[[well I finailly got part two done, I was hoping to get it done much sooner, but with the heat and IR things, and well I am very lazy at time.
Anyway this story pretty much takes place right after part one. so in case someone is reading this and didn't read part one, and has no plans on reading part one. This story takes place a few months back, it would have been right around the time Nulion came out and said he joined the Legion.
For those that have been playing along and asking OOC why Foos is nice to Nulion I hope this will answer a little. And this one is a little long as well as being in two parts itself. Enjoy ]]
His moment of relaxation was brief as a call came over his com ending the quiet he was so enjoying. “Foos are you there?” it was Ninnyhammer, he liked her but he could hear in the sound of her voice something wasn’t right. “Yes Ninny I’m here, what’s up?” he tried not to sound too perturbed by the disruption of his much need rest.
“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to get a hold of you all day.”
“Sorry Ninny I was busy on a job, I had the com turned off”, he didn’t like were this was going he and Ninny talked a lot as she was one of his few close friends, but he could tell something was off.
“Oh”, her voice sounded questioning, almost as if confused as to why he would turn his com off, even thought she knew he normally would during jobs. “Look Foos, we need to talk”, he knew right then something was wrong. Even though there was no romantic involvement between him and Ninny, their relationship was more like close siblings in nature, he knew whenever a woman used the phrase “We need to talk” most of the time nothing good was on the horizon, she was mad at him about something.
In an attempt to gauge how mad she was at him he said, “No Ninny I will not go and blow anything up with you or at least not today.”
“Aww, why not? What? No never mind, just meet at Neuters ASAP. Ninny out.” Her voice was both disappointed and frustrated, but he was able to break her concentration for at least a brief moment. It was a good sign that she wasn’t too angry with him. He stood up going over in his mind what in the world he could have done and headed out toward Newland City.
He entered “Neuters’R’Us” with a heavy head still having no clue as to what he could have done, but the thought of there being alcohol cheered him up a little bit. As he rounded the corner into the main part of the bar, he saw her sitting at a table with more then enough booze laid out and ready for the both of them. “Oh no”, he thought to himself, “This is going to take forever”. She saw him and with a smile waved him over.
He strolled up to the table bobbing his head to the beat of the music, and took a seat across from her. “Ok Ninny I’m here, what’s up?” he asked her as he grabbed a beer and opened it.
Sitting there with an open bottle already in her hand she looked at him and said, “Well Foos, I’ve been hearing some things” she stopped and took a drink.
“What things Ninny”, the statement complete confused him and he had no idea as to what she could be talking about.
“Things Foos, I’ve been hearing some things” she said looking at him with downcast eyes.
Slightly annoyed by the repeat of the question, “Alright enough Ninny, what things? What is on your mind?”
“What’s on my mind?” she stared at him like she was ready to kill him on the spot, “You! Getting all chummy with a guy that openly said he was working with the mother****ing LEGIONNAIRES, that's what!” she took a sip of her drink trying to quell her anger, “That's just not cool!”
“Nulion?” he asked her, he knew who she was talking about but he needed to make sure.
“Yeah, Nulion, that’s him, the guy working for the child killers” she looked at him and her anger started to boil once again.
“Look Ninny I’ve got no love for the Legion but”, he took another drink, “I don't ever remember having to ask permission on who I can and can't talk to.”
“Well you should have” she put her drink down and clinched her fists; she was in disbelief by his answer.
“No, I don't align myself with anyone; I do as I please you should damn well know, and understand that” Finishing off his drink he grabs another “Asking permission would be I was following someone, that time
I checked I followed myself.”
She looks at him for a moment. Almost insulted by the comment she is somewhat calmer and lowers her voice,”Uh, duh. Come on man, you and I are both non-conformists together. But that aside”, she looks at him puzzled as he sit there drinking calmly in front of her. She starts to yell at him once again “Why the hell would you want to talk to him? Why would you want to be nice to someone who affiliates themselves with a goddamn MONSTER? I want to know why and/or what possible reason you could ever want to do this Foos?” she sits there with her fist still clinched looking at him as if she is getting ready to take a swing at him.
“Ok Ninny”, he raises his hand asking her to calm down. “I have my reasons, and as much as I hate to explain myself at times, but you are my friend so I will tell you” she looks at him and folds her arms, making a ‘this better be good’ expression to her face.
Foos takes another sip of his drink and looks at her, “There are a few reasons I guess”, and he pauses to make sure she is listening. Ninny nods her head for him to go on. “There are a few reasons. First off, I like talking to Nulion. I enjoy the meaningless chats I have with him. Stuff like how’s the weather, or hey I got this new recipe for a barbequed reet stew or whatever. But don’t misunderstand me. Its one thing for me to talk to him over a public node. If he and I were to meet face to face? Well that might be a different story.”
She looks at him still not satisfied with his answer, “But…” her words get cut short.
“Wait Ninny, I said I had more then one reason and that was only the first.” He opens another drink as she sits there silently listening to him. “Another reason is” he stops and looks up thinking of the right words. Looking back in her face he says, “I believe in redemption. Well at least I do for most. I don't believe there's a line you can cross in which you can't come back from. And I feel, sometimes when you shun someone for making bad decisions they may believe there's no reason to turn around a walk back from that line.” He looks at and Ninny and then down to the floor, “Think of how many we have killed, will there be redemption for us?”
Angrily spiting out her drink, “I would happily slit Volcatius' throat, given the chance. Over, and over, and over, there's no redemption for that beast.” She takes in a deep breath to clam herself, “Nulion?” she pauses for a moment to think, “Maybe, but I’m dubious about even that. But even so, why do you care? It’s not like you really even know this guy.”
“Well” sighing, “I guess I really don’t care if this guy changes is path in the end.” Ninny looks at Foos completely perplexed, but before she can ask another question he raises his hand to stop her, “Let me ask you Ninny, have you ever been alone?”
She looks at him raising her eyebrows, “Of course I’ve been alone everyone is alone at some point in time. What the hell kind of question is that?”
“No Ninny, I mean alone with no means of finding anyone else. I mean being out in literally in the dark, with no one around. And having to sit there thinking this might be it, that you’ll slowly die with no one ever finding you. I mean truly alone?”
She looks at him not feeling for a second the slience between them, and finally breaks it by saying, “No. No I guess not.”
Foos looks up and closes his eyes as if trying to bring back to his mind a story from his past stored away with all thoughts and events that have happened in his life. Looking down at her and into her eyes he says, “Ok Ninny I’m going to tell you something I almost never talk about, it’s something that happened to me a few years back.”