Title: Délaissé et Amitié (Forsaken and Friendship)
Rating: Hmmm.. High R at the most
Summery: I’m not to good at summery, just read it!
Characters: Darien Fawkes, Mary Ryner, The Keeper, Stark, Arnaud, Bobby Hobbes, And The Official
Authors Notes: To Liz, who told me my fic was good, even when I didn’t think it was ;)
Délaissé et Amitié (Forsaken and Friendship)
By Voltage
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Mary: Darien’s a good guy, everyone knows that. He’s a good guy, and I love him. Hell, I’d risk my life for him. If anything, ANYONE ever hurt Darien, I’d kill them. But I can’t kill the man inside Darien. I can’t kill the man that makes him Crazy. Because he’s a part of Darien, the evil in Darien that only comes out at the wrong times. The times I’m afraid of Darien are the times the evil is out. He’s tried to kill me once, and then Bobby or Claire would come and fill his bloodstream with counteragent and he’s turn back to his normal self. It kills me inside when he looks at me, asking what he did and if he hurt me. I lie of course, saying no he didn’t hurt me. And really, he didn’t. It’s just the bastard inside.
Mary Ryner walked into her apartment, throwing her keys on the desk next to her and shutting the door. She felt a small breeze come past her, but she shrugged it off. *Darien wouldn’t be here at this hour would he? * It was nearly 12. She quick silvered her eyes and scanned the room with her eyes. Nothing. She shrugged again and turned to her TV. On top of that was a CD player. She grabbed the remote to the CD player and turned it on, and it immediately turned to Nirvana’s Love Buzz.
Would you believe me when I tell you
You are the queen of my heart
Please don't deceive me when I hurt you
Just ain't the way it seems
Can you feel my love buzz?
Mary closed her eyes and opened them again. “Jesus..” She said to herself. She set the soda down and clicked the remote again.
It's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
Since I first saw you
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
Since I could call you
But everything I can't
remember as fucked up as it
all may seem the consequences
that I've rendered I've stretched
myself beyond my means
It's been awhile
Since I could say that I wasn't addicted
Since I could say I love myself as well
Since I've gone and fucked things
up just like I always do
But all that shit seems to
disappear when I'm with you
But everything I can't remember
as fucked up as it may seem
The consequences that I've rendered,
I've gone and fucked things up again.
Why must I feel this way
Just make this go away,
Just one more peaceful day
It's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
Since I said I'm sorry
Since I've seen the way
the candle lights your face
But I can still remember
just the way you taste
But everything I can't remember as
fucked up as it all may seem to be
I know it's me I cannot blame this on my
father he did the best he could for me
It's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
and it's been awhile since I said
I'm sorry
She walked over to the bathroom and turned on the water to the shower. She took her shirt off, then her bra, then the rest of her clothes, until she was completely naked. She looked at her self in the body size mirror and sighed. *You’re 19, you have a gland in your head, and you haven’t had a boyfriend sense you were in the 8th grade * she sighed again and stepped in the shower.
Meanwhile, Darien, hid in the shadows, shook off the quicksilver from his body. He moved slowly while the music of Staind’s ‘It’s Been Awhile’ blared through the apartment. Darien stopped at Mary’s open bathroom door and smiled. His red eyes widened. “Hmmm..” He said, smiling. “Nice.”
10 minutes later, Mary walked out of the shower. She walked out of the bathroom; past Darien ducking in the shadows, and suddenly froze. Her thief instincts kicked in. “Who’s there???” She said, looking all around. Then she looked at the counter; the towel she set wasn’t there.
“Darien, if this is one of your sick jokes. Give me my towel.” She said, quick silvering her eyes and she saw Darien, right in front of her. She jolted back, falling against the table, crashing to the floor. “Ah shit! Darien!” She said as he unquicksilvered.
Then she saw his eyes And then the knife, along with her towel in his hand.
“Darien. You don’t want to do this.”
“Oh really? Who says I don’t?” Darien said, slowly coming towards her.
She dived for the gun on the table next to her keys and grabbed it, cocking the gun as she pointed it at Darien. “I don’t want to kill you Darien. Drop the knife.”
