I hate this guy......(Blue.)

[Robert Gray]

"What did you just say?"

Bob had been working on a new weapon, welding small leaden weights onto a chain, when he heard Myst's date mouthing off to himself.

She had some date tonight, and this asshole was starting to get on his nerves. He was already slightly hurt, but knew that diddn't matter, but this fuckbag was just trying to get laid. He diddn't like her or anything.....just had a fetish.

"Heh..come on. You know you agree with me. You want some tail, too."

"Say it again and I'll strangle you with this chain......"

"Whatever, Fag."

Myst was still getting ready to go, and Bob diddn't want to risk her getting pissed at him. She was his only friend, but he had to say something.

"And besides, ins't it the man's right to take what he wants? Oh, here she comes......niiiice."

She was walkng out, finaly ready, when Bob got up, and walked over to her.

"Myst...I need to talk to you. I don't like this guy....."

He wasn't calling her Blue. That should set omething off in her head, but it probably wouldn't. She was stubborn, after all.

[Myst]

Myst had slipped into a short skirt and a tank top. Her tail hanging lose behind her and twitching calmly. When she walked out of the bathroom, her brown hair hanging down over her shoulders, Robert pulled her aside.

"Myst...I need to talk to you. I don't like this guy....."

Myst's pale lavender eyes turned to Robert. She couldn't believe what he was saying. He shouldn't be telling her who she should be able to date. Myst wouldn't show her anger. Though the fact that he hadn't called her blue did reach her ears. She would be careful.

"Whatever Bobby, You worry too much. I will be back around 12:30 just like when I go to the forest okay... See you when I get back."

She kissed Robert's cheek and headed out the door with the guy who had asked her out on the date. He waved and smirked at Robert before closing the door behind her.

[Robert Gray]

"....be carefull....good lord, I'll kill him if he touches you, Blue....."

She was alredy gone as he said that, and so was the freakboy. He let out a low sigh, on the verge of lashing out at something, ANYTHING, in anger.

Instead, he applied himself to his chains again, pulling the lead balls off of the end. He'd need something with more.......edge...to it. He pulled out a bar of iron, and shaped it into a spike. He did the same again, and wlded ech spike onto the ends of the chains.

Ten feet of chain with iron spikes on the ends. Effective weapons, to say the least.

"Yeah...he touches her.....he's dead..."

[Myst]

12:30 Rolled around.... No sign of Myst.
12:40...

Myst ran in. Tears in her eyes. Her body trembling. Her tail curled protectivly around the bottom of her skirt. Her brown cat ears bent back. She fell onto her bed and began crying. A red hand print on her upper arm showing that she had been grabbed with force. Her back turning to the rest of the room as she faced the wall. Her legs pulled up as she curled her self into a ball. Her body still trembled.

Before:

12:20-

Myst happily walked along side of her date. His black hair cut short, he wore jeans and a baggy black shirt. His complexion was pale. They had just finished going to dinner and then the movie. A normal date. They were walking back to the dorms. His arm around Myst's waist and she blushed.

"Do you have to go home?"
"Yes, My room mate is probably worried."
"Well... You know... If you don't want to go back... We can always go to my room. You could call him and tell him you are sleeping at a girls house."
"He wouldn't believe that. Besides... It is pretty late. I have alot of work ah-"
"Oh don't be such a loser Myst. Come on."
"Well... maybe just for a little bit."

The two walked to his room. She sat down on his couch and smiled. He went in to kiss her and she pulled away laughing softly.

"Heh, Eric... I think I should go n-"

He grabbed her arms and pulled her to him kissing her forcefully. She struggled but didn't have enough fight in her. Her tail curled around his wrist and bent it away from her arm. She pushed out of the kiss and kneed him in the crotch before running out the door. On her way to her dorm, Myst finally began to cry.

[Robert Gray]

He rushed to her side, as soon as she burst into the room, crying.

He would have comforted her, but the motherfucker rushed into teh room behind her.

"Where IS that BITCH!?"

"......"

Bob was too angry to even speak. He had wrapped the chains around his arms, and was testing the balance of the spikes on a small target...but now he would test them on a moving target. He wrapped the chains around his fists, and landed a straight jab to the fucktard's face. The man fell onto his back, and Bob stood above him, and stomped on his chest.

"GHAH!"

"Nobody...fucking...touches..MYST!"

He knelt down, and began punching the asshole in the face. The chains beat a macabre rythm, as the man eventually stopped moving, and just started groaning. Bob stood, picked him up by the hair, and shoved him out the door, setting him on fire as he went.

