Kodiak

[Sonmi-451]

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“Pretty good,” Ellise replied, a smile spreading from ear to ear.
“Cool. Hey, is Alexa around?” I could hear the hope in his voice and breathed a sigh of relief; he was interested in Alexa, not Ellise.
“No, she isn’t,” Lizzie shot back before Ellise could open her mouth again. I was alarmed by the sharpness of Lizzie’s tone and looked up to see a grimace curling her lip, then saw Ellise looking at me with an alarmed look on her face. I shrugged back, not knowing why Lizzie suddenly was angry.
“Why do you have such an issue with me and Alexa?” Gwillan asked her, starting to sound agitated himself, and I could tell from his tone and delivery that their conflict had been going on for a while.
“Because she’s, oh, let’s see here, four years younger than you!” Lizzie answered heatedly, her eyes flashing and a wind picking up. The staff, the only other people in the restaurant, were starting to stare, but she didn’t seem to notice. She probably wouldn’t have cared anyways.
“So? I really like her Lizzie, and I don’t get why you can’t just accept that!” I could hear electricity cracking in the background behind Gwillan’s voice and guessed that he had the same effect on weather that his sister did.
“Gwillan, you’re nineteen. She’s fifteen. That’s statutory rape!” Lizzie really was shouting now, and every eye in Good Times was on her. “That makes you a pedophile!”
There was a long silence on the other end. Finally Gwillan said, his voice cracking, “I can’t believe that you of all people, my little sister, would say that.”
“Gwillan, she’s my best friend, and, let’s face it, you’re not exactly the best guy for her,” Lizzie told him, her voice losing its volume and edge. The staff was still listening intently to every word she said though; this was probably the most exciting day at work any of them had ever had.
“Then who is the right guy for her, if it’s not me?” Gwillan sounded tired and depressed now.
“Well, for starters, someone she can date without violating the law,” Lizzie replied.
“I guess that is pretty important.” I could almost see the weak, disappointed smile on Gwillan’s face and felt bad for him.
“Yeah…” There was a long silence from both ends as Lizzie waited for Gwillan to say something and Gwillan waited for Lizzie to say something.
Finally he asked, “So why did you actually call me? I hope it wasn’t to yell at me about Alexa, right?”
“I called you to recruit to help me, Ellise and Johnson take down the government agency that I – well, we – used to work for.”
“Used to for you as of when?” His tone of voice gave away the fact that he was paying very sharp attention now.
“About an hour ago,” she answered, a smirk spreading across her face.
“Did you just go rogue?” Gwillan was starting to sound amused himself.
“Yep.” Lizzie’s eyes were dancing and she was showing her blinding white teeth in a beautiful smile. She really was in her element when she was rebelling; rebelling was also one of her best skills, but that was probably because she did it so often.
“Proud of you Liz,” he replied, his own grin obvious enough that it could be seen through the phone. “By the way, who’s Johnson?”

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“I knew you would be.” If it was possible, Lizzie’s smirk grew bigger. As an afterthought that made me feel really loved, she added, “Oh, Johnson’s Ellise boyfriend who happens to be the son of Kuro.”
“Oh.” The line was silent for a second. “And why exactly is Ellise dating him? Well, for that matter, why exactly are you working with him and haven’t killed him yet?”
“Well, he is kinda attractive, like six-five, really nice and ripped and kinda cute, so I can see why Ellise is dating him.” Lizzie glanced over at me, looked me up and down, then smiled at Ellise. “And I was actually hired by the government to kill him but Ellise convinced me not to so now we’ve joined forces and are gonna do what I do best: rebel.”
“Sounds like fun,” Gwillan answered, anticipation and excitement tingeing his voice. “I’m in, and I can guarantee than Gruffen is too. I never like those government guys anyways; I always thought they were a bunch of jerks, and apparently it turns out I was right, if they tried to get you to kill another immortal.”
“We can pick you guys up from the airport tomorrow if you want,” Lizzie told them, her smirk having been turned into a real smile. “And you’re right, it’s gonna be so much fun. We’ll get to kick those jerks' butts.”
“That’d be great; Gruffen just booked a flight for ten tomorrow, so we’ll be in at about twelve or twelve-thirty.”
“Cool. We’ll see you then,” Lizzie said in reply, then hung up after Gwillan said goodbye. She then turned to Ellise and I and told us, “Well, that makes our job a lot easier. It cuts the time it’ll take us in half.”
“Cool. I can’t wait to see them,” Ellise replied, grinning her beautiful white grin, and all trace of a smile slid off of my face.
“Yeah, it’ll be amazing,” I muttered under my breath, almost dreading twelve tomorrow.

