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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 16, 2007 2:08:48 GMT
Calling the situation at hand 'hectic' didn't even cover it. Chase threw open the front over, after having Kaleb yelling at him to 'Stop daydreaming and open the godforsaken door.' Even in a crisis his brother still managed to bark orders.
This is all just a bad dream, just a bad dream. You'll wake up and it'll all be over. Chase, clutched his left arm, trying to stop the blood flood from the gash running down it.
"Chase! Fucking stop daydreaming and help me get MJ inside!" came the order from Kaleb.
"Huh?" Chase, mumbles snapping back to reality,"Fuck," He turns back, yelling,"NATHAN! RORY?! IAN! ANYONE! We got an emergency here!"
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 16, 2007 2:33:43 GMT
"Fuck," Kaleb mutters under his breath along with a string of curse words as he holds open the door with his shoulder, while trying to drag Maddie onto her feet. Carrying your five months pregnant seventeen year old cousin when you have a sprained ankle and two broken ribs was not the easiest thing in the world.
"Not here, I don't want to be here."Comes the half sobbing protest from Maddie as she tries to squirm away.
"Come on MJ, I don't care if your pissed off at him, we need help." Kaleb says, moving her towards the couch, she was shaking. As was he. After what they had seen, it wasn't a surprise. Kaleb's stomach gives an unpleasant jolt as he sees flecks of blood splattered across his cousin and brother's faces.
"Beth?!" He calls,"Ian? Rory?!" He winces in pain as he sighs finally calling out,"NATHAN?!"
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 19:24:33 GMT
"Shut up!" Nathan bellowed down the stairs, slamming a few more doors as he made his way down the hall, "Shut up! Shut up! I'm coming!"
The thought briefly crossed his mind that Kaleb was probably sick if he was yelling for him of all people, but he just shrugged it off, slamming a door so hard it rattled in it's hinges before coming away completely, "Oops."
He wasn't in the best of moods, having just failed miserably at attempting to talk Maddie's boyfriend into staying, just for a little while. And he wasn't in the best of moods in general, especially now that Kaleb and Chase were yelling for him. Did they not understand he was pissed off?
He kicked the door as it fell forward then thundered down the stairs, "What the fuck do you-..." then he stopped abruptly, on the bottom step, "Holy shit..."
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 16, 2007 21:39:55 GMT
Kaleb glances up, seeing Nathan standing on the bottom step,"Doesn't even begin to cover it." He mutters, then stoops down to Maddie's level, despite the sharp shooting pain in his back, cupping her face gently in his hands, trying to thumb some of the blood off her cheeks.
"Comn on MJ," He whispers,"Stop crying, it's okay. We're okay now."
"No we're not okay! We have to go and help them Kaleb, we can't leave them there! We can't! They're our family!"
And they're as good as dead. Kaleb thinks bitterly, swallowing the lump that had appeared in his throat,"We can't..we can't it's too risky."
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 21:51:16 GMT
"Help who?" Nathan asked, feeling stupider by the minute until the point where his blood ran cold with realisation and he stumbled off the last step and into the hall, dithering between Kaleb and Maddie and Chase and the door, before finally managing to say with as much authority as he could command, "Explanation, now."
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 16, 2007 21:54:06 GMT
"Keria..Noah!" Maddie sobs, putting her face into her hands, pushing Kaleb away from her.
"There's nothing we can do now MJ," Kaleb mutters, that sick feeling rising back up into his stomach, then glancing back up at Nathan before looking over at Chase,"You alright little brother?"
Chase simply shrugs before sinking into the chair opposite Maddie.
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 21:57:53 GMT
"Noah..." He breathed, feeling like his blood had now progressed from simply being cold to freezing in his veins.
He looked at Kaleb, then to Maddie, then to Chase, then back to Kaleb, taking in the injuries they'd all amassed, before realising he didn't care because that was his brother they were talking about and he would not have that.
His hand immediately went to his pocket, which was currently wandless, so he looked back at his cousins, "Wand, please, now, thanks."
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 16, 2007 22:02:48 GMT
"No," Kaleb said sternly, rising back to his feet, glancing briefly over his shoulder then looking back at Nathan."No, Nathan."
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 22:06:08 GMT
He was tempted to ignore Kaleb and appeal directly to one of his other cousins, but they both seemed a little too out of it to provide him with any help whatsoever.
"Yes actually, Kaleb. You explain to me what is going on right now, then someone gives me a fucking wand, and then I go, clear? Good, start talking," He growled, no trace of humour or anything that made him remotely like himself in his voice anymore.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 16, 2007 22:08:38 GMT
I wrap my arms around myself in an attempt to stop shaking,"No..they were four..fucking four years old! They didn't deserve to go like that!" I yell at Kaleb, not even sure why it was him I was yelling at."I try, and try to get away from all this, but it won't fucking leave me alone!" I yell, tears blurring my vision. I try and stand but to no avail,"And I want out of this fucking house!"
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 22:11:33 GMT
"What the fuck is going on?" I roar, slamming my fist hard into the wall, "Everyone shut up and someone fucking tell me! What about Noah? Where's Leney? Where's Claire? What about Rory? Where's Jack? What's fucking going on?"
