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Kara x Zephyrine
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Sep 18, 2015 01:16PM
"You're impossible." Emerson ran a hand over her face before beginning to chuckle, actually following the line of point to the spot Bones'd pointed out. "I'll... not consider it, for fear of digging up something unsavory." She shook her head again before huffing and stopping at a small fence that surrounded the towering lighthouse. "Oh, look, it's unlocked," the angel mused as ice covered the lock so much that it cracked and fell off. "Let's go in."
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Bones laughed softly when she called him impossible, "That's what I strive to be" he said. He watched her. "Oh yeah, totally unlocked" he said as he watched her freeze the lock until it broke. He shook his head slightly before pushing the gate door all the way open and walking in with her. "You think the light house door with be unlocked as well?" he asked, a bit jokingly.
"Yeah, probably," Emerson replied with a nonchalant shrug. "If it's not, then... someone's probably inside and we'll be in a pickle," she joked, giving Bones a teasing look before trying the door. It was locked, naturally, and she noticed a sign saying something about the lighthouse being out of commission and needing a new worker. "Figures," Emerson muttered, breaking off the dead bolt and opening the door to the stale air.
Bones chuckled softly and nodded slightly, "Yeah" he snorted before walking in through the door, pulling her in with him. He looked around for a moment before starting to walk up the stairs. "What gave you the idea to work here anyway?" he asked. He never thought it was a stupid or silly idea, and he still doesn't, he just curious.
"I think it would be fun." Emerson blushed sheepishly, following Bones up the steps. "Also... have you ever seen The Fog? There's a lady in the original that hosted a radio show in a lighthouse, and I just... thought it was cool." They reached the top of the steps, which was separated from the room above wit a screen door, and Emerson pushed it open on creaky hinges.
"Nah, never watched horror movies, was to busy being one" Bones said and followed her through the screen door. "This does look kind of cool though" he said with a smile and looked around the lighthouse. "Though what would you do really. What does the job consist of" he asked, actually sounding curious.
"It's a pretty easy job, you just keep it running and make sure ships don't crash into the harbor." Emerson bit her lip and approached the console, running her hand over the dusty keys and such. "Also, I wouldn't know, but this might be a communication station for the airport." She shrugged and looked out the window towards the sea. "Pretty, huh?"
Bones nodded slightly "Yeah it is" he said with a smile and walked over to the door and went outside, onto the balcony like thing that surround the light house. He really did like it up here, it was very pretty, and peaceful. He let out a soft sigh and walked around the entire thing until he came to the latter that took him to the very top of the light house. He climbed up it, because why not, and just sat on the roof.
Emerson checked out the console a bit more before deciding to look for Bones. When she couldn't find him on the pathway, she climbed up the ladder to the peaked roof and stepped over to sit down by him. She took a deep breath, hugging herself against the wind before quietly saying, "I'm sorry if I ruined things." She was, honestly. If Bones was mad with her... it was worse than him yelling when he had found out. She didn't want to spend her time with him like this.
"You kind of did, but I'm not mad about it anymore" Bones said honestly and looked over at her with a smile. "It's not a problem. We'll deal with whatever comes our way" he said and wrapped an arm around her. "We'll figure out this rebel thing as well"
"Well, to be fair, you did ignore my pressuring about the second wound not healing," Emerson pointed out, slipping down to lay next to him instead. She kind of sat her head on his arm-slash-thigh before sighing silently through her nose. "I don't know what to ask for proof... Unless they show a bunch of angels and demons together somewhat peacefully, which never happens."
"Nah that still wouldn't be enough" Bones said with a sigh, "I'd probably ask em to attack that post you were talking about. "We'd go with, stand by and watch and see if they are even worth join and if they are who they say they are" he said and shrugged slightly. "Can't exactly fake the slaughter of a couple dozen angels" he said.
Emerson almost scrambled to sit up and look at Bones, but shifted and decided she was too comfortable to do so. "Okay, yeah, that's a really good idea, but would they risk doing that, just for two recruits?" She looked out at the lapping waves and looked up at Bones' chin. "Unless they're already planning to do so." She had wondered why Malachi had been there, anyway. Maybe he was scouting out the post.
