"Mom? Dad?"

Lopez looked around the dark, quiet front room of his once home, having keyed the door and snuck in without a sound.

"Derrick?"

A reaction, and he was set on edge. His mother suddenly stood in the doorway and he felt a wave of nausea hit him like a punch to the gut.

YOU'RE NOT MY DERRICK! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! YOU'RE NOT MY BABY BOY ( Read more... )

I really hate to do this. And when I say hate, I mean hate.

I'm putting Lopez out of action on my end and open for takers.

Man this hurts.

>...uplinking to secure connection...
> Connection secured

Nicci, I'm sorry it's been a while since I have seen you. Can you forgive me for running away like that? I keep in mind our little chat on the hillside that one day. I hope that perhaps we an meet again soon. I...missed you.

-Lopez
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( The Chief will see you now, Corporal. )

The knife had proved doubly useful, as he had cut away the unecessarily long bits of his pale hair. It was only afterwards that he once more dared the mirror. The sight he found was much more appealing, and less frightening. He looked... human. Like the pink one, red one, orange one ( Read more... )

It had taken a little while, as well as Lopez taking his time to explore his discovery, but he had managed to get it all off ( Read more... )

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