Empire Record Oneshots

"Superb"

Lucas wanted to piss Joe off a little, he had already pissed him off enough today.
"Don't worry Joe your a superb manager"
"Oh yeah " Joe asked walking closer to him
"Superb"
"Say that again"
"Superb"
Joe grabbed Lucas shoulder pulling him off the counter he was sitting on. He dragged him across the room and into the back area.
"Joe my shoulder" Lucas winced
He turned a blind eye to the comment and threw Lucas into his office. Lucas started to panic, he though Joe wouldn't hurt him he wouldn't.
Slamming the door behind him Joe stepped in and pulled Lucas up by his turtle neck. Joe slammed Lucas into the door and punched him. He threw him in the floor again. hitting his head in the drum set Lucas curled away.
"Oh no please Joe" Lucas pleaded
Joe was still blinded and picked him up and gave him one final slam against the window shades letting him drop.
Joe rushed out of the room ignoring the three that had followed them in there to see the action, Lucas came out next looking dased.
A.J, Berko , and Deb we're looking at him sitting n the floor.
He was still, and unfocused. A.J approached him " hey man that sounded rough are you ok" placing a hand in his shoulder
Lucas flinched back and looked at A.J with fear.
Suddenly he starts to fidget and scratch at himself. Deb steps in and try's to remove his hands but he freaks out more.
Having A.K hold down his hands. Lucas starts thrashing and tears are streaming down his face.
"Uhh I think he's having a panic attack" Deb said stepping forward, "Um I'll go try to find Joe" she said as she rushed out of the room.
The two looked at Lucas as he started muttering, he wasn't t doing any better, in fact worse.
Deb rushed through the store, seeing Corey working at the counter. "Hey have you seen Joe in the past few minutes?"
"Emm yeah I saw him rush by, he looked mad. What did you do?" She asked
" It's not for me" she quickly explained, "so he went out the door?"
All Corey had to do was nod and Deb was out the door. She looked around and found Joe sulking in the ally with a cigarette between his fingers.
"Hey" ah said approaching him
"Not right now Debra"
"Umm it's not about me..."
Drops g his cigarette he looked over at her with an annoyed look, "What has happened in the 5 five minutes I've been out here?"
Deb stands there awkwardly, "umm it's Lucas, I don't know what's wrong but I think he's having a panic attack"
Joes face twists into realization and fear, "oh god" he mutters.
He races past her and into the shop. Entering the back room with Debra hot on his tail.
There was a thrashing, crying Lucas hyperventilating. He was being pinned down by Bosko and A.J.
Joe was frozen, he kept thinking about all the time he had helped Lucas through a panic attack. He never ment to hurt him let alone cause this.
Joes instants kick in and he rushes over to them, "hey get off him" he says pushing them off him.
Lucas curls in and scoots away.
Joes heart breaks, he can see this is not just a panics attack.
"I think you guys should back up" they back up to the couch.
Joe focus on Lucas, " hey look at me" he says trying to catch his eyes.
Lucas notices him, Joe sits with him talking gently, trying to calm the kid. Joe thought about how he raised Lucas, how could he violate his trust like that.
Eventually Lucas breaths calmed down, breath evening out.
"I think he fell asleep" Joe says, "A.J, can you help me pick him up I'm gonna put him in the couch."
Quickly slipping there arms under him the moves him into the couch.
Every one let out a breath they didn't realize they were holding.
A.J is the first to talk, "what the hell just happened"
"He had a bad panic attack, I-I think I cause it" Joe choked out the last part.

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Deb, Berko, and A.J are standing n the living room because someone was sleeping in the couch. They were quietly talking,
Joe had asked them to be quiet because Lucas need the sleep because he had slept in the alley, then the attack he needed to get rest.
"Where's Rex?" Joe asked the group.
"I think a better thing to ask is, 'Where's Gina?'" Deb said looking at the storage room door across the room.
They all watched the door, hearing sounds coming from it. Eddie walks in with some pizza. Deb was catching up Eddie about what was happening behind the storage door.
Corey walks in, and is going for the storage door but stops before opening it because she could hear what was going on inside.
"Where's Gina?"
She was met with silence
"Where's Rex?"
Gina and Rex walked out. Rex attempt to leave but got tackled by A.J. Rex pushed him off and sucker punched him in the eye.
Gina and Corey start to fight, Joe can't follow any of what's happening. In the middle of there dispute, Lucas starts to wake up and react to the noise.
Joe goes to the bathroom to get some stuff to clean up A.Js face, and to take a quick breather.
Gonna stomps over to Coreys bag grabbing a bottle of pills.
"You know Corey Id be perfect to if I was on speed" she caused spilling the bottle everywhere.
Shrieking continued, Lucas started to wake up, he was confused and distraught. He winced at a loud sheik. There was some thumping the something heavy hit on him. It was digging into his stomach. It hurt. He tried to I've but it kept him pinned down.
With that Joe rushes out, seeing Corey standing looking at the couch. Gina had just landed on Lucas after being pushed.
With anger Gina yelled in frustrations and ran out of the room. Corey followed but not to find Gina, but to be alone.
Joe looked down at Lucas, his arms curled protectively around himself.
"Hey can you hear me" he asked
" . . . yeah" Lucas groaned back
"Where did she hit you"
After a few moment without an a clear answer he decided to go with his first guess, Lucas stomach.
After a few moments he pried open his arms reveling his black turtle neck sweater.
Joe lifted up his shirt to see the areas red, I'll definitely bruise latter. He got up and got some pain killers and water, and gave it to him.