Then he unwrapped the chains from his arms, and walked over to Myst. He longed to take her into his arms, and tell her it was all going to be alright, but he couldn't. He knew she diddn' like him that way. Instead, he knelt down, and spoke to her.

"Hey...you alright? That bastard's never going to hurt you again......nobody is..."

[Myst]

The sound of Eric's voice hit her ears. She had completely forgotten that Robert would still be in the room. When Eric stormed in, Robert lost it. He began beating on Eric and then he tossed him out of the room and set him on fire. Myst's eyes were blurred beause of her tears but she knew what she heard and smelled. Robert returned to her side and although his words hardly reached her ears because she was so upset, the look on his face was reassuring. Her arms shot out wrapping around him. The tears wouldn't stop.

"Bobby... You were right... I... was so scared."

She continued crying and holding onto Robert for all he was worth. Her small body trembled and her cheeks normaly a soft pink were flushed and stained with tears. Her tail still curled around her tightly and her ears remained agianst her head, but the comforting embrase of Robert seemed to calm her, if only a tiny bit.

"I...I don't know what happened.... Bobby... He was so nice."

Myst had a crush on Eric since she saw him in her class weeks ago. Nearly her entire diary was filled with pages on him and how much she had liked him. You could never fathom the dissapointment in Myst. She had built him up into the perfect guy. She blamed her self for not being careful enough and as she clutched onto Robert, it was clear to any one... that was what she was thinking. That this disaster was all her fault.

[Robert Gray]

He wrapped his arms around her, caring only about her for the moment. Nothing else mattered other than her seeing it wasn't her fault.

"Hey...it's not your fault......don't think it is...I'll let you in on a secret...all men are assholes. No matter how nice, no matter how caring. All men are the same, Myst."

She was blaming herself. He diddn't want her to, though, it was HIS fault.

"If it's anyone's fault, it's mine. It's my job ot keep you safe, isn't it? I screwed up."

He would hold her until she felt better, or got sick of him. He just wished she'd never let go, somewhere deep inside.

[Myst]

Myst held onto him tightly. He was right, well about the other guys. Robert had his jerk like moments too but he never tried to grab at her like that. It seemed that she always ended up in that position. Those guys in florida, Eric... Then Robert blamed him self. Myst shook her head against his shoulder. It wasn't his fault. He was letting her be her, not that he could have stopped her from going even if he wanted to. Robert seemed a little uncomfortable with Myst sobbing into his shoulder. She pulled away. Trying to keep her self from getting any more emotional then she already was. She ran the back of her hand over her eyes and pushed away the tears and began to laugh.

"Listen to you Bobby. You are getting girly... You have been hanging around me too much."

She said. Her voice straining to keep more tears from comming out. She stood up. Her ears easing up off her head finally feeling safe again. She still trembled a little.

"I should make us something. Its late. You haven't eaten yet have you? No of course not... You wouldn't eat with out me here to make something for you. Geez Bobby what am I going to do with you."

She rambled softly and headed into the kitchen. Some pots and pans clanged around, the fridged was opened and closed several times and soon the smell of spices began comming from the kitchen. Followed by choked sobs as Myst did her best to take her mind off the horrible night.

[Robert Gray]

She had walked into the kitchen, and he could hear her sobs, choked as they were. He felt for her, he really knew the shit she was going through.

In fact, trying to pursue any relationship had gottne him tortured. Around nine times. Not that he did anything wrong, that's just how people from his plane of existance tended to get off.

He heard her sobs in the kitche. She was really torn up about all this, and it hurt him. He cared about her in ways he'd never cared about anyone before. Hell, not even his brother had been able to move his cold, unfeeling heart they way she did.

But she'd never know that, and he was fine with it. She deserved better than some dark-angel fire-elemental freak. Hell, his hair was naturally two colros. That was fucking weird, even to him.

He walked into the kitchen, and gave the most reasurring smile he could, which was actually quite reasurring, even though he couldn't tell, and made her a cup of tea.

"Here......this should calm your nerves."

[Myst]

Robert stepped into the kitchen and smiled at her, trying to make her feel better. Myst smiled back, if only slightly and went back to cooking. Robert made her some tea and gave it to her telling her it would calm her nerves. She took it and her entire body was shaking a bit so she set the cup down.

"God Bobby... This always happens. It happened in Florida remember..."

