Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 10:39:29 GMT -5
Riot had to laugh sitting in the park at night, pink eyes glowing. She watched her son playing, the boy was toddling around. When he fell she walked over and picked him back up and set him onto his feet. Already a year old, how it had passed, and how many dangerous things had she done not knowing she was pregnant? Well to be fair she'd forgotten about dhampirs. She looked at him as he whimpered from his latest fall. She walked over not making a sound and brushed off his legs, "You wanna go home soon?" the little boy nodded slowly. She hadn't gotten around to telling his father that he was born, besides from what she could tell he had a new woman and that was none of her business. She kisses the boys blonde head, "Alright. Bath time when we get home." The only person in the world who knew that Riot had a child was Wolf, well Wolf and the army, but you couldn't find him by looking up Toksyck Riot, for obvious reasons. She lifted the boy up onto her hip and kissed his cheek.
They'd recently moved to Lebanon, Oregon because it was where she was stationed now, she looked around to make sure no one was following her. She put the boy up above her head, his sweet baby giggles ringing out through the park. That's when she heard it, someone coming up after her, she pointed a gun at them, after putting a jacket over her sons head, "Take another step, and I'll blow your brains out." There had been members out of what was left of the Syndicate who had tried to take her child, and lately they were getting annoying. She hissed at the other vampire, "Back up, or I will paint this pavement in your blood."
Last Edit: Sept 8, 2013 15:12:26 GMT -5 by Toksyck Riot
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 11:02:19 GMT -5
The faint explosion and flash of a white light came from a cloaked man with a obsidian looking skull for a face. It was obviously a mask as a faint whirring of the eyes can be heard. The man has a black leather jacket that seems to thicken him out but his movements are very silent. It appears his shirt is also thicker as four gun handles protrude from under the jacket. His dark jeans are barely worn as his combat boots lay planted upon the ground.
The vampire falls to his knees as a little blood flies out from it's neck, what looks like a bone spike pierced its heart and neck so it could not speak. No noise comes from the man as he turns to leave. The gun he used was a dark obsidian gun with silver inlays. With the same speed he appeared he turned to leave. The black hood that covered his hair and draped over the obsidian skull mask moved slightly in his turn. He starts to walk off, it seemed to recognize the woman but didn't know what she carried. He remembered the syndicate and his promise to help an old flame destroy the organization, so when he heard about one in Oregon he decided he needed to track it down.
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 12:34:39 GMT -5
Riot looked at the man, he'd been shot. She held her child closer to her, "I want you to sit here." She sat the child on the ground, and left the coat over his head. She took aim with her gun, and though the obsidian gun looked familiar, Riot would not take chances with her son. "Oh no you don't. Turn around or I swear by all that is holy I will put a bullet through you." She said stepping between him and her toddler, who was getting restless. She knew she had to end this quickly, she'd moved to Oregon on the thought that she'd never run into Adam here. Riot glared at him, pink eyes glowing in the night, green hair being pushed around by the wind.
She kept her gun aimed at him, something was familiar about him, but she didn't want to admit it. The toddler slipped out from under the jacket getting bored of the game he'd been playing underneath it. She looked over at the child, "Corbin Adrian Helviath! I know you are not walking away from me." The child stopped dead in his tracks and looked up at his mom with a big silly grin. He walked over to her and she leaned down to pick him up with Corbin on her hip she looked at the man that was in front of her, "Who are you?"
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 13:08:15 GMT -5
Adam started to calculate how quickly and what his first step would be to out menuever her and get away. The moment came and she looked away. With great agility and speed he crouched down and launched himself toward the tree line but his foot stopped and he froze mid run. His arms laid at his side as his one foot was in the ground and other still behind him. He heard the name, shooting curiosity and worry up his whole body. Standing there his other foot came down as he was a good sprint away from where she first aimed at him.
Turning his head toward the woman the mask's sights zoomed in on the two of them, a gentle wind blew the sides of his hood as he stood there silently. Just... watching....
