It’s Not Broken (Open)

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] There were such things as hospitals. Places people could go to if they were sick or injured. There were even pokemon centers in which one could go to for help as well. Yet Adam did not go to either. Though he did not mind Pokemon Centers as much, he had a good feeling that the nurse there may try to send him to the hospital anyway. He didn’t want to go there ever. Hospitals frightened him along with any other hugely populated places like it. He even avoided large shopping areas. He wasn’t sick, which was why he had managed to make his way back to the slums from the city central. It was also why Vince, his Absol, hadn’t been able to carry him to a hospital yet. No, it was his arm. It had been dislocated though as far as Adam was concerned it was broken. He could hardly use it and it hurt like no tomorrow. Though most of the pain had sort of gone numb along with parts of his arm. Damn he hated that girl. Someday he would get payback. He would make sure she suffered too! That was… if he could fix his arm. If he couldn’t… would he have to learn new ways to survive? He didn’t want to become a full time beggar! “I’m broken Vince…” He told the Absol after propping himself up against a wall of an old run down building. “It hurts. The Absol had sat down beside the young man but said nothing. There wasn’t much he could do but look over his partner. He had no skill in healing and he also did not want to bring Adam to the hospital while the boy was conscious. The boy had a nasty habit of attacking groups of people who tried to touch him. Heck he had a nasty habit of attacking anyone who tried to touch him. But what were they to do? Adam could stay like this forever. He needed to get himself help. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

"Lo' I swear I'm fine," a voice could be heard a good bit a ways from Adam. Black Jack Spade was on the move trying his best to speed walk on crutches as he made to distance himself from his partner. Meanwhile, Logan, who was walking normally if a bit more pained than Jack, just sighed and continued to follow after his purple haired friend.

"Jack you're not better you know that," the tired voice of Logan sighed as he sped up to match Jack's new pace. "I don't get why you insist on wandering around when you'd do better in bed still." Logan stopped for a moment and shook his head slowly. "Will you stop being so suborn for one minute and realize your-"

"Shut up Logan," Jack barked causing Logan's mouth to shut and for the entire form of Logan to sigh quietly. Jack said nothing but continued to walk on his crutches. "I'm healing just fine. Quit being so worried, shesh." Jack muttered though a part of him at least was grateful for the concern. He just needs to chill the frick out already. All they are are flesh wounds... Ripper growled. Oh come on~ It's kinda sentimental that he cares so much Cas chimed back. Pay attention... look at that... Third finally barked causing Jack to stop and finally notice Adam not too far away now. Hu?

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] The sound of voice’s had hit the ears of both Adam and Vince, though only one looked up. Adam didn’t care if their voices. People came and went around here all the time and most of the either sounded angry or upset. It was the slums after all. Vince on the other hand didn’t trust anyone, especially in the slums. Without even thinking about it, the Absol stood and put himself into a defensive stance. Though as the voices drew closer, and the beings came into view, and the final voice was raised to stop one man, Logan, from speaking, Adam’s head slowly rose and his eyes settled on the two men. When the man who had barked returned the look, Adam stiffed for a moment before a realization came to him. He recognized this man. He had done… work with him. Jack was a name he remembered but… he didn’t remember anyone so beaten up looking. Something must have happened to him. “Look Vince,” Adam spoke lightly to the Absol who was still in his defensive stance, “Jack’s all broken too” Though as he spoke, his eyes did not move off the two men. Nor did any other part of him move. He just sat there, icy blue eyes set on them as his good hand held tightly onto his bad arm. Would Jack also remember him? Or was he nothing more than a pawn like he was to so many others? [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

Oh hey it's that guy! Cas suddenly stated as though he were being the most descriptive creature on the planet. Jack meanwhile was trying to actually place the face before finally grinning. "Oh hey man," Jack suddenly grinned starting over still rather quickly on his crutches. Logan, who hadn'tt noticed Jack was staring at something till now, looked over and blinked. Oh, man... that guy. Logan mentally sighed for one reason or another before following after Jack again. "BJ slow down," Logan called, yet this order went unnoticed until Jack placed himself within actual speaking distance of Adam. "Been a while," the Mad Hatter of sorts grinned ear to ear. "Remember me~?" was the question that was posed.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Adam’s head slightly tilted to the side as Jack made his way towards him. He no longer even paid attention to the other man. Instead he let out a small ‘Shhhh” to hush the growling Vince had began before listening to Jack’s question. Very slowly Adam nodded his head, not looking away for even a moment, “Jack. I worked with you.” he replied, his voice still rather low and very light. Adam was at lest now certain that the purple haired man remembered him as well. Now the question was, why was he here and why was he hurt as well? Maybe he had gotten beaten up by a girl as well. Though instead of asking the question’s, Adam’s eyes slide over to Logan, his memories somewhat recalling the face. It had been a long time since he had seen either of these men. “If he is annoying you, I can make him go away.” Adam then offered, once more looking at Jack. Very slowly he stood himself up, finding it rather hard only using one arm. Before trying to stand he had almost forgotten he was injured. It was amazing what a distraction could do, even if it was only for a short while. Though it did ruin his offer to get rid of Logan. He didn’t know how to fight someone without both arms. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

