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Tweak says, "What if god was one of us?"

Jess Van der berg (insolentia_) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2016-03-01 22:42:00

Entry tags:

adrian delacroix, isaiah delacroix, jayden delacroix, jess van der berg, jesse delacroix, nicholas rowland

WHO: JJ van der Berg, Nicholas Rowland, and Jesse, Jayden, Adrian and Isaiah Delacroix. Also ghosts
WHAT: The Daddy
WHEN: Monday evening
WHERE: Their house
WARNINGS: Ghosts and sadness

JJ headed into the kitchen, looking pale and uncomfortable. "Urgh, I can't stop puking," she sighed. "Being pregnant is kind of shit."

Jayden gave her a sympathetic look and moved to help her over to the table. "Sit here, I'll get you something to drink, okay? You want me to get Nick and Jesse?" He went to fetch some water as she nodded. When he handed over the water, she smiled warily at him.

"Thanks, Jayden. You're amazing."

"Nah, I just like you," he said with a grin and a wink, and he darted off to find his brother and Nicholas.

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stormandshadow
2016-03-02 09:31 am UTC (link)

Adrian cried out in shock and pain and he doubled over, his hands on his stomach. "Isaiah!" he cried out when the console went towards his brother as well. He went to the floor beside Isaiah and screamed at his father, "leave him alone!"

Jayden cried out in horror and he tried to duck behind a sofa, lest Richard try to hurt him too.

JJ gasped as the assault turned physical. "I have to get out of here!"

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walkabrokenline
2016-03-02 09:50 am UTC (link)

Jesse clamped one hand onto Nicholas' arm, dragging him over. "Nicky. Cher," he whispered hurriedly in his ear. "Take JJ, get the car, get one of the bikes, I don't care, but get her as far away from here as you possibly can." Beyond him, there came the sound of glass breaking, as the XBox flew through a window and into the backyard. "Go now, OK? I love you. Be safe."

Then he stepped into the living room and yelled, "Hey! You son of a bitch! Pick on someone your own size!"

"Jesse, no," Isaiah breathed from his spot by the wall. "That's what he wants-"

"Better me than any of you," Jesse said, not looking at any of them. Richard used that moment to get right up in his face. Jesse stared into those cold blue eyes, the way he'd done so many times before. "Picking on children," he spat. "Just shows what a coward you were, and are."

The lamp on the end table swung itself at Jesse's head, and he narrowly missed it fracturing his skull, by ducking just in time.

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stormandshadow
2016-03-02 09:56 am UTC (link)

Nicholas didn't need to be told twice. And while he hated that he was leaving the Delacroixs alone with their arsehole of a father, JJ was pregnant. They needed to look after her first. He whisked her out the door and into the car without looking back.

"JESSE!" Jayden screamed as Richard tried to brain his brother.

"Stay where you are!" Adrian instructed Jayden, and he moved so he was between Isaiah and Richard. "Jesse, man, don't let him hurt you."

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jdelacroix
2016-03-02 11:30 am UTC (link)

Jesse watched them go, and he didn't unclench until he heard the garage door closing again. At least JJ and the baby were on their way somewhere safe, and that was one less thing on his mind.

Jesse placed himself in front of Jayden, between him and Richard. There was never any other course of action, in his mind. "Like I said before, Ade," he said, staring into the eyes of the apparition. "Better me than any of you."

The power cord to the fallen lamp rose into the air, clotheslining him at the knees, and he fell. He hit the floor hard, but pushed himself back up onto his feet and stood in front of Jayden again. "You think that's going to hurt me?" he spat. "You bastard. I was homeless at 17. I've slept on park benches, under bridges, and on the ground. I turned tricks up against alley walls to put food in my mouth. I got beat up for what little I didn't have. So you do your worst."

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stormandshadow
2016-03-02 11:35 am UTC (link)

"That is not better!" Adrian hissed, rising up to join Jesse's side. He couldn't very well let Jesse just take all of this on his own.

While Jesse described the shit he had been through, Adrian winced in horror. "That's your failure as well!" he yelled at Richard. "You should have protected him from that but you didn't. Do your worst, but you're doing it to both of us."

Jayden wanted to join them, but he was too scared so he stayed where he was, cowering.

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jdelacroix
2016-03-02 11:52 am UTC (link)

Jesse turned to look at Adrian. "For a given definition of better, it is," he said dryly. "I can deal with getting hurt. I can't deal with any of you getting hurt anymore, OK? I've had enough of it to last a lifetime, we all have. So if he wants to destroy our house some more, fine. Stuff can be replaced. You three can't be."

Richard looked over for the third time at the fallen lamp. The cord twitched, but it didn't lift off the floor again. He frowned, but still, nothing happened.

"Jesse, did you say a code phrase or something?" Isaiah wanted to know.

"I have absolutely no idea," Jesse answered.

Richard let out a wordless yell of rage, and the kitchen windows near Jesse and Adrian shattered. Glass flew outward and struck Jesse, cutting his face and hands.

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	stormandshadow 2016-03-02 11:55 am UTC (link)
	"Fuck, shit!" Adrian hissed, covering his own face so none of the glass hit him. He heard Jayden cry out and just knew he'd been cut as well. "You are such a worthless asshole!" Adrian screamed at his father before turning to Jesse. "Shit, how bad is it? Christ, do you think we can get to the hospital?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jdelacroix
2016-03-02 12:06 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know, but I vote that we try," Jesse replied. He pulled the keys to their SUV out of his pocket and tossed them to Isaiah, who was closest to the door leading to the garage. Isaiah caught them and was gone in a flash, the door slamming behind him before Richard had even finished turning around.

"Jay, get over here!" he shouted, wiping some blood out of his eyes. "If we're going to make a break for it, we need to do it now, while he can't throw objects. I'm not going to stick around and wait to see if he gets that power back."

Isaiah leaned on the horn outside, he'd driven the SUV around to the back of the house, leaping the curb and driving onto the lawn to get closer to the back door.He figured he'd be forgiven, all things considered. Jesse grabbed his brother's hands and dragged them toward the door, determined to put as much distance as possible between Richard and them.

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stormandshadow
2016-03-02 12:11 pm UTC (link)

Despite the pain he was in by the glass littering his skin, Jayden jumped up and let Jesse pull him towards the door and outside.

Adrian darted ahead, pulling the door open so he could push Jayden inside before himself. Once they were all in, Adrian turned to Jayden to assess the state his little brother was in. There was glass in his face, but none of the cuts looked too deep, and his eyes, thankfully, had been spared. "Shit," he breathed, hoping somehow that the ghost couldn't follow them.

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jdelacroix
2016-03-02 07:48 pm UTC (link)

Jesse threw himself into the front seat beside Isaiah, white-knuckling the dashboard as they drove away. There were pieces of glass embedded in his hands and face, but he ignored them for now, opting instead to turn around and see how his brothers were doing.

"We need to go get stitched up," he said, wincing as something pulled in his face and deepened a cut. He pulled up the nearest hospital on his GPS, and started reading directions out to Isaiah. "And once we get there, I want to call Nicholas and JJ, make sure they're alright. We'll figure out what to do next from there."

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