The boy looked like him and he knew it, when did this happen or what magic is this he thought. Illusions, the vampire must have been a trap and he was caught in a deamon's illusion. Different scenarios like this ran through his head as he stood there. Finally after what seemed like an eternity the man replied. His voice sounded guttural and mechanical. "What can I do for you?"
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 13:17:13 GMT -5
Riot looked at the man, he'd tried to run. That only served to make her angry, she stared at him with those pink eyes. She put her gun away so that Corbin didn't have to see it. She kept her free hand on it though, letting the man know that she could pull it out at a moments notice, "Who are you?" She asked again. Riot kept her son next to her body, looking at Adam confusion on her face. He ha felt so familiar, so... who was he? She started to ask herself but the answer made her want to turn and run. To take Corbin and run as fast as she could, instead she stayed grounded, combat boots firmly on the ground. "Corbin... please relax honey we'll go home soon." She said to the squirming toddler that was against her. She took in a deep breath, "Who are you?" She asked one more time.
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 13:26:08 GMT -5
The man sighed in his guttural and mechanical tone as he placed a hand over his mask, Slowly a hissing sound came as things unclasped detached. Things popped out from his head under the hood as it seemed to attach itself to his head but not piercing.
His blue eyes focus on her pink gaze as he looked up, slightly older, slightly more scarred and a bit longer hair. Pulling down the hood he folds up the mask and puts it in his jacket. "Adam Alexander Helviath...." His monotone voice rings through the air as his gaze is apathetic. Something has happened to the man that she once knew be it for the better or for worse. A soft glimmer in his eyes as he straightens up and stands back. "Been a while... Tha...He's a surprise..." Adam was worried, afraid, happy, sad, angry, and a plethora of other emotions all at once yet he kept a face with no expression. The man child had grown into a man of wisdom and control.
Riot remembers Adam talking constantly about trying to find balance within in the world and himself, maybe this was what his training brought him to. "it's good to see you..." These few words were laced with a slight hint of happiness but still fairly monotone.
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 13:43:01 GMT -5
Riot watched silently, listened silently, then turned to walk away silently but she stopped. She couldn't talk couldn't look at him, she just stood there back to the man. A tear falling down her face she looked back at him, "Coffee at my place?" She asked as the only way she would talk to him would be somewhere she knew somewhere she trusted. The boy in her arms looked at Adam and smiled, "Dada" came from the toddlers mouth, almost as if he recognized Adam. Riot just started walking toward her home. Thousands of thoughts going through her head and she started to feel dizzy and sick. She'd talked about this day to her contact. He'd given her ideas, and yet for the love of her, she couldn't remember a single damn one of them. She kept walking whether he followed her or not. She got through the door and looked at the boy, "Are you hungry baby?" She asked. The little boy nodded his head. She walked over and put him in his highchair. She grabbed some graham crackers and handed them to the boy who immediately started to naw on them. If Adam had followed her she would turn to look at him, "So... I'm going to assume you have questions."
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 15:52:23 GMT -5
Adam simply gives a nod, no words just a nod, He look around carefully before he catches up to her. When they get in the house, just like the walk there, he said nothing. The question perked his interest away from watching the child eat crackers and offer to share one with Adam. At the offer he leaned in and took one with a soft smile. "Thank you lil one..." Chewing the cracker he turns to her, swallows, then answers.
"Dhampire, while rare still possible with the cross between human and vampire. Around one and a half years old if I would guess unless you were pregnant before we last laid. In any case still under two years old. My child due to facial features, hair, eyes and other such obvious traits. No not saying you would sleep around just figured I'd state the obvious... could of told me sooner since you have means to contact me but chose not to, instead moved out to the other side of the country... not to run from the syndicate that chase you as the one in the park did... but to run away from me... No need... the guy is cute and I do not feel the need to kill him even if the thought originally crossed my mind he is too sweet and is also my son.... Only question I have is what now?"