Jack grinned and nodded his head. "You were part of the run through crew~ I was wondering where you disappeared to," he grinned leaning over his crutches a bit before standing upright as Adam stood up as well. At the comment on Logan, Jack looked back and found himself grinning. "Nah, he's fine," he finally answered back looking back at Adam with an easy smile. Logan sighed a bit and crossed his arms not saying a word of anything at that particular moment. For whatever reason, he assumed that this was some sort of trick, and he wasn't going to fall for it. Jack didn't need to be out when- .3. Oh hey... something was up with that guy's shoulder....

"Ya remember him, Lo'?" Jack asked looking back towards Logan again. The orange haired man's eyes were fixed on Adam's form, and after a moment, he finally shrugged.

"Ya I remember," Logan answered back before offering something of a better smile. "What happened to your shoulder -er- arm though?" Logan finally asked. It was only then that BJ actually noticed something was wrong and slowly frowned. Owie that looks painful! D: Cas sympathized. Like I care Third answered back. Makes me just wanna yank out his other arm to match Ripper snorted.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Adam found himself nodding as small things slowly flashed through his mind at Jack’s words. Now why had he left? Ah, because he had gotten another short term job and then…. Well, he wasn’t sure why he never returned. It never really crossed his mind. He had been spending his time since just working small jobs for random contractors and doing his own thing. None of that really mattered though. The past was the past and Adam never looked much into the past unless to create something in the future. Such as revenge of a blond haired girl. Adam found himself snapping out of his trail of thought when Logan spoke again. His eyes drifted up at the man for a moment before dropping them to the ground. He almost looked like a hurt little puppy until the anger snarl came across his face. At that instant he almost looked like he could tare something to shreds, but he didn’t move from his spot. “A girl” He hissed in reply, her image flashing through his mind for a moment. Luckily that look didn’t last long, and his expression fell into that of a saddened one before he added, “I think it’s broken. What happened to your Jack? He looks broken too.” His words had been directed to Logan even though Jack was standing right there. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

At the comment on a girl, the only thing that came to Jack's mind was Vengeance's abuse. However, he found it fondly coming to mind, at least in part. The fuck is wrong with you <_< Ripper hissed. Heheheheh was all Cas answered back with. Shaking his head, Jack blinked a little. "Oi rough love?" he finally asked.

Meanwhile, Logan found himself taken aback by Adam's behavior despite the fact that Jack seemed unfazed. However, at the question on his Jack.... his Jack, Logan sighed and looked back at the purple haired man before slowly looking back at Adam. "A guy attacked him and then a bitchy woman and the same guy attacked us again," he sighed rubbing his temple thinking over the bounty hunters that had been after them both.

Jack nodded his head at Logan's answer before chuckling to himself. "Ya I got shot in the leg a few times, heh," he mused shrugging a bit before tapping his leg a bit with his crutches and wincing a little afterwords.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] “Love?” Adam asked, blinking a couple times. Adam wasn’t sure what Jack meant by ‘rough love.’ The girl who had injured his arm certainly didn’t look like she loved him. She had even refused to give him money or food when he was being nice to her! She was a mean woman. Horribly mean and… He was going to make her miserable for that! Adam found himself forgetting Jack’s joke (though he hadn’t realized it was a joke), as he listened to Logan explain what had happened to them. Attacked by a guy and a woman? Perhaps because of the pictures on the walls. Adam know of them, though his own face had yet to be put up. He almost wondered if the girl would tell on him. Oh well, he was use to being disliked anyway. What was a few bounty hunters? Though Adam wasn’t sure if that was the case with these two men. At least Jack’s injury sounded more painful than his own. Adam had never been shot before but he heard it hurts a lot. “Why did they attack you? Did they want something?” He asked knowing that most people only attacked other people if they wanted something from them. There were many things they could want. Money, objects, revenge and more. It was rare that they attacked just because. Though Adam sometimes did. It was fun, really. The faces people gave when being attacked for no reason was priceless. “I…” He was about to add something about the posters when Vince lightly nudged his arm. Just the tiny touch caused Adam to hiss, as his good hand gripped the injured arm tightly. Gripping it didn’t really seem to help at all, but he did it anyway. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

"Ya they wanted me, heh, I'm so damn popular," Jack answered back laughing despite the actual pain he was causing himself by doing so. However, when the Absol nudged the man, and the reaction was set, Jack blinked before leaning forwards on his crutches again. "Ya might want Logan to take a look at that," he finally suggested. "He can play fix it pretty well."