Bones shrugged slightly and looked down at her, "I don't know" he said and smiled small. "But if they said no then I'd just assume they are bunch of cowards and we're better off on our own. Because like you said, it's a weak post, if we were planning to take it out ourselves then a group should be able to do it just fine."
"True, but we also don't know what kind of power they hold. They could be a bunch of newbloods." Emerson rested her head on Bones' leg again and closed her eyes in thought. "I told him to come back tonight, so I'll propose that." She paused a moment before asking, "Do you want to meet with him, too? I can do it on my own, if you don't."
"No I really don't want to meet with him again, but I'm not going to let you do it alone" Bones said and sighed softly before looking down at her again and slowly running his fingers through her hair. "I really do like your hair this way" he said with a smile.
Emerson relaxed at Bones' touch, smiling faintly. "Thank you. I'm glad you like it," she replied honestly, enjoying the feel of having her hair played with. "And I don't want to meet with him on my own, either. I don't trust him, especially after he followed me home." That part had really bothered her. "We'll make it quick, okay?"
Bones nodded slightly "Good, I'll go with you then" he said with a smile and continued to run his fingers through her hair. "I don't really like the fact that he followed you home either, will have to have a talk with him about that later" he said, though he was sure he'd never actually get around to doing it.
"Well... At least he got rid of my so-called 'tails'." Emerson bristled, still annoyed with the pointed look he had given her with that. She sort of melted into Bones as he continued to play with her hair. "But yeah. He needs a lesson on personal boundaries."
Bones smiled and nodded slightly, "Yeah, and hey don't worry I'll kick some sense into him" he said not really joking, at all. He sighed softly and caressed her cheek softly before again running his fingers through her hair. "What do you want to do though?" he asked. "Us not staying together an issue."
"Well, I don't know what other options I have for getting out of the legion. You wanted another plan, and now that there is one, you're barely considering it." Emerson sighed, pulling away from Bones' touch and sitting up so she kind of faced them. "Other than getting the angels' minds changed, or joining this... I suppose I could turn around and stab this rebel group in the back the moment they get me out of the angels' war." But that was a very... 'not-angel' thing to do, considering. She looked out over the harbor, her expression showing she was quite eaten up about it.
"I honestly just don't trust them" Bones said and sighed softly. "In my thousand and whatever years of living I've never even heard of them" he said and looked down at her. "Either they are really good at keeping a secret or it's all a bunch of crap." he said and sighed softly. "Besides I already told you, groups aren't exactly my thing. I get irritated easily" he said and ran a hand through his hair. "And I have thought about it, a lot actually."
"Or... They could be new?" Emerson suggested, although she wasn't so sure herself. "I guess... We should just see what they'll be willing to do for us and then discuss it later on." She bit her lip, scooting a bit further away before tilting her body to face Bones. "I can't force you to do this, but right now it looks like I'll either have to join them, or the legion, and you have to figure out which you would prefer." She stood then, needing to stretch her legs. "I'm going to go look around some more," she murmured, glancing at Bones another time before heading down the ladder.
Bones sighed softly and watched her go, not saying anything else. He obviously would rather her join the rebels, but he knew he wouldn't get along with that. He could try, but it wouldn't last long, and he'd probably just get more enemies, which he actually makes pretty easily. He sighed softly and laid back in the roof and just looked up at the sky as he thought about his options.
Emerson glowered as she further explored the lighthouse, even finding a basement to venture in, but froze with a short scream as a tall, athletic figure stepped in her way. A hand covered her scream, and she was more than royally pissed to recognize the voice that hissed, "Please don't scream! I hate screaming. It gives me a migraine. And I don't want to piss off your demon."
Emerson stepped back and away from Malachi, a haughty glare giving away what she thought of his little ambush. "What do you want? You're hours early!"
"Well, 'night time'm is a relative term..." Malachi backed up several feet in the little room as he saw her open her mouth to yell again, insisting, "Please don't call him and the hellcat." Emerson didn't bother to tell him Copper wasn't with them, crossing her arms defensively over her chest. She realized he had kind of cornered her in the dark basement landing, and the same time as their first meeting, ice brewed on her fingers.
"Bones!" she called, and Malachi hissed vulgar language under his breath, his dark hair swaying as he tried to make it seem like he hadn't cornered her, which was hard in such a cramped area.
