Negotiations (Attn:nate and psylocke)

[Nate Grey]

Sarah just smiled, as she walked over to her with a little dance. "Sorry Betsy." Sarah said not for being up she aid...or he said sorry for taking over the kids body, as she jumped onto the bed and crawled over to Betsy's ear. "He also said something about waiting to go on a date so he could say sorry for being such a butt hole."

Sarah then jumped off the bed and walked over to th door till she looked back for a second. "And Betsy he also said, he's ok and that he's in a cave right now but he should be alright." Sarah then walked out of the room and headed down the steps, then back to the people she was with before.

As Nate let go of the mind control of Sarah he had a smile on his face but not a cold one like before this was a very happy looking face, which was very rare for Nate to do there has been no one that saw him like that. I hope she got my message, because I'm tired now, I hate taking over peoples mind and holding a shield up it's a big pain.

As Nate let out a deep sigh he started to throw rocks at the wall yet again, as he felt himself start to get even more tired. Stay up dammit, you can't fall asleep! Nate yelled at himself as his eyes opened wider, but he was losing the battle he really wasn't sure if he was going to be able to stay up, and the worst part is, he heard thunder and lighting a few miles away and it would surely hit this cave and the manor.

[yany]

Psylocke was amazed that Sarah had talked to Nate... or rather, Nate had talked to her... wait a minute, how exactly would he do that, she saw him when he left the front door. He had no chance to talk with anyone. Betsy's eyes narrowed as the answer came dawning on her. Or he talked to the girl mentally, or the basterd controled her the hole time.

Betsy did feel a bit sorry for him, being out there, and it looked as if he really wanted to apologize, but really, this was getting a bit low, even for a guy under Apocalypse. Betsy stood up, the flower still her her grasps as she followed Sarah.

"Sarah?" she aske dthe little girl and she turned to see Betsy.
"Good moring miss Braddock." she said with a cute smile.
"Sarah darlin' come here... do you recognize this flower?" Betsy asked her showing the flower.
"Oh how pretty miss Braddock, it looks like the ones from the garden."
Betsy frowned and gave the flower to Sarah.
"For you sweaty." she said and walked passed her.

Betsy walked to Hukes. "I need a favor luv, I need you to find the man that was here a few hours ago, he should be close, a cave or something." Betsy said. Hukes bowed as he heared her favor, he wasn't very happy about seeing Nate again, but he obeyed.

He walked out, a storm was comming. He walked around, somewhere close he had seen a cave or cavern. He arrived and saw the figure inside, he dared not come closer. "Miss Braddock would like to see you." he said coldly.

[Nate Grey]

As Nate keep throwing rocks over and over again it seemed as if this night would never end, then he felt someone coming, so he let down his shield to see who it was and to his luck it was one of Betsy's bounty hunters. "Thanks." Nate said walking out of the cave clearly tired and let's just say after the flying, taking over the kids body and holding that shield up for a very long time, Nate was more dead then he was alive.

As Nate started to walk back to the manor, he had to stop a few times to catch a breath or two. Damn I should be lucky, it's not like everyone would be this nice to me Nate said as he saw the man put the code in to open the front door, as he did Nate slowly walked up the steps and into the front hall.

As he walked over to the steps, he just forced every bone in his body to move at full power, because getting up those steps felt like pure hell right now, as Nate walked to Betsy's door he didn't knock one of the guards told him that it didn't matter she was looking over some stuff.

So Nate just opened the door and walked in, he saw Betsy and he didn't feel like playing with her or anything he was serious yet very weak. "I know." Nate said clearly, knowing she was most likely pissed at him for taking over the child, he then extended his face out. "I know this isn't going to ,make up for what I did to the poor girl, but her hit me if you wish." Nate said he really didn't seem like himself, he must either be changes or lost his mind in the cave.

[yany]

After Betsy talked with Hukes, she returned to her room to look at the othr two REAL, files that were waiting for her in her messy bed. She started to read the job descriptions until Hukes returned with Nate. She was sur ehe would come back.

About half an hour had passed when the door to her room opened slowly. Nate entered dragging his feet. She looked up and tilted her head as she observed his features. "You look like hell." she said.

He interrupted her saying "I know". Betsy's left eye narrowed, he had figured out, that she knew exactly what he did to the poor girl. "Bollocks." she responded simply as she stood up and walked to him. "That is low, even for someone like you Grey." Betsy preffered to punish him verbaly then kicking the life out of him.

