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Soulless Soldiers

This memory wasn't like any other. It was warped, but it wasn't with age. It wasn't blurry or indistinct in any way... it was just different. It invaded every sense, and it seethed malice and pain. Every inch of the surroundings were tainted with the same foreboding quality, the same haunted despair. Even outside the door, without ever stepping in, the feelings leaked out; They had slithered out of the cracks, soaked through the door, and spread, infecting everything nearby. For now it was contained, but it seemed as if that was only a temporary setback. Whatever feelings were trapped within, they were determined to get out, and stay out... and one day they just might.

Keiran was not always a happy person. He was actually usually quite reserved. He might get excited or become content over some things, but he tried not to show them too much. Like he was afraid now that his parents were out of the picture and no longer able to mess with things, something worse might come along and snatch up whatever it was happened to be causing him to express his happiness. Today was not one of those days, though. Today had been one big, long-ass disaster after another, like a pile-up on the highway. The pain and sense of loss was similar, but the betrayal and unease it caused was nothing like any physical injury he'd previously experienced. "I'm home..." He muttered half-heartedly. Normally Shay would have peeked out from where she was to make sure he was okay at a time like this, but today she didn't. Keiran wasn't sure whether he was relieved not to have to deal with it right away, or nervous as to why she hadn't. Deciding to let his negative suspicions out of the way first, this being a bad day and all, he stepped forward into the house and looked around. Shay...? Shay was in the kitchen, standing by the counter, phone in her hand. Her body language seemed to be trying to say that she was very upset by something by slackening and drooping like a wilted flower, but something else must have been offsetting it because her entire body was tensed up as if a serial killer had just walked in instead of Keiran. "Shay, hun...?" He asked cautiously, staying put in the door.

"No, no.. he's here... I understand... thank you for telling me..." Her voice was broken and the words were whispered just loud enough for the phone to pick it up, but that meant that Keiran could hear as well. He frowned, his own body tensing as well. This was not looking good. She hung up the phone and sighed with a shudder, as if trying to hold in sobs. She turned slowly, and when she did finally show her face to him, it was streaked with tears. "How could you?" Her voice was an accusing hiss, but somehow lacked any real venom because of the hurt that overwhelmed it.

"Shay...? I don't-"
"Don't you dare lie to me, Kei! We've been together for how long?" Keiran just stared blankly and wide-eyed in surprise as his girlfriend attacked him verbally.
"T-two y-"
"TWO. YEARS. ... Damn it, Keiran!! Why? Why bother staying with me?? My God, you couldn't just come out and tell me, could you?!"
"Wh- Shay, I don't under-" The hurt was not gone, but it was hidden now, deep under a newly surfacing emotion far stronger and more fearsome than the one previous; Anger.
"YOU BASTARD!! You ASSHOLE! Even now, even now," The tears began streaming again, her face growing red with shame at the fact that she couldn't hide her pain and frustration for not having caught it sooner. "-when she has told me everything, you'd deny it?? I saw the two of you, Keiran! And damn it, I let it slide! I thought it must've been a mistake, and I didn't chase after you for it... but I was wrong. I deserve better. Get out, Keiran. I'm giving you two hours to get what you need and find someplace else to stay. You can come back for your things when you have a permanent place, and then I never want to see you again."

Keiran stepped forward, mouth open, but the words not coming to defend himself. He didn't know what exactly Shay believed, but surely this had to be some kind of misunderstanding? What the hell had Shay meant, seen the two of them? Who-? Her! What was she under the impression he had done? "Shay, please-"

Suddenly Shay was the one on the defensive, and she had grabbed a nearby knife from the wooden block near the sink to threaten him off with. "Don't." She warned. "Don't try to touch me. Don't lie to me any more. Just go. Don't make this worse than it is."

Keiran couldn't believe that she might actually think he was capable of harming her out of some kind of anger over losing her. Keiran withdrew a few steps. When had this happened? When had he become so disconnected from Shay that she could imagine him as the kind of person to do these kind of things, and he could miss it? All of his hard work, and all of his happiness... when had it come down to this nothing? Her fault. The vengeful part of his mind spat back in reply. Keiran's face became a cold mask of indifference. Fine. Keiran headed toward the stairs, not sparing a second look back at Shay.