Darien shook his head many times, smiling like a child. “Uh-Uh, no, no, no, I don’t think so, baby.”
Mary blinked back the rising tears that were coming into her eyes. “P-Please, Darien, don’t make me kill you.”
“Kill me. Kill me now.” Darien said, smiling. “Or I’ll do it for you.” When Mary didn’t move, Darien took the butcher knife and dragged it across his wrist, drawing blood in a thin line. Darien looked at the blood then started to laugh. It wasn’t the usual chuckle or hardy laugh that Darien had. It was a laugh that bordered insanity. “Mmmm…” He said, licking his lips slightly. “You’re pretty hot Mare..”
“Give me my towel Darien..” She said, forcefully, but at the same time, fear rose up in her throat.
Darien shook his head again. Mary dived for her cell and hit speed dial for bobby’s apartment.
“Hobbes…” Bobby answered.
“BOBBY! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!! DARIEN’S GONE QUICK-“ And then all Bobby heard was a scream. Bobby looked at the phone as it went dead.
“DARIEN!!” Mary screamed as he dragged her to her bed by her hair. Mary tried to kick Darien’s hand, and she finally did, grabbing his arm in between her ankles and twisting. Darien muffled a scream. “You little bitch.” He said, grabbing her up by the throat and lifting her up off the ground.
“Darien..” She choked. She could feel her heart rising up into her chest. She grabbed onto his arms, thrashing back and forth, anything she could think of to get her away from him. Mary brought her leg up and kicked him in the groin. He dropped her and fell to his knees. Mary, still naked, scampered to the bathroom and locked the door. She grabbed the clothes on the floor and hurriedly put them on. She wore no bra, a shortcut shirt, and short pants. Suddenly, Darien punched through the bathroom door, and unlocking the door, and opening it. His knuckles and arm were all bloody with cuts. Mary backed up, frightened, into the shower stall. Darien smiled and walked towards her, kneeling down. He grabbed her legs and held her down, while he took the knife and cut her shirt. “Boy do you smell good…” He said, smiling as he leaned his head down and kissed her.
Bobby ran up the stairs with Claire, to Mary’s apartment. They banged on the door, and then finally bobby kicked it down.
“BOBBY!!” Mary screamed. “IN HE-“ Darien lifted her head up and slammed it down on the bottom of the shower. Mary’s hands that held on to Darien’s jacket were limp on the tile floor. Claire ran in.
“Darien,” She said, holding up a trank gun.
“Go ahead, I dare you.” Darien got up and ran at Claire, but Claire shot Darien in the neck with a trank gun. Darien fell limp at the floor. Claire went over.
“Bobby, I need the Counteragent.” Claire said, holding her hand out. Bobby reached into his jacket and got the counteragent.
“Bobby, go check on Mary, I’ll stay here with Darien.” She injected Darien with the counteragent and he looked up at her.
“Claire…” He said, sitting up. He remembered what he did and quickly ran to Mary, who was passed out on the shower floor, water spraying down on her. Darien grabbed his jacket and wrapped it around her, zipping it up to cover her breasts.
“Ah god mare..” Bobby said as he turned off the water. He leaned down to the limp Mary, checking for a pulse. Darien leaned down next to her. He pushed bobby’s hand away and checked for a pulse. He leaned his ear down to her mouth and listened. “She’s not breathing… It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault.” Darien said, on the brink of crying. He leaned his mouth down to hers and gave her Artificial Respiration. Bobby gave her CPR. Darien leaned his ear down again and sighed. “C’mon Mare, don’t you die on me, I’m not gonna let you die on me.” Darien leaned in and gave her two breaths in. Mary sucked in air and started to cough up blood. Mary weakly wrapped her arms around Darien’s neck and Darien pulled her into a hug, slowly rocking her.
“God Mare, I am so sorry.” He said into her ear as he rocked her. “I am so sorry.” Mary nodded slowly and passed out again, her head on his shoulder.
Claire came in just as Darien lifted Mary up and carried her to the bathroom door. His arm was still bleeding, but he didn’t care.
“The Official gave us permission to take her to Fort Leavitt.” Claire said to Darien.