Logan had to fight down the urge to roll his eyes and instead looked at Adam's shoulder again. "I will if he'll let me," was all he answered back with before crossing his arms in front of himself rather easily. He wasn't about to fight to help someone or something even if he and Jack did know them.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Popular? What would it be like to be popular? Eh, that was something Adam didn’t need to worry about. He found himself wanting to step back, to shake his head no and possibly even verbally claim he didn’t need fixing but Vince didn’t let him. Instead, the Pokemon moved to stand behind Adam, blocking him from leaving. It seemed Vince knew Adam well enough to know that the boy would want to. Then, with a stredy voice, Vince demanded, <

[/b]You will let them fix you. You know them so let them.[/b]>

Those words caused Adam to lower his head as he knew the Absol was right. Besides, he needed his arm to survive and it was better then going to a hospital or pokemon center. “Ok.” he finally replied to Logan, though he didn’t look up again. He just stood there waiting for instructions. After all, he had no idea how to fix a broken arm. Or any injury other than cuts…

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[Jay]

Jack mentally fidgeted at a comment from Ripper about arms and shook his head a bit. Meanwhile, Logan stepped forwards and mentally sighed to himself. Looking at the shirt of sorts -or whatever the heck it was- that Adam was wearing, Logan frowned a bit. Reaching forwards carefully, he slid the shirt sideways a bit to show the shoulder a bit more. "Ah... just looks out-a-socket," he said after a moment backing up again. "Not hard to fix, but gonna be a literal pain to push back together," he sighed. Jack's eyelid twitched a little. Oi, disconnected stuff sucked to shove back in alignment.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Adam found himself tensing as Logan stepped forward. He even took in a rather deep breath and held it as the man reached out to slid his shirt aside. It was taking a great amount of effort not to lash out with his good arm before running away. Luckily the check up was finished fast and the man stepped back again. With no harm done, Adam let go of the breath he was holding as he looked up at Jack for a moment before returning his gaze to Logan. “It’s going to hurt…” he replied, clearly understanding what the man had meant. To most that would have been a shock. Many believed he was incapable of making clear thoughts and putting things together let alone understanding something. But with these two men… they were people sort of like him. They had worked along side him as well so… he didn’t have to hide from them just as it was ok if they fixed his arm. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

Logan put his hands in his pockets and nodded his head. "Ya for a short bit anyways. When it sticks back in it'll feel better," he explained. Jack frowned a bit but nodded as well. Ow that was gonna suck. Oh let me do it~ Ripper hummed suddenly causing Jack to mentally cringe just a little. Come on it'll be fun~ I know how the body works Ripper hummed. Cas made to say something, yet in another moment he fell silent, and all Jack could assume was that he'd thought better of it. We're on crutches still, you idiot. Let Logan fix it Third sighed causing Jack to sigh in turn. Upon hearing the sigh, Logan looked sideways and raised an eyebrow at BJ, yet when there was no reply, he simply shrugged and looked back at Adam. "Anyways... do you want it to get done now?' was the question the orange haired man asked. He could get it done rather fast and go on.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Adam squinted his eyes at Logan’s words. It would only hurt until it was put back into place. Then would it be useable again? Adam sure hoped so. The idea of inflicting pain on himself wasn’t ideal but it sounded as if it would be necessary in order to stop the current pain. He couldn’t complain really. The amount of pain he made others suffer everyday was nothing compared to this pain. ‘You deserve it’ a voice rang in his mind. A voice of a woman. Oh that damn woman. But she was right was she not? Adam stared at Logan for a moment when he asked if wanted to get it done now. He… didn’t want to, but he knew he should. It was better sooner than later. “Ok,” He replied in his small voice, nodding his slightly. It wasn’t until after he agreed that he realized he still didn’t know how they were going to put it back into place. He assumed they would have to touch it or move it but… how? It felt stuck. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

Logan nodded his head and stepped forwards again. "Hey BJ would you mind-er- never mind,"Logan said after a moment. However, Black Jack Spade already had a curious look on his face and finally seemed to hum a sort of 'come on out with it' sort of thing that caused Logan to sigh again. "I need ya to stand on this side of him," he finally said making a motion to Adam's opposite side. Jack shrugged and moved over a bit. Ripper was hissing irritatedly in the back of Jack's mind all the while.