"It seems that you were desperatly seeking my atention, but I do not apreciate you taking over my staff of friends." she said and walked by him towards the door. Not Hukes this time, but a muscle bound mutant, his skin looked like rock, was waiting for him. " Volc will show you to an extra room. " Psylocke said.

[Nate Grey]

Nate heard her say he looked like hell, and yes he did look like hell and felt like it, as she started to talk about how low he was, it was starting to make him want to go back to the cave. "Hey like I said I'm sorry, thats all you will get from me, I didn't harm the girl........and really Betsy if it was me would you have really let me back in to explain what was going on out there?" Nate said with a soft smile.

As he looked towards the door he saw a very huge man, Nate had a cocky smile. "Well your big, but like they say the bigger they are the harder they fall, remember that before you try anything with me.......but then again who would try to fight me?" Nate's personality had changed as soon as this man came in he then started to walk out the door but stopped as soon as he got to the door and looked back at Betsy. "And, what that little girl said I really ment......I think you know what I mean you can give me your answer later." Nate said walking out the door.

As Nate walked down the hall slowly still, he felt his eye shutting on him, as he looked at the huge man that was taking him to his room, he really didn't know how big the man was till they were side by side he was a good 2 feet taller then Nate. hmmm he would be a great body guard, I wonder if I could control........No let's not think about that. Nate said feeling a bit bad about the girl still.

As Nate entered his room, he looked back at the huge bounty hunter and he just slammed the door not saying anything else. "Quite rude." Nate said walking over to the bed in the room, as he layed down he thought he would get to sleep fairly easy, but he didn't. You know they once called me the man with no heart....look at me now I killed children in cold blood murder and now I feel bad for taking over to mind of a girl, I didn't even hurt her.......why am I so weak now? Nate was wondering this to himself, as his eye slowly start to close, but still he wasn't asleep yet.

[yany]

Betsy saw him to the door and let Volc ahdle the rest. Volc short for Volcano would not harm Nate, unless he tried something, and it was unlikely in his state. Betsy then closed the door after they both had left. She walked back to her bed and thought for a while what Nate had said.

"What is this all about? When I met him he almost killed a child, and now he seems like any normal teenager." she said to herself.... but what would be a normal teenager?

She knew something was up, she knew that he was a stone cold killer, but there was something different... he was warming up. But maybe that was just a mask, to conceil himself from her until she finally called him back. Betsy didn't know what to think.

It was almost 8 in the morning when Betsy finished reading the missions and jobs that were sent to her. And Sarah had arrived telling her that there were two men waiting for her downstairs. Betsy knew who they were. She hadn't slept yet, so she stood up and walked with Sarah to see the visitors.

Betsy arrived and sat with them drinking tea. She looked tired. "Gentelmen, I am sure my partners will be able to compleate the task in question, as for I still have some unfinished work by other employer." she said and the men appreared to agree. In less than an hour they were out of the Manor and Betsy was dragging her feet back to her room.

[Nate Grey]

Nate was asleep, on his bed but he was never the heavy sleeper, and so he was awoken by the sudden heavy foot steps of a bounty hunter, Nate lifted his upper body into a seating position on the bed. "Man I feel much better now, maybe it's time I headed out of here?" Nate said as he got up from the bed.

As he walked around the room he came up to a window and looked out it. Hmm who's that who just left, they came here a bit late didn't they....or would that be early? As Nate thought he would leave now, he knew Betsy would ask him to, I mean she just felt sorry for him which is really what he deserved.

As he walked over to the door he slowly opened it and looked out seeing no one in the halls. Good no ones here Nate thought to himself, he really didn't feel like making fun of people right now, which is really the only thing he did when he saw one of Betsy's bounty hunters.

As Nate walked threw the hall, he heard a noise behide him, not know what it was he just turned and now walking backwards not seeing anyone. Hell I must be losing my mind Nate said now running into Betsy and there body's hit not knocking each other down just. "Hey!...you" Nate turned around to see Betsy. "Oh sorry Betsy I didn't I shouldn't have been so rude."

Nate then looked at the ground. I should have finished my sentence why didn't I....dammit. Nate then gave a soft smile. "Hey hows the girl I hoped I knocked all the memories out of her mind, as she said anything about it lately?" Nate asked as his hands touched Betsy's face as he slowly went forward with his face trying to give her a very loving kiss, not like before he was going to let it be her choice.

