a voice strained with a million different emotions that were finally breaking through. "Free... FreefreeFREE!"
burstheal 4:02 pm
(4:02:33 PM): He closed his eye and nodded chin resting on his chest as he rested back agains the tree. "The cost might have been too high though..?"
Squeesan 4:08 pm
(4:08:54 PM): "Never..." He flexed his hands, staring at them through the darkness and finding he could see through it with incredible clarity. His fingers were caked with blood, the nails that had been neglected to be clipped looking even more garishly like claws. "...Oh right."
burstheal 4:19 pm
(4:19:35 PM): "yeah that.." He said putting his fingers up to the side of his face wincing at the feeling of mangled burned flesh, the part where the scar was being worse off. "I look like the god damn phantom now I bet..just get a mask and a pipe organ."
Squeesan 4:20 pm
(4:20:57 PM): "...What?" Ellis looked over and gave him a blank look. Musicals were not exactly a field he was knowledgable about.
burstheal 4:22 pm
(4:22:06 PM): "phantom of the opera...he had a messed up half of a face so he hid and wore a mask over it." He chuckled weakly at it. "No one could love that face, it was his dilema in life."
Squeesan 4:26 pm
(4:26:10 PM): "Ohh..." He looked at Nick consideringly. "...What opera's he at?"
burstheal 4:29 pm
(4:29:31 PM): "Hmmn? it's a musical play. I saw it in vegas once..or was it brodway...I can't remember but my ex liked dragging me out to plays and ballets and the like."
Squeesan 4:35 pm
(4:35:17 PM): "Ohh! Them things... I ain't ever gone t' one. I mean, apart from whatever my high school was doin', but that's pretty far from broadway." He rolled his shoulders with a bit of a pained groan. "You think things'll be different b'tween us jus' cuz ya got all burned to hell?"
burstheal 4:40 pm
(4:40:53 PM): "I..hope not." He said carefully hands resting on his legs. The hospital pants he was wearing were burned. He hoped they were near some kind of town or village they could steal clothes from sooner or later. "But I could understand it...I wouldn't blame you."
Squeesan 4:42 pm
(4:42:12 PM): Ellis made a rought sort of scoff. "I ain't gonna leave ya..." he assured Nick, looking at him with a smile. "Not after findin' ya again."
burstheal 4:43 pm
(4:43:47 PM): "Did they tell you I'd died too? I just about killed the bitch of a doctor who told me." He sighed out and moved so he could sit next to him looking at his hands. "I don't think..I've seen anything like what i'm becoming. Not that we encountered at least...you..your movements are like a hunters but your still you."
Squeesan 4:48 pm
(4:48:57 PM): "Yea..." He leaned carefully against Nick's side. "Think I about lost it then..." His voice cracked a little. "Justa 'bout went off the deep end..." He grimmaced a bit. "I ain't one'a them Hunters," he said descpicably. "I ain't gonna be a zombie."
burstheal 4:50 pm
(4:50:57 PM): "Ellis...we have to think about this rationally...you survived bullet wounds to the chest...Do I honestly look like I should have been able to survive the fire either? We're not human....anymore.."
Squeesan 4:53 pm
(4:53:03 PM): The mechanic hissed, his temper flaring up much more easily than usual. "I ain't nothin' but a human, unless I say otherwise!" he declared.
burstheal 4:54 pm
(4:54:44 PM): Nick winced actually shifting down a bit from that tone. Being hit and beat up and cut on and gods knows what else while he was alone had mentally made him wary of anger save his own. "Whatever you say kid..until you say otherwise." His voice was quiet the graveling of it worse than a man who smoked all the time would have.
Squeesan 4:58 pm
(4:58:33 PM): Ellis recalled himself at that reaction. "S-sssory..." he said regretably, even going so far as to lean over and nuzzle at Nick's unburned cheek apologetically.
burstheal 5:03 pm
(5:03:00 PM): He leaned into the nuzzling eye falling closed as he did. "It's alright...guess we're like a couple of abused animals..there's going to be things that..make us cower or get upset that the other can't help."