“C’mon Fawkes, we’ll take the Van.” Bobby said, speechless at what Darien did. “The Fat Man’ll meet us there.”
Darien only nodded and carried the limp Mary out of her apartment and down to Bobby’s Van.
Chapter 2
“Alright,” The doctor said as he walked out. “Who’s related?”
“None, she’s my employee.” The Official said, looking at the doctor. “Your name is?”
“My name’s Doctor Kyles. Does Mary have any family?”
“Me.” Darien said, as he looked at the doctor. Claire bandaged his arm up.
The doctor looked at his notes. “And you are?”
“Darien Fawkes.”
“And how are you related to Ms. Ryner?”
“Well, I’m not really related to her…” Darien said. “She….worked with my brother for a while, I think of her as a sister.”
“I’m sorry Sir, but I can’t let you into see Ms. Ryner. She claims that you were the one that assaulted her. She says she doesn’t want to press charges, though.”
Darien was about to open his mouth to say something, but looked to the Official for an answer.
“I’m sorry Mr. Fawkes, but we have to have the best for the patent.”
“Dr. Kyles, was there any major damage?”
“None that we can see, some bruising around the next, a cut on the head, we’ve sewed that up, and a pretty bloody head, but we’ve got that fixed, she’s resting now.”
“And when will she be released?” Claire said.
“Early tomorrow morning if her vitals are alright.”
Claire nodded. “Thank you Doctor.”
“You’re welcome. We’ll call you in the morning.” The doctor shook everyone’s hand and walked away.
“I’m going in there even if I have to pick the damn locks.” Darien said as he quick silvered.
“Fawkes!” Bobby said.
“Darien get back here! That’s an order!”
“No, let him go. He needs to see her.” Claire said as she sighed.
He walked down the hall and to Mary’s door. One of the nurses came buy to check on Mary. She opened the door and Darien walked in with her. He sat down in one of the chairs and waited for the nurse to leave. The nurse checked Mary’s vitals and logged them down in her logbook. She walked out, locking the door behind her. Darien got up from the chair as the quicksilver fell off him and sat on Mary’s bed, holding her hand.
“Mare…I don’t know if you can hear me but….” He sighed. “You know I’m never good at this crap.” Darien chuckled slightly. “Mare….I just want you to know that I’d give my life if I could change what happened to you.” He sighed. “I’m so sorry Mare… I think just me being there gets someone hurt. Kevin he, he risked his life for me, and you risked your life for me…you made sure I didn’t hurt myself, even if it meant hurting you.” He sighed again, placing his hand on her forehead. “I’m sorry mare… I don’t know how many times I can say that, but I am truly sorry.” He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips, before getting up and sitting in the chair again, slowly falling asleep.
Chapter 3
Mary awoke 4 hours later, at 5:00 in the morning. She had been asleep for 5 hours. She looked over and saw Darien slumped in the chair across from her bed. She slowly got up and walked over to him. “Dar..C’mon Darien! Darien! Fawkes wake up!” She sat next to him and watched him sleep. *It’s so hard to see a man like that do the things he did last night* she thought to herself. Her room was still dark.
“Aww, isn’t this sweet.” A voice came out of the shadows. A voice mixed with swiss and German.
Mary jolted her eyes to the corner. “Arnaud..” She said.
“Very Good, now, my dear, I’m afraid you must come with me.” Arnaud turned on the light and put his sunglasses on; just to make sure she wouldn’t go anywhere.
“Like hell I will.” But she was weak, her head was messed up, and she couldn’t find the strength to quicksilver. “Darien..” She shook him as Arnaud walked towards her. “DARIEN WAKE UP!!” Arnaud grabbed her and put a rag over her mouth and nose, and Mary slowly limped in his arms.
Chapter 4
“Ahh!” Darien jolted up as Claire held him down on the table in her lab. “Aw CRAP!” he held his head. “Where’s Mary?”
Claire looked at the official. She started to talk but Eberts cut him off, handing all of them a file.
“We have reason to believe that Arnaud is working with Chrysalis, which in turn took Agent Ryner. Now, I have created this file in hopes of finding-“
Darien looked at him with a regular ‘shut the hell up Eberts’ look.
