Sass was sitting up in the bed.
She had a frantic look about her, like she was having some sort of panic attack. Jack was puzzled, as he had left her maybe three minutes previously. He started to exit the bathroom as Angel. He looked out from around the door, choosing to keep his lower half still concealed by the door. He quirked his head to the side in what he hoped would look concerned, "You okay?"
She stared at him for several seconds before she collapsed back onto her pillow, "Crap. Sorry. I thought-" She made a dismissive hand gesture, "Never mind."
Jack frowned and walked over to crawl into bed. He sat crosslegged next to her, "I mind. What's wrong?"
She opened her mouth to reply, then abruptly stopped. She narrowed her eye, "Do... you have any mind control powers?"
Jack squinted with confusion, "Well, no. I don't think so. I haven't used any that I know of." He tilted his head, "Do you think I've been mind controlling you?"
She paused, then shook her head, "No. Of course not. I have extensive mind control resistance training. How to see the signs, how to warn others... I..." She trailed off and kept staring at him, "I'm just trying to figure out why I'm trusting you so much."
Jack tilted his head to the side, "You don't trust people very much?"
She laughed as she rolled her eyes, "You aren't paranoid if everyone is out to get you." She propped herself up on an elbow to look at him better, "Uh... look. About us..."
Jack tilted his head to the side, "What about us?"
She closed her eyes and shook her head a bit to clear it, "I... have broken so many rules in the past hour it isn't funny."
Jack frowned, "Who's rules?"
She squinted at him, "My rules? The team's rules? Well... policies. Well... I made the policies so... I guess they-" Jack held up a hand to cut her off. She went quiet.
"Let me guess. You've been burned several times and you have all these rules you follow to prevent getting hurt, yes?" She nodded. He nodded back, "Okay. New rule. We're friends. Just, friends. We're not dating. But we don't... talk about this either." He smirked, "I assume you don't want me going around telling everyone the super straight laced super heroine who cares about her public image likes to call her lovers fuck meat."
Sass suddenly blushed, "I-uh. Well. You see-" Jack cut her off with a kiss. She froze.
He pulled away, "It's okay. I... understand what happens in bed and how you see someone outside of bed are two different things. You look like you have a lot of pent up frustration."
She barked out laughter at that remark and immediately covered her mouth, "Yeah." She looked away from Jack, "You could say that..." She paused then slowly looked back at him, "You are amazing by the way. I think you're the first guy who could actually go the distance with me."
Jack smiled, "I'm glad you liked it."
Sass laid there in silence. The silence grew and as it did, she looked increasingly worried, "Uh... did... you like it?"
Jack blinked and had a look of dawning realization, "OH! Uh, yeah! It was... neat."
"Neat?"
Jack opened his mouth but seemed to be stumbling over his own words. He tried to lie to her and make her feel better, but he was having a hard time speaking as smoothly as he usually did. He hemmed and hawed for a bit then scratched the back of his neck, "It was... new. To me. I-" He blinked and took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, "Honestly, I don't know how I feel." He frowned for many reasons and looked at his hands, "I enjoyed it. It... I'd like to do it again sometime." He fiddled with his fingers, "I like that you liked it."
Sass nodded and seemed to be concerned, "I'm... sorry. I guess I made a lot of assumptions. I didn't mean to-"
Jack cut her off, "Whoa. STOP. I did not come in this room not knowing what could happen. I just... I'm new here and how things work here and what I'm used to are two different things."
Sass stared at him then reached up to touch his cheek, "I really, truly intended only to talk to you about recruiting you to be the team healer."
Jack blushed at her touch, "So? Do you feel healed?"
Sass blinked then looked off into the distance as she thought, "Well... yeah. Yeah I do, actually. Better than I have in a long time."
Jack felt a great upwelling of pride, "I'm glad." However, in that moment, he wondered why he was feeling that way. This wasn't normal for him. He was usually a much more cynical bastard. His thoughts turned to what Doctor Brown told him and a darkness clouded his expression.
Sass couldn't help but notice. However, before she could ask, everything in the room started to pulse red.
An alarm was going off. Every available monitor was displaying the following in red with white letters:
ALERT
Threat Level: Phi (Meta Active)
Warning: Hostages On Scene
Requesting: Delta
Bounty: 125% (Client Confirmed Insured)
Additional compensation: CD
Sass was sitting up in the bed.