Squeesan 5:05 pm
(5:05:15 PM): "Don't wanna make ya cower, though," Ellis said honestly. "Here... Think... Try an' tell me whatchya think would bother ya most."
burstheal 5:06 pm
(5:06:14 PM): "I guess the fear of being hurt again...I reacted violently to things..but inside..and when they'd leave me alone..I just wanted to dissapear." He sighed out head falling forward a little. "Only one thing kept me from it."
Squeesan 5:08 pm
(5:08:31 PM): "I won't hurt ya," Ellis promised. "Not ever..." He kissed at Nick's cheek gently, letting out a soft, soothing purr in an effort to calm the other's nerves. "What kept ya from it?"
burstheal 5:13 pm
(5:13:42 PM): "You." He said simply leaning against him some. "Or more ...a name and the notion that I'd made a promise and I keep my promises."
Squeesan 5:17 pm
(5:17:15 PM): A grin streatched across Ellis' face and he was compelled to brush his tongue against the gambler's cheek affectionately. "Same fer me, more'r less... I wanted to keep good on what we talked about." He sighed. "Ya think we'll still manage to be happy somehow?"
burstheal 5:25 pm
(5:25:13 PM): "I think so...we just need to find somewhere..uninhabited. Maybe a forest like this..find a cabin. Hunt wild game to..sate whatever urges come from this."
Squeesan 5:28 pm
(5:28:44 PM): The boy made a small grimmace. "I've already felt the effects of it, I think... Was it bad tearin' into those sick fucks felt a lil' too good?" The corners of his lips twitched, like he was unsure what facial expression to use.
burstheal 5:30 pm
(5:30:03 PM): "I think they got what they deserved. They all should die for what they've done..i want to go back and kill them..free the others...but we're not strong enough right now."
Squeesan 5:31 pm
(5:31:51 PM): "I wanna get Coach an' Rochelle out," Ellis said with a frown. "If... They're still around... Or somethin'..." He hissed under his breath. "Goddamn... Why'd it gotta come to this?"
burstheal 5:34 pm
(5:34:23 PM): "Because the goverment is a bunch of sick fucks. Who only care about their own asses." He made a face and put his arm around him pulling him closer. "either way we have each other."
Squeesan 5:38 pm
(5:38:15 PM): "An' I'm s'posed to be the cheesy one," Ellis said with a snort. It was okay, though, really. Nick could be as cheesy and hoakey as he damned well pleased. They were free from their imprisonment. That was all that mattered.
"Hey..." he said in a softer voice, nudging Nick's cheek lightly.
burstheal 5:39 pm
(5:39:53 PM): He looked over at him his eye having lost it's silver color it was like blood had bled into it. "what is it..?"
Squeesan 5:40 pm
(5:40:58 PM): "I love you..."
burstheal 5:47 pm
(5:47:04 PM): He blinked looking at him but his expression softened. "I love you too..." He smiled a bit for the first time since they'd gotten loose.
Squeesan 5:52 pm
(5:52:35 PM): "That's a lil' better," Ellis said, nosing the smile. "I like it when ya smile."
burstheal 6:03 pm
(6:03:32 PM): Nick nodded a little. "I'll try to get better at it. Without being a synical ass along side."
burstheal 3:37 am
(3:37:13 AM): His body knew how desperately he'd needed this. Anything like this with the other man. It pulled noise and drew him steadily closer and closer. One well placed rough crack of their hips and a ragged tear of pain from teeth had him falling over the edge with a loud cry.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 3:42 am
(3:42:41 AM): Ellis followed with a strangled sort of yelp, so unbecoming of his current state, but it did not matter. Not when his entire body shook with it, strained to fight against the fuzzy darkness and physical weakness that came along with his orgasm. Teeth clutched at their hold on Nick's throat, the only thing keeping him anchored to this world as he collapsed with rough pants sucked through flared nostrils.
burstheal 10:34 am
(10:34:48 AM): He panting was hoarse and crackled but he didn't seem to care. Going limp with exauhstion beneath the boy. His mine ever so slowly coming back to him and he made a face. Had he just let that happen? Since when was the boy the 'man' in the relationship? "H..hey..you can stop nomming my throat now Ell.."
