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Post by Raven on Jul 25, 2012 2:48:57 GMT -6
"Cael Seran... He also got guts... but his smarts no help how arrogant prick he is. He no one to follow anyone but himself, he no work well with others, even if he might have potential."
Scowling to himself, that boy thought he could use Raven's huge size to his advantage, well Raven had showed him otherwise and proved him wrong. For such a huge hulk, Raven was surprisingly fast, and it was no surprise he could last for and take a ridiculously long amount of time and hits in a fight.
"I no like people that think others beneath them... I smashed that boy, I smash others like him! If he no scream for you, I make him for you then! No one treat you bad and get away with it!"
Seeing Azura smile softly at him and continue to lightly stroke his cheek to try and calm him down to rest, although he had calmed down considerably, he would continue to look at her with an alert expression, akin to that of a puppy dog, intent on keeping her company all through the night and day. Hearing Azura sigh and shake her head, smiling slightly in defeat at him, he'd feel her run her fingers over his cheek while her wing curled slightly over her, hiding her from view, but not from him.
"I sorry... What I want...?"
His brows furrowing, Raven would muster all the brain power he had left, and think long and hard on his answer. It was pretty obvious what Raven wanted more than anything was for Azura to be free and happy, away from all the injections and tests that caused her nothing but pain and suffering.
"I want... a whistle. Use it if we get separated, and I come running."
You could tell despite his destroyed mind, Raven had put a lot of thought and effort into his answer.
"What about you? What is one thing you want more than anything? You tell me, and I get for you, even if I go to ends of earth for it."
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Post by Azura on Jul 25, 2012 4:23:20 GMT -6
She would purse her lips slightly, debating over what he said about Cael and nodding slightly. "I suppose. Though I don't think he will be realizing that anytime soon." She shrugged. It was not her place to try and correct the wrongs she saw in others, at least not others that she had nothing invested into, which yeah, narrowed the field down quite a bit. Cael was cute, but looks and money only got you so far, even she, with her limited knowledge of the outside world knew that.
"Yes, I know you will, and I will hurt anyone who dares to try and hurt you." Hurt was probably not a strong enough word really. More like....murder...maim....break in half...Those words were the ones that came to mind when she thought about it. But, for the most part she kept that to herself, she knew she didn't have to elaborate for him to know what she would do. Azura rarely got mad, but when she did, things got broken, many things and anyone in her way.
Then as he went into telling her what it was he wanted from her she would smile rather brightly and just shake her head, her small index finger reaching out and lightly tapping the end of his nose. "What on Earth would I do without you?" Nodding and letting a little sigh pass her lips as she closed her eyes. Though no sooner had she done such than he would turn the question back on her, and to be honest she had to think long and hard on that.
She had spent the last seventeen years of her life worried about him, about getting them free, about escaping this hell, and in that time there had been no time for selfish thoughts about what she would do or what she would want if that day ever came. Yet, finally, after a long moment of silence, she would shrug softly, another soft smile crossing her lips as she moved to rest her hand upon his cheek, those eyes looking into his own as they so often did. "I would find a way to make you all better, to fix everything wrong they have done to your mind so that everyone could see how wonderful you are, just like I do and nobody would have reason to ever make fun of you again." No, she liked him just the way he was, but it was not fair to him to be limited in life because of what some stupid doctors had done to him, nor was it fair to him to be made fun of just because he was different than everyone else. More than anything in the world she wanted to be able to make that better, then he could live this life without her to protect him, he could finally stop needing her so much.
Would it break her heart to lose him? Yes, probably. It would likely kill her. But the simple fact was she would rather that than make him live a life of suffering. Anything would be better than that, at least in her mind. Her little hand leaving his cheek and grasping his hand softly. "Do you ever wish that you had never ever come here?" She was curious. She was sure she knew the answer, but she just wanted to know, figuring that if they were not going to sleep, might as well talk. Though Azura was more than happy with silence if that should happen.
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Post by Raven on Jul 25, 2012 16:55:05 GMT -6
"I no think he realize it ever. We look out for each other, and no let anyone keep us apart! We destroy them!"
Raven knew very well that Azura would do more than just hurt anyone that dared to try and hurt her, he rarely witnessed her get angry, but when she did, she's gonna kill things. Dead. Suffice to say, the other experiments knew to tread cautiously around Raven, and never, EVER, hurt him in any way possible. Returning Azura's rather bright smile with a happy frightening grin of his own as she shook her head and reached out and lightly tapped the end of his nose with her index finger, he'd continue to look at her like a puppy dog would, even tilting his head to one side.
"You no get carried... if I no around... So I carry you as much as possible when you in pain, when I still around."