She had a frantic look about her, like she was having some sort of panic attack. Jack was puzzled, as he had left her maybe three minutes previously. He started to exit the bathroom as Angel. He looked out from around the door, choosing to keep his lower half still concealed by the door. He quirked his head to the side in what he hoped would look concerned, "You okay?"
She stared at him for several seconds before she collapsed back onto her pillow, "Crap. Sorry. I thought-" She made a dismissive hand gesture, "Never mind."
Jack frowned and walked over to crawl into bed. He sat crosslegged next to her, "I mind. What's wrong?"
She opened her mouth to reply, then abruptly stopped. She narrowed her eye, "Do... you have any mind control powers?"
Jack squinted with confusion, "Well, no. I don't think so. I haven't used any that I know of." He tilted his head, "Do you think I've been mind controlling you?"
She paused, then shook her head, "No. Of course not. I have extensive mind control resistance training. How to see the signs, how to warn others... I..." She trailed off and kept staring at him, "I'm just trying to figure out why I'm trusting you so much."
Jack tilted his head to the side, "You don't trust people very much?"
She laughed as she rolled her eyes, "You aren't paranoid if everyone is out to get you." She propped herself up on an elbow to look at him better, "Uh... look. About us..."
Jack tilted his head to the side, "What about us?"
She closed her eyes and shook her head a bit to clear it, "I... have broken so many rules in the past hour it isn't funny."
Jack frowned, "Who's rules?"
She squinted at him, "My rules? The team's rules? Well... policies. Well... I made the policies so... I guess they-" Jack held up a hand to cut her off. She went quiet.
"Let me guess. You've been burned several times and you have all these rules you follow to prevent getting hurt, yes?" She nodded. He nodded back, "Okay. New rule. We're friends. Just, friends. We're not dating. But we don't... talk about this either." He smirked, "I assume you don't want me going around telling everyone the super straight laced super heroine who cares about her public image likes to call her lovers fuck meat."
Sass suddenly blushed, "I-uh. Well. You see-" Jack cut her off with a kiss. She froze.
He pulled away, "It's okay. I... understand what happens in bed and how you see someone outside of bed are two different things. You look like you have a lot of pent up frustration."
She barked out laughter at that remark and immediately covered her mouth, "Yeah." She looked away from Jack, "You could say that..." She paused then slowly looked back at him, "You are amazing by the way. I think you're the first guy who could actually go the distance with me."
Jack smiled, "I'm glad you liked it."
Sass laid there in silence. The silence grew and as it did, she looked increasingly worried, "Uh... did... you like it?"
Jack blinked and had a look of dawning realization, "OH! Uh, yeah! It was... neat."
"Neat?"
Jack opened his mouth but seemed to be stumbling over his own words. He tried to lie to her and make her feel better, but he was having a hard time speaking as smoothly as he usually did. He hemmed and hawed for a bit then scratched the back of his neck, "It was... new. To me. I-" He blinked and took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, "Honestly, I don't know how I feel." He frowned for many reasons and looked at his hands, "I enjoyed it. It... I'd like to do it again sometime." He fiddled with his fingers, "I like that you liked it."
Sass nodded and seemed to be concerned, "I'm... sorry. I guess I made a lot of assumptions. I didn't mean to-"
Jack cut her off, "Whoa. STOP. I did not come in this room not knowing what could happen. I just... I'm new here and how things work here and what I'm used to are two different things."
Sass stared at him then reached up to touch his cheek, "I really, truly intended only to talk to you about recruiting you to be the team healer."
Jack blushed at her touch, "So? Do you feel healed?"
Sass blinked then looked off into the distance as she thought, "Well... yeah. Yeah I do, actually. Better than I have in a long time."
Jack felt a great upwelling of pride, "I'm glad." However, in that moment, he wondered why he was feeling that way. This wasn't normal for him. He was usually a much more cynical bastard. His thoughts turned to what Doctor Brown told him and a darkness clouded his expression.
Sass couldn't help but notice. However, before she could ask, everything in the room started to pulse red.
An alarm was going off. Every available monitor was displaying the following in red with white letters:
ALERT
Threat Level: Phi (Meta Active)
Warning: Hostages On Scene
Requesting: Delta
Bounty: 125% (Client Confirmed Insured)
Additional compensation: CD