Do you want to hurt her, Keiran?

We can help you...

...hurt them all.​
 
Joseph felt himself being pulled out of the room slowly as he felt his strength come to an end as well as the image fading as it came to an end the words echoing in his head. He closed the door behind him and looked at Da'are still singing away "Time to go, and I hope you realize you are so out of tune." Joseph felt himself in his own body again and laid back on what was left of the couch, the man still in his lap having no idea how much he had learned in such a short time which was most likely seconds. Joseph was breathing heavily as this was the first time he had really used his powers for as long as he could. "Im..... done.... now" Joseph stretched out his arms over the edge of the couch and stared at the ceiling trying to catch his breath.
 
Da'are rolled her eyes. Just because he was tired was no reason to insult her singing. When they were out, she kept her thoughts to herself and curled her consciousness up into a ball in the back of Joseph's mind where she couldn't be bothered by him.

The whole experience... or what part of it he actually knew about, seemed fairly surreal to Keiran. One minute Joseph was telling him he'd be seeing him in a second, as if he was going to go somewhere, and the next he was breathing more heavily and saying he had finished. It seemed strange that he could be tired out from just sitting with Keiran on his lap, but then he hadn't really seen whatever it was Jo had been doing in his mind. He looked around a little uncertainly, then pulled himself up and sat beside Joseph, watching his face for some sort of hint as to what Joseph had seen or done in his mind. He was quiet at first, but he was very impatient for someone so lazy. Probably something to do with how if he got done with other peoples' things faster, he could get back to his own. After less than a minute, he asked, "So?"
 
Joseph looked at the man up and down quickly before turning over to his stomach giving a grunt. He wasn't sure what the man wanted him to say after all everyone had their sad stories to tell. Joseph laid out on the couch putting one leg on each side as he was tall and reached passed the other man sitting on the couch with his legs. Joseph wondered what tiny was up to but didn't feel like doing anything but relaxing at this moment.
 
Keiran frowned. Joseph had not even deemed his question worthy to give him a decent answer. Why- oh. Well. Maybe it would have received a more accurate response had he been a little less vague. Oops. "What did you do?" He asked a little more clearly, trying to make himself be a little more patient this time. Joseph was obviously tired from whatever he'd been doing, so Keiran was aware he still might not get an answer. It was worth a try, though, and there weren't any real alternatives. Perhaps if Joseph were too tired he could grab some more food to shut his demon up and explore the rest of the house a little.
 
Joseph lifted his head so he could speak without being muffled by the couch "I went roaming around in your mind and looked at some memories that's it" Joseph dropped his head to the couch and let himself go limp as he wanted to stay still and not have to move anymore for a long while. He kept his eye on the man on the couch unsure of what he was like. After all it wouldn't be the first time that someone would try and force themselves on him, but could always just call the short woman for help ..... maybe.
 
Keiran hadn't exactly asked for specifics, but it had been implied in the question. If Joseph hadn't answered the first time around, he wasn't going to the second. The teen nodded to show he understood and had heard, but was left with nothing to do if Joseph was going to lay around. He was tempted to lay back down himself, but he hadn't been awake that long, so he knew it wouldn't be able to get to sleep just yet. To reinforce this in his mind he rolled his shoulders and stretched, and then his body was not quite so adamant about not moving again after such a short period of time. He liked to stay put when he sat down. It was the whole point of the action. Right now, though, he had better things to do. He stood and left Joseph to his rest, and headed back toward the kitchen to grab something he could munch on while he wandered.
 
Joseph watched the man stretch out a bit and then head off. The only thing Joseph could think of that he was just like a hamster, they didn't do much and only moved around when needed "Joseph gave a wee chuckle as the man walked away and muffled his sounds hoping the he hadn't heard him. Joseph closed his eyes knowing that he needed a nap. He figured he would be woken up later when Keiran had nothing better to do.
 
