Nightshift 44: Gardener's Shed

[human_sponge]

[From here.]As Peter illuminated the cramped shed with his flashlight, he tried not to think about how many times he'd come to this place. Come to think of it, they should probably grab something for Claire while they were here, so he could make this the last time he had to make this trip. Granted, he didn't really know what else he would be doing

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[aleaderwillrise]

Peter had so easily brushed aside the talk of "hallucination" with a quick "anyway", but it was still heavy on Nathan's mind as they moved into the shed Peter had broken open for them. He scanned the tools there, trying to keep his mind on them. Peter had seen a hallucination - a vision? That didn't make any sense, and rather on dwelling on it, Nathan discarded the thought quickly, glancing towards his younger brother and then back to the tools. There wasn't too much to choose from - the shed was predictably full of your standard variety gardening tools. Nathan noticed a weeding claw, but the handle was pretty short - honestly, he would have to get pretty close to whatever he was attacking to use it, and he was definitely not looking to put himself in danger

[human_sponge]

It looked like Nathan was actually been merciful for once, in that he wasn't drilling him about what he'd just been through -- though Peter realized that it was very possible that his brother just wanted to take care of business before he started in on the interrogation

[aleaderwillrise]

When Peter mentioned Claire, Nathan looked surprised for a moment, as if it actually took Peter saying something about her to remind him that she was without a weapon, too.

"Oh, right," he said, absently. He scanned the tools, having the same thought Peter was having - Claire was smaller, and a huge shovel might just end up being more of a hindrance for her than a help. He frowned, then glanced down towards the weeding claw he'd previously passed up. The range was short, but with the spikes on the end, she wouldn't have to have quite as much arm strength to make a good hit.

Hopefully, either he or Peter would be around to look after her if she ever was in a situation to need it, anyway.

Picking up the weeding claw, Nathan held it towards Peter to show it to him. "Think this'll work?" he asked. "The spikes aren't exactly sharp, but..." It was the best thing he could see, really.

[human_sponge]

It was true that the weapon Nathan picked out was far from ideal, but just looking around, Peter didn't see any better options. When it came down to it, he didn't see any harm in taking it with them and at least offering it up to the girl. If she decided she wanted something else, they could deal with that later.

"She can get in a lot closer to monsters than we can without having to worry as much," Peter pointed out, even though he hated that they had to fall back on that kind of reasoning. Maybe Claire was used to her body being cut open and broken in all kinds of ways, but that didn't mean that Peter was used to watching it.

Not wanting to spend any more time in the cramped space now that they were officially done, Peter nodded toward the door. "Let's go."

But just as he took a step toward the exit, night ended with his vision going black.