[yany]

Betsy was on her way to her room, when she was abruptly interrupted by Nate. He bummped into her and that woke her up a bit. Her face of frustration acending slowly as she saw him. Then he rapidly apologized, Betsy said nothing and was about to continue to her room, not even going to tell him to leave, for she was too tired.

He then asked about Sarah, Betsy didn't move. "She remebers nothing." Betsy answered tiredly. But then his hand went to her face. Betsy opened her eyes, waking just in time to see Nate trying to kiss her slowly. She rapidly put her gloved hand in front of her face, and Nate kissed it. She now wore a bored look. "Moring to you too, excuse me." she said and slipped past him.

Sarah then came running down the hallway, past Nate and the past Betsy and sudenlly stopped as if she was trying to hide the fact that she was running inside the Manor.

"Sarah, what did I tell you?" Betsy asked with her hand on the door knob and not looking to the girl.
"Miss, but I." the girl tried to say but was interrupted.
"Bullocks, go downstairs and no more running, or I'll send you with those nasty men." Betsy said knowing the gilr would know what she was talking about.

The girl walked down the steps as Betsy opened the door to her room. She leaned back and looked to Nate... "Are you waiting for something?"

[Nate Grey]

Nate just sighed as he kissed her glove. "Good morning to you as well." Nate then saw that little girl Sarah running down the halls she was having so much fun, then Betsy stopped the child and starting talking about something Nate payed no attention.

Betsy then asked if he was waiting on something. "No, but you should let the girl run around and have some fun....I mean she was born into a hell of a word with no kids around her age to play with, and so far I know she was about dead when you found her.......if you was a kid again Betsy do you think you could just forget about what was out there and run around and have fun, I know I couldn't."

Nate sighed. "So next time let her run around and have fun it's boring around here even for me." As Nate walked down the steps leaving Betsy there he needed to get away from her, he couldn't handle being around her his heart always seemed to go out of control when he was around her now, but as he came up to the door he saw Sarah at the doorway, she then started to talk. "Hey mister want to go play outside?" She asked in a kind voice.

Nate bent down so he was eye level with the girl, a cold smile came on his face, one he used many times before killing his his 'prey' but this time the cold smile went away. "Sure I will play ball but only for a few minutes ok. The girl then nodded her head, as Nate opened the door the to went outside, Nate looked around making sure none of Apocalypse's guard was looking for him or any bounty hunters were around and they wasn't. "Ok here you go."

Nate said throwing the ball to her, as that started a very long game of catch which oddly enough turn into a game of tag which Nate lost. "Ok I'm tired now and I bet Betsy's worried about you how about you head back in. "Ok thank you again maybe we could do this again?" The girl asked Nate. "Yeah sure kid we can but remember, our other little games going on the one where people can't see me play with you or they might try and hurt me." Nate said in a kind voice as the girl walked back into the manor.

As Nate sighed he walked over to a nearby rock and took a seat on it. That was fun....really it was but why did I do that,.....yeah thats why....I was the one who burned down her house and killed her family.[/i Nate said as he sighed once more with a tear going down his face, he felt bad for killing the kids, but he would kill an adult no problem, maybe Nate was very slowly changing.

(Exit Nate)

[yany]

Betsy heared Nate talking about having fun, in a world as cruel as they were living now. She was amazed at his words. She never thought a man like him would ever say that. He kills children, whats this sudden change?

Betsy saw as he walked by saying the place was boring. This manor is her base of operations, it doesn't need to be fun, hadn't she done enough as to pick the child from the streets and give her food, shelter and education. Betsy sighed thinking he was just a little right about letting the girl have some fun.

Betsy walked back into her room and let herself fall on the bed. She was exhausted, she closed her eyes, but when she did she heared giggling, something she hadn't heared for months, maybe even years. She stood up and went o the balcony, she saw Sarah playing with Nate. She was about to call on Sarah to get her butt inside but she resisted, seeing the fun they were having.

Betsy let them continue their game, but she stayed there like a gaurdian angel, keeping her eyes on Sarah. Nate seemed to have change while he had met her, but Betsy was not going to take the chance of him taking Sarah, and doing who knows what to the poor girl.

The game ended and Sarah went back inside, Betsy sighed as she saw Nate leave, and Sarah safetly back in the house. She walked back to her bed, decided noe to sleep all day. Her mind was racing, she was thinking of Nate, and his sudden change in character. She didn't know what to think... she would know if this attidtude of his lasted until they met again for one of the two missions he had payed her for.

[End]