She said softly staring into the tea. Bobby had been with her both times to protect her. Even if they didn't know each other in florida he protected her. She sighed softly.

"You were the one that protected me in florida too. So... There is something you were wrong about today. Not all guys are assholes."

Myst shook her head a little and took a sip of the tea. A pot full of veggies and noodles in broth cooking on the stove. She closed her eyes.

"Can you watch dinner... I... I am going to go take a bath."

Myst set her cup back down on the counter and grabbed some long pajamas and headed for the bathroom. She felt so dirty. She didn't know why... but she did.

[Robert Gray]

"I'll watch dinner....go take a bath if you need to."

He had protected her in Florida...but then, it had just been a part of being a hero. Part of his job. Now, it was more, even though it was still a job. It was more, now. Now, it was like an infalible reason to keep on living. He was pretty resigned that his lot in life would be to defend, alone. Stand against those who would kill and main the innocent, alone and friendless.

For a moment, he doubted that, but only for a moment.

He still was certain it would come to that. Him playing the pitiful hero.

He let out a sigh, and stirred the food, making sure it diddn't burn. He pulled out the little grill, and started to make some fish for her. She DD love fish, after all, and maybe that would cheer her up a little, if only a little.

Within minutes, it was done, and waiting for her, one medium sized salmon fillet.

Damnit...I can't fall in love......if I fall in love with her, it will only put her in more danger.

[Myst]

Myst soaked in the tub for what felt like hours. Just sitting there, staring at the wall. The smell of salmon tickling her nose she smiled and looked at the door. Bobby was still trying to cheer her up. It was working for the most part. She sighed and got up. Dried off, put on her pajama's and a bathrobe over that. Covering her body was what she felt she needed to do. The only visable things right now were her hands, feet and everything from the neck up. She hated her tail being covered under clothes but there was nothing she could do about that at the moment. She walked out of the bathroom and walked back into the kitchen where the food was set up and waiting. She looked at Robert, her pale lavender eyes still a little puffy from crying, seemed to smile at him.

"Thank you. Really... How many times have you saved my tail now... I think three... And you keep making me fish..."

She hugged him softly again. Just needing to feel his arms around her again, to feel like some one cared for her. Robert and Myst have had a rather diffrent relationship. She splats him with water. He gets annoyed says some things and points his guns. He tells her don't touch his plushies or play sertain games, she does it. She runs off every night to rave in the forest, he follows to watch over her. Every time she gets into trouble be it Kidnapped or almost raped he comes to her rescue. She let go of him, almost sertain she was driving him insane with all this needyness of hers. She sat down and sighed.

"Hey bobby... Do you think I should go back and live with my parents?"

[Robert Gray]

He hugged her gently, and let out a soft chuckle.

"No. I think you should stay here.......I'd be utterly and completely alone if you left. Besides, I don't think you want to leave...do you?"

He really, truly diddn't want her to leave. To tell the truth, he needed her. The thought of her kept him from going berserk, half the time. He liked her. A lot.

But he'd never tell her. She needed to be safe, after all, and it wasn't his job to put her in even MORE danger.

"Besides, if you stay, I'll stop bitching about you playing my games and touching my plushies. Deal?"

[Myst]

Robert was better at this cheering up thing then he thought he was. Myst smiled at him. He was right... She really didn't want to go. If she returned home her parents would treat her like glass again. Roberts arms pulled away from her and she smirked at him.

"Well... I didn't think I would go any way. You not bitching about stuff is no fun for me. I need you as a wet blanket... "

As she said that last bit a water lily fell on his head soaking him she giggled and smirked at him.

"A protective wet blanket... Lets just hope your brother doesn't zap you when you go to plug something in to the nearest socket. We might lose all the lights in the dorm."

Myst cut up the fish and put half on a plate for him. Then she began to munch on it happily. A thought came to her mind. Before her date... Bobby had time to talk with Eric. Myst was suddenly curiouse as to what was said.

"Bobby... What did Eric say before I came out?"

[Robert Gray]

What had Eric said?

Well, Bob diddn't want to say, but the guy had gone on the whole time she was getting ready about how he was going to fuck her, and rape her if she diddn't give in. His eyes portrayed how guilty he felt.

"He....said he was going to....well, force himself on you if you diddn't give it up. I would have pummeled his head into a goey paste then and there if you hadn't come out when you did. If I had, you would hate me, but you wouldn't have gotten hurt...I'm sorry."

He let out a sigh, and put his hands in his pockets. It really was his fault, after all.