(10:34:59 AM): mind*
Squeesan 10:39 am
(10:39:00 AM): "Hhnn..." Ellis mumbled through his mouthful, voice sounding thick and heavy. Slowly, he drew back, giving the mark a last lingering stroke of his tongue before he pillowed his head on Nick's chest.
burstheal 10:40 am
(10:40:03 AM): Nick drew his arms around him and let a breath out. "We should go into the cabin if we're going to sleep kid, out here in the open is no good.." He kissed the top of his head. Completely uncaring of the people they'd killed not but a short time ago.
Squeesan 10:44 am
(10:44:41 AM): "'kay..." He pulled back with a groan, before swaying to his feet. For a moment, he stared down at the bodys close to them. The expression on his face was unreadable, before he simply turned his back and ambled for the door of the cabin.
burstheal 10:50 am
(10:50:41 AM): Nick watched him go knowing he was still in a fog. Pushing to his own feet with a grimace he didn't go inside imediately. He stared at the one hand that had lit on fire before and how the other hand now matched it, glancing over at the cabin he moved to the fire and put his hands in. He felt no pain but again his palms caught flame and he tilted his head a little looking at them for a moment before moving over and burning the bodies until they were nothing but charcol. Then he kicked as much brush over them as he could concealing them before moving inside. Extinguishing his hands as he closed his palms and smothered the source of the flames. He shut the door behind him and looked over the place. It wasn't much. A living room and a tiny bedroom with a bed. A kitchen with a pump sink and likely a bathroom somewhere he'd have to look into later so they could bathe. He moved into the bedroom and climbed onto the bed with the boy.
Squeesan 10:56 am
(10:56:55 AM): Ellis had made a B-line for the bedroom and collapsed down onto the mattress on his stomach. He'd barely even tugged the blankets over his body, and seemed utterly unconcerned with the way the blood on his body stained the sheets. The moment he sensed the other on the bed with him, he rolled over and curled into his side, demure, calm, and utterly changed from his state only a few minutes ago.
burstheal 11:00 am
(11:00:33 AM): An arm was thrown around him before he turned and curled over him more. Burrying his face into the boys brown hair. He was concious of what they'd become but found himself really caring little about it. He had Ellis, and he didn't really give a damn about other people to begin with. It was win win to him.
Squeesan 11:05 am
(11:05:27 AM): Ellis' mind was blissfully clear and peaceful for the first time in... He did not know how long. He honestly had little care in the world, except that the warm body next to him was real and tangible. "G'night, Nick..." he mumbled.
burstheal 11:08 am
(11:08:11 AM): "Night Elle.." He yawned out pulling the blankets up over them and falling asleep.
Of course dreaming was turblent for them both, nightmares after going through such hell were to be expected. He woke with a start but didn't scream or move from his position. They'd slept straight throught the day again he could tell because the light outside was dwindling into night fall. The one eye fell half closed again unwilling to give up his position curled against the boy while he tried to settle his heart rate and breathing.
Squeesan 11:12 am
(11:12:15 AM): At some time in the night, Ellis had shifted and moved in his sleep until he was on his side, back facing Nick and hugging his arm closely. He was still twitching and fidgetting restlessly in his sleep, occassionally muttering and growling indistinctly in a low voice.
burstheal 11:13 am
(11:13:09 AM): Hearing this he sat up and reached over shaking him gently. "Ellis..hey...hey overalls wake up.." He called quietly to him worried about his lovers state of mind if he didn't pull him from it.
Squeesan 11:19 am
(11:19:33 AM): For a moment, he was hard to shake awake, and the mutterings escalated until he finally bolted upright. "GET TH' HELL OFF ME!" he hissed, tumbling out of the bed with a loud thud. His weight pulled the bedsheets with him, and the fabric tangled around his body confiningly, making everything understandably worse.
burstheal 11:21 am
(11:21:38 AM): Nick jumped off the bed after being shoved back slightly from the tumble. He knelt down and started getting the sheets off from around him. "Ellis! Ellis wake up it's me. Your safe your just tangled up in a sheet. Your ok!" He was distressed by the turn of events. The last thing he wanted was a half awake Ellis tearing into him thinking he was something or someone else.