“Shut up!” They all said in unison.
“We have to find Mary.” Darien said.
“But why would Chrysalis take Mary? What would they want with her?” Bobby asked.
“Don’t you remember Bobby? The Gland in her head changed when Arnaud messed with it. Matter reconstruction or something like that. I can’t believe you don’t remember that.” Alex Munroe said as she scoffed.
“I remember more than you Monroe.” Bobby spat at Alex.
“Uh-huh, how come you forgot to take your little Prozac that one morning huh?” Alex said, glaring at him.
“Hey, hey, HEY! Would everyone just either shut the hell up or leave?!” Darien yelled over the voice of Munroe and Hobbes. Monroe and Hobbes looked at Darien.
“Look, we need to find Mary.” Darien said, looking at all of them. “We can’t lose her.”
“You mean you can’t lose her.” Monroe said. Darien looked over at her.
“That’s right. I CAN’T lose her. WE can’t lose her.”
Chapter 5
Mary woke up on a hard table, with an oxygen mask over her face. She scanned her eyes around, and finally saw Stark.
“Who are you guys?” She asked. “And where the hell am I? Where’s Darien?”
“We’re going to help you. We’re going to take that Gland out of your head. But first, you have to tell us how you got that little ability you have.” He said. He was talking to her like she was a child.
“Don’t talk to me like I’m a fucking child.” She spat.
Stark scoffed. “I had no intentions Mary. We just need your help.”
“Go. To. Hell.” Mary said. Stark just smiled.
“Hmm,” Stark said, smiling. His goons came over. “If Ms. Ryner will not tell you what Dr. Fawkes did to the gland, then beat it out of her.”
The goons smiled and grabbed a cattle rod. “Tell us.”
“Tell you what?” Mary said, trying to move against the restraints. They took the cattle rod and held it against her side. It sends an electrical jolt through her and she screamed as she quick silvered. She un-quicksilvered as she shook from fear. She looked at Arnaud in the corner.
“Arnaud! If you care in the least! Help me!” She screamed at him. She was shocked again with the cattle rod and she screamed again. “I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING! KEVIN KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THAT MAN OVER THERE KILLED HIM!!” She screamed.
Stark came over. “What do you mean? You had to know something.”
Memories came flooding back to her.
~*~ “Well Kev, I think I’m finally getting the hang of this!” She said. “Well good, you’re a quick learner. You’ve adapted well.” He said, marking some things down on his clipboard. Mary quick silvered her hand while she talked. “So.. How’s your brother? Darien was it?” Kevin chuckled slightly. “He’s a thief.” Mary smiled slyly at him. “So was I, Kevin, don’t you forget it. And this little project saved my ass from enough jail time to last me my entire life!” Kevin smiled. “Well, I’m glad it worked.” Mary smiled and quicksilvered her head and body to leave only her lips showing. “So, whatcha think?” Kevin looked over and laughed slightly. “Very good.” He said smiling. “How does it work?” Kevin put down his clipboard. “Well, in layman’s terms, it bends light,” He made a bending motion with his hand. “Like this. The product you have when it does that is the invisibility.” Mary cocked an eyebrow. “And I’m the only one?” Kevin nodded. “Yes. So far at least.” Mary smiled. “Hmmmm, that could lead to a interesting thief career.” She said smiling. “No, no more stealing. I got you out of jail and you promised that if you did this you wouldn’t use it to steal.” She sighed, smiling. “Fine then. No more stealing.” ~*~
“I’m a thief. Do you think he would tell me anything technical??” She said, breathing hard. “Everything that is to be known about the quicksilver project. Both of the quicksilver projects died with Kevin.” She said, tears falling down her face.
Stark looked at her for a second. “I don’t believe you. More.” He said to his goons. They shocked her again and she let out a piercing scream.
Chapter 6
Darien got in the front of Bobby’s van. He was distant from everyone and everything around him. “Just think Bobby, if I hadn’t had gone all psycho on Mare, she wouldn’t have been in the hospital, and then Swiss Miss and Chrysalis wouldn’t have taken her. Kinda makes one reflect huh?” Darien said, looking at his feet and then up at Bobby.
