#BUT GOD DAMIT LUCAS

[quinndelightful]

Don't you love it when some of the starter conflict in your story is so carefully scrapped together that removing one character (who had no real purpose and really did need to be relocated to another story-) like breaks everything?

I love having to re-outline everything because I removed one of my starter characters

[thatwierdkifld]

Soo...as i said Luca became more mature and had some strong anger issues bc of school.I blees you with the effect that it has made to Alberto.

Luca:*casually reading*

Alberto:Y'know.That book wont do eny good to you.There are plenty of things to do-

Luca:*bangs book on table* I think you should do something else..beacouse ENOYING ME ISNT A GOOD THING TO DO.

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Luca:*talking about the stars*

Alberto:*not listening to enything he is saying*

Luca:LISTEN TO ME GOD DAMIT!

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Luca:*goes to the kitchen*

Alberto: Hey Luca..?

Luca:WHAT?!

Alberto:Do you want coffe?

Luca:....

Alberto:..Its your favorite....esspresso....

Luca:Gime that shit.*Drinks it in a second*

Giulia:How do you feel..?

Luca:Better actually...

Alberto:.....finally...i found out what calms him down..

[gumnut-logic]

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Always in a hurry, damit. Language warning on this one.

For @soniabigcheese cos she did it.

-o-o-o-

All three brothers sat down on the lounge, Scott directly next to Virgil and Gordon one seat over.

They were hovering.

He shunted the reason why aside.

Staring up at his holographic brother, he found himself missing John in the flesh. Instinct wanted to draw his family close and keep them safe from whatever the hell was going on, but John, as always, was far, far above them.

Alone.

“Can I tell him now?”

Well, maybe not quite alone.

“Eos!”

“It’s not fair to Virgil. You tell me to be honest and open and yet you treat your brother like this? Not very consistent at all.”

Virgil stared at John and his brother suddenly appeared uncomfortable.

Turquoise eyes darted to Virgil’s left...and back.

On Virgil’s right, Gordon sat up straight. “What is going on?”

Already barely composed, Virgil continued to stare up at John as the astronaut fidgeted before sighing and letting his shoulders drop. His eyes darted once again to Virgil’s left and the engineer knew who was truly hiding something.

Honestly, he had had his suspicions. Scott had been acting weird since London and the roof.

Hovering.

Was it logical to avoid looking at his eldest brother? As if not seeing eye to eye could avoid discovering something he knew he really didn’t want to know.

But he did.

“What did you find out?” The words were pushed through his larynx and his vocal cords creaked.

“Virgil-“

He spun where he sat. “For fuck’s sake, Scott, what is it?!”

Shocked silence as blue eyes widened. One advantage of being the sensible and stable one was when you did crack, it had impact.

Calmer. “What are you hiding from me?”

Young and flippant. “It’s quite simple really-“

“Eos!” John’s tone was sharp enough to cut cahelium.

Virgil turned back to his holographic brother. “No, John. Let her speak.”

“Virgil-“

He cut his brother off. “Eos, report!”

“Okay.” Her high-pitched voice was almost eager with glee. “I found something. It was quite a challenge. Triple layer encryption, hidden, not even on a hard-wired network. I had to sneak in on a mobile connection and decode onsite.” She was obviously quite proud of herself. “John was impressed.”

John obviously wasn’t quite as impressed right now, his arms folded across his chest, his expression both sad and pissed off at the same time.

Virgil forced what little calm he had left. “What did you find, Eos?”

“Notes. From a meeting. Not very legible. Her handwriting is atrocious.”

“Whose?”

“Councillor Wainwright. Honestly, her phone is a mess.”

“You hacked a World Security Council phone?”

“Hmph. Hacked is such a human concept. I simply visited.”

He refused to look at Scott. Refused. “What did you find?”

“A photo of notes. A short list of International Rescue’s vulnerabilities.”

“Vulnerabilities?” Gordon was definitely stoking a fire. Virgil was unsure whether the note-taker or a couple of brothers were going to be the ones roasted. “What vulnerabilities?”

A photograph of scrawled notes appeared beside John. Paper was rare and obviously used for security reasons, but to then photograph it and turn it digital…someone was an idiot.

Virgil frowned at the barely legible handwriting. The letters ‘IR’ were scribbled at the top, Five Tracy names scrawled below, each crossed out except for Virgil. Scott’s and Gordon’s name had the word military in capital letters next to them. ‘Space��� was written next to John and Gordon.