Squeesan 11:24 am
(11:24:57 AM): The voice penetrated the horrific visions, and Ellis slowly stopped fighting to stare up at Nick with wide eyes. He was shaking visibly, and when his spoke, his voice shook just as much. "...N-Nick...?" he whimpered.
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burstheal 11:31 am
(11:31:10 AM): "I'm right here kid it's ok." He said softly and finished getting him untangled. Drawing him into his arms he put his back to the side of the bed and cradled him. "It's going to be ok."
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Squeesan 12:18 pm
(12:18:23 PM): The smaller figure shook and trembled, the tremors soon evolving into soft sobs. "Oh god... Nick... Nick, I thought I was back there!" he whimpered.
burstheal 12:20 pm
(12:20:19 PM): Curling more around him he soothingly pet at his back with those claws lightly. "It's ok Ell, your not there your here with me. I won't let them ever take you back. I'll kill anyone who tries to hut you."
Squeesan 12:28 pm
(12:28:54 PM): Ellis only nodded, curling into Nick's side more. "Th-thank you..." he sniffed, scrubbing at his eyes. His nose filled with the stench of dried blood. "I... I think I need to get cleaned up..."
burstheal 12:32 pm
(12:32:15 PM): "We both do kid, you got your dinner all over me last night too." He said with a small weak chuckle. Standing with him in his arms he headed for the bathroom. The tub was a huge deep thing with a furnace build underneath to heat up the water. Setting Ellis down he looked at his hands. "Now how am I going to do this again...without a spark..?" He wondered to himself just as his claws clashed together and his hand lit up making him jump a bit. "Holy hell.."
Squeesan 12:34 pm
(12:34:41 PM): Ellis yelped at the sudden flash of light, curling away with a mix of startled fear and pain. "P-put it out..."
burstheal 12:35 pm
(12:35:57 PM): "Just a sec kid, don't you want a hot bath?" He said usingh is body to block the light from his eyes best he could. He put his hand into the slot where the wood had been loaded in by the hunters and lit it up. Shutting the door he closed his claws again puttingi t out. "There we go. We just have to give it a few moments to heat up."
Squeesan 12:38 pm
(12:38:56 PM): Once the light flickered out, Ellis turned slowly back around. "How'd ya do that?" he asked with a measure of cautious curiosity.
burstheal 12:41 pm
(12:41:52 PM): Nick shrugged. "I don't know..last night sparks hit this hand and it lit on fire...and after you went inside I put my hands in the camp fire and I was able to keep a steady heat going. I guess..just what I am now.." He shrugged some looking at his hands.
[11:37] Squeesan: "Ain't never heard of a z--... Anythin' able to control fire," Ellis said, refraining from using the word 'zombie'. "Well, 'cept fer like... X-Men or somethin'."
[11:39] burstheal: Nick made a face at him. "You calling me a mutant? How is that better from the Z word?" He wondered aloud and leaned against the tank. "I figure it's the injections..whatever the fuck they had to do to amp up the infection to make us immune go crazy.."
[11:43] Squeesan: "Ain't said that!" Ellis grouched, lower lip jutting into a pout. He sighed. "...What if we wasn't immune?" he said after a moment. "I mean, I know when we was runnin' around tryin' to get saved, we never turned, but... Well, ya remember that shit about 'Carriers' or somethin' on the saferoom walls?"
[11:44] burstheal: "I know kid, I've considered that too. But why go through all that trouble to do this to us. If we weren't something they hadn't counted on. People that couldn't get sick from the strain they put out so they had to give it steroids and now...now theres..." He looked at his hands frowning. "mutations..."
[11:50] Squeesan: Ellis made a face and reached out to carefully put his hand into Nick's, mindful of the claws. "We'll be alright," he said, though it didn't carry its usual conviction. The water of the tub sloshed a bit as he moved and leaned over to nudge his nose against the gambler's.