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Chapter 5: And There Were Two

“Gwillan, Gruffen, over here!” I yelled at the top of my lungs, jumping up and down and waving my hands; I swear the old man and his wife next to me gave me ‘You need to take your meds’ looks. I glanced around to see where Lizzie had gone and I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. Whipping around, I found Gwillan and Gruffen standing behind me with identical amused grins.
I was reminded again, since I hadn’t seen them in almost a year, that they really were gorgeous. With black, fluffy, semi-messed-up hair and dancing golden eyes, they seemed to perpetually be sharing an inside joke between them. They both had perfectly straight, white teeth – just like Lizzie – and a nice tan in the middle of winter. That was probably because they went to college in Arizona and the sun would be shining most of the time in February, something that would never happen in Colorado. They also were completely and utterly ripped; it was obvious even through the loose ASU football T-shirts they were wearing, and they were some of the tallest people I had ever met at six-eight. I guess you had to be huge and muscular to play football on a full-ride scholarship for a major university though. The most interesting part about their appearance, however, was that their appearances were exactly the same; they were the most identical identical twins I’d ever seen.
“Hey Lise; it’s good to see you,” one of them told me – I was pretty sure it was Gwillan – his grin growing bigger and his eyes twinkling more. He stepped forward and embraced me in a hug that left me with my nose full of his really good smelling cologne.
“What’s it like in Hicktown City without us?” Gruffen asked before he too hugged me, lifting me a little off of the ground as he held me. Looking over his shoulder, I saw Kodiak glaring at us and struggled to get down.
“What’s the matter?” he murmured concernedly, still not letting me down. I jerked my head in Kodiak’s direction and Gruffen glanced inconspicuously over at Kodiak, whipping his head back around quickly as he saw Kodiak’s expression.
“If looks could kill I’d be dead right now,” he exclaimed quietly, causing us both to laugh cautiously as he set me down, for fear of Kodiak hearing.
“Yep,” I confirmed, nodding my head. “At least the fact that he’s possessive shows that he cares.”
“True,” Gruffen agreed, meeting my gaze with those incredible golden eyes of his. His face was only about a foot from mine and the smell of his cologne was filling my nose; I looked away to avoid even closer proximity. “You’d think that Kodiak would know by now that he doesn’t have anything to worry about,” he murmured quietly, his voice willing me to look back at him, which I did reluctantly.

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“You’d think,” I murmured quietly, almost relieved to hear him say that, since for a second there, I had thought that wasn’t the case.
“When you were in eighth grade and I was a junior, Kodiak might have had something to worry about.” Gruffen met my gaze again, not allowing me to look away.
“Are you serious?” I was stunned. When I had first met, I thought that he had been checking me out, but I had quickly brushed it aside as daydreams.
“I’m serious,” he replied, our voices still little louder than a whisper. “When I first met you – well, and Meghan – I thought you were one of the prettiest girls I had seen in a while and I debated asking you out just to see what you said.” He smiled at me again and the uncomfortable feeling in my stomach was starting to go away. Almost immediately, he began to blush as he realized what he had implied and added quickly, “I mean, you’re still pretty, but Meghan’s the only one I’d date now.”
“Yeah.” The awkwardness of our proximity was completely gone with that confession of his, much to my relief. Suddenly something dawned on me that I found very odd. “Gruffen, if you like Meghan so much, why haven’t you asked her out?” I asked him, completely at a loss why he hadn’t.
“Well, I did ask her out once,” he answered, causing me to gasp aloud.
“Really? When?” Meghan hadn’t told me about this, and she and I had hung out a lot freshman year.
“Freshman year for you guys and senior year for me.” He looked down me with an expression that told me he was questioning my sanity. “Did Meghan not tell you? I thought you and her were pretty good friends.”
“I thought she did too, but I guess not.” I was utterly shocked that my close friend hadn’t been honest with me about her boy situation; the whole point of having close friends was so you could tell them and trust them with your biggest secrets, wasn’t it? I shook my head and knew I was going to have a lot to talk to Meghan about later.
There was long silence that took up every inch of the couple feet between us, making everything awkward again. Finally Gruffen cleared his throat and asked me, “So how exactly did you and Kodiak…?” He glanced quickly over his shoulder at the death glare Kodiak was still giving us.
“Well, we met in Study Hall the first day of the semester and it was kind of love at first sight for me,” I responded, blushing slightly at the memory.
“Apparently it was love at first sight for him too,” Gruffen muttered, not looking completely convinced. “Or at least he better hope it was,” he added ominously, giving Kodiak a glare of his own as he looked back over his shoulder again.
“You like him as much as Lizzie does, huh?” I asked him, sighing. This was going to be a lot of fun.
“I just… don’t trust him, and I don’t want you to get hurt,” he told me, almost desperately, as he reached for my hand.
“Gruffen, I’m not the stupid mortal you think I am; I can make decisions for myself, and I trust Kodiak.” I was starting to get kind of angry with him; it was my life after all, not his. “Isn’t that enough for you?’
“Ellise, it’s not about me trusting you, it’s about me knowing exactly what he can do and knowing that he can very easily bend your mind and make you do whatever he wants you to,” Gruffen answered, clearly trying and mostly succeeding to keep his voice in check.
“He can do that?” I asked him, caught off guard and rather surprised; Kodiak had never told me that.
“He could make you his puppet, his complete and utter slave within less than a second,” Gruffen confirmed, taking my surprise as an opportunity to argue his point even more. “I’m afraid that he’d do exactly that.” He paused for a few seconds, searching for words. “Ellise, I’m afraid of losing you,” he finally told me quietly, his golden gaze capturing and holding mine. Our faces were less than a foot apart now, and I held my breath and hoped to God that he wasn’t going to kiss me as he leaned forward towards me. I closed my eyes, uttering silent prayers, to feel his lips on my forehead. My eyes popped open instantly and I met his gaze again, completely stunned.
“Ellise, I love you,” Gruffen murmured, then turned away from me to be met square in the face by Kodiak’s fist.

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