Keiran did not hear Joseph, but if he had it would have made little difference. As it was he made his way to the kitchen undisturbed and grabbed a bag of chips. Portable, multiple, and in many flavours. The perfect snack. Now if only there was a bag with more than one flavour. That would be interesting. One flavour could get boring after a while. Keiran rolled his eyes, realizing that his mind was practically syncing with Esscherek's again. What a pain it was. Esscherek had even been a bit surprised by it. As it turned out, it was some sort of result of his power. He could solidify and increase the density of his body at will, and even during his sleep, but most of it was less planning and more reacting. He hadn't really learned to control any of it yet. So once in a while he found his body shifting around inside, trying to make itself comfortable with the intrusion of a demon... which meant trying to make Esscherek a part of it. Which led to moments of annoyance for both of them where they would think and feel as one person. "Dammit, Essch, get outta my head!" He grumbled, as if it were the demon's fault it had happened. Snack in hand and mind semi-focused on keeping the two of their minds at bay, Keiran began to peek around the downstairs rooms.
 
Joseph listened to the thoughts of Keiran as he was only a little aways but they soon faded as he explored the rooms. Joseph grumbled as he rolled over wishing that sometimes he could shut off the voices but it didn't seem possible to him right now. Joseph couldnt get comfortable on the couch and soon found himself crawling up the stairs heading towards the bathroom seeing keiran as he went up like a slug.
 
She was just leaving the bahroom in a towel as Joseph came up. "...Looks like you got hit by a train, Jo..." she said simply, arching an eyebrow in her version of worry. She tightened the hold on her towel a bit and went to her adopted room to find some clothes to put on... a simple tshirt and pants should do, since school was out for the day...
 
Joseph looked up at tiny and for he was on the ground she no longer looked tiny she was as tall as a giraffe, but that didn't stop him from slugging himself like a caterpillar to his room and half flopped on the bed, he couldn't lift his legs in order to get fully on the bed but it didnt matter to him he had slept in much worse positions. He dosed off for awhile waking up a few hours later hot, sweating and curled up in the fetal position in the farthest point of the room. He had no idea why he just knew something had happened. "It was a nightmare it must have been a nightmare" Joseph said to himself rocking back and forth a little to help calm him down.
 
Keiran spotted Joseph as he went upstairs and assumed he was heading for whichever room was his to sleep. It was amazing to him how quickly the man had become so tired, but then he had no idea how much Joseph had done. He also recalled that the partners he had had on his previous team had also been sluggish in keeping up with him in that aspect. Most people had active power, so he would probably come across this issue in any future groups he was stuck with, as well. Oh, crap. Keiran made his way away from the stairs as Ani came nearer and spoke to Joseph. Fine, he would explore down here for now, then... the place was huge, and Keiran wondered how they had managed such a place. Sure, Hell managed some pretty awesome arrangements for its earthly servants, but he wondered how they had taken to this place so quickly. It had only been a couple of days. Then again, in the same time it had taken them to move in here, he had killed his teammates. He wasn't exactly one to ask questions. Had that maybe been part of why Joseph had been so quiet before? Had it maybe been more than fatigue? So far he hadn't had any reason to pick apart this team. Not really, anyway... besides the whole girl thing. But would Joseph know that?

Esscherek nudged Keiran mentally, and he realized he'd been leaning up against a wall, staring into space, a chip halfway to his mouth. He didn't know how long he'd been doing that for. He gave in to the demon's cravings and tried to pay a little more attention to what he was doing, searching more of the lower floor. If nothing else, one thing was certainly sure: Keiran's stay here was going to be... eventful.
 
Ani finished getting dressed and sighed... She needed something to spruce up her room.. a nice sized stereo system should do, yea.. with surround sound to blow the windows out... hehe.. She chuckled to herself as she went exploring in the other rooms to see if Joseph had such an item, and then stopped. Why do everything the hard way when she could just go and ask Jo herself? She started towards the area she figured his room was and peeked in doors... She saw him half off the bed passed out, and chuckled to herself a bit. She moved in quietly and helped him all the way on the bed, taking his shirt off while she was at it, since he seemed to be overheating slightly. After admiring her work, she gave a sigh and went back to her search for the stereo system of doom for her room...
 
