Getting It Together

Dentist of Doom

Kai squinted, rubbing at her eyes as they slowly sat up, peering around the dark basement concerned. "Hello? Is-Is anyone-" Trying to stand, they look down at the chains locked around his waist, connecting her to the wall. "...What?"

"You just couldn't stay out of it, could you?" A light flickers on, and Kai finds himself face to face with Pascal Burr himself.

"You-" Kai takes in a deep breath of air, cutting off when he waved a poster in her face.

One of the missing posters she had made last year for Giovonnie.

"First you made these, and then this year after I took my son back home, you hired a private investigator?" Pascal accuses angrily.

"He's not your son." Kai builds up the courage to say. "Please, please just let us go, he's the only family I have left, and I need to look after him-"

"Well congratulations, Kai. Let's have a little reunion, yeah?"

Despite the horrible circumstances, Kai perked up as Pascal headed up the stairs. They would be able to see Giovonnie, after all this time?

To make sure he was okay.

"Gio! Can you come down now please?" Pascal yells.

Kai waits with bated breath.

"Don't call him that." He hisses out behind his teeth. "Don't-Don't fucking call him that, you have no right-"

Please be okay, please be okay, please be-

"Okay, dad!" Giovonnie yells, running into the kitchen and stopping short when he sees Pascal waiting by the basement door. "What?"

"Come with me please, Virgey." Pascal smiles, noticing the scared look on his son's face as he started to tear up. "I promise you're not in trouble."

"O-kay." Giovonnie sniffles, wiping at his tears as he took his father's hand and followed him into the basement.

"Gi-Gi." Kai breathes out, relieved. She strained against the chains, trying to get to his brother as Giovonnie looked up at Pascal, unsure.

"It's alright, oreo." Pascal reassures him, and Kai scowls.

"Kai!" Forgetting his fear, the boy ran over to Kai and enveloped them in the tightest hug Kai had felt in a while. "You came back!"

"What? Back?" Kai looks at him in confusion. "Are you okay Gio?"

"Yeah!"

"Gio." Pascal interrupts. "Kai brought something for you."

"You did‽" Giovonnie bounces in place excitedly.

"Yeah, on that chair over there." Pascal points. Giovonnie gasps and rushes over to where his old baby blanket was draped over a chair.

"Blanky! I missed you! Thank you, Kai!"

Kai swallows. "No problem buddy. It's gonna be okay."

"What?" Giovonnie smiles at her in confusion.

"Sit down please, oreo." Pascal instructs. Giovonnie settles into the seat with a smile, looking on nervously as Pascal grabs some ropes and started to tie him down.

"Daddy?" Giovonnie worries, "What's going on?"

"Your brother got into trouble when she was on their trip, opening a private investigation. I'm afraid I've had to make arrangements."

"No!" Kai strains forward, realizing what Pascal was implying. "Don't you touch him! He didn't do anything, you sick bastard!"

Giovonnie begins to cry, moving around in the chair. "What's going on?" He whines.