« Prev 1 2 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Reach Out (Erika) (Read 532 times) Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 13:59:01 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top (Feel free to leave this hanging until Too Hot to Handle is done if you want, I just wanted to get my foot in the door) Aaron wasn't a big fan of the Vault. The massive complex was a bit creepy, to him, knowing he was surrounded by evil metahumans and tech specifically designed to bring them down, and even aside from that he couldn't help remembering he was walking around in the repurposed skeleton of the original Academy. From before everything first started to go bad. Dad was full of bitter stories about this place, and for his own part Aaron always wondered why Paradigm West hadn't taken the place back over when it was established. This had been how things were all of Aaron's life, but the history still weighed down on him as he took the portal trip over. But that wasn't why he was here. No, there was something he had to do, someone he had to speak to. Someone he thought he could reach. How long had he been lurking in the shadows outside Erika's cell? Too long, maybe. Too short, also maybe. He had to think about what he would say, how he'd say it, why. If he should just turn back around and go home. This probably wasn't a good idea, but they didn't have many other options other than waiting for her gang to show up again. They couldn't afford to keep being surprised. "Good morning, Erika." Finally, he nerved himself up enough to say something, stepping out into the light. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:15:17 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Leave me alone." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:22:23 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I don't plan to take up much of your time. I only have one question, it's a yes or no answer: Pearson Elementary, in Chicago. Did you know what your friends Ronnie and Victor were planning there?" Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:23:19 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yesssss." She hissed out. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:27:03 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Literally! "So you knew they wanted to butcher a bunch of helpless children?" He'd lied about having one question. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:29:33 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What do you know? You are nothing but a dog." She spat. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:38:43 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Aaron'd been called worse. He stepped closer to the cell, not losing the pleasant smile on his face. "I know enough. I know you're better than you want me to think you are." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:39:40 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You know only what your masters want you to." She'd start yapping like a little dog at him. Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:45:52 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Still smiling. The yapping would've actually been kind of funny under better circumstances. "I know you're not evil. You're not a monster. You're in pain." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:46:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "And you are a dog here at the beck and call of your masters." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:49:39 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I don't believe you'd let children die. And we both know why I think that." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:52:53 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You don't know your dick from your shit." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 21:59:44 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Aaron pulled out his phone and brought up a news video of the school incident to show her. The reporter recapped everything, and footage included news chopper feed of Aaron battling Victor and Bomb Lady in the ruined classroom, the children all safe, him being wheeled out afterwards on a stretcher. A body bag being wheeled out after him. Miranda's. « Last Edit: Mar 13, 2016 14:27:01 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:02:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Am I supposed to feel bad for you?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:12:31 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "No. I just wanted you to see with your own eyes, and realise why I don't believe you'd let it happen if you knew about it. Those children wouldn't've stood a chance without Miranda and I there." He put away his phone, giving Erika a minute to think on that. "If you really need me to say it, I will." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:14:00 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Say what you won't. It doesn't change anything." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:20:48 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Sigh. "I know about Joseph, Erika. And the pain you've carried around since. You're striking out against a world that took so much from you, and I understand that - I'm so, so sorry that it ever happened. But there's good in you, and I don't believe you'd ever go this far. Not knowing what it's like yourself." « Last Edit: Nov 20, 2015 22:29:00 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:23:36 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Who the fuck is Joshua!?" Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:25:56 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top (I'm editing that post. Browser is laggy.) Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:26:54 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top (just roll with it man.) Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 22:36:32 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top (Compromise post, since I'd look silly UN-editing the post now:) "I said Joseph. I'll try to speak more clearly." Since he had obviously been misheard. « Last Edit: Nov 20, 2015 22:41:32 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 23:21:09 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You don't know a fucking thing." She snapped! Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 23:29:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I know what happened, who did it. That justice wasn't done." People had actively tried to kill Aaron by now, a snap from a woman in a cell who can't do anything to him wouldn't do anything more than make him lose his smile. "I don't know, for myself, the kind of pain that puts in somebody's heart. That I can only imagine." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Mathew Amtrum Trainer Powered Trainer [send pm] Joined: June 2011 Posts: 12,706 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 23:31:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Then don't pretend like you know what I'm doing." Back to Top   Mathew Amtrum Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reach Out (Erika) « Nov 20, 2015 23:35:43 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Less know, more understand. Or hope to." Aaron shrugged. "You're a good person, deep down. Maybe the people here don't believe in you, but I do. This? What they were going to do to those kids? It's not who you are." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first