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notbrokenyet (notbrokenyet) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2009-01-09 21:49:00

Current mood:	cold
Entry tags:	andy gallagher, arrival, complete, day 28, gray harkness, rose tyler

Gray Arrives
Who: Gray Harkness and OTA
When: Day 28
What: Gray arrives to Mirage
Rating: PG-13 at the most. (I'm hoping)
Status: Complete

Gray could hardly see for the pain from his beating for stealing food as a guard shoved him into his cell for the night. Oh he had known better, he really had, but the little scrap of fish left from his owners' extravagant dinner mixed with not eating anything for nearly three days made him abandon his training for that brief second. What made the beating particularly sting is that he hadn't even gotten the morsel to his mouth. So along with his stomach cramping from hunger his back was now bloody and raw and the offending hand broken.

The young boy curled up on the hard rock floor and cried silently, wondering if anyone would ever come to rescue him. "Mama...Papa...Big Brother....Where are you?" He whispered, closing his eyes and trying to sleep despite the discomfort and pain.

He dreamt of Boeshane and its night time chill, the scent of it ocean air and the sounds of home. It was a bitter sweet dream one that lead to confusion when he woke up to a bitter cold. Gray slowly opened his eyes and looked around in utter surprise and loss as he stared out at a field of snow in front of him and buildings behind him.

Where in the Universe was he?

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brain_ninja
2009-01-11 09:16 pm UTC (link)

The little boy didn't take Andy's hand and then he answered in a carefully rehearsed voice. At least, that's what it sounded like to Andy.

What the hell kind of answer was that? That was some pretty nasty child abuse, if that's what this was about, Andy thought, frowning. The kid wouldn't even look at him.

"Not here, you're not," Andy assured him. "You're safe here. From...whatever. Whoever. I can promise you that, kid," he added, giving his hand a gentle shake in front of the child. "Come on, man, it's cold outside. Please come with me? We'll get in where it's warm and figure out what's going on okay? Get you settled and all that."

He felt a jolt and cringed as he saw Rose's answer to his inquiry in his head. The page appeared in his mind's eye and she seemed to think maybe she could help. When the pain went away, Andy nodded to himself. Maybe she could shed some light on what to do. Girls were better at that stuff than he was.

"I don't know about you, but I'm freezing my butt off...I promise I won't hurt you, but please come with me," Andy repeated.

It took a lot of effort not to just use the mind thing and tell the kid to come with, but he refrained, however difficult it was. This kid seemed to have been through enough on his own; he didn't need Andy in his head making him do things.

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	notbrokenyet 2009-01-11 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Gray gave the man a faint disbelieving look before reaching out with his uninjured hand and taking Andy's. "Gray." The young boy licked his lips, still not fully trusting the man but not really having another choice in the matter. "My name is Gray." Gray noticed the jolt and cringe of the man but didn't say anything or pull away. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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