mistconduct | Issue #30

[Private to Barbara Gordon]

How do you take this shit, Barb? How the fuck do you keep going?

[Private to Infirmary Staff]

So what's the plan, Docs? I'm getting fucking bedsores. I want out.

[Private to Vesper]
Hey. Can we.

Look, pick up the phone. Just.

Can we talk?

[Later, public]

[He's still getting drugged every night, as much for his mental health as his physical. It's easier to get through the days when you're on a cocktail of anti-depressants.

This, however, has its disadvantages. Mainly that Chris is so exhausted that he sleeps through the night, unaware of his warden item beeping underneath the bed. The teddy bear - yes, his warden item is a slightly charred teddy - is recovered in the morning, still beeping, when Chris wakes up.

It's alarming, how he can go from sleepy and lackadaisical to fucking pissed in a single instant]

Who the FUCK killed Slevin?!

You assholes, I swear to FUCKING god, I will fucking come out of this bed and murder the shit out of you! Where the fuck is my inmate and who the fuck is responsible for this bullshit?! You think just because I'm in the infirmary doesn't mean I won't come there and murder you back, you utter shithead?!

Fuck. Someone get me a fucking wheelchair, or crutches, or whatever. Who saw him last?!

Jesus christ, you're a fucking pack of animals!

[After Slevin's been found]

Call off the search, his body turned up in the inmate showers.

Whoever did this; you're fucking dead. You hear me? You can't fucking run on a ship, dumbass. I'm coming for you.

Fuck everything.

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Not a one. [ He ruffles the boy's hair, smiling-- it's tight, strained, but he's doing it, goddamn it. ]

Look, once we nab this inmate-carving jerk -- why don't you come stay with me for a while? Place is empty without Eddie around, and Angus will keep you company. You can get used to the wheelchair and we can work on your leg design together.

You can get out of the infirmary, get some change of scenery.

[ And I can keep you safe. ]

...Yeah. Yeah, sure, I'd like that. I just have to see what Slevin's doing, make sure he's...okay and everything. When he comes back.

If they'll let me out of here. I keep fucking telling them and they won't.

They probably just want to make sure you have good care and are safe. [ Megamind understands it. He just thinks Chris needs some emotional TLC, and needs some himself. ]

I'm fine. I'm cared for. I'm not going to fucking magically...grow my limbs back, or whatever.

[ Megamind again smooths his hand over Chris's hair. There there, baby badass. ]

I'll talk to Bruce. We'll get you out, and get you mobile.

[Giving a tight nod, Chris finally begins to unwind and relax against Megamind]

Good. Awesome. Because fuck if I'm sticking around like a goddamn invalid.

[ Not happy, but comforted, Megamind thrums quietly -- it's not the normal or contented thrum when he's happy, but it's better than the constant tension. ]

You're not. You'll be back on top of things before you know it. Promise.

Yeah. I mean.

Yeah. You're right.

Of course I am. I'm a genius. Smartest guy on the boat. You'll get better, and I'll help you get there.

...I have no fucking idea what I'd do without you.

Yeah, I know. Me either! I'm great that way. [ He's trying to get his old ego back in his voice, though it doesn't quite reach the right note... he's a bit better in the playacting. ] Let's not find out.

In the mean time, ask for Slevin to be raised, and get some rest, and as soon as Slevin's out of the infirmary I'll spring you and bring you to my room, okay?

[ Because he won't ask to move Chris before Slevin's ready to go. He knows Chris well enough that the boy won't want his inmate out of his sight after a death. Especially one so gruesome. ]

[Settling back down, Chris gives an unhappy nod, rubbing his eyes]

Sure. Yeah. I don't know when that'll be, though. He's going to be out for like a fucking week and there's no telling what it did to his mind.

[ Megamind remembered waking up from a breach, his head killing him -- the first death toll, though he could no longer remember the breach itself. It hurt so much. The one with Davy, that miserable strangulation when he was caught unaware... he'd been mute for days. ]

[ But neither were calculated torture-deaths. He has no idea how that'll be. ]

He's-- he'll have to deal the way we all do. If worse comes to worse, he'll -- need to talk to Mark or Charles.

Yeah, good fucking luck with that. He doesn't want to deal with anyone, he's been alone for his whole fucking life so he thinks he doesn't need people anymore.

Oh. Yeah, uh. That can be a problem.

Nobody at all? Man. That's got o be rough. I at least had Minion.

[ And he's eternally grateful for that. ]

Well, he had this one guy. But it's kind of a fucked-up thing.

Well, that's something. Does he have friends here?

I dunno. He lives next door to Cassel but I never see him cosying up to people.

I was sleeping with Toshiko for months before anybody knew. [ Just sayin'. ] So it not like you can't keep relationships on the downlow. IT's just not long-term viable.

Something I wish Sleeping Beauty over there would get. [ He glances over at Edward, before he looks back to Chris. ]

Anyway-- he might have friends. Or-- associates, at least.

Seriously.

Hey, Eddie; wake up. We're talking about you.

[Chris waits, but doesn't look too hopeful]

Whatever. Maybe I'll spy on his communicator or something.

Like that'll build trust with you and Slevin. Good job.

Edited 2013-10-12 00:32 (UTC)

Well, how would you do it, smartass?

Be his friend and his warden, best as you're able.

Kay and I weren't -- close, but I knew I could trust him or talk to him or... anything.

I know, big shoes to fill, right?

Yeah. I'm no Kay. And what Rorschach did for me won't work on him. Rorschach is a withholder of affection. Slevin straight up doesn't give a fuck.

I'm finding that affection is a big non-issue with Aaron. It's more of ... needling. He has to be needled. Pushed gently from his comfort zone...

....or kicked from the nest. I got him a job.

Don't know if that'd help with Slevin... being made to make connections.

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