Emerson stepped back and away from Malachi, a haughty glare giving away what she thought of his little ambush. "What do you want? You're hours early!"
"Well, 'night time'm is a relative term..." Malachi backed up several feet in the little room as he saw her open her mouth to yell again, insisting, "Please don't call him and the hellcat." Emerson didn't bother to tell him Copper wasn't with them, crossing her arms defensively over her chest. She realized he had kind of cornered her in the dark basement landing, and the same time as their first meeting, ice brewed on her fingers.
"Bones!" she called, and Malachi hissed vulgar language under his breath, his dark hair swaying as he tried to make it seem like he hadn't cornered her, which was hard in such a cramped area.
Bones heard Emerson scream and jolted up, then he simply jumped off the top of the top of the Light House. He could tell that she was in the basement landing so he ran inside, arriving behind the uninvited angel quickly. He slammed the angel into the wall his eye midnight black as he growled. "What are you doing?" he hissed, his voice pure venom. "Following people can get you killed" He said and smirked coldly. "Got to the count of three to tell me what you're doing here" he said.
"Oh, Emerson invited me back; I swear I didn't mean to make it creepy, I'm told I have boundary issues," Malachi rambled, looking to the other angel for confirmation. Emerson shrugged with a small nod. "I came to find out about your decision, her decision..."
Bones shook his head slightly and let go of the angel, "I pretty fucking sure she meant at the house" he said, still radiating with anger. "Now get out," he said and stepped back to stand next to Emerson. "We have decided yet, and since your a impatient ass-whole we'll decide now" he said and glared at the angel, "We'll me you at the house. Go inside and I'll kill you. Or at least Copper will"
Emerson could have swore she saw a flicker of a smirk flit across Malachi's lips, but he nodded carefully and took a step back onto the steps.
"I'm... sorry," he said, sounding more impressed than sorry. Emerson let out a breath as he finally left, though she didn't make a move to touch Bones until she heard the door of the lighthouse slam shut, and even then it was only a brush against his arm. "We'll just tell him we want the post taken out?" she confirmed quietly, still staring at the stairwell.
"I'm... sorry," he said, sounding more impressed than sorry. Emerson let out a breath as he finally left, though she didn't make a move to touch Bones until she heard the door of the lighthouse slam shut, and even then it was only a brush against his arm. "We'll just tell him we want the post taken out?" she confirmed quietly, still staring at the stairwell.
Bones nodded slightly and looked over Emerson, looking for any reason to rip Malachi's throat out. "He didn't hurt you did he?" he asked, though he could kind of tell nothing happened. The dick just seriously had so problems, following them out here. He was looking he wasn't laying on the floor dead to be honest. "If he refuses I kill him" he said jokingly, though it may not be joking when the time came to it.
"He didn't hurt me, just... tried to force me into not screaming, so when I screamed, he kind of panicked, I guess." Emerson felt a twinge of pride in knowing Crispin cared. "If it's so easy for you to kill him... maybe I should speak with him alone, after all." The angel gave the demon a pointed look to let him know she wasn't kidding. "Let's slowly make our way back; he can be patient." She stepped onto the stairwell, gesturing for Bones to follow close behind.
Bones gently grabbed her arm to keep her from leaving, "I'm not going to let you talk to him alone. Not with how he was acting and how he cornered you done here" he said and sighed softly. "And I not going to kill him unless he gives me a reason to" he said, and meant it, though that reason may be as small as looking at Emerson the wrong way. "I swear, I won't be a total ass okay" he said and smiled small before taking her hand and leading her out of the light house. "But I'm definitely not going to leave you alone with him"
"I honestly don't think he had an ulterior motive to cornering me other than his obvious fear of you, but it means..." Emerson swallowed, squeezing Bones' hand a little. "It means a lot to have you be cautious for me." She was silent then, keeping an eye on their house ahead. She did not bother to make it look as if they hadn't broken into the lighthouse, because who would've been checking it out, anyway? "So much for going down to the beach," she murmured, not wanting Malachi to hear.