Seeing and hearing Azura nodding and sighing slightly before closing her eyes, shrugging and smiling softly as he felt her hand rest against his cheek, her eyes looking into his own as they so often did, Raven would reach out with one massive hand and lightly brush his fingers against her cheek.
"Even if my mind all better... I still stay with you. Other small fries may see who I am, but never true understand me like you do! I say I stay by your side, and I no leave you! I no happy if they see true self, but they no like you true self! I no want mind if you send me... away from you... No send me away please..."
Feeling her hand leave his cheek and grasp his hand softly, Raven would hold her hand back just as gently, making sure to control his grip on her hand, to avoid inflicting unnecessary pain on Azura.
"Yes and no... Yes, because I no end up experimented on, but no, because I no come here, I no meet you, and that worth all this. Life without you, is life I no want to live."
Leaning forward, Raven would rest his forehead gently against hers, his eyes looking at her lovingly but somewhat sad, a small sad smile on his face.
"World without you, is world I no want to live in... Do you... wish you no ever come here...?"
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Post by Azura on Jul 25, 2012 17:16:00 GMT -6
She would nod slightly in understanding of what he was saying about Cael. People assumed that because Raven couldn't speak or think like them that he didn't understand things the way that they did, and they were wrong. Dead wrong. He understood things in a way that no other could. Though she really didn't feel like discussing that boy at the moment. No, she had other things on her mind, like the big guy in front of her right now. A small laugh given to his words as she shook her head and smiled rather brightly at him. "Yes, I do need that. I fear my legs just don't want to work they way they are supposed to at times." She could manage she was sure, but she would never tell him that. Nope, anything that made him feel needed was good in her books.
Then as he continued to speak, answering her statements and questions she would nod slightly. Oh how she wanted to believe that he would stay with her, but at the same time she knew if his mind was repaired he would know that the stories she told him since childhood were a lie, it would not be hard to figure out and then she would likely lose him. He would want to find his family, he would want to find his life and that life would not include her. Yet she did not argue with him,she just smiled and nodded softly as she always did. "Of course you would not leave me. You and me, we are a team right? Forever." Trying very hard to hide the emotion in her voice upon saying those words.
Then, she had to blush just slightly at him saying that he didn't regret being here for the very reason of meeting her, that his life would be nothing without her. She knew that nobody would ever feel that way about her, not besides him, and that was okay with her. She didn't really need anyone else right? She didn't think so. A little sigh given as he turned the question back on her. Not a second thought given before she would smile and shake her head, those hazel eyes lighting up as she spoke. "I was created for you silly...How on Earth could I regret coming here when I have you in my life? I have told you, you are my entire reason for being." Again, she meant every single word.
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Post by Raven on Jul 25, 2012 18:12:13 GMT -6
"I carry you whenever you need, like I lift and keep worries away for you! So I stay with you forever, so you no overwhelm and despair!"
It really was true though. Even if Raven's mind was healed, even if he figured out the stories Azura had told him were not true, it would not matter to him, because to him, even if she was birthed by humans just as he had been, she really had been created by God. Yes, he probably would want to find his parents, but no, he would not want to find his life, because he had already found it. His life was to stay by Azura's side forever. That was the only life he needed, restored mind or not.
"It true! Mind better or no, I never leave, you never lose me! We are duo forever! I... swear...? On life!"
Perhaps asking Azura if she ever wished to never have come here was a stupid question, but Raven needed to know, because maybe then, she'd never have to go through all this pain and suffering, just to protect him and ensure he did not die.
"And you all I need in life! My entire reason for life is stay with you forever! We... fated? To be together!"
Continuing to rest his forehead gently against hers, she would see a gentle smile light up his features, which she probably had not seen for a very long time.
"This only life I need... I want you in life forever..."
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Post by Azura on Jul 25, 2012 18:44:07 GMT -6
She would smile softly the entire time that he was speaking, noting how he was getting all worked up because he felt that she may not have believed him. A little shake of her head given as she brushed her little hand along his cheek. "Yes, forever. You and me. Just like I promised you the first night we met."
She knew that there were so many things that could get in the way of that. The group was coming up with something and yet they would not share any details, as usual, with her. All she knew was that they were about to go into that school and they were not leaving without something...or....more specifically, someone. "When we go on our next mission, you have to promise me that you will be careful. Those students will learn eventually to start working together and then bad things could happen."
