04-01-2014, 09:23 AM
Connor followed Jensen and the others onto the train platform. Echoed screeches and silences filled the air by turn and it was filled that dank exhaust tinged smell that seemed to permeate all mass transit. Getting on the train made things smell a little better, though. At least the exhaust smell was gone. Aria didn't sit- perhaps the blood had hardened enough that sitting would have been uncomfortable- and instead took a hand hold. Her sleeve slipped down and he saw a tattoo. Some kind of knot or something. He couldn't make out details. He shrugged. Lot's of people had tattoos.
His eye happened to flick across Jensen to Giovanni. What he saw surprised him. Giovanni was glaring at Aria. Aria looked like she was pretending not to notice. Connor wasn't sure what it was about. Aria had done nothing threatening or made any moves against Giovanni. Connor thought again about her...job, hunting creatures. She had been adamant that Giovanni and Jensen especially leave before her bosses showed up. "Your kind" she called them. But why now? What had set Giovanni off? If he felt threatened by Aria, why had he come along? Connor couldn't figure it out. But he decided he'd watch closely. And then...he didn't know what he should do if things got...heated. Hard to pick sides when you didn't know the players.
The train slowed to a stop and Jensen stood and led them outside. It was snowing and compared to the air of the metro, it smelled clean. It was refreshing and Connor took deep breaths. It was a nicer neighborhood too. Jensen didn't dress like he had money and this area looked like it was expensive to live in- at least for everyday people. They arrived at a building with a doorman no less, who gave them all disgusted looks. Connor imagined that all of them looked haggard. Aria's pants were dark and he wasn't sure that the blood was visible. Of course, he had carried the body too, so perhaps he had blood on him as well. The doorman's feelings were understandable.
Jensen took them to his place. It was nice and large, much bigger than the one Connor had been staying in with his aunt. Jensen offered food and he realized that he was hungry. He hadn't eaten. He had been on his way to having a liquid dinner when everything had gone down. But now, food sounded good. "Sounds good, Jensen."
Aria asked for a place to wash up. Lot of good that would do. Other than hands and face, she'd still be wearing those bloody clothes. Perversely, Connor imagined that she really just needed to take those pants off and burn them. Of course then what would she walk around in? She is pretty, he thought. Idiot. What is wrong with you? He was glad no one could read his thoughts or he'd be embarressed. No matter the situation, a guy always has time for thoughts like that he thought to himself as he chuckled inside.
He did watch her take off her jacket- though she kept her weapons close- and go into the washroom Jensen had indicated. He noticed Giovanni watching her again. He definitely hadn't been thinking what Connor had- not with that expression. Connor again felt unsure as to what he should do- or if he should do anything. It wasn't his business. But...Aria had killed that creature together with the men. And she had warned them to get out of there lest they themselves- and he too, he couldn't forget- also got snatched up or worse. She had earned trust in his book.
Carefully- he didn't know this man- he said, "It's cool, man. If she wanted you, it would've been easy to just let you get taken by surprise back in that alley when her crew showed up.
" He paused and shrugged. Again, he didn't know this man. And truth was, he didn't know what he, or Jensen, were capable of. It dawned on him that being here was dangerous.
But Jensen knew things. So did Aria. He needed to know what happened to Hayden. He looked at Jensen. "So....you mentioned answers. I guess that's why I'm here. I need to know...I don't even know what exactly.
" He shifted in his seat and thought about the things that made him connect Jensen with Jamie and Hayden. "Ok. So, uh, can you tell me about why going to the hospital is dangerous?
"
Edited by Connor Kent, Apr 1 2014, 12:07 PM.
His eye happened to flick across Jensen to Giovanni. What he saw surprised him. Giovanni was glaring at Aria. Aria looked like she was pretending not to notice. Connor wasn't sure what it was about. Aria had done nothing threatening or made any moves against Giovanni. Connor thought again about her...job, hunting creatures. She had been adamant that Giovanni and Jensen especially leave before her bosses showed up. "Your kind" she called them. But why now? What had set Giovanni off? If he felt threatened by Aria, why had he come along? Connor couldn't figure it out. But he decided he'd watch closely. And then...he didn't know what he should do if things got...heated. Hard to pick sides when you didn't know the players.
The train slowed to a stop and Jensen stood and led them outside. It was snowing and compared to the air of the metro, it smelled clean. It was refreshing and Connor took deep breaths. It was a nicer neighborhood too. Jensen didn't dress like he had money and this area looked like it was expensive to live in- at least for everyday people. They arrived at a building with a doorman no less, who gave them all disgusted looks. Connor imagined that all of them looked haggard. Aria's pants were dark and he wasn't sure that the blood was visible. Of course, he had carried the body too, so perhaps he had blood on him as well. The doorman's feelings were understandable.
Jensen took them to his place. It was nice and large, much bigger than the one Connor had been staying in with his aunt. Jensen offered food and he realized that he was hungry. He hadn't eaten. He had been on his way to having a liquid dinner when everything had gone down. But now, food sounded good. "Sounds good, Jensen."
Aria asked for a place to wash up. Lot of good that would do. Other than hands and face, she'd still be wearing those bloody clothes. Perversely, Connor imagined that she really just needed to take those pants off and burn them. Of course then what would she walk around in? She is pretty, he thought. Idiot. What is wrong with you? He was glad no one could read his thoughts or he'd be embarressed. No matter the situation, a guy always has time for thoughts like that he thought to himself as he chuckled inside.
He did watch her take off her jacket- though she kept her weapons close- and go into the washroom Jensen had indicated. He noticed Giovanni watching her again. He definitely hadn't been thinking what Connor had- not with that expression. Connor again felt unsure as to what he should do- or if he should do anything. It wasn't his business. But...Aria had killed that creature together with the men. And she had warned them to get out of there lest they themselves- and he too, he couldn't forget- also got snatched up or worse. She had earned trust in his book.
Carefully- he didn't know this man- he said, "It's cool, man. If she wanted you, it would've been easy to just let you get taken by surprise back in that alley when her crew showed up.
" He paused and shrugged. Again, he didn't know this man. And truth was, he didn't know what he, or Jensen, were capable of. It dawned on him that being here was dangerous.
But Jensen knew things. So did Aria. He needed to know what happened to Hayden. He looked at Jensen. "So....you mentioned answers. I guess that's why I'm here. I need to know...I don't even know what exactly.
" He shifted in his seat and thought about the things that made him connect Jensen with Jamie and Hayden. "Ok. So, uh, can you tell me about why going to the hospital is dangerous?
"
Edited by Connor Kent, Apr 1 2014, 12:07 PM.