He said the whole speech in a monotone voice, once while he was talking the child offered him one more cracker and he took it with a soft smile. "I would love that cup of coffee...." He chimes in once more as he proceeds to sit at the table. Yet again the child offers Adam a cracker and he proceeds to take it, the only emotion seeming to come from the child's generosity toward the man.
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 20:08:54 GMT -5
Riot watched the way that Corbin reacted to him, "If it makes you feel better... he knows about you." She says walking over and grabs the coffee pot and she grabs two glasses. She pours the coffee and hands him his glass. "Sugar and stuff is in the kitchen if you want it." She says letting out a sigh. She had to think she started pacing, "I didn't tell you because I tried to call and some girl answered the phone, I figured you had moved on I didn't want to risk ruining your entire life, relationship, and the like over a child I wasn't even sure was going to live." She let out a sigh and continued to pace thinking, "Look, I understand if you are upset, but I don't know where to go from here. No offense but I won't let you take Corbin from me." She sighed.
She said leaning against the wall, "Where you go from here is up to you, you can walk out..." She closes her eyes and feels pain in her chest. Riot shook her head and regained control of herself. "Or you can come and visit, it's up to you, but just know that you are not taking Corbin out of Lebanon without me."
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 20:23:28 GMT -5
Adam nods as he listens, when she's turned around he quickly took out his mask as it popped together, it seemed designed for his head so when he put in on the child's head he laughed and looked around, holding the sides as it wobbled back and forth. A serious face upon Adam's head breaks ever so slightly with a soft grin. He gains himself as she doesn't notice yet.
Adam drinks his coffee black as he continues. "The girl was Elysia, a child I saved when I was younger and saved again... I saved her once more and filled the proper papers to be her legal guardian. After I killed her sadistic adopted parents... but... I... have moved on after the time..." A slight sad tone creeps in at the last part. "I would enjoy visiting the little guy and wish to not take him from you... I have caused enough pain to take him from you..." A warm smile, the brightest yet crosses his face as the kid lifts up the mask briefly to look at him with an equally bright smile. Then putting the mask back down he looks around. Adam's grin vanishes once more as he continues. "Do you need anythin' ?" Some worry and concern in his voice as he watches the child.
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 20:53:19 GMT -5
Riot let out a sigh, she shook her head and thought on this for a while, pacing more she was frustrated, she had thought long and hard on this. On how to do it, on what to say. For once in her life, Riot felt she couldn't win. She slide down the wall, knees up to her chest she lays her head on her knees, actually crying. Riot couldn't remember the last time she had cried and she just did in front of adam she sat there and cried. "... I'm sorry... I'm sorry Adam. I am. I didn't tell you because... I thought it didn't matter, you had your life Adam, and... I didn't see me or Corbin being a part of that life. I didn't want to lose my son... and I didn't want to ruin whatever relationship you have because seeing you... even in passing hurts. It hurts a lot." She keeps shaking unable to look up at him. "I felt it would be easier to be a single mother than to see you with whatever woman you are with... because I love you Adam..."
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 21:11:22 GMT -5
Adam looks at the kid as he hands the mask back. The child looks upset that riot is crying and looks sternly at Adam. "Say sowwy" With a nod Adam ruffles the childs hair and walks over to riot. "Hey hey hey... I'm sorry... Come here..." His tone is still cold at first but slight emotions shine through. "Here..." He extends his hand to her and tries to pull her into a hug. "I... I am with someone but that does not mean I don't care about you or wish you to be sad...." Adam almost looks like he is in pain as he speaks.
"If it is what you wish... I...." He looks sad by this. "I will stay out of the way...." The man still deeply cared for her it seemed and it was showing through his strong resolve, slowly cracking it, the man she knew long ago was still in there. "I will just finish findin' the remainin' syndicate and then you won't have to worry about me..." Had he really been hunting them in and out this whole time? He starts to go towards the door when the child reaches his hands up at him. Adam without a word leans down and hugs the child with it laughing in his ear.