She had worry in her eyes even as she bit down onto her lower lip to keep a frown from coming upon her features. She rarely made such a face with him around, trying her best to hide her emotions behind happiness and love, for his sake as well as her own. It was easier to hide than to expose yourself to the world...then you could not get hurt. Even being locked away all these years, she knew that. "And you are all I need Raven. Forever and ever." She didn't know what she would do when he was gone, but that was a day she didn't even want to think about, closing her eyes to banish the thoughts to the back of her mind as she lifted her head and pressed a light kiss to his forehead. "Thank you...for always being here." It meant the world to her, because up until him, she had been alone, so utterly alone. Sure, she had friends that were experiments, but they were cold, closed off and calculating...he was the only one that was even close to being like her. Or at least she thought so.
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Post by Raven on Jul 26, 2012 1:36:29 GMT -6
"And I no break promise made that night! Wherever you go, I follow! I follow you to ends of Heaven and Earth if have to!"
And what's more, he'd actually do it if he had to, as evident by the resolve and determination burning in his eyes for her. It didn't matter who, what, or where he had to go through, he'd fight tooth and nail to stay with her until the day he died.
"I promise, I be careful. You be careful too, I no want you to get hurt, or I break small fries that harm you!"
Seeing the worry in Azura's eyes and biting down on her lower lip, stretching out both of his arms, he would gently cup her face in his hands and comfort her. Gently stroking her cheeks with his thumbs to ease her troubled mind, he'd lean in closer to her as a comforting presence for her, seeing her lift her head up and feel her press a light kiss to his forehead.
"It what I do best. I know only how to smash and throw and swing, so I stay with you, so you no be alone anymore."
Leaning his head in closer to her, he'd gently kiss her forehead, as she had done for him countless times, continuing to gently stroke her cheeks with his thumbs.
"That reason I exist... I meet you and never ever abandon you, so you no by self anymore..."
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Post by Azura on Jul 26, 2012 1:48:48 GMT -6
She would smile softly, nodding lightly. She knew that he had every intention of keeping that promise and she would keep her own. She would destroy anything that stood in her way to get to him if she had to, no matter how much she hated the idea of doing that. Some things in this world you just had to fight to protect and he was that one thing in her life that she would do just that for. A little sigh given, feeling that weight grow heavier as he asked her to be careful.
However she would simply smile and shake her head. "I am always careful. Besides, we both know that right now, those students can't touch me." No, they couldn't and she felt bad about that shit too but she was being forced there and though that did nothing to alleviate the regret and sorrow that she felt, she knew that it had to be done.....or else.
Feeling his hands on her face, her eyes would shift toward his own once more, a weak smile given as she nodded, knowing he was simply trying to sooth her burdens and wishing that it was just that simple. Yet in some small way he did always seem to make it better, reminded her what she was doing all this for, why she kept going when every part of her that was good wanted to stop and give up. To just roll over and die, time and time again until it stuck. "You can do so much more than that. You make me smile, you make me happy. You are a good, good person Raven. Don't ever let anyone tell you different. Ever." Nodding firmly as she closed her eyes, feeling that kiss to her forehead.
He had done it a million times and she loved it. It made her feel needed, wanted, something she had not felt until she met him and something nobody had ever made her feel sense. But then, nobody had ever made her feel anything besides sorrow of some sort, save for Raven. "Yes...that is why we exist Raven. So that we can be together, and so we never ever have to be alone again." Again, she knew the day would come that she had to be alone, but that day was not right now and she would cherish what time she had with him before he was taken from her.
"You know I love you right? More than anything in the world?" In her mind, like a mother loved a child, perhaps like a big sister. But then, she had never really seen Raven as anything but that, his mind taken from him at such a young age.
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Post by Raven on Jul 26, 2012 16:01:22 GMT -6
"That true. Small fries have no hope of ever touching you, you run circles around them."
They really couldn't, and if any of the students actually managed to harm Azura somehow, he would beat the living daylights out of them and make them pay, make them feel the pain Azura went through everyday, make them think twice about harming her ever again.
"I no good person... I make you smile and happy, but I shove you out of way to smash that no talk boy... I know it to no blow your cover... but I still shove you... I sorry..."
His head lowering sadly, seeing her appear so distressed, he'd put aside his own mental anguish and gently kiss her forehead to comfort her, as he had done a million times before, now a million and one.
"Even when I gone, I come back as ghost! So I stay with you forever and you no alone! Death no keep us apart!"
Easier said than done though. There was no guarantee Raven could come back as a ghost when he died, but he so earnestly wanted to stay with Azura forever, he'd more than likely find a way to come back as one, even if he had to go through Hell and back to do so.
"I know... No one love me more than you... And I love you more than anyone can ever hope to try to... More than anything in this world, in Heaven..."
In his mind, like a little brother. Any and all romantic feelings he had for her was somewhere deep down, no way of being let out simply because of Raven's limited mental capacity, his mind taken from him in his early teens, granting him absolutely no means whatsoever to even show it.
