Fulcrum

Chapter six

Walker went back and forth between going and not going, as much as he wanted to see Felicia he was afraid of what he would find when he got there. But didn't he owe to her to at least hear her out? She kept saying that she wasn't stealing for herself so maybe, she needed his help. Either way sitting in the dark wouldn't fix anything, he got out of his work clothes and dressed in something casual. What did you even wear to something like this?

He was about ten minutes late, and sat nervously at the bar while Geri asked him who he was waiting for.
"That would be me," a female voice said taking the seat next to him. Walker quickly realized that it was Felicia, but she looked more like herself then the last time he had seen her. She had her normal hair color and was dressed in regular clothes instead of a stealth suit. "You must be Geri, I'm Ashyla." There it was again a fake name, he still didn't understand that. Geri was speechless for a minute and briefly thought that Walker was going on a date with this young girl.

"Can I see an ID please,  you look a little young to be drinking," she commented.
"and how do you know him?" Geri asked. Felicia blinked and realized what Geri thought was going on, she also realized that she liked Walker which she thought was quite sweet.
"He saved me as a kid, you don't have to worry, I'm not into older men or men in general," Felicia explained. " I also don't drink."

"Right my apologies, I'll let you two talk," Geri responded. "See you later Cordie." Walker usually didn't have a problem with that nickname, but he was embarrassed to have Felicia hear it. She waited until Geri had walked away to laugh at the nickname.
"That is so cute, can I call you that?" Felicia asked giggling.
"No you may not, and can you explain everything to me," Walker responded. "You have quite the track record Ashyla." Felicia sighed realizing that he must have looked through her file and seen all her arrests.
"I'm not a criminal Walker," she said after sighing. "And you're right I do have a track record, its why I kept using different names," Felicia explained but made sure to keep her voice low. "But if you want to know everything, you have to trust me."

Walker said that he did trust her, but if she gave him a reason not to, he would have no choice but to take her in. Felicia gave him a hurt expression and wondering if he had come here to arrest her instead of talking to her.
"You know that neither of us want that, so please tell me why you're doing all this." Walker said snapping her out of her thoughts.
"There's so much, I guess it starts with getting discharged," Felicia responded. "Foster Care can be great but I was unfortunately moved around a lot," she explained. "I won't go into the details here, but let's just say most of them were no better than my mom."

"Why didn't you report your mistreatment?" Walker asked. If she had spoken up he would have come to her immediately, why in the world did she choose not to?
"I tried nobody believed me," Felicia answered. "Besides the laws sees only what it wants to see Cordell," she continued. "All of the young kids in my foster home were suffering from radiation sickness, so did what I had to do to save them."
"Radiation?" Walker asked he only stopped himself from screaming when Felicia covered his mouth. She couldn't have him scream and blow her cover.

"Yes," Felicia answered. "Our dear foster mother littered the house with ultraviolet lights and the young kids couldn't handle it," she continued. "It kept happening so I kept doing what I had to do, its why I kept getting caught." Even though she wasn't directly saying it, Walker knew that she meant that she kept stealing medical supplies in attempt to save the other kids. He moved closer so he could ask the question burning in his head.
"Did it help?" He asked. Felicia shook her head and said that despite all her efforts most of them died, and the only survivors were her close friends and girlfriend, but they still suffered from medical problems and she did as well. "Felicia
...Ashyla are you sick?" He was almost afraid to ask that question because he wanted the answer to be no.

"No," Felicia answered immediately. "I was though a few years back, luckily my friends operated on me and I survived," She explained. "But it was after that moment where I decided, I wasn't going to let anyone else go through what I went through," she continued. "Its the main reason I do what I do, but I take it that's not all you want to know." Walker asked her to let him help her so that she wouldn't keep getting in trouble.
"You can't keep living like this, let me help you." Felicia said that he was sweet but they couldn't discuss anything else about her in public. She pulled on his arm and told him that she had to show him something.

"Come with me," she said. "There's more I have to tell you." Walker wondered what she might but let her lead him to wherever she planned to take him. He did whoever warn her that if she wanted to seduce him she was failing. Felicia gave him a hard glare and said that she had a girlfriend, and only loved him like a father. After that the two didn't talk much until Felicia had managed to return to the homeless shelter.
"Felicia?" Walker asked. If she was living here it meant that she didn't have a home.
"I know but please don't pity me, it won't help." She responded. Felicia pushed the doors open and asked Walker to come in, as soon as he did he saw a bunch of people both young and old. Sitting at tables, looking through clothes boxes or talking with each other.

Felicia also ditched her wig from earlier and Walker once again saw her dyed white hair.
"Why do you come as someone else?" Walker asked her.
"I wanted you to see me as myself not Fulcrum, I want to show you that I'm still the same girl." Felicia answered.
"You don't have to change your looks or name to do that," Walker told her. "Because the only thing I want to see is you true self."