Board Thread:The Mech Bay Bar'n'Grill/@comment-24930445-20140526230330/@comment-24930445-20140614194954

Dylan & Joke

Dylan had requested to remain on board Vextis with Larry and Lauren, hoping that somehow, he would be able to help or, at the very least, protect them. In the ten years or more he had been with Jos’ organization, he had learned quite a few things himself. Being on the security team had definitely been an advantage, although information was routinely parceled out with no one group gaining all pertinent material. Even security had its “sections”. This would not be an obstacle for a handsome and friendly guy.

He had spent the morning in his assigned quarters down the hall from his friends adding notes to his personal computer concerning Jos’ security force, weaponry, numbers, supplies.. anything he could remember about his time with her firm.

When the knock came, Dylan laughed then called out “You lose your key again, old man?” His father was suppose to drop by and take him to lunch and he was about due. The only answer was a repeat of the knock, and Dylan frowned. This wasn’t his father’s knock. Too timid. Shrugging, he pulled himself off the couch and strode to the door. As he neared, the sensors registered his biometrics and the panel before him slid open to reveal Daisy on the other side.

He didn’t stop to wonder how she was aboard Krita. He never thought to ask how she had found her way to his room. He simply pulled her into his arms and held on tight, not trusting himself to even say her name. With Daisy here, in his arms, Dylan could finally admit to himself that he had been worried sick about her and that he obviously cared more than he had been willing to let himself consider. The thought of never seeing her again haunted his private moments.

Daisy hadn’t said a word and she didn’t struggle against him. Her arms came up behind him as if to hold him. Later, all of this would be remembered, but for now, he was simply content to hold her in an open doorway.

For the first brief moment, the searing pain in his back was a curiosity only to replaced immediately by terror. He hadn’t noticed the little blaster in her hand. He flung her away from him as he stumbled back into his room, the damage to his left shoulder leaving it useless. The door hadn't closed immediately as it should have when it sensed no one was in the opening and Daisy followed him in.

Right hand up as if to hold her off, he backed further across the floor. “Daisy. What the fuck, honey?”

“You left me, Dylan. You let them take me, then you left me there alone. You don’t know what they did.” Every word spoken emotionlessly as she slowly made her way towards him.

“Daisy. We tried to find you. I looked everywhere! You were gone, honey.” His back came up against the far wall and, at that moment, he knew he was a dead man. “Daisy, honey… baby listen...”  Still she advanced, the blaster coming up even with his heart.

“What the fuck?!” Dylan nearly fainted in relief as he heard his father’s bellow. “Jesus boy, what’d you go and do now?”

Daisy advanced closer. Dylan could see her finger tensing on the trigger. “Daisy, honey. I love you.”

One step closer and it was as if a switch was flipped. Daisy blinked, then frowned in confusion. “Dylan?” was all she could say before she winced then screamed, dropping to the floor as she grabbed her head in agony.

Dylan forgot his own pain as he dove for her, wrapping his body around her even as his father came up behind and grabbed the blaster from her hand. “Shh baby.. its alright. I’ve got you honey. Lauren and Larry will be happy to see you, Daisy. It’ll be ok.” Dylan never noticed the tears on his face.

He barely heard Joke on the comm “Med bay. Need… what do you mean you can't….. FUCK. Grab her up boy, looks like we need to find our own way. Something’s going on.”

Daisy had gone silent and limp in Dylan’s arm. He tried to lift her, but the blaster shot to his shoulder had rendered his entire arm useless. “Shit, kid, you’re hit.” Reaching down, Joke gently lifted the girl from Dylan’s care and rushed for the door with his son right behind him.