after a moment, Logan nodded again. "We're just gonna have to shove it back into socket," he explained carefully putting one hand on Adam's shoulder and the other on his bicep, hesitating only a moment before looking at Adam and Jack. "BJ I'll need ya to keep his other shoulder steady while I push this one back in," he explained. Jack blinked but nodded leaning over his crutches and setting a hand on Adam's shoulder. After that, Logan made an upwards shove on Adam's bicep causing the bones to slide up against one another until the click of sorts echoed out signaling that it was in place again.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] A curious look had set it’s self on Adam’s face when Logan had been about to ask Jack a question. A look that soon turned a little nervous when Logan finally came out with what he had been about to ask. He wasn’t liking the idea of being between to men. It seemed… invasive in a way and much too close for his own comfort. However, he had to remind himself that it was only because they had to fix his arm. They weren’t going to trap him their for long. Yet despite his attempts to rationalize with himself, he found himself beginning to panic more and more. He found himself breathing rather quickly and sharply. When Logan finally explained what he needed Jack to do, Adam was about to change his mind on the whole thing. However, before he could the actions to set the bone back in place had already begun. Adam let out a rather loud cry of pain the moment his arm was shoved up, only taking a breath when ‘click’ like sound of his arm popping back into place was heard. After that Adam’s good hand came up to hold the arm again as he bent over a little and let out a smaller “Owie…” Though it still stung, it did feel a lot better than it had before. Yet despite this, Adam couldn’t help the small tears forming his eyes as he stood there. He wasn’t beyond crying when he was in pain. Besides, they were good tears, were they not? His arm was better now, not worse. He could even move it again. “Thank you,” He finally offered his gratitude between his sniffles. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

Though Jack would never admit it, Ripper was having a spaz attack at the sound of pain that Adam had released. It made him...so thirsty for more blood... Jack himself found his heart beat had incrased, yet he fought back nervous feeling of Ripper creeping up to the middle of his mind and managed to shove it back a ways. After fixing the arm, Logan stepped back and then sideways. Jack did petty much the same before leaning more on his crutches than before. "There now, feeling better?" Jack asked trying and mildly failing at sounding lighthearted. Instead, he was still fending off Ripper in the back of his mind. Logan sighed deeply and looked at Jack then at Adam. "It should heal any of the damage caused on its own," the orange haired man sighed rubbing the back of his neck slowly.

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Adam looked over at Jack when he asked if he felt any better but no words came from Adam’s mouth in response. Instead, the young white haired man gave Jack a rather dark, almost crazed grin. His head then turned to look back up at Logan, the expression from a moment ago changing into that of an almost innocent, questioning expression. “Ok,” was his reply to man, his head nodding slightly before he realized something. This man had helped him and therefore required a gift. Though Adam really didn’t have much on him that day. His clothes and a few personal items but nothing more. Perhaps he could part with one of his… he didn’t really want to but… it would surely show how grateful he was for having them help him. It would be by far one of the greatest gifts he could give. Slowly, without a word, Adam dug a hand into the pocket of his over sized jeans before pulling it back out again. He held something rather small in his hand as he held his arm out, indicating that Logan should hold out his own hand to take the item. If he did, Adam planned on dropping the small, sparkly marble into the man’s hand. It was one of his favourites. He could tell by the texture without even having to look at it. It was the black marble with little engraved silver sparkle things. He really liked it because it sort of looked like the night sky when you were further away from the city. [/scrolly] [bg=beige]

[Jay]

At the grin that was flashed, Jack blinked, yet Ripper cracked up into a fit of laughter in the back of the purple haired man's mind. This guy....he's ok. Ripper chimed rather happily causing Third to deadpan and Cas to whimper quietly to himself. Anyone that was ok with Ripper... was either terrifying or... no just terrifying. BJ, however, just found himself chuckling a bit at both Ripper and Adam.

Meanwhile, Logan blinked a moment before holding out his hand. As the marble was set in his hand, Logan looked at it and seemed to slowly smile. Wow, it was pretty cool looking....However, it was only after that that Logan actually registered it was for him. "Oh you mean...." he started feeling suddenly very bashful and ended up falling into a nervous laugh and then silence. "Thanks..." he finally managed before slowly twisting around the marble in his hand and looking at it. "It's really cool..." he hummed. Hmmm maybe he'd start a marble collection... he had a baseball card stash he refused to give up, so... why not?