Further down the page, almost at random in relation to the rest of the scribble, was the word ‘Vulnerabilities’. Underneath was a list. A very short list.

1.     Popular opinion

2.     Political standing

3.     Virgil Tracy

Something else was scrawled next to his name, but it was illegible having been crossed out quite vehemently.

Virgil swallowed. “Who wrote this?”

It was John who spoke up, his voice wary and a little hesitant. “Handwriting matches Wainwright’s.”

“Why?”

“It’s bullshit, Virgil.” Finally, Scott said something.

Virgil turned to face him. “Yet, you hid it from me.” The hovering. The visit to Jack.

Jack.

“You told Jack.”

“Of course, I told Jack.” Scott threw himself to his feet, obviously unable to contain himself any longer. “It’s a threat from the government. Our own government, Virgil.”

John cut in. “No, it is from one councillor.”

“One bitch.” Gordon was on his feet now, echoing his eldest brother with his furious energy, unable to keep still. “Wainwright obviously has an agenda. An agenda that doesn’t care about those sixty-three people!”

Virgil flinched.

“We have no proof that Wainwright is connected to today’s incident.”

“Circumstances disagree, John.” Gordon was glaring up at his holographic brother. “I find it hard to believe that Thunderbird Two’s scanners being messed with and the resultant media shitstorm is not related to this. Too much of a coincidence. They’re targeting Virg to take us down!”

“Gordon!” Scott’s voice cut across the room.

Virgil let it all wash over him. He was being used, he was a vulnerability, but that wasn’t the important thing.

Not important.

Not important.

He pushed himself to his feet. Gravity seemed more of an opponent than usual. He straightened up, looking up at his holographic brother as if he was some deity offering answers.

“Why?”

“You’re not a vulnerability, Virgil.” John’s voice was soft and concerned.

Virgil had no patience for it and waved it away. “No, why are they doing this? Why does someone, Wainwright or whoever, want us out of the picture?”

“Because they want to replace us.” Eos’ voice was far too chirpy and bright for the topic of conversation.

“Eos, tact.”

“What? Oh. Sorry. Please let me rephrase.” A moment that allowed John’s lips to thin just that touch more, the tightly strung muscles in his shoulders prominent enough to stand out in relief despite his uniform. “There is a possibility that the World Security Council is seeking expressions of interest from business entities interested in providing first responder services for the government.”

Virgil blinked.

Beside him, Scott shifted. “What? John? Explain.” Virgil didn’t have to look at Scott to know the frown would be cavernous.

Their space brother sighed. “Eos has tracked a number of gaps in calendars, meetings that didn’t happen, several coincidences that are far too coincidental to be genuine. Lady Creighton-Ward Senior contacted me about half an hour ago with some information that confirmed my suspicions.” There was something in John’s expression.

Scott frowned. “What aren’t you telling me?”

John looked down a moment as if steeling himself. “You know Lady Penelope identified several upper echelon GDF suspects following the Janus incident.” His eyes latched onto Scott’s as if in challenge. “What you don’t know is that we have had them under surveillance since that time.”

“We?” Scott’s tone was cold.

“IR security.” John’s tone was unapologetic. “Kayo, Lady Penelope and myself. There were things we needed to know.”

“And I didn’t?”

“Not at the time.” John shrugged, but Virgil could see it was forced nonchalance. There would be discussions later, but to be honest, Virgil hadn’t expected anything less.

Virgil ignored Scott. “Who is involved?”

“Wainwright, General Strond and the CEO of Robotics Industries, Jim Lucas. Eos has only just now collected enough data to confirm the connection. Lady Creighton-Ward’s advice backed up the conclusion.”

Scott was a pent-up explosion waiting to happen beside him.

Virgil just felt numb. He held out a hand. “So, these people want us replaced. They’ve found our...weaknesses...” Gordon literally snarled beside him. “...and they have succeeded in shutting us down. The question remains...why?!” And if that last syllable came out louder and a little more desperate, so be it.

John shrugged. “As Parker said, ‘Power’.” His brother frowned and looked off to his left, a hand poking hidden buttons. “And, I suspect, control. We are free agents, not under any direct chain of command. We are an unpredictable variable. You do realise how much power we can wield, Virgil?”