Keiran had to explore for a good deal of time before he found the holy grail in this house. The room was filled with video gaming equipment, and had a large selection of co-ordinated games. A quick look told him that -just like everything else in the house- Joseph had just about everything you could want. Whoever had lived here had been very, very rich, and Keiran wondered what the person had done. Picking out a particularly gory game, he placed the disc into the system it belonged to and started up all the electronics he would need to play. It wasn't the actual gore he liked about the game, but the gorier the game was, the more you tended to be able to kill things, and he liked to smack things around to relieve stress. Damn. He hadn't played a decent game in.... ages. He kept the volume at a decent level to avoid waking Joseph and having the wrath of Hell brought down upon him for some irrelevant reason.
 
In her explorations for the stereo system of doom, she had started from the bedroom levels of the house and wandered down quickly, finding herself listening to the sounds of gore and bloodshed, shrieks and car wrecks... and the bass. Oooh, the bass to that sound.... She followed the sounds to the game room and opened the door, walking straight over to the system and looking it over, not bothering to stay out of the way of whoever was playing the game... She was too set on that system. She started to follow wires and such, trying to see if there was a way to bring it to her room, even though its size alone would be a feat and a half to pull off dragging it up stairs... even if she did use her power, itd still be difficult. She knelt infront of the tv, checking out the sub whoofer, back to whoever was attempting to play the game.
 
Joseph rolled in the bed that he had been placed in and slowly begun to wake up not feeling so tried anymore. He slowly made his way out of bed not knowing that his shirt had been taken off and made his way down stairs where he could feel tension beginning to grow and was sure if they even knew. He made his way down the stairs and heard loud noises coming from the games room and knew that someone had been playing the game he had made long long ago. He leaned in the doorway and looked at the scene before him. There was tiny admiring the sound system and the hamster playing a video game. "So tiny just what in gods name do you think your going to do with that stereo? There's already one in your room I don't think you need another one. Also if you didn't see it, it's because you have to press the button on the wall I didn't like many large items visible unless needed. Joseph made his way from the door and laid down on the couch finally noticing his lack of clothing. "So whose bright idea was it to strip me?" Joseph looked at himself and just gave a little sigh staring at the tv where his game was playing and laugh as the hamster missed so many secrets in the game. He looked down at his morning wood standing tall and rolled over to his back hiding it in the couch.
 
Keiran glanced over between moments of playing to see Joseph when he came in. The teen was distracted for a few long seconds when he saw the state the other man was in, but his eyes and mind were soon focused back on the game. Damn it, if that bitch didn't stop screwing around soon- Keiran paused the game. With a low growl he set down the controller and crept up behind Ani. He didn't want to acknowledge that she was there, but if he did that Ani would mess something up that wasn't supposed to be moved. So he grabbed the girl and lifted her up into his arms, only to carry her to the door and drop her outside it. This done, he quickly shut the doors and locked them before returning to his game as if nothing had happened. What a pain women were. Even when you did your best to keep them away, they managed to worm into everything you did and spoil things.
 
Joseph gave a sigh rolling back over on his back not giving a care anymore about the fact that his morning wood was showing. "You know she can just use her powers and unlock the door and come right back in? You didn't even let her answer my question." Joseph gave a little sigh scratching the member in between his legs that was causing him such a hassle usually it had gone down by now. So just why do you hate her so much and don't try changing the subject or go back to playing my game, I don't want you two fighting all the time." Joseph placed his hands behind his head like he always did and waited for an answer getting ready to take action if he needed.
 
Keiran was already seated by time Joseph spoke, and he tried to keep his eyes off of the older man, but respected his wishes not to start up the game again until he was finished speaking. "If you wanna look at it like that, neither of us could win. I'm not trying to control it. Just send a message." He shrugged, fingers twitching in an impatient gesture. He dismissed Esscherek's complaints. He'd stopped munching because he'd been playing, but he wasn't going to start again, because he didn't know that he wouldn't be getting back into it soon, anyway. "...and I think the answer to your question is pretty obvious. I don't know you well enough to be stripping you in your sleep."

The other part of the question was not something he needed to answer, and he made as much clear. "It doesn't matter why; I do. So long as it stays out of my way, I won't start anything."
 
Joseph gave a little chuckle to his comments "Well were a team now were going to have to invade peoples spaces just like you guys have invaded my home, but anyways that's not the point your going to have to learn to control some of that hate because we have to work together when we get assignments and what not so if you could try and work things out even if its only a little." Joseph gave a little chuckle before turning to face the backrest of the couch "And its not like I haven't had strangers strip me before, I see the way you look sometimes trying to distract yourself from looking but you know that's only going to drive you crazy one day." Joseph faced the couch closing his eyes to relax not wanting to look at the game fearing it would bring up memories he didn't really want to remember.
 
