Night 58: Main Hallway, 2-Center
[from here]The first difference Kurogane noted in comparing this hallway with its lower counterpart was how open it appeared. The usual walls of the Sun Room were absent, replaced with new hallways bordering a railing that overlooked the Sun Room - another area that he had made a point of avoiding after one too many incidents. Above that opening
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Well. He had wanted to find Peter - and he'd found him. What now? Scott suddenly felt a little sick inside.
The easiest thing to do - to not think about - was just to reach out, do something that held some semblance of being "the right thing" (whatever that was). "Dude, it's okay. Let me help." He sounded concerned, but with no small amount of uncertainty in his voice as he bent forward, one wary hand outstretched toward Peter's. "We can get you to, like, a healer or something. I dunno, someone's gotta be out there, right?"
Scott didn't wait, unable to watch Peter writhe much longer. He reached in, grabbing Peter's hand and making to support the boy under his opposite shoulder. "Here, let me help you up."
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"Ah!" Scott's hand jumped to his bare arm as he stumbled back a step, redness already forming there from the sheer force of the hit. He held it for a moment, feeling the sting under his hand as he watched the younger boy back away. Scott's eyes narrowed as the stinging burned through his arm ( ... )
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Scott knew full well the depths of how selfish he could be, even if he didn't always consciously admit it to himself. This, though: this was just beyond belief. There was selfishness and then there was Peter. Was Peter actually saying that he was the only one who got to beat himself up over what happened? That because he'd won gold in the Saddest Life In The World Olympics, no one else could possibly understand what he was going through? And Scott was supposed to be the unbelievable asshole here? Hell no. He wasn't going to take that kind of crap from Peter, not tonight ( ... )
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His thoughts barely even got that far when Peter returned the punch with a vengeance. Scott's hesitation cost him dearly, and Peter's hit worked exactly as intended, sending Scott back in an arc that would have made any comic book artist proud. His shoulder blade hit the ground first, which might have been the only thing that kept his head from cracking on impact next. "Aghh!" Scott cried out, a surprisingly vulnerable sound in the midst of all their fury. He lay prone on the ground for a moment, stunned by the impact ( ... )
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His side was screaming, but his rump had barely hit the ground when Scott forced his knees to bend, springing himself forward with a full-on headbutt at Peter's stomach. It was pure raging instinct driving him now, and instinct said that if this move had been good enough to take out a godmode vegan, it would be more than enough to put down the freaking self-absorbed wannabe martyr in front of him now.
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He raised an arm to block the hit he knew was coming. But it never came. Not from Peter, anyway.
Scott's eyes widened as he took in a breath and his lungs caught fire. His hands were around his neck for the second time in about as many days, and he doubled over coughing, falling back to his elbows as the white gas filtered through their flashlight beams and into their lungs. "Wha- What thehaaugh caaughhh caagh!He had to get out of here. He wasn't going to nearly choke to death, not again. Somehow, Scott managed to drag himself along the floor, legs scrambling to push himself ( ... )
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