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Jack Landors (robinindahood) wrote in parabolical,
@ 2009-10-15 23:52:00

Entry tags:

jack landors, sky tate

Who: Sky and Jack
What: possibly not arguing. ~~for once~~
When:Not long after the board posts of chaos and missing people, but before going to "see" future!Xander. Late night, the 15th of October.
Where: Their apartment.
Warnings: who knows with these two honestly..
STATUS: in progress.

Jack had kept quiet long enough. If anything was ever going to change between him and Sky, he knew that needed to be the place he started. The silence that killed. It wasn't helping anybody. The recklessness he'd been guilty of wasn't helping anybody. He couldn't help anybody if he got himself hurt. Or worse. He was starting to get that. Contrary to popular belief he did learn, sometimes it just took a near death experience to get it through his stubborn head. This was something he didn't want to go alone. Sam, Faith, Buffy, and Jacen were missing and unreadable. Strong fighters. Toughest he knew actually. The Hyperion was filled with all sorts, them? They were levels above the rest, and they were missing. Whatever was going on was bad, it was game face time.

He needed Sky by his side. Wanted to go about this the right way. The Winchesters were going in after Sam, John and Dean. Like hell he was going to sit on the sidelines. Sam was his best friend. Faith too. Both of them..he was worried. For the longest time he tried to put a barrier between S.P.D. and his personal life, but he didn't want that anymore. Sky was important to him, they made a hell of a team in the past, in New Tech City. He wanted that back, needed it. Never wanted this distance between them, alot of it was probably his fault anyway so who better to try and fix it? He was tired of tension and anger. Wanted things to be like they used to be. Wordless partnership, flawless team. For that to happen he had to start trusting Sky again. Learn to open up all over. He'd shut down after Charlie, and Kira. A lot had happened during the year he was away, it was hard to deal with. He needed help. They had always been like yin and yang. It was crazy, but it worked.

Jack was sitting in the kitchen watching his phone in his hands. Hoping that by chance Sam, or Faith would get his messages. That they were somehow alright. There was a black and red lined duffel bag of weapons on the floor, ready to go at a moments notice. A half eaten piece of pie he'd found left over in the fridge infront of him on the table. The place was quiet. No video game playing in the background, no comics. Just a heavy air of thought and worry hanging overhead.

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spdemergency
2009-10-18 02:14 am UTC (link)

Sky wasn't feeling all that well to be honest. He was fairly sure he was coming down with something and so in preparation he headed to the store to grab some cough syrup, some throat lozenges, and some flu stuff. Sky was always the healthy type. He treated his body like a temple (unlike certain red rangers in his midst) but there was, every now and then, the occasional flu. He didn't like but whatever. Ever the boy scout, Sky would be prepared for the inevitable.

He just finished paying the cashier when he received the message from Jack. He frowned. Truthfully, he was tired of Jack's brand of crazy but he wasn't about to abandon him if he needed his help - and truly needed his help. So, within a twenty minutes, he was back at the apartment.

"Jack," he called he said raspily and closed the door behind.

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robinindahood
2009-10-18 02:37 am UTC (link)

He wouldn't have texted Sky if he didn't need him. If it wasn't important. He figured this qualified. In all honesty he didn't really know how to react to things between them anymore. He'd been trying to fix them. Trying to do the right thing, remember his training. He thought he'd been doing pretty good lately. Officially back on patrol with Faith's team, not going it solo like he might have before. Being more careful about weapons choice, and routes. Still there were waves between them. It was tiring. He heard a noise and looked up, not recognizing the voice at first he raised an eyebrow curiously. "Who's there?" Duh, who else had a key to the locked apartment.

"Sky? That you?" He stood and looked over his shoulder with a small frown. "You okay? You sound like hell.." There was concern there, really. That was what everyone wanted to hear right? They sounded like crap.

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spdemergency
2009-10-18 07:34 pm UTC (link)

Sky almost glared at him. Yes, that is exactly the most polite thing to say at this very moment to someone who you'd like to help you, Jack, he thought. "Coming down with something," he said. "What do you need?" That was sky for you. Short, to the point, and all business.

Sure, he could've engaged in small talk but what was the point? They didn't need to a running list of how much Jack's day sucked. Jack was on a mission and they might as well get started on it, right? That's what they do? Help people?

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robinindahood
2009-10-18 07:43 pm UTC (link)

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair in frustration, right. So much for attempting conversation. He didn't know what else to do to make things better. So maybe it was time to just give up. "Sam, Faith, Buffy, Jacen. All taken by Wolfram and Hart. Lawfirm of Evil. Going to need to hit things. Need you there." He knew how ridiculous it probably sounded. Lawyers being evil, but at the same time? Not so much a far reach. Lawyers were often evil just not usually in such a literal sense. Here it was just more straight forward.

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spdemergency
2009-10-21 12:27 am UTC (link)

"Do you have a plan?"

It was a simple question so that he knew where exactly in this process they were in. Because, while showing forethought for back up was a good sign, going in half-cocked with a make shift plan wasn't always the best way to approach a situation. They needed to know specifics. He just hoped this cold wasn't going to hold them back.

He headed for the kitchen to put up whatever he got from the store (along with his meds) and waited for Jack to follow. "Any idea where they might be?"

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robinindahood
2009-10-21 01:12 am UTC (link)

Plan? Not really. Smash Wolfram and Harts toys until they gave them the information they needed sounded pretty good tough. Starting with Eve. The informant was usually a good place to start. But he watched Sky and frowned a little as he followed him into the kitchen. "A few..but the problem is, there are so many offices.." He trailed off until he spotted the medicine and the frown became a little more stern than he intended. "And you're not gonna get near any of them right now. " No way was he dragging Sky off to the Hyperion if he was sick enough for medication. "The only place you're going is bed." There was concern to his voice and expression as he walked right up infront of him and looked up. Sky was taller than him but not by much. He felt his forehead likely to Sky's annoyance for fever.

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spdemergency
2009-10-25 03:18 pm UTC (link)

"Don't touch the face," Sky whined and pulled back, bringing his hands to slap away Jack's hands. No one ever touched the face. Or the hair. It was a thing. He stared at him with slight annoyance, though he was mostly relieved because he really did feel sick. He wasn't about to say that, though. "And what? Have you run off all alone and storming the bad guy offices alone? Please."

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robinindahood
2009-10-25 03:47 pm UTC (link)

"you're such a baby." He said to that with a faint smirk. " Im touching it so get over it." Jacks voice had softened and he tossed down his bag of weapons. " I'm not going anywhere untiil you're better. How's that sound?" there would be others on the rescue. Sky needed him, somehow he felt a little validated. "Go get in bed, that's an order." He pushed him gently but firmly toward his room and waited at the doorway till Sky got in and not a minute sooner would he leave. "I'm gonna take care of you weather you like it or not. He said with a small smirk.

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