[11:52] burstheal: "For once..I don't quite believe you..." He sighed out heavily and nudged back before stripping the remains of his clothes off and slides into the water with him. This caused a level of pain he was expecting. The burns may have been immune to fire but they were still fresh and it stung so badly he closed his eyes and had to try and bring his breathing back to normal.
[11:55] Squeesan: "You alright?" the mechanic asked with concern, dancing between moving over in an attempt to comfort, and staying put for fear of hurting him more.
[11:56] burstheal: "Just stings like a bitch...water and burns don't..don't mix well. But I need to get cleaned." Though for the more basic reasons of needing to get clean he didn't know why it mattered any more. It wasn't like the wounds would get infected. No that notion would bring a sardonic snort from him. It was more from his lingering need to preserve whatever of his humanity was left. And he was obsessive compulsive even then. Carefully scissoring a sponge between his claws to wash the unburned side of his skin off from dirt and gore from the day before.
[12:10] Squeesan: Ellis bit his lip. No matter what sort of condition he was in, he always held some sort of concern for Nick and his well-being. Reaching out, he grasped the sponge. "Lemme help a lil'," he offered, taking the sponge out from between those sharp claws and moving closer to gently scrub at the older man's skin with it, the warmed water trickling down his chest.
[12:12] burstheal: He licked his lips a little watching him, eyes half hooding as he was taken care of. "At least one thing hasn't changed...even if your a bit more off in the head then you were already...Your still Ellis.." He said quietly watching him. "Though ..I wonder if I'm the only freak out of the two of us."
[12:15] Squeesan: "Yea...?" His face quirked a bit in his old smile. "Still Ellis... I like th' sound've that." He dunked the sponge in the water again, the water in the tub starting to stain a reddish hue. "I think we're both freaks at this point..."
[12:17] burstheal: "Well I just meant..I light shit on fire kid..what can you do?" He wondered leaning closer to look at him. the one red eye wasn't nearly as intimidating like this. He never wanted to come off as a demon to the other man. No Ellis was the one precious thing he had and he was going to kill anyone who tried to take him from him again.
[12:22] Squeesan: The boy's pale eyes lifted up to stare into Nick's one good eye. Ellis' eyes had always been a pale-blue color, but the onset of Infection seemed to be sucking all the hue out of them, leaving an odd sort of silver glow. "I dunno..." he said with a small shrug of his shoulders. "Kill crazy CEDA scientists?" He chuckled.
[12:23] burstheal: He laughed a little and pulled him closer. "Oh..I think we'll do more than just kill them. We'll torture the sick fucks who tortured us. And kill the rest. And any of their pets and people like us around we'll just let them all free. Let them get their revenge too." He looked at him darkly, revenge was always something he did so well.
[12:29] Squeesan: Normally, Ellis might have opposed a notion like this, had things still been normal... Or at least as 'normal' as things had been before they were taken hostage by CEDA and treated like guinea pigs. For all his enthusiasm at dispatching zombies, he'd still had his humanity. The idea of killing humans would have earned a disgusted reaction.
But things were different now... After what they'd been through, the plan just earned a twisted little smirk. "I like that idea..." he said, fingertips stroking down Nick's good arm as he absentmindedly kept up with the sponge.
[12:31] burstheal: "Yea? I thought you might. But lets give them a few days. Let them think we're long gone and we'll sneak in at night. When the bastards least expect it." He had other plans too. Ones he wasn't going to let Ellis in on yet. He wanted to see where the vaults of 'pure' americans were being kept. The ones the government had protected. He was the vindictive sort, and if he had it his way he'd let a few plauge carrying rats the size of hunters loose in those underground cities.
[12:39] Squeesan: The kid nodded, though a bit of unease stirred in him. Would they be strong enough to take down an entire government organization? A few guards and scientists was one thing, but CEDA in its entireity was another thing completely... He pushed it away for now. His battered mind was tired on the subject... He justed wanted to stay with Nick for now, and assure himself they were together. With a small noise, he leaned against the conman's good side.