Virgil let his shoulders drop. Power, other than to help people, really wasn’t something he cared about, but John was right. The IR logo inspired a lot.

Or it used to.

He sat back down on the sofa and rubbed his face with his hands.

His military brothers remained standing. Gordon started pacing, the aquanaut’s furious energy spilling over onto the floorboards.

Scott looked like he wanted to stab someone.

Virgil was busy not thinking about the sixty-three people he had killed just because some asshole wanted to control-

“So, what do we do?” Gordon was standing almost on Scott’s toes. “We can’t just sit here.”

“I’m aware of that, Gordon.”

“Then what’s the plan?” Russet-brown eyes stared up at their eldest brother and Virgil found himself hoping to god that the commander had an answer.

“We shutdown, lick our wounds and bide our time.” Gordon opened his mouth and Scott held up his hand. “For now.” It was firm and declared no argument.

Gordon let out a disgusted sound, but deflated.

Scott turned back to John. “Thunderbird Five, you will send me a full report...immediately.”

“FAB.”

“Gordon, contact Brandy. Enquire with caution, but find out if WASP has any information on the topic. We do not want to alert those involved that we know what we know. Be subtle.”

Gordon grunted. “I can be subtle.”

Scott’s mutter was non-committal. “Virgil, you need rest-“

“No. I’ll be in the hangars repairing Two.” He stood up and turned towards the elevator.

“Virgil-“

“NO!” Both his hands were up, defensive. “No, Scott, I’m...I’m just going to fix my ‘bird.” He didn’t give his brother any more time to protest, spinning on his heels and stalking out of the room.

He didn’t bother to look back.

-o-o-o-

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[icabldlmr20-blog]