Bones sighed softly, "We'll go there once we're done with him" he said quietly with a small smile. Then he leaned down and kissed her cheek softly, "And I will always worry about you," he said with a smiled before kissing her softly on the lips. After a moment he pulled away and looked back towards the house. "I really just don't like the guy, ulterior motives or not"
"He's... creepy, especially considering he's an angel. Well, he might not..." Emerson considered it, before a bulb lit in her head. "Maybe he's fallen." In that case, she did not want to know what Malachi had done to deserve that, considering her own tainted-ness. "That would be even more disturbing." Almost as a comforting reflex, she stopped their walk again to cup her hand behind Bones' neck, sort of pulling him down so she could kiss him again before taking a calming breath. "Okay, let's go," she whispered against his skin, gathering herself in preparation.
Bones was a little bit surprised by the kiss, but he definitely kissed her back, and though it ended way to soon. "Okay" he said with a sigh and followed behind her as she walked back up to the house. "Okay, Malachi we're ready to talk" he said, once they walked into their back yard.
Emerson honestly understood the wary look on the angel's face as he pushed himself from leaning up against a tree. He seemed to purposefully not look at Emerson, and in annoyance, she stuck her tongue between her teeth and bit to keep from making some snarky comment.
"Look, I'm not here to hurt either of you... I'm honestly just trying to do my job, and that means finding out what Emerson's decision is, since you made your opinion clear." His expression kind of cut to Bones, then, as if he were trying to guilt trip him.
"Look, I'm not here to hurt either of you... I'm honestly just trying to do my job, and that means finding out what Emerson's decision is, since you made your opinion clear." His expression kind of cut to Bones, then, as if he were trying to guilt trip him.
Bones rolled his eyes slightly, "We haven't technically made a decision yet" he said and crossed his arms across his chest. "Both our answers will be decided after we make this one tiny request" he said and looked the angel over slowly. "You and your group or whatever attack the legion post, the one you followed Emerson from" he said and met the angel's gaze. "Kill every last angel there, or do whatever you want with them I don't really care, but we'll be there to watch, make sure you don't lie to us about it"
Malachi eyed Bones before looking to Emerson, jutting his chin in a way to tell her he didn't believe that was necessary for her, but still he looked over the demon with feigned disinterest. "We've already been planning that, so don't get off thinking you're so special." The way he said it to Bones made Emerson shift in uncomfortable annoyance. He had practically been begging, so why the nonchalance all of a sudden?
She gave Crispin a slightly confused look, but held her ground as she turned to ask Malachi, "And when will this be happening?"
His expression changed yet again as his bluish-green eyes slid back to the she-angel. "Two nights from this... At a designated time, I'd add." That was definitely pointed. "Their guards slip out at approximately eleven forty-six. Do you want to join or just watch?"
Emerson shook her head fervently, not willing to risk the trap. "We'll just watch."
She gave Crispin a slightly confused look, but held her ground as she turned to ask Malachi, "And when will this be happening?"
His expression changed yet again as his bluish-green eyes slid back to the she-angel. "Two nights from this... At a designated time, I'd add." That was definitely pointed. "Their guards slip out at approximately eleven forty-six. Do you want to join or just watch?"
Emerson shook her head fervently, not willing to risk the trap. "We'll just watch."
Bones actually had to stop himself from hurting the angel when he suddenly became nonchalant, and well even more of a dick. "Yeah rather just watch" he said with a smirk, because he doubted the rebels would be able to pull much off. "How many people you bringing?" he asked curious. "Actually how many people are in your little group, straight answer and no bullshit or you might lose something" he threatened.
"In our Maine quarters, we have a couple hundred, which is small, you would understand. We're only planning on a few dozen for the drop to this legion outpost, just because it's small. You two were talking about raiding it yourselves -which, by the way, is creative but stupid and you wouldn't have made it- and we know we can take care of it with little less than forty rebels." Malachi shrugged, now looking at Bones again, as if he surveyed two different meats for dinner. Emerson rolled her eyes, glancing a the spot he stood over and smirked, knowing it was where Abernathy laid. "Over the east coast we have a hundred or so posts, adding up to thousands of rebels. Pleasing enough for you?" He couldn't exactly give trade secrets away to the couple who were basically capable of blending into any of the three groups, given the situation. Not easily, but they could still give the information for freedom.