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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 16, 2007 22:15:47 GMT
"They got 'em." Chase says quietly, almost unheard over all the yelling.
He manages to get himself under control, looking up at all of them, unable to meet any of their eyes,"Noah, Keria and Jack."
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 16, 2007 22:19:32 GMT
Nathan shuts up abruptly, eyes falling on Chase and promptly forgetting that Kaleb and Maddie existed.
He opened his mouth soundlessly, then shut it again.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 17, 2007 1:27:46 GMT
"Fucker got Tyler and Emma too," I whisper tearfully,"Fucking four years old..dead." I shake my head, trying to stand again,"I want fucking out of this fucking house."
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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 17, 2007 1:50:46 GMT
Chase shuts his eyes, trying to convince himself it was all a dream, that it wasn't real, that he would wake up any moment now.
He slowly opens his eyes to see that nothing's changed. That it wasn't a dream. Maddie was still there, bleeding and pregnant struggling against Kaleb to get out of the 'Godforsaken hell hole I once considered home' and Nathan...Nathan looked like someone had shoved a bludger down his thorat and it was getting harder to breath.
That's how Chase felt as well, as if someone was squeezing the life right out of him.
This wasn't a dream, it was all real, it was all happening.
A part of his family, a part of the puzzle, were gone.
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 17, 2007 2:27:38 GMT
"Madeline Jane Marie, you stop it right now!" Kaleb barks, forcing her to sit back down,"You are in no condition to be moving around, okay. Look, we all just need to calm the fuck down!"
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 17, 2007 9:36:43 GMT
Nathan did another sweep of the room, taking in each of his cousins again, then his hand went to his pocket again already having forgotten he'd checked for his wand already.
He discerned none of the others would let him borrow theres or were in any state to even reply, and then decided he didn't need a wand, starting towards the door, muttering under his breath, "Fucking cowards."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 17, 2007 18:36:13 GMT
"Fuck you!" I yell, shoving him off,"I'm not going to sit here and do nothing!" I yell, angry tears rolling down my face. I managed to catch sight of Nathan heading towards the door,"Nathan!"
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 17, 2007 21:54:13 GMT
"There is nothing more we can do!" He yells, above everyone trying to pull himself together. Kaleb runs a shaky hand through his hair, trying to stop the pain in his chest due to his injuries."This is fucked," He mutters, glancing around at everyone.
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 18, 2007 16:20:07 GMT
"Nothing to stop you from trying," Nathan yelled back at Kaleb, "Nice to know you actually give a fuck and all though."
He started rummaging in a draw in the hall for anything remotely weapon-like.
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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 19, 2007 3:08:33 GMT
"Would you all just shut the fuck up?!" Chase yells, breaking away from his thoughts. His voice sounded so forced when he yelled, seeing as it was the first time Chase had ever raised his voice. Usually a calm and level headed person, Chase never yelled at his cousins.
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 19, 2007 19:36:55 GMT
Nathan stopped abruptly, head snapping round to look at Chase in mild surprise, before the draw decided it would protest and promptly fell on his foot.
He winced and uttered a colourful curse word before kicking it across the room, but didn't raise his voice.
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Post by Kaleb Parker on Nov 19, 2007 20:17:36 GMT
Kaleb's head snaps up, glancing over at his younger brother, surprised.
He opens his mouth to protest, but promptly shuts it, knowing better then to agrue.
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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 20, 2007 16:25:34 GMT
"Yelling at each other isn't going to do anything," Chase says, trying to keep his voice from shaking. He was never one to speak out and to have his cousins' full attention was a bit unnerving.
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 20, 2007 19:16:56 GMT
Nathan blinked once, twice, three times, then turned back round to continue with what he was doing. He had listened, he'd just decided not to listen listen.
Finding nothing of any use, he slammed his fist into the wall in front of him frustratedly, "Where's my brother?" he asked the wall in front of him without turning round.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 21, 2007 0:13:16 GMT
"Dead." I whisper quietly, wrapping my arms around myself as tears rolled down my face,"Just like mum and dad. Dead."
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 21, 2007 20:02:56 GMT
His throat tightened, tears forming in the corners of his eyes, but he still managed to snap, "I didn't ask how he was, I asked where he was."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 22, 2007 3:40:46 GMT
I shake my head, letting a small sob escape my lips.He's dead. Just like Keria and the twins. Just like Jack. Just like Davey. Just like Sally and Aunt Gilly. Just like Poppy and Rowan. Just like mum and dad. Dead. Dead, and never coming back. At this thought, I cry harder, pulling my knees up to my chest.
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Post by Chase Parker on Nov 22, 2007 4:20:43 GMT
"We don't know Nathan," Chase admits quietly, clasping his hands in his lap."We don't know."
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Post by Nathan Dawson on Nov 22, 2007 19:26:49 GMT
"What happened!?" He demanded loudly, voice cracking, "Where's Noah? Why isn't he..." His voice disappears completely for a moment before he clears his throat and manages quietly, "here?"
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