[12:45] burstheal: Gingerly Nick wrapped his arm around him and the claws rested against his chest lightly. "Shit..I'm going to have to be fucking careful with these lawn dart fingers." He sighed a bit. "Ell...this is going to be embarrassing to admit..but I'm probably..going to need your help doing shit I could normally do for myself."
[12:47] Squeesan: "Like...?" He looked up at Nick with a quizical expression.
[12:50] burstheal: "I don't think I can make coffee...or put a cigarette in my mouth like this..I doubt I have to worry about shaving or anything anymore but the simple pleasures I can't do..." He frowned a little. "And I can't...get you ready anymore..it would be kind of painful right?"
[12:53] Squeesan: "Yea, I s'pose it would..." He frowned a little, before pushing a smile to his face for the sake of it. "Don't gotta worry," he said assuredly. "I'll help ya. I promise."
[12:55] burstheal: Nick smiled a little and nodded. "Thanks kid..worse comes to worse..." He coughed a bit and looked away the nonscarred up side of his face flushed a little. "I didn't mind last night that much..If I can't be top anymore I'm not going to hate it.."
[12:57] Squeesan: A smirk curled on Ellis' lips. "Yea...?" He chuckled, a hoarse hiss of a sound, but a chuckle nonetheless. "You like it when I dominate you~?"
[12:59] burstheal: "Fuck...do you have to put it like that? Fucking embarrassing kid..." He made a face but he lacked his old angry conviction.
[13:00] Squeesan: "Honestly...?" Ellis said thoughtfully. "...Yea."
[13:09] burstheal: "Brat..." He said then looked at him still bright red in the cheek area. "...yea..I liked it." He admitted feeding the boys ego a bit, after all he deserved it
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:06 pm
(8:06:04 PM): The smirk spread into a devilish grin. "I knew it." He snapped his teeth playfully, and their sharp, gore-stained surfaces glinted lightly in the glow of the wooden logs burning beneath the tub. As far as appearances went, he was steadily straying further and further away from everything Ellis once was, even if he more or less still acted the same, at least in the calm private moments he had with Nick.
burstheal 8:10 pm
(8:10:39 PM): Frowning a little at this it wasn't like he couldn't say the same. He probably looked nothing like himself anymore. He looked at his reflection in the water and that was a mistake to be sure. His expression fell and he hit the water distorting the image and looking away from it.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:12 pm
(8:12:20 PM): Ellis blinked in confusion at the sudden outburst. "What's the matter...?" he asked with confusion.
burstheal 8:18 pm
(8:18:35 PM): He frowned heavier. "Remind me to have you break any mirrors in this place later."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:24 pm
(8:24:51 PM): "Mph..." Ellis hissed a bit. "You're not ugly," he said. He moved to climb out of the tub, reaching for a towel.
burstheal 8:26 pm
(8:26:37 PM): Nick laid over the side slightly watching him. "I don't share your view...I look like a monster..if it wasn't for you I'd probably."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:30 pm
(8:30:51 PM): "I ain't any different, then," Ellis pointed out, drying the moisture from his skin with the towel. "I might not look anythin' like a monster as I stand, but... Well, shit. Don'tchya remember what I did to those men last night?
(8:30:53 PM): "
burstheal 8:33 pm
(8:33:22 PM): He nodded a little and shook his head out clearing his thoughts as he climbed out and wrapped his arms around him. "We're monsters together then....your you and I'm me..and...shit kid...who cares what we are to anyone else. Their killers..their saviors...whatever...right?"
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:38 pm
(8:38:31 PM): The kid snorted as Nick's arms encircled him, skin prickling a little as the charred flesh brushed against his own. "Right." He made his little lopsided grin, fingers running through his wet hair. "I'm gonna need some clothes..."
burstheal 8:42 pm
(8:42:23 PM): "not going to keep running around naked?" He joked with a half grin of his own since that one half of his face didn't want to act right.