"No, not really. Just found out you were not only following us but eavesdropping into private conversations" Bones said, actually very pissed about that. "Not a good way to recruit people, should really find a new tactic" he said and rolled his eyes. "And I think we would have pulled it off just fine" he said. "Not exactly hard to kill an angel if you do it right" he said, still very confident that they would have been able to take care of the post on there own, might not have killed everyone, but they would have demolished the post. He looked over the angel once more, "Why exactly should we trust you, this could all be a trap" he said. "might just be part of the legion"
Malachi laughed through his nose. "Of course I was eavesdropping; I had to make sure you two weren't going to turn around and give up to the legion. Which, given your selfish tracks of life, was totally plausible." The angel's shoulder flicked up in casual shrug, his arms coming to cross like Bones'. Emerson rolled her eyes and kept the way she was, with her thumbs hooked into her jean pockets. "Well, if it makes you trust us any better, we won't ask to know where you two are squatting to watch. But nothing will make you trust us entirely, right? Just the sane as you can't trust the legion, or the various demon organizations." He didn't seem to know of Bones' father, which was good.
Bones snorted, "And evesdropping isn't going to make me any less selfish" he said and rolled his eyes. He listened to the rest of what Malachi said and nodded slightly, "Sounds good, xo just tell when it is and we'll be there" he said. He didn't expect to be told now, more like an hour or so before the actual attack, but he wanted to see what the angel would say.
"I can't give you the time, because I don't want you getting all greedy and handing it to the legion," Malachi retorted, and Emerson realized that was actually pretty smart, because it could have been used as a bargaining chip for her freedom. "I'll send word when we plan on heading out an hour or so before so you two can head over. Any more questions?" He looked even more bored than before, and Emerson kind of wished he would just leave.
Bones smirked and took a step forward, "Just one, and it's more of a request then a question" he said, his voice laced with a threatening undertone. "Get that smug, bored look off your face" he said angrily. "We didn't fucking ask you to be here, you bored then get the fuck out of here and don't come back. Are you sure you're in the right profession, because I don't believe your suited to recruiting people," he said before taking Emerson hand. "Now leave" he said and before walking into the house with Emerson. He really doesn't care what people's expressions are most of the time, but the guy was pissing him off in general.
Emerson didn't turn to glance at Malachi, but she was pretty sure she heard him give a snorting laugh before a metal grinding and clanking, and again the whooshing noise. Those wings were so... weird and unnatural.
She stopped Bones in the hallway so she could peer out and past the sunroom thing, and sure enough, Malachi was gone. "I think he's testing you, for some reason," she murmured softly, her old-language accent peeking through the veil of the newer one. Being around another angel felt as weird an unnatural as his wings were to her, and she had picked up on his voice. She kind of hoped it wouldn't annoy Bones, but she also couldn't help it.
She stopped Bones in the hallway so she could peer out and past the sunroom thing, and sure enough, Malachi was gone. "I think he's testing you, for some reason," she murmured softly, her old-language accent peeking through the veil of the newer one. Being around another angel felt as weird an unnatural as his wings were to her, and she had picked up on his voice. She kind of hoped it wouldn't annoy Bones, but she also couldn't help it.
"Why would he be testing me, it's you he really wants" Bones said and looked out the window for a moment. "Come on, he might still be listening" he said and took her hand before slowly and silently taking her down into the basement. It wasn't sound proofed yet but it was better then nothing. "So what do you think?" he asked her once they were both settled on a couple of boxes.
"What do I think?" Emerson mused, drumming her fingers on her thigh before pulling her other hand out of Bones and pulling her knees to her chest. "Part of what I think is, I'm willing to go and watch them take out the post, but I also want to be careful about it. But what I really want to know is why you think they would want me more than you." She gave him a pointed look before hugging her legs to her chest and resting her chin on a knee.
"Because like he said I'm selfish" Bones said and looked at her. "If it would get us both out of it I would definitely sell them out to the legion" he said, being completely honestly. "I really don't give a shit about what could or what will happen to any of the people in the rebellion, and even if we join them and are part of their group for weeks or months I still won't give a shit. I'd let every single on of them die if it meant protecting you or anyone else I care about" he said with a small nod. "I'm not a loyal or trustworthy person Emerson, that's why"