Bobby sighed. He hated to see Darien like this. “Fawkes, we will get Ryner back. Even if we have to steal her back, we will get her back, my friend.” He said, putting a hand on Darien’s shoulder before he started the Van.
Darien: A poet named William Blake once said, ‘‘In the morning glad I see my foe outstretch’d beneath the tree.’ What I think he means is that he’s just really glad that the bastards dead. And when I get my hands on Arnaud, I’ll kill him. Not only for what he did to Mary, but what he did to me. He made Quick Silver Madness, and made me hurt Mary.
30 minutes later, Bobby pulled up to the Chrysalis building. “Well, here we are, partner. We’ve got you on radio, when you get up there, you contact us, we’ll have people up there faster than you can say ‘Crap’.”
“Crap.” Darien said blandly as he got out of bobby’s Van and quick silvered.
“Great Darien, just play it cool and all of this will turn out fine.” He said to himself quietly. A woman walked up and opened the door of the building and Darien followed quietly. He walked over to the Elevator and got in when two men got in.
“Brr..” The one man said to the other. “Cold in here.”
“Yeah, must be messing with the air again.” He said, buttoning his jacket as the door opened.
“I’ll make a complaint when I get up there.” He said as he walked out. The other man nodded and walked the other way. Darien walked out of the elevator and down the hall. He put his ear to the rooms, going from room to room, listening to see if Mary was in them.
“I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING!” Mary screamed as she got shocked again.
“Keep asking, I’ll be back.” Arnaud said as he opened the door, just as Darien just stepped aside. Arnaud felt a slight cold but let it past. Darien slides in just as the door closed.
“Tell us!!” The goons screamed.
“I DON’T KNOW!!” She yelled. The Goons shocked her again and she quicksilvered. She saw Darien standing behind one of the goons, with a gun in his hand. He pistol-whipped both the goons just as Mary passed out. He shook off the Quicksilver and ran over to Mary, untying her.
“Darien..” She said slowly. “Stark’ll be back anytime. You have to get outta here.”
“I’m not leaving with out you, here we go..” He lifted her up and Quick silvered her as well as him.
“You gotta get outta here.” She whispered into his ear as he opened the door and ran right into Stark.
“Darien Fawkes..” He said with a smile.
“Ah crap.” He looked the other way and ran into the elevator.
“He’s gone into the elevator, guard the lobby. He’ll try to get out that way.” Stark said into his radio.
Darien pulled the radio out of his black jacket. He was wearing a black turtleneck and black pants. “Calvin to Hobbes.”
“Hobbes here, you got Mare?”
“Yeah man, they’ve blocked my exit. Get the cops here now!”
“Yeah, got it covered. They should meet you out there.” Hobbes said.
“Thanks man.” He put the radio back in his jacket and lifted Mary’s head up. “C’mon mare, we’re gonna get outta here. I’m gonna take care of you alright?” Mary’s head lolled to the side, unconscious. Darien sighed. “Crap..”
The elevator doors opened and Darien lifted Mary up again and Quick silvered. He ran out of the elevator and to the Police. He un-quicksilvered. “They’re gonna be coming. Be sure to catch the goons named Stark and Arnaud. They’ll be the ones with guns.”
Bobby’s van pulled up and Darien put Mary in there, before climbing in and riding back to the Agency.
Chapter 7
3 days later……
“Agent Ryner.”
“Yes sir?”
“You are now Officially back on duty with pay. I will be giving you your case later today.”
“Thank you sir.” Mary said as she walked out of the Officials office, to be met by Darien sitting by the door, with his knees to his chest.
“Hey..” He said, grabbing her arm and gently pulling her to him. She smiled and sat down. “You ok?”
“Yeah, I’m feeling better.” She said as she sat down.
“So, what have we learned on this little trip?” He said, looking at her with a smile.
“Délaissé..” She said, looking at him.
“Délaissé?” He repeated.
“It’s French. It means forsaken.” Mary said, looking ahead and then back at him.
“Is that all?” He asked, looking at her
“No. Amitié.”
“What does that mean?”
“Friendship.”
FIN.