"You rest now... I be here for anything you need... You just tell me, I get for you."
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Post by Azura on Jul 27, 2012 0:09:19 GMT -6
Her brow would furrow as he began to apologize for shoving her out of the way and into those lockers, shaking her head as she lightly tapped the end of his nose once more. "No, you do not have to be sorry. It did not hurt me at all, and it does not make you a bad person. You are a good, pure soul who was made to do things, bad things. Not your fault. Not at all, and don't ever think it is."
She would smile warmly, one of her small hands tucking under her cheek, closing her eyes as she felt his lips pressing against her forehead. A soft laugh escaping her as her eyes lit up with happiness and amusement...not that he would think that but that he would be willing to do such a thing, for her....Just for her. In her mind, such things were possible, it just took the right timing and the right power. One could never be sure. "I would like that, very much Raven." She honestly could not imagine being apart from him, and though she knew that the likelihood was high of her losing him...she could still allow herself to enjoy the thought, just the same.
"Yes, I know you do. Nobody could ever love me the way that you do. Nobody else sees me....Nobody wants to..." She knew as soon as the words left her lips that they might not make sense to him. Shaking her head slightly as she would sigh. "Nevermind." Eyes closing for a moment as she just relaxed and tried to give herself a bit of rest, knowing she needed all she could get to regain her strength. Though, when he spoke her eyes would again flutter open to look at him, a little nod given as she nuzzled her head into her pillow just a bit more, hands folded beneath her cheek softly, delicately.
"Thank you Raven. For everything. For being with me." A little nod given as she would sigh and close her eyes yet again. A sense of calm washing over her, though deep down she still felt that all consuming guilt and sorrow she always felt. It was just her burden she supposed, something she would be forced to bare. But that was okay she supposed, anything to ensure he was okay.
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Post by Raven on Jul 27, 2012 21:54:20 GMT -6
"But...! I... Okay..."
Even though Raven knew it hadn't hurt Azura at all, it had still hurt him to push her out of his way like that, all for the sake of not blowing her cover. Seeing her smile warmly, one of her hands tucked under her cheek as he leaned in to kiss her forehead, hearing her laugh softly and her eyes lighting up with happiness, it made him happy to see her happy.
"I do it then! I no care what it takes, I come back as ghost for you!"
There may be no guarantee he'd be able to, but no matter how long Azura would be alive for and in this world, Raven would never move on, because he would be steadfastly determined to stay with her for eternity, by her side. He would not allow himself to be apart from her, not now, not ever. She'd lose him physically, but gain him back ethereally, and never have to worry about the possibility of him getting re-captured and experimented on ever again.
"... No one see you true self... No one want to bother learn true self... Only I know you true self... And only you know me true self..."
Seeing Azura's eyes closing and relax, to get some rest, Raven would fold his massive arms together and rest his chin on top, his eyes alert like an owl's. Sleep was unimportant to him right now, staying with and protecting Azura was at the very top of his list, always and forever. Seeing her eyes flutter open to look at him, he'd nod back at her.
"You no need thank me... I do anything for you..."
Seeing her close her eyes again, Raven would fall silent, letting her get the rest she so badly needed. Soon though, he too would let his eyes close, but he dozed lightly, determined not to fall into a deep sleep, all to make sure Azura was alright.
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Post by Azura on Jul 30, 2012 21:52:24 GMT -6
Azura would lay there with her eyes closed and trying not to let her mind wander to the dangers of what they were being tasked to do. Sure, they had said she would earn them their freedom, but she was not stupid. Dr. Cole never told her the truth, and now that he was head of the facility, in place of Dr. X who had bee killed, he had let the power go to his head.
Though, she knew that he might let Raven go, she knew that it was unlikely she would ever be allowed to leave. She saw how he watched her, how he had always watched her. That hunger in his eyes that was held at bay only by restrictions of experiments being run on her and by the fact that she would kill him if he ever tried...But no, he wasn't going to just let her walk out. But, she wouldn't tell Raven that.
No, she would get him his freedom and then she would tell him to leave if she had to...Whatever it took. Sure, she was going to try and free herself too, but on the chance that she couldn't, that was her Plan B. The only real alternative to Plan A falling apart.
If only she had known how complicated things were about to get, she might not have rested so easily just now, but as it stood she was too naive and innocent to really notice what was happening....where they were headed...So, she would curl up a bit more and softly inch her way closer to him....a littlesigh passing her lips before, for the first time in months, she began to doze off.
Probably a good thing.....because soon sleep would be nothing more than a distant memory for her.
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