Post by Toksyck Riot on Sept 4, 2013 21:45:04 GMT -5
Riot stood as he pulled her up leaning against him as if for support. She listened to him talk and then shook her head, "I don't want you to not be a part of your child's life, I thought it would be easier if you weren't. I really did." She had to take a deep breath, she shook in anger though it was mostly aimed at herself. Riot grabbed his shirt as he turned to leave, when he was finished hugging the child. "Don't leave... Look... let me put Corbin to bed... and then can we finish our talk?" She picked up the baby and walked into the room giving him the chance to follow her if he so pleased. She set him down in his crib and the boy whined. She gave him that look, that don't you start look and he cooed laying himself down. She covered him with a blanket and slid a bear in next to him. He nuzzled the bear. Riot looked at the boy as they went about their nightly routine. "Okay Corbin, what do we say?" The boy looks up at her, blinking a few times before he said, "Goo na momma." Riot leaned down and kissed him on the forhead, "And now?" The little boy smiled all big, "Goo na dadda. Los you." Riot leans down and kisses his once more, "We love you too Corbin." She turns on his nightlight and waits for Adam to do whatever it is he wanted to do, before closing the door. She walked back downstairs into the kitchen. If Adam followed or was even there anymore, she'd offer him a seat.
Post by Adam Alexander Helviath on Sept 4, 2013 22:02:51 GMT -5
Adam smiled softly at the little display he saw in the crib when he followed her. When the child said good night and spoke those words that pierced his heard. "Los you" Adam's face contorted into a jumble of love and sorrow. "Luv you too..." he spoke as he left and followed her out of the room. Adam took the seat all right but stood up using it as support. He slowly bends his elbows as he puts his head on his hands. This is far too much to take in and NOT freak out about. Had he known she was pregnant he would of ran to her. But when she said she would call and never even got a message he moved on. Or at least started too. "I'd be a liar if I said I don't care about you two... I... I just..." He keeps his head on his hands as he crouches down, bending his knees but still not sitting. Shaking ever so slightly as he silently weeps. He has a son... He actually has a son.. with someone he loves or at least loved before and yet he loves someone else now. Adam is at a fork and in all honesty he debates just running the other way. Slowly he pulls out his cell phone and types a message without even looking and sends it. Putting the phone back he just sits there, unable to move. He has stopped weeping and lifts his head. "Well... wow...." he laughs a little with nothing else to say at the present moment.
Adam and korina have been living together for a few months and have made multiple things together. Suddenly in the middle of the night while Adam is on a hunting trip in Oregon he sends this text.
"Babe... I don't know how to ease into this, So I am just going to say it... I just found out that I have a son that has been hidden from me from almost two years..."
Korina yawned and rubbed her eyes as the beeping of her phone woke her slowly. She frowned and picked it up. The only two people ever to text or call her this late where important. One was Alphonse her Navy contact, supplier, friend and contractor. The other was Adam, but he was on a hunt right now. That was why she was going to answer the text message.
Flipping her phone open she stared at the message for several long seconds. Then thinking herself on some sort of dream she shut the phone and pinch her own arm to make it hurt. She flipped the phone back open and looked at the message again. It was still there and still the same. She took a deep breath calming herself. Adam had told her about other women before...but never that it had been that close.
She chewed on her lip thoughtfully. She wasn't mad, nor upset. Though it was a shock. She slowly replied to the text message, trying to spell right in her still asleep stage though she was already waking up and getting ready to leave.
'Darling, I understand. Do you wish for me to come down to you and be with you? I'm sure this an even bigger shock for you as it is for me. You know I can be there in less then an hour. I love you.'
She pressed the send button an slipped on to her wheelchair and over to the chest of draws, pulling on her one piece body suit to wear beneath her power armor that allows her to walk. She would need that to ride her motorcycle. She went to the kitchen and poured a glass of apple juice and drank it while devouring a granola energy bar waiting for his reply.