Kapatid magpatawad ka na tama na ang kahuhuhogot mo pwede? Hindi mo ikakaligaya ang pagtanim mg poot at galit sa puso mo, ikaw lang di ang mahihirapan kasi bitbit mo pa rin hindi man humingi ng tawad sayo magpatawad ka pa rin.. kasi yun ang tama at yung dapat obedience kapatid commandment ni Lord yan diba sabi nya FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES mahalin mo pa nga daw siba basa basa din kasi ng bible kapatid makita mo sa book of matthew yan diba sabi nya na kapag hindi ka nagpatawad hindi ka rin patatawarin ni Lord gusto mo ba yun? Forgiveness starts within yourself kapatid stop holding grudges and angerness learn to let go and move on, forward forward din kasi kapatid masaya na sila tapos ikaw hawak mo pa rin yan nakalipas na yan tapos na nga e wag mo ng ikulong ang sarili mo palayain mo naman na sarili mo kapatid.. you will never be happy if you keep holding on to your past if you want to have peace and joy then forgive and stop leaving in your past magpatawad ka kapatid it all starts with forgiveness wag kang bitter tama na hugot at patawarin mo na no matter the offense yes mahirap talaga pero kailangan mong gawin yan, sundin mo ang commandment ng Lord sayo wag ka na kasing magmatigas kapatid walang magandang idudulot ang pride mo hayaan mo na palambutin ni God ang puso have the patient, understanding and discernment you will only find true happiness, peace and joy when you start forgive and stop leaving in the past.. wag mo na kasing balikan pa halukay ka pa ng halukay e kaya imbis na maghilom yan e lalong lumalalim kasi nga ayaw mong magpatawad move on na kapatid 2017 na magpapaiwan ka na lang ba sa byahe kapatid? Madaming nakahanda ang Lord para sayo kapatid pero kung nandayan ka pa rin na nanatili hindi magagawa ni Lord ang plano nya sayo kaya magpatawad ka na kalimutan mo na kapatid move on focus ka sa future mo hayaan mo na ang past mo wala ka ng magagawa dyan kasi tapos na yan, kaya nga sinabing past diba kasi nga past is past intindihin mo ang future mo hindi yun puro ka flashback dyan wag ganun kapatid... But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! Matthew 5:44 (NLT Version) Ngunit ito naman ang sinasabi ko, ibigin ninyo ang inyong mga kaaway at ipanalangin ninyo ang mga umuusig sa inyo. Mateo 5:44 (MBB Version) Hindi nga naman talaga madali na basta magpatawad kapatid pero its a process kapatid iiyak mo sila sa panalangin sa Lord wag kang tumigil sa pagluhod at pagiyak hindi bingi ang Lord naririnig ka nya kapatid.. But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. Luke 6:27-28 (NLT Version) Subalit sinasabi ko sa inyong mga nakikinig sa akin: Mahalin ninyo ang inyong mga kaaway at gawan ng mabuti ang mga napopoot sa inyo. Pagpalain ninyo ang sumusumpa sa inyo at ipanalangin ang mga nang-aapi sa inyo. Lucas 6:27-28 (MBB Version) Kapatid imbis na gumanti ka gawan mo ng kabutihan ika sa kanta kill them with kindness and it will manifest di mo na lang mamalayan at magugulat na lang sila sayo kung bakit ginagagawa yun pero dahil yun sa love mo kay Lord. Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate. Luke 6:35-36 (NLT Version) Sa halip, mahalin ninyo ang inyong mga kaaway at gumawa kayo ng mabuti. Magpahiram kayo na hindi umaasa ng anumang kabayaran. Sa gayon, malaking gantimpala ang tatamuhin ninyo, at kayo'y magiging mga anak ng Kataas-taasang Diyos. Sapagkat siya'y mabuti kahit sa masasama at sa mga hindi marunong tumanaw ng utang na loob. Maging mahabagin kayo tulad ng inyong Ama. Lucas 6:35-36 (MBB Version) Tandaan mo kapatid na mahal din sila ni Lord gaya ng pagmamahal ni Lord sayo namatay pa rin si Lord para sa kanila at tandaan mo hindi sila ang kalaban mo ginagagamit lang sila ni ng kalaban against you kaya ang puksain mo ay totoong kalaban.. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. Luke 23:34 (NLT Version) Sinabi…ginagawa: Sinabi ni Jesus, “Ama, patawarin mo sila sapagkat hindi nila nalalaman ang kanilang ginagawa.”]Pinaghati-hatian ng mga kawal ang damit ni Jesus. Sila'y nagpalabunutan upang malaman kung kani-kanino mapupunta ang bawat kasuotan niya. Lucas 23:34 (MBB Version) Tandaan mo kapatid na hindi nila alam ang ginagagawa nila kaya ikaw na nakakilala kay Lord unawaiin at intindihin mo sila dahil ang mga taong tulad nila wala pa relasyon sa Lord kaya ikaw dapat ang maging daan para makilala nila si Lord iwin mo sila kapatid... Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive. Luke 17:4 (NLT Version) Kung pitong ulit siyang magkasala sa iyo sa maghapon, at pitong ulit ding lumapit sa iyo at sabihin niyang, ‘Nagsisisi ako,’ kailangang patawarin mo siya. Lucas 17:14 (MBB Version) Kapatid ang forgiveness sayo ni Lord ay unending at unlimited kaya dapat ikaw din yan pagiging paulit ulit mo idaan mo sa pagpapatawad kapatid. If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 (NLT Version) Sapagkat kung pinapatawad ninyo ang mga nagkakasala sa inyo, patatawarin din kayo ng inyong Ama na nasa langit. Ngunit kung hindi ninyo pinapatawad ang iba, hindi rin naman patatawarin ng inyong Ama ang inyong mga kasalanan. Mateo 6:14-15 (MBB Version) Kaya ikaw kapatid simula mo ng magisip at mamili matakot ka na at kabahan its up to you kapatid kaya wag ka ng magmatigas magpatawad ka na kapatid. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT Version) Mga kapatid, hindi ko ipinapalagay na nakamit ko na ito. Ngunit isang bagay ang ginagawa ko: nililimot ko ang nakaraan at sinisikap na marating ang layuning nais kong makamtan. Nagpapatuloy nga ako patungo sa hangganan upang makamtan ang gantimpala ng pagkatawag sa akin ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus, ang buhay na hahantong sa langit. Mga Taga-Filipos 3:13-14 (MBB Version) Kalimutan mo na kasi ang nakaraan kapatid kung gusto mo talagang umusad iwanan mo na ang mga nakaraan mo at harapin mo ang kinabukasan mo move on na kapatid panahon para magforward ka focus on your future and put away your past wag kang magtitira iwanan mo na lahat yan kapatid wag mo ng isama sa bagahe mo yan ibaon mo na sa limot yan hindi yun binababaon mo pa yan stop being stuck in the past and keep moving forward kilos na kapatid! #forgive #moveon #letgo #focus #presson #winsouls