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 8:49 pm
(8:49:48 PM): "It's a helluva lot colder 'round these parts than down South," Ellis reasoned. "I get cold easily."
burstheal 8:56 pm
(8:56:41 PM): "I figured, I found you clothes and me some new ones.." He kissed him softly then moved towards the bedroom again a towel around his waist. The damage to his body was horrible, his backside wasn't just burned, it had scars on the unburned side too. All kinds of bad wounds. The scars on his hip was the worst of it. It looked like someone had torn the flesh repeadedly to get that level of damage
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:10 pm
(9:10:42 PM): Ellis' eyes narrowed as they roved over the out-of-place marks on Nick's skin. "What're those from...?" he asked, slipping after the older man.
burstheal 9:13 pm
(9:13:28 PM): He blinked a little and looked down where the boys eyes wandered and he stiffened a little. Just looking at them reminded him of other things he needed revenge for. He slid into the bedroom avoiding eye contact. "They got tired...the guards of just watching me get tortured and not breaking well enough. So they took things into their own hands. One of them had a knife fetish or something. He cut the whole time..." He picked up the clothes he'd found for himself. Setting Ellis's asside. "I guess that's why I really don't mind letting you take the lead anymore. They broke me of whatever pride I had been holding onto there..."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:37 pm
(9:37:30 PM): "...What?" Ellis very suddenly bristled up with a loud hiss. "You're sayin' they did what I think they did?" His lips curled back into a hideous snarl.
burstheal 9:39 pm
(9:39:42 PM): He looked up at him his brow knit upwards in a sad expresion, an ashamed one. "I never...I never meant to be unfaithful..I wanted shit to be different with you." He shook his head his tone taking on a different quality than usual, a slightly afraid one. "I tried...I tried I swear.." He held his head the traumatic events coming back fresh hitting him like a tank. "I didn't want it.."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 9:45 pm
(9:45:51 PM): "It ain't your fault," Ellis said, though his voice was still adopting that dangerous tone. He could feel the anger and hate bubbling up again like a pot left too long on the stove. He tugged Nick into a sheilding hug. "I'll kill 'em..."
burstheal 10:00 pm
(10:00:27 PM): He leaned against him and closed his eye tightly. Curling against him feeling weak for the first time since they'd gotten out of that hell. Remembering how weak he'd been then. " Elle...I'm sorry for being so weak..I should be protecting you...avenging you...I promise I will.."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:19 pm
(10:19:10 PM): "You are not weak," Ellis directed with a low growl, making special emphasis to enunciate each and every syllable rather than using his typical lazy drawl and prove his point. "Stop feelin' sorry for things that ain't your fault!" He grabbed Nick's face and made their eyes meet. "Nothing is your fault."
burstheal 10:24 pm
(10:24:58 PM): He nodded a little looking at him his hand reaching up to brush claws against his cheek. "I know...sorry...shit..I'm sorry.." He sighed out and leaned forward kissing him softly for a moment. "Lets stop being naked...and just...move past this right now." He knew the kid was going to be pissed for a while. He knew him well enough to know big things like that weren't things he could just forgive and move on from. "I'm yours..no matter what anyone else did. All that matters right..?"
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:34 pm
(10:34:10 PM): The mechanic still seethed heavily, even as he muttered a dissatisfied "Yea...", before slipping past Nick to re-enter the bedroom they decided to occupy. He ripped the drawers to the dresser open and rifled through the contents for a moment, tugging on a t-shirt and a pair of rather worn-in jeans. Something was missing, though...
burstheal 10:36 pm
(10:36:06 PM): Nick put something on his head. It wasn't the same hat but he'd found a green john deer tractor hat in one of the closets and it was close enough that it gave the boy a bit of his old look. He had dressed in a pair of black pants and a red shirt he'd found. Likely one of the men they'd killed's city clothes. "there we go...now you look the part."
Dr Sl33pYp4n7s 10:39 pm
(10:39:47 PM): Ellis brought a hand up and ran his fingers against the brim of the hat in an old, familiar gesture. A bit of his anger dissipated. "Thanks..." he mumbled.