Ani sat dejectedly outside the door, ea to it listening to the guys, stifling a chuckle. Her eyes lit up when she remembered the thing Joseph had said about a stereo system in her room and she got up and bolted there quickly, searching for that elusive button... Once found, a sereis of streaming, heavy bass, loud music came from her room, shaking the floor a little... She was in her room dancing and singing in a hairbrush, twirling around as she moved things out of her way with her powers, just going crazy with the music-- a loud techno screamo raver type music, an obvious medly of her faves, on a single cd she had found while running around.
 
Keiran blushed very slightly when it became clear that Joseph had noticed him looking, and turned away from the man. It was such a typical response and it made him angry, but the only thing that made it worse was it being true. He hadn't had a problem with indulging in sex in Hell, but up here he tried very hard to ignore it. After all, down there it had been very simple. More of a power game than anything. But up here, everything grew entirely new complications, whether or not they were artificial, and he hated that extra meaning that everything had to have. Keiran scratched the back of his neck roughly, trying to look casual but leaving angry red marks. He had picked up this habit about the same time he'd moved out, and it had become a subconscious action. Whenever he didn't like the way a train of thought was going, the sensation would be enough to draw him away from it, and he'd have enough time to pick out something else to think about. In this case, it was another part of what Joseph had said. Invaded his house? As in, he was actually sent to do his first job in a town he'd lived in? How unlikely was that? Then... he must have been rich to afford all this. How could he afford all this?? ...More importantly, how could someone so loaded become unhappy enough to get stuck with the same deal as Keiran?

This led to an entirely new line of thought: What had Joseph been like, before? Despite himself, Keiran's eyes wandered ever so slowly back to the topless man.

Then the music started, and Keiran seethed, grumbling to himself. He didn't care what argument Joseph came up with; there was no way in Heaven, Hell, or any place in between that he could tolerate, let alone get along with,

that.​
 
Joseph had picked up on the mans train of thought as it bounced around from him to other things and then to tiny "You know shes not as bad as you think but I understand if it takes you awhile to get used to her but all I ask is that you behave when we have missions. As for how I attained my wealth you should know as your playing my video game right now. But the kind of person I was before this I will never go back to it was a horrible time in my life." Joseph got a devious thought in his head as he got up and sat right behind Keiran putting his legs on each side of him and putting his head on his shoulders his hard member pressing against his back as it twitched for not getting the attention it wanted. Joseph breath was a little hot and heavy as he trailed one finger down Keiran's neck to his nipple while his other hand trailed around the front of his pant line. "So what will you do now?" Joseph whispered in his ear his voice coated with lust.
 
Keiran's ears pricked up as Joseph began to respond to his thoughts, and he fumed internally. That was definitely going to be annoying. He wasn't going to be able to have a single private thought. He looked at the screen, a little surprised that this was what Joseph had done in his life. Seriously? Video games? With a body like that? Speaking of which. Keiran instinctively let out a needy sigh and pressed back when Joseph got behind him, only to realize what he had done, and the situation he was in now. He turned his head to complain, but now Joesph's hands were on him, and oh GOD he wanted to- WHOA. Wait a second. Fuck!! Wasn't this exactly what he'd been trying to avoid? A tiny voice in the back of his mind wondered if it wasn't a stupid idea to avoid something he wanted this badly. Another, much louder voice, started listing off names. The names scraped away at his mind like broken glass, and he was very painfully reminded exactly why he was avoiding it. Heart still racing, body already reacting, Keiran scrambled to pull away from Joseph before things could get too far. "Don't!" Don't fuck around with me! He sounded mildly frustrated and more than a little pissed off. He was having second thoughts about this team already. Okay, it still had nothing on his first, but... this was ridiculous.

"Fuck. I'm going out." He growled, hands twitching in a very uncharacteristic display of nerves and energy. Energy that now, thanks to his own stupid actions, was very much pent up and in need of a release. He didn't bother to look back, just headed for the door as meaningfully